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Vol. XXXVIII No. 37; November 19, 2008
Editor: Adam Overland, brief@umn.edu
Inside This Issue
--Executive salary freeze announced.
--U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar will host a national summit on heath
care reform.
--Pulse survey results are in, and more employees than ever
responded to the survey.
--People: School of Nursing faculty members Melissa Avery, Margaret
Moss, Carol O'Boyle, and Cheryl Robertson were formally inducted as
fellows into the American Academy of Nursing; and more.
Campus Announcements and Events
University-wide | Crookston |
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EXECUTIVE SALARY FREEZE: At Friday's Board of Regents meeting, President Bruininks announced a salary freeze for all senior University executives. In addition to the president, the freeze includes all deans, chancellors, senior vice presidents, vice presidents, associate vice presidents, assistant vice presidents, vice chancellors, and vice provosts. The freeze is estimated to save about $500,000 annually. The Regents also discussed a proposal to authorize alcohol sales in the premium seating sections of TCF Bank Stadium, Mariucci Arena, Williams Arena, and the restaurant of the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.
U.S. SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR WILL HOST A NATIONAL SUMMIT ON HEALTH CARE REFORM entitled "Prescription for Reform." Featured speakers include Senator Klobuchar; Karen Davis, president, Commonwealth Fund; Denis Cortese, president and CEO, Mayo Clinic; Jack Wennberg, director of the Center for Evaluative and Clinical Sciences, Dartmouth Medical School; and former U.S. senator David Durenberger, founder and chair of the National Institute for Health Policy. Nov. 25, 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Mayo Auditorium. Free and open to the public. RSVP to Health Summit. For more information, see Prescription for Reform.
PULSE SURVEY MEASURES FACULTY AND STAFF SATISFACTION WITH THE U. The results of the survey are used to continuously improve the workplace. This year, more employees than ever responded--42 percent of all employees, an increase of 5 percent over the most recent survey, conducted in 2006. Results of the 2008 survey indicate that faculty and staff satisfaction remains high, while overall, employee opinions of the U are moving in a positive direction. For more information, read Taking the Pulse of the University.
PEOPLE: School of Nursing faculty members Melissa Avery, Margaret Moss, Carol O'Boyle, and Cheryl Robertson were formally inducted as fellows into the American Academy of Nursing; Jordan Dunitz was awarded the 2008 Medical Staff Recognition Award for Excellence in Clinical Care; Lin Nelson-Mayson was elected president of the Association of Midwest Museums' board; recipients of the National Extension Association of Family & Consumer Sciences Florence Hall Award, 2008, include Jodi Dworkin, Chris Gonzalez, Colleen Gengler, and Kathleen Olson; U of M alumnus Joan Velasquez won the highest annual award from the National Peace Corps Association. Read about these awards and appointments in People.
CAMPUS ANNOUNCEMENTS AND EVENTS
INCREDIBLE THINGS HAPPEN AT THE U EVERY DAY, and iTunes U can show them to the world. Thanks to a new partnership between the University of Minnesota and Apple, dynamic content from the University will be included in the global Apple iTunes Store, where it will be accessible from anywhere there is an Internet connection. All units and departments are invited to submit content to the U of M iTunes U public site. For more information, see U of M on iTunes.
THE U OF M WAS RANKED IN THE TOP 100 BEST FLEETS IN NORTH AMERICA. This is the fourth consecutive year Parking and Transportation Services has received the recognition. Only four universities from around the country made the list. For more information, see the news release.
THE ENGAGED DEPARTMENT GRANT PROGRAM DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED to Dec. 15. The program supports the work of department teams that seek to develop or strengthen their research-focused or teaching-focused community engagement initiatives. For more information see the Office for Public Engagement.
ALL UMC, UMR, AND UMTC FACULTY SHOULD SUBMIT TEXTBOOK ADOPTIONS TO THE U BOOKSTORE as soon as possible. The bookstore needs spring semester textbook information before finals week to purchase used copies from students. Textbook adoption information is available online. Call the bookstore textbook office at 612-626-9484 or e-mail bookstore with questions.
