Volume 24, Number 26, March 16, 2005
Calendar
News Items
Rescheduled Information Session on Doctoral Study March 21
Dr. Darwin Hendel has rescheduled the Doctoral Study in Higher Education meeting via ITV on Monday, March 21, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in 106 Sahlstrom Conference Center. Plan to attend to learn more about the cohort Ed.D. program designed for college and university administrators and other professionals offered by the University of Minnesota Department of Educational Policy and Administration (EdPA). More information about this new cohort program, including curriculum, faculty, and admission requirements is available at the following web site: <http://education.umn.edu/EdPA/HigherEd/EdD.html>. For additional information contact Darwin Hendel at (612) 625-0129 or at hende001@umn.edu.
International
Dinner Series Continues March 21
The International Dinner Series continues Monday, March 21, with “Japan Land of Rich Traditions,” presented by UMC students Chiemi Okamoto, Kaori Sudo, Yumiko Wakabayashi, Shunsuke Miyake, and Takashi Nakamura.
Each
evening in the series will begin at
6 p.m. with an ethnic
dinner, followed at 7 p.m. by a program focusing on the culture and
traditions of the respective country. The dinner is served in Brown
Dining Room of UMC’s
Sahlstrom
Conference
Center
and is by reservation only. Cost is $8 per person. Please make
reservations for the dinner series by calling Angelika Huglen at
218-281-8540, Brent Melsa 218-281-8538, or Mario Prada 218-281-8508.
The next dinner series evening:
Monday, March 28
“Brazil More than Soccer, A Rising Star”
Presented by Danilo Cerqueira, Vladimir Moura, Cleverson Iramina, and Mariana Martins
The series will culminate with the annual International Dinner, set for Saturday, April 9, at 6 p.m.
Center for
Sustainable Development Discussion March 22
As many of you know, we have been
working on a feasibility study looking into what a Center for
Sustainable Development might look like on the Crookston Campus of the
University of Minnesota. This effort is envisioned as a campus-wide,
interdisciplinary initiative and everyone is welcome to join in the
discussions.
For your calendar; please put down 22 March from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Brown Dining Room. Delore Zimmerman will facilitate our second forum. In addition, each department head will give a 5-minute overview of what sustainability means to them and how they view the concept from the perspective of their department. There will be a free lunch by going through the line. Please call or email Sue Legare at 8129 by 19 March with a reservation so we will know how many to expect for the preparation of handouts and the seating arrangement.
Also, at 3 p.m. in Youngquist Auditorium that day, Okey Ukaga, Executive Director of the Northeast Regional Sustainable Partnership will present the Third Sustainability Seminar. His topic will be, "Sustainable Development in Northeast Minnesota and how do you know how you're doing?"
Thanks and let us know if you have any
questions. Hope to see you there.
--Dan Svedarsky and Brent Sorenson
National
Women’s History Month
The 2005 Women’s History Month
theme, “Women Change America,” honors and recognizes the role of
American women in transforming culture, history and politics as leaders,
writers, scientists, educators, politicians, artists, historians, and
informed citizens. “Women Change America” also celebrates the myriad
ways in which the spirit, courage, and contributions of American women
have added to the vitality, richness, and diversity of American life.
March events on the UMC campus include:
PANEL: “Women
Change the World”
Tuesday, March 22
Noon to 1 p.m., 206 Dowell Hall
Panel Participants: Aida Martinez, Director of Multi-Ethnic
Students – University of Minnesota, Morris
Cheryl Saunders, Director of University Learning Center – University of
North Dakota
Donna Brow, Assistant Director of the American Indian Student Services –
University of North Dakota
Gretchen Daneke Graf, Pastor of First Presbyterian Church – Grand Forks,
ND
Soo-Yin Lim-Thompson, Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education –
University of Minnesota, Crookston
COURSE: Women’s
Self Defense
Tuesday, March 29 and Thursday, March 31
6 to 10 p.m., Lysaker Gymnasium
For more information please go to <http://www.und.edu/dept/womenctr/impactintro.htm>.
