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Past Issues
This week Gov. Pawlenty is scheduled to release his plan for reconciling the state's $356 million shortfall for the remainder of this fiscal year. Also this week, President Bruininks will advise U officials on methods for managing the likely budget reductions. Provost Maziar has been charged with developing a set of principles to guide units through financial decisions.
Sixty-two people have applied for the 4 seats on the U's Board of Regents. Names of candidates, who are referred to the legislature by a state-appointed Regent Candidate Advisory Council, will not be made public until the council decides who to interview on Jan. 10. At least 4 people are normally interviewed for each seat; 2 to 4 finalists for each spot will be forwarded to legislators, who make the final selection. U regents serve 6-year terms and set policies as the U's governing board.
U Annual Report 2002 is now available. Report includes an independent auditor's report, financial statements, and management analysis as well as feature section that highlights U accomplishments and success stories. For copies, call 612-624-6868
U neurologist Paul Tuite finds new drug effective in improving the quality of life for patients with early Parkinson's disease. Patients treated with rasagiline, a MAO-B inhibitor that prevents dopamine breakdown in the brain, showed improvements in disease signs, symptoms, and quality of life compared with placebo-treated patients. Study, conducted in conjunction with a national Parkinson's study group, is published in the December 2002 issue of Archives of Neurology.
Votes for Students (VFS), founded April 2002 by 5 U students, received a $100,000 grant from Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, U of Maryland. VFS sent e-mails to about 500,000 students in 10 states to encourage participation in the November election. "Our initial goal was to turn one to 2% of the college population into citizen voters this year," said VFS executive director and political science student Zachary Coelius. "Now, after sending out the first wave of follow-up surveys, we recognize there is a greater potential." Over the next 6 months, VFS will study feasibility of continuing drive toward 2004 presidential election.
U epidemiologist Cheryl Perry is the 4th recipient of the American Academy of Health Behavior Research Laureate Award for her work on school and communitywide health behavior change among children and adolescents. Her most recent study, an alcohol use prevention program tested in 28 northeastern Minnesota communities, is considered a model program by the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. Project Northland combined school, parent, peer, and community strategies to reduce alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana use among students in 6th through 12th grades.
Great Conversations discussion "The Art of Remembering" between Professor Patricia Hampl and author Eva Hoffman will air on Twin Cities Public Television (Channel 17) on Jan. 19 at 8 p.m. The women spoke about the art of writing memoirs and their families' emigration from Eastern Europe.
Nominations for President's Award for Outstanding Service are due Feb. 28. Award recognizes exceptional service to the U by active or retired faculty or staff. For more information, call the U Senate Office at 612-625-9369.
Application deadline for spring Grant-in-Aid of Research, Artistry, and Scholarship program is Feb. 10. See www.research.umn.edu/research/gia/rfp.html or call 612-625-2356.
Center for Teaching and Learning Services is accepting registrations for a shorter version of the Mid-Career Teaching Program. Beginning week of Jan. 27, participants will meet 6 times to discuss how best to promote learning in their classes. For more information and to register, see www.umn.edu/ohr/teachlearn/faculty/midcar.html.
CROOKSTON—Corporation for National Service has released a positive report on the UMC-sponsored Retired and Senior Volunteer Program following a monitoring visit Nov. 20–21. According to report, program engages a substantial number of eligible older citizens in productive community volunteer assignments and is positively impacting northwestern Minnesota.
UMC-based Nature Northwest Project received a $30,450 grant from Northwest Minnesota Foundation to verify a natural resources inventory and collect additional descriptive and geographic information for new digital maps using global positioning systems. For more information, see www.nature-northwest.org.
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DULUTH—"Doc Talks" series will present a behavioral sciences department lecture on seasonal affective disorder Jan. 14, 7:30 p.m., 142 School of Medicine.
