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What: Campus Conversations provide a forum to discuss issues of interest to the University community. All meetings are open to faculty, staff, and students.

Contact: To discuss presentation opportunities, or to suggest future conversation topics, contact the Director of Internal Communications for University Relations at 612-624-1663.

Watch: Visit https://umconnect.umn.edu/cc/ the day of the event to participate online.

Next Meeting:

Note location change: This meeting has been moved to the Mississippi Room in Coffman Memorial Union.

Join us for the upcoming Campus Conversation with Vice President and Chief information Officer Scott Studham on Tuesday, May 29, from 12-1:00 in the Mississippi Room in Coffman Memorial Union (map). This will be an opportunity to hear from Vice President Studham about his first months on the job, his vision for information technology at the U, and new resources on the horizon. An open discussion will follow the presentation. Please RSVP if you plan to attend. Visit us online the day of the event to join by UMConnect. Bring your lunch; refreshments will be provided.

Past Meetings, UMConnect videos

• 4/17/2012 - An open conversation with Provost Karen Hanson
• 1/25/2012 - Advocacy 1001 - Support The U at the Capitol
  PowerPoint presentation (655 K PDF)
• 5/19/2011 - An informal discussion with Amy Phenix, President-designate Kaler's Chief of Staff
  PowerPoint presentation (68 K PDF)
• 3/31/2011 - What's at Stake at the Legislature - A Call to Action
• 2/17/2011 - Safety and Security at the University of Minnesota
  Safety and Security PowerPoint (10.9 MB PDF)
• 1/20/2011 - Central Corridor Light Rail Transit (CCLRT)
  CCLRT PowerPoint (18.4 MB PDF)
• 12/16/2010 - Data, Decision-Making, and EFS-related Financial Reporting
  Business Intelligence handout (372 KB PDF)
  Business Intelligence PowerPoint (2.8 MB PDF)
• 11/18/2010 - Biennial Budget Overview
  Handout download (4 MB PDF)
• 9/23/2010 - Graduate education transformation.
  Grad Education Project Overview PowerPoint (992 KB PDF).
  Overview by Gayla Marty, Grad School Communications (52 KB PDF).
• 5/21/2010 - Internal Communications and External Market Research Results.
  Internal Survey PowerPoint (596KB PDF).
  External Survey PowerPoint (236 KB PDF). 
  
• 4/16/2010 - Inclusive communications.
• 2/19/2010 - Semester conversion review. 
• 1/22/2010 - Working with content collaborators.
• 11/20/2009 - Events calendar; writing an internal communications plan.
• 10/30/2009 - Kick off meeting.