TORCH AND SHIELD
Nominations for the Torch and Shield Award are due in the Chancellor’s Office by the end of August. If you have questions about the nomination process, or want a list of previous recipients, please call me at 8435.
--Barbara Weiler

EAGLES NEST GANG
All faculty, staff and students are invited to meet UMC 's 1998-99 Football Team and kickoff membership in the Eagles Nest Gang on: Thursday, September 3, UMC Football Field, 5:30 p.m. Hot dogs, chips, pop available for $1
--Ardis Thompson/Twyla Treanor

BOOKSTORE HOURS
The Bookstore will have extended hours. Avoid the lines! Shop early for used and new textbooks and school supplies. See the new line of fall clothing and check out the clothing specials. The extended Bookstore hours the first week of school are as follows:

Tuesday, Sept. 8, 8-3 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 9, 8-3 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 10, 8-4 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 11, 8-4 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 14, 8-4 p.m.

Resume regular hours of 8-3 p.m. --Leela Hier

KIEHLE HALL RENOVATION
The State Designer Selection Board recently selected the firm of Widseth Smith Nolting & Associates, Inc. of Crookston to provide professional services for the renovation of Kiehle Hall. A recent legislative action funded this project for planning funds with construction funding to be requested in the 2000 Legislative Session. This project will renovate the building and is not necessarily considered as an historic preservation or restoration of the building, even though some portions may be preserved or restored. An addition is under consideration for the housing of the UMC Alumni Foundation and other areas.

In September, the firm will schedule a series of meetings with the project team from UMC. The UMC Project Team consists of Jeff Sinks, Owen Williams, George French, Pam Holsinger-Fuchs, Dean McCleary, Kent Freberg, and Curt Almlie. Any comments or questions can be addressed to me.
--Curt Almlie

EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTER
Members of the construction committee for the new Early Childhood Development Center have had a busy summer visiting various facilities, including the U of M Twin Cites Child Care Center and a new Kindergarten Center in Fargo (designed by one of our architects). The initial plans and drawings have been prepared in hopes of presenting the information to the Regents at their September Meeting. The architects, Amanda Torgerson and David Schults from YHR Partners in Moorhead have been very helpful and responsive, and the committee is hoping to receive bids in January or February with construction to begin Summer or Fall of 1999. The new building will incorporate some features that fit well with the northwest corner of the campus.
--Doug Knowlton

FALL ORIENTATION
Yes, it is getting close to that time again. Fall orientation is just around the corner! We are anxiously planning events for Orientation ’98 and want to provide you some highlights.

New students will arrive on campus between 3 and 6 p.m. on Monday, September 7. A formal dinner will be held for all new students at 6:30 p.m. in Brown Dining Room. All family members and guests are invited to attend at their own expense. A separate dinner will be provided for all faculty and staff in Morsels. Orientation Convocation will follow dinner at 7:30 p.m. and will include information about academic tradition at UMC, an introduction of faculty and staff, and a Reader’s Theatre performance, "A Day in the Life of a College Student". There will be a Chancellor’s Reception following Convocation.

Orientation ’98 will continue for new students throughout the evening of September 10. Other events that should be highlighted include a chance for students to meet their faculty advisor on Tuesday, September 8 from 3 to 4:30 p.m., a Faculty Barbecue on the Mall on Wednesday, September 9 at 5 p.m. and an evening of games on the mall to follow the barbecue. Please join in the celebration and help to welcome our new students to UMC!
--Kami Trowbridge

UMC FLOAT
Thanks to the following people who worked with this year’s float in the Ox Cart Days Parade. Overall coordinator was Ardis Thompson. Workers included Rose Ulseth, Twyla Treanor, Stephanie Reck, Linda Olson and UMC student Amanda Jorde; Kent Freberg set up pickup truck with float top; Del Roelofs furnished the trailer; Rose Ulseth drove the float; Mark Ulseth was Regal. Riding on the float were: Stephanie Reck; UMC students Joe Hawkins, Amanda Jorde and Brandy Lietz. Riding on the pickup truck were Larissa Olson (Linda Olson’s daughter) Kelsey Grunewald (Stacey’s daughter), Nichole and Allison Ulseth and Issah (Rose’s daughters and nephew).
--Barbara Weiler

UMC Athletic Event season tickets are available for purchase for all UMC employees. Ticket is good for all regular season home athletic events. Normal ticket prices are $6 for adults and $3 for students. Home events include: Football - 5 home games; Volleyball - 7 home games; Men's Basketball - 10 home games; Women's Basketball - 16 home games; Hockey - 16 home games

Season Ticket prices:

Family Pass - $100
Adults - $ 45
High School Students - $ 20

Tickets can be purchased at the Business Office.
--Stephanie Reck

1^st PLACE WEB
Shawn Mosher is working for the Counseling and Career Center to update our 1stPlace Web registration Software Package on our new Webserver for students to access the program from their Laptop Computers. We are now in the process of testing the Webserver for use this fall.

