Volume 24, Number 6, September 22, 2004
Calendar
News Items
Faculty/Staff Photo
Session September 22
I have
received a request to take photographs of new faculty and staff for
UMC. I can also provide a digital copy for your use. If current
faculty and staff would like a new photo, you are welcome to come at
this time also.
I will be set up to take your photos on Wednesday, September 22 from 1 to 3 p.m. in 120 Kiehle Building. If this scheduled time does not work for you, please contact me.
--John Zak, Editor, University Relations
ITC
Fall 2004 Learning Opportunities
The UMC Instructional Technology Center (ITC) is happy to announce the offering of its first series of workshops as follows:
WebCT Vista Training
Drop us an email at
itc@UMCrookston.edu with your choice of time and date; we will have
a development Vista site set up for you. I’m absolutely sure you will
enjoy the ease of use and power of
Vista. It is a
major improvement on the WebCT College Edition.
Workshop 1
Introduction to WebCT Vista – Navigation, Building, and Teaching
Instructional Technology Center, 143 Kiehle Building
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Wednesday, September 22, 4 p.m.
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Thursday, September 23, 7 a.m., noon, or 4 p.m.
(Deadline for enrollment was Friday, September 17 to enable you to have a working Vista site available.)
Workshop 2
WebCT Vista – Assessment with Vista
Instructional Technology Center, 143 Kiehle Building
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Wednesday, September 29, noon or 4 p.m.
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Thursday, September 30, 7 a.m. or 4 p.m.
Workshop 3
WebCT Vista – Content Management and Tools for Student Interaction
Instructional Technology Center, 143 Kiehle Building
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Wednesday, October 13, noon or 4 p.m.
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Thursday, October 14, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
--Bruce Brorson, Interim Director, Instructional Technology Center
15-Passenger Van Training September 22
Effective November 1, 2002 the University of Minnesota will not allow employees or students to drive a 15-passenger van unless they have completed a safety certification course. This new policy applies to vans owned by the University and rented from an outside source! There will be no exceptions to this policy!
You must attend in person to receive certification by the University of Minnesota. UMC Facilities Management will not allow vans to be reserved, picked up or driven unless you are on a list of certified drivers.
If you might be asked to drive a 15-passenger van as part of your position’s responsibilities, for a class, field trip, club activity, community service or athletic event, you must complete this training. Administrators, faculty, advisors, coaches and work-study supervisors, please contact any students that may need this training to assist you.
(If you have previously completed the training, you do not need to attend again.)
Training
is provided by Bill Roberts, Director of Fleet Services for the
University of Minnesota. He has an excellent training program full of
important information for all drivers. Please arrange schedules so that
those who need the training can attend on:
Wednesday, September 22, 3 to 4:45 p.m., 4 Hill Hall
This will be the only time this training is provided during the 2004 Fall Semester!
Pre-registration is required. For questions and registration, please contact Tom Feiro, Environmental Health & Safety at 281-8300 or via email at tfeiro@umn.edu OR Michelle Ramstad, Facilities Management and Operations, at 281-8483 or umlr005@umn.edu.
Comedian
Bengt Washburn to Perform for
September 22 W.O.W. Event
Comedian Bengt Washburn will perform Wednesday, September 22
at 8 p.m. in Kiehle Auditorium. Bengt (pronounced “bent”) Washburn
was born into a small Mormon family (seven kids) and raised in a big
Mormon town (pop. 1,000) in
Utah. Always fresh, an
evening with Bengt presents the world as seen through the eyes of a
small town Mormon boy gone slightly awry. Bengt is unique yet
universal, achieving the quirky while remaining accessible. Described
as “an intellectual with an imp’s perspective,” his musings are clever,
silly, poignant, pointed, irreverent, thought-provoking, and hilarious.
He’s a 2001 San Francisco Comedy Competition winner and performed at the
2002 Winter Olympics.
Homecoming
Parade October 9
The UMC Alumni Association (UMCAA)
will be sponsoring the annual Homecoming Parade on Saturday, October 9.
All clubs, organizations, residence floors, groups, teams, etc. are
encouraged to participate in the parade – Homecoming 2004 “Claw the
Bears: They’re UnBEARable.”
Parade
entries line up at 10:30 a.m. behind Robertson and Kiehle buildings.
The parade will begin at 11:30 a.m. and travel around the campus mall to
Parking Lot E. Prizes of $50 will be awarded to:
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Best Theme
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Best Crowd Pleaser
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Most Creative
Pick up your parade
entry form at the Dowell Info Desk or use the
attached form and submit it to the Alumni Office, 115B Kiehle
Building, by October 4.
