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Vol. XXXVII No. 14; April 18, 2007
Editor: Gayla Marty, brief@umn.edu

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE

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THE IMPORTANCE OF ADVISING: Mary Moga's colleagues joke about the number of times she is thanked every year at the UMTC CLA Honors event for graduating seniors. This year, Moga is one of four U advisers to be honored April 20 with the John Tate Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising--along with Pamela Holsinger-Fuchs, UMC; Julie Johnson Westlund, UMD; and Gayle Woodruff, UMTC. The celebration highlights the importance of advising to the U's goals and student success. Read a profile about Moga and the Tate Awards at http://www.umn.edu/umnnews/Feature_Stories/Top_advisers_honored.html .

UMM INAUGURATION: The U community is invited to the inauguration celebration of Morris campus chancellor Jacqueline Johnson, April 20. Events will include a luncheon, undergraduate research symposium, music, ceremony, and inaugural address, "On the Edge of Tomorrow, in the Middle of Everywhere." See http://www.morris.umn.edu/ummnews/View.php?itemID=2611 .

PEOPLE: Phil Kragnes, Office of Disability Services, has won a state excellence award in assistive technology; management professor Srilata Zaheer has been elected a fellow of the Academy of International Business; and the new UMC admissions director is Amber Evans-Dailey. Read about these and more U awards and appointments at http://www.umn.edu/umnnews/Faculty_Staff_Comm/people.html .

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CAMPUS ANNOUNCEMENTS AND EVENTS

University-wide:

BEAUTIFUL U DAY ACTIVITIES CONTINUE THIS WEEK:
--UMD: "A Greener UMD" (today, noon, fourth-floor rotunda, Library); rain garden tours (April 19-20, noon, meet at the rain garden sign nearest to College Street). See http://www.d.umn.edu/news/2007/April/13.html .
--UMM: A prairie-scene painting project (April 19, 8:30 a.m., campus mall), and more. See http://www.morris.umn.edu/ummnews/View.php?itemID=3004 .
--UMTC: Kickoff breakfast (April 19, 8 a.m., EECS/Lind Hall courtyard), litter pickup, tree planting, container planting, lunch at the St. Paul Student Center, rain-barrel making, forums, and more. See http://www.buday.umn.edu .

PRESIDENT BRUININKS WILL VISIT ALEXANDRIA APRIL 19 to meet with community leaders and U alumni about topics including technology, biomedicine, and renewable energy. See http://www.umn.edu/umnnews/news_details.php?release=070413_3275&page=UMNN .

INTERNATIONAL FACULTY RESEARCH CIRCLES SYMPOSIUM: OPPORTUNITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS. Learn about establishing transnational research circles linking disciplinarily diverse groups of U faculty with researchers abroad around issues of global or international importance. Principal investigators for projects currently funded by Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change and Office of International Programs will present; includes information on how to submit a successful application. April 25, 9:30-11:30 a.m., 415 Blegen Hall, UMTC. See http://events.umn.edu/event?occurrence=401368;event=116762 .

OPEN ENROLLMENT DEADLINE FOR LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE is April 20. See http://uplanltc.jhancock.com (username "uplanltc"; password "mybenefit").

LAST CALL TO REGISTER FOR THE DISTINGUISHED TEACHING AWARDS CEREMONY, hosted by the U of M Alumni Association. April 23, 3:30-6 p.m., McNamara Alumni Center. See http://www.alumni.umn.edu/distinguishedteaching.html .

"BACK TO THE '80S: CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF THE COMMUNICATORS FORUM" is the topic of the forum's 17th annual conference. Topics include an overview of digital communications today, origins in the 1980s, and how changes have affected U communications professionals. Speakers will include Katherine Lanpher, Steve Wilbers, Bob Fillipczak, and Leslie O'Flahavan. May 2, Coffman Union; earlybird registration discount through April 20. See http://www.umn.edu/umcf .

INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY RESEARCH AND CREATIVE COLLABORATIVES for 2007-08 include faculty members from communication and composition at UMD and six colleges and the Office of Information Technology at UMTC. See details about the 10 collaboratives at http://www.ias.umn.edu/collaboratives.php .

THE RECORD: A NEW GENERAL-PURPOSE UMTC CLASSROOM SCHEDULE VIEWER will soon be rolled out to the entire campus community by the Office of Classroom Management. Learn more in the April issue at http://onestop.umn.edu/onestop/Services/News_Events_and_Activities/Record.html .

Crookston:

CHILDREN AGES 3 AND UP will meet sheep, cattle, and horses and explore the greenhouse in the Tours for Tots program this week, through April 20. See http://www.umcrookston.edu/umcnews/stories/story510.html .

COACH SHANNON STASSEN WILL SPEND THREE DAYS ON A LIFT in a fund-raiser for a UMC scholarship endowed to honor longtime UMC athletics director Herschel Lysaker. April 23-25. See http://www.umcrookston.edu/umcnews/stories/story505.html .

Duluth:

SIEUR DU LUTH SUMMER ARTS FESTIVAL, sponsored by the UMD School of Fine Arts, announced the 2007 schedule, with 30 performances over seven weeks. The international extravaganza will feature a mix of theater, opera, jazz, chamber music, and big-band performances, with conductors and students from Italy, France, China, Korea, and Mexico. June 27-Aug. 15. See http://www.umdartsfest.com .

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, the Pulitzer Prize winning play by Tennessee Williams, set in 1940s New Orleans, opens this week with guest director Aaron Cabell. April 19-22 and 25-28, 7:30 p.m. except 2 p.m. on Sundays; Mainstage Theater. Tickets $13 adults, $10.50 seniors, $6.25 students. See http://www.d.umn.edu/theatre .

"DIE VOGELEIN SCHWEIGEN IM WALDE: THE BIRDS KEEP SILENT IN THE FOREST" will be delivered by 2007 Baeumler-Kaplan Holocaust Commemoration keynote speaker Reidar Dittmann, professor emeritus, St. Olaf College, April 19, 4 p.m., UMD Kirby Student Center Ballroom. Free and open to the public. See http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/holocaust .

NATIONAL ASTRONOMY DAY will be celebrated by the Marshall W. Alworth Planetarium with presentations, demonstrations, booths, a prize giveaway, workshops, and other events. April 21, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., with a keynote speech in the evening, "Infrared Astronomy With NASA's New Spitzer Space Telescope," by UMTC professor of physics and astronomy Robert Gehrz. Free and open to the public. See http://www.d.umn.edu/~planet .

Morris:

THE SEVENTH FIRING OF UMM'S WOOD-FIRED KILN will be April 19-22, and the 2007 Senior Studio Art Exhibition will open April 19, continuing through May 12. See http://www.morris.umn.edu/ummnews/View.php?itemID=2903 , http://www.morris.umn.edu/academic/art , and http://www.morris.umn.edu/events/gallery .

Rochester:

UMR CHANCELLOR SEARCH COMMITTEE: Applications and nominations are now being reviewed and will be accepted until the position is filled. See http://www.r.umn.edu and the external search firm Web site, http://www.academic-search.com .

Twin Cities:

"CELEBRATING UNIVERSITY WOMEN" 2007 AWARDS will honor recipients Rosalie Kane, Ellen Longmire, Shirley Nelson Garner, Martha Feda, Mary Ellen Berman, Michelle Wittcoff Kuhl, and Tatiana Ormaza. The program will open with remarks by VP and Vice Provost BarcelÓ, "Honoring the Stories and Strengths of Women." A dessert reception will follow. Free, but registration is requested. April 25, 2:30-4:30 p.m., Memorial Hall, McNamara Alumni Center. See http://www.umn.edu/women/events.html .

