January Continews
Jan. 27, 1999
Jan. 20, 1999
Jan. 17,
1999
24 SABBATICAL LEAVES APROVED
(January
27 Continews)
Twenty-four sabbatical leaves have been approved by the
President for the following faculty next academic year. Last year only
16 were awarded. The previous three years only 10 annually. The increased
number has a lot to do with the aging of the faculty here, and contract
language that stipulates that faculty who haven’t had a sabbatical in 10
years should be given one if they have acceptable professional development
plans.
Fourteen faculty received full year sabbaticals:
V.J. Agarwal, physics and astronomy; Beth Anderson, elementary
education; Ruth Dahlke, music; Gary Edvenson, chemistry; Peter Geib, business
administration; Wayne Gudmundson, mass communications; Deb Harris, music;
Terrie Manno, music; Sandra Pearce, English;
Tom Pearce, business administration;
Alan Rawson, music; Donna Stockrahm, biology; Clyde Vollmers,
business administration; and Richard Walker, computer science and information
systems.
Five faculty received fall semester sabbaticals: Wayne
Chen, mathematics; D.C. Cole, humanities/multicultural studies; Sandra
Gordon, elementary education; Judy McLean, accounting; and Judy Streich,
paralegal program.
Five faculty received spring semester sabbaticals: Henry
Chan, history; Sheila Gullickson, English; Rajiv Kalra, business administration;
Rae Offutt, New Center; and Marie Tarsitano, English.
MSU CREATIVE WRITING
FACULTY READING JAN. 28
MSU creative writing faculty Alan Davis,
Lin Enger, Gordon Jackison and
Thom Tammaro will read from their work at 8 p.m. Thursday,
Jan. 28 in King Hall auditorium. It’s a feature of the Tom McGrath Visiting
Writers Series.
Service sector explodes…
MSU STUDY SHOWS F-M
JOBS HAVE INCREASED
BY 70,000 SINCE 1962
Except for clearance sales, January is the cruelest month
for businesses.
But history suggests that business always gets better.
And one strong economic indicator--the number of available
jobs--proves it: the Fargo-Moorhead area has experienced steady employment
growth for nearly four decades.
"There are 70,000 more jobs in Fargo-Moorhead today than
there were in 1962," said Oscar Flores, economics professor.
The availability of jobs in Fargo-Moorhead has come under
a national microscope of late, mainly because Fargo-Moorhead’s unemployment
rate (about 1 percent) ranks the lowest of any metro area in the United
States.
Flores and Vern Dobis, another MSU economics professor,
put that record to an historic test. They’ve compiled a statistical picture
of employment trends in Fargo-Moorhead (Cass and Clay Counties) using data
from the North Dakota Job Services web page. The statistics go back 38
years.
And it’s a pretty picture. The number of jobs in the
area has increased by 231% since 1962, from 30,000 to 100,000.
A major reason: the service sector of the local economy
exploded, now accounting for 31% of all Fargo-Moorhead jobs, up from 19%
back in 1962.
"That’s one in every three local jobs," Flores said.
"Back in 1962 there were only 5,450 service jobs here, now there are more
than 30,400. That’s a whopping 457% increase."
The service sector includes businesses ranging from hospitals
and private schools to accounting firms, hotel/motels, health clubs, churches
and consultants.
Retail trade sector, which accounts for 20% of Fargo-Moorhead’s
total jobs and ranks second behind the service sector, grew from 6,250
positions in 1962 to 19,050 today.
"That seems dramatic," Flores said. "But actually retail
trade jobs grew by only 205%, lower than the 231% increase in total employment."
Retail trade includes restaurants, bars, department stores,
grocery stores and other retailers.
"While eating and drinking establishments make up the
largest component of the retail trade," Flores said, "the fastest growth
in this sector comes from automobile dealerships and service stations.
Over the past 10 years alone, jobs in this category have jumped more than
70%."
Government jobs, meanwhile, grew at a slower rate than
overall employment. "Government workers now hold 16% of the jobs in Fargo-Moorhead,"
Flores said. "That’s down from 19% in 1962."
Federal government employment in the Fargo-Moorhead area
increased only 39% in the past 38 years, from 1,550 to 2,150 positions.
But state and local government jobs during that same period increased by
150%, from 4,150 to 10,350 positions today. Much of that increase, Flores
said, reflects the growth in the number of teachers and schools.
