Volume 22, Number 18, December 18, 2002
Calendar
News Items
Koch
Hired as UMC Vice Chancellor for Finance
Rose Koch has been hired as
Vice Chancellor for Finance. Her prior experience includes work as
deputy general manager for finance and corporate planning with US
West, Inc. in Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia, and Denver, CO, and co-owning
and operating a regional financial planning business in Crookston.
She holds a Master of Business Administration in Finance and
Accounting from Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt
University, Nashville, Tenn.
She will begin her duties on December 18. Chancellor Don Sargeant commented, saying “Her exceptional finance, planning, and human relation skills will serve us well along with her work experience in the public sector. Please join me in welcoming her to UMC.”
Legislative Luncheon Wednesday, December 18
UMC will host a legislative
luncheon this coming Wednesday, December 18, at noon in Brown Dining
Room of Sahlstrom Conference Center. The following Minnesota lawmakers
are expected to attend: Sen. Stumpf, Sen. Skoe, Rep. Lieder, Rep.
Lanning, Rep. Penas, Rep. Eken, and Rep. Lindgren. The purpose of the
luncheon is to provide these legislators with information about UMC so
they have a better understanding of the campus and its mission when they
go into the legislative session next year.
Returning Student
Scholarships
The
2003-2004 Specialty Scholarship Workbooks will be placed into our
students’ on-campus
mailboxes by December 20. Please encourage
all students to apply, since there are hundreds of scholarships to be
awarded.
Returning students may apply from January 9
through February 7. Students will need to fill out the Specialty
Scholarship workbook and bring it and any supporting materials to the
One Stop Student Service Center, 170 Owen Hall. We will have our
Specialty Scholarship database set up for them to enter in their
information. In addition, students are required to have their booklet
and summary completed prior to database application. If any of you have
any questions about this process, please don't hesitate to ask. Thanks
and enjoy the holidays!
--Mary Feller, Financial
Aid/Scholarships
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 pot luck.
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.
“Artistic Evening” Set
for January 8
On Wednesday, January 8, at
8 p.m. as part of our first Spring Semester W.O.W. (What’s on Wednesday)
event, we will host an artistic evening of poetry reading and art
displays. If you have a poem you would like to read or art you would be
willing to display, please sign up at the Bede Information Desk. The
evening will end featuring poetry written and read by faculty member
Jennifer Johnson Ganyo. We will have refreshments available for you as
well. Sponsored by the Bede Student Center.
--Pam Holsigner-Fuchs, Director of Student Activities and Service
Learning
UMC to Offer
Manufacturing Degree at Polaris
UMC and Polaris Industries of
Roseau, MN, will partner to bring the Bachelor of Manufacturing
Management (B.M.M.) degree to Polaris employees. Employees can earn the
degree by completing evening classes at Polaris or the Roseau high
school. The program involves a four-year plan for earning the degree,
with UMC and Northland Technical and Community College as educational
partners. It is modeled after UMC’s successful B.M.M. program at Marvin
Windows and Doors in Warroad, MN.
Spring semester courses begin on January 9, 2003. To register or for more information, contact Rhonda Stene at Polaris Industries (218-463-4554) or Judy Bernat at UMC (218-281-8681). Information is also available on the Web at <www.umcrookston.edu/cal/polaris>.
Great
Conversations Series Continues Spring
Semester
The Concerts and Lectures
Committee will again sponsor the Great Conversations series on the UMC
Campus. All conversations are held at 7:30 p.m. At UMC the
conversations will be shown in Dowell Hall Room 220, and they are free
and open to all students, faculty, staff, and the general public.
The conversations originate from the Ted Mann Concert Hall on the Twin Cities Campus. They are also telecast live to University of Minnesota coordinate campuses in Crookston, Duluth, Morris, and Rochester. Great Conversations is produced by the College of Continuing Education.
