|
Title of Initiative |
Principal Contact Person |
Brief Description of Purpose |
| 1 |
4-H and Youth Development |
Dale Blyth
Blyth004@tc.umn.edu
(612) 624-2188
|
The Center for 4-H Youth Development is into
active citizenship for youth in many ways. We promote Community
service, service learning, leadership, and visible public work
by over 30,000 4-H members in the state and a total reach of
260,000 youth. Our Public Adventures and Community Pride projects
provide assistance in helping youth select, conduct and reflect
on their efforts. Also within the Center is the Center for Community
Legal Education that helps teachers and youth learn about civic
development and processes. Overall the Center and our 4-H programs
strive to engage youth in active learning, leading, and service
efforts that make a difference in their own development and
their community. |
| 2 |
Architects in the University Classroom; Architecture
3401: Honors Section, Spring Semester 2001 |
Julia Williams
Robinson Department of Architecture
robin003@umn.edu
(612) 624.5733
|
Although Architecture has been an expertise-based
profession, until relatively recently, expertise was primarily
held by individuals, and other than research in history and
in allied technical fields, formal research was virtually non-existent. |
| 3 |
BA 3033 Business Communications: community service
focus |
Holly Littlefield
Carlson School
HLittlefield@csom.umn.edu
|
This course is designed to help students learn
the basics of business writing, speaking, and discussion while
working on real world projects for the non-profit sector with
a focus on community service. |
| 4 |
BABY'S SPACE: A Place To Grow |
Terrie Rose, Ph.D.
Associate Director of the
Irving B. Harris Training Center for Infant and Toddler Development
trose@umn.edu
|
BABY’S SPACE: A Place to Grow responds to
families facing the greatest challenges by integrating the best
in child and family services with up-to-date child development
research and program design. |
| 5 |
Bridge to Health Collaborative |
Derryl Block
School of Nursing
dblock@d.umn.edu
218-726-6962
|
Collaborative of over 100 health related organizations
(public health, hospitals, tribal health, educational institutions)
in NE Minnesota. |
| 6 |
Business Retention and Expansion Program |
George Morse
Morse001@tc.umn.edu
(612) 625-9760
|
Business Retention and Expansion (BR&E) Strategies
Program:
The overall mission of this University of Minnesota
Extension Service Program is to build the capacity of
communities to help their existing businesses survive and
grow. Community leaders start the BR&E effort by doing
personal interviews with 30 to 100 local businesses. Extension
staff provide training to community leaders to ensure good
quality data, help analyze the results, and guide the group
in a strategic planning effort using the data and analyses.
Minnesota's program has been copied
throughout the USA and in six other nations. |
| 7 |
Career and Community Learning Center |
Laurel Hirt
lhirt@adv.cla.umn.edu
(612) 625.3344
|
Career and Community Learning Center
in the College of Liberal Arts coordinates career and internship
services for CLA students, off-campus study opportunities in
the US through National Student Exchange and the Higher Education
Consortium for Urban Affairs (HECUA), and service-learning and
community involvement for the Twin Cities campus community.
The Community Involvement and Service-Learning staff (1) provides
support to departments and faculty throughout the Twin Cities
campus developing and teaching courses with community-based
learning components; (2) cultivates reciprocally beneficial
partnerships with local community organizations; (3) supports
co-curricular community-based learning by advising students
on community involvement opportunities through the student-led,
Community Empowerment through Learning and Leadership (CELL)
program; and (4) designs and implements a pre-entry orientation
and training curriculum and reflection series for students involved
in service-learning courses and CELL facilitated by community
partners. |
| 8 |
Carlson School |
John Fossum
Jfossum@tc.umn.edu
(612) 624-0092
|
The
Industrial Relations Center conducts research on a wide
range of employment-related issues, offers graduate degree
programs in human resources and industrial relations, and
provides public enrollment and custom-designed noncredit instruction
in labor union organizing and administration, collective bargaining
negotiations, human resource management practices, and general
supervision and management areas through its outreach units:
the Labor Education Service and the Employer Education Service. |
| 9 |
Carlson School |
Brenda Wolfe
bwolfe@csom.umn.edu
(612)
624-7011
|
The Industrial Relations Center Reference Room
is a premier collection of materials related to the cross-disciplinary
field of industrial relations. Our library collection includes
books, approximately 125 journal titles, working papers, proceedings,
other print materials, as well as, access to numerous commercial
online databases. WorksOnWork is the database of citations indexing
approximately 70,000 items found in the Reference Room collection.
