Calendar

May 3-6
·   Final Exams
May 4
·   Garden of the North Public Programming Meeting
May 5
·   Retirement Party for Dave Hoff and Roger Wagner
·   Garden of the North Public Planning Meeting
May 6
·   Grad Dance
May 7
·   Commencement Reception
·   Commencement Ceremony
May 8
·   1st Annual Spring Fling Barrel Racing Jackpot
May 9
·   May Session begins
·   WebCT Vista Training "Converting a WebCT Campus
    Edition Website to WebCT Vista"
·   Website Development Training for Contribute 3.1
·   UMC's Annual "Maroon & Gold" Faculty/Staff
    Recognition Celebration
May 10
·   WebCT Vista Training "Basics of WebCT Vista -
    Creating a Course Site from a UMC Template"
·   WebCT Vista Training "Using the Interactivity,
    Assessment, and Gate Keeping Functions of WebCT
    Vista"
May 12
·   New Student Academic Advisement & Registration
·   WebCT Vista Training "Managing the Content and
    Learning Materials You Include in a WebCT Vista
    Website"
·   Micromedia Breeze Training
May 13
·   New Student Academic Advisement & Registration
May 27
·   May Session ends
May 30
·   Memorial Day Holiday, campus offices closed

News Items

Campus Invitation
You are invited to attend the reception and commencement ceremony for UMC Class of 2005!  Joe Massey and the Commencement Committee would like to invite you to a pre-commencement reception on Saturday, May 7, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. in Brown Dining Room.  The reception will include heavy hors d’oeuvres and will be an opportunity for guests to file through the new student center where students will be pointing out highlights of the new building.

Following the reception, everyone is invited to attend the commencement ceremony for the UMC Class of 2005 in the Lysaker Gymnasium at 2 p.m.  Sam Schuman, Chancellor of the University of Minnesota, Morris, will give the commencement address, and Regent Clyde Allen will bring greetings from the University of Minnesota Board of Regents.  All are invited to join us as we honor our graduates!

Commencement 2005 Instructions for Faculty/Staff

1. Faculty line up in the Eagle’s Nest (facing west) at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 7, according to the listing below.  In case of rain, line up in the Fitness Center (upstairs, Knutson Hal).

2. The faculty (lead by Faculty Marshal Wendell Johnson) will follow Mace Bearer Bill Peterson in the processional.

3. Faculty will sit in the first four rows on the left side in the reserved seating area.

4. The recessional will be in the reverse order of the processional.  Faculty will follow the platform guests outside (out the north door of Lysaker) and should form a double column for graduates to walk through.

Marching Order – Commencement 2005
The Commencement academic procession will comprise faculty, staff, graduates and platform guests marching in a single column.  Faculty/staff will be organized by rank and length of service, as follows:

Garden of the North Planning to be Launched on
May 4

One of the hallmarks of the Crookston campus of the University of Minnesota has been the beautiful horticultural plantings, particularly the “UMC” spelled out in flowers by the front entrance.  The Crookston campus is the home for the college as well as the Northwest Research and Outreach Center, the Regional Extension Center, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, and the Valley Technology Park.  “While the campus is already somewhat of a horticultural showcase, we plan to take the campus setting to the next level,”  according to Dan Svedarsky, Head of the Natural Resources Department and Research Biologist with the Northwest Research and Outreach Center.  “We envision a landscape that is vibrant with flowers, shrubs, walkways, a water garden, legacy gardens which pay tribute to donors, a butterfly garden, displays of native flowers, a hummingbird garden, an array of agricultural crops, and other theme garden possibilities that we haven’t even thought of yet.”

The planning firm of LHB, Inc has been engaged to work with the campus and community and will hold 2 input sessions.  After preliminary inventory work during the day on Wednesday, May 4, Jason Aune, Landscape Architect, and Michael Fisher, Architect and Community Planner, will host a public programming meeting at 6 p.m. that evening at Youngquist Auditorium on the University campus.  This session will "look for creative ideas and common ground for how the Garden of the North can become a bridge to the community and region."  After identifying possibilities and ideas, the planners will spend all day Thursday integrating suggestions into concept drawings to be presented Thursday evening at 7 p.m., also in Youngquist Auditorium.  The community is invited to both sessions to provide critically important suggestions and evaluations.

