February Continews/2001
A weekly publications for the MSUM  community

(Feb. 28 issue)

'GALILEO SCANDAL' TOPIC
OF MARCH 5 MSUM LECTURE
"The Galileo Scandal," a public lecture on the 17th-century Italian astronomer's conflict with the church and its effect on the future of science, will be discussed at 8 p.m. Monday, March 5 in King Hall Auditorium.
The featured speaker is Mary Kay Hemenway, director of astronomy education services at the University of Texas at Austin.
Galileo Galilei was condemned by the Inquisition in 1633 to life imprisonment for suspected heresy. He revolutionized astronomy when he applied the telescope to the study of extraterrestrial bodies and paved the way for the acceptance of the Copernican heliocentric system.
Sponsored by The Comstock Fund, the event is free and open to the public.

AFRICAN WOMEN'S WRITING
TOPIC OF VISITING AUTHOR
LECTURE MARCH 1 AT MSUM
Author Juliana Makuchi Nfah-Abbenyi, an associate professor of English at the University of Southern Mississippi, will deliver a public lecture here on "African Women's Writing in U.S. Academe" at
4 p.m. Thursday, March 1.
In her talk, scheduled in The Center for Business 109, she'll discuss African women's writing from the perspective of both author and critic. She'll also read selections from her most recent book, "Your Madness, Not Mine: Stories from Cameroon" (Ohio University Press, 1999).
A reception will follow in the Center for Business Atrium. Her appearance on campus is sponsored by the MSUM Cultural Diversity Events Fund, the Visiting Scholars Fund, Women's Studies and a Bremer Anti-Racism Grant.

'LINKING UP' PROGRAM
BRINGS 450 6TH GRADERS
TO LOCAL CAMPUSES
"Linking Up," a new program developed by MSUM, Concordia, Northwest Tech, Robert Asp School and the Moorhead Healthy Community Initiative, will bring all 450 sixth graders from Robert Asp to the three Moorhead campuses this semester to get them thinking about post-secondary education and careers.
The students are part of a career curriculum put together by Robert Asp counselor Scott Matheson. He's implemented the program in each of the 15 sixth grade homeroom classes at Robert Asp.
In response, MSUM, Concordia and NWT have five students each (total 15) who will work with each homeroom class.
The program began this semester when the college students went to Robert Asp and were given a tour of that school by the sixth graders.
According to Steve Grineski from the MSUM education department, he's never heard of a program like this involving cooperation from such a mix of private and public institutions.
Another part of the program, specifically aimed at about 50 sixth graders who may be unlikely to go on to post secondary education, involves a more intensive relationship between those 50 students and teams of 18 students from Concordia, MSUM and NWT.
Each team of college students are matched with six Robert Asp students for regularly scheduled (12 sessions a semester) activities on each of the campuses­ranging from visiting sports practices to chemistry classes or dorm activities.

JANUARY RECYCLING TOTALS
3,470 pounds of high grade paper
250 pounds of confidential paper
2,097 pounds of cardboard
350 pounds of magazines
485 pounds of newspaper
253 pounds of plastic
550 pounds of mixed paper
116 pounds of aluminum cans
MSUM paid MinnKota Recycling $74 for the month and saved the above from the landfill, including dumping costs.

 LANDSCAPE ARTISTS REBEL AGAINST WINTER WITH AN ICE FISHING TACTIC
If winter can't stop fishing, why should it stop art?
A few local landscape artists, taking a hint from winter anglers, are fighting back.
Their solution looks much like a typical Midwestern ice fishing house, a 4' x 8' studio on wheels complete with a wood burning stove and chimney. The only difference is the view, a panorama enhanced by six plexiglass picture windows.
"It's comfortable and keeps the cold out," says Carl Oltvedt, an MSUM art professor who started using the "art wagon" this winter with colleagues Robert Crowe and Dan Jones.
All three are addicted to landscape art and have been painting together going on six years. In the winter, they're accustomed to cramming themselves and their art supplies in car, stopping on a country road, and spending up to four hours together painting the surroundings.
"It's kind of a secret life of an artist," Oltvedt said. "When we do it in town, it's not unusual for police cars to slow down and watch us."
Besides the cramped conditions in a car, Crowe said, the windows fog up and the view isn't terrific.
So Crowe and his woodworking friend Jack Roberts took a hint from the legions of ice anglers who've learned to deal with winter. They built a simple plywood house over a garden trailer, painting it red to match Crowe's pickup.
"When you're drawing landscapes," Oltvedt said, "you have to be on site to watch the changing light, colors and contrasts. You have to feel a part of it. Working from a photograph lacks the form and presence of the real landscape."
When the three artists take to the road, they'll roam the countryside looking for an attractive setting. Before they start painting, they'll alert nearby farmers or homeowners about what they're doing.
"A lot of people wave when they drive by," Oltvedt said. "But nobody's stopped to ask if the fish are biting yet."
This spring Crowe will be outfitting his trailer with screens, which will help them survive another nemeses of outdoor artists: the mosquito.

 "TEACHING THE WORLD"
TOPIC OF EDUCATION SEMINAR
A public lecture on the rapid changes in culture and technology in schools and how that influences teaching is scheduled at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 8 in Minnesota State University Moorhead’s King Biology Hall.
The speaker is Dr. Paul Shore, a professor of education at Saint Louis University, Missouri, whose talk is titled "Teaching the World: Questions, Answers and Challenges for Teachers and Teacher Educators."
Shore will discuss the rapid change in culture and technology and how schools absorb these changes unevenly. He is in favor of things that teachers can do that technology can’t, particularly the ability to generate an answer slowly. He’ll explore two complementary forces at work in teaching—the romantic impulse and bureaucratization, arguing that educators must do more to foster the romantic impulse.
Dr. Shore has taught elementary and secondary school in the United States and taught college level courses in this country and abroad. He was an assistant professor in educational foundations at MSU Moorhead from 1987-90. He’s authored books and articles on education, history and the humanities, and his work appears in the Christian Science Monitor and the Humanist magazine. He’s currently working on a history of the Jesuits of 18th century Transylvania and Eastern Hungary.
Sponsored by the Comstock Visiting Scholar Educator Series, the talk is free and open to the public.

MSU MOORHEAD HOSTS
e-BUSINESS SEMINAR
MSU Moorhead will host the seminar, "The New Internet Economy: Changing the Shape of Business>e-Business" offered two separate dates, Wednesday, March 21 and Wednesday, April 11 from 1 to 4:30 p.m. at the Center for Business Auditorium, room 111, on the MSUM campus.
Featured speakers include Dan Malmstrom, senior vice president of business development and strategy of the Fargo-based BeAtHome, a developer of Internet-based home automation and home security products; Mitch Ruud, director of the business network with Great Plains, a global provider of enterprise e-business solutions; and Kathleen Paulson, MSU Moorhead.
The seminar is for professionals in both private and public sectors interested in learning how e-business is impacting the way business is conducted.  The seminar fee is $75.
For more information or to register, contact MSUM Continuing Studies by phone at 218-236-2394; fax 218-287-5030; or e-mail contstdy@mnstate.edu

UPCOMING MSUM MUSIC
MSU Moorhead’s music department will be presenting several upcoming concerts.
A choir concert will be presented Tuesday, Feb. 27 at 8 p.m. at Our Redeemer Church, Moorhead.
The Orchestra will perform Friday, March 2 at
8 p.m. in Weld Hall Glasrud Auditorium.
And the MSUM Wind Ensemble and Lake Agassiz Band will be in concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 4 at West Fargo High School. The concert will include works such as Blue Lake Overture, Awayday, Irish Tune from County Derry, plus others. John Tesch directs the Wind Ensemble.
All of the concerts are free and open to the public.
The Lake Agassiz Concert Band will perform a Spring Concert Friday, May 11 at 8 p.m. in Weld Hall Glasrud Auditorium.
The Lake Agassiz Concert Band is funded in part by grants from the City of Moorhead through the Lake Agassiz Arts Council and from the Lake Region Arts Council with funding provided by the Minnesota State Legislature.

MSUM ACCOUNTING STUDENTS
OFFERING FREE TAX HELP
A group of MSUM accounting majors, trained in class and tested by the Internal Revenue Service, will help individuals complete their income tax forms during March at designated locations in Fargo and Moorhead.
The students, working with the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, will answer questions and help fill out individual income tax forms. Free federal and state electronic filing will also be available. They will not, however, work on farm, casualty loss, rental or self-employed tax forms.
The students will provide the free service throughout March at these times and locations:
* Tuesdays from 6 to 8 p.m. at the J.C. Penney’s Wing in West Acres.
* Wednesdays from 6 to 8 p.m. at the J.C. Penney’s Wing in West Acres.
* Fridays from 1 to 3 p.m. in MSUM’s Center for Business 200.
The service requires two meetings with students. At the first meeting, bring copies of your 1999 federal and state returns; all Forms W-2 and 1099 received for 2000; any Forms 1098-T you received for 2000, if you think you qualify for federal education credits; and any Forms 1098-E from 2000, if you have paid interest on student loans while in school.
To file a joint return electronically, make sure your spouse is with you at the second meeting to sign the return.
For more information, contact the MSUM accounting department, 236-4646.

FOUR MSUM WRITERS READ
MARCH 4 AT ATOMIC COFFEE
Four MSUM writers will read from their works at
2 p.m. Sunday, March 4 at Atomic Coffee in downtown Moorhead.
They are: Mark Vinz, Bob Jansen, Kurt Kleidon and Steve Marquart. The prose and poetry reading is sponsored by the university's Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program.
Vinz, a professor of English, has taught at MSUM since 1968.
Jansen has 25 years experience in journalism and communications; Kleidon is a graduate teaching assistant at MSUM; and Marquart teaches English at Halstad, Minn. All three are students in the university's fine arts graduate program.

53 ENTER POKER WALK FOR FITNESS
Fifty-three MSUM employees braved the cold and strong wind-chill to participate in MSUM’s  "Poker" Walk for Fitness on Thursday, February 15. Craig Beckerleg, Computer Services, claimed first prize  (MSUM sweatshirt and Get Going Socks) with five-of-a-kind aces; Jim Olson, MnSCU, claimed second prize (Get Going Sweatshirt) with a straight flush; and Rachel Johnson, Hendrix Health Center, claimed 3rd prize (Get Going Fanny Pack, Stress Heart and MN on the Move Ice Scraper) with four of a kind - Kings.
Other hands submitted included: four-of-a-kinds; seven full houses; four flushes; five straights; eight three-of-a-kinds; twelve two-pairs; nine one-pairs; and the remainder were high card hands. All hands possible were drawn.
Thanks to the participating departments and all "Poker" walk participants for making this a successful event and a "BIG THANKS" to all who donated items for the YWCA of Fargo/Moorhead Food Drive.
Plans are currently underway for the next MSUM "Poker" Walk for Fitness, to be held sometime in April. If you have comments/suggestions on the "Poker" walk, ideas on how to get more MSUM employees involved, and/or to volunteer your department as a stop site, call Deb in Human Resources at 2067, or email her at lewisd@mnstate.edu

SPRING BREAK SALE
MSU MOORHEAD BOOKSTORE
Now through Friday, March 9th 2 for $20 -- Short Sleeved T-shirts 20% off ---- Long Sleeved T-shirts New Hue Sweatshirts, Tops, Caps & Visors Sun Glasses (new hue colors are: coral, periwinkle, yellow and orange)

SPRING TRENDS HIT F-M AREA MARCH 9,
MAKE LOCAL TEEN’S WISH COME TRUE
M. J. Capelli is organizing "Trend Release 2001", a style show featuring hairstyles and clothing, hitting the Fargo-Moorhead area at 5:30 p.m. March 9 in the Ramada Plaza Suites Crystal Ballroom. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Dakota.
The funds raised at the event will make a wish come true for Jonathan Larson, a senior at Fargo North High School. Jonathan is battling Osteosarcoma. He and his family are traveling to Hawaii March 28-April 5.
Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door, and are available at all M. J. Capelli locations, Sunseekers Tanning Company, Alan Evans Bridal, Carrow’s Formal Wear, Casual Corner, Christopher & Banks, and Mommy’s Maternity.
The Make-A-Wish Foundation grants the wishes of children with life threatening illnesses to enrich the human experience with hope, strength, and joy. Since itsinception in 1985, the North Dakota chapter has granted 315 wishes to children across the state, at an average cost of $4,500 a wish.
For more information about the Make-A-Wish Foundation, please call 280-9474, or visit its Web site at  www.wish.org.

TERRIE MANNO FEATURED
ON LOCAL BROADCAST.
The March Regional Artists in Concert on KCCM 91.1 FM will be Thursday, March 1, 2001 at 7:00 p.m. and will feature parts of two recent recitals by music faculty at Concordia College and Minnesota State University Moorhead.
The first recital features Joanne Cohen, violin, accompanied by David Worth on piano. Works on the program include sonatas by Bach, Poulenc, and Mendelssohn. The recital was November 10, 2000, at Christiansen Recital Hall on the campus of Concordia College in Moorhead.
The second recital features pianist Terrie Manno of Minnesota State University Moorhead. Works include Arabesque, op. 18 by Robert Schumannd Sonata in B flat, K. 333 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The recital was recorded at Fox Recital Hall on the MSUM campus on November 5, 2000.
The regional edition of Artists in Concert is produced and hosted by Diane Wolter, Minnesota State University Moorhead.

K-12 CERTIFICATE PROGRAM:
TEACHING, LEARNING WITH TECHNOLOGY
MSU Moorhead began offering coursework for a new certificate program for K-12 teachers, administrators, and teacher aides this spring. Courses cover the appropriate use of technology, including Web-based, CD ROM, and other technology-mediated instruction, for particular teaching situations and will give students experience in using various technologies to help them determine the advantages & disadvantages of using technology in your teaching. Courses are scheduled on Thursday evenings and Saturdays and some are offered during the summer months. All courses are offered at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and most will be 2 credits.
There is still limited space in the following course, which starts right after Spring Break, the week of March 19th -- Ed 425/525 Methods of Computer-Mediated Communication in Education (2 cr) Introduction to electronic communication tools that are available for educational use and experience in using them.  Appropriate use of online communication tools for specific educational purposes will be explored. Instructors:  Phil Baumann, Jan Flack. For further information on the certificate program, and/or to sign up for Ed425/525, contact MSUM Continuing Studies at 2182. Registration forms may also be found on the MSUM Web site under the Continuing Studies section.

WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
Sheila Coghill and Thom Tammaro will speak on "Women Reading Emily Dickinson" on Tuesday, March 6, 4:00-5:00 at the Library Porch. They will address 19th and 20th century responses to the poet's work and read selected poems.
Sheila Coghill, English, and Thom Tammaro, New Center for Multidisciplinary Studies, have recently edited a collection of poems inspired by Emily Dickinson: "Visiting Emily: Poems Inspired by the Life and Work of Emily Dickinson," which has been nominated for a Minnesota Book Award. They have recently appeared on "Plains Talk," a production of Prairie Public Television. Please join us for an informal lecture on Emily Dickinson and her far-reaching influence. Copies of "Visiting Emily" will be available for sale, and the editors will be glad to sign them.
Sponsored by the Women's Studies Program in celebration of Women's History Month.

SUPPORT CONTACT TRAINING
Training to educate students, faculty and staff on how to be non-judgmental and supportive contacts for all MSUM community members dealing with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or questioning issues will be offered March 20 & 21. This program offers MSUM members a way to identify safe contacts when dealing with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or questioning issues.
All students, faculty and staff who support our mission and want to be a part of this program are welcome to sign up for one of the two sessions. Attendance is limited to 30 people per session, so you are encouraged to sign up early.  Attendees will be required to sign a contract stating that they support the Safe Campus mission before they will be approved as a Safe Campus contact person.
Once approved as a Safe Campus contact person, you will be required to attend occasional training sessions to keep current.
Mission Statement: MSUM Safe Campus Project seeks to form a group of students, faculty and staff committed and trained to provide safe, non-judgmental and supportive contacts for all MSUM community members who may be dealing with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or questioning issues.
Training Times Tuesday March 20 from 3-5 p.m. in CMU 205 or - Wednesday March 21 from
8-10 a.m. in CMU 205
RSVP or direct questions to Teresa Helfter Glover at 236-2524 or gloverte@mnstate.edu by March 9th.

SUBMISSIONS FOR
COMMUNICATION YEARBOOK
Communication Yearbook publishes state-of-the-art literature reviews and articles providing comprehensive syntheses of literature.
Three types of reviews of research will be considered for publication in Communication Yearbook 26: (1) the traditional narrative or meta-analytic reviews that have been published in recent volumes. Submissions should be critical, integrative literature reviews; (2) scholars outside the U.S. are encouraged to write literature reviews (in English) of communication research published in languages other than English (e.g., Spanish, Japanese).
The purpose of these reviews is to familiarize scholars who do not read the language of the research being summarized with the major theoretical trends and research findings published in the language. When possible, authors of these reviews should draw parallels to research published in English (or other languages). Ideally, authors should cover as much published research as possible (e.g., not focus just on conflict, but rather focus on interpersonal communication). Third, senior scholars are encouraged to submit reviews of their lines of research and theorizing, and extend their theorizing where appropriate. Authors should address criticisms of their lines of research and integrate their lines of research with other relevant lines of research.
Manuscripts for CY 26 will be processed as they are submitted. Early submissions are encouraged. Initial submissions can be extended abstracts (e.g., 10­15 pages) or complete papers (maximum of 70 pages). Four copies of extended abstracts or complete papers should be submitted to Bill Gudykunst, Department of Speech Communication, California State U, Fullerton, CA 92834-6868. If you have questions about whether a particular topic is appropriate, please contact via email: wgudykunst@fullerton.edu.
Communication Yearbook
Bill Gudykunst
Dept. of Speech Comm (EC 199)
California State U
Fullerton, CA 92834-6868 USA
714-278-3617

ATTENTION FACULTY
Textbook Department
MSUM Bookstore
Startiing March 15 the MSUM bookstore will begin to return Spring semester textbooks. Students should purchase any textbooks needed for this semester as soon as possible to ensure availability. Please announce this in your classes. YOU

NEW BOOKS AT THE BOOKSTORE
Here’s a sampling of new acquisitions now available in the trade (general) books department of the MSUM Bookstore:
The Boy He Left Behind: A Man’s Search for his Lost Father, a memoir, Mark Matousek, $13.
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Seamus Heaney, poetry, $13.95.
Edith’s Story: The True Story of A Young Girl’s Courage and Survival During World War II, biography,
Edith Velmans, $12.95.
Speaking With the Angel, first-person stories, Nick Hornby, $12.
Winning the Dust Bowl, a memoir in prose and poetry, Carter Revard, $19.95.
Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution,  a computer age history, Steven Levy, $14.
What Color is Your Parachute 2001, job-hunting manual, Richard Bolles, $16.95.
Best American Essays of the Century, anthology, Joyce Carol Oates, $30.
Hunger Bone: Rock and Roll Stories, fiction, Debra Marquart, $14.95.
Penguin Book of Irish Fiction, anthology, Colm Toibin, $20.
Lost in the Funhouse: Life and Times of Andy Kaufman, biography, Bill Zehme, $13.95.
Waiting, fiction, Ha Jin, $13.
Brief History of Everything, history, Ken Wilber, $15.95.
Packinghouse Daughter, memoir, Cheri Register, $24,95.
Eccentric Islands, real and imaginary travels, Bill Holm, $22.95.
Hanging Out in Europe: the Only Guide to Europe’s Hottest Cities, Scenes and Parties, $20.99.
The Friendly Dickens, historical and biographical background, Norrie Epstein, $15.
From this Day Forward, memoir, Cokie and Steve Roberts, $14.
A Star Called Henry, fiction, Roddy Doyle, $14.
What Do I Know, poetry, John Calvin Rezmerski, $13.95.
My War Gone By: I Miss it So, history, Anthony Loyd, $14.
Mo: The Life and Times of Mo Udall, biography, Donald Carson, $29.95.
Teller of Tales: Life of Arthur Conan Doyle, biography, Daniel Stashower, $16.
Letters from the Editor: The New Yorker’s Harold Ross, biography, Thomas Kunkel, $15.95.
Last Rights: The Struggle Over the Right to Die, nonfiction, Sue Woodman, $16.
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers, nonfiction, $13.00.
Also a variety of reference works, children’s books, sale books, etc. The trade books department is on the main floor of the MSUM Bookstore in MacLean Hall.

NEH SOLICITS INPUT INTO
GRANT PROCEDURES
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), an already user-friendly agency, is currently seeking suggestions to enhance the streamlining and/or improvement of its grant procedures. NEH is particularly interested in receiving input into its 2001 pilot program for electronic submission of applications.
Those interested are urged to take advantage of this innovative opportunity to help shape the future of grant administration procedures at NEH.  Although individual responses will not be possible, you can be assured that all comments will be carefully considered. Please see http://www.neh.gov/site_index.html and click on "What's New" for more information and to access an online comment form that may be transmitted electronically on or before March 19, 2001.

APAC MINUTES
FEBRUARY 6, 2001
Members present:  Midgarden, chairperson; Conteh, Dalhouse, Dobitz, Edvenson, Enz Finken, Goodman, Gracyk, Jeppson, Klenk, Missiras, Neuman, Sanderson, Shimabukuro, Shreve, Weckler.
VP Midgarden reminded those present to attend Doris Walker-Dalhouse’s lecture scheduled on 2/15/01 at 3:00 p.m. in King Hall 110.
She announced that Patrick Max has accepted the Director of Instructional Resources position and, Guy E. Mills has accepted the position as Dean of the College of Education and Human Services.
1. Liberal Studies Committee recommendations:
Russ Colson and Katherine Meiners were present to answer questions regarding the following recommendations from the Liberal Studies Committee:
Shreve moved. Conteh seconded to approve the following:
Replace the old liberal studies goals for each division with the new student learning outcomes statement which were approved last year.
Change the review of Liberal Studies courses from a 3-year cycle to a 5-year cycle.
Proposed procedures for review of Liberal Studies courses.
Motion carried unanimously.
Weckler moved.  Edvenson seconded to approve to change the Liberal Studies Requirements for Division F to:
Require that all students complete at least 2 credits in each Division F (Global Studies) and Division F1 (Multicultural).
The discussion included the data presented by the Languages Department, the difference between a global studies course and a multicultural course, and transfer curriculum.
Motion carried unanimously.
2. Elementary & Early Childhood Education
Peggy Rittenhouse, Solveig Bartz and Roberta Shreve were present to answer questions.
Major changes:
Goodman moved.  Shreve seconded to cross-list ED 439/539: Infusing Technology into Literacy Instruction (2 cr.) with EECE 439/539.
Motion carried unanimously.
Sanderson moved. Weckler seconded to approve the Certificate in Literacy Instruction (14 credits)
Rittenhouse explained that students could earn education and graduate credit and focus on literacy instruction without having to complete a master’s degree program.  On the other hand, it would also enable students who completed this certificate to enter a master’s degree program.
Motion carried unanimously.
3. Languages Department and Master of Liberal Arts Program
Mark Chekola and John Hall were present to answer questions.
New Course:
Neuman moved. Edvenson seconded to approve the following course:
MLA 630: Masterpieces of Spanish Literature (3 cr.)  (This course will be cross-listed with SPAN 630.)
The committee discussed the difference between the MLA and Spanish course offerings.
Motion carried unanimously.
Goodman moved.  Neuman seconded to approve the Hispanic Studies Emphasis (32 credits)
Motion carried unanimously.
4. Technology Department
The order of the agenda was changed to allow the Graphic Communications proposal to be discussed before Construction Management.  Trista Conzemius, Scott Seltveit and Norma Anderson were present to answer questions.
Graphic Communications
a. New Rubric
Dalhouse moved. Edvenson seconded to approve the new rubric Graphic Communications Rubric (GCOM)
The committee discussed the name change and the need to clarify the difference between the graphic communication program and graphic design program in the Art department so that students are better informed.
Motion carried unanimously.
b. The committee had no concerns with the following minor changes:
Rubric and prerequisite changes for the following courses:
TECH 216: 3D Modeling to: GCOM 216
TECH 255: Beginning Computer Graphics to: GCOM 255
TECH 256: Introduction to Multimedia to: GCOM 256
TECH 316: 3D Animation to: GCOM 316 and change in prerequisites
TECH 355: Intermediate Computer Graphics to:  GCOM 255 and change in prerequisites
TECH 356: Multimedia Authoring and Development to: GCOM 356 and change in prerequisites
TECH 358: Web Authoring and Development to:  GCOM 358 and change in prerequisites
TECH 416: Advanced 3D Animation to: GCOM 416 and change in prerequisites
TECH 450: Digital Prepress to: GCOM 450 and change in prerequisites
TECH 452: Graphic Communication Estimating to:  GCOM 452 and change in prerequisites
TECH 455: Advanced Computer Graphics to:  GCOM 455 and change in prerequisites
TECH 456: Advanced Multimedia to: GCOM 456 and change in prerequisites
TECH 459: Graphic Communications Final Project to: GCOM 459
Construction Management:
Weckler moved. Sanderson seconded to approve the new rubric: Construction Management Rubric (CM)
Motion carried unanimously.
Scott Seltveit distributed a corrected version of the minor changes.  The committee had no concerns with the following changes:
b. Minor changes:
The committee had no concerns with the following minor changes:
TECH 128 to CM 105: Introduction to Construction Management
TECH 201 to CM 220: Commercial Building Methods & Materials
TECH 215 to CM 214: Residential Building Construction
TECH 424 to CM 325: Heavy/Highway Construction Materials
TECH 325 to CM 330: Estimating I ­ Quantity Survey
TECH 321 to CM 334: Construction Cost Analysis
TECH 328 to CM 340: Planning & Scheduling
TECH 326 to CM 354: Mechanical/Electrical Systems
TECH 329 to CM 425: Equipment Productivity & Analysis
TECH 423 to CM 430: Estimating II ­ Pricing & Productivity
TECH 426 to CM 440: Project Control
TECH 427 to CM 460: Project Administration
TECH 422 to CM 470: Construction Law
TECH 496 to CM 495: Capstone Experience
c. New Course Proposals
Enz Finken moved.  Conteh seconded to approve the following courses:
CM 315: Construction Graphics (3 cr.)
CM 326: Heavy/Highway Construction Materials Lab (1 cr.)
CM 350: Structural Design & Analysis (3 cr.)
CM 370: Construction Documents & Specifications (3 cr.)
CM 455: Heavy/Highway Estimating & Work Plan Analysis (3 cr.)
CM 465: Construction Safety (3 cr.)
CM 485: Computer Integrated Construction (3 cr.)
CM 190, 290, 390 & 490: Special Topics
CM 469: Internship (2-12 cr.)
The TECH courses will still be offered in some programs. The CM courses will be offered in the CM major.
Motion carried unanimously.
d. Goodman moved.  Conteh seconded to approve the changes to the Construction Management Major and changes to the Related Requirements.
 Motion carried unanimously.
f. Shimabukuro moved.  Goodman seconded to approve the changes to the Construction Management Minor.
Motion carried unanimously.
Meeting adjourned at 4:45 p.m.
Gloria Riopelle

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
MINUTES OF CHAIRS MEETING
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2001
1.Chairs were reminded of the Academic Appeals workshop on Tuesday, February 20 in CMU 227, and were encouraged to attend.
2.Chairs were reminded of the All Chairs meetingon February 21 at 4:00 concerning periodicals orders. This will be an important meeting; chairs were reminded that in general they should attend those meetings. There was a discussion of agendas and a suggestion that chairs should sometimes just meet by themselves and also that chairs could provide input on meeting topics.
3.Chairs were reminded to remind search chairs that phone interview results should be included with files when a hiring recommendation is sent to the Dean.
4.If equipment approved for this year has not yet been ordered, it should be done right away.
5.Departments that will be making requests for Comstock Funds should get those requests to the Dean by Monday or Tuesday, February 19-20.
6.There seems to be an increase in the number of errors in material processed in the Business Office: wrong account numbers, etc.
7.There was a discussion of department office procedures. Work should be prioritized for secretaries, and faculty should give them 24-48 hours notice on copying jobs. They should not expect that secretaries would be able to do work immediately, but need to plan ahead.
8.There was a discussion of photocopying. Machines have been breaking down frequently, possibly from overuse. Because of this and because photocopying is vastly more expensive than the Copy Center, chairs should make sure that faculty are using the Copy Center (Printing Services) for things like exams, syllabi, and handouts. This is about three cents less per page, which can add up to hundreds (or thousands) of dollars a year. If money is saved in this way on printing, it is available for other departmental uses.