The spring series includes:
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Tuesday, February 25 – “Human Rights” with Robert J. Jones & Archbishop Desmond Tutu
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Monday, March 17 – “Business Ethics” with Norman Bowie & Thomas Dunfee
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Tuesday, April 22 – “Environmental Concerns” with Anne R. Kapuscinski & Margaret Mellon
Learn more at <www.cce.umn.edu/conversations>.
President's Award for
Outstanding Service: Nominations Due February 28, 2003
The President's Award for
Outstanding Service was established in 1997 to recognize faculty and
staff who have provided exceptional service to the University. This
award is presented each year in the spring and honors active or retired
faculty or staff members who have gone well beyond their regular duties
and have demonstrated an unusual commitment to the University
community. Nominations for this award are due by Friday, February 28,
2003, and should be submitted to:
President's Award Committee
c/o Vickie Courtney
University Senate Office
427 Morrill Hall
Nominators must be current members of the University of Minnesota faculty or staff or alumni of the University. Nomination letters should focus on the nominator's personal knowledge of the nominee's exceptional service, such as innovative service to students, the University community, individual units of the University, or outreach beyond the University.
For more information about this award or the nominating process, please call the University Senate Office at 612-625-9369. Also, please see the full description of the award and nomination requirements below.
I urge you to bring forward nominations so
that more individuals providing outstanding service to the University
will receive well-earned recognition, and the University will continue
to be a leader in setting our community's standards of excellence.
--Robert H. Bruininks, President, University of Minnesota
*** PRESIDENT'S AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE ***
This award recognizes exceptional service to the University, its schools, colleges, departments, and service units by any active or retired member of the faculty or staff. Such service must have gone well beyond the regular duties of a faculty or a staff member, and demonstrate unusual commitment to the University community. A nomination for a President's Award for Outstanding Service should be submitted to the President's Award Committee. The following format is to be used:
NOMINEE: Must be an active or retired member of the University faculty or staff.
NOMINATOR: Must be an alumnus or alumna of the University or a current member of the faculty or staff.
LETTER FROM NOMINATOR: Should focus on personal knowledge of the nominee's exceptional service, i.e., innovative service to students, the University community (broadly interpreted), individual units of the University, or outreach beyond the University.
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Must include nominee's address, telephone/fax number, and University background such as current job title and classification or last job title before retirement.
SUPPORTING LETTERS: Three (in addition to the letter from the nominator) from the nominee's peers in and outside the University; again, these should focus on personal knowledge as above.
NUMBER OF COPIES: 8
DUE DATE FOR SUBMISSION: Friday, February 28, 2003
SUBMIT TO: President's Award Committee, c/o Vickie Courtney, University Senate Office, 427 Morrill Hall, 100 Church Street SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455.
NOTE: Persons writing letters of nomination should know that such letters will be legally available to the nominee upon request, even to an unsuccessful candidate who becomes aware of the nomination.* Nominators should also make sure that writers of supporting letters are aware that their letters, too, will be available on request.
The President's Award Committee, appointed by the president, recommends candidates for this award to the president. The president will have final authority to grant the award, which does not require action by the Senate All-University Honors Committee or approval by the Board of Regents.
* No disclosure is to be made to the nominee while his or her name is under consideration.
U of M Outstanding
Community Service Awards: Nominations Due February 14, 2003
I am pleased to announce the
fifth annual Outstanding Community Service Awards to honor outstanding
community service activities of faculty, staff, and members of the
greater University community. This award recognizes outstanding
contributions and accomplishments of faculty, staff or
University-affiliated community members who have devoted their time and
talent to make substantial, enduring contributions to the external
community and to improve public life and the well-being of society.
Such contributions and accomplishments must result in long-term and
lasting changes for the public good and demonstrate an unusual
commitment to the University and greater community.
The Outstanding Community Service Award emphasizes the importance of external community service and recognizes the role of faculty and staff that is over and above the expectations of their regular position description. Awards given to faculty or staff will also recognize the agency or group with which the recipient of the award is affiliated. Community members who receive the award will have made a significant public service or public engagement contribution through an affiliation with the University of Minnesota.
