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Past Issues
Higher education omnibus bills passed in both the House and the Senate last week. The Senate bill includes $150 million more for higher ed than the governor's recommendation; the House bill includes $50 million more. Of this additional money, the Senate increases the U's funding by $109.7 million and the House increases U funding by $19.7 million. The Senate bill does not transfer money from the U and MnSCU to financial aid, as do both the House bill and governor's proposal. Floor votes in the full House and Senate on the bills are expected next week.
The Senate Capital Investment Committee passed a capital bonding bill last week that includes funding for 7 U projects totaling $48.3 million. The funded projects are Jones Hall, the Translational Research facility, and the IT Teaching and Technology Center in Minneapolis; the Veterinary Diagnostic Lab in St. Paul; Social Science renovation on the Morris campus; and facility improvements at research and outreach centers throughout the state. The House has not yet produced a bonding bill.
Gov. Pawlenty announced a new bioscience partnership between the state, the U, and the Mayo Clinic April 17, which he hopes will lead to new jobs and possibly new cures for disease. Pawlenty said he will work with the legislature to get the alliance more than $100 million in the next 5 years to make Minnesota a center of biotechnology and genomics research.
U Police and Minnesota Arson Reward Project are offering rewards for useful information or assistance on arson cases that occurred on U property April 12. For pictures of suspects possibly involved see www.umn.edu/umpolice/help-id-2003.htm; anyone with information can call the department's anonymous tip line at 612-378-1914. Damage to U property alone now stands at $39,000 and could reach $200,000 by the time final estimates are done.
Departments or colleges with surplus equipment that can be reused, or groups needing supplies, should contact the Minnesota Materials Exchange. The exchange offers filing cabinets, binders, and other items that would overwise be thrown away for free or low cost. For more information, go to www.mnexchange.org or call 612-624-1300.
State of the Coast, a one-day conference dedicated to sharing insights and generating solutions to challenges along Lake Superior's North Shore, will be held April 28 in Two Harbors. Information is available at www.ardc.org/projects/coastwatch, or call 218-529-7535 for more information and to register.
Annual U Communicators Forum conference will be May 7, Coffman Union, TC campus. For more information and to register, go to www.umn.edu/umcf.
U Alumni Association's 99th Annual Celebration will be May 29, 5:30–9 p.m., Coffman Union, TC campus. The evening will mark the start of UMAA's 100th anniversary. For more information, see www.alumni.umn.edu/annualcelebration or call 612-624-2345.
Documents, memorabilia, photographs, and oral histories related to the African American experience on campus following the 1969 civil rights protest at Morrill Hall are being collected by the Coalition for the History of African American Contributions to the U. To learn more or to contribute information or memorabilia, contact David Taylor at 612-625-6885 or taylor@umn.edu.
Humphrey Institute will honor the first recipients of the Hubert H. Humphrey Public Leadership Award May 1, 7 p.m., Humphrey Center atrium. Awards honor individuals, organizations, or projects that have made contributions to the common good through public leadership and service; this year's recipients are Elmer L. Andersen, Roberta Cordano, Pakou Hang, and Walter Mondale. For tickets call Camille Gage at 612-625-5309 or e-mail cgage@hhh.umn.edu.
First Twin Ports Undergraduate Psychology Conference will be hosted by the UMD psychology department, in conjunction with the College of St. Scholastica and the U of Wisconsin-Superior, May 2, noon–6 p.m., library rotunda, UMD. For more information, contact Stephen Giunta, 218-726-8639.
College of Education and Human Development ranked 12th among 155 schools on the U.S. News and World Report list of the best graduate schools of education; it was the top-ranked public education school in the country also accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education.
Departments that hire students in job class 9531 should be aware that some of their tuition benefits may be taxable if employed for more than one semester in a calendar year. For more information, contact Susan Cable, 612-624-3393 or cable003@umn.edu.
The Medical School's Department of Family Practice and Community Medicine received the Bronze Achievement Award from the American Academy of Family Practice for the department's commitment to filling the country's critical need for family physicians.
Family members or friends of staff and faculty who are interested in career exploration may contact the U's Vocational Assessment Clinic for career counseling and assessment of their interests, abilities, values, and personality. Call 612-625-1519 or go to www.psych.umn.edu/psylabs/vac for information.