ACADEMIC POLICY AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MARCH 6, 2001 APAC AGENDA
The Academic Policy Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet on Tuesday, March 6 at 3:30 p.m. in the Comstock Memorial Union (CMU 227).  Please Note Change of Location.
AGENDA
1. Business Administration
Minor Change:
New course description and change in prerequisites for BUS 498: Business Policy (3 cr.)
2. Mass Communications Department
Major Change:
Remove MC 257: Advanced Desktop Publishing (3 cr.) from the curriculum and bulletin.
3. Health & Physical Education Department
Minor changes:
New course description for these courses:
PE 223: Water Safety Instruction (2 cr.)
PE 320: Anatomical Kinesiology (3 cr.)
Change in prerequisites for:
PE 360: Elementary Methods in PE (3 cr.)
PE 362: Middle School Methods in PE
(2 cr.)
PE 420: Biomechanics (3 cr.)
PE 461: Coaching Practicum (1 cr.)
PE 474: Tests & Measurements in PE
(3 cr.)
Health & Physical Education - Athletic Training
Add CHEM 180: Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry, CHEM 185: Lab and PSYC 113: General Psychology to the related requirements.
Changes to the Admission and Retention Requirements for the Athletic Training major
4. Psychology Department
Minor Changes:
Change in prerequisites for the following courses:
PSY 320: Social Psychology (3 cr.)
PSY 342: Learning and Memory (3 cr.)
PSY 345: Physiological Psychology (3 cr.)
PSY 348: Cognition and Perception (3 cr.)
5. Sociology and Criminal Justice Department
Minor Changes:
Change in prerequisites for SOC/CJ 309: Law and Society (4 cr.)
Increase course level of SOC 235: Sociology of Health & Medicine to:  375
Increase course level of SOC 211: Introduction to Social Theory to: 302
Major Changes:
New Course:
SOC 219: Sociology of Sexual Behavior (2 cr.)
Change in Gerontology Major Course Requirements
a. Move ANTH 302 from the core requirements to the list of electives.
b. PHIL 311: Morals and Medicine (3 cr.)  would replace ANTH 302: Cultural Aspects of Aging, as a requirement.
6. Computer Science and Information Systems
Minor Changes to the following courses
CSIS 103: Computer Applications for Business I
(3 cr.)
CSIS 104: Computer Applications for Business II
(3 cr.)
CSIS 220: Digital Logic and Lab (4 cr.)
CSIS 240: Introduction to Information Systems
(3 cr.)
CSIS 250: File Design, Organzation and Processing with COBOL (4 cr.)
CSIS 255: Introduction to C/UNIX (3 cr.)
CSIS 257: Object Oriented Software Development (3 cr.)
CSIS 290: Topics in Programming Languages
(1-3 cr.)
CSIS 320: Architecture (3 cr.)
CSIS 335: Graphical User Interface Programming (3 cr.)
CSIS 345: Analysis and Design of Information Systems (3 cr.)
CSIS 346: Design, Implementation and Support of Information Systems (3 cr.)
CSIS 349: Networks and Data Communications
(3 cr.)
CSIS 358: Introduction to Parallel Computing (3 cr.)
CSIS 370: Social, Ethical, and Professional Issues in Computing (2 cr.)
CSIS 430: Operating Systems (4 cr.)
CSIS 435: Compilers I (4 cr.)
CSIS 440: Computer Networks Software Concepts (3 cr.)
CSIS 443: Artificial Intelligence (3 cr.)
CSIS 444: Database Concepts, Design and Implementation (4 cr.)
CSIS 445: Graphics (3 cr.)
CSIS 446: Decision Support Systems (3 cr.)
CSIS 450: Programming Languages (3 cr.)
CSIS 485: Senior Seminar (1 cr.)
CSIS 490: Topics in Computer Science (1-3 cr.)
CSIS 497: Independent Study (1-3 cr.)
Computer Science and Information Systems (continued):
New Courses:
CSIS 260: Current Programming Languages (3 cr.)
CSIS 352: Advanced Concepts in Programming
(3 cr.)
Changes to the Computer Science B.S. Degree
Changes to the Computer Information Systems B.S. Degree
7. Political Science Department
 New Courses:
 POL 363: Public International Law (3 cr.)
 POL 369: International Organizations (3 cr.)
8. International Tour Policy and Procedures
 Short-Term Study Tours Policy
 Policy for the Development of a Bilateral Exchange Program.

NOTICE OF VACANCY
Position: Elementary & Early Childhood Education Department (Pending Funding)
Qualifications and Experience:
Required: A minimum of M.S. or M.A. in Elementary Education (K-8) or related field.  Future promotion will require 30 credits study beyond the master’s degree in Elementary Education or Early Childhood.
Experience working in diverse settings with elementary age children in African-American, Native American, Asian, or Hispanic communities in the United States.
Minimum of three years of full-time elementary teaching (K-8) experience in self-contained classrooms in U.S. schools.
Must be able to travel within the region.
Ability to incorporate diversity, culturally sensitive, and anti-bias content into one’s teaching.
Desirable: Ph.D. or Ed.D in Elementary Education or Early Childhood.
Previous college teaching experience.
Experience working in collaboration with school and community based programs.
Responsibilities: Teaching undergraduate courses in Elementary Education or Early Childhood which may include distance education, weekend, or evening classes.
Up to twenty-five (25%) of this position will serve as a community liaison building and maintaining relationships with schools and recruiting a diverse pool of prospective teachers.
Advising undergraduate students.
Supervising undergraduate students during practica and student teaching.
Other responsibilities include research or scholarly achievement, continued professional development, and service to the university and community.
Apply to: Dr. Doris Walker-Dalhouse EECE Department—Minnesota State University Moorhead 1104 Seventh Avenue South, Moorhead, MN  56563 (218) 236-2008 Fax #: (218) 236-2539 E-mail: walkerd@mnstate.edu
Position: Chemical Health Educator
Qualifications and Experience: The following qualifications are required:
1. Master’s degree in Counseling or Social Work
2. Licensed Addiction Counselor or Professional Social Work License combined with Licensed Addiction Counselor
3. Minimum of 3 years experience with:  Alcohol and other drug education and treatment program delivery to young adults; provision of individual and group supportive services, counseling, intervention, education, and referrals; behavior management programming; the Judicial system and laws pertaining to misuse of alcohol and other drugs
Responsibilities: To lead the University’s effort to decrease the negative impact of alcohol and other drug use/misuse on students’ personal development and academic success.  To provide consultation to the University in the development and review of policies related to the use/misuse of alcohol and other drugs.  To develop and deliver campus wide prevention education programming in collaboration with campus and community leaders.  To provide individual and group intervention services to students, and make appropriate referrals.  To collaborate with Housing and Campus Conduct Board representatives to provide Alcohol Intervention Option programming to students sanctioned for violation of Housing and University policy.  To collaborate with Athletic Dept. representatives to provide the NCAA required AOD programming.  To serve as a professional member of the Hendrix Health Promotion Team, advising student Interns on chemical health issues, and related programming efforts. To maintain relationships with FM community representatives to connect with local prevention programs. To conduct the biannual CORE Survey in accordance with the Drug Free Schools Act. To maintain statistical data and create reports as requested by Administrators.
Apply to: Penny Klein, Search Chair, Minnesota State University Moorhead, 1104 7th Avenue South, Box 415, Moorhead, MN 56563 Phone:
(218) 236-2211 Fax: (218) 299-5867 e-mail: kleinpe@mnstate.edu
Position:
Physics and Astronomy
Qualifications and Experience This is a 1 year fixed term appointment requiring a Masters or ABD with Ph.D. preferred.  The degree can be in either Physics, Physics Education, or Astronomy.  It is desirable that the successful candidate has: (1) teaching experience, and (2) an interest in active-learning approaches.
Responsibilities: Teach introductory and possibly upper-level physics courses. Applications must include an MSUM standard application, curriculum vita, unofficial copies of undergraduate and graduate transcripts, three current letters of recommendation, and a one- page description of teaching philosophy. Applicants must be legally able to work in the United States on the day employment begins.
Apply to: Linda I. Winkler, Chair Search Committee Department of Physics and Astronomy Minnesota State University Moorhead Moorhead, MN 56563 Telephone: 218-236-2460 Fax: 218-236-2290 Email: winklerl@mnstate.edu WWW: http://physweb.mnstate.edu

MISCELLANIA
* "Communications Yearbook 25," scheduled for publication in May by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, will include a 50-page authoritative essay written by Shelton Gunaratne, mass communications. The essay," Convergence: Informatization, World System and Developing Countries," was selected by the yearbook editor through a process of peer reviewing. "Communication Yearbook" is a publication of the International Communication Association. This is the second of Gunaratne's essays to appear in the yearbook. The first, "Old Wine In a New Bottle: Public Journalism, Developmental Journalism, and Social Responsibility," a 45-page essay, appeared in Communication Yearbook 21, published by Sage in 1998."
* Patrick Coppens, speech-language-hearing Sciences, has been appointed to the Steering Committee of the Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders division of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Coppens will attend their leadership meeting in Washington, D.C., March 9-11.
* Kethleen Enz Finken and Carl Oltvedt, art, will leadd a tour to Italy this spring (May 16-30) to include Rome, Todi and Florence. Twenty-four students will accompany them.
* Bruce Roberts, anthropology and earth sciences, will lead a group of 12 students to Kenya May 14-June 3. Students will visit Nairobi, Meru, the Great Rift Valley, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Mombasa and Lamu, a 14th-century Swahili island town with no motorized vehicles.
* Marie Tarsitano’s, English, article written on Shakespeare’s Two Noble Kinsmen will be published in Essays in Honor of Arthur Colby Sprague edited by Joseph Price, publisher Folger Library. The title of the article is "In sex dividual? Female desire in TNK"
 


(Feb. 21 issue)
THEATRE STAGES BARTRUFF'S PLAY 'I LOVE TO TELL THE STORY'
"I Love to Tell the Story" a new play by MSUM's Jim Bartruff, explores memories of the playwright’s childhood in central Nebraska where his neighbors recorded a weekly gospel radio program.
It's being presented in the Hansen Theatre of the Roland Dille Center for the Arts on the MSUM campus.  Performances are Thursday through Saturday, March 1-3 at 7:30 p.m.
Box office hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on performance weekdays, and noon until 6:30 p.m. on performance Saturdays.
It includes hymns such as "In the Sweet By and By," "Rock of Ages," "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," and the title hymn "I Love to Tell the Story."
The play depicts the joyful moments living in a small rural community and the fear and confusion of a society interrupted by events like Jack Kennedy's assassination and the resignation of Richard Nixon.
Leading the cast as George and Ruth Conger are Craig Ellingson, Moorhead, MN; and Katherine Ellingson, Moorhead, MN; with (in alphabetical order) Michael Aspinwall, Great Falls, MT, as Reverend Wainwright; Beau Brandner, Bismarck, ND, as Radio and phone voices; Terence BrownII, Moorhead, MN, as Frank Sherwood; Samuel Heyn, Princeton MN, as Tom Wainwright; Theresa Noel, Crookston, MN, as Ida Wainwright; Nancy Rowe, Dickinson, ND, as Carrie Sherwood; Robin Sorenson, New Brighton, MN, as Mary Sherwood; and  Emily Wendell, Great Falls, MT, as Thomas Wainwright (age 10).
Production Director is Jim Bartruff. Roray Hedges is production manager, Jeff Brown is technical director and lighting designer. Peter Vandervort is costume designer and production stage manager is Karla Frederick. Musicians for the production are Janet Geston on piano and Glenn Ginn on guitar.
 "I Love to Tell the Story" is the fourth production of the 2000-2001 Theatre season.  The final production of the season will be "Arms and the Man" by Bernard Shaw, one of his funniest and most popular plays, April 20-21 and 25-28 at 7:30 p.m.

DEAN'S LIST POSTED ON WEB
The MSUM Dean's List is now posted on the Records Office Home Page. Simply go to www.mnstate.edu/regsoff and click on "Dean's List." From this location, click on "Fall 2000 Dean's List." You can then either scroll through the entire list to find your name, or you can click on the letter that your last name begins with and find it more quickly.

AFRICAN WOMEN'S WRITING
TOPIC OF VISITING AUTHOR
LECTURE MARCH 1 AT MSUM
Author Juliana Makuchi Nfah-Abbenyi, an associate professor of English at the University of Southern Mississippi, will deliver a public lecture here on "African Women's Writing in U.S. Academe" at
 4 p.m. Thursday, March 1.
In her talk, scheduled in The Center for Business 109, she'll discuss African women's writing from the perspective of both and author and critic. She'll also read selections from her most recent book, "Your Madness, Not Mine: Stories from Cameroon" (Ohio University Press, 1999).
A reception will follow in the Center for Business Atrium. Her appearance on campus is sponsored by the MSUM Cultural Diversity Events Fund, the Visiting Scholars Fund, Women's Studies and a Bremer Anti-Racism Grant.
 F-M SERTOMA CLUB SUPPORT
CONTINUES TO BOLSTER MSUM'S
SPEECH/LANGUAGE/HEARING DEPT.
The Fargo-Moorhead Sertoma Club has established an affiliation with the Speech/Language/Hearing Sciences (SLHS) Department here to provide support for speech, language and hearing services in the local and surrounding community.
This has also resulted in the development of a Collegiate Sertoma Club and significantly involved undergraduate and graduate students from the MSUM-SLHS department in the activities of the club.
Last week the Sertoma Club give the SLHS department another $15,500, which is in addition to the tens of thousands the department has received from them during the past 10 years.
The financial support has taken several forms, including grants for the establishment and support of important programs that benefit the local community. An initial grant established the MSUM-Sertoma Auditory Disorders Clinic, which has been serving the needs of the hearing handicapped for more than ten years. More recent grants and contributions have assisted with the development of a Central Auditory Processing Clinic, provided seed money for planning a new building for the MSUM-SLHS Department and Clinic, and helped in making the MSUM-SLHS Department and Clinic a well equipped academic program and clinic. The F-M Sertoma Club has also provided financial support for MSUM-SLHS students attending state and national professional meetings. This support has been a significant boon to both the education of future speech-language pathologists and audiologists and to communicatively handicapped people in the community.
A less tangible, but more significant, benefit of this relationship has been the camaraderie that has developed between the Sertomans and the SLHS students and faculty. The Sertomans host at least one student and faculty member at each Monday meeting, which gives everyone a chance to get to know each other informally. The programs at the Monday meetings bring the students and faculty closer to the ideals and principles of Sertoma and increase their awareness of the community in which their program and clinic exist.
In turn, the students of Collegiate Sertoma host at least one event per year that brings the Sertomans onto the MSUM campus and into the clinic. The programs and events on the MSUM campus keep the Sertomans informed about the needs of the communicatively handicapped, the services that are available, and how F-M Sertoma has helped to meet the needs of those with communication problems. Recent programs have included information on how parents can help their children become better communicators, the nature of stuttering and how it can be effectively treated, and the nature and assessment of central auditory processing disorders.