Information may be accessed via author, title, keyword, or by
unique subject headings specially developed by the Reference
Room staff. Our non-circulating collection is open to the public
and WorksOnWork is available free of charge on the web
. |
| 10 |
Center for School Change |
Joe Nathan
Natha001@tc.umn.edu
(612) 625-3506
|
The Center works with parents, educators and
community members to increase student learning, enhance civic
skill development, and create healthier, more effective cities
and towns. The Center is a national leader in research and development
of charter schools. |
| 11 |
Center for the Study of Political Psychology
|
Eugene Borgida
Department of Psychology
borgi001@tc.umn.edu
(612)
625-3381
|
The Center for
the Study of Political Psychology seeks to advance the study
of political psychology through fostering the education of graduate
students and encouraging interdisciplinary research and dialogue
on topics central to the field. |
| 12 |
Chemical Safety Day Program |
Gene Christenson
Integrated Waste Management
chris067@tc.umn.edu
(612) 626-1590
|
Since 1981, the Chemical Safety Day Program has
been offered to assist educational institutions and non-profit
organizations in disposing of hazardous material/waste. Funding
is through fees charged to participating institutions. |
| 13 |
Civic Engagement with High School Students |
Jennifer Bloom
MN Center for Community Legal Ed.
bloom022@umn.edu
624-7628
|
Civic education lessons designed to help high
school students |
| 14 |
Civic Engagement and Rural Development |
Barbara Muesing
College of Continuing
Education Crookston
bmuesing@mail.crk.umn.edu
(612)
624-0789
|
Technology: A tool for civic engagement and rural
community development |
| 15 |
Civic Engagement Honors Seminar |
Pauline Sargent
psargent@adv.cla.umn.edu
(612) 624-5522
|
Civic Engagement Honors Seminar:Pilot Project
for Fall 2001, CLA Honors is initiating a plan to include civic
engagement seminars as a standard part of the honors curriculum.
The first seminar will be "Civic Engagement and the Ideals
of American Society" taught by John Wallace of the Philosophy
Department. In this seminar the students will meet once a week
to discuss the ideals of American society as represented in
its founding documents and in its poets, while simultaneously
being involved in an on-going civic engagement activity in the
wider community for at least two hours per week. CLA Honors
is inviting proposals from throughout the University for civic
engagement honors seminars to be offered in the future. Pauline
Sargent is available to assist faculty in arranging community
partnerships and civic engagement activities for seminar students.
Details about submitting proposals will be included in our annual
fall mailing to faculty. In the meantime, Pauline is very willing
to talk with interested faculty and can be reached at 612-624-5522
or psargent@adv.cla.umn.edu. |
| 16 |
Civic Engagement Listserv |
Judy Meath
Educational Policy & Administration
meat0001@tc.umn.edu
(612) 626-1319
|
Development of a civic engagement electronic
Listserv serving the University |
| 17 |
Classical Association of Minnesota (CAM) |
Andre Lardinois
Classical & Near Eastern Studies
lardi001@tc.umn.edu
625.5540 or 625.5353
|
Its purpose is to promote the study of both the
classical languages and other aspects of Greco-Roman antiquity
in the schools, colleges, and universities of the region and,
through an active organization of teachers, to help students
of the Classics obtain the maximum benefit from their studies.
The Classical Association
of Minnesota has a web-site. |
| 18 |
Community Interpreters |
George Weiblen
Bell Museum of
Natural History
gweiblein@tc.umn.edu
(517)
353-9283
|
Under the Fig Leaf: Revealing University Research
through Community Interpreters. We have opened a window for
the community to observe active research at the University in
the field of tropical biodiversity. A permanent exhibit has
been developed around a collection of tropical plants that occupies
a large enclosure spanning the first and second floors of the
Bell Museum, accessible on each level by walkways. The exhibit
models a living tropical rainforest and focuses on figs, members
of the large and ecologically important genus Ficus. The display
features a description of Dr. Weiblen's research, bringing an
active scientific program into the public eye. As a part of
this project, local high school students are also making a video
documentary about Weiblen and his research which will be displayed
at the museum. |
| 19 |
Community Leadership Programs |
Donna Rae Scheffert
Dscheffert@hhh.umn.edu
(612) 625.3334
|
The University of Minnesota
Extension Service Community Leadership Programs portfolio
includes efforts united by a community systems approach to leadership
education and developed in partnership with learners.