METEOROLOGIST PAUL DOUGLAS WILL SPEAK AT UMC ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE and its effect on Minnesota and agriculture. Nov. 20, 7 p.m., Kiehle Auditorium. The event is free, and the public is welcome. For more information, see Paul Douglas.
THE UMC LIBRARY HAS BEEN AWARDED an IDEA (Innovation, Diversity, Equity, and Achievement) Grant of $2,500 from the U's Office for Equity and Diversity to fund a children's book diversity collection. For more information, see IDEA Grant.
"RACE, RESPONSIBILITY, AND RAUCOUS BEHAVIOUR: A MEDITATION ON ZIMBABWE, WRITING, AND FAMILY" will be presented by Alexandra Fuller, Nov. 19, 7 p.m., 70 Montague Hall. Fuller is the award-winning author of Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood, and Scribbling the Cat: Travels with an African Soldier. Sponsored by the Alworth Institute for International Studies. Free and open to the public. For more information, see Fuller lecture.
THE MUSICIANS OF THE 16-PIECE STRING ORCHESTRA, A FAR CRY, WILL PERFORM as part of the UMD Department of Music Ovation Concert Series, Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m., Weber Music Hall. For more information, see A Far Cry.
DRAW TO LIVE AND LIVE TO DRAW, an exhibit of prints and illustrations by Wanda Gag, will be at the Tweed Museum of Art through May 17. Wanda Gag was a pioneering female illustrator and printmaker of the 1920s and 30s. The exhibit presents her lithographs and book illustrations, as well as a selection of her paintings, letters, and sketchbooks. Free and open to the public. For more information, see Wanda Gag.
ADVANCED TICKET SALES FOR THE 2008 CAROL CONCERTS ARE UNDER WAY. The annual holiday tradition by the UMM Concert Choir and University Choir is scheduled for Dec. 5-7, Morris Area Concert Hall. Performances take place each evening at 7:30 p.m., with an additional 2 p.m. performance Dec. 7. For more information, see 2008 Carol Concerts.
THE MINNESOTA CAMPUS COMPACT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT FORUM WAS HELD AT UMR Nov. 12. The forum highlighted utilization of service learning and campus-community grants to benefit the region. Participants discussed partnership opportunities, the impact of campus-community collaborations, and ways to increase student engagement. UMR graduate Jennifer Rho shared her project, which set up a health clinic at the Hawthorne Education Center to serve individuals seeking adult basic education, ESL, and literacy programming, as well as assistance with citizenship.
THE INSTITUTE ON COMMUNITY INTEGRATION (ICI) has launched eight new projects to improve health care, education, and community services for people with disabilities in Minnesota and nationwide. Among them is a $1.5 million grant from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research to study health care coordination for individuals with physical disabilities; a $500,000 subcontract funded by the Administration on Developmental Disabilities to provide training that improves postsecondary education programs for students with developmental disabilities; and a $600,000 grant from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research for a multi-state study of service outcomes for people with developmental disabilities. For more information on ICI projects, see the Institute.
PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES RECENTLY LAUNCHED A NEW WEB SITE. The site has been organized to allow multiple navigation avenues. New features include scrolling news alerts on the home page, interactive maps, and a completely revised events calendar that will go live at the end of November. View the site at Parking and Transportation.
COPYRIGHT PERMISSION REQUESTS FOR SPRING 2009 course materials should be submitted to the Copyright Permissions Center as soon as possible. Source information may be dropped off at any Printing Services location, faxed to 612-626-9810, mailed to 102 Printing Services Building, or submitted online. For more information, call 626-9416 or e-mail Dale Mossestad.
MORE EVENTS include Electronics Recycling Tour-Asset Recovery (Nov. 19); University of Minnesota Equity and Diversity Breakfast (Nov. 20); "How to Remember the Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals" (Nov. 21); People for Sale: Event on Human Trafficking (Nov. 22); Presenting Two Cowards in Rep: Hay Fever and Present Laughter (Nov. 23); "Magic as Ersatz Experiments," A presentation by Eric Van Duzer (Nov. 24); From Pond to Power: 4th Annual Energy and Technology Forum (Nov. 25). SEE THESE AND MORE TWIN CITIES CAMPUS EVENTS.
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