FORENSICS TEAM PLACES 3RD IN
STATE TOURNAMENT HOSTED HERE
This past weekend, the MSU Moorhead Speech and Debate team hosted the Minnesota State Collegiate Forensics Association Tournament. Students served as both hosts and competitors.
The MSUM team placed third in the 10-team tournament. First place went to Concordia College and second to MSU Mankato.
MSUM results: Patrick Carpenter was the state champion in extemporaneous speaking and second in impromptu speaking. Amanda Calsbeek placed third in extemporaneous speaking. Adam Sidler placed second in dramatic interpretation. Ali Simmons placed seventh in extemporaneous interpretation. Rachel Deibert placed fourth in program oral interpretation and fourth in poetry interpretation. Reed Halvorson placed third in program oral interpretation and fifth in dramatic interpretation. Valerie Waldock placed fifth in extemporaneous speaking, fourth in communication analysis, and second in persuasive speaking. The parliamentary debate team of Jeremy Nelson and Mike Welken were second in the tournament out of 14 teams.
Additionally, Waldock's second place finish in persuasion qualifies her as one of two state representatives to the Interstate Oratory contest. The  Interstate Oratory contest allows only two competitors from each state to enter. This year's contest will be held in California April 26-29.
The team is coached by Scott Titsworth, Tim Borchers, and Dave Gaer.

 MUSICAL DRAMA 'O! FREEDOM!'
SHOWING FREE HERE FEB. 22
AS PART OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH
"O! Freedom!" a new one-man musical drama about a runaway slave who became an unsung American hero, will be on stage at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22 in Weld Hall'S Glasrud Auditorium. It's free and open to the public.
Written and directed by Ted Reinert, the play stars operatic bass Jack Waddel and an a capella gospel choir. The music consists entirely of traditional spirituals, in haunting new arrangements by Tony Award winner William David Brohn and his associate George Guilbault
The performance tells the true story of John W. Jones (1817-1900), a fugitive slave who escaped to freedom in upstate Elmira, N.Y., and established a station for the Underground Railroad that helped more than 800 other runaways flee to Canada.
During the war, as a member of the First Baptist Church in Elmira and sexton of the Woodlawn Cemetery, he personally buried and kept records on every one of the 2,988 Southern soldiers who died in the gruesome Elmira Civil War prison camp. Among the slain, Jones discovered the body of his former overseer's son. After the war, he returned the remains to the boy's mother.
Jones went on to become a respected citizen in Elmira. At his retirement ceremony in 1890, the farewell address was delivered by J. Sloat Fasset, who became governor of New York the following year.
For details about the show, part of the university's Black History Month celebration,  contact Gus Claymore at MSUM's Multicultural Affairs Office, 236-3573, or music department chairman David Ferreira at 236-2103.

TRAVELING TO LONDON?
President Barden has accepted an invitation by The Goodenough Club, Mecklenburgh Square, London (Bloomsbury area) for "free" membership until the end of December. The London Goodenough Trust has traditionally provided long and short-stay accommodations in the heart of London for post-graduates.  Because securing accommodations in London is a problem, the Trust has added additional facilities with five refurbished Georgian houses and a mews-style building, and is extending its facilities to senior academics and researchers beginning in March.
Prices, per room per night, range from 60 pounds ($90) to 155 pounds ($232) for a suite, including breakfast. The Club includes a café-bar, library, refectory, private gardens with tennis court, and temporary membership of a health club. It is located within easy walking distance of the British Museum and the British Library, and is close by the Russell Square tube station.
For further information, check the web site at www.club.lgt.org.uk or contact International Programs for a brochure (ext. 2956).

MSUM FOUNDER'S DAY FEB. 22
February 22, Founder’s Day for MSUM, will be celebrated when MacLean 268 will officially become "The Presidents’ Room."
The dedication event begins at 11 a.m. with a ribbon cutting ceremony at the entrance of MacLean 268. MSUM birthday cake will be served following the ribbon cutting, until 1 p.m.
The Presidents’ Room features the portraits of the present and past presidents of MSU Moorhead.
All students, faculty and staff are invited to attend.

MASS COMM HOSTS FACILITIES
OPEN HOUSE ON FEB. 22
The department of mass communications hosts its grand opening and facilities dedication February 22.
The campus community is invited to a ribbon cutting ceremony at 3:30 p.m. on second floor Flora Frick. Tours of the facilities and a reception follow the ribbon cutting.
Roger Hamilton, the department’s first chairperson, will cut the ribbon to dedicate the newly renovated mass communications facilities.

MASS COMM LAUNCHES MINNESOTA
MEDIA SYMPOSIUM DAY FEB. 22
The mass communications department invites the campus community to its first annual Minnesota Media Symposium. Reid Johnson, president and founder of Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc. of Minneapolis, will present the first lecture at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 22 in the Center for Business 109.
Johnson will present "Convergent conclusions: What the new media should be learning from the old media."
Johnson founded IBS in 1997, and conceived and launched the TV partnership business model and the first wave of Web Channels.
Johnson began his career in broadcasting with WCCO-Television, the CBS affiliate in Minneapolis where at age 29 he was named Director of News, the youngest major market News Director in the country. Johnson held that position throughout the 80s, a period during which WCCO-TV not only dominated the ratings, but also won every major award for broadcast journalism including three George Foster Peabody awards, two Alfred I duPont-Columbia University awards, and two Edward R Murrow awards by the Radio and Television News Directors Association for Best News Department in America.
In 1989, he purchased Alpha Video, an audio/video equipment distributor in Minneapolis, and tripled the revenues of the company in five years.
In 1994, Johnson created a division of Alpha Video specializing in multimedia, which later became IBS. Johnson graduated from the University of Minnesota with a BA in journalism.
IBS is the first and largest network of local Web Channels -- Web sites that combine "must-know" local news and information of major TV stations with a broad range of Web services, backed by extensive promotion from the stations. IBS has launched or will shortly debut local channels across a total of 53 markets, including 31 of the top 50 US cities, in partnership with Hearst-Argyle Television (NYSE: HTV), Post-Newsweek Stations, a division of The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO), McGraw-Hill Broadcasting Group, a unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), Capitol Broadcasting Company and Across Canada with the CanWest Global (NYSE: CWG) network.
IBS received the first national Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi award for excellence in on-line journalism in 1998. IBS also won the National Press Club's award for "Best Journalism Site" in 1998 and 1999.
A reception follows the symposium in the Center for Business Atrium.

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION
Advanced Technological Education (ATE) grants, sponsored by the National Science Foundation supports projects that improve advanced technological education at national and regional levels through curriculum development and program improvement at undergraduate and secondary school levels, especially for technicians' education in the high performance workplace. Curricular projects include designing and implementing new curricula, courses, labs and instructional materials. Program improvement includes teacher and faculty development and academic support. A deadline of April 26, 2001 is for strongly encouraged for preproposals. Proposals are due by 10/18/01. See http://www.nsf.gov/cgi- bin/getpub?nsf0152 for access to the program announcement.  Contact - 703/292-4643 Instructional Materials Development
This grant program of NSF supports development of strategies and materials for students and teachers to improve science, math and technology instruction at all levels, including K-12, preschool & the transition from secondary school to college. Projects may revise existing   materials or create new ones; develop a few modules or comprehensive curricula; and address any number of subjects. Focus areas are assessing student learning; developing comprehensive math curricula; and increasing technology education. Required pre-proposals are due by May 9, 2001 & full proposals   are due by August 15, 2001. See   http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/ehr/esie/programs.html.  Contact 703-292-8614. Organization of American States Fellowships
Fellowships support research or advanced graduate   study and are tenable in any OAS member country for a period of over three months but not more than 2   years. Awards are made under the Regular Training Program; Training Among Developing Countries; Special Training Program; Special Caribbean Fellowships (deadlines depends on country); Telecommunications Fellowships; Specialized Courses of the Technical Areas (deadlines listed in course   announcements), & the Julia MacLean Vinas Fellowship. See http://www.oas.org. E-mail   emenbez@oas.org. Phone 202-458-3519 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships
Fellowships support new investigators and those with significant research experience and provide up to  $40,000 for 9 to 12 months, or $24,000 for 6 to 8 months, of full-time independent study & research to enhance fellows' capacities as teachers and scholars. Scholars from research intensive, as well as from primarily undergraduate institutions, are eligible to apply. Applicants will apply either as University Teachers or College Teachers/Independent Scholars depending on the type of institution at which the applicant teaches. See http://www.neh.gov/grants/onebook.html. E-mail: fellowships@neh.gov. The next deadline is May 1, 2001. Phone: 202/606-8200: Grants Program
Seaver Institute Grants This program supports creative, innovative research projects in   the following broad areas: arts and culture, education, public affairs, and science and medicine.   Proposal should clearly articulate how a project offers the possibility for significant advances   within any given field of expertise. Preference is given to collaborative efforts. The next deadline is April 1, 2001. Call the Institute to obtain more information at 213/673-2090.
Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) The National Institutes of Health sponsors competitive renewable awards to support faculty research projects that strengthen the research environment of institutions providing health- related baccalaureate training for research scientists, but have received less than $2 million in NIH funding for 4 or more of the last 7 years. (Note: MSUM qualifies for this program.) Maximum award is $100,000 over 3 years. Allowable costs include salaries for the PI & other research personnel (including undergraduate & graduate students), supplies, equipment, & travel. See PA-99- 062 or http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/area.htm. The next postmark deadline is May 25, 2001. Contact 301/435-2689

LUNCH DISCUSSION SERIES:
RELIGION AND ACADEMIA
How does religion, and Christianity in particular, look from the viewpoint of different academic disciplines?
Bring a noon-time sack lunch. Listen and discuss religion in three fields of study with both "believers" and "unbelievers" who have studied religion in their discipline and are interested in it.
Friday Feb 23: Art and Religion with discussion led by Kathleen Enz Finken, associate professor of Art History at MSUM, titled The Earliest Christian Art in Rome. Noon in 216 Comstock Memorial Union
Friday Mar 2: Science and Religion with discussion led by Russ Colson, professor of Geology at MSUM, titled Are Science and Religion in Conflict? Noon in 216 Comstock Memorial Union.
 Thursday Mar 29: Sociology and Religion with discussion led by Joel Charon, professor of Sociology at MSUM, titled A personal assessment about the implications of sociology for religion.  Noon in 216 Comstock Memorial Union.

DRAGON ATHLETIC LUNCHEONS
There will be four more Dragon athletic luncheons during the spring term. Winter sports are concluding with upcoming conference and national tournaments. In addition spring sports will begin soon. Join others who support MSUM athletics and hear about the performances of our student athletes. Dates for the luncheons are, March 7th, April 4th and May 2nd at the Moorhead Knights of Columbus beginning at noon.

FACULTY SERVICE AWARDS
All faculty, staff, and friends of the MSUM community are invited to celebrate the Faculty Service Awards on Thursday, March 1 at 8:30 AM in the Comstock Memorial Union Ballroom.  Tickets are $5.25 each (cost). Faculty who have reached 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, and 40 years of service at
MSUM in 2000-01 will be recognized.  In addition, our retiring faculty will be honored.  Retirees and award recipients will be guests of President Barden.  Please purchase or pick up your ticket in Owens 206 by Friday, February 23.

"TEACHING THE WORLD"
TOPIC OF EDUCATION SEMINAR
"Teaching the World: Questions, Answers and Challenges for Teachers and Teacher Educators" is the topic of an education seminar at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 8 in MSUM’s King Biology Hall.
The speaker is Dr. Paul Shore, assistant professor, Department of Educational Studies, Saint Louis University, Missouri
Dr. Shore will discuss the rapid change in culture and technology and how schools absorb these changes unevenly. He is in favor of things that teachers can do that technology can’t, particularly the ability to generate an answer slowly. He’ll explore two complementary forces at work in teaching—the romantic impulse and bureaucratization, arguing that educators must do more to foster the romantic impulse.
The talk is free and open to the public. Dr. Shore has taught elementary and secondary school in the United States and taught college level courses in this country and abroad. He was an assistant professor in educational foundations at MSU Moorhead from 1987-90. He’s authored books and articles on education, history and the humanities, and his work appears in the Christian Science Monitor and the Humanist magazine. He’s currently working on a history of the Jesuits of 18th century Transylvania and Eastern Hungary.
The talk is sponsored by the Comstock Visiting Scholar Educator Series.

