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Memorial service for Sen. Paul Wellstone and 5 others who perished in a plane crash Oct. 25 was held at Williams Arena Oct. 29. Wellstone; his wife, Sheila; daughter, Marcia; U professor Mary McEvoy; senior Will McLaughlin; and Tom Lapic, the husband of Trudy Lapic, a senior accountant in the English department; were killed when their private plane crashed near Eveleth, MN. McEvoy was former chair of the Department of Educational Psychology, former director of the Center for Early Education and Development, and legislative liaison for the Faculty Consultative Committee. McLaughlin, a political science major, was past president of Sigma Phi Epsilon.
U has joined the Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP), an initiative established in the late 1980s to encourage collaboration between federal agencies and institutional recipients of federal funds. FDP's mission is to find ways to increase research productivity by streamlining administrative processes. U is one of 92 research members; there are 10 federal members.
College of Education and Human Development will offer a technology training course for school administrators nationwide. New course is part of $2.1 million initiative to teach principals and superintendents how to use educational technology effectively to enhance student achievement. College will begin yearlong graduate-level program in summer 2003. Most classes will be offered online, and participants will come to the TC campus for one-week summer courses at the beginning and end of the program.
1880 U.S. Census is available online for genealogists and academic researchers. Volunteers from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints spent about 2 million hours over an 18-year period transcribing information. U's Minnesota Population Center staff processed the data. Searchable database of 55 million people, including Thomas Edison, the Wright brothers, and John D. Rockefeller, is at www.familysearch.org.
Academic Health Center is developing privacy training for faculty and staff and a curriculum for students as part of its commitment to maintaining the privacy of personal information, said senior VP Cerra in his State of the Academic Health Center address Oct. 22. Cerra said the Internet and events of 9/11 have heightened interest in the long-standing issue of personal privacy. AHC staff are also working on a plan to inform the U community about the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) that will take effect April 2003. The full address summarizing AHC achievements, challenges, and future plans is at www.ahc.umn.edu.
AHC Seed Grant research program produces a 685% average return on investment, reported Cerra in AHC address. For every dollar invested in seed grants over the past 5 years, federal grants worth $7.85 have come back to AHC. Program has provided 58 grants of up to $25,000 for faculty members to develop innovative projects in new research areas. The 26 Faculty Research Development Grants returned an average of 228% over 4 years. These grants averaged $200,000 and support innovative interdisciplinary and interscholastic research.
The Science Coalition is highlighting U research on its Web site this week (www.sciencecoalition.org)—"60 years at Cedar Creek," "The Promise of Stem Cells," and "MRSEC: Materials for the Future." Coalition comprises 60 research universities and 340 organizations and corporations; U is on the steering committee. Goal of Coalition is "to expand and strengthen the federal government's investment in university-based scientific, medical, engineering, and agricultural research."
Hormel Institute in Austin, MN; is celebrating 60 years. Institute was established in 1942 to conduct research and education in biological sciences with applications in medicine and agriculture and to provide technical and educational expertise. Center has gained global prominence for lipid research; most studies are conducted by independent scientists who hold U faculty appointments. For more information, see www.hi.umn.edu.
New application for creating Academic Progress Audit System reports and processing transfer students is now available online. To access DARwin at UMC, go to www.crk.umn.edu/people/services/registrar
/register.htm; at UMD, www.d.umn.edu/advising; at UMM, www.mrs.umn.edu/services/registrar/apas.html; at UMTC, onestop.umn.edu/Advising.
Copyright permission requests for spring 2003 course packets may be submitted to the Copyright Permissions Center by fax, 612-626-9810; online at www.copyright.umn.edu; or by campus mail at 106 Printing Services Building. Citations may also be dropped off with originals at any Printing Services location. Questions, call 612-624-8258.
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CROOKSTON—UMC and Northland Community and Technical College (NCTC) in Thief River Falls signed an agreement Oct. 24 to facilitate credit transfers and provide a smooth transition from NCTC's related manufacturing associate in science degree and certificate programs to UMC's bachelor of manufacturing management program.
Kiehle Building open house will be Oct. 30, 3–4:30 p.m. Highlights of the recent renovation include a new rotunda entrance, alumni and heritage space, consolidated technology area, and refurbished auditorium.