If you would like to visit the Counseling and Career Center's homepage to see the new program you can view it at: http://www.umcrookston.edu/people/services/CAREER . If you have any questions call Don or Kellee at 8585 or 8586.
--Don Cavalier

1997-98 STUDENT-ATHLETES GPA

• Football (73 players) – 2.48
• Men’s Basketball (14) – 2.43
• Hockey (26) – 2.60
• Baseball (23) – 2.32
• Volleyball (10) – 2.86
• Soccer (13) – 2.73
• Women’s Basketball (12) – 2.84
• Softball (18) – 2.58
• Tennis (6) – 2.64

Overall GPA for 195 Student-Athletes was 2.55.
--Marv Bachmeier

ACADEMIC ADVISEMENT AND REGISTRATION
The final date for Fall ’98 Academic Advisement and Registration is scheduled for August 21. All information tables should be staffed by 8 a.m. Please see attached schedule for information. If you have questions, call Rae Howe-French at x8573 or call me at x8571.
--Kami Trowbridge

ACT TESTING SITE
UMC have been approved by ACT as a Residual Testing Site. We will be able to give the ACT to all entering freshman that haven't been able to take the test during the regular national testing date.
--Don Cavalier

CAMP RYLA
UMC and Crookston's Rotary Club sponsored a Rotary Youth Leadership Award Camp at UMC, July 12-18. Seventy-eight students from Ontario, Canada, Wisconsin, Minnesota and North Dakota were chosen from over 55 communities to attend. Programs about Leadership and Covey's Seven Habits of Highly Effective People were presented.
--Don Cavalier

RESIDENCE HALL UPDATE
The residence halls are filling quickly this summer as 463 students have been assigned rooms as of August 10. The halls have hosted several groups this summer. If you have an event that may require over-night accommodations contact the Office of Residential Life at 281-8530.

Repairs and renovations continue in Lee and Brink; roof repairs in Skyberg; and new furniture for Skyberg and McCall halls.

Resident Advisors will report to campus on August 31 for a week of training.
--Gary Willhite

GOLDEN EAGLE CALENDAR
The 1998-99 Golden Eagle Calendar has been dedicated to the former director of External Relations and founder of the UMC Teambackers and Athletic Scholarship Program, Al Larson. There are 1,000 calendars available for sale at $25 each. $5,000 will be given away in drawings with $20 prizes each day of the school year; $100.00 on the last Friday of each month and $500.00 at UMC Homecoming and Teambackers Fun Night. The calendar can be purchased at the UMC Athletic Department or from any Teambackers board member. Plans are to canvas the Crookston community on Tuesday, September 15. If we are successful in selling all of the calendars, we will net $15,000 for UMC athletic scholarships.
--Stephanie Reck

COMMUNITY SERVICE DAY
Want to get to know our new students and help the community at the same time? I am looking for faculty and staff to help with our Community Service Day during Orientation on Wednesday, September 9 from 8:30 a.m. to noon. All those participating will receive a free lunch sponsored by the Service Learning Office. Projects include Habitat for Humanity, Humane Society, Care and Share, City Beautification, Riverview Hospital as well as many other wonderful projects. Remember everyone can be great, because everyone can serve! Get to know our students and help Crookston.
--Pam Holsinger-Fuchs

UMC RECEIVES ITS FIRST GOLDEN EAGLE
Since 1996 the official mascot name for the Crookston campus has been the Golden Eagles but only recently did the campus receive a bona fide specimen of one. Doug Sandstrom, a UMC grad and current Minnesota Conservation Officer, helped remedy that deficiency. It is illegal for private citizens to possess protected birds, especially eagles, and through Doug’s contacts with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a confiscated bird was permanently loaned to the Wildlife Museum of the Natural Resources Department.
--Dan Svedarsky

SEMESTERS ARE COMING!
Work is currently underway for a special half-day semester conversion workshop for students and faculty this fall. The featured activity will be meetings between advisers and advisees to insure that everyone is on track for UMC's conversion to semesters in Fall 1999. A new semester course catalog will be available, as will special individualized Academic Progress Audit System (APAS ) reports for continuing students, that will show how quarter courses will apply toward fulfilling semester degree requirements. Students are encouraged to pick-up a copy of the currently available Semester Transition Student Handbook when school begins if they have not already done so. The Handbook is available at the Office of the Registrar and other locations across campus.
-- Bob Nelson

• Dan Svedarsky was recently elected to a 3-year term as the North Central Section Representative to The Wildlife Society.

• Aziz Rahman was invited to participate in the 4th International Conference on Precision Agriculture. His presentation was entitled "Precision Agriculture at UMC: Combining "Hands-On with "High Tech." Over 600 experts from around the world were in attendance at the St. Paul event.