Vol. XXXIII No. 30; September 24, 2003
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE
1. Top Stories
Memorial for three U students who died in fire to be
Sept.
26.
State of U speech will be Oct. 2.
2. Work and Life Resources
3. Feature Stories
Wellness initiative hopes to get employees in shape.
U Reads focuses on J. B. Jackson's The Necessity
for Ruins.
4. Links
1. Top Stories
A MEMORIAL FOR THE THREE STUDENTS WHO DIED in last weekend's house fire will
be held Sept. 26, 4 p.m., Ted Mann Concert Hall, TC campus. The event will commemorate
the lives of Elizabeth Wencl, Amanda Speckien, and Brian Heiden, who were students
in the U's College of Liberal
Arts. MORE: http://www.ur.umn.edu/unsreleases/find.php?ID=686
THE U OF M ALUMNI ASSOCIATION WILL CONTRIBUTE $1 MILLION to the new stadium complex
and $500,000 for scholarships to be matched by the U. MORE: http://www.ur.umn.edu/unsreleases/find.php?ID=680
PRESIDENT'S STATE OF THE U SPEECH will be October 2, 3 p.m., Coffman Union Theatre,
TC campus. A question-and-answer period and reception will follow the speech.
Video viewing on coordinate campuses will be available at the following locations:
Duluth, 410 Library; Morris, 2950 Science Auditorium; Crookston, 101 Dowell;
Rochester, ST108. For more information, including how to receive streaming video
of the speech, see http://www.umn.edu after Sept. 26.
2. Work and Life Resources
Council of Academic Professionals and Administrators (CAPA) News
CAPA is pleased to
invite P&A to log on to the new CAPA Web site, which provides information
such as CAPA’s history, your CAPA representative’s contact information,
and up-to-date news on a range of key issues such as governance, benefits, and
compensation. MORE: http://www.umn.edu/ohr/capa
Civil Service Committee News
The Civil Service Committee is currently seeking applicants for the Grievance
Hearing Officers’ Panel and the Recreational Sports Advisory Board. The
committee also reminds you that employee benefits fairs will be held Oct. 28,
St.
Paul
Student
Center,
and
Oct.
29, Coffman Memorial Union. MORE: http://www1.umn.edu/csc/employeeextra9-5.htm
Resources From Human Resources
Work Life: "How to Identify Bullying Behavior." We
read about the problem of bullying in schools where some children are picked
on and even occasionally brutalized by classmates. Well, these children grow
up and some of them become bullies at work. MORE: http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/eap/bully.htm
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Tip by Lisa Dau, EAP counselor
Tired of feeling worn out or anxious from stress? One simple way to lessen the
impact of stress is to be more physically active. Research shows that people
who are active have lower rates of anxiety and depression than less active people
do. So instead of seeing physical activity as just one more thing
to add to your "to do" list, look for ways of replacing sedentary activities
with less sedentary ones. How about taking an occasional walk after lunch instead
of sitting and reading the paper at your desk? Or, once a week, instead of going
out for dinner and a movie for entertainment, try a new physical activity. For
more about the EAP, see http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/eap
Great Service: "Service means being flexible enough to
meet the needs of a wide variety of guests while maintaining operation standards," says
Leslie Bowman of University Dining Services (UDS). Housing and Residential Life
and UDS recently collaborated to develop strategies for offering greater service
as part of the University’s Great Service
Initiative. MORE: http://www.ur.umn.edu/spi/articles.html
3. Feature Stories
A NEW UNIVERSITY WELLNESS INITIATIVE, designed to help employees improve their
physical and mental health, hits campus in October. So, if during your lunch
break, you happen to see a determined gaggle of walkers headed your way, don't
panic--they're just
U employees getting in shape.
MORE: http://www.umn.edu/urelate/brief/extra/wellness2003-09-24.html
U READS CONTINUES with J. B. Jackson's The Necessity for Ruins, recommended
by Rob Silberman, professor of art history. To Jackson, landscape was not nature
but culture, with great landscape showing the effects of human presence and action.
MORE: http://www.umn.edu/urelate/brief/extra/ureads2003-09-24.html
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
eNews: Subscribe to eNews, a biweekly e-newsletter with a mix of U stories, news, and happenings, see http://www.umn.edu/systemwide/enews
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