DULUTH—Employee Benefits Fair, "Health, Wellness, and Safety Awareness," will be Nov. 7,
10 a.m.–3:30 p.m., Kirby Student Center Ballroom, Representatives from health, retirement, and safety-related organizations will answer questions and provide materials. Open enrollment forms must be submitted to UMD Human Resources by Nov. 15.
UMD Professional Staff Council's fall forum will be Nov. 7, 11 a.m.–1 p.m., Weber Music Hall. Event will feature tours of the new building, live music, and refreshments. For information, call 218-726-6526.
Patrick Ward, professor and head of pathology and laboratory medicine department, will receive the 2002 H. P. Smith Award for Distinguished Pathology Educator from the American Society for Clinical Pathology at its annual meeting in Washington, D.C.
MORRIS—On Oct. 22, Minnesota Historical Society unanimously endorsed UMM's application to have its campus mall declared a national historic district. Proposal will now go to the state coordinator before being forwarded to Washington.
2002 Carol Concerts, "Angels and Shepherds," by UMM Choirs (directed by Ken Hodgson) will be Dec. 6–7, 7:30 p.m., and Dec. 7–8, 2 p.m., Proscenium Theatre, Humanities Fine Arts building.
Ralph Nader's presentation, "Democracy, Big Business, and the American Duopoly," will air on Pioneer Public Television, KWCM, Nov. 3, 4 p.m. Nader was the opening speaker at UMM's Campus Activities Council Convocations series Sept. 25. Video copies of his address are also available for viewing from the Student Activities Office; call 320-589-6080.
TWIN CITIES—Employees have contributed more than $800,000 to the Community Fund Drive, which has a $1 million goal. Drive has been extended to Nov. 8. Pledge by Nov. 1 for Nov. 4 drawing. Grand prizes, including an iMac computer and 2 round-trip tickets anywhere in the continental U.S., will be drawn Nov. 15. To pledge online, see www.umn.edu/cfd/form.html. Questions, call your unit volunteer or Karen Linquist at 612-624-9817.
2002– 03 Student-Staff Directory will be delivered in the next 3 weeks to all offices that responded to October request form. RoadRunner company will make one delivery attempt between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. If a signature cannot be obtained on this first attempt, departments must arrange and pay for 2nd delivery. Questions, call Barb Carlson at 612-626-1785.
Events: U Film Society will show Tosca Nov. 1–7, 7:15 p.m., and Jakob the Liar, Nov. 3, 5 p.m., Bell Museum Auditorium. Call 612-627-4430. o Herbie Hancock Quartet will perform Nov. 8, 8 p.m., Ted Mann Concert Hall. Tickets are $34 and $27; call 624-2345.
Lectures: Guy Stanton Ford Memorial Lecture, "The Future of Conservation and Wildlife," by paleo-anthropologist Richard Leakey will be Nov. 6, 10:15 a.m., Ted Mann Concert Hall. See www.grad.umn.edu/events/ford.html.
o Humphrey Institute Policy Forum presents postelection analysis with Vin Weber and Chris Gilbert Nov. 6, 9:30–11 a.m., and "Elders in the Fabric of the American Community: Successful Intergenerational Programs and Policies" Nov. 15, 8 a.m.–1 p.m., Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey Center. Call 612-625-8330 or see www.hhh.umn.edu/centers/policy-forum.
o MINERVA (Minnesota Electronic Resources in the Visual Arts) Symposium will be Nov. 7, Andersen Library. See digital.lib.umn.edu/minerva. o Center for the Study of Political Psychology will host postelection panel discussion with local political observers Nov. 8, 2–4 p.m., 215 Hubert Humphrey Center.
o "VROOM: The Future of Car Design and Car Culture" symposium and "All Hands on the Wheel" roundtable moderated by Design Institute director Janet Abrams, will be Nov. 9, Rapson Hall Auditorium. Tickets are $15 ($10 for Weisman Art Museum members). Free keynote address will be Nov. 8, Weisman; for reservations, call 626-5302 or e-mail design@umn.edu by Nov. 8.
Announcement: Judith Kahn, director of U's Konopka Institute for Best Practices in Adolescent Health, was appointed by Gov. Ventura to Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee.
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