University of Minnesota, Crookston
UMC BULLETIN

Vol. 16, No. 13, December 5, 1996

CALENDAR
December 6
Ag Activities Day
December 11
"Black Excellence: The Entrepreneurs" presentation and discussion
December 12
Women's Basketball vs. University of Wisconsin, Superior
December 18
Winter Convocation
December 19
Christmas Fest
December 20 and 21
Hockey vs. Marian College
December 23, 24 and 25
Christmas Holiday, Offices Closed
January 1
New Year's Holiday, Offices Closed
January 3 and 4
Hockey vs. Minot State University
January 4
Women's Basketball vs. Bemidji State University
Men's Basketball vs. University of Minnesota, Morris
January 9
Women's Basketball vs. Dickinson State University
Men's Basketball vs. Dickinson State University
January 10 and 11
Hockey vs. University of Wisconsin, Stout

U OF M PRESIDENTIAL FINALISTS
Public Forums for the U of M presidential finalists may be seen on ITV at UMC from 11 a.m. to noon in Dowell Hall 128. The schedule is as follows:

Monday, December 9
Judith A. Ramaley, Ph.D., president
Portland State University

Tuesday, December 10
William V. Muse, Ph.D., president
Auburn University

Wednesday, December 11
Mark G. Yudof, LL.B., executive vice president and provost
University of Texas

Each finalist will give a brief presentation and then respond to audience members' questions. Robert Bruininks, dean of the College of Education and Human Development, will moderate. Faculty, staff and students are invited to attend.
--Donald Sargeant

UMC BULLETIN NOW ON WWW
The UMC Bulletin is now on the WWW. To access the current issue or past issues use: www1.crk.umn.edu/UMC_Bulletin/bulletin.htm
It is important to use capital letters as above. Plans are to have a search capacity for the Bulletin. The UMC Bulletin will no longer be posted to Noticeboard as in past years.
--Barbara Weiler

ACCESS TO STUDENT RECORDS
Attached to this edition of the Bulletin is information regarding the responsibilities of faculty, staff, and student employees who have access to student educational records. Please contact Bob Nelson at 281-8560 or e-mail at nelson@mail.crk.umn.edu if you have any questions.
--Bob Nelson

HONORS COMMITTEE
The UMC Honors Committee has been activated again. Members of the committee include Karl Bornhoft, Patti Malme, Bruce Mjoen, Leroy Sondrol, Dan Svedarsky, and Al Larson (staff). The committee provides recommendations to the UMC Chancellor and to the Northwest Experiment Station Head which are forwarded to the University Honors Committee which in turn forwards recommendations to the Board of Regents for review and action. If you have recommendations for honoring individuals by the naming of buildings, rooms, fields, or other campus facilities, forward them to Al Larson or any committee member.
--Donald Sargeant

SVEC NAMED AS UMC'S WEBMASTER
Andrew Svec has been named as UMC's first full-time Webmaster and assumed his new responsibilities on 11/25/96. Andrew previously served as assistant director of Residential Life and most recently as assistant director of Enrollment Management. The Webmaster is responsible for working with faculty, staff, and students in all aspects of developing and maintaining the campus World Wide Web site. Andrew's office is located in the Instructional Technology Center, 208 Dowell, and his phone number is 281-8380.
--Bob Nelson

FREE RETIREMENT PLANNING SOFTWARE
We have a new tool that can help UMC employees plan for retirement. It is a software package called Vanguard Retirement Investing Guide. This software has the ability to project retirement income based on a number of different scenarios. You can enter your income, additional investments, level of desired income at the time of retirement, and other unique factors. The program will then project what you need to invest to reach your goals.

You can receive a free copy of this IBM compatible software package by calling Les Johnson at 8345 or e-mailing your request to ljohnson. We will forward a program disk to you by campus mail.
--Les Johnson

MARY BYWATER'S RETIREMENT PARTY
A retirement party for Mary Bywater will be held Friday, December 20, from 2 to 4 p.m. in CC A&B. A short program will be held at 3 p.m. Contributions towards a UMC retirement gift can be brought to Karen Murphy in the business office. We would appreciate receiving contributions before December 16.
--Bonnie Anderson

SERVICE LEARNING GRANT
Congratulations to Jerry Knutson for receiving a Campus Compact Grant for incorporating Service Learning in his Zoology class (Biology 1106) for spring quarter. The project title is: Deformed frogs: Zoology students share awareness and concern with elementary children. This grant will fund special speakers and field trip expenses to allow our students experiential learning and the opportunity to share with the community their findings. Any faculty interested in incorporating service-learning into future classes, please contact me for ideas and support.
--Pam Holsinger-Fuchs

SPECIALS AT MORSELS
The specials at Morsels for the week of December 9-13 are:

Monday - Hoagie and chips $3.00
Tuesday - Taco salad $3.00
Wednesday - Spaghetti and meatballs with garlic bread $3.50
Thursday - Swiss mushroom burger and curly fries $3.50
Friday - Grilled cheese and tomato soup $2.50

Each daily special also includes a 16 oz. fountain drink.
--Pam Ogaard

UMC INSIGHT
UMC Insight will be aired Saturday, December 7, at 8:45 a.m. on KROX (AM 1260). Tune in this week to hear "Stress and the Holidays" with Colette Conati.

ATTACHMENT
(Attached to the paper copy of the UMC Bulletin):
Access to Student Records

Publication Information:

UMC Bulletin is published by University Relations and UMC Printing weekly September through May. Copy deadline is 12 noon on Tuesday of each week. Please send items for the bulletin electronically to "weiler" with a copy to "sdwyer."

Disability accommodations will be provided upon request for all events listed in the UMC Bulletin.