Seasonal changes in employment follow a steady pattern,
Flores said, with two peaks and two valleys. The lowest point hits in January,
right after the obvious peak employment period during the Christmas shopping
season in December. Employment then inches up from February through June,
declines again in July, and begins to increase in September. The July through
September decreases are mostly the result of schools closing in the summer.
The production of durable goods—such as metal products
and industrial machinery--increased faster than any other sector of the
economy, up by 640%. But it still accounts for less than 5% of total employment
in Fargo-Moorhead.
This is the first in a series of research projects by
Flores and Dobis in an attempt to develop a set of leading economic indicators
for the Fargo-Moorhead economy.
HUMAN RIGHTS SESSION
DATE CORRECTION
Andrew Conteh is offering a Tri-College Seminar on the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights running from January 19 - March 16
on Tuesday evenings. It is offered for credit to MSU/NDSU/and Concordia
students, or individuals are welcome to come and sit in on any one session.
A "Calendar of Lectures and Discussions" listing the dates and speakers
was distributed throughout the area by Tri-College. However, they were
given one wrong date. Session 7 on "Equality and Human Rights" was printed
with a date of March 12. The correct date is Tuesday, March 2.
SCIENCE CENTER
"CELEBRATES
WINTER" FEBRUARY 7
The MSU Science Center will "Celebrate Winter" Sunday,
Feb. 7 from 2 to 4:30 p.m. at the Buffalo River Site.
Guests can tour the interpretive center and watch the
winter birds in the feeding area. A video about the Northern Lights will
be shown, along with three guided activities on snowshoeing, animal tracking
and a snowsnake contest.
Materials will be supplied for participants to make their
own snowsnake. A snowsnake contest will be held at 4 p.m. with prizes to
be awarded.
The hiking trails remain open to the public from
6 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily for birding and hiking. The interpretive
center is open for public events and by special request.
For more information about "Celebrate Winter" or special
group activities, call the Science Center at 218-236-2904.
The Buffalo River site is located off Highway 10,
16 miles east of Moorhead, adjacent to the Buffalo River
State Park.
MSU STUDENT ART OPENS JAN. 26
An MSU student art exhibit opens Jan. 26 and runs through
Feb. 5. It will feature drawings by Peter Kuempel and photography by Belinda
Schilling. An opening reception will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday,
Jan. 28 in the gallery.
The exhibit is in partial fulfillment of a bachelor of
arts degree.
Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 10 a.m.-5
p.m. Friday; 1-5 p.m. Saturday; and
1-9 p.m. Sunday.
4 WEEKS TO INCREASED CONFIDENCE!!!!
This is an opportunity for students to meet new people
while learning about self-esteem and how to incorporate some practical
steps for improving self-concept. A small group format will be offered
through the Counseling and Personal Growth Center beginning Tuesday, Feb.
9. Meetings will be held each Tuesday for 4 weeks from 3 p.m.-4:30pm.
For more information about what this group has to offer, please call Patti
or Becky @ 236-2227.
"NURSING ADMINISTRATION"
TOPIC OF U OF MINNESOTA TALK
Dr. Helen Harris, a nursing professor from the University
of Minnesota, will talk about the U of M’s nursing administration program
on Friday, Feb. 12 at MSU, Murray Commons room 219.
Courses leading to a master of science degree in nursing
from the U of M are available at MSU. The program is the result of a joint
effort by MSU’s department of nursing and the school of nursing at the
University of Minnesota.
To schedule an appointment with Harris, call Barbara
Vellenga at 218-236-4696 or Connie Lillehoff at 218-299-5877.
MSU SPEECH TEAM
PLACES SECOND AT ST. OLAF
The MSU Speech Team placed second out of thirteen schools
at the St. Olaf College Krossman Klassic this past weekend. Five MSU students
took part in the tournament. The University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire won
the tournament.
Four students won awards for MSU. They included Rachel
Deibert, who was first in Dramatic Interpretation and first in Duo with
Nicolle Coequyt. Coequyt was also second in Dramatic and third in Communication
Analysis. Brenda Probasco was sixth in Prose and third in Program of Oral
Interpretation. Joe Edmister was second in After Dinner Speaking, second
in Prose, and third in Poetry.
Edmister's finish in Prose and Poetry qualifies him for
the American Forensic Association national tournament in those events.
