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Vol. XXXVIII No. 8; Feb. 27, 2008
Interim editor: Pauline Oo, brief@umn.edu
Read Brief on the Web at http://www.umn.edu/umnnews/Publications/Brief/Brief_02272008.html.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
--U launches new emergency preparedness Web site
--Summer camp offerings at the U
--The search is on for community service award recipients
--People: Lindsey Henson is the Medical School's first vice dean
for education; and more.
Campus Announcements and Events
University-wide | Crookston |
Duluth | Morris | Twin Cities
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS: On Monday, the University of Minnesota
launched its revamped Emergency Preparedness Web site--complete
with information about what to do during health, weather, and
safety emergencies. Read "Preparing
for an emergency."
SUMMER CAMP: Summer is still months away, but now's the time to
sign up your child for a summer camp on one of the U's campuses.
Read "Summer
fun for youth" for a list of camp possibilities.
COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD: For more than 10 years, the U has
recognized faculty, staff, and students who have devoted their time
and talent to making enduring contributions to the community. This
year, nominations for the Outstanding Community Service Awards are
due March 14. Read "Recognizing
those who change the world, one award at a time."
PEOPLE: Lindsey Henson will be the Medical School's first vice dean
for education April 1; Humphrey dean J. Brian Atwood has received
the Dr. Jean Mayer Award for Global Leadership; Jody Lulich is the
Osborne/Hill's Chair in Nephrology/Urology, and Jaime Modiano is
the Al and June Perlman Endowed Oncology Chair, in the College of
Veterinary Medicine. Read about these and more awards and
appointments in People.
CAMPUS ANNOUNCEMENTS AND EVENTS
STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY ADDRESS by President Bruininks will take
place March 6, 3 p.m., Mayo Auditorium, UMTC. The address will be
broadcast via ITV to all campuses and by video streaming on the
Web.
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT eligible 2007 expenses for Dependent Day Care
Flexible Spending Account/Health Care Flexible Spending Account is
March 31. (Submissions must be postmarked or in campus mail by that
date.) Claim forms are available online. You have until March 15 to
incur expenses in these accounts. If you do not submit a
reimbursement for the full balance in your account, you forfeit the
unused portion; view your account
balance. Questions, call Employee
Benefits at 612-624-9090 (press option 3).
SEXUAL HARASSMENT AWARENESS AND PREVENTION. The Office of Equal
Opportunity and Affirmative Action has scheduled additional
sessions of "Sexual Harassment Awareness and Prevention" (formerly
titled "Preventing and Responding to Workplace Harassment"). The
program has been expanded and is being offered in two two-hour
sessions, March 6 and March 13, and will be available to all
campuses via ITV. For more information, see EOAA
calendar.
CENTER FOR SPIRITUALITY AND HEALING: 2008-10 A. Marilyn Sime
Faculty Research Fellowship Program to identify faculty with high
potential for research in areas such as complementary therapies and
healing practices, spirituality, and cross-culture healing
practices. Tenured and tenure-track faculty are eligible to apply;
application deadline is March 31. For more details, contact Linda
Chmielewski at 612-626-5307 or chmie001@umn.edu.
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY Institutional Research Grant applications
will be accepted through April 1. The grant is for assistant
professors who have no independent national funding and are engaged
in cancer-related research. Funding is available up to $30,000. For
application forms and more details, call 612-626-1926 or e-mail
micek003@umn.edu.
JACK GELLER is the new head of the Arts, Humanities, and Social
Sciences Department. He comes to Crookston after serving as
president of the Center for Rural Policy and Development in St.
Peter for the past 10 years. Read the news
release.
TANTALIZE YOUR TASTEBUDS and learn about different cultures during
the International Dinner Series. Dinners start at 6 p.m., Bede
Ballroom, Student Center. Featured countries: Nigeria, March 3;
Czech Republic, March 10; China, March 24. The International Finale
Dinner wrapping up the series is April 2. Read the news
release.
A SERIES OF EVENTS will highlight National Women's History Month at
UMC. The theme this year is "Women's Art: Women's Vision." Event
sponsors include the Northwest Minnesota Women's Fund, the UMC
Women's Project Fund, and the Office for University Women. Read the
news
release.
UMC STUDENTS AND AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR of natural resources earned
top honors at a recent Minnesota Chapter of the Wildlife Society
meeting. Mary Jo Geldert, a 2007 graduate in natural resources
management, received the Student Conservationist Award; Jessica
Holmes, a double major in wildlife management and natural resources
aviation, earned the Fedeler Scholarship Award for Professionalism;
and Professor John Loegering received a Service to Chapter Award.
He was also named 2008 president-elect of the Minnesota chapter.
Read the news
release.
CLA RESEARCH THURSDAYS Series presents "Water Privatization,
Globalization, and Gendered Development: The Case of Ndaka-ini Dam
in Central Kenya" by Njoki Kamau, Department of Women's Studies,
Feb. 28, 3:15 p.m., Library Rotunda. Discussion will follow; snacks
served. The event is free and open to the public. For more
information, see CLA
events.
UMD WELCOMES THE BEST of women's college hockey to Duluth this
March, when it hosts both the WCHA Final Face-off (March 8 and 9)
and the NCAA Women's Frozen Four (March 20 and 22) at the Duluth
Entertainment and Convention Center. An NCAA alumni game, followed
by the "Skate With the Champions" community skating event, will be
free and open to the public, March 21, 3:30 p.m., convention
center. The Patty Kazmaier Award Dinner will be March 21, 6 p.m.,
Radisson hotel. For more information and tickets, see UMD Athletics.