--Rose Ulseth, Office of Development and Alumni Relations
Principle
Investigator Training
The Office of the Vice President for Research has
announced dates for the next “RCR” (Responsible Conduct of Research)
training sessions to be offered via ITV. All faculty and staff are
required to complete both to be eligible to serve as Principle
Investigators on research grants and other sponsored projects.
The training is delivered in two parts; it is not necessary to take Part 1 before Part 2. If you have already taken the training, you do not need to do so again.
Dates for ITV delivery are:
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Part 2, October 14, 9 a.m. to noon
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Part 1, December 2, 9 a.m. to noon
You can register for the training at the following web site (there is no charge): http://www.research.umn.edu/first/CourseSchedReg.htm
Please let me know if
you must have Part 1 training before December. Two other sessions are
offered this fall on the TC campus and Academic Affairs will work with
your Department to help cover the cost of travel.
--Richard Nelson, Interim
Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Disability Information Disclosure
I was recently asked by a student
with a disability if they are required to give their disability
information to a faculty member. The answer to that is both ‘yes’ and
‘no.’ Students are not required to disclose the specific nature
of a disability to a faculty member in order to obtain accommodations,
but they are required to document that disability to a significant
degree in the Office for Students with Disabilities at UMC in Owen 270.
Professors do have a right to know if the students who are seeking
accommodations are approved for those accommodations. By University
policy, disability documentation is to be stored in the Office for
Students with Disabilities and may not be disclosed without the consent
of the student. Students seeking accommodations generally meet to
discuss their disability information, develop an accommodation plan, and
then send those accommodation requests out with their consent to faculty
and specific staff. Faculty members are not required to grant
accommodation requests that have not been approved by the UMC Office for
Students with Disabilities. If you have additional questions or
concerns with regard to this information, please contact Laurie Wilson
at 8587. Thank you.
--Laurie Wilson, UMC Counseling and Disability Services
“My Active Advisees” Suite of
Reports Now Available at UMReports
UMReports has developed a new way
for advisors to access report information (including private student
data) for all their active advisees (Grad and Undergrad). The report
is located in Category: Student & Instruction Sub-Category: Students.
To add this link to your home page, log in to
www.umreports.umn.edu and go to the Search Reports tab. Type
advisees in the search box at the top of the page and hit the search
button. Click the check box in the Include on My Home Page column next
to the My Active Advisees Index Page report and hit the include button
at the bottom of the page.
My Active Advisees –
Index
This report serves as the gateway to other “My Advisees” reports
based on your current list of advisees and gives you a graphical
representation of your current advising load. From the Index
Page you can view an Advisees Roster – by academic career, advising
plan, advising committee assignments (if any) or a full roster of all
your active advisees. The index page also provides access to the
Registration Summary or Academic Record for an individual advisee,
searching by emplid or name.
Linked Reports
from My Active Advisees Index Page:
My Active Advisees – Roster
This report provides information about your current advisees,
but is based on their last enrolled term. The Roster lists all active
programs, plans, and subplans for each advisee. In addition term
progress units, total units earned, UM cum GPA, honors, expected
graduation term, and International Student Group are included. A link
to Student Addresses is provided.
My Advisees –
Midterm Alerts report
This report allows you to pick a term and see if any of your
current advisees had alerts for the selected term. Since the terms
are in the past, the primary plan showing on the report was the
students' plan during the selected term.
My Advisees – No
Enrollment
This report allows you to pick a term and see if any of your
current advisees did not enroll or completely cancelled for that
term. Again, the primary plan shown is the students' plan for the
selected term and may not be the student's plan now if you selected a
term in the past. If the student is no longer in the college for which
you are assigned as an advisor, they will drop off of the report. For
example, if you select Fall 2004 and you are an advisor in CLA, your
advisees who changed colleges effective Fall 2004 and have not yet
registered will not appear on your list.
My Advisees –
Registration Holds
This report shows your current advisees who have a service
indicator that holds registration on their records. Click on the arrow
above the registration hold column to group the report by hold. Click
on the arrow above any other column to return to the default format.
These reports contain private student data to be used for advising purposes only and may not be released to a third party.
Professional Development Funds Available – Call for Proposals
The Faculty Professional
Development Funds Committee meets four times a year to consider
proposals. You may apply for up to $500 in support of your costs.
Deadlines for this year are as follows:
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October 1 – Committee will notify by October 8
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December 3 – Committee will notify by December 10
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March 4 – Committee will notify by March 11
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June 3 – Committee will notify by June 10
If you have questions, please drop me an
email or give me a call. I would be happy to provide guidance on the
process. Attached are the
guidelines for funding as well as a
cover page for an application.
--Bruce Brorson, Associate Professor, Math, Science and Technology
Department and Interim Director, Instructional Technology Center
Robert Peterson Hired as Interim Vice Chancellor
for University Relations
Robert Peterson, J.D., has been
hired to serve as the Interim Vice Chancellor for University Relations
at the University of Minnesota, Crookston (UMC). He will serve as the
chief administrative officer responsible for providing leadership in
development, athletics, governmental affairs, alumni relations, and
institutional communications for UMC. He is scheduled to begin October
6, 2004.