MSU now has four students qualified for the tournament in six events. The
AFA tournament is in Alabama in April, while the National Forensic Association
tournament is in Michigan in April. MSU has 10 students qualified for the
NFA tournament.
The team will next travel to St. Cloud State on
Feb. 5-6 before taking part in the Minnesota State Championships
in Winona on Feb. 19-20. For more information, please call Dr. Tim Borchers
at 2656.
NDPC COLLEGE COMMUNICATION
CONTEST OPEN TO MSU STUDENTS
The North Dakota Professional Communicators is now accepting
entries for its 1998-99 College Communications Contest. It’s open to college
communications students in North Dakota and Moorhead, Minn.
Eligible students must be enrolled in at least a two-year
college or university in North Dakota, or at MSU or Concordia College.
All entries must have been published, aired or produced between March 15,
1998 and March 14, 1999. Entries are not limited to work produced for college
or university organizations. All entries must be received by the contest
chair on or before March 17, 1999. Entries will be judged by professional
North Dakota communicators with expertise in the category or categories
they judge.
Contest classifications include Print Media, Photography,
Radio and Television, Print Advertising, Electronic Advertising, Fiction,
and Other Communications Materials (includes news releases, brochure, yearbook/annual
literary magazine, poster/flyer).
Please help spread the word. If you want copies of the
contest guidelines, contact Kristi Monson at monson@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu,
or call 2110.
The NDPC College Contest chair is Patty Hetland, phetland@eidebailly.com,
239-8636, or 2829 N. Second Street, Fargo, ND 58102.
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MISCELLANEA
* David Pink, English, has poems published in two
special issue periodicals: "Anna’s Twin" in Green Mountains Review 10th
Anniversary Issue-Poetry at the End of the Millenium; and "Wild Rose/Eclipse",
and "Ars Poetica" in the Midwest Quarterly’s issue on Poets of the Great
Plains.
GRACYK DELIVERS (Continews
Jan. 20, 1999)
DILLE FACULTY
LECTURE JAN. 26
Theodore Gracyk, philosophy, has been selected to receive
this year’s $1,000 Roland and Beth Dille Distinguished Faculty Lecturer
Award.
He’ll deliver the annual talk at 8 p.m. Tuesday,
Jan. 26 in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts thrust
stage theatre. His topic: "Autonomy, High Culture and Higher Education."
A panel of faculty members--philosophy professor Mark Chekola and
English professor Hazel Retzlaff--will respond to Gracyk’s lecture. Questions
and answers will follow.
A specialist in 18th century thought and the philosophy
of art, Gracyk has been teaching at MSU for 13 years. He came here from
California State University-San Bernardino and holds a doctorate in philosophy
from UC-Davis. His book "Rhythm and Noise: An Aesthetics of Rock," which
argues that rock music is an art form in its own right, was published by
Duke University Press in 1996.
This is the third set of awards funded by the Dille Excellence
Fund that raised nearly $3.2 million in gifts and pledges during 1994.
Six other projects received support from the Dille Excellence
Fund:
* MSU’s first Student Academic Conference, scheduled
April 14 in the student union, received $1,000.
* Funding to send 12 students to the Kennedy Center/American
College Theatre Festival received $1,400.
* Summer apprenticeship for MSU photography students
to collaborate on a photo documentary of the 100th Icelandic Independence
Day Celebration in Mountain, N,D., received $1,700.
* A project to develop workshops for student teachers
on how to handle health issues in the classroom, titled "Growing Challenge
for Teachers: Providing Medical Procedure for Students," received $1,000.
* Biology Prof. Donna Stockrahm and student Heather
Taylor received $1,200 for a research project titled "Bison Habitat Use
and Behavior During the Breeding Season in Theodore Roosevelt National
Park in the North Dakota Badlands."
* Biology Prof. Brian Wisenden received $1,190 to launch
a research program involving a series of undergraduate students to study
the role of genetics in behavior, specifically to test for a genetic basis
for anti-predator behavior in fathead minnows.
BLACK LEADER SPEAKS
AT MSU ON MARTIN
LUTHER KING ADDRESS
Dr. A.J. Stovall, founder of the National African American
Student Leadership Conference, will speak on "I Have a Dream Revisited"
at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21 in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts thrust
stage theatre.