Please send Chris Przemieniecki an email with your preferred date if you
are interested in attending. Only open to UMC women faculty, staff, and
students.
SPEAKER: Minnijean
Brown Trickey of the Little Rock Nine
Wednesday, March 30
8 p.m., Kiehle Auditorium
Minnijean Brown Trickey is known today as one of the nine that made
history September 25, 1957 in Little Rock, Arkansas. She has since been
a crusader for civil rights and worked as Deputy Assistant Secretary
under the Clinton Administration. Today she is a writer and a social
worker and lives in Ontario, Canada.
Faculty
Seminar Series Continues April 7
The UMC Faculty Seminar Series
will continue Thursday, April 7, with “The Changing Demographic and
Economic Environment: Implications for Higher Education in Minnesota,”
presented by Tom Stinson. The seminar will begin at 1:30 p.m. in
Youngquist Auditorium, Northwest Research and Outreach Center, UMC
Campus. All students, faculty, staff and interested members of the
community are invited to attend.
Thomas F. Stinson is a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota. Since 1987, he has also served as Minnesota's State Economist; his duties include preparing the state's revenue forecast. A native of Washington state, Stinson received a bachelor's degree in political science from Washington State University and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Minnesota. He is a past president of the Minnesota Economic Association and is currently a member of the economic advisory boards of both major Twin Cities daily newspapers. He worked as an economist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture before assuming his current position.
Carol E. Macpherson Memorial
Scholarship & Alumnae Society Scholarship
Information/ Announcement
Printed copies of the applications for the scholarships listed above are
now available from Claudia Barton, Marcia Walker, and Laurie Wilson.
Applicants must be 28 years or older by the application deadline of
April 18, 2005, be returning to school after a 5 year or longer break in
seeking college or postsecondary education, admitted or pending
admission to a degree-granting or credit certificate program at any U of
M campus, and demonstrate financial need (academic achievement, strength
of the candidate’s personal statement, reference appraisal, and academic
promise are also considered). Preference is given to women applicants
over 40 years of age and/or to women pursuing their first undergraduate
degree.
Six to eight scholarships are awarded annually ranging from $500 to $4,000. Three UMC students have previously been awarded the Carol E. Macpherson Scholarship. They are: Carolyn Weber, Bernadina Arias, and Alice Simon. Please see Claudia Barton, Marcia Walker, or Laurie Wilson for an application, or go to the website listed below. It will never happen if you don’t try, but it might if you do!
Additional copies of the applications can be located at <http://www1.umn.edu/women/scholar.htm>.
The Carol E.
Macpherson Memorial Scholarship – A History
Carol E. Macpherson was a seeker and a fighter. She met her
future husband, “Rock” in 1944 at the
University of Chicago.
They were married in 1949, when she was 22 and just before the Korean
War started in 1950. Carol was pregnant with their first child when Rock
went to war. She completed her BA in 1950, and when her husband came
back safely, the family eventually moved to Minnesota in 1952. By 1958,
there were four children, 3 sons and a daughter.
As a suburban housewife and mother at a time when that was the expected, acceptable role for women of a certain class whose husbands would be breadwinners, Carol joined women friends in Civil Rights marches, writing conscientious objector letters for sons who refused to serve in Vietnam, and volunteering. However, this was also a time of significant cultural shifts, and many young people and their parents engaged in deep discussion about the meaning of life and death - about prejudice and killing - and a draining nuclear arms race. And Carol and women friends also struggled with questions of their identities as wives, mothers of kids soon leaving home, and concerned human beings wondering how to develop one’s personal potential, to satisfy some inner hunger, but also to help make a better world. Carol was always a questioner and a prodder. She not only asked “Why?” and “How?” but also encouraged friends to seek new answers, cross boundaries, take on battles about right and wrong, about fairness and giving everybody a chance.
Carol also began to consider graduate study primarily for the academic challenge, rather than the idea of job preparation. She wanted anthropology, a theoretical doorway to understanding culture and change. But getting accepted into graduate study was a frustrating process. She had difficulties getting credits transferred from the University of Chicago, as she hadn’t had the most stellar transcript as a young woman. She was also unaware of anyone helping older women students re-enter the complicated academic world. She had fought many battles in her life, but she almost gave up on this one before she began. She got through a class as an Adult Special, and inspired three other women friends to give it a try. One completed her BA; one earned an MA, then a law degree; and one earned a PhD and entered family therapy practice. Once again, Carol was a leader in learning how to fight the system.
