Volume 22, Number 17, December 11, 2002
Calendar
News Items
AAC, SSS, OSD
Events
Academic Assistance Center,
Student Support Services, and the Office for Students with
Disabilities will sponsor the following activities December 11-13 in
Owen 270.
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Soup and bread will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. daily. All students, faculty, and staff are welcome!
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Wednesday, December 11, Cultural Event – “My Left Foot” – 11:00 a.m.
Award winning feature film starting Daniel Day-Louis. -
Thursday, December 12, Tutor Appreciation – 2:00 p.m.
All tutors, tutees, faculty/staff and students are invited to an award reception where four tutors will be recognized for the services they provide their peers. Cake will be served. -
Friday, December 13, Study for Finals – 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Need extra help studying for finals or a last minute tutoring? We can help. Stop up and see Bruce, Fran, or Kerri. -
Finals Week: Stop up and help yourself to an apple and a pencil.
UMC United Staff Association (USA)
Fall Semester Meeting December 11
Members of UMC’s United Staff
Association will hold their Fall Semester meeting Wednesday, December
11, 2002 at 10 a.m. in Sahlstrom Conference Center A&B.
Agenda:
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Update by Chancellor Sargeant
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Update on Wellness Project by Don Cavalier
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Employee of the Semester presentation by Karen Murphy
Student Leadership Conference
December 11
The Crookston Student Association
(CSA) and Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) will sponsor a leadership
conference Wednesday, December 11, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Dowell Hall
207.
Topics include leadership, motivation, effective communications, conflict resolution, team problem solving, diversity and team development, managing time and multiple priorities, career management, and personal marketing.
Each student-produced session will be 45 minutes long. The event is free and open to all interested students. To register, please contact Katherine Johnson at ukmj006@mail.crk.umn.edu.
UMC Holiday
Concerts December 12 and 15
The UMC Music Department will
present two holiday concerts in the newly renovated Kiehle Auditorium on
campus. The first will be held Thursday, December 12, at 7:30 p.m. and
the second on Sunday, December 15, at 3 p.m. Both programs are free and
open to the public. Due to construction in the south entrance, concert
goers are asked to enter at the east or west entrances to the Kiehle
Building.
Featured at the Thursday concert will be the UMC Chamber Singers, String Ensemble, Band, and Choir, as well as vocal and cello solos. On Sunday the program will feature only the Chamber Singers and the String Ensemble, along with special soloists.
For more information, contact George French at 218-281-8266.
Brainstorming Session December 12
Please join us for a
brainstorming session regarding student recruitment on Thursday,
December 12 at 12 noon in Sahlstrom Conference Center A&B. Bring your
lunch with you. We look forward to seeing you then and sharing ideas.
--Curt Almlie, Director of University Relations
Campus-wide Holiday Potluck
Set for December 20
The annual campus-wide Holiday
Potluck get together will be held Friday, December 20, from 11:30 a.m.
to 1:30 p.m. in Brown Dining Room of Sahlstrom Conference Center. All
members of the campus community—UMC, NWROC, Extension, NGP, VTP, RSVP,
and all others—and their spouses are invited to attend. Attendees can
bring any food items they would like for the potluck.
The event will also feature the traditional White Elephant Gift Exchange. Anyone who would like to participate should bring a wrapped gift of “garage sale quality.”
Nonperishable food items will also be collected for the local food bank.
Classroom Schedule for Spring Semester 2003
The preliminary classroom schedule for Spring Semester 2003 is available for viewing on the web at <www.umcrookston.edu/campusinfo/roomsched/RoomsS03.htm>. It will be updated regularly as additional information is available. It is also linked from the course info web pages <www.umcrookston.edu/yourcareer/academics/bulletintemp.htm>.
New Student Center PowerPoint
The PowerPoint presentation to be given at the UM Board of Regents meeting on December 12, 2002, showing the schematic plans for the new Student Center can be viewed at http://webhome.crk.umn.edu/~nelson/other/StuCenterRegents1202.ppt
--Bob Nelson, Vice Chancellor for
Student Affairs/Registrar
Student Center Planning Committee, Chair
VolunTEAM Update
This week’s featured Crookston VolunTEAM project is delivering Meals on
Wheels in Crookston. UMC has committed to delivering the meals
during the week of January 13-17, 2003. It’s a rewarding
experience that’s more fun if you deliver them with a friend. It
involves picking up the hot and cold coolers at Riverview Hospital at
11:30 a.m. and then delivering them to the addresses marked on the map.
Depending on how much you chat with the meal recipients, it can take
anywhere from 25 minutes to an hour to deliver the meals and return the
coolers to Riverview. During UMC’s week, we need six drivers per day.
If you’re interested in helping out, or simply want to know more about the project, please contact Mike Christopherson in the Crookston VolunTEAM office (Bede 106) at 281-8526, email Mike at chris282@umcrookston.edu, or simply sign up at the Bede Info Desk. If you’re interested in learning more about the Crookston VolunTEAM, please visit www.volunteam.org.
Greetings and Thanks
I
want to offer warm wishes for a happy holiday season and a fruitful new
year to all students, faculty, and staff from Mil and myself.
I also want to
acknowledge the efforts of all students, faculty, and staff—past and
present—in building UMC into the fine institution it is today. I
recognize the role their efforts played in my being awarded the 2002
Siehl Prize for Excellence in Agriculture this fall. It was a great
honor to receive that award. Thank you.
--Stanley Sahlstrom, UMC Founding Provost and Regent Emeritus
In Memory
Jeremy R. Wilcox died in a car
accident on December 2. He was a UMC student from Fall 1998 through
Fall 2000 and a member of the men's basketball team. The following
obituary appeared in the Star Tribune on December 4, 2002.
Jeremy R. Wilcox, age 22, of New Brighton. Born January 21, 1980. Died December 2, 2002 as the result of injuries from an accident. Proceeded in death by great-grandmother, Hazel; grandpa, Larry and grandma, Pam and cousin, Eric. He will be deeply missed by loving parents, Roy & Georgia; sister, Nicole; grandparents, Jim & Betty Mack of Brainerd and Ron & Joyce Eder of Clinton, AR; many aunts, uncles, cousins, the families of the Twin City Force Basketball team, Irondale Basketball team, and the U of M-Crookston basketball families; and other loving family and friends. Funeral service 11 a.m. Friday at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 835 Second Ave NW, New Brighton. Visitation 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home and also one hour prior to service at church. In lieu of flowers, memorials preferred. Methven-Taylor Miller-Brighton Chapel 706 4th Avenue NW 651-636-9821
Special Dates
Births
George
and Rae French welcomed new daughter Linnea Lea French into the world on
Sunday, December 8, which happened to be George’s birthday as well.
Linnea arrived at 8:54 a.m. and weighed in at 8 lbs. and 2 oz. Mother,
daughter, and father are doing fine. Congratulations.
Birthdays
December 16 - Lloyd Brokaw
Reminder: Faculty and staff are encouraged to share well wishes for birthdays, anniversaries, births, etc. with the rest of the campus. Please send items for this week’s special dates via e-mail to Andrew Svec at asvec@mail.crk.umn.edu and/or Sue Dwyer at sdwyer@mail.crk.umn.edu. Thanks.
UMC Insight
UMC Insight, the weekly radio
show about UMC, airs on KROX Radio 1260 AM Saturdays at 8:45 a.m.
Tune in Saturday, December 14, to hear an interview hosted by Andrew Svec, UMC Director of Communications.
UMC
Bulletin
The UMC Bulletin is posted at:
<http://www.umcrookston.edu/campusinfo/wkbulletin/bulletin.htm>