Volume 24, Number 9, October 13, 2004
Calendar
News Items
Comedian
Val Kappa, October 20 W.O.W. Event
Comedian Val Kappa will be performing on Wednesday, October 20 at 8 p.m. in the Eagles Nest, Sahlstrom Conference Center.
“Val Kappa was voted
"Class Clown" in high school, which was weird since she was always a bit
on the shy side. She never spat any spit balls to earn the title.
”She started her freshman year at Emerson College in Boston, and took an
acting class, where she wrote and performed a comedic piece she had
written herself, called, "Uuna Goes Sledding". Her Uuna piece earned her
an "A" in the class, and some laughter. That summer Val started to
perform her Uuna character at comedy clubs and other venues in Boston.
Uuna was the perfect way for her to start out doing comedy. She got to
see what it was like to perform at clubs, but under the safety of hiding
behind a character. Part of the "Uuna act" consisted of Uuna trying to
train herself for dealing with tough crowds. For this Uuna would ask
the audience to heckle her, then she would throw a candy called "laffy
taffy" at them in retaliation. After a year of buying large amounts of
laffy taffy and wearing a snowsuit, Val decided to try something
new…being herself. It was getting too hot to be wearing the snowsuit in
the summer, anyway. So, she started to show up at clubs and campus
functions reading shorts stories she had written. She did that for a
year, then switched to doing straight stand-up. Since then Val has
developed an act that draws from her life and is delivered in a dry
manner.
”Val graduated from Emerson in May 2000, then moved to New York in 2001.
Getting a majority of her stage time at alternative venues, Val found
her comedic voice and was able to evolve her act into one that plays
well just about anywhere.”
you…
This W.O.W. event is sponsored by S.P.A.C.E. and all are invited to attend.
Breakfast with the Chancellor October 20
Monthly breakfasts with
Chancellor Burton will resume Wednesday, October 20, 2004. Breakfasts
will be held the third Wednesday of each month at 7 a.m. in Brown Dining
Room. Mark your calendars and please join the Chancellor if you can.
--Barbara Ricord, Office of the Chancellor
October is
Scholarship Month
Thank you to everyone who joined
us yesterday to meet Robert Peterson, our new Vice Chancellor for
University Relations, and enjoy a little coffee and chocolate. We are
happy to announce that Melissa Wright was the lucky winner of the
tray of Widman’s chocolate. Congratulations, Melissa!
Remember October is scholarship month. If you would like to contribute, please contact the Office of Development and Alumni Relations in 115 Kiehle Building. Bob Peterson or Mike Meyer will be happy to visit with you about supporting UMC through scholarship giving!
Preventing the Spread of the Flu Virus
Due to the severe shortage of the
influenza vaccine, UMC will not be offering any flu shot clinics. Those
individuals who fall under the priority group (noted below) should
consult their primary care physician about receiving the vaccine.
To help prevent the spread of the flu virus:
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Wash your hands frequently with hot soapy water for at least 30 seconds.
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Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when sneezing or coughing.
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Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth, which may increase the chance of infection.
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Stay home from work and school when you are sick.
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Avoid sharing food, eating utensils, drinking glasses, pens, and pencils.
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Don’t reuse or share water bottles.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Interim Influenza Vaccination Recommendations: 2004-05
On October 5,
2004, CDC was notified by Chiron Corporation that none of its influenza
vaccine (Fluvirin®) would be available for distribution in the United
States for the 2004-05 influenza season. The company indicated that the
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in the United
Kingdom, where Chiron's Fluvirin vaccine is produced, has suspended the
company's license to manufacture Fluvirin vaccine in its Liverpool
facility for 3 months, preventing any release of this vaccine for this
influenza season. This will reduce by approximately one half the
expected supply of trivalent inactivated vaccine (flu shot) available in
the United States for the 2004-05 influenza season.
The remaining supply of influenza vaccine that is expected to be available in the United States this season is about 54 million doses of Fluzone®, manufactured Aventis Pasteur. Of these doses, approximately 30 million doses already have been distributed by Aventis Pasteur. In addition, approximately 1.1 million doses of live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV/Flumist®) manufactured by MedImmnune will be available this season.