ALWORTH INTERNATIONAL LECTURE SERIES presents "China: Problems and
Prospects," by Gordon G. Chang, March 5, 7 p.m., Library Rotunda.
In his presentation, Chang takes a critical stand on the Chinese
Communist Party and discusses further issues about China. Chang,
author of Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes on the World
and The Coming Collapse of China, has appeared on CNN, Fox
News Channel, CNBC, MSNBC, the BBC, Bloomberg Television, and "The
Daily Show With Jon Stewart." His presentation is sponsored by the
Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation Global Awareness Fund.
Free and open to the public. For more information, see Alworth
lecture.
ENJOY HOMEGROWN FOOD and entertainment, Feb. 26, during the
Fifth Annual Pride of the Prairie Local Foods Farmers Market and
Meal. The Farmers Market will be 1-4:30 p.m., Oyate Hall, followed
by a local foods feast 4:45-7 p.m., Food Services. Read the
news
release.
UMM HAS BEEN SELECTED to participate in the pilot phase of a rating
system for sustainability in higher education called STARS
(Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System). UMM joins
90 other college and university campuses in testing the
self-assessment tool developed by the Association for the
Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. Participants
will provide the association with feedback throughout 2008. Read
the news
release.
STRATEGIC PLAN FOR UMTC-ST. PAUL. Faculty, staff, students,
external constituents, and residents of the local community are
invited to participate in public forums to discuss a strategic plan
for the St. Paul campus. March 4, 3-4:30 p.m., and March 5, 9:30-11
a.m. More information, including the draft of the strategic plan,
is at the
Provost Office Web site.
IF YOU'RE NIH FUNDED AND READY TO PUBLISH: After April 7, the new
NIH Public Access Policy will require you to submit any articles
that arise from NIH funding to NIH's PubMed Central, where the
articles will be permanently accessible to all, free of charge.
Before that, however, you'll need to make sure you don't sign away
necessary rights in the journal's author agreement. U Libraries and
Sponsored Projects Administration can guide you through the
submission process; e-mail
questions. For more information, see U
Libraires.
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: Mullen-Spector-Truax Women's Leadership Award
($1,000 to a faculty or staff member), Civil Service/Bargaining
Unit Women's Award (up to three $1,000 awards given annually), and
Doherty Woman Student Volunteer Award ($400 U Bookstores gift
certificate to a graduate or undergraduate student). Deadline: Feb.
29, 4:30 p.m. For nomination materials, see Office for University
Women.
TONY DIGGS EXCELLENCE AWARDS: Celebrating U student group
contributions. Deadline: March 5, 4:30 p.m. Nomination forms and
more information available
online.
GRANT OPPORTUNITY: The Center for Writing offers research grants to
support effective ways of integrating writing into the curricula.
Funded projects include, but are not limited to, instructor
development, curriculum development, and classroom-based research.
Deadline: March 14. More information at writing grants or call
612-624-7720.
INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH INFORMATICS SEMINAR on "The Role of
Human-Computer Interaction in Health Informatics: Why the User
Experience Matters," presented by Julie Jacko, institute director
and professor in the schools of nursing and public health. Feb. 28,
3:30-4:30 p.m., 555 Diehl Hall.
CULTURING NATURE: culturing technology, an exhibit by seven women
artists challenging the boundaries of nature and technology, is now
at Katherine E. Nash Gallery through March 27. A public reception
will be Feb. 29, 6-8:30 pm. Gallery hours are Tuesday through
Saturday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Free admission.
"FRAMING SUZAN-LORI PARKS," a monthlong series of free public
performances and discussions by the departments of English and
theater, in conjunction with a visit by playwright Suzan-Loru
Parks, author of Topdog/Underdog: "Frank Theatre Presents
Short Scenes" (Feb. 26), "Directing Challenges and Discoveries"
(March 4), "The Playwrights' Center Presents: Inspired by!" (March
11), "Suzan-Lori Parks: Presented by the Esther Freier Endowment"
(March 26), and "In the History of African American Theater" (April
1). 7:30 p.m.; various locations. For full details, see the
English
department.
SCHOOL OF MUSIC STUDENT Andrew Staupe will perform as a soloist
with the Minnesota Orchestra in four concerts featuring Russian and
American music from the 19th and 20th centuries. Feb. 28, 11 a.m.;
Feb. 29, 8 p.m.; and March 1, 8 p.m., Orchestra Hall. Tickets are
$21-$83; call 612-371-5656. Also, March 2, 2 p.m. College of St.
Benedict, St. Joseph; tickets, call 320-363-5777. The Feb. 29 show
will be aired live on classical MPR and online.
"MASCULINE IDENTITY Construction in Social and Literacy Practices"
is part of the Literacy and Rhetorical Studies Minor Research
Series. Presenters are Timothy Lensmire, culture and teaching and
literacy education; Sara Berrey, English; and Tom Friedrich,
literacy education. March 4, 2:30-4 p.m., 31 Peik Hall. For more
details, see Center for
Writing.
NORTHROP JAZZ SEASON presents the Ravi Coltrane Quartet and the Roy
Haynes Quartet, March 6, 7:30 p.m., Ted Mann Concert Hall. Tickets
are $23.50-$45 online or
call 612-624-2345. Ask about discounts.
MORE EVENTS include "Bell Dioramas Walkabout: Three Viewpoints"
(Feb.
28), "Swinging Away the Leap Day Blues" (Feb.
29), "Last Gopher Standing" (March
1), "10,000 Years and 50 Miles: Time Travel in Minnesota"
(March
2). SEE THESE AND MORE TWIN CITIES CAMPUS EVENTS.
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