Tweed Museum of Art will hold an exhibition Jan. 14–March 23 featuring works of master potter Richard Bresnahan, founder of pottery program at St. John's U in Collegeville. Exhibit also features 73 works by other artists associated with St. John's Pottery over 20 years and the recently released 230-page Body of Clay, Soul of Fire: Richard Bresnahan and the Saint John's Pottery. Reception and gallery talk will be Feb. 4, 6 p.m.
MORRIS—First-year student Elizabeth Jensen is working on the West Central Minnesota Regional Trails Inventory, which consists of trails and contact information for those involved in trail development and promotion in west central Minnesota. Jensen was hired by the West Central Initiative through the U's Community Assistantship Program.
Tony Award-winning National Theatre of the Deaf will perform romantic comedy Oh, Figaro, based on the classic farces The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro, Jan. 31, 7:30 p.m., Edson Auditorium. Little Theatre of the Deaf will perform that morning, 9:30 p.m., at Morris Area Elementary School. For ticket information, call 320-589-6050.
TWIN CITIES—Office of International Agricultural Programs in COAFES is managing a grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development for an interdisciplinary U team (from horticultural science, entomology, food science and nutrition, applied economics, and plant pathology) to test-market in Minnesota gourmet green beans grown in Senegal (West Africa). Goal is to help Senegalese navigate complexities of regulatory, logistical, and marketing issues involved with exporting to the U.S. For more information about the project, e-mail Steve Clarke at sclarke@umn.edu.
New 7-week course, Semiprivate ESL Tutoring, will help nonteaching members of the U community (students and staff) improve their English language skills in a small-group setting. Participants will work intensively with an instructor and 2 groupmates on areas of common concern and interest. Course runs Jan. 21–March 11. For more information, call the Minnesota English Center at 612-626-4548 or e-mail mec@umn.edu.
Proposals for undergraduate curriculum development grants and Service-Learning Faculty Fellows 2003–04 grants are due Feb. 14. For information about the grants, which are designed to assist tenured and tenure-track faculty members to develop new undergraduate courses integrating service-learning, see www.cclc.umn.edu/faculty/fresources.html. For information about the faculty fellows program, e-mail Laurel Hirt at lhirt@class.cla.umn.edu.
School of Social Work is sponsoring Weight Watchers At Work Program; meetings are Mondays, noon–
1 p.m. (check-in at 11:30 a.m.), 5 Peters Hall. Cost is $119.50 for 10-week commitment. An information meeting will be scheduled when the minimum 22 responses are received. To register or for more information, call Jill at 612-624-4243.
If you would like to rent your home to new U faculty or staff during the next academic year, e-mail the Relocation Assistance Program at rapland@umn.edu or call 612-626-0775.
Events: Weisman Art Museum Music Series presents guitarist Dean Magraw, violist Randy Sabien, and bassist Jim Anton Jan. 11, 8 p.m. Tickets are $8 and $6; call 612-625-9495.
o Information session on Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) will be Jan. 16, 9 a.m., 210 Anderson Hall. For other session opportunities, call 626-7100. For up-to-date information on SEVIS, the electronic reporting system that will provide Immigration and Naturalization Service with information on students, scholars, and faculty on nonimmigrant visas, see www.isss.umn.edu/INSGen/SEVISUpdate.html.
Lectures: "State Budgeting and Finance: What You Wanted to Know But Didn't Know How to Ask," will be Jan. 11, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., 100 Murphy Hall. Registration fee is $40, payable at the door. For more information, call 612-625-8095.
o Carl J. Martinson Lecture, "Community-Based Participatory Research: Principles, Strategies, and Benefits for Prevention Research and Interventions," will be 10–11 a.m. (reception at 9:30 a.m.), Taylor Conference Room, West Bank Office Building, 1300 Washington Ave. S. For more information, call 625-1836.
o "Professional Development: Strategies and Resources," will be Jan. 15, 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m., 152 Klaeber Court. RSVP by Jan. 10 to women@umn.edu.
Announcement: Susan Carlson Weinberg, real estate director, was elected 2002–03 president for the Association of University Real Estate Officials. She served previously as president, 1985–86.
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