She continued to wrestle with big questions, but never lived to find answers for herself. She fought a long, losing battle with cancer. When she died in February 1975, her family sought to commemorate her contributions to women. Thus, the Carol E. Macpherson Memorial Scholarship was established to assist women who, like Carol, are seekers. It memorializes her undying concern for fairness, for opportunities for women to find new paths, for the value of a thinking mind to keep asking tough questions, and for respect for the nurturing roles women continue to play even as they take on new responsibilities in their families and in their communities. Carol would be pleased to learn of the extraordinary accomplishments of Macpherson scholarship seekers and would applaud the adversities they overcome to pursue education and a better life. (edited/condensed version of Sally Flax essay, 1986)
VolunTEAM
Update
Chaperones for BASHED Annual Youth Retreat: This annual youth
retreat invites 100+ teens from Polk County to attend a weekend of
learning leadership skills, communication skills, conflict resolution,
team building and information on risky teen behaviors. We are looking
for chaperones for this three day, two night event. We would prefer
chaperones that enjoy dealing with active teens. Chaperones will be
assigned to a group during the day time - they will accompany their
group to learning sessions to attend to participation and any behavior
problems. Chaperones will be assigned to a cabin with 6-8 teens for
sleeping hours. Chaperones must be willing to deal with positive and
negative behaviors of the teens, as well as correct any negative or
inappropriate behaviors. Bus transportation to the event will be
provided. For more information, contact D’Anne Johnson at 218-281-3385
or
djohnson@pcphealth.org.
Childcare: Five or 6 childcare providers needed Tuesday, April
5, from 6:45 to 8:00 p.m. at the Crookston Family Service Center. (The
Head Start building, formerly Carmen School). Activities are already
planned, you just need to show up!
Childcare: Five or 6 childcare providers needed Tuesday, April
12, from 6:45 to 8:00 p.m. at the Crookston Five or 6 childcare
providers needed Tuesday, April 5, from 6:45 to 8:00 p.m. at the
Crookston Family Service Center. (The Head Start building, formerly
Carmen School). Activities are already planned, you just need to show
up!
Help with Kids’ Activities: Assist with activities at the “Big
Wheels Farm Festival,” Tuesday, April 26, from 5:45 to 7:30 p.m. at the
Crookston Family Service Center. (The Head Start building, formerly
Carmen School). Activities are already planned, you just need to show
up!
If you’re interested in
learning more about the Crookston VolunTEAM, please contact Lisa
Loegering in the VolunTEAM office (112 Dowell) at 281-8526 or
loege005@umn.edu. Or, simply visit <www.volunteam.org>.
--Lisa Loegering, Assistant Director of Service Learning/Crookston
VolunTEAM Coordinator
Special Dates
Birthdays:
March 19 – Kent Freberg
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 Sue Dwyer at sdwyer@umn.edu. Thanks.
UMC Insight
UMC Insight, the weekly radio
program about UMC, airs on KROX Radio 1260 AM Saturdays at 8:45 a.m.
Tune in Saturday, March 19, to hear an exciting interview hosted by Liz
Tollefson, Office of Development & Alumni Relations.
UMC Insight files are also available via the Web at: www.UMCrookston.edu/newsevents/insight/04-05/index.htm
UMC
Bulletin
The UMC Weekly Bulletin is posted
at:
<www.UMCrookston.edu/campusinfo/wkbulletin/bulletin.htm>
Publication Information:
The UMC
Weekly Bulletin is published by University Relations weekly September
through May. Copy deadline is noon on Tuesday of each week. The Weekly
Bulletin is produced by Sue Dwyer, word processing specialist.
Please send items for the bulletin electronically to Sue Dwyer at
sdwyer@umn.edu.
Disability accommodations will be provided upon request for all events. The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer.