University of Minnesota, Crookston
UMC WEEKLY BULLETIN
Vol. 16, No. 21, February 13, 1997
CALENDAR
February 10-14
SnowDaze
February 12
Hockey vs. Warroad Lakers
February 13
Women’s Basketball vs. Mayville State University
Men’s Basketball vs. Mayville State University
February 14
Vees Dance
SnowDaze Coronation
February 15
Hockey vs. North Dakota State University
February 17
Women’s Basketball vs. University of Minnesota, Morris
February 18
Campus Assembly
February 19
President Hasselmo and Regent Sahlstrom to visit UMC
February 21 and 22
Hockey vs. St. Johns University
February 22 and 23
"Snowbound Classic" Men's and Women's Volleyball Tournament
March 5
Hockey vs. Bemidji State University
HENDEL AND WHITESIDE AT UMC
On Tuesday, February 18, Darwin Hendel and Jane Whiteside from the U of M Twin
Cities Office of Planning and Analysis will visit UMC to discuss the University’s
critical measures. At 1 p.m. in Conference Center 131, an open session will be held for
all work groups and other interested faculty and staff. Please mark your calendars and
plan to attend
--Bob Nelson
PRESIDENT HASSELMO VISIT--FEBRUARY 19
President Hasselmo will visit UMC next Wednesday. All faculty and staff are
invited to the Open Forum at 3:00 p.m. in the ARC Auditorium. (His complete itinerary is
attached)
--Donald Sargeant
EXEMPT W-4, MWR FORMS, FILING W-4 FORMS FOR OTHER CHANGES
Exempt W-4’s submitted to payroll in 1996 expire on 2-15-97. To avoid
having taxes withheld after that date, new exempt W-4’s must be received in Payroll
in the Twin Cities by 2-14-97.
MWR forms expire on 2-28-97. To avoid having Minnesota taxes withheld, new forms must be in Payroll in the Twin Cities by 2-28-97.
Employees needing a W-4 form or MWR (Reciprocity) form may stop by the Office of Human
Resources and pick up the form/s or call 8325.
--Jacquie Normandin
EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER
Attached to this issue of UMC Bulletin is the nomination form for the United
Staff Association Employee of the Quarter. Please return forms to me by Monday, February
24.
--Karen Murphy
NON-U.S. CITIZENS MUST FILE TAX REPORTS
All iBring your lunch and join from noon to 1 p.m. in Kiehle 133 for the
following financial workshops:
February 18 - Women & Investing: Take Charge of Your Financial Future by Lisa Stitzel, TIAA-CREF
February 25 - Benefits of Global Diversification by Todd Hoppock, Scudder Investments
March 4 - Advanced Asset Allocation: Beyond the Basics by Elizabeth Heffernan, Fidelity Investments
March 11 - Triumph of Indexing by Mike Tawadros, Vanguard Investments
March 18 - Advanced Investment Strategies: Examining Investment Risk by James Sanford and Barry Naugle, Minnesota Mutual
These interesting and informative sessions are presented by the Office of Human
Resources, Employee Benefits and transmitted using the ITV network to UMC from the Twin
Cities.
--Les Johnson
SCHNITZER VIDEO
Not in our Town Speaker Tammie Schnitzer was video taped, and the tape is
available from the Student Activities Office. Anyone that missed her lecture but would
like to check out the tape may contact me at 8505 to reserve this. This event was
co-sponsored by Concerts and Lectures, Commission of Women, Multicultural Office and Bede
Student Center.
--Pam Holsinger-Fuchs
COMEDIAN TO PERFORM AT UMC
Pablo Francisco, a comedy junkie, will perform at UMC Wednesday, February 19,
from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Morsels. He was scheduled to perform in January but was
stormed out. All faculty and staff are invited to attend.
--Pam Holsinger-Fuchs
SNOWDAZE ACTIVITIES
Are you looking for something to do on Valentine’s Day? The Vee’s
will be performing in Lysaker Gym and faculty and staff are welcome to attend. The
SnowDaze royal court will be announced that evening at 10 p.m. Come for the coronation and
stay to dance.
--Pam Holsinger-Fuchs
COMMISSION ON WOMEN
The Commission on Women will sponsor three noon seminars this spring from 12
noon to 1 p.m. in CC ABC.
Thursday, March 13-"A Fine and Long Tradition"
Thursday, April 17-"How America’s Schools Cheat Girls"
Thursday, May 15-"A Celebration of Women"
Watch for more details in the UMC Bulletin and on the Commission on Women list server.
For new users to subscribe to the Commission’s list server, send mail to:
maiser@mail.crk.umn.edu with only the following in the message body (no signatures, etc.):
SUBSCRIBE UMC-WCOM
--Glenice Johnson
MONDAY EVENING INTERNATIONAL SERIES
The Monday Evening International Series will be held in March. Ethnic dinners
begin at 6 p.m. with program at 7 p.m. in Brown Dining Room.
March 10 - Malaysia: Malaysian Moments by Philip and Barbara Weiler
March 17 - Ireland: A Student’s Journey Across the Emerald Isle with Patrick Wilson
March 24 - Pakistan: Moving Forward in the World Community with Dr. Azmat Qayyum
March 31 - Spain and the Basque Country: A Rich Heritage by Asier Larrea
Cost of the dinner is $7.00. Make reservations by calling Bede Information Desk at
8586..
--Mario Prada
THANK YOU
Thank you so much for the kind thoughts during the past few weeks upon the
death of Ray Lemmerman, my father. My family and I appreciated the fern that was sent from
the faculty and staff to the memorial service, the notes, the food, the memorials and
thoughts and prayers.
--Kathe Lemmerman
SPECIALS AT MORSELS
The specials at Morsels for the week of February 17-21 are:
Monday – Grilled cheese and chili · $2.75
Tuesday – Taco Salad · $3.00
Wednesday – Tuna Melt and chips · $3.00
Thursday – Swiss mushroom burger and curly fries · $3.50
Friday – Hoagie and chips · $4.00
Each daily special also includes a 16 oz. fountain drink.
--Pam Sullivan
UMC INSIGHT
UMC Insight will be aired Saturday, February 15, at 8:45 a.m. on KROX (AM
1260). Tune in this week to hear "A New Look for UMC's WWW Home Page" with
Andrew Svec.
ATTACHMENTS
(Attached to the paper copy of the UMC Bulletin):