Peterson’s expertise includes estate planning, gift tax, charitable lead and remainder trusts, real estate, and life insurance. “Peterson will be an enormous asset to our administrative team. His unique understanding of our service region and his wealth of knowledge will be a real benefit to our campus,” said Dr. Velmer Burton, UMC’s Chancellor. “We are looking forward to having him at UMC.”
Most recently, Peterson served as the Director of Gift Planning at the University of Minnesota Foundation. He has more than 14 years of experience as an estate planning attorney, 25 years as an investment advisor, and 25 years of experience working with clients’ tax issues. Peterson received his B.S.B. from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota and his J.D. from William Mitchell College of Law.
Sue
LeGare Hired as Administrative Assistant in Natural
Resources Department
Sue LeGare has just been named as
Senior Administrative Specialist in the Natural Resources Department at
the University of Minnesota, Crookston according to Dr. Dan Svedarsky,
department head. LeGare will assist with promoting the department,
working with department faculty and students, web page monitoring,
budgeting and other administrative support duties.
LeGare is a Crookston native and a graduate of both UMC and the Carlson School of Management on the Twin Cities campus where she majored in marketing. Before returning to Crookston with her husband David, she was an account executive with Lexmark International, Inc. in Bloomington. She is a graduate of the Dale Carnegie Human Relations program and was president of the UMC Alumni Association in 2001-2002.
“We are fortunate to have someone of Sue’s capabilities to staff this critically important position in the department,” according to Svedarsky. “We have a highly successful core of faculty and students and Sue will complement our efforts nicely as we strive to become one of the premier natural resources departments in the Midwest and Northern Great Plains.”
The Natural Resources Department offers programs in Horticulture, Aviation (Ag Aviation, Natural Resources Aviation, and Law Enforcement Aviation), Golf and Turf Management, and Natural Resources (Wildlife Management, Park Management, Natural Resources Law Enforcement, Natural Resources Management, and Water Resource Management). There are approximately 200 majors in the Department where the employment outlook is brighter than it has been in years. This is due to a wave of impending retirements with agency personnel and the increase in retiring baby boomers that are focusing more on landscaping their homes, outdoor recreation of all sorts, and spending more time on the golf course.
For more information,
see the Department web page at:
http://www.umcrookston.edu/academics/depts/NatR/index.htm
VolunTEAM
Update
The Agassiz Environmental Learning Center (AELC) in Fertile,
Minnesota is looking for volunteers to help lead nature tours and
environmental sessions on topics such as bird watching or tracking for
school field trips. Lesson plans already developed. A training session
will be held Tuesday, September 28, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the AELC.
Tours and sessions will be scheduled later. For more information,
please contact Kirsten Fuglseth at 218-945-3129 (w) or 218-945-3436 (h)
or
fuglseth@gvtel.com or
aelc@gvtel.com.
Volunteer Teacher Assistants are needed for the Early Childhood and Family Education (ECFE) program located at Carmen School, 1407 Erskine Street. Available hours are Monday and Thursday, 6:30 to 8 p.m.; Tuesday and Wednesday, 9:30 to 11 a.m.; and Friday, 1 to 2:30 p.m. For more information, please contact Suzanne St. Michel at 218-2762.
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
Community
Events
Crookston High School Variety
Show sponsored by the Crookston Music Trip Parent Organization is set
for Sunday, September 26 at 4 p.m. in the Crookston High School
Auditorium. The show will feature talent from the Crookston area and
Marcoux Corner. Tickets are $8 and are available at Four Seasons and
Crookston Paint and Glass or by mail order with check payable to CMT/PO
to CMT/PO, PO Box 722, Crookston, MN 56716. Tickets at the door are
$10; doors open at 3:30 p.m.
Crookston Artist Series "Barbary Coast Dixieland Band," Thursday, September 30, 7:30 p.m. at the Crookston High School Auditorium.
Polk County Public Health would like to invite any faculty or staff member from UMC to attend a conference entitled “Dealing with the Effects of Meth Use” on Friday, October 8, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Northland Inn. The $15 registration fee includes lunch and breaks; registration deadline is October 1, 2004. Please refer to the attached brochure for more information.
Special Dates
Birthdays
September 22 – Bill
Peterson
September 23 – Ted Tollefson
September 24 – Pam McGee
September 25 – David DeMuth
September 28 – Don Cavalier
Anniversaries
September 23 – Angelika and Mark Huglen
September 24 – Krista and Mike Proulx
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, September 25, to hear an exciting interview hosted by
Mike Meyer, UMC Director of Development.
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.