Because of this urgent situation, CDC, in coordination with its Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP), is issuing interim recommendations for influenza vaccination during the 2004-05 season. These interim recommendations were formally recommended by ACIP on October 5, 2004 and take precedence over earlier recommendations.
Who Should Be Vaccinated
With the Flu Shot This Season
Priority groups for vaccination with inactivated influenza vaccine this
season are:
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all children aged 6-23 months,
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adults aged =65 years,
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persons aged =2-64 years with underlying chronic medical conditions,
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all women who will be pregnant during influenza season,
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residents of nursing homes and long-term care facilities,
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children 6 months-18 years of age on chronic aspirin therapy,
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health-care workers with direct patient care, and
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out-of-home caregivers and household contacts of children aged < 6 months.
Other Vaccination Recommendations
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Healthy persons who are 5-49 years of age and not pregnant, including health-care workers (except those who care for severely immunocompromised patients in special care units) and persons caring for children aged < 6 months should be encouraged to be vaccinated with intranasally administered live, attenuated influenza vaccine.
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Persons in priority groups identified above should be encouraged to search locally for vaccine if their usual health-care provider does not have vaccine available.
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Many children aged < 9 years require two doses of vaccine if they have not previously been vaccinated. All children at high risk of complications from influenza, including those aged 6-23 months, who present for vaccination should be vaccinated with a first or second dose, depending on vaccination status. However, doses should not be held in reserve to ensure that two doses will be available. Rather, available vaccine should be used to vaccinate persons in priority groups on a first come first serve basis.
Vaccination of Persons in Non Priority Groups
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Persons who are not included in one of the priority groups above should be informed about the urgent vaccine supply situation and asked to forego or defer vaccination.
Who Should Not Get Flu
Vaccine
People in the following groups should not get flu vaccine before talking
with their doctor:
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People who have a severe allergy (i.e. anaphylactic allergic reaction) to hens’ eggs
It is prudent to avoid vaccination in people who previously developed Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) the 6 weeks after getting a flu shot.
For more information,
visit
www.cdc.gov/flu or call the CDC public response hotline at (888)
246-2675 (English), (888) 246-2857 (Español), or (866) 874-2646 (TTY).
--Stacey Grunewald, RN, UMC
Student Health
Sidewalk
Access to Sahlstrom Conference Center
Roer’s Construction is ready to
expand the new sidewalk from the student center construction site to the
west and connect it to the east exit of the Eagles Nest on the first
floor of the conference center and the sidewalk in front of Sahlstrom
Conference Center. For the remainder of the week, that entrance and
exit will be closed to student, employee and public access. Please use
the main entrance to the conference center or Dowell Hall to enter and
exit the conference center. The only handicapped sidewalk approach from
the mall is at the Dowell—Sahlstrom Conference Center link to the west.
Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. Having this section
completed means that we will soon be able to use the sidewalks in front
of the new Student Center to get to Hill and Owen Halls.
--Tom Feiro, for John Magnuson, Associate Vice Chancellor for
Facilities and Operations
A Special
Thanks to our UMC Heroes!
UMC was able to collect 50 units
of blood at our fall blood drive, which is excellent! Thanks also to
SIFE for all their hard work in organizing this blood drive and making
it such a success. For those students who donated blood, you are
eligible to report that hour as volunteer service on the “individual
volunteer form.” Just fill out a very simple on-line form at
http://www.umcrookston.edu/people/org/zzforms/IndividualProjectForm.htm.
Homecoming 2004
Congratulations
to the 2004 Homecoming Royalty, Queen
Tara Tweten and King Brandon Sykora, and Princess Xiongmee Vang and
Prince Reggie Mosley.
Front
left to right, Tara Tweten and Brandon Sykora
Back left to right, Xiongmee Vang and Reggie Mosley
The Alumni Association would like to thank all of the people who participated in the Homecoming Parade. This year’s Homecoming parade winners are:
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Best Theme – Sportsmen’s Club
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Most Creative – Delta Theta Sigma
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Best Crowd Pleaser – Zeta of Clovia
The winning entries will receive $50 for their club or organization.