MSU MOORHEAD HOSTS
e-BUSINESS SEMINAR
MSU Moorhead will host the seminar, "The New Internet Economy: Changing the Shape of Business>e-Business" offered two separate dates, Wednesday, March 21 and Wednesday, April 11 from 1 to 4:30 p.m. at the Center for Business Auditorium, room 111, on the MSUM campus.
Featured speakers include Dan Malmstrom, senior vice president of business development and strategy of the Fargo-based BeAtHome, a developer of Internet-based home automation and home security products; Mitch Ruud, director of the business network with Great Plains, a global provider of enterprise e-business solutions; and Kathleen Paulson, MSU Moorhead.
The seminar is for professionals in both private and public sectors interested in learning how e-business is impacting the way business is conducted.  The seminar fee is $75.
For more information or to register, contact MSUM Continuing Studies by phone at 218-236-2394; fax 218-287-5030, or e-mail contstdy@mnstate.edu

MSUM STUDENT ART EXHIBIT
OPEN THROUGH FEB. 22
An MSUM student art exhibit opens Monday, Feb. 12 and continues through Tuesday, March 6 at the Roland Dille Center for the Arts gallery. An opening reception will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22. It’s free and open to the public.
The following students are exhibiting: Ann Larson, John Mittleider, Benjamin James Durand, Cheryle M. Melander, Kyle A. Bekkerus, Shaun Crowell, Genevieve A. Sevigny, Eric Binegar, Karin Larson, Kari Knapp, Guy Nelson and Tirisha Stewart.
UPCOMING MSUM MUSIC…
* Choir concert, Tuesday, Feb. 27 at 8 p.m., Our Redeemer Church, Moorhead.
* Orchestra, Friday, March 2 at 8 p.m., Weld Hall Glasrud Auditorium
* Wind Ensemble and Lake Agassiz Band, Sunday, March 4 at 3 p.m., West Fargo High School

LIBRARY OFFERS OPEN WORKSHOPS FOR SPRING 2001
A hyperlinked version of this document is available on the web at:
http://www.mnstate.edu/library/spring2001workshops.htm
Come to the Library to learn how to access and use the increasing number of electronic resources. Many of our newest databases will be featured.
The following workshops, conducted by Librarians, will be held in the LIT Center, LI 222. All workshops will last an hour and will include hands-on practice in the databases and resources specified. All will include information about the new way to access databases from off-campus, using the new "proxy server."  Issues such as full-text availability; printing and e-mailing citations and articles; and Interlibrary
Loan will also be addressed.
Workshop descriptions are available at the following web site: http://www.mnstate.edu/library/spring2001workshops.htm
No need to sign up -- just show up to the date/time that fits your schedule:
WebPALS; Gale IAC Databases;
National Newspapers 5 Mon., March 5 1 - 2 pm
WebPALS; Gale IAC Databases;
National Newspapers 5 Tues., March 6 10 - 11 am
WebPALS; Gale IAC Databases;
National Newspapers 5 Wed., March 7  4 - 5 pm
Multidisciplinary Databases:
Firstsearch; Project Muse; JSTOR   Mon., March 19 1 - 2 pm
Internet Searching  Wed., March 21 10 - 11 am
Multidisciplinary Databases:
Firstsearch; Project Muse; JSTOR Wed. March 21 12 - 1 pm
Multidisciplinary Databases:
Firstsearch; Project Muse; JSTOR Thurs., March 22 4 - 5 pm
Psychology/Social Sciences:
PsycINFO; Sociological &
Social Services Abstracts Mon., March 26 1 - 2 pm
Internet Searching Tues., March 27 12 - 1 pm
Psychology/Social Sciences:
PsycINFO; Sociological &
Social Services Abstracts  Wed., March 28 12 - 1 pm
Internet Searching Wed., March 28  4 - 5 pm
Psychology/Social Sciences:
PsycINFO; Sociological &
Social Services Abstracts Thurs., March 29  4 - 5 pm
Multidisciplinary Databases:
Firstsearch; Project Muse; JSTOR Fri., March 30 10 - 11 am
Health/Nursing: Gale Health
Ref. Ctr; CINAHL; PubMed Mon., April 2 1 - 2 pm
Health/Nursing: Gale Health
Ref. Ctr; CINAHL; PubMed Wed., April 4 12 - 1 pm
Multidisciplinary Databases:
Firstsearch; Project Muse; JSTOR Thurs., April 5 11 - 12 am
Health/Nursing: Gale Health
Ref. Ctr; CINAHL; PubMed Fri., April 6 10 - 11 am
For more information, contact Brittney Goodman at goodmanb@mnstate.edu,
236-2358; or Stacy Voeller at voeller@mnstate.edu, 236-2348.

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 24 STARTING AT
10:00 A.M. IN NEMZEK HALL.
Student-athletes representing eleven schools from across the Midwest, including perennial national title contender Central Oklahoma as well as Indianapolis, Carson Newman, Truman State, Central Missouri, SIU Edwardsville, UW Parkside, UM Morris, Northern State, Southwest State and your Dragons, will convene upon Nemzek to compete for the rights to wrestle at the NCAA Division II National Championships. Each team will enter one wrestler per weight class and the Dragons will be led by their three newly crowned NSIC Champions, Travis Nagel (174 pounds), Scott Larson (141), and Mike Richards (165).
Cost for the event, which is set by the NCAA, is $7.00 for adults and $4.00 for students and children. Entry fee includes all day access, including preliminaries beginning at 10:00 a.m. and Finals at 6:00 p.m.--
GO DRAGONS!

STUDENT INVOLVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Membership on a Minnesota State University Moorhead University Committee provides students the opportunity to become involved on campus and to interact with faculty, administrators, staff, and other students in an important, decision-making environment.  The committees on our campus value student input and several are completely student-run; therefore, students appointed to serve on a committee play an extremely active role.  Since faculty and staff members are often able to make a strong connection with students, both in and out of the classroom, we are asking your assistance in recruiting strong candidates for a position on a committee during the 2001-2002 academic year.  Please take a few minutes to nominate those students whom you feel have the potential to succeed on a MSU Moorhead University Committee.  Nominations can be submitted by email to gloverte@mnstate.edu.
Students seeking appointment to a University Committee must have communication skills, leadership skills, time management abilities, and an interest in various issues facing MSUM and campus life.  The application form and list of University Committees and their purposes can be found on the Student Senate webpage (www.mnstate.edu/stusen) under the Get Involved section.  If you have any further questions regarding the application/ recommendation process or committees in general, please contact Teresa Helfter Glover at 236-2524 or gloverte@mnstate.edu.

FACULTY, STUDENT WORKSHOP
ON GRADING, EVALUATION
SCHEDULED FEB. 22 IN CMU:
A workshop for faculty and students on grading and evaluation will be held from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22 in the student union.
Three 45-minute sessions will be offered simultaneously:
* "Using Excel for Grading with Brian Smith in CMU 208
* "Planning, Constructing and Scoring Exams" with Wendy Frappier in CMU 214
* "Assessment of Student Writing" with SuEllen Shaw in CMU 205.
The workshops, sponsored by the Faculty Development Committee, will be followed by a panel of students in CMU 205 who will share some ideas they have about grading and evaluation.
Pizza and pop will be served during the student panel presentation and discussion. Faculty members are encouraged to invite their students.
If you plan to attend, RSVP Dick Bynum by Feb. 16  (bynum@mnstate.edu).

NEW LIBRARY REFERENCE TITLES
The Livingston Lord Library is pleased to announce the presence of the following new reference titles:
*Mirwis, Allan, 1943-.  Subject encyclopedias : user guide, review citations, and keyword index.  REF. AE1 .M57 1999
*Anzovin, Steven.  Famous first facts, international edition : a record of first happenings, discoveries, and inventions in world history.  REF. AG5 .A69 2000
*Hughes-Warrington, Marnie.  Fifty key thinkers on history.  REF. D13 .H75 2000
*Niewyk, Donald L., 1940-.  The Columbia guide to the Holocaust.  REF. D804.3 .N54 2000
*Hazel, John.  Who's who in the Greek world.  REF. DE7 .H39 2000
*Heaton, Tim B.  Statistical handbook on racial groups in the United States.  REF. E184.A1 H417 2000
*Heidler, David Stephen, 1955-.  Encyclopedia of the American Civil War : a political, social, and military history.  REF. E468 .H47 2000
*Wick, Douglas A., 1947-.  North Dakota place names.  REF. F634 .W52 1988
*Pitt, Leonard.  Los Angeles A to Z : an encyclopedia of the city and county.  REF. F869.L84 .P58 1997
*Holden, Lynn.  Encyclopedia of taboos.  REF. GN471.4 .H65 2000
*Trawicky, Bernard.  Anniversaries and holidays.  5th ed.  REF. GT3930 .T73 2000
*Christianson, Stephen G.  The American book of days.  4th ed.  REF. GT4803 .D6 2000
*Cashmore, Ernest.  Sports culture : an A-Z guide.  REF. GV706.5 .C383 2000
*A taxpayer's guide to federal spending : a concise guide to the budget of the United States government.  REF. HJ2051 .T28
*Encyclopedia of European social history from 1350 to 2000.  REF. HN373 .E63 2001
*Chepesiuk, Ronald.  The war on drugs : an international encyclopedia.  REF. HV5804 .C47 1999
*Encyclopedia of women and crime.  REF. HV6046 .E56 2000
*Encyclopedia of genocide.  REF. HV6322.7 .E53 1999
*Documents of American Indian diplomacy : treaties, agreements, and conventions, 1775-1979.  REF. KF8202 1999
*World music : the rough guide.  New ed.  REF. ML102.W67 W67 1999
*Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians.  Centennial ed.  REF. ML105 .B16 2001
*Havlice, Patricia Pate.  Index to artistic biography.  REF. N40 .H38
*Webster's new explorer dictionary and thesaurus.  REF. PE1628 .W55695 1999
*World authors 1990-1995.  REF. PN771 .W675 1999
*Twentieth-century Eastern European writers.  REF. PN849.E9 T883 2001
*Contemporary poets.  7th ed.  REF. PR603 .C6 2001
*British and Irish dramatists since World War II.  REF. PR736 .B68 2001
*African American writers.  2nd ed.  REF. PS153.N5 A344 2001
*The beats : a documentary volume.  REF. PS228.B6 B467 2001
*The American renaissance in New England.  REF. PS243 .A543 2001
*Wynbrandt, James.  The encyclopedia of genetic disorders and birth defects.  2nd ed.  REF. RB155.5 .W96 2000
*Snodgrass, Mary Ellen.  Historical encyclopedia of nursing.  REF. RT31 .S66 1999
Faculty and staff are invited to submit requests for new library materials to their department's library liaison.  Larry Schwartz is the Collection Management Librarian for the Library, and his phone number is x2353.

NOTICE OF VACANCY
Position:  Elementary & Early Childhood Education Department (Pending Funding)
Qualifications and Experience: Required:
Applicants must have a Master’s degree in Early Childhood Education or related field.  Future promotions will require 30 credits of graduate study beyond the Master’s degree in areas of Early Childhood or Elementary Education.
Minimum of three (3) years experience working with young children (birth-age 8) and/or their families.
Ability to teach diversity, culturally sensitive, and anti-bias content.
Experience working with one or more of the following: (1) child care programs serving children with special needs, minorities, low-income families, or with Head Start programs; (2) Native American populations in reservation settings; (3) Bureau of Indian Affairs schools.
Must be able to travel within the region.  Minorities and candidates with disabilities are specifically encouraged to apply.
Desirable:
Experience in Native American, Hispanic, Asian American, or African American communities in the United States.
Interest and experience in securing external funding to support program development.
Ability to work in collaboration with other early childhood faculty and community-based colleagues to support a cohort-based professional education model of early childhood teacher education.
Interest and experience in developing training and workshops related to early childhood education.
Experience teaching at the college level.
Responsibilities:
Primary teaching responsibilities include early childhood methods and curriculum courses (birth-grade 3), e.g., discovery learning, play, child development, early language development, home-school relations, and kindergarten education.  It is expected that some courses will be taught in the evening, on weekends, and/or at locations within the region.
Other responsibilities include field supervision and student advising, contributions to students growth and development, scholarly achievement, continued professional development, and service to the university and community.  Additionally, up to twenty-five (25%) percent of this position will be outreach, for example, as a community liaison building and maintaining relationships with Head Start centers or as a cultural liaison building and maintaining relationships with Native American populations on area reservations.  Also included is creating flexible alternative programs, especially for diverse students and/or teachers within the region interested in obtaining early childhood licensure or a certificate.  May include grant writing.
Apply to: Dr. Karen Danbom EECE Department—Minnesota State University Moorhead 1104 Seventh Avenue South Moorhead, MN  56563 (218) 236-2216 Fax #: (218) 236-2539 E-mail: danbom@mnstate.edu
Position: Instructor or Assistant Professor of Economics
Qualifications and Experience:
Required:
1. Substantial graduate studies in economics.
Desirable:
1. Ph.D. or Masters in Economics
2. Teaching experience at college level
Responsibilities:
1. Teach Principles Micro and (or) Macroeconomics and (or) Basic Economics courses.
Load is 4-sections per semester (12 credits).
2. Participate in Department meetings
Apply to: Oscar Flores, chair, Department of Economics, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, MN 56563.  Phone: (218) 236-3499; e-mail: flores@mnstate.edu

Position: Assistant/Associate Professor in Speech Communication (One Year-Fixed Term) (Pending Funding)
Required Qualifications and Experience:
1. Minimum qualification of Masters degree in Film or Communication by first duty day.
2. Successful teaching experiences.
3. Successful experiences with film making.
4. Successful experiences with organizing film series events.
Responsibilities: We are seeking a person for a one-year position to teach undergraduate courses in film and related subjects.  This includes film history, film literature and criticism, film appreciation, film making, and an introduction to telecommunication.  Additionally, this person should offer advice on the creation of a major in film studies.  Ability to teach the department’s basic public speaking course is desirable.  All faculty assist in various departmental activities including advising and committee work.
Apply to: Dr. David Wheeler, Chair, Search Committee, Department of Speech Communication/Theatre Arts, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Box 335, 1104 7th Ave S., Moorhead, MN 56563.  Phone (218) 236-4618. FAX: 218-236-4612.  Email: wheeler@mnstate.edu.  Visit our website at http://www.mnstate.edu/speech.

