Volume 24, Number 18, December 15, 2004
Calendar
News Items
President
Bruininks’ and Administration Visit December
16
I am pleased to invite you, the
faculty and staff, to President Bruininks’ presentation this Thursday,
December 16 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in Brown Dining Room. There will be
a Q&A session after the presentation, followed by an informal mixer.
This visit and presentation are part of his regular visit program to
all coordinate campuses. He is being accompanied on this visit by
four of his leadership team:
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Robert Jones, Senior Vice President for System Administration
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Carol Carrier, Vice President, Human Relations
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Lincoln Kallsen, Director, Finance and Budgeting
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Jeanie Taylor, Associate for President’s Initiatives
Refreshments provided.
So, please plan to attend and participate if your schedule allows.
--Joe Massey, Chief Executive
Officer and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
UMC
Diversity Center to Open December 16
The UMC Diversity Center, a
center for all students, is scheduled to open Thursday, December 16 in
Dowell Hall 120. The purpose of the Diversity Center at University of
Minnesota Crookston is to foster a sense of community among students,
faculty, staff, and administrators of all races, genders, and national
origins. The Diversity Center provides an opportunity for people of all
cultures to meet, to explore their heritages, and to work toward
understanding, respect, and appreciation for the diversity within our
campus community and society.
The objectives of the Center are to:
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Provide a supportive environment to all students, faculty, staff, and administrators in which to gather informally as well as a resource library and study and meeting space.
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Promote an appreciation of diversity and multiculturalism on campus and Crookston community.
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Support pride and promote community among all students.
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Foster cooperation and communication within UMC’S campus and Crookston community.
Stop in and see what UMC’s Diversity Center has to offer!
The Tradition Continues …
Holiday Penny Jar
Looking for just the right place
for those excess holiday pennies? Through December 20, the Academic
Assistance Center, Student Support Services, Office for Students with
Disabilities, and Counseling and Career Services offices have made a
giant penny jar available for you to deposit your spare coins in.
Monetary donations will be split between the Care and Share Center for
homeless individuals and families and the Polk County Humane Society.
This is a great time to clean out your desk drawers, purse, pockets and
care seats and put those spare coins (or bills) to good use. You’ll be
amazed at how those pennies can add up and make a difference for two
important community resources.
Fall Semester
Art Show
The Drawing and Design Class is
displaying their artwork from fall semester in the lobby area of 110
Sahlstrom Conference Center. Please stop by and take a look; it’s on
display for most of this week.
--Sonia Spaeth, Assistant Professor
Emergency
Mental Health Services Training December 16
A presentation for area agency
and institutional personnel who encounter persons needing mental health
emergency services is being held on the UMC campus on Thursday, December
16 from 1 to 3 p.m. in Hill 4. Find out when and how to access area
emergency resources. Representatives from the Police Department, Polk
County Sheriff’s Office and Riverview Hospital and others will join us
at the session led and organized by Northwestern Mental Health Center
personnel. The session is open to anyone, but pre-registration is
required due to limited space. Contact Stacey Grunewald or Laurie
Wilson if you plan to attend.
--Laurie Wilson, UMC Counseling and Disability Services
Habitat
Tour of Homes Rescheduled to December 19
Habitat Tour of Homes will be
held on Sunday, December 19 from 3 to 7 p.m. Two UMC faculty/staff will
be included on the tour! The homes are Chuck & Chris Habstritt, 1210
St. Anne’s Street, Pam & Tom Holsinger-Fuchs, 327 Houston, Nan & Greg
Widseth, 909 Groveland Avenue and Kelly & Mark LaPlante, 217 4th
Avenue South. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased in advance at the
Dowell Information Desk or at any of the homes the day of the tour. The
profits benefit our local Habitat for Humanity chapter that is currently
building their eighth house in the Crookston area. Come enjoy these
beautifully decorated homes!
Campus-Wide Holiday
Celebration and Potluck December 20
The annual campus-wide Holiday
Celebration and Potluck get-together will be held Monday, December 20,
from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Brown Dining Room of Sahlstrom
Conference Center. All members of the UMC campus community and their
spouses or a guest are invited to attend. Attendees can bring any food
items they would like for the potluck or sign up on the Holiday Party
website: <http://itc.umcrookston.edu/scripts-bin/asp-bin/surveys/PartyGuestInventory/>.
Dining Services is providing BBQs, buns, sodas, water, coffee, and paper
products. Nonperishable food items will also be collected for the local
food bank.
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.”
Come and join the
celebration!
--United Staff Association (USA) Committee
Professional Development
Conference February 18 and 19
“Assessment: Informing Teaching, Learning, and Institutional Change”
will be held at the Sheraton Bloomington Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota
on February 18 and 19, 2005. This conference is sponsored by The
Collaboration for the Advancement of College Teaching and Learning (UMC
is a regional member of the Collaboration). The Academic Affairs Office
will pay the registration fee for any faculty wishing to attend this
conference; all other expenses will be the responsibility of the faculty
member. A limited number of conference brochures have been sent to each
Department Head; the registration form is on page seven of the
brochure. Completed registration forms must be returned to the Academic
Affairs Office no later than 8 a.m. on Friday, January 21, 2005. The
Academic Affairs Office will submit all registrations at one time;
travel and hotel arrangements are the responsibility of the faculty
member.
Interim
Financial Aid Counselor
I am pleased to announce that
Chris Boike has joined the Financial Aid team. She will be working half
days in the Financial Aid office and will continue in her current
position with Campus Ministries. If you happen to pass her in the hall,
please congratulate her on her new position.
--Keith Knapp, Director of Financial Aid
Weekly Bulletin
Schedule for the Holidays
This edition—the Wednesday,
December 15, edition—of the UMC Weekly Bulletin will be the final
edition for fall semester. The UMC Weekly Bulletin will not be sent
during the semester break, but will resume publication on the first
Wednesday of spring semester, Wednesday, January 12, 2005. Happy
holidays!
VolunTEAM
Update
Alternative Spring Break: Join students from the Twin Cities, UND,
and across the region in an alternative spring break! Trip is organized
by Brian Peterson, Crookston native and son of our own Bill Peterson!
Stop in cities across the country to provide community service on the
way to Washington, D.C. For more information and to register, check out
<www.stlf.net>.
Christmas Food Baskets: Volunteers are needed to help deliver food baskets to those in need. Meet at the Crookston Armory Thursday, December 16, at 1:30 p.m. to help sort food. On Friday, December 17, 6 p.m., volunteers are needed to pack baskets. On Saturday, December 18, 8:30 a.m., volunteers are needed to deliver baskets. Help on any of the days is appreciated. Please call Bonnie Holmquist at 281-5427 for more information.
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
December 16 – Lloyd Brokaw
December 23 – Lynne Mullins
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 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, December 18, to hear an exciting interview hosted by
Liz Tollefson, Assistant 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
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