Vol. XXXIII No. 29; September 17, 2003
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
1. Top Stories
Regents review 2004 capital request.
Campaign MN raises $1.656 billion.
2. News and Announcements
Training Services offers free classes.
American Cancer Society research grants accepted until
Oct. 31.
3. Campus Events and Information
Bulldogs head football coach Nielson named UMD director
of
athletics.
4. Links
1. Top Stories
U REGENTS REVIEWED PRESIDENT BRUININKS'S PROPOSED 2004 STATE CAPITAL REQUEST
at their Sept. 12 meeting. The $189 million request is heavily weighted toward
renewal projects rather than new construction. In addition, the board reviewed
and approved plans for a scholar’s walk to be constructed on the TC campus
to recognize distinguished faculty, staff, and students. MORE: http://www.ur.umn.edu/unsreleases/find.php?ID=675
THE U RAISED $1.656 BILLION IN CASH AND PLEDGES during its seven-year fund-raising
effort, Campaign Minnesota. The campaign surpassed its original goal of $1.3
billion and is the second most successful fund-raising campaign of any public
university in the nation. MORE: http://www.ur.umn.edu/unsreleases/find.php?ID=662
PRESIDENT BRUININKS HAS BEEN NOMINATED BY PRESIDENT BUSH to the J. William Fulbright
Foreign Scholarship Board, effective Sept. 23, 2003. "This is
a great honor," said Bruininks. "The Fulbright Program has a distinguished
history and has made invaluable contributions to advancing knowledge internationally,
which is more important than ever in today’s global economy." MORE:
http://www.ur.umn.edu/unsreleases/find.php?ID=672
PRESIDENT BRUININKS WILL VISIT WINONA AND LAKE CITY SEPT. 22, making stops at
Minnesota State College/Southeast Technical, Whitewater Garden Farm in rural
Altura, and the Cherry Hill Orchard in rural Lake City. MORE: http://www.ur.umn.edu/unsreleases/find.php?ID=666
2. News and Announcements
TRAINING SERVICES CLASSES ARE AVAILABLE AT NO COST to individuals or their departments
and are available to all faculty, staff, and student employees. Classes are available
in the following categories: Financial Management, Human Resource Management
System (HRMS), Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA), and Service Improvement.
For classes and online registration, go to http://training.finop.umn.edu/index.htmlor contact Training Services at trngsvcs@umn.edu or 612-626-1373.
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH GRANT APPLICATIONS are being accepted
until Oct. 31. Funding up to $20,000 is available for instructors and assistant
professors who have no independent national funding and are engaged in cancer-related
research. For more information and applications, e-mail micek003@tc.umn.edu or
call 612-626-1926.
FORMER VP WILLIAM SHEPHERD DIED SEPT. 5 in Minneapolis. He was 92. Shepherd,
a U graduate who was an electrical engineering professor, department head, associate
dean, and vice president, joined the U faculty in 1947 and retired in 1979. Shepherd
Laboratories is named for him. MORE: http://www.ur.umn.edu/unsreleases/find.php?ID=669
INVENTORY SPECIALIST JIM JANNETT, a 27-year employee of Inventory Services, passed
away unexpectedly on Sept. 1 after taking ill at his family's lake home. He was
61. He had served as department head of the old Property Accounting
department.
EGOLFS BAKUZIS DIED AUG. 30. Bakuzis, a professor of forest ecology until his
retirement in 1982, was 91 years old.
3. Campus Events and Information
Crookston:
UMC HOSTED TWO VISITING DIGNITARIES FROM BRAZIL Sept. 6-9--Vicente Nogueira Filho
and Paula Alonso. They met with UMC officials to discuss expanding a 1998 partnership,
which focuses on cooperative training in precision agriculture, to include opportunities
in online adult learning, notably in the area of business administration. MORE:
http://www.crk.umn.edu/newsevents/notices03-04/BrazilSept2003.htm
HOMECOMING WEEK KICKED OFF ON SEPT. 15 with unveiling ceremonies for a stylized
eagle sculpture made of steel rebar cables. Regional artist Bennett Brien of
Belcourt, North Dakota, created the nearly eleven-foot-tall sculpture, which
stands on the campus mall near the Peterson gazebo. MORE: http://www.crk.umn.edu/newsevents/notices03-04/BrienEagle-HC.htm
Duluth:
HEAD FOOTBALL COACH BOB NIELSON HAS BEEN NAMED DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS effective
Dec. 1. Nielson came to UMD in 1999 and has served as head football coach since
that time. MORE: http://www.d.umn.edu/news/2003/September/10-A.html
POSTERS DESIGNED BY 30 UMD GRAPHIC DESIGN STUDENTS are included in the book Take
Back Your Time, a handbook for the national work/life balance event on Oct.
