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Past Issues
Board of Regents will meet Sept. 12–13 at UMC. Agenda topics include implications of federal budget on higher education, post-tenure update review report, and TC campus football stadium policy issues. For full agenda, see www.umn.edu/regents.
U Benefits Advisory Committee (BAC) is reviewing UPlan. BAC is seeking comments about experiences, positive or negative, with your health plan. Comments will be discussed with plan administrators and presented at BAC meetings over the next few months. Contact appropriate person for your plan (deadline is Sept. 17 for Health Partners, Oct. 1 for other plans). For Health Partners Classic, e-mail Gavin Watt at gdw@umn.edu or call 612-625-6614; for Choice Plus or Choice Plus-Duluth, Ted Litman, litma001@umn.edu or 626-7344; Definity, Dick McGehee, mcgehee@umn.edu or 624-9040; PreferredOne National or PreferredOne Regional (Morris, Crookston), Peh Ng, pehng@mrs.umn.edu or 320-589-6318. Or contact BAC chair Fred Morrison at morrison@umn.edu or 612-625-0321. For information on BAC, see www.umn.edu/usenate/committees/bac.html.
Performance gaps in reading and mathematics between highest scoring groups of students and those classified as ethnic or racial minorities are documented in new report by U's Office of Educational Accountability. "The Minnesota Basic Skills Test: Performance Gaps on the Reading and Mathematics Tests from 1996 to 2001, by Gender, Ethnicity, Limited English Proficiency, Individual Education Plans, and Socio-Economic Status" looks at changes in overall scores on the Minnesota Basic Skills Test. "Minnesota is doing a good job educating students, but there are still some disparities," said Ernest Davenport, educational psychology professor. For findings, see www.umn.edu/urelate/newsservice/newsreleases/02_08basicskills.html.
College of Veterinary Medicine's Mini-Vet School, Oct. 8–Nov. 12, will offer participants the chance to explore a variety of animal-related topics and understand the veterinary student experience. Six sessions are every Tuesday, 6:30–8:30 p.m. on TC campus in St. Paul. Registration is $65; see www.cvm.umn.edu/outreach or call 612-624-3434 or 800-380-8636.
School of Dentistry will offer the nation's first regional program for advanced training in craniofacial and oral health research thanks to 5-year, $5.5 million National Institutes of Health grant awarded to Mark Herzberg, U professor of preventive sciences. Minnesota Craniofacial Research Training (Minn-CResT) Program will offer students advanced degrees (D.D.S., Ph.D., M.D., M.S.) and interdisciplinary training opportunities with graduate faculty from 33 degree-granting programs at various universities. For program information, call 612-625-5984.
Mid-Career Teaching Program offers experienced faculty chance for professional development. Multi-disciplinary groups meet 12 times during the academic year to discuss issues related to teaching and learning. To register or for more information, call Kathleen O'Donovan at 612-625-3316 or see www.umn.edu/ohr/teachlearn/faculty/midcar.html.
New CD, "Exotics To Go! Presentations and Publications to Prevent the Spread of Aquatic Nuisance Species," is available from Minnesota Sea Grant for $2.50 plus tax. CD contains 22 publications in PDF format, lists of people to contact, and 7 adaptable PowerPoint presentations that focus on zebra mussel impact and control. To order, call 218-726-6191 or e-mail seagr@d.umn.edu.
September Kiosk, U's monthly faculty and staff newspaper, is also on the Web at www.umn.edu/urelate/kiosk. Read an interview with interim president Bruininks and learn about the U's hunt for neutrinos and the connection between Hmong shamanism and western medicine.
Application deadline for 2002–03 Grant-in-Aid Program is Sept. 23. Materials are available at www.research.umn.edu/research/fundsrc.html or from Office of the VP for Research, 420 Johnston Hall. For more information, call 612-625-2356.
American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant applications will be accepted until Oct. 1. Grant is for instructors and assistant professors who have no independent national funding and are engaged in cancer-related research. Funding up to $20,000. Call 612-626-1926 or e-mail micek003@umn.edu.
Sept. 4 Brief reported that policy on midterm alerts will be in effect this fall. For more information about the policy, which applies to Crookston, Morris, and TC campuses, see www.umn.edu/usenate/policies/midtermalerts.html. Web-based alert was part of recommendations from Graduation and Retention Task Force report. Questions about the alert, e-mail Tina Falkner at rovic001@umn.edu.