A model for Crookston is the highly successful display and research garden at the West Central Research and Outreach Center of the University of Minnesota located at Morris, also designed by Aune.  In addition to regular summer visitors to their 4-acre gardens, they have a Horticultural Extravaganza in July that attracts over 1500 visitors!  Svedarsky and his committee plan for the Crookston initiative to eventually top that of Morris as plantings and displays grow.  The greater campus could become the most noteworthy horticultural display north of Morris so the local steering committee has dubbed the project, "Garden of the North."  Crookston is probably the most northerly located land grant university facility in the lower 48 states and is thus uniquely suited to evaluate plant varieties in extreme climatic conditions.

The planning effort will take a broad look at the functional connections of the campus to the community which has never been done in a systematic way.  "It is strategic for what we do on campus to be connected to the Crookston community as far as themes, trail systems, etc.," says Svedarsky, "so that's why we included a community connection piece."  Aune has a wealth of experience in designing landscapes with ecology and sustainability themes.  This will complement the Gateway Nature Center feasibility study underway in Crookston, discussions about a community center, and lay the groundwork for a UMC campus master plan.  Two working concepts are, "Northgate," the notion of Crookston beginning at the campus, and "Southgate," a look at beautifying and interpreting the community at the south entrance from highway 2 and 75.

Support for the planning will come mainly from private donations from individuals, industry, and foundations for a total of some $25,000.  To ensure that developments don't get ahead of maintenance capacity, the local planning group is also launching the Legacy Garden Initiative in which donors establish a $25,000 endowment that would generate perpetual interest income to fund a UMC student intern(s) to provide summer assistance for the gardens.  In addition, a legacy garden would be named in tribute to an individual(s) or company so chosen by the donors.
For more information:  Please contact Dan Svedarsky, Garden of the North Chair at 218-281-8129.

Retirement Party May 5
Please join the UMC Agriculture Department in celebrating the retirement of Dave Hoff and Roger Wagner.  The reception in their honor will be held Thursday, May 5, from 3 to 5 p.m. in Brown Dining Room.

Grad Dance May 6
UMC’s annual Grad Dance, sponsored by the UMC Alumni Association, will take place Friday, May 6, from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. at the Northland Inn of Crookston.  The Grad Dance has been a tradition since 1999 as a way to celebrate the end of the year.  This event is open to all UMC graduates, alumni, current students, faculty, staff, family, and friends.  All ages are welcome to attend.  Dance to the music of DJ Chris Melbye.  Admission is $5 per person, with this year’s 2005 graduates admitted FREE!  Lots of great prizes will be given out throughout the evening; come early and stay late to win many great items!

UMC’s Annual Faculty/Staff Day is May 9
All faculty and staff and members of the University community—UMC, NWROC, Extension, AURI, RSVP, VolunTEAM, VTP, retirees, and spouses—are invited to attend the end of the year campus celebration.  The event is scheduled from 3 to 5 p.m. on Monday, May 9, at the Peterson Gazebo on the campus mall (inclement weather site:  Brown Dining Room).  The awards program will honor yeas of services, new retirees, and distinguished faculty and staff.  The picnic-style meal features:  chicken sandwiches, baked beans, fruit, veggies, angel food cake, and beverage assortment.

The theme for the afternoon is “Celebrate Our Colors.”  Faculty and staff are encouraged to wear maroon and gold.  There’ll be a group photo taken and door prizes given out.  Please join us for an afternoon of celebration!

New Student Registration May 12, 13
Registration of new students for fall 2005 continues Thursday and Friday, May 12 and 13.  The schedule will be similar to that of April 29.  Check-in and many of the events will take place in the Kiehle Building.

Thanks to all who helped during the April registration dates.  I’d like to extend a special thank you to Mary Feller for all the leadership, vision, and work she has done with registration; Sara Kaiser for organizing the lists; Bob Nelson for helping direct students on registration; and the Help Desk crew, specifically Tom Mulvaney and Peg Sherven, for making registration easier that it has been in the past.  Thank you faculty members for taking time to work with these new students; the evaluations noted what an impact you made on them.
--Rae French, director of First Year Experience and Study Abroad Coordinator

2005-06 Ambassadors
The UMC Ambassador program is an organization of students who assist in the promotion of UMC to prospective students and their parents, to current UMC students, and to alumni.  The Ambassadors also assist with important on-campus events including Torch & Shield, alumni events, and other campus functions.  Please join us in congratulating the following students who were selected to serve as UMC Ambassadors for 2005-2006:

• Tiffany Anderson

• Kelli Barnes

• James Gapen

• Erin Kappes

• Jennifer Kaser

• Julie Koehl

• Amy Konradi

• Jennifer Novak

• Corey Ramsden

• Lindy Savelkoul

• Dion Turgeon

• Amanda Willger

Please contact Alicia Stoe if you have an event planned and would like the Ambassadors to help out.