Position: Coordinator, Disabled Student Services
Required Qualifications and Experience:
1. Master's degree in counseling or related human service area.
2. Experience with individual, group, and career counseling.
3. Experience in management and budget administration.
4. Demonstrated working knowledge of disability-related legislation and regulations as well as student development theory.
5. Demonstrated skills in the following areas: counseling, communication, organization, decision-making, supervision, program administration, and diagnostic testing.
Preferred Qualifications: Prefer 5 years of experience working with students with disabilities and previous experience counseling students in post-secondary settings.
Responsibilities: Coordinate all programmatic aspects of Disability Services; develop and administer budgets and supervise staff (approximately 65% time).  Provide individual, group, and career counseling for a broad range of college student counseling concerns  (approximately 35% time).
Apply to: To apply send application materials to Ms. Sandi Schuette, Search Committee Chair, Counseling Center, P.O. Box 417, MSU Moorhead, 1104 7th Avenue South, Moorhead, MN 56563. Phone number: 218.236.2227; FAX: 218.236.4266.  AA/EOEE.

FEBRUARY 20, 2001 APAC AGENDA
THE ACADEMIC POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS SCHEDULED TO MEET ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20 AT 3:30 P.M. IN THE COMSTOCK MEMORIAL UNION (CMU 101).
AGENDA
1. Economics Department
 Minor change:
 New Course description for ECON 100: The American Economy (3 cr.)
 Major change:
 Drop ECON 301: Introduction to Economic Literature and Methodology from the catalog.
2. Music Department
 Minor changes:
 New course descriptions for:
 MUS 101: Music Materials and Literature I (1 cr.)
 MUS 102: Music Materials and Literature II (1 cr.)
 MUS 103: Music Reading (2 cr.)
 MUS 104: Music Theory (3 cr.)
 MUS 231: Methods for Teaching Woodwinds I
(1 cr.)
 MUS 232: Methods for Teaching Woodwinds II
(1 cr.)
 Major change:
 New Course:
 MUS 090: Piano Proficiency (1 cr.)
3. Technology Department
 a. Minor changes for the following courses:
 TECH/ENG 113: Engineering Graphics/CAD
 TECH 145: Introduction to Industrial Distribution
 TECH 230: Manufacturing Processes
 TECH 274: Survey of Electronics Technology
 TECH 285: Fluid Power Technology
 TECH 346: Industrial Distribution Operations
 TECH 376: Industrial Process Control
 TECH 382: Manufacturing Automation
 TECH 469: Internship
 ENG 200:  Surveying
 GCOM 216: 3-D Modeling
 b. Drop the courses listed on page 6 of Technology’s proposal.
 c. Industrial Technology Degree Changes:
 Name Change from General Technology Option to:  Technical Management 2+2 Option
 Industrial Distribution Option Revision
 Industrial Management Option Revision
 d. Changes to the Industrial Management Minor
4. Philosophy Department
 Minor change:
 Change course level of PHIL 365: Philosophy of Science to:  265
 Major Changes:
 New Course:  (Please note that the signature pages are on file in Academic Affairs)
 PHIL 308: Anglo-American Analytic Philosophy (3 cr.)
 PHIL 407: Theory of Knowledge (3 cr.)
 PHIL 408: Metaphysics (3 cr.)
5. Speech Language Hearing Sciences
 (Please note that the signature pages are on file in Academic Affairs)
Undergraduate Program Changes:
 Minor changes:
 Increase credits of SLHS 271: Introduction to Audiology from 2 to 4 credits and change course description.
 Change course level, title and prerequisites of SLHS 391: Research Methods in SLHS (2 cr.) to: 491: Research Applications in SLHS.  Prerequisites: MATH 236 or statistics course.
 Decrease credits of SLHS 421: Voice Science and Disorders from 3 to 2 credits.  Change course description and prerequisites.
 Decrease credits of SLHS 424/524: Fluency Disorders from 3 to 2 credits.  Change course description and prerequisites.
 Major Change:
 Revisions to the Speech Language Hearing Science Undergraduate Program
Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Program:
 Minor changes:
 Increase credits of SLP 601: Research Design in Speech-Language Pathology from 2 to 3 credits and change the course description.
 Increase credits of SLP 631: Neurogenic Communication Disorders II from 2 to 3 credits.
 Decrease credits of SLP 647: Diagnostic and Appraisal Procedures from 3 to 2 credits.
 Major Change:
 Revised Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Program

MISCELLANIA
* Suzzane Hungerford and Patrick Coppens,  speech-language hearing, had an article accepted for publication in the peer-review  journal "Aphasiology". The article is entitled  "Crossed Aphasia: Two New Cases".
* Mark Vinz, English, was visiting writer at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks February 1-5, giving a craft lecture and reading from his work, meeting with MFA students, and leading a weekend writers’ workshop for the Fairbanks Arts Association.
* Wes Erwin and four graduate students Julie Radniecki, Carol Mattern, Gabriel Monroe, and Carolyn Swanson, counseling and student affairs, presented the session "What Do You THINK? Changing Thoughts and Changing Moods at the North Dakota Counseling Association Midwinter Conference in Bismarck, North Dakota, February 11, 2001. In addition, a reception for counseling and student affairs alumni, students, and faculty was held at the conference. Fourteen people attended the reception, which was sponsored by the MSUM Alumni Foundation
* Leslie Mack, a graduate student in the counseling and student affairs program, received a $1000 scholarship from the North Dakota Counseling Association. The scholarship was presented during an Awards Brunch on February 13, 2001 during the North Dakota Counseling Association Midwinter Conference in Bismarck, North Dakota.
* Konrad Czynski, humanities, performed as narrator at a Young People’s Concert with Stephen Simon conducting the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra on February 11 in Buffalo, N.Y. The two-part program offered Maestro Simon’s original score for the American classic by Virginia Lee Burton, Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel (1940) AND Saimon/Czynski’s retelling of Tchaikovsky’s ballet "Swan Lake" to a suite of melodies arranged by Simon. It was recorded for possible broadcast on NPR’s Performance Today.
* Peter Geib, business administration, has published an article in the Journal of the Association of Marketing Educators. The title of the article is "Strategic Management and the Relationship Dimension in Central Europe."

CLASSIFIED
FOR SALE: Love the character of older houses, hate the inconvenience? You must see this newly renovated, architect-designed kitchen, which fits seamlessly with the 1908 Craftsman-style original. Huge sunny  windows, all new stainless appliances, island with granite and butcher block top. Fireplace nook, four bedrooms, two large, two baths, maple woodwork, eat in formal dining room or kitchen nook.  Established  perennial gardens, friendly neighborhood half a block from river, bike and  x-country ski trails, ten minute drive, 15 min bike ride from MSUM.  Call Linda Graf at 232-6387 or e-mail randallm@mnstate.edu
Condo for Sale: 1980 townhouse condo, 3 levels, 1250 sq. ft. Large master bedroom, guest room and full bath on upper floor; main floor living room with brick fireplace, dining with built-in hutch, kitchen and 1/4 bath; downstairs family room, study (or 3rd bedroom), laundry, shower and sink. Patio deck, two-stall garage with opener. Includes new dishwasher; new garbage disposal, range, microwave, central vac, ac. New custom drapes in living room, recently redecorated. Plenty of storage. Spring/summer closing, negotiable. All electric (year's utilities $1,250); taxes $980; condo fee $90. 906 Belsly Blvd., South Moorhead.  236-0828 (David and Jill Holsen). There will be an open house on Sunday, February 25 from 1-2:30 pm.
 
 

(Feb. 14 issue)
MUSICAL DRAMA 'O! FREEDOM!'
SHOWING FREE HERE FEB. 22
AS PART OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH
"O! Freedom!" a new one-man musical drama about a runaway slave who became an unsung American hero, will be on stage at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22 in Weld Hall's Glasrud Auditorium. It's free and open to the public.
Written and directed by Ted Reinert, the play stars operatic bass Jack Waddel and an a capella gospel choir. The music consists entirely of traditional spirituals, in haunting new arrangements by Tony Award winner William David Brohn and his associate George Guilbault.
The performance tells the true story of John W. Jones (1817-1900), a fugitive slave who escaped to freedom in upstate Elmira, N.Y., and established a station for the Underground Railroad that helped more than 800 other runaways flee to Canada.
During the war, as a member of the First Baptist Church in Elmira and sexton of the Woodlawn Cemetery, he personally buried and kept records on every one of the 2,988 Southern soldiers who died in the gruesome Elmira Civil War prison camp. Among the slain, Jones discovered the body of his former overseer's son. After the war, he returned the remains to the boy's mother.
Jones went on to become a respected citizen in Elmira. At his retirement ceremony in 1890, the farewell address was delivered by J. Sloat Fasset, who became governor of New York the following year.
For details about the show, part of the university's Black History Month celebration,  contact Gus Claymore at MSUM's Multicultural Affairs Office, 236-3573, or music department chairman David Ferreira at 236-2103.

 KENTUCKY ED REFORM ACT
TOPIC OF DEAN'S LECTURE
SERIES FEATURE FEB. 15
Doris Walker-Dalhouse, an elementary and early childhood education professor, will discuss her experiences working with the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990 at 3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15 in the Center for Business 109 as part of the university’s Dean’s Lecture Series. The Kentucky program was aimed at correcting inequalities in school achievement.

MSUM PROF'S SURGICAL GLUE STICKING TO EXPANDING GLOBAL MEDICAL MARKET
A surgical glue invented by MSUM chemistry professor Nick Kowanko in the early 1990s and patented by CryoLife, Inc., of Kennesaw, Ga., is adhering to an expanding global market.
Registered under the trademark BioGlue, it's potentially the strongest and safest medical adhesive ever developed.
Revenue for BioGlue last year increased 287 percent to $6.4 million, up from $1.7 million in 1999. It accounted for 8 percent of CryoLife's total revenues last year.
BioGlue is currently approved for vascular and pulmonary repair in 41 foreign countries and is commercially available in the United States for the repair of acute thoracic aortic dissections (tears in the lining of the large artery leading to the heart).
The biodegradable glue, which is stronger and faster than sutures and resembles honey both in color and consistency, is eventually absorbed by the body and replaced by scar tissue after it heals the wound. It can be used in innumerable situations where sutures are impractical--such as soft-tissue and bone repair.
Kowanko, now retired in Florida, developed the surgical glue in his MSUM chemistry laboratory.
"I'm an organic chemist who came to this problem (surgical adhesives) from a different angle," Kowanko said. "Experts in biochemistry would probably think of a hundred good reasons why the idea would not work. So they didn't try it. But it made sense to me as an organic chemist. It was a lucky guess that paid off, or rather, an inspiration of God for which I am very grateful."
Fargo surgeon Dr. David Browdie encouraged Kowanko to pursue his experiments and worked closely with Kowanko on developing the glue.
The wound closure market--ranging from sutures to staples to adhesives--is a $2 billion U.S. industry.
Surgeons use the glue, composed of animal albumin and glutaraldehyde, by shooting it through a glue gun. The two ingredients are loaded into separate chambers. When the surgeon pulls a trigger, the ingredients precisely come together in a mixing tip at the point of application. Once applied, it reaches bonding strength within two minutes.
"The of beauty BioGlue," says Gerry Seery, vice president of marketing for CryoLife, "is that it can be used by every one of our customer groups: the cardiac surgeon, the vascular surgeon, the general surgeon as well as the orthopedic surgeon."
In January of 1998, BioGlue was awarded the European CE (product certification) mark, allowing unrestricted commercial distribution of BioGlue for vascular sealing and reconstruction surgeries within the European Community. The European market for use of BioGlue in vascular and pulmonary (trachea, esophageal and lung incisions) repairs is estimated to be $500 million.
It was also recently approved for use in Canada, where the market potential is $50 million annually.
In December of 1999, CryoLife received approval from the FDA under Humanitarian Device Exemption regulations for use of BioGlue as an adjunct in the repair of acute thoracic aortic dissections. These tears in the lining of the large artery leading from the heart are life-threatening conditions that affect between 4,000 and 5,000 patients annually.
The FDA also approved BioGlue for clinical study in other blood vessels and heart surgeries.
Additionally, CryoLife intends to apply to the FDA this year for using the adhesive in lung repairs. Research is showing that applying BioGlue by catheter may replace invasive surgery to treat end-stage emphysema patients. In the surgery, doctors remove parts of the diseased lung to improve the patient's breathing and quality of life. If preliminary results hold up in humans, end-stage emphysema patients could be treated as outpatients. About 90,000 of the country's 1.8 million emphysema patients are in an end stage.
CryoLife (NYSE symbol: CRY) has pioneered technologies for human tissue and cell preservation and manufactures and distributes specialty cardiovascular and vascular medical instruments.
Kowanko, born in the Ukraine and educated in Australia, retired in 1996 after a 26-year career at MSUM.
Today, Kowanko spends several days a week as a volunteer chaplain at a local hospital in the southwest Florida town of Punta Gorda. Last year he had two new patents issued, both dealing with sterilization of medical devices.

VENTURA APPOINTS YVONNE
CONDELL TO STATE ARTS BOARD
Yvonne Condell, an MSUM professor emeritus, was one of three people appointed to the Minnesota State Arts Board this month by Gov. Jesse Ventura.
Condell has been an active volunteer in Minnesota arts for 40 years. Her interests in Native art, especially Inuit Art, have led her to the Canadian Arctic and Alaska to study and collect art. She has since been the president of the Plains Art Museum, a member of the Minnesota Humanities Commission and a member of the Minnesota Science Museum Board.
She'll serve a four-year term, which expires January 2, 2005.
The Minnesota State Arts Board is dedicated to making the arts available to all citizens of the state. The development of the arts is featured through a series of grants, programs and services that are administered by a professional staff.
The 11-member board includes one member from each congressional district and three at-large members.
Condell retired from MSUM in 1995 after 30 years of teaching life sciences and biology.

MSUM FOUNDER'S DAY FEB. 22
February 22, Founder’s Day for MSUM, will be celebrated when MacLean 268 will officially become "The Presidents’ Room."
The dedication event begins at 11 a.m. with a ribbon cutting ceremony at the entrance of MacLean 268. MSUM birthday cake will be served following the ribbon cutting, until 1 p.m.
The Presidents’ Room features the portraits of the present and past presidents of MSU Moorhead.
All students, faculty and staff are invited to attend.

