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Past Issues
Members of the Higher Ed Conference Committee, which will resolve differences between the House and Senate Omnibus Higher Education Finance Bills, have been named. House conferees are Representatives Doug Stang, Doug Meslow, Carla Nelson, Bud Nornes, and Gene Pelowski; Senate conferees are Senators Sandra Pappas, Yvonne Solon, Rod Skoe, Dan Sparks, and David Tomassoni.
President Bruininks presented the FY2004 operating budget to regents May 8. Regents will vote on the budget at their late June meeting. President's presentation can be seen at www.umn.edu/urelate/govrel/2003_info.htm.
U and 11 MnSCU campuses have formed partnership to use a high-speed network to share data, video, and other services. With the Metropolitan Education Telecommunications Network (METNET), students will be able to watch guest lecturers and live surgery or register for classes through Internet 2. For more information, see www.metnet.edu.
College of Veterinary Medicine has awarded the Distinguished Research Partner Award to PIC USA. Award honors the swine genetic improvement firm for more than a decade of supporting swine research initiatives at the college.
Craig Moody has been appointed director of U Health and Safety, a unit composed of Environmental Health and Safety and Building Code Division. Moody has served as interim director of the Department of Environmental Health and Safety since the death of former director Fay Thompson in 2001.
VP Jones has been elected to the Bush Foundation board of directors effective May 1. The Bush Foundation is a grantmaking foundation with programs in education, human services, health, and the arts.
Ambulatory Research Center's Department of Psychiatry is looking for volunteers for a 10-week study on the effects of drug treatment for depression on sexual function. Volunteers must not currently be taking medicine to treat depression; all necessary office visits, medical evaluations, and study medications will be provided at no cost. For more information, contact Anna at 612-627-4823.
Council of Academic and Professional Administrators presents a community forum on the history of P&A governance at the U May 16, 1–2:30 p.m., Mississippi Room, Coffman Union, TC Campus. Panel will include committee chairs of P&A governing bodies from the past 23 years. For more information, contact Randy Croce at rcroce@umn.edu or 612-625-5546.
Winners of Communicators Forum Maroon and Gold Awards for excellence in communication at the U have been announced. The College of Education and Human Development won 6 gold awards in categories including integrated communications, Web site, magazine, and newsletter. For a complete list of winners, go to www.umn.edu/umcf.
U Printing Services won 5 national awards in the In-Print 2003 competition, which recognizes and promotes the educational and corporate publishing industry for excellence in printing. Awards went to printing entries from College of Human Ecology, U of M Extension, Bell Museum of Natural History, Weisman Art Museum, and University Relations.
CROOKSTON—Higher Learning Commission (formerly North Central Association) will do an accreditation visit to UMC in April 2005. Campuswide symposium to plan for visit was held May 13. Jennifer Wilson, director of health sciences, will chair Higher Learning Self-Study Steering Committee, which will work to acquaint the campus community with new criteria and accreditation process. Bill Peterson, professor of mathematics, is vice chair.
DULUTH—May 17 UMD will graduate the largest American Indian teacher education group in Minnesota history and the first class to graduate with a teaching minor in an indigenous language (Ojibwe). Unique education cohort group, called Gekinoo'imaagejig, meaning "The Ones Who Teach," is a collaboration between UMD and Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College.
Faculty award recipients are Richard Davis, Jean G. Blehart Distinguished Teaching Award; Erik Brown, Chancellor's Distinguished Research Award; Ron Caple, Jonathan Conant, Dan Glisczinski, Patricia Merrier, and Robert Repinski, Outstanding Faculty Adviser Awards; Gloria Brush, Albert Tezla Teacher/Scholar Award.
Chancellor Martin presented the 2003 Outstanding Media Person Award to WDIO TV news anchor Dennis Anderson April 30. Award recognizes excellence in professional broadcast and print media.
Associate professor of communications Virginia Katz is this year's recipient of Linda Larson Commission on Women "Woman of the Year" award. Award is given to a woman who has gone above and beyond the call of duty to benefit women at UMD.
MORRIS—American Indian Advisory Committee hosted an honoring ceremony May 9 to recognize Native American graduates. Event is funded by Salt Springs Endowment Fund, supporting American Indian education at the U.