A couple examples of programs /resources currently available
include:
*Facilitation Resources
Education Program
*Leadership for the Next Century with the Minnesota Association
of Soil and Water Conservation Districts (MASWCD)
*Organizing Hope: Resources on Leadership and Change |
| 20 |
Community Service Learning (CSL) |
Jeffrey Broadbent
Dept of Sociology
broad001@atlas.socsci.umn.edu
(612) 624.1828
|
Uses CSL(Community Service Learning) as one great
means for university civic engagement |
| 21 |
Community University Partnership |
Sara Axtell
Medical School
axtel002@umn.edu
(612) 625-4489
|
Community-University partnership for faculty
development in cultural competence |
| 22 |
Connecting Classroom and the Community |
Fox, Meredith
HHH Institute of
Public Affairs
mfox@hhh.umn.edu
(612)
870-0831
|
Building Bridges to Connect Classroom & Community
|
| 23 |
Connections with Community Partners |
John Wallace
Philosophy Dept.
walla003@tc.umn.edu
(612) 624-5210
|
Investigate & begin building connections
with potential community partners |
| 24 |
Children, Youth & Family Consortium |
Jenny Keyser
Jkeyser@tc.umn.edu
(612) 626-1212
|
The University of Minnesota is nationally recognized
for its scholarship and resources on children, youth and family
issues, and countless faculty, departments and centers across
the University are engaged in addressing the most pressing concerns
faced by families and the communities in which they live. Since
its inception in 1991, the Children, Youth & Family Consortium
has been charged with providing coordination, coherence,
and a larger sense of purpose to these diverse University-wide
efforts. The Consortium is guided by a commitment to interdisciplinary
work, to integrating institutional service and outreach into
research and teaching, to coordinating and making accessible
University wide resources, and to providing a plan and structure
for University and community engagement around children, youth
and family issues. Our mission is to bring together the varied
competencies of the University of Minnesota and the vital resources
of Minnesota's communities to enhance the ability of individuals
and organizations to address critical health, education, and
social policy concerns in ways that improve the well-being of
Minnesota children, youth, and families.
|
| 25 |
CURA |
Tom Scott
CURA
Scott001@tc.umn.edu
(612)
625.1551
|
CURA connects University faculty and
students with the organizations and public institutions working
on significant community issues in Minnesota.
CURA helps:
- faculty and students produce more relevant research on
critical issues,
- students strengthen their education through practical experience,
- government agencies and community organizations get the
assistance they request |
| 26 |
GRASS Routes |
Catherine Jordan
Dept. of Pediatrics
jorda003@umn.edu
(612) 625-7466
|
GRASS (Grass Roots Activism, Sciences, and Scholarship)
Routes is a University-wide initiative aimed at facilitating
community based research and other community-university partnerships
through faculty and graduate student training, assisting communities
in connecting to University resources, mentorship of collaborations,
and assistance with dissemination of a collaboration's findings
to immediate stakeholders. |
| 27 |
Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent
Health |
Robert Blum
Blumx001@umn.edu
(612) 626.2820
|
The Division
of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health is the focus
of many community-based, family-centered efforts that highlight
University-community engagement around child and adolescent
health issues. The Division is home to two interlocking groups:
The Center for Adolescent Health and Development and the KDWB
University Pediatrics Family Center.The Center for Adolescent
Health and Development covers a wide range of issues related
to adolescent health and development. We provide interdisciplinary
research, training, and clinical services collaborating with
the disciplines of medicine, nursing, nutrition, psychology,
public health and social work. |
| 28 |
East Range Economic Response Team |
Neil D Nelson, Ph.D
UMD, Natural Resources Research Institute (NRRI)
nnelson@nrri.umn.edu
(218) 720.4285
|
A team, chaired by IRRRB, from State agencies,
MN Legislature, US Congress, labor unions, regional economic
development agencies, private companies in the region, trade
associations, and UM, formed to assist the communities on the
eastern part of the Minnesota Iron Range affected by the announced
closure in 2001 of the LTV mine in Hoyt Lakes, MN. |
| 29 |
Electric Energy Options: Sharing the Load |
Bruce Wollenberg
ECE Department
wollenbe@ece.umn.edu
(612) 626.7192
|
Develop tutorial materials for towns and cities
