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Volume 18, Number 21, February 11, 1999
Calendar
February 11
The Epicurean Room
Leadership Luncheon Series - Interviewing & Resume Critique
Home Basketball vs. Presentation College
February 12
Campus Preview Day
Parent Information Session
February 12 and 13
Home Hockey vs. Minot State University
February 12-15
UMC Music-Theater Department presents "Murder at Sunset Lodge"
February 14
Valentine's Day
February Fitness Open Swimming
February 15
Hardanger Fiddle and Norwegian Dance Demonstration
February 16
Satellite Town Meeting
February 18
Home Basketball vs. University of Mary
February 19
Farm Alarm: Coping with Stress
Home Hockey vs. North Dakota State University
February 20 and 21
Horse Show
February 21
February Fitness Cross-country Skiing
February 23-26
Final Exams
February 23
Strees Free Zone
Texas Social
February 25
Brown Bag Lunch Series
February 26
Safety Training
February 27-March 7
Quarter Break
News Items
Murder at Sunset Lodge
"Murder at Sunset
Lodge" will be performed February 12 through 15 in
Kiehle auditorium. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. each
evening except Sunday when there will be a matinee
performance at 3 p.m. The play is written and directed by
UMC student Eric Perkins.
--UMC News
Music and Dance Demonstration
A demonstration of music and
dance featuring the Norwegian Hardanger fiddle will be
presented Monday, February 15, at 12 noon in Bede
Ballroom. The performance is free and open to the public.
The program begins with a Hardanger
fiddle concert by Olav Jo/rgan Hegge, known as a
tradition bearer from the district of Valdres, Norway. A
champion dancer along with his wife Mary, he will dance
the Valdresspringar accompanied by Hardanger fiddler
Karen Torkelson Solgaard of Minneapolis. The concert is
followed by a demonstration.
--UMC News
Expanded Library Hours
Beginning Saturday, February
13, the UMC library will be open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Following are the new library hours:
| Monday - Thursday | 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. |
| Friday | 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
| Saturday | 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. |
| Sunday | 5 to 9 p.m. |
--Owen Williams
Farm Alarm: Coping with Stress
A theatrical presentation
addresses stress reduction, safety messages to farm
families. Although entertainment is the main purpose of
most theater productions, a new play about stress also
has the health and safety of Minnesota farm families in
mind. The play will be presented on Friday, February 19,
at 6 p.m. in Brown Dining Hall. The performance is free
and open to the public. A light supper will be served,
also free of charge.
--Carolyn Weber
Texas Social
Alumni and friends of UMC and
the Northwest School of Agriculture are invited to a
Texas social and luncheon on February 23, in the Golden
Corral in McAllen, TX. The event begins at 10 a.m. For
more information contact 218-281-8438.
--Del Roelofs
Brown Bag Lunch Series at UMC
Bring your lunch and join us
from 12 noon to 1 p.m. on February 25 in 133 Kiehle Hall
for the following workshop: Investment Basics Workshop,
presented by Fidelity Investments. This workshop will
discuss investing concerns, understanding market
fluctuations, diversifying your investments, mutual
funds, annuities, setting objectives, steps to successful
investment planning, and managing your investments for
retirement.
--Les Johnson
Bergland Honored
Bob Bergland will receive the
12th Builder of the Valley Award at the Annual
Honor Banquet sponsored by the MN Red River Valley
Development Association, on Saturday, February 27,
beginning at 12 noon in Sahlstrom Conference Center.
Bob is currently serving as a Regent of
the University of Minnesota. He is being honored for his
community service including serving as a Congressman in
the House of Representatives, serving as US Secretary of
Agriculture in the Carter Administration, serving as
President of Farmland World Trade, and serving as General
Manager of the National Rural Electric Co-operative
Association.
--Patti Malme
Rotary International Scholarship
The Crookston Rotary Club
announces the availability of Ambassadorial Scholarships
for the 2000-2001 academic year. These scholarships are
worth up to $23,000 each and are offered through Rotary
International District 5580 Scholarships Committee.
Eligibility Requirements:
- Have a college grade point average of 3.4 or higher
- Be a college senior or a college graduate
- Be interested in advanced study overseas
- The candidate cannot be related to a Rotarian
- While not required, candidates with fluency in a foreign language seem to have an advantage in the competition
Please consider this wonderful
life-changing experience. Deadline is April 1, 1999.
Application forms available from the Office of
Multicultural and International Programs. For more
information, please contact Bob Nelson, President of the
Crookston Rotary Club.
--Mario Prada
UMC Insight
UMC Insight will be aired
Saturday, February 13, at 8:45 a.m. on KROX (AM 1260).
Tune in this week to hear "America Reads" with
Peggy Miller.
Attachments
(Attached to the paper copy of
this edition of the bulletin)
- Update to University Policy
- Student Support Services February 1999 Newsletter, Volume 1, Issue 6
- 1999 Seminar Series, Monday Evening International Series