Mellor Holland, longtime associate dean of School of Dentistry, died April 16 in Minnetonka. He was 79.
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CROOKSTON—Theater students will perform the comedy Run for Your Wife April 22–25, 7:30 p.m. each night, Kiehle auditorium. Tickets are available at the door and cost $1 for UMC students and $4 for others.
Honored at the annual Student Awards Reception were Dan Oberg and Cheryl Isder, UMC Man and Woman of the Year. Staff members honored at the reception included Phil Baird (Outstanding Educator), Michelle Christopherson (Outstanding Service to Students), and Jerry Knutson (Most Creative Use of Technology and Most Supportive of Students).
UMC Student Center and Cooperative Campus Ministry will cosponsor the Pax Christi Minnesota and Illusion Theater presentation of A Small Body of Determined Spirits May 1, 7 p.m., Kiehle auditorium.
DULUTH—Annual juried Art and Design Student Exhibition is being held through May 5 in the Tweed Museum of Art. All events are free and open to the public.
Center for Ethics and Public Policy will hold a public program on health care reform issues entitled "What if I Can't Pay? Health Care Access for All" April 29, 4 p.m., 185 Life Sciences.
Theatre Department presents the musical Sweet Charity April 24–27 and April 30–May 1, 7:30 p.m. each night, Marshall Performing Arts Center. For tickets, call 218-726-8564.
Biochemistry and molecular biology professor Kendall Wallace was recently awarded a $1.8 million, 5-year grant from the National Institutes of Health. Wallace will investigate the mechanisms by which antiretroviral drugs used to treat HIV infections can cause an increased risk of heart attacks in patients.
MORRIS—Scholastic achievements of Morris campus undergraduate students will be showcased during the Undergraduate Research Symposium April 23, 3 p.m., 123 Social Science.
Katherine Benson, psychology, and Vicky Demos, sociology, recently participated in the Oxford Roundtable. Participants are invited from leading institutions around the world to engage in discussions of contemporary education policy issues that affect nations and states worldwide.
The following staff are recipients of the 2002–03 Outstanding Support Staff Awards. In civil service: Michael Cihak, Media Services; AFSCME: Irene Maloney, the Career Center; Teamsters: Bruce Wakefield, plant services.
Courses for the 2003 Henjum Creative Study Institute to be held June 9–20 will include raku pottery, jazz ensemble, vocal music, theater arts, creative writing, Web design, alternative photography, printmaking, radio broadcasting, and two new courses in mask performance and computer art. All courses are open to students in grades 6–12. Cost is $180, plus a materials fee for the art courses. Registrations accepted through May 16. For more information, call 320-589-6456 or e-mail andersjs@mrs.umn.edu.
TWIN CITIES—An epidemic of spring fever has hit campus; despite this, cyclists should avoid running down pedestrians when biking on campus. See www.parkandtrans.umn.edu/biking.htm for more campus biking information.
Crews recently installed a 17-foot, 2-ton tree carving just west of Skok Hall in St. Paul. Scenes were carved by Hinckley-area artist Dennis Roghair, who has done many tree carvings for the Minnesota State Fair.
Parking and Transportation Services communications team won three Blue Pencil Awards from the National Association of Government Communicators. Team members were Lori Ann Vicich, Jacqueline Brudlos, Aaron Strozinski, Sysouk Khambounmy, and Anette Righi.
Event: The Raptor Center's annual Spring Bird Release, featuring the release of rehabilitated birds of prey, will be at Lake Minnetonka Regional Park in Minnetrista April 26, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. For more information, call 612-624-9753 or e-mail strau009@umn.edu.
Lectures: Derek Katz, Lawrence University, will speak on "Leo Janácek and the Perils of Musical Patriotism" on April 24, 3:30 p.m., Ford Room, 710 Social Sciences.
Andrew Rotter, Colgate University, will present "The Hiroshima Bombing and International History: Science, Ethics, and Culture" April 25, noon, 110 Heller Hall.
Joel Turnipseed will talk about his experiences during the Gulf War and sign copies of his new book, Baghdad Express, April 29, 2 p.m., U Bookstore, Coffman Union.
Hilke Brockmann, Bremen University, Germany, will speak on "Love and Death in Germany: The Marital Biography and its Effect on Mortality" April 30, 3–4 p.m., 1183 Social Sciences. For information, call 612-624-6333.
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