to use in assessing alternatives for solving electric energy
shortages. |
| 30 |
Expanding Undergraduate Research |
Eugene Borgida
Center for the Study of Political Psychology
borgi001@tc.umn.edu
625-3381
|
Proposal for Expanding Undergraduate Research
Opportunities Center for the Study of Political Psychology |
| 31 |
Faculty Mentor Program |
Jane Blocker
College of Liberal Arts
block023@umn.edu
(612) 624-4500
|
Faculty Mentor Program-community service |
| 32 |
Families and Democracy Project
|
Bill Doherty
Doherty@tc.umn.edu
(612) 625-4752
|
The Families and Democracy Project
aims to forge partnerships with local communities for civic
action by and for families, and to create new models of citizenship
action by professionals. |
| 33 |
Global Learning Community |
Wynne Wright
Morris, West Central
Research & Outreach Enter
wrightw@mrs.umn.edu
(320) 589-1711
|
Building a Global Learning Community through
Civic Agriculture |
| 34 |
Hartley Nature
Center |
Scott Freundschuh
Duluth Geography Dept.
mfox@hhh.umn.edu
(218) 726-7213
|
Hartley Nature Center-Duluth Schools |
| 35 |
Herman Iron Pour and Arts Festival |
Wayne E. Potratz
Department of Art
potra001@umn.edu
|
A week long Art Event, Workshop for
Artists and Community Members |
| 36 |
Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs
(HECUA) |
Carl Brandt
brand001@umn.edu
(612) 625.8096
|
The University is one of 15 institutional
members of this consortium HECUA
provides semester study programs in the U.S. and abroad for
college students; all programs focus on social issues and
strategies for social change. |
| 37 |
Hmong Internet Pilot Project |
Timothy Dunnigan
Dept. of Anthropology
dunni001@tc.umn.edu
(612) 625-0879
|
Hmong Internet pilot project that brings together
community people and University in innovative ways. |
| 38 |
Institute On Criminal Justice |
Janet Wigg
Law School
wiig001@tc.umn.edu
(612) 626.9138
|
The Institute combines work on issues of current
concern to criminal justice practitioners and policymakers with
the academic research interests of the faculty. Its major objective
is to provide unbiased, practical information regarding emerging
criminal justice issues to help guide policy decision making.
|
| 39 |
Irving B Harris Training Center |
Amy Susman-Stillman or Terrie Rose
Institute of Child Development
trose@umn.edu
(612) 624-4510 |
There is a cluster of UM efforts to serve families
with young children and the professionals that work with those
families (Train the Trainers, Baby's Space, Geared for Growth,
Toward Better Beginnings, Parenting Together Project, Seeing
is Believing, Steps Toward Effective, Enjoyable Parenting, as
well as seminars and summer courses). Each of these efforts
has key community partners. The nexus of this work is the Irving
B. Harris Training Center for Infant and Toddler Development.
|
| 40 |
Jane Addams School |
John Wallace
Walla003@tc.umn.edu
(612) 624.5210
|
The School is a community based learning partnership
on west side of St. Paul involving HHH, CLA, CHE working with
Hmong and Latino communities as well as other higher education
teams |
| 41 |
Legal Aid Clinic |
Stephen Befort
Befor001@tc.umn.edu
(612) 625-7342
|
The University of Minnesota Law School offers
one of the largest programs of clinical education in the United
States. Students enrolled in the Law Clinics develop professional
lawyering skills through a combination of theoretical classroom
instruction and practical application in simulations and live
cases. Under the Student Practice Rule adopted by the Minnesota
Supreme Court, second and third year Clinic students are permitted
to represent clients in actual court and administrative proceedings
under the supervision of the Law Clinic faculty. |
| 42 |
Liberatory Theatre |
Michael Baizerman
School of Social Work
ppond@che.umn.edu
(612) 624-4912
|
Liberatory Theatre for Politico-Cultural Engagement
in Community Building |
| 43 |
Literacy initiative |
Rosemary Miller
Mille324@umn.edu
612.615.0518
|
A University initiative that centers around literacy issues |
| 44 |
Local Government Forums |
Dan Martens
Extension Educator
marte011@umn.edu
(320) 968-5077
|
Extension Staff in our area have conducted a
local government forum in St. Cloud for many years to address
issues in local government, including some teaching about how
government works related to these local issues, and how citizens
can be knowledgeable participants in the process. Land Use issues,
septic treatment issues related to rural housing Pressures,
feedlot issues, community planning are some that have been of
recent concern and provided recent opportunities. |
| 45 |
Masters Degree Program for People in Biomedical
Industry in the Twin Cities Area. |
Stephen A. Katz, Ph.D.