Aug. 28 Brief reported new health journalism master's program by U's School of Journalism and Mass Communication and School of Public Health will be offered this fall; program will start next year.
CROOKSTON—Annual Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be Sept. 20, Crookston Eagles Club. Inductees will include Jim Sims, UMC head football coach, 1976–95; Mark Bagaason, cocaptain for 1983 men's basketball team; Jeff Perreault, member of UMC hockey team, 1988–90; Natalie Ueland, outstanding women's basketball player, 1989 and 1990; Jay Gunderson, who led UMC's football team to 1982 Northern Division of the Minnesota Junior College Conference title; and 1986–87 women's basketball team, which holds UMC record for most victories.
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DULUTH—Homecoming, "Party in the Pound," will be Sept. 27–28. Saturday highlights include parade at 4 p.m.; UMD football vs. Crookston at 6 p.m., Griggs Field; and alumni gathering 8 p.m.–midnight, Fitger's Courtyard Lakeside. See www.d.umn.edu/~umdsa/homecoming. For alumni information, e-mail alumni@d.umn.edu.
Biology alumni homecoming social and barbecue will be Sept. 28, 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m., outside the UMD Greenhouse (1110 Kirby Drive). Life Science open house will follow, 1–3 p.m. Tour labs; meet the architects who designed the new James I. Swenson Science Building. For information or to register, call 218-726-6262 or e-mail sjohns35@d.umn.edu.
Sustainable Farming Association farmers' market will be every Wednesday through September at 2 p.m., Kirby Student Center overpass on Kirby Drive.
MORRIS—UMM graduate Nate Maher presented "Micheaux's Characterization of his Women Antagonistsz" at the 2002 Oscar Micheaux Film Festival in Gregory, SD. Festival celebrates one of the nation's first African American homesteaders and premiere filmmakers.
Mark Fohl will step down as athletic director to focus on coaching, teaching, and facilitating UMM's transition to NCAA Division III in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference. Position will be restructured; search begins this fall.
ROCHESTER—Program in Translation and Interpreting began its 2nd year with 50 students. Two new courses will be offered this fall: American Law for Interpreters and Fundamentals of Health Care for Interpreters.
UMR's first veterinary seminar of 2002–03 will feature Gary Goldstein from College of Veterinary Medicine, speaking on common dental diseases. Seminar will be Sept. 12, 7 p.m., Holiday Inn South, Rochester.
TWIN CITIES—Two Ph.D. students were injured in an explosion caused by a chemical reaction in a beaker in Amundson Hall Sept. 10. One sustained minor injuries and was treated at Boynton, the other had serious burns and was transported to Hennepin County Medical Center. Building was closed for remainder of the day because of water damage.
Memorial service for Brandon Hall, Gopher football player who was fatally shot Sept. 1, was held Sept. 5 at Williams Arena. Golden Gophers Ben Utecht and Dan Nystrom sang Hall's favorite hymn "Amazing Grace"; speakers included interim president Robert Bruininks and athletics director Joel Maturi. Funeral was Sept. 9 in Southfield, MI. Memorials may be sent to Brandon Hall Memorial/U of M Foundation, 250 Bierman Field Athletic Building or Finney High School, 17200 Southampton, Detroit, MI 48224.
Events: UPlan information forums with dental and medical plan representatives will be 11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m., Sept. 11 and 16, Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey Center, and Sept. 17, St. Paul Student Center theatre. All employees must select a new dental plan. For more information, call 612-624-9090.
o Photography exhibit by 2001–02 McKnight fellows runs through Oct. 4, Katherine Nash Gallery.
Lectures: "Into the Hidden World of Bears: Slide Lecture by Lynn Rogers" on black bear social life, diet, and hibernation will be Sept. 14, 7–10 p.m., Bell Museum Auditorium. Dessert reception will follow. Tickets are $5 members, $10 nonmembers; for reservations, call 612-624-9050.
o "Gender Inequalities: Neglected Dimensions and Hidden Facets," will be Sept. 17, 3:30 p.m., Cowles Auditorium. Call 624-2535.
o "Conducting a Job Search in the Twin Cities" will be Sept. 19, 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m., 215 Donhowe. Workshop will focus on helping spouses and partners of recently relocated U employees identify potential places of employment and make contacts through networking. Register by Sept. 13; call 626-0774 or e-mail chrd@umn.edu.
o "Crisis and Memory: The Music of Lost Time," Sept. 19, 3:15 p.m., 348 Folwell Hall, will focus on the success of Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony as a model for other expressive works in times of military and political disaster.
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