Stoval, a political science professor who chairs the
social science division at Rust (Miss.) College, is an expert in coordination
programs that promote minority student access to university services.
He’s been on the firing line advocating social change
for more than 25 years. At the age of 23, Stovall served as the executive
director of the Atlanta Southern Christian Leadership Conference and in
1993 was among six veteran organizers called to Germany to develop a civil
rights party there. He also coached the first Black College basketball
team, the Rust College Bearcats, to win an NCAA National Basketball Championship.
His talk is part of Martin Luther King Jr. Day ceremonies
on campus.
CHILDREN’S AUTHOR
SPEAKS AT MSU JAN. 20
Children’s author and columnist Jane Kurtz will talk
about "The Truth of Fiction: Using Our Real Lives in Our Writing" at 4:30
p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20 in MSU’s Livingston Lord Library room 103. A book
sale and autographing will be held before and after the presentation in
the Library Porch.
Kurtz is the author of several multicultural books, including
the 1998 "The Storyteller’s Beads," a story of two Ethiopian girls who
become refugees in the 1980s. Kirkus Reviews writes in the July issue of
School Library Journal: "The story is beautifully told in words and phrases
that enhance the exotic locale and situation of the two endangered girls,
who are richly portrayed."
Kurtz, a survivor of the 1997 flood in Grand Forks, expects
to release "River Friendly, River Wild" in the spring of 2000, which tells
of her experiences with the flood.
Born in Portland, Ore., Kurtz grew up in Ethiopia, where
her parents worked for the Presbyterian Church. She eventually returned
to the United States and after 10 years as a teacher, she published her
first picture book in 1990. In 1994 her career took off with the publication
of "Fire on the Mountain," a retelling of an Ethiopian folktale she’d learned
as a child. "Only a Pigeon," set in the city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,
is one of only a few picture books set in a contemporary African city.
Another book, "Miro in the Kingdom of the Sun," retells an Incan folktale,
which reflects her interest in world cultures.
Kurtz teaches English at the University of North Dakota
and writes a weekly children’s book review column for the Grand Forks Herald.
Her talk is sponsored by Alpha Upsilon Alpha, an honor
society of the International Reading Association.
MSU CAMPUS NEWS SHOW
AIRS SATURDAYS ON PPTV
Paul DeKrey and Lisa Mounts will co-anchor MSU’s weekly
Campus News program that begins airing this week at 10 a.m. Saturdays on
Prairie Public Television.
The half-hour newscast focuses on local and regional
colleges, including some stories from campuses around the world. It’s written,
reported, photographed and produced by MSU students.
About 40 students are involved in the production of Campus
News, now in its 16th season on Prairie Public Television. They are supervised
by Martin Grindeland, a mass communications professor and executive producer
of the program.
Campus News will be broadcast on PPTV every Saturday
through May 1.
ALAN RAWSON FEATURED IN
SYMPHONY CONCERT JAN. 23- 24
MSU music professor Alan Rawson, the principal violinist
and concert-master for the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony, will perform the Tchaikovsky
Violin concerto in D-Major at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23 and at 2 p.m. Sunday,
Jan. 24 as a part of the Symphony’s Subscription Series concerts. Also
on the program are Wagner’s Prelude to Die Meistersinger and Sibelius’
Lyric Symphony No. 6 in D-Minor.
The concert will be held in Festival Concert Hall, Reineke
Fine Arts Center, at NDSU. Tickets for the concert are available at all
Ticketmaster outlets, Dayton’s, Discontent and the NDSU Box Office. Or
call the Symphony office at 233-8397, Townsite Center, Moorhead.
SPRING INSTRUCTIONAL
TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOPS
Rhonda Ficek, director of Instructional Technology, will
again conduct technology workshops for faculty and staff this spring. There
are two workshop series, each using a different development tool for creating
Web pages, and three one-session workshops on specific Web topics.
Register for all workshops with Continuing Studies by
calling 236-2182, or faxing your registration to 287-5030; include your
name, campus phone number, the workshop(s) you wish to attend and the method
of payment you wish to use when registering. Please note all workshops
are non-credit only, thus, faculty & staff tuition waivers are not
applicable.
