University of Minnesota, Crookston
UMC WEEKLY BULLETIN

Vol. 17, No. 13, December 4, 1997

COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN WRAP-UP
The fundraising campaign concluded this past week. Employees from UMC/NWES/AURI contributed over $6,000 to United Way and over $300 to the Minnesota Environmental Fund. These contributions represent 108% of our United Way campaign goal. Thank you all for your generosity and kindness.
--Dean McCleary

LARSON RETIREMENT
There will be a retirement party for Al Larson on Monday, December 8, in Brown Dining Room from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. with a short program at 3 p.m. All faculty and staff are invited. Gifts may be given to the Al and Kay Larson Scholarship Fund (checks should be made out to the Allan and Kay Larson Scholarship Fund). Please bring your contribution to the UMC Business Office. We hope you will all come out to thank Al for his years at UMC and to wish him well in his retirement.
--White House Staff

VIDEO PRESENTATION OF "SLIM HOPES"
Back by demand, "Slim Hopes," the video featuring Jean Kilbourne, award-winning creator of "Still Killing Us Softly," offers an in-depth analysis of how female bodies are depicted in advertising imagery and the devastating effects of that imagery on women's health. Addressing the relationship between these images and the obsession of girls and women with dieting and thinness, "Slim Hopes" offers a new way to think about life-threatening eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia, as well as well-documented critical perspectives on the social impact of advertising.

View the video and have coffee and cookies with us. The video will be shown at 12 noon and again at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, December 9, in Sahlstrom Conference Center 131. It is 30 minutes in length. The video presentation is sponsored by the UMC Commission on Women.
--Bonnie Boyle

STENZEL TO SPEAK
Pam Stenzel, founder and director of Straight Talk, will discuss "Sex has a Price Tag" on December 9 at 6 p.m. in Sahlstrom Conference Center AB. Sponsored by Bede Student Center, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program and Health Services, this is free and open to the public.
--Pam Holsinger-Fuchs

U CARD
If you do not have your U Card (Student, Faculty, and Staff Identification Card), please stop by the Office of the Registrar, 109 Selvig Hall, between 9 a.m. and 12 noon, Monday through Friday.
--Linda Olson

BRANDON FREBERG MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
A donor, who wishes to remain anonymous, has pledged $3,000 to match future gifts designated to the Brandon Freberg Memorial Scholarship Fund at UMC. If your charitable giving plans include a gift to UMC, this is an opportunity to honor Brandon, double the amount given to UMC and provide an additional scholarship for prospective UMC students. Please contact Al Larson 8436 or Del Roelofs 8438 if you have questions.
--Allan Larson

STUDY ABROAD FAIR
The Office of Multicultural/International Programs is sponsoring a Study Abroad Fair which will be held on Thursday, December 11^th, from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Sahlstrom Conference Center ABC. Representatives of the International Programs from the Twin Cities and Morris campuses will be sharing information on study abroad opportunities. Please encourage student participation in the Fair. Thank you. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me.
--Mario Prada

NOTES FROM THE MUSIC/THEATER DEPARTMENT
The Music/Theater Department and Campus Ministry will present a Christmas Program, Monday, December 15, at 7:30 p.m. in the Bede Ballroom.

On Friday, December 19, at 3 p.m., the UMC Choir will perform Christmas music on KROX Radio, 1260 AM.
--George French

EPICUREAN ROOM
WHAT:
Restaurant Practicum Luncheon Service
DATES:
Thursdays, beginning December 18 and running through February 12
WHERE:
Sahlstrom Conference Center 122
TIME:
Reservations start at 11:45 a.m.
WHO:
Open to everyone
RESERVATIONS:
There is limited seating, so make reservations through Arlene Tahran in the Management Division, x8176.
JUST FOR YOU:

• Greatly expanded menu for beverages.
• Technologies, which cost recipes, consolidate a purchase order list, convert recipes to any number from one, and do a nutritional analysis.
• Each waiter will have a service alert pager, which vibrates when order is ready.

--Ken Myers

GRAND FORKS HERALD SUNDAY CAMPUS PAGE
The Grand Forks Herald is now publishing a Campus Page, which will run every Sunday. The page will include:

1. Briefs from each campus
2. Weekly calendar of events
3. Campus logos
4. Short features with photos (faculty, staff, students)
5. Advertising

Please think about this and send me ideas for the briefs and short features throughout the year. My e-mail is weiler@mail.crk.umn.edu. Thanks for your help in getting out the news from UMC.
--Barbara Weiler

ON CAMPUS INTERVIEWING
The following companies will be on campus interviewing UMC students. Please encourage students to stop by the Counseling and Career Center, Bede Hall, room 106 to sign up for an interview time.

December 10 · Land O Lakes
Dairy Management and Meat Animal Management

December 11 · Jennie-O Foods
Accounting, Animal Industries Management, Meat Animal Management, Business Management, Information Networking Management and Processing Technology

January 14 · 21^st Century Genetics
Agricultural Industries Sales and Management, Dairy Management and Meat Animal Management

January 15 · U.S. Army
All majors

If you have any questions, stop by the Counseling and Career Center or call Kellee at 8586 or Don at 8585.
--Kellee Thingelstad

ART WORKS
Just a reminder that there are two proposals for outside art for the University Teaching and Outreach Center (UTOC) on the second floor of the Kiehle Library. They can be easily viewed at the top of the steps and are labeled. Please take time to look at these and give comments to me.
--George French

UMC's ATHLETIC COMMUNITY BUILDING PROJECT RECOGNIZED
UMC's Athletic Community Building Project for 1996-97 was given the "Innovations in Student Development Award" by the Minnesota College Personnel Association during their annual meeting at the Earle Brown Continuing Education Center on the University of Minnesota, St. Paul campus.

This "best practices" award is designed to facilitate the sharing of new ideas and show appreciation for the work of colleagues on various campuses. The UMC Community Building Project Team membership included Don Cavalier, Tim Harrison, Stacey Grunewald, Marv Bachmeier, Laurie Wilson, and all the athletic coaches at UMC. The goals of the project were to discuss athletes as leaders in the university setting first as students and role models and second as athletes. Other issues that were presented during the project were Athletics and Classroom Success, Winning on Two Fronts, Physical and Mental Conditioning, Confronting the Realities of Diversity, Athletics and Lifelong Planning, Chemical and Substance Use and Abuse, and Sexual Assault and Harassment. About 167 athletes participated in the project.
--Don Cavalier

HOLIDAY GREETINGS
We wish everyone on the Crookston Campus happy holidays.
--Regent Emeritus Stan Sahlstrom and Mil

FACULTY AND STAFF ACCOLADES

• Dennis Magsam was the winner of the Sony VCR drawing that was held during the U Card issuing, November 4-6.
• Stephanie Reck received the Fall Quarter CS/BU Employee of the Quarter Award for 1997. She was recognized for dedicating much of her own time, after normal hours, to make sure tasks were completed on time and in a very professional manner. Stephanie has been with UMC for two years.

UMC INSIGHT
UMC Insight will be aired Saturday, December 6, at 8:45 a.m. on KROX (AM 1260). Tune in this week to hear "Soccer" with Marcelo Campoverde.

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