katzx001@tc.umn.edu
|
A masters program aimed at strengthening ties
between the University and the Biomedical industry community.
The program allows people in biomedical industry to pursue a
special masters degree in physiology while maintaining their
employment status. The Cellular and Integrative
Physiology Graduate Program is interdisciplinary, with faculty
from many departments and divisions. Industry funds, student
funds, and Physiology Departmental funds. |
| 46 |
Minnesota Justice Center |
Susan Curry
Curry004@tc.umn.edu
|
University of Minnesota connections to justice
issues |
| 47 |
Minnesota Political Leadership Programs |
Sharon Roe Anderson
sanderson@hhh.umn.edu
612.626.8367 |
Seeks to strengthen the leadership of elected
officials through a series of forums offered to all levels of
Minnesota government |
| 48 |
Minnesota Rural Health School |
Byron Crouse, MD
Dept of Family Medicine
UMD School of Medicine
(218) 726-7541
|
The goal is to compliment discipline specific
education with interdisciplinary teams using community based
projects. MRHS web
site. |
| 49 |
Minnesota Studies in International Development
(MSID) |
Chip Peterson
Global Campus
c-pete@umn.edu
(612) 624-4808
|
MSID
is a University of Minnesota-sponsored study abroad program
offered in Ecuador, Ghana, India, Kenya, and Senegal.The core
of MSID is a grassroots field placement or internship with
a host-country non-governmental organization -something like
a mini-Peace Corps experience. MSID strives to establish a
continual dialogue linking experience with theory and critical
analysis. How do local problems relate to systems of domination
and oppression in a globalizing world? Why are the rich richer
and the poor poorer after decades of development efforts?
Are there more just, sustainable, and liberating models of
development? What are our responsibilities as the privileged
few in a world where so many have so little?
MSID is open to juniors, seniors, grad students, and college
graduates. Students may enroll for fall semester (16 credits)
spring semester (20 credits), or the academic year (32 credits).
MSID is funded entirely by program fees paid by participating
students. |
| 50 |
Monarchs in the Classroom |
Dr. Karen Oberhauser
Department of Ecology
Oberh001@umn.edu
(612)
624.8706
|
* To make science more accessible and purposeful
for students by bringing science to life in the
classroom
* To promote research collaborations between students, researchers
and educators
* To promote understanding of conservation issues through student
connections with monarchs |
| 51 |
Neighborhood Planning for Community Revitalization
|
Kris Nelson at CURA
Nelso193@umn.edu
(612) 625.1551
|
Neighborhood Planning for Community Revitalization
(NPCR) connects Minneapolis and St. Paul neighborhood-based
revitalization organizations to Twin Cities university resources.