UMC at the Minnesota State Fair
UMC has an exciting opportunity to be recognized at this year’s Minnesota State Fair!  On Friday September 2, UMC will be the featured University of Minnesota organization at the University of Minnesota building at the state fair.

Six performances take place during the day in front of the University of Minnesota building, and UMC has the opportunity to present all six times this year!  All student groups and faculty/staff are encouraged to submit an act to be presented.  The performances run for 45 minutes with a 15-minute break between each one.  Performances take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.  We have one performance already signed up, but we have the chance to have five more!

We would like to encourage you to promote UMC by participating in this special event.  It is a great way for us to celebrate our 100-year history with the rest of Minnesota!  We would like to have Regal Eagle present from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. also.

Inside the building, we will be sharing a booth with Morris, Duluth, and Rochester.  We will need volunteers to help at this booth as well.  We will need about 15 to 20 volunteers, so if you have an act that you would like to present at the state fair or if you are interested in volunteering, let Bob Peterson know at peter446@umn.edu.

UMC Centennial Shuffle Contest Winners Announced
The UMC Office of Development & Alumni Relations is happy to announce the winners of the iPod^® Shuffle in the Centennial Shuffle Contest.  Due to the overwhelming response to the contest, a second Shuffle will be given away—one to a student and one to a faculty/staff member. Congratulations to student winner, Rebecca Blake and faculty/staff winner, Katharine Lahti.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Centennial Shuffle Contest!  Continue to watch for other exciting events related to the UMC Centennial—celebrating 100 years of excellence in education, research, and outreach!

Printing & Design Summer Schedule
Patti Tiedemann’s (designer) last day in the office will be Wednesday, May 11.  She will be returning Monday, August 1. Patti will do new design work up until Monday, May 9.*

Linda Wilken’s (printer) last day in the office will be Wednesday, June 15.  She will be returning Monday, August 1.*

During the time between May 11 and June 15, Linda will be able to assist you in printing items that have already been designed and that do not need any updating.

Sue Dwyer has moved to the Development Office and is no longer a part of the Printing & Design Department.  Because of this move, we now have only one designer on campus.  We want to keep an orderly flow of work projects and will do everything we can to help you with your design and printing needs.  We ask, however, that you plan ahead.  Please allow 3-5 working days for a design project such as a poster, raffle tickets, invitations, brochure, etc.  Please allow 10-14 days for design of larger projects, such as media guides, handbooks, etc.  Printing time should also be planned ahead.  Linda will be able to print jobs that are copy ready on the same day.  However, when printing a large project, such as a media guide or handbook, she would like to have 1-2 weeks to fit them into her schedule.  This includes printing, folding, assembling, stapling, trimming, binding, etc.  If everyone plans ahead, we will be able to complete all your projects in a timely manner.  Thank you for planning ahead!

*If you need design work and printing during the time Patti and Linda are gone from campus, please contact Patti at Home: 281-6248, Cell: 289-0203, Lake: 687-3752.  She will be happy to help you find an appropriate place to get your design and printing jobs completed.
--Linda & Patti, UMC Printing & Design Department

Bulletin Schedule
The May 11 edition of UMC Weekly Bulletin will be the last weekly edition for this academic year.  Check your e-mail over the summer for information and announcements concerning UMC events.

Accolades
Congratulations to Chuck Holmquist who was presented the 2005 Teambacker of the Year Award by Ed Odland, president of UMC Teambackers, at Teambacker Fun Nite on Friday, April 30.  Teambacker Fun Nite raised approximately $15,000 for athletic scholarships at UMC.

VolunTEAM Update

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
Births:
Mary and Chris Feller are the proud parents of a baby born, born on Saturday, April 30, at 2:18 p.m.  His name is Brett Thomas and he weighed 7 lbs. 9 oz. and was 22 inches long.  Mom and baby are doing fine! 

Belated Birthday Wishes:
April 30 – Mark Keranen

Birthdays:
May 7 – Rae French
May 7 – Joan Reitmeier
May 7 – Roger Wagner
May 8 – Jana Hodgson

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, May 7, 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.

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