TODAY: "ZIP AROUND CAMPUS AND GRUB DOWN WITH FLEXDINE" is the theme of this year's spring outdoor event cosponsored by Parking and Transportation Services and University Dining Services. Learn more about Zipcar and FlexDine as you play mini-golf and enjoy free refreshments on Coffman's front plaza. April 18, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Zipcar is an on-campus car-sharing program that gives members "wheels when you want them." An actual U of M Zipcar will be on the sidewalk for curious onlookers to look inside. Read more at http://www.zipcar.com/umn . FlexDine is not just for students; it's on-campus dining convenience for faculty and staff. Add money to your U Card, and you won't need cash for coffee at Wilson Library's Dunn Bros, smoothies at Coffman's Jamba Juice, and more. See http://www.umn.edu/dining/flexdine.html .

"DEMYSTIFYING THE PROMOTION AND TENURE PROCESS," a workshop for all UMTC probationary faculty members, will include discussion about current proposed changes to the tenure code and about the tenure process, and a panel of recently tenured faculty members. Hosted by Arlene Carney, vice provost for faculty and academic affairs. April 25, 1:30-3:30 p.m., A.I. Johnson Room, McNamara Alumni Center. To register, contact Cheryl Johnson at caj@umn.edu .

COPYRIGHT PERMISSION REQUESTS FOR MAY TERM AND SUMMER SESSION 2007 course materials should be submitted to the Copyright Permissions Center as soon as possible. Full citations may be dropped off at any Printing Services location, faxed to 612-626-9810, mailed to 102 Printing Services Building, or submitted online at http://www.copyright.umn.edu . For more information, contact Dale Mossestad at mosse006@umn.edu or 612-626-9416.

GREAT CONVERSATIONS: "FOR ONE, FOR ALL: INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS" is the topic of a conversation between Regents Professor of Political Science Kathryn Sikkink and Argentinian human rights advocate, lawyer, and former political prisoner Juan Mendez. April 24, 7:30 p.m., Ted Mann Concert Hall. See http://www.cce.umn.edu/conversations .

"TOWARD A GLOBAL FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL POLICY for an Open International Economy," a symposium to honor Regents Professor Emeritus G. Edward Schuh, will feature scholars and policy experts from around the world--many of them his former students--addressing key research topics of his career. Schuh urged consideration of macroeconomic policies' effects on the agricultural sector. May 2-3, Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey Center. See http://www.hhh.umn.edu/schuh_symposium .

TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE to see Tony Dungy, '78, head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, at the U of M Alumni Association annual celebration. May 8, 8 p.m., Mariucci Arena. See http://www.alumni.umn.edu/celebration .

INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY EVENTS this week include "Korean War: Past and Present" workshop for high school teachers (April 19-20); "'We Don't Know Who You Are': Preventing Fraud, Ensuring Permanence, and Fixing Transgender Identity Documents in the Post-9/11 United States" (April 19); "Why Iraq?" (April 23); "Resisting (Through) Metaphor," on geographical metaphors and epidemiology (April 24); "Uncanny Pulse-Streams in Music," with examples since Franz Schubert (April 25); and more. See http://www.ias.umn.edu/calendar.php?view_month=4_2007 .

MORE EVENTS include a National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission field hearing (today); "The Food-Fuel-Environment Conflict: A Path Towards Sustainability," with Regents Professor David Tilman (April 19); "The New Guerrilla Marketing for Entrepreneurs," by St. Paul Saints co-owner and president Mike Veeck (April 19); Kurt Weill opera, Street Scene (April 19-22); Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival (April 19-29); 27th annual human resources conference, "HR Tomorrow: What Does the Future Hold?" (April 20); "Norway, World War II, and the Holocaust" conference (April 20); Swahili Day (April 21); films for Earth Day, The New Environmentalists and The Queen of Trees (April 22); 30th Annual Frank Premack Public Affairs Journalism Awards (April 23); graduate student professionalization talks (April 24); and "Training for Global Understanding: Traditional Hmong Wedding," a workshop for faculty and staff (April 25). SEE THESE AND MORE TWIN CITIES CAMPUS EVENTS ONLINE at http://events.tc.umn.edu .

NEWS RELEASES are posted daily at http://www.umn.edu/urelate/newsservice/home.php .

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