Congratulations to the 2004 Outstanding Alumni, (left to right)
Melinda McVey McCluskey, Lyle Glass, and
ADawn McLean Melbye and
the
2004 Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees, (left to right)
Gary Senske, Mark Olsonawski, and
Brenda Russell Kasprick, with Chancellor
Burton. They were recognized at the UMC Athletic Hall of Fame and
Outstanding Alumni Banquet and again during the half-time presentation
of the football game.
Also presented during
the half-time festivities was a check in the amount of $15,000 from the
UMC Teambackers to UMC Athletics. These funds were generated from
Teambacker Fun Night and Teambacker golf tournaments to support UMC
Athletic Scholarships.
Stephanie Helgeson, Athletic Director and Chuck Wilder, Teambacker Board
Member
Accolades
As
a University of Minnesota “ALP Fellow,” Mark Huglen participated
in the Committee on Institutional Cooperation Academic Leadership
Program at the University of Iowa, October 7-9, 2004. The CIC is
comprised of the Big Ten institutions and others. This first of three
seminars included the topics Leadership, Legal Climate for Diversity,
Women and Minorities in Academic Leadership, New and old Buildings
Challenges, Preventing and Resolving Conflicts, Faculty Performance and
Evaluation, and others. The next seminar is at the University of
Illinois at Chicago and will cover the topic Long Range Planning and
budgeting.
A number of UMC faculty and staff presented at the MBEI Conference in
Bemidji on October 8. Presenters included Susan Brorson,
Professor and Business Department Head; Eric Burgess, Instructor,
Business Management; Pamela Holsinger-Fuchs, Director of Student
Activities and Service Learning; Martin Lundell, Assistant
Professor, Information Technology Management; and Kelly Nelson,
Information Tech Professional.
Cavalier
to be Honored by Mayville State University
Mayville State
University Baseball Team 1963
Don Cavalier, front row, second from left
Don Cavalier, Director of Counseling
and Career Services at the University of Minnesota, Crookston will be
honored by Mayville State University Alumni Association as a member of
the 1963 Baseball Team during the Homecoming 2004 activities scheduled
for Friday, October 15 and Saturday, October 16. Mayville State’s 1963
Baseball team of “opportunity takers” became overachievers under the
guidance of legendary Comet Coach Al Meyer. The Comets won the Eastern
North Dakota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title, the North Dakota
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (NDIAC) Crown, and the NAIA District
!2 Championship. After winning the Area 2 NAIA regional tournament,
they advanced to the National NAIA small college World Series Tournament
in St. Joseph, Missouri, where they outlasted Winona State (Minnesota)
13-11 in the first round. They lost to Sam Houston State of Texas 5-0
and lost to Eastern Carolina in a close game 3-1 to end their national
title quest. The team included a powerful nucleus of players who
returned the comets to the national tournament the next year (1964).
This is the second time that Don will be inducted to the Mayville State
Athletic Hall of Fame.
VolunTEAM
Update
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Produce and host your own music or public affairs radio program on KSRQ, Pioneer 90.1 at Northland Community College in Thief River Falls. Hours flexible. For more information, please contact Travis Ryder, Station Manager, at 218-681-0791.
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Halloween Party: Help with games and clean up at the Climax Community Halloween Party. For more information, please contact Kerry Schaar at 218-857-2818 or kschaar@climax.k12.mn.us.
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Two, new, younger board members. Those who appreciate history and view historical buildings as valuable assets call 218-289-2516 for more info. Meetings third Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. at Cathedral Gallery & Store above Humane Society in Crookston.
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Move Furniture: Dale Knotek is looking for 3-4 volunteers to help move furniture from his cabin at Union Lake to a garage storage area Saturday, October 16. He will pick up volunteers at UMC around 9:30 a.m. You should be back by 2:00 p.m. He will provide lunch out at the lake. For more information, contact Dale at 281-6680.
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
October 13 – Marilyn Grave
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, October 16, to hear an exciting interview hosted by
Mike Meyer, UMC Director of Development and Alumni Relations.
UMC Insight files are also available via the Web at: www.UMCrookston.edu/newsevents/insight/04-05/index.htm
UMC
Bulletin
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at:
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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.