1 ) Web Page Development Using FrontPage98 (4 sessions
(no workshop credit))
Time: 9 ? 10 a.m., Dates: February 1, 3, 8, & 10
Location: LIT Center (2nd floor of the library)
Cost: $20 for the series (payment may be by credit card,
check or may be billed to a campus department)
This workshop will be taught by Rhonda Ficek. Participants
must apply for an MSU Web page account and indicate they will be using
FrontPage software prior to the start of class; see instructions below
for applying for an MSU Web account.* This is a beginning level class;
no prior knowledge of web development is needed. Preregister with Continuing
Studies by January 27th.
2) Web Page Development Using Netscape (Beginning Level)
(4 sessions (no workshop credit))
Time: 12 noon ? 1 p.m., Dates February 1, 3, 8, &
10 Location: LIT Center (2nd floor of the library)
Cost: $20 for the series (payment may be by credit card,
check or may be billed to a campus department)
This workshop will be taught by Rhonda Ficek. Participants
must apply for an MSU Web page account prior to the start of class; see
instructions below for applying for an MSU Web account. * This is a beginning
level class; no prior knowledge of web development is needed. Preregister
with Continuing Studies by January 27th.
3) Creating Forms for the Web Using Front Page (1 session)
Time: 9 ? 10 a.m. or 12 noon—1 p.m.
Date: February 5th Location: LIT Center (2nd floor of
the library)
Cost: $5 (payment may be by credit card, check or may
be billed to a campus department)
This workshop covers the creation of forms for the Web
using the FrontPage software program. A beginning knowledge of FrontPage
is prerequisite.
4) Web Page Development: Using Frames
(1 session)
Time: 9 ? 10a.m. or 12 noon—1 p.m.
Date: February 12th Location: LIT Center (2nd floor of
the library)
Cost: $5 (payment may be by credit card, check or may
be billed to a campus department)
Frames can be used to organize your Web page ? this format
uses a table of contents on the left side of the screen and allows the
right side of the screen to change based on what is chosen on the table
of contents.
5) Using Web Board for Class Discussions
(1 session)
Time: 9 ? 10 a.m. or 12 noon—1 p.m.
Date: February 15th Location: LIT Center (2nd floor of
the library)
Cost: $5 (payment may be by credit card, check or may
be billed to a campus department)
This workshop will introduce you to the Web Board software
environment and how it may be used for class discussions.
* An MSU Web account application form may be found online
by selecting "MSU Internet Policies & Disclaimer" at the bottom of
the MSU Home Page. Then, scroll down and choose "Application for Faculty/Employee
Home Page;" you may also want to review the Help Document for Faculty/Employee
Home Page Application." You complete most of the form online, print it
out and send it to JoDee Haugrud in the Computer Center.
FACULTY DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP:
USING CD ROM PORTFOLIOS FOR
STUDENT ASSESSMENT ON JAN. 28
A faculty development session, Using CD ROMs Portfolios
for Student Assessment, will be held from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan.
28 in the new computer lab, Lommen 107. Presenter of the workshop will
be Terry Corwin, director of Instructional Technology, Valley City State
University.
Portfolios can have many purposes. Some allow the creator
(students) to assess their progress in a given course; others are a record
of all activities completed over a period of time (4-year college degree
portfolio). The CD-ROM portfolio does not replace the traditional resume,
but may be used with a resume to present one’s competencies and skills.
There is no single correct way to develop a portfolio.
Portfolios are flexible assessment and contemplation tools, adaptable to
many uses. The process involves collection, selection and reflection. This
workshop offers an organized, well-documented process by which participants
can begin implementing portfolios in higher education.
Workshop topics include:
Demonstration of portfolio projects,
Background on portfolios for use in student assessment
in general,
Purposeful discussion to help faculty assist students
in their development of clear objectives,
Guidance in the how-to process,
Suggestions for software and hardware needs
Discussion of faculty and student training needs to develop
necessary multimedia skills.
Assessment of the final product.
Corwin received his doctorate in Educational Technology
from Iowa State University. For the past four years she has directed a
Title III grant for Valley City State University. The grant is designed
to implement digital portfolios as a graduation requirement for all Valley
City State University students. Her position includes maintenance of a
multimedia lab on the campus, academic guidance in relation to the integration
of the University Abilities and SCANS Skills throughout the curriculum,
and the offering of workshops for students and faculty relative to technology.
The presentation is co-sponsored by the MSU Lead Faculty
Committee, Faculty Development Committee and the Education Department.