The primary goal of NPCR is to enhance the capacity of Twin
Cities community-based organizations by providing relevant applied
research and technical assistance. The secondary goal is to
introduce Twin Cities university students and faculty to new
community research and learning opportunities. |
| 52 |
Pathways to Educational Partnership for Native
American Reservations; Community Policing, Mahnomen County Working
Together |
Margaret Braaten
Extension Service
braat003@umn.edu |
Developing Partnerships with Native American
Reservations; Developing a collaborative model for community
policing. |
| 53 |
Public Achievement |
Dennis Donovan
Donov013@tc.umn.edu
(612) 624.5543
|
Engages young people in communities around serious
issues they select to make a difference. UMN students coach
youth in developing their projects. Public Achievement is a youth
civic education initiative sponsored by the Humphrey Institute's
Center for Democracy and Citizenship, in which young people
learn civic skills through team work on public projects that
they design and implement, with the aid of adult coaches. Now
in seven American communities and Northern Ireland, it is undertaking
a nation-wide expansion with support from the Pew Charitable
Trusts |
| 54 |
Access eGovernment |
Rae Montgomery
rae@umn.edu
612.624.2773 |
Access eGovernment
is an online guide and hands-on workshop to help local governments
plan dynamic, information-rich websites that meet the needs
of citizens. |
| 55 |
Public Service, Outreach, & Civic Engagement
Activities of the Minnesota Geological Survey |
Val W. Chandler
Acting Director Minnesota Geological Survey
chand004@tc.umn.edu
(612) 627-4780 ext. 203 |
Investigate
the geology of Minnesota and present the results to the
citizens of the state in am understandable form. Activities
include geologic maps and publications, databases, educational
materials, lectures, field trips, internet access, workshops,
and responding to individual inquiries. |
| 56 |
Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships
|
Steve Daley Laursen
College of Natural Resources
slaursen@cnr.umn.edu
(612)
624.0772
|
• Improve the effectiveness of relations
between citizens, communities, and their University of Minnesota
• Promote active citizen leadership in strengthening
the future
• Invest in research, education and outreach that advance
regional sustainability |
| 57 |
Research in Community Development |
Barbara Elliott, Professor
Family Medicine, UMD
Belliott@d.umn.edu
(218)
726-6981
|
Establishing multiple community and tribal
collaborations for research and community development purposes,
including work with adolescent parent, depression prevention,
end of life care, dementia, police well-being, inter-personal
violence, and medical ethics. |
| 58 |
Researching the campaign and assessing the
campaign, its arguments, and media coverage. |
Edward Schiappa, Professor
College of Liberal Arts
schiappa@tc.umn.edu
|
Led a team of graduate students
in researching the Minnesota Twins Stadium Campaign and assessing
the campaign, its arguments, and media coverage. |
| 59 |
River Council of Minnesota |
Patrick Nunnally
Department of Landscape Architecture
pdn@umn.edu
(612)698.2727 |
River Council of Minnesota doing innovative work
with the environment and citizens. |
| 60 |
Rural homeowner perspectives on wood-based residential
heating methods
|
Timothy M. Smith
Department of Wood and Paper Science
smith463@tc.umn.edu
(612) 624-6755
|
This research aims to: 1) identify the economic
value of wood burning as a residential heating method to the
individual consumer; 2) determine the propensity of households
to convert to this method of heating; and, 3) evaluate the public
opinion of rural residents with regard to the use of waste wood
fuel and environmental conservationism. |
| 61 |
Service Learning in Composition Courses |
Tim Gustafson
College of Liberal Arts
tgus@umn.edu
(612)625.0731 |
Some composition instructors incorporate
service learning into their courses, either in EngC 1013 University
Writing and Critical Reading: Nature and the Environment,
or EngC 104 University Writing and Critical Reading: Contemporary
Public Issues. In 1013, students have written research abstracts
for organizations such as the Nature Conservancy; in 1014,
students have done literacy work as tutors in local schools,
after-school programs, non-native speaker programs, or institutions
such as the Jane Addams Center for Democracy. |
| 62 |
Students as Citizens |
Neil Storch
History Dept., Duluth
nstorch@d.umn.edu
(218) 726-7207
|
Students as Citizens, Not Merely Residents |
| 63 |
Supporting Community Diversity Leadership Program
|
Laurel Weaver
weave014@umn.edu
(507) 372-8210 |
A Pilot Program in Southwest/Southeast Minnesota
to address the changing demographic shifts. A leadership development
process was designed and implemented with local communities
to address the complexity of issues facing them. |
| 64 |
Sustainable Campus Initiaitve |
Jim Perry
Fisheries and Wildlife
jperry@tc.umn.edu
(612) 625-4717 |
Sustainable Campus Initiative |
| 65 |
The Institute on Race and Poverty |
Law School
irp@gold.tc.umn.edu
(612) 625.8071
|
The Institute was created to focus
attention on the unique dynamic created by the intersection
of racial segregation and poverty |
| 66 |
The U of M MBBNet - Zurich MedNet Internet Link-Web