24. UMD will hold two events on Sept. 18 honoring
the students.
MORE: http://www.d.umn.edu/news/2003/September/10-B.html
ALWORTH INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE PRESENTS ERIC GUSTAFSON, analyst and foreign
correspondent for The Economist, on Sept. 24, 3 p.m., Kirby
Student
Center
ballroom.
His topic will be "The Worst of Friends: Today's Journalism and International
Politics."
Morris:
UMM IS ONE OF THE BEST SCHOOLS IN THE MIDWEST, says The Princeton Review's
Guide
to the Best Midwestern Colleges. The guide said that UMM is well managed,
its classes are small, and the faculty are good teachers. MORE:
http://www.mrs.umn.edu/alumni/universityRelations/news/view.php?id=36
UMM'S PHYSICS DISCIPLINE was one of five successful undergraduate physics departments
studied for the article "What Works for Women in Undergraduate Physics?" published
in the Sept. 2003 issue of Physics Today. The article includes a photograph
of several UMM students working together in the remodeled science building.
ALUMNI, FACULTY, AND FRIENDS ARE INVITED to get into the spirit of homecoming
2003: "A Tropical Luau--The Three-Hour Tour," Sept. 24-28. MORE:
http://www.mrs.umn.edu/alumni/alumniRelations/UMM/HOMECOMING/HOMECOMING2003.html
UMM IS ONE OF ONLY 10 ORGANIZATIONS selected by the Minnesota State Arts Board
(MSAB) to receive a Series Presenter grant of $7,575 for the 2003-04 Performing
Arts Series. MSAB grants support a series of public performances, exhibitions,
or screenings in the visual, performing, or literary arts.
Twin Cities:
THE RAPTOR CENTER’S FALL BIRD RELEASE will be Sept. 27, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.,
French Regional Park, Plymouth, and will feature the release of rehabilitated
birds of prey, children's activities, and more. For more information, call 612-624-4745.
OCTOBER IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH and the Aurora Center will host
the Silent Witness National Initiative. The witnesses, life-sized figures with
the names and stories of the women who have died in the past year from domestic
violence, will stand on Coffman Union front plaza Oct. 7-9, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
For more information, call Melissa Schmidt at 612-626-3433.
COLLEGE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION COMPLEAT SCHOLAR PROGRAM is seeking noncredit
liberal arts and applied knowledge course proposals for paid, part-time temporary
teaching positions. Courses to be offered summer and fall 2004. Review deadline
is Nov. 1. MORE: http://www.cce.umn.edu/scholars/faculty.shtml
NANCY AMIDEI, SOCIAL WORKER AND GRASSROOTS-ADVOCACY EXPERT, will be the speaker
at the annual Konopka Lectureship on Sept. 19, 4-5:30 p.m.,
McNamara
Alumni Center.
DALE JAMIESON, CARLETON COLLEGE, will speak on "Science, Ethics, and the
Animal Protection Movement" Sept. 22, 12:15-1:15 p.m., Mississippi Room,
Coffman Union. MORE: http://www.lifesci.consortium.umn.edu/news_and_events/events.php?id=160
RUI HAI LUI OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY will speak
on "Phytochemicals in Whole Grains: Species, Variety, Processing, and Health
Benefits" Sept. 23, 3-4 p.m., 15 Food, Science, and Nutrition building,
St.
Paul. For more information, call 612-624-2792.
SEE MORE TWIN CITIES EVENTS ONLINE at http://events.tc.umn.edu
4. Links
University News Service: http://www.umn.edu/urelate/newsservice/home.php
Office of the President: http://www.umn.edu/pres
Government Relations: http://www.umn.edu/urelate/govrel
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