Approximately five Outstanding Community Service Awards will be given this year. Awards given to faculty and staff will carry a continuous salary award annually during their employment at the University of Minnesota. All faculty and staff at the University are eligible to receive this award: tenured and tenure-track faculty, adjunct or contract faculty, academic professional and administrative staff, civil service staff, and bargaining unit staff. In addition, community members affiliated with the University of Minnesota may be nominated.
Any person or group may make a nomination. Please submit the original and 12 copies of nomination materials by Friday, February 14, 2003, to the Outstanding Community Service Awards Committee, c/o Sue Engelmann, Room 234 Morrill Hall. The format consists of a letter of nomination summarizing the scope and impact of the nominee's community service and three letters of support focusing on personal knowledge of the nominee's exceptional community service. The award criteria include: (1) evidence of solid accomplishments in the area of public policy and/or public service that contribute to the quality of life at the local, regional, state, national, or international level; (2) contributions that result in long-term and lasting changes for the public good; and (3) demonstrated commitment to the University and the greater Minnesota community.
I encourage your nominations for the
Outstanding Community Service Award to help recognize and honor our many
important contributions to public engagement and community service. If
you need further information, please contact Sue Engelmann at 626-9186
or
engel026@umn.edu. For further information, you may also log onto
our website at <www1.umn.edu/civic>.
Thank you.
--Christine M. Maziar, U of
M Executive Vice President and Provost
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.
THIS IS AN URGENT NEED! THERE WON’T BE MUCH TIME TO FILL THE DELIVERY SLOTS ONCE BREAK IS OVER!
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.
Accolades
Kristi Puppe, Applications
Programmer for NETS and Media Services, was named Employee of the
Semester for fall semester 2002 by UMC’s United Staff Association.
Kristi has worked in her current position at UMC since 1997. Originally
from Hensel, N.D., she is a 1993 graduate of Cavalier High School,
Cavalier, N.D., and a 1997 graduate of UMC. Congratulations Kristi!
Jane Sims,
Director of the Center for Adult Learning, graduates on December 20 from
the University of North Dakota with a Master of Science degree in
Instructional Design and Technology. This program is a collaboration of
three UND colleges: College of Education and Human Development, the
College of Arts and Sciences, and the John D. Odegard School of
Aerospace Sciences. The summary of her research (UMC study, April
2002) is available at <www.umcrookston.edu/cal/papers>.
Cheryl Isder has been named the Crookston Rotary Club’s UMC Student
of the Month for December 2002. Cheryl is a junior majoring in Natural
Resources. She is from Little Falls, MN.
Congratulations to
Mark Erickson ’98, who has been elected president of the UMC Alumni
Association for the 2002-2003 term. He follows outgoing president
Sue (Gruhot) LeGare ’89, who will remain on the UMCAA Board.
Korey Hegreberg ’98 will serve as vice president.
Special Dates
Birthdays
December 23
– Lynne Mullins
December 26 – Jo Gast
December 28 – Cleon Melsa
December 29 – Gayle Schuster
December 31 – Debi Brule
January 1 – John Rodseth
January 5 – Mike Meyer
January 6 – Michelle Christopherson
January 6 – Twyla Treanor
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.
Weekly Bulletin
Schedule for the Holidays
This is the last edition of the
UMC Weekly Bulletin for calendar year 2002. Because of the holidays,
the next edition of the weekly bulletin will be published electronically
on Tuesday, January 7, 2003. Deadline for submissions will be Tuesday,
January 7, at noon. Happy Holidays! See you in the new year
UMC Insight
UMC Insight, the weekly radio
show about UMC, airs on KROX Radio 1260 AM Saturdays at 8:45 a.m.
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Tune in Saturday, December 21, to hear holiday music from the UMC Music Department.
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Tune in Saturday, December 28, to hear New Year’s greetings from UMC students, faculty, and staff.
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Tune in Saturday, January 4, to hear an interview with Jerry Nagel, President of Northern Great Plains, Inc.
Insight is hosted by Andrew Svec, UMC Director of Communications.
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Bulletin
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