Portal |
William Hoffman
Biomedical Engineering Institute
hoffm003@tc.umn.edu
(612) 624-7116 |
The University of Minnesota's MBBNet,
the world's largest regional Web portal in the life sciences
and health care fields, forged a transatlantic link with the
Swiss regional Web portal Zurich
MedNet in 2000. The link was endorsed by the National
Governors Association in July 2002 as a unique, innovative
program that joins research, education and entrepreneurship
initiatives in two dynamic regions of the world. |
| 67 |
UNITE Institute of Technology |
Doug Ernie
Ernie@tc.umn.edu
(612) 625-9802
|
UNITE Instructional Television provides
continuing Educational opportunities for engineering and science
professionals through microwave TV broadcast and Internet based
streaming video delivery of credit and Non-credit courses originating
from the University of Minnesota. Offerings include over 50
credit Courses per semester leading to Masters degrees in Computer
Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical
Engineering, along with Additional courses in Biomedical Engineering
and other disciplines. UNITE works with business community to
serve adult learning needs |
| 68 |
University of Minnesota Human Rights Center |
David Weissbrodt
Law School
weiss001@umn.edu
|
The principal focus of the Center is to help
train effective human rights professionals and volunteers. |
| 69 |
University of Minnesota Neighborhood Network
(UNN) |
Emily Schug
unn@umn.edu
(612)625.0744 |
University
Neighborhood Network (UNN) integrates community-based
projects into the classroom. Students enrolled in participating
courses work on technical or research projects as part of
their course work. Courses are matched with the project needs
of community organizations. Faculty can submit courses and
community organizations submit project proposals to UNN over
the Internet. UNN works to find suitable matches between course
requirements and community needs. |
| 70 |
University of Promise Initiative |
Dale Blythe
Blyth004@tc.umn.edu
(612) 624-2188
|
In June 2000, the University of Minnesota became
the first land-grant university to join America’s Promise-The
Alliance for Youth. Under the banner of "The University of Promise,"
this initiative links the University of Minnesota's many youth
development efforts and provides opportunities to work with
community youth programs around the state. The initiative's
three goals are to deepen the understanding of what Minnesota
children and youth need to succeed through improved research
and evaluation; to communicate about the needs of youth to improve
programs and public policies; and to strengthen and expand outreach
efforts that directly affect children and families. Leadership
for this initiative is being provided by Executive Vice President
and Provost Bob Bruininks, and the co-chairs are Dale Blyth,
Center for 4-H Youth Development, Bob Blum, Adolescent Health
Program, and Martha Farrell Erickson, Children, Youth &
Family Consortium. |
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Visions for Change |
Maggie Adamek
COAFES
madamek@tc.umn.edu
(612) 624.7451
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Collaboration of UMN, NDSU, Tribal Colleges and
community groups to look at practical approaches for sustainable
food systems and land ethics. |
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Vital Aging |
Jan Hively
Hivel001@tc.umn.edu
(612) 624-5329
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The U of M Vital Aging Initiative has been developed
to connect older adults across the state with education programs
that support their employability, self-sufficiency, community
participation, and personal enrichment. The programs may be
addressed to employers, service providers, and policy makers
as well as to older adults themselves. The education process
should facilitate the sharing of strengths which will, in turn,
strengthen community. |
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Botanical Outreach |
Anita F. Cholewa, Ph.D.
Bell Museum of Natural History
chole001@umn.edu
(612)
625-0215
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1. Provide information to amateur botanists
among the general public relating to the states wildflowers,
weeds, and woody plants through our website
2. Provide professional expertise to state and federal
agencies and environmental consultants
3. Provide expertise in forensic botany to state and federal
law enforcement Wildlife Hotline: (612) 624.1374
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Minnesota 4-H Foundation |
Debra Noll, Executive
Director 270B Gateway
nollx003@umn.edu
(612)
624-8132
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An outreach arm of the 4-H Youth Development
effort of the U of M Extension Service serving communications,
funding, and alumni efforts and working with local community
citizens |
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Minnesota 4-H Foundation Small Grants Program
|
Betty McAndrews
Assistant Director mcand001@umn.edu
(612) 624-8162
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To fund worthy positive youth development programs
involving groups and/or clubs of young people with committed
adults doing meaningful work in their communities. |
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