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May Session, May 12–30, provides opportunities for faculty and students to participate in unique courses and learning experiences. Courses are open to students from other colleges, as well as community members. For more information, see www.mrs.umn.edu/cerp/maysession.
Rodney A. Briggs Library Art Purchase Awards go to Tina Didrickson for her sculpture "Face in the Crowd," and Macrina Andrew, for an image from her series of 4 photographs "Celebrating Tradition." Award recognizes talented UMM students and creates a permanent quality art collection housed in the Library.
TWIN CITIES—Five finalists for associate vice provost for student affairs will give presentations that are open to attendance by and comments from students, faculty, and staff. Finalists and presentation dates are: Laurie Hayes, Colorado State University, May 15, 1:30–2:30 p.m., 101 Walter Library; Donald Peters, State University of New York at Plattsburgh, May 19, 1:30–2:30 p.m., Minnesota Room, McNamara Alumni Center; Laura Koch, U's associate vice provost for First Year Programs, May 21, 1:30–2:30 p.m., Minnesota Room, McNamara Alumni Center; Gerald Rinehart, Carlson School of Management, May 27, 1:30–2:30 p.m., Minnesota Room, McNamara Alumni Center; Wanda Overland, Bowling Green State University, May 29, 1:30–2:30 p.m., Minnesota Room, McNamara Alumni Center. For more information, see www.osa.umn.edu.
State Fairgrounds parking lot S108 will close for the summer May 16, 11 p.m. For information on parking options, see http://www1.umn.edu/pts/parking.htm.
Craig Packer, internationally known expert in animal behavior and evolution, has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Packer is a Distinguished McKnight University Professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior; College of Biological Sciences.
Martha Farrell Erickson, director of the U's Children, Youth, and Family Consortium, has been awarded both the 2003 James E. Ysseldyke Distinguished Best Practices Award by the Minnesota School Psychologists Association and the Minnesota Psychological Association's 2003 Outstanding Contribution to Psychology Award.
Paul Sackett, psychology, has received the Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award from the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Award recognizes scientific achievements in industrial-organizational psychology, the study of human behavior in the workplace.
Steve Ruggles, director of the Minnesota Population Center, received the Population Association of America's Robert J. Lapham Award. Lapham award is presented biennially for contributions to population research, applications of demographic knowledge to improve the human condition, and service to the profession.
Tracy Fischer, NCAA compliance coordinator at the Office of the Registrar, is a recipient of a 2003 Hughston award for the most outstanding paper published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine.
Events: Departments of Audiology and Speech Pathology are sponsoring a free information booth about speech, voice, and hearing health May 19–23, 8 a.m.–
4 p.m., second floor, Phillips-Wangensteen Building. Experts will be on hand to answer questions. For more information, contact Ashley Burt at 612-624-2449.
Bell Museum Summer Discovery Day Camps for kids will run from June 9 through Aug. 29. Camps offer children in grades K–6 a chance to explore nature, science, and the U campus. See www.bellmuseum.org for more information, or call 612-624-9050.
Dave Rogers's Big Bugs Exhibition runs May 3 through Sept. 28, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. For more information, call 952-443-1400 or see www.arboretum.umn.edu.
"Trace Evidence," a Weisman Art Museum exhibit that presents 33 art works using the trace in some way runs May 3 through Aug. 3, Weisman Art Museum.
Lectures: Winona LaDuke on "Wind not War," an exploration of America's energy policies, May 16, 7–9 p.m., 125 Willey Hall. $5 donation. For more information, contact honorearth@earthlink.net, 612-879-7529, or david_m@northcountrycoop.com, 338-3110.
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton and author Joan Lester will read and talk about Fire In My Soul, Lester's biography of Norton, who is one of the few African-American women ever elected to Congress and a longtime crusader for civil rights. Book signing will follow the event, which is free to the public. June 6,
6:30 p.m., Humphrey Institute.
See more events at events.tc.umn.edu. For TC campus events and lectures to be considered for publication in Brief, they should first be submitted to this online calendar. For more information, call 612-625-5826.
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