 GUEST VIOLINIST MICHAEL BARTA
PERFORMS HERE FEB. 17
Native Hungarian and acclaimed violinist Michael Barta will perform in a solo and chamber recital Saturday, Feb. 17 at 8 p.m. in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts Fox Recital Hall.
He’ll be accompanied by MSUM faculty members Sandy Rawson, piano; Alan Rawson, viola; and Nathan Davis, cello.
The concert is free and open to the public.
Barta will talk about the music profession in Hungary under communism and today on Friday, Feb. 16 from 4 to 5 p.m., and he’ll conduct a masterclass on Saturday, Feb. 17 from 1 to 3 p.m. Both events will take place in Fox Recital Hall.
Barta was born in Hungary and fled communism in 1980. He was granted asylum in the United States, where he began his professional career as a professor of violin at Central Michigan University and Concertmaster of the Saginaw and Midland Symphonies. He’s received numerous awards for his performances, and from 1975-1980 he toured the world as first violinist of the Kodaly String Quartet.
Currently he teaches violin, viola and chamber music at Southern Illinois University, and he’s also Assistant Concertmaster of the Illinois Symphony and Chamber Orchestra. He was granted U.S. citizenship in 1987.
He’s performed at Alice Tully Hall and twice at Carnegie Hall in New York, as well as nationally and internationally.
The Michael Barta residency is supported by the S.G. Comstock Memorial Fund.
Other upcoming music…
* Choir concert, Tuesday, Feb. 27 at 8 p.m., Our Redeemer Church, Moorhead
* Orchestra, Friday, March 2 at 8 p.m., Weld Hall Glasrud Auditorium
* Wind Ensemble and Lake Agassiz Band, Sunday, March 4 at 3 p.m., West Fargo High School

MSUM STUDENT ART
EXHIBIT OPENS FEB. 12
An MSUM student art exhibit opens Monday, Feb. 12 and continues through Tuesday, March 6 at the Roland Dille Center for the Arts gallery. An opening reception will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22. It’s free and open to the public.
The following students are exhibiting: Ann Larson, John Mittleider, Benjamin James Durand, Cheryle M. Melander, Kyle A. Bekkerus, Shaun Crowell, Genevieve A. Sevigny Eric Binegar, Karin Larson, Kari Knapp, Guy Nelson and Tirisha Stewart.

MSUM SCIENCE CENTER
CELEBRATES WINTER FEB. 18
AT BUFFALO RIVER SITE
MSUM’s Regional Science Center will "Celebrate Winter" Sunday, Feb. 18 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Buffalo River Site. It’s free and open to the public.
This family-centered activity offers an afternoon of fun with snowshoeing, a snowsnake make-and-take activity, a snowsnake contest, bird viewing, a nature winter walk, a video and an interpretive center open house. Materials for the snowsnake contest will be supplied.
The Buffalo River Site is located 15 miles east of Moorhead, just off Highway 10 adjacent to the Buffalo River State Park. For more information, call 218-236-2904.

MASS COMM HOSTS FACILITIES
OPEN HOUSE ON FEB. 22
The department of mass communications hosts its grand opening and facilities dedication February 22.
The campus community is invited to a ribbon cutting ceremony at 3:30 p.m. on second floor Flora Frick. Tours of the facilities and a reception follow the ribbon cutting.
Roger Hamilton, the department’s first chairperson, will cut the ribbon to dedicate the newly renovated mass communications facilities.

MASS COMM LAUNCHES MINNESOTA
MEDIA SYMPOSIUM DAY FEB. 22
The mass communications department invites the campus community to its first annual Minnesota Media Symposium. Reid Johnson, president and founder of Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc. of Minneapolis, will present the first lecture at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 22 in the Center for Business 109.
Johnson will present "Convergent conclusions: What the new media should be learning from the old media."
Johnson founded IBS in 1997, and conceived and launched the TV partnership business model and the first wave of Web Channels.
Johnson began his career in broadcasting with WCCO-Television, the CBS affiliate in Minneapolis where at age 29 he was named Director of News, the youngest major market News Director in the country. Johnson held that position throughout the 80s, a period during which WCCO-TV not only dominated the ratings, but also won every major award for broadcast journalism including three George Foster Peabody awards, two Alfred I duPont-Columbia University awards, and two Edward R Murrow awards by the Radio and Television News Directors Association for Best News Department in America.
In 1989, he purchased Alpha Video, an audio/video equipment distributor in Minneapolis, and tripled the revenues of the company in five years.
In 1994, Johnson created a division of Alpha Video specializing in multimedia, which later became IBS. Johnson graduated from the University of Minnesota with a BA in journalism.
IBS is the first and largest network of local Web Channels -- Web sites that combine "must-know" local news and information of major TV stations with a broad range of Web services, backed by extensive promotion from the stations. IBS has launched or will shortly debut local channels across a total of 53 markets, including 31 of the top 50 US. cities, in partnership with Hearst-Argyle Television (NYSE: HTV), Post-Newsweek Stations, a division of The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO), McGraw-Hill Broadcasting Group, a unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), Capitol Broadcasting Company and Across Canada with the CanWest Global (NYSE: CWG) network.
IBS received the first national Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi award for excellence in on-line journalism in 1998. IBS also won the National Press Club's award for "Best Journalism Site" in 1998 and 1999.
A reception follows the symposium in the Center for Business Atrium.

"THE HUNGER BONE" OF ROAD MUSICIANS
FOCUS OF MSUM MCGRATH SERIES
READING BY AUTHOR DEB MARQUART
Napoleon, N.D., native Deb Marquart will read from her latest book "The Hunger Bone," a collection of short stories about the ordinary lives of road musicians who play the backwater joints and dusty roadhouses where MTV is unlikely to stop, at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15 in Minnesota State University Moorhead's Library Porch.
Marquart, who earned both her bachelor's and master's degrees at MSUM, is coordinator of the creative writing program at Iowa State University. Her appearance here is a feature of the university's Tom McGrath Visiting Writers Series.
The book, just published, has already won the Headwaters Literary contest sponsored by New Rivers Press, a nonprofit literary publisher in Minneapolis, along with the Capricorn Novel Award sponsored by The Writer's Voice of West Side YMCA in New York.
"The Hunger Bone" explores both the literal and figurative hunger that road musicians develop?a hunger for fame and the real hunger of poverty. It's a hunger so deep and unquenchable that it reaches, as Marquart suggests, down to the bone.
For seven years Marquart was a touring road musician with rock and heavy metal bands until a fire destroyed her van and equipment in 1984, an event that sent her back to MSUM for a degree.
The collection?short stories and flash fiction (250 words or less)?focuses on the unseen lives of road musicians. A judge for the Capricorn Novel Award likens her book to a "velvety cocktail.:" He calls it "a sort of Spinal Tap for everyman….Because Marquart writes consistently zippy sentences that make me laugh, because even the most pitiful characters remain human in embarrassingly real ways."
Marquart is poetry editor of "Flyway Literary Review" and has released two CDs with her jazz-poetry, rhythm and blues project, "The Bone People." Her poetry collection, "Everything's a Verb," was published in 1995.
The reading is free and open to the public.

FACULTY, STUDENT WORKSHOP
ON GRADING, EVALUATION
SCHEDULED FEB. 22 IN CMU:
A workshop for faculty and students on grading and evaluation will be held from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22 in the student union.
Three 45-minute sessions will be offered simultaneously:
* "Using Excel for Grading" with Brian  Smith in CMU 208
* "Planning, Constructing and Scoring Exams" with Wendy Frappier in CMU 214
* "Assessment of Student Writing" with SuEllen Shaw in CMU 205.
The workshops, sponsored by the Faculty Development Committee, will be followed by a panel of students in CMU 205 who will share some ideas they have about grading and evaluation.
Pizza and pop will be served during the student panel presentation and discussion. Faculty members are encouraged to invite their students.
If you plan to attend, RSVP Dick Bynum by Feb. 16  (bynum@mnstate.edu).

POKER WALK FOR FITNESS
AND FOOD PANTRY DRIVE
Did you know that just 30 minutes of moderate exercise per day, (like walking), can: cut your risk of heart disease by 30%; reduce your risk of hypertension, diabetes and colon cancer by 30%; reduce body fat by an average of 18%; and eliminate undue stress?
We encourage you to participate in the 2nd Annual MSUM "Poker" Walk For Fitness, to be held on Thursday, February 15th from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The objective is to walk to each of the seven MSUM departments listed below, draw a card at each, and try to acquire the best poker hand. NOTE: The best five out of seven cards can be used. Jokers are wild! Prizes will be awarded for the top three hands.
YWCA OF FARGO ? MOORHEAD FOOD DRIVE: In conjunction with the "Poker" Walk, Human Resources will be collecting items for the YWCA of Fargo-Moorhead. Top five items needed:
Large/X-tra large diapers; Ibuprofen; Pedialite; Benadryl and Carbon Monoxide Detectors; Other items needed include: bar soap, canned fruits, canned spaghetti sauces, tuna, cereal, toilet tissue other non-perishable items are also accepted ? A YWCA needs list is available in for viewing in the MSUM HR office. Red barrels will be situated at HR to collect your donations. Those who donate to this worthy cause will be eligible to draw another card at the HR site increasing the chance to attain the winning hand.
PARTICIPATING DEPARTMENTS:
Dean of Business & Industry Office, CB 100
Mathematics Department, MA 362
Special Education Department,  LO 209
Housing , BA 120
Career Services, CMU 114
Physical Plant
Human Resources, Owens 210
Hot Chocolate will be served in HR at the finale of your walk.
Draw a card at each department your name and card will be recorded. Keep your card and proceed to the other departments. You do not have to walk to all seven departments at one time, walk on your breaks or lunch hour. Human Resources must be the last department you walk to --before 4 p.m. You will draw your last card, and submit your best hand. You can also throw your name into the hat for a Grand Prize Drawing to be held in April/May, after the 3rd MSUM "Poker" Walk For Fitness is held.
This is a great opportunity to familiarize yourself with the MSUM campus and get some exercise!
Those employees who participate in the Minnesota on the move fitness program are reminded to tally your points on your log sheet.
If you have questions, please call Deb Lewis at 2067.

GOSPEL MUSIC FESTIVAL FEB. 18
AT FIRST UNITED METHODIST
Fargo's First United Methodist Church,
906 1st Ave S., will host an all afternoon gospel music festival Sunday, Feb. 18, from 1:30 - 5:30 p.m. Last year's festival attracted more than 700 gospel music fans. This year's program features four groups and includes traditional bluegrass, folk, a cappella and "homespun" country music.
The festival includes the following groups:
Friends & Neighbors, Fargo-Moorhead's own bluegrass band, will kick off the  afternoon. This five-piece band has been performing since 1985 and features traditional bluegrass vocal harmonies supported by guitar, string bass, banjo, mandolin, fiddle and Dobro.
Cool Reign is an a cappella gospel group from Horace Lutheran Church. This group performed a goose-bump raising version of  "The Star Spangled Banner" at F-M Redhawks games last summer.
The Uff-Da Mountain Boys are from the Fergus Falls area. They play their own unique blend of bluegrass and folk gospel tunes (including some originals) and were a big hit at last year's festival. This group features guitar, bass, harmonica, banjo, Dobro and autoharp.
Homespun Gospel is from Triumph Lutheran Brethren Church in Moorhead. The seven-piece group includes guitar, piano, electric bass, harmonica, drums and vocals. They have recently released their first CD.
This is an ongoing afternoon of entertaining and gospel music. People are free to come and go throughout the afternoon. Free shuttle bus service will be provided from designated parking lots near the church. Free child care is also available. Snacks and sandwiches will be available for  purchase. There is no admission charge. Baskets will be at the doors for any donations, which are designated to go to Churches United for the Homeless.

NEW LIBRARY REFERENCE TITLES
The Livingston Lord Library is pleased to announce the presence of the following new reference titles:
*Mirwis, Allan, 1943-. Subject encyclopedias: user guide, review citations, and keyword index. REF. AE1 .M57 1999
*Anzovin, Steven. Famous first facts, international editio : a record of first happenings, discoveries, and inventions in world history. REF. AG5 .A69 2000
*Hughes-Warrington, Marnie. Fifty key thinkers on history. REF. D13 .H75 2000
*Niewyk, Donald L., 1940-. The Columbia guide to the Holocaust. REF. D804.3 .N54 2000
*Hazel, John. Who's who in the Greek world. REF. DE7 .H39 2000
*Heaton, Tim B. Statistical handbook on racial groups in the United States. REF. E184.A1 H417 2000
*Heidler, David Stephen, 1955-. Encyclopedia of the American Civil War : a political, social, and military history. REF. E468 .H47 2000
*Wick, Douglas A., 1947-. North Dakota place names. REF. F634 .W52 1988
*Pitt, Leonard. Los Angeles A to Z : an encyclopedia of the city and county. REF. F869.L84 .P58 1997
*Holden, Lynn. Encyclopedia of taboos. REF. GN471.4 .H65 2000
*Trawicky, Bernard. Anniversaries and holidays. 5th ed. REF. GT3930 .T73 2000
*Christianson, Stephen G. The American book of days. 4th ed. REF. GT4803 .D6 2000
*Cashmore, Ernest. Sports culture : an A-Z guide. REF. GV706.5 .C383 2000
*A taxpayer's guide to federal spending : a concise guide to the budget of the United States government. REF. HJ2051 .T28
*Encyclopedia of European social history from 1350 to 2000. REF. HN373 .E63 2001
*Chepesiuk, Ronald. The war on drugs : an international encyclopedia. REF. HV5804 .C47 1999
*Encyclopedia of women and crime. REF. HV6046 .E56 2000
*Encyclopedia of genocide. REF. HV6322.7 .E53 1999
*Documents of American Indian diplomacy : treaties, agreements, and conventions, 1775-1979. REF. KF8202 1999
*World music : the rough guide. New ed. REF. ML102.W67 W67 1999
*Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians. Centennial ed. REF. ML105 .B16 2001
*Havlice, Patricia Pate. Index to artistic biography. REF. N40 .H38
*Webster's new explorer dictionary and thesaurus. REF. PE1628 .W55695 1999
*World authors 1990-1995. REF. PN771 .W675 1999
*Twentieth-century Eastern European writers. REF. PN849.E9 T883 2001
*Contemporary poets. 7th ed. REF. PR603 .C6 2001
*British and Irish dramatists since World War II. REF. PR736 .B68 2001
*African American writers. 2nd ed. REF. PS153.N5 A344 2001
*The beats: a documentary volume. REF. PS228.B6 B467 2001
*The American renaissance in New England. REF. PS243 .A543 2001
*Wynbrandt, James. The encyclopedia of genetic disorders and birth defects. 2nd ed. REF. RB155.5 .W96 2000
*Snodgrass, Mary Ellen. Historical encyclopedia of nursing. REF. RT31 .S66 1999
Faculty and staff are invited to submit requests for new library materials to their department's library liaison. Larry Schwartz is the Collection Management Librarian for the Library, and his phone number is x2353.

"MEA CULPA, VESTRA CULPA OR HOW APPEALING IS MSUM"
"Mea Culpa, Vestra Culpa Or How Appealing Is MSUM" a workshop about academic appeals on our campus, will be presented by Janet Aarness, Director of Academic Support Programs, on Tuesday, February 20 from 3 to 4 p.m. in CMU 227. Come find out how the appeal process works, why students are filing appeals, and what you can do to help reduce the number of appeals. Please contact Sara Leigh, Director of the Advising Support Center, at 236-2501 or leighsa@mnstate.edu for more information.

RED RIVER VALLEY MASTERS
SWIM CLUB OPEN HOUSE
The Red River Valley Masters Swim Club is having an Open House on Sunday, February 18 from
3 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Nemzek Pool. Come see what Masters swimming is all about.  Bring your suit and join us in the pool, or just come for the treats and prizes. For more information contact Sara Leigh at 280-1278 or by e-mail at leighsa@mnstate.edu.

CAMPUS MEETING
PRESENTED BY STATE DELTA DENTAL
Many employees have expressed concerns regarding the issue of participating dentists and dental insurance coverage with the State Delta Dental PPO insurance plan.  In response to these matters, a representative from Delta Dental, and representatives from the Minnesota Department of Employee Relations-Insurance Division, will be presenting a campus meeting for MSUM employees at the following time:
Thursday, February 22, 2001
9:00 a.m.
Comstock Room, Student Union
If you carry State Delta Dental insurance and have concerns about these issues, please plan to attend if possible.  There will be a presentation, followed by time for your questions.

NOTICE OF VACANCY
Position: Director of Admissions
Qualifications and Experience
Required:
1. Masters degree and five years of progressive experience in admissions.
2. Possess good written and oral communication skills, computer application skills.
3. Committed to NACAC principles of good practice and ongoing professional development.
4. Demonstrated ability to foster effective working relationships with diverse constituencies.
5. Demonstrated experience in budget development and staff supervision.
Desired:
1. Marketing experience.
2. Visionary planning and creative problem solving skills.
3. Ability to effectively utilize technology in an enrollment management environment.
Responsibilities:
1. Manage the development and implementation of the Admission Office services, supervise the Admissions staff and budget.
2. Develop recruitment strategies as defined by University admissions philosophy and policy which will include candidates from diverse populations, encompassing regional, national, and international markets.
3. Develop relationships with campus and community constituencies to better MSUM and provide active support for recruitment of prospective students, including minorities and athletes.
4. Participate in University marketing planning, including research and data collection, and provide recruiting and enrollment information to the University.
5. Assist with the development of publications and contribute to orientation activities.
6. Responsible for program development/implementation/evaluation of University’s "Dragon Days."
Apply to: Thomas Lane, Chair, Admissions Director Search Committee, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, 56563. Call (218) 236-2676, fax (218) 236-2052, or e-mail lanetom@mnstate.edu for application materials.
Position: Instructor or Assistant Professor; Health and Physical Education
Qualifications and Experience: a Master’s Degree in Health/Physical Education or related field is required. An ABD or doctorate is preferred. An earned doctorate is required for tenure. Previous teaching experience in health education, health promotion or wellness at the college level is preferred.
Responsibilities: Primary responsibilities will be in teaching undergraduate courses in the Health and Physical Education Department. Example courses include, but are not limited to: Personal Health and Wellness, Introduction to Nutrition, First Aid/CPR, Teaching Aerobic Dance, Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries and a variety of activity courses such as: Weight Training, Ballroom Dance, Racquetball or Tennis. Faculty are expected to pursue scholarly activities, to advise students and provide service to the university and community.
Apply to: Richard Bynum, Ed. D., Chair, Search Committee, HPE Department, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead,, MN.  56563, 218-236-2307; e-mail: bynum@mnstate.edu; MSUM web site: www.mnstate.edu

APAC MINUTES
JANUARY 23, 2001
Members present: Midgarden, chairperson; Borgeson, Conteh, Dalhouse, Edvenson, Enz-Finken, Goodman, Gracyk, Jeppson, Lane, Missiras, Neuman, Sanderson, Shoptaugh, Shreve, Weckler.
VP Midgarden reminded those present to attend the legislative open forum scheduled on 1/26/01 and the Dille Distinguished Faculty Lecture by Thom Tammaro on 1/25/01.
12/19/00 APAC Minutes:
Conteh moved to approve the 12/19/00 APAC minutes with no changes. Goodman seconded.
Motion carried unanimously.
1. Technology Department
Ron Williams was present and reported to APAC that the Technology department has reviewed and approved the revisions made to the Graphic Communications Program. The department submitted documentation supporting approval of the revisions. (The revisions were discussed and approved at the 12/19/00 APAC meeting with the condition that departmental signatures be obtained approving the final revisions.)
2. Accounting Department
The committee had no concerns with the following minor changes:
* Change credits of ACCT 130: Fundamentals of Accounting from 1-3, to 3 credits.
* Add the prerequisite of ACCT 205 or consent of instructor to ACCT 320A, 320B, 320C: Employment Law A, B, C.
* Change course description and add prerequisite "or consent of instructor" to ACCT 330: Intermediate Accounting I.
* Change course description and add prerequisite "or consent of instructor" to ACCT 331: Intermediate Accounting II.
* Add the prerequisite of "ACCT 231 or consent of instructor" to ACCT 340: Introduction to Taxation.
* Change course description and add prerequisite "or consent of instructor" to ACCT 430: Advanced Accounting.
* Change course description of ACCT 441L: Individual Income Tax-VITA Experience.
* Change course description and add prerequisite "or consent of instructor" to ACCT 460: Audit I.
* Change course description and add prerequisite "or consent of instructor" to ACCT 461: Audit II
* Change course description and add prerequisite "ACCT 231 and ACCT 315 or consent of instructor" to ACCT 469: Internship.
* Add "or consent of Instructor" to the prerequisite for the following Accounting courses:
306: Business Entities and Property
307: Commercial Transactions
315: Accounting Systems
350: Cost Accounting
420: International Accounting
431: Non-Profit Accounting
441: Individual Income Tax
443: Corporate/Partnership Tax
446: Estate, Gift and Trust Taxation
495: Advanced Topics in Business Law
3. Elementary & Early Childhood Education
Terri Walseth, Doris Walker-Dalhouse, Karen Danbom and Beth Anderson were present to answer questions.
The committee discussed the following minor change and concluded there were no concerns to change the course level of EECE 334: Play and Development (3 cr.) to: 234
Major changes:
Sanderson moved. Dalhouse seconded to approve the changes in Specialty Areas for Elementary & Early Childhood Education:
Communication Arts and Literature
Science
Preprimary Education
World Language and Culture-Spanish
Motion carried unanimously.
Sanderson moved. Conteh seconded to approve the change in science requirements for Early Childhood majors.
Motion carried unanimously.
New Certificate Programs:
Edvenson moved. Conteh seconded to approve the following certificate programs:
Certificate in Reading ? 15 credits
Certificate in Special Education ? 15 credits
Certificate in Preprimary Education ? 16 credits
Motion carried unanimously.
4. Other: Enz Finken requested that departments submitting APAC proposals that require consultation from another department, obtain a formal memorandum signed by that particular department as proof of consultation. The formal memorandum would replace the collection of e-mail messages that are now found in many proposals. The committee agreed. Midgarden will inform departmental chairpersons.
Meeting adjourned at 3:55 p.m.
Gloria Riopelle

MISCELLANEA
* Cynthia Phillips, accounting department, presented an intensive seminar for staff and board members of nonprofits in Valley City in December. Entitled "Organizational Checkup" this was the first session out of four scheduled for sites around North Dakota funded by a grant from the Otto Bremer Foundation.
* The Early Education Center in Lommen is collecting UPC's from Pampers Diapers. Please send them to Lommen 106A attention: Judy. The UPC's allow us to get Fisher-Price toys for the children.
* Nancy Christensen, Wendy Frappier, Ellen Cromwell-Cercle (retired faculty member), health, physical education, attended the Central District American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Conference in Des Moines, Iowa, February 8 - 10. In addition, these health and physical education majors attended the conference: Tony Cudo, Dan Erickson,Keri Geissinger, Ryan Hendrickson, Heidi Madsen, Angel Stuhr, Rollie Swedberg, and Jennifer Widhalm.

CLASSIFIED
For Sale: Year old Mac Powerbook G3, 333 MHz processor, hot swappable CD-ROM and ZIP drives, 64MB RAM, 4GB hard drive, 56K internal modem, including case. $1200 OBO. Call 236-6323, leave message.
Condo for Sale: 1980 townhouse condo, 3 levels,
1250 sq. ft. Large master bedroom, guest room and full bath on upper floor; main floor living room with brick fireplace,
dining with built-in hutch, kitchen and 1/4 bath;
downstairs family room, study (or 3rd bedroom), laundry, shower and sink. Patio deck, two-stall garage with opener. Includes new dishwasher; new garbage disposal, range, microwave, central vac, ac. New custom drapes in living room, recently redecorated. Plenty of storage. Spring/summer closing, negotiable. All electric
(year's utilities $1250); taxes $980;. 906 Belsly Blvd.,
South Moorhead. 236-0828 (David and Jill Holsen).v


"THE HUNGER BONE" OF ROAD MUSICIANS (Feb. 7 edition)
FOCUS OF MSUM MCGRATH SERIES
READING BY AUTHOR DEB MARQUART
Napoleon, N.D., native Deb Marquart will read from her latest book "The Hunger Bone," a collection of short stories about the ordinary lives of road musicians who play the backwater joints and dusty roadhouses where MTV is unlikely to stop, at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15 in the University’s Library Porch.
Marquart, who earned both her bachelor's and master's degrees at MSUM, is coordinator of the creative writing program at Iowa State University. Her appearance here is a feature of the university's Tom McGrath Visiting Writers Series.
The book, just published, has already won the Headwaters Literary contest sponsored by New Rivers Press, a nonprofit literary publisher in Minneapolis, along with the Capricorn Novel Award sponsored by The Writer's Voice of West Side YMCA in New York.
"The Hunger Bone" explores both the literal and figurative hunger that road musicians develop?a hunger for fame and the real hunger of poverty. It's a hunger so deep and unquenchable that it reaches, as Marquart suggests, down to the bone.
For seven years Marquart was a touring road musician with rock and heavy metal bands until a fire destroyed her van and equipment in 1984, an event that sent her back to MSUM for a degree.
The collection?short stories and flash fiction (250 words or less)?focuses on the unseen lives of road musicians. A judge for the Capricorn Novel Award likens her book to a "velvety cocktail.:" He calls it "a sort of Spinal Tap for everyman. Because Marquart writes consistently zippy sentences that, make me laugh, because even the most pitiful characters remain human in embarrassingly real ways."
 Marquart is poetry editor of "Flyway Literary Review" and has released two CDs with her jazz-poetry, rhythm and blues project, "The Bone People." Her poetry collection, "Everything's a Verb," was published in 1995.
The reading is free and open to the public.

THEATRE PRESENTS 'WIT,'
ABOUT AN ACADEMIC'S
BATTLE WITH CANCER
MSUM Theatre will be presenting a regional premiere and winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, "WIT," for five evening performances?Tuesday through Saturday, February 13 through 17?at 7:30 p.m. in the Thrust Stage Theatre of the Roland Dille Center for the Arts.
"WIT" is the story of a noted academic and her struggle to overcome the ovarian cancer raging through her body. She fights against her illness with the same rigor she once used to analyze and teach the poetry of John Donne. Although she ultimately loses her battle, she uplifts her students, her oncologist and her audience with her courage.
The play is also sponsored by MeritCare and the Roger Maris Cancer Center. Call the MSUM Box Office at 2271 to make reservations

MNSCU PROFS DON'T MAKE
MORE THAN THE GOVERNOR
MnSCU has zero professors making more than the Governor's $120,300 salary (for his day job.) The average salary of MnSCU faculty members is between $45,000 and $50,000.

MSUM SENIOR EARNS $50,000
JOHNS HOPKINS SCHOLARSHIP
TO STUDY MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION
Christian Rose was a back-up fullback for the Minnesota State University Moorhead Dragons when he quit the team as a sophomore to concentrate more on his art and academics.
 "I just reached a point where football came before everything else," he said, "and I suddenly felt I needed to change my priorities."
Good choice. Rose, now a senior, just received a two-year, full-tuition scholarship from The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine where he will pursue a degree in medical and biological illustration next fall. The scholarship is valued at about $50,000.
Rose, an MSUM art major from Kasson, Minn., was one of only six students accepted into the university's Department of Art as Applied to Medicine program this year. The Baltimore medical school flew Rose to the campus in November for interviews before accepting him into the program.
The first program of its kind in the world, the Department of Arts as Applied to Medicine at Johns Hopkins is one of only five accredited graduate programs for medical illustration in the nation. Each accepts between three and 12 students a year.
Rose zeroed in on a medical illustration career in high school when he took part in a two-week individualized program at the near-by Mayo Clinic. One of his mentors was Mayo medical illustrator John Hagen, a 1975 MSUM art major.
Rose credits a lot of his artistic success to the influence of his brother, Mark, a former art major and offensive tackle for the Dragons, who won $7,500 worth of computer equipment and software in Corell Corporation's $3 Million World Design Contest when he was a senior. He's now an artist for a national computer gaming company.
Medical illustrators are professional artists with extensive training in medicine and science. They create visual material to help record medical information for textbooks, journals, t