A brown bag luncheon discussion session will also be
held with Corwin during lunch on Jan. 28 from noon to 1 p.m. in the Special
Dining Room
(Room 121), Comstock Memorial Union. The topic
for discussion will be using CD ROM Portfolios for Student Assessment.
Bring a lunch and drop in anytime.
STRAND DEMONSTRATES CD-
ROM AUTHORING ON JAN. 21
Mark Strand, mass communications, will give a one-hour
demonstration on authoring CD-ROMs at 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21 in MacLean
Hall 260. He’ll share insights based on his experience with authoring a
textbook and accompanying CD-ROM for his classes in desktop publishing.
Strand will demonstrate Adobe Acrobat Exchange, a software
application for creating interactive online documents. Acrobat Exchange
converts documents created in any application to a portable document format
(PDF). PDFs can be read on any computer with Acrobat Reader, a free software
application that can be downloaded from the Internet. Acrobat also creates
hotlinks inside documents and links to other web sites.
Printed textbooks, such as Strand’s desktop publishing
text, with an interactive CD-ROM and links to web sites, are becoming more
common. Students in Strand’s MC 320 layout and typography classes are using
Acrobat and CD-ROMs to create interactive electronic resumes.
Last spring Strand received a small technology grant
from MSU to develop CD-ROMs for classroom use.
For more info on the CD-ROM demonstration, call him at
2855 or e-mail Strandm@mhd1.
AN INVITATION TO ALL FACULTY
A grant from the Rape and Abuse Crisis Center has made
it possible to bring a nationally recognized speaker to MSU. David Coleman
will address the issues of community building and healthy relationships.
Two programs are scheduled for Tuesday, February 23. From 4-6 p.m., David
Coleman will address the issue of building community at MSU. Within this
fun, interactive presentation he will discuss the issues of individual
and collective respect and responsibility.
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY FORUM TO HOST GUEST PRESENTER
FROM NDSU
Bill Cosgrove, professor of English at NDSU, will present
a paper titled "(De)Constructing Knowledge of the (Rear)Ra(n)ging Sea in
Stephen Crane's (Re)Open(ed) Boat, or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and
Love the Bomb(ast): A Postmodern Parody P[l]us(ill)An(imus) (P)An(egyric)
(Par)alysis" in Weld Library on Friday, January 22, at 3 p.m.
Dr. Cosgrove is a frequent reviewer of plays at the FMCT
and LCT, an impersonator of Mark Twain, and a presenter at the 1999 FM
Communiversity where Twain himself will make an appearance.
Guests are welcome to attend.
MSU STUDENT ART EXHIBITS
SHOW THROUGH JANUARY
An MSU student art exhibit will show through
Jan. 22 in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts gallery,
featuring drawings and paintings by Brooks West and drawings by Judy Christenson.
Another student exhibit opens Jan. 26 and runs through
Feb. 5. It will feature drawings by Peter Kuempel and photography by Belinda
Schilling. An opening reception will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday,
Jan. 28 in the gallery.
The exhibit is in partial fulfillment of a bachelor of
arts degree.
Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 10 a.m.-5
p.m. Friday; 1-5 p.m. Saturday; and
1-9 p.m. Sunday.
MSU DRAGON FITNESS CHALLENGE REMINDER
The MSU Dragon Fitness Challenge for spring semester
is currently underway. Memos were recently sent to all MSU staff and faculty.
Everyone is encouraged to participate. Get your registration forms in today!
This is a great way to utilize the excellent facilities at Nemzek, and
also help to lower your risk of early death and disease. If you have questions,
please call Todd Peters - 2050 or Deb Lewis - 2158. please note: If there
is an event scheduled at Nemzek (Monday - Friday), the hours for utilizing
the facilities will change. Please call Athletics at 2622 to make sure
the facilities are open when you want to workout!
ALSO… Please check out the State of Minnesota Employee
Health Promotion Bulletin Board located next to Human Resources. This bulletin
board provides employees with information on various types of health?related
issues. The theme for January/February is COPING WITH CHANGE. It features
information on how people react to change and identifies methods to approach
change in a positive way. It also provides tips on who to include when
building a support network. If you have ideas that you would like
to see addressed, please contact Deb Lewis in Human Resources at 2158.
NDPC COLLEGE COMMUNICATION
CONTEST OPEN TO MSU STUDENTS
The North Dakota Professional Communicators is now accepting
entries for its 1998-99 College Communications Contest. It’s open to college
communications students in North Dakota and Moorhead, Minn.
Eligible students must be enrolled in at least a
two-year college or university in North Dakota, or at
MSU or Concordia College. All entries must have been published, aired or
produced between
March 15, 1998 and March 14, 1999. Entries are not limited
to work produced for college or university organizations. All entries must
be received by the contest chair on or before March 17, 1999. Entries will
be judged by professional North Dakota communicators with expertise in
the category or categories they judge.
Contest classifications include Print Media, Photography,
Radio and Television, Print Advertising, Electronic Advertising, Fiction,
and Other Communications Materials (includes news releases, brochure, yearbook/annual
literary magazine, poster/flyer).
Please help spread the word. If you want copies of the
contest guidelines, contact Kristi Monson at monson@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu,
or call 2110.
The NDPC College Contest chair is Patty Hetland, phetland@eidebailly.com,
239-8636, or 2829 N. Second Street, Fargo, ND 58102.
PRESIDENT’S BALL
President Barden extends an invitation to all faculty
and staff to attend the President's Ball Friday, February 12 from 9 p.m.
to 12 p.m. This semi-formal event is free for MSU faculty, staff and students.
The Imperials will play ballroom dance music and refreshments will be served.
Whether you come to dance or just to listen, your presence will be appreciated.
This event is sponsored by the Cooperative Planning Team, MSU Alumni Office
and CAB. *Look for an invitation in your mailbox in the near future.
TWO PROGRAMS ANNOUNCED
SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
Two programs recently announced by the U.S. Information
Agency (USIA) should be met with enthusiasm in light of the increasing
demand for programs supporting the international exchange of scholars and
educators. These programs, announced in advance of the Institute for International
Education’s annual publication on international educational exchange, provide
further opportunity for collaboration and research between international
scholars and institutions.
USIA’s Summer Institutes in American Studies for Foreign
University Teachers Programs was announced in the November 6, 1998, Federal
Register. The program encourages public and private non-profit organizations
to submit applications to develop and implement post-graduate level American
Studies programs abroad. The academic programs should be designed to provide
foreign scholars and educators of American studies with an opportunity
to enhance their understanding of U.S. culture and to improve the quality
and sophistication of American studies programs at foreign universities.
The areas of study for the Summer Institutes program
include Contemporary American Literature, Change and Reform in American
History, Foundations of U.S. Foreign Policy, and the U.S. Constitution.
Applicant institutions should have demonstrated accomplishment in conducting
graduate programs for international scholars. Applications are due February
22. For more information, see the notice (63 FR 60044) or contact Richard
Taylor, USIA, 202/619-4557.
E-mail: rtaylor@usia.gov.
In addition, the Office of Academic Programs at
USI announced a competition under the NIS College and
University Partnerships Program. Designed to promote exchange between scholars
from the U.S. and the New Independent States (NIS), this program offers
the opportunity for research, collaboration, curriculum development, and
outreach for periods ranging from one week to one year. Applications are
due February 19, 1999. For eligibility, contact information, and requirements
on program content, see the November 13, 1998 notice (63 FR 63526) or http://e.usia.gov/education/rfps/.
For additional information, contact the Office of Academic
Programs; Advising, Teaching, and Specialized Programs Division; Specialized
Programs Brand (E/ASU), Room 349; U.S. Information Agency; 301 4th Street
SW; Washington, DC 20547. Phone: 202/619-4126.
SCHOOL INPUT NEEDED
FROM FARGO RESIDENTS
The Fargo Board of Education appointed a Citizen Advisory
Committee to review secondary school attendance areas and to develop recommendations
for boundary changes, a timetable to implement changes, and to explore
financing issues.
Fargo resident input is needed. The public is invited
to attend a Citizen Advisory Committee meeting on Thursday, Jan. 21 from
7 to 9 p.m. at the School Administration Building, 415 4th St. N. Residents
may submit comments in writing and present them as time allows at this
meeting. Or, you may submit your comments in writing and forward them to
Kristi Monson at monson@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu or mail them to Box 324.
Schools are facing increased federal mandates with decreased
funding. The state of North Dakota has decreased funding of local school
districts leading to an increase in local taxes. (State funding is approximately
40% while local funding is about 60%.) Members of the committee want to
clarify public priorities for educational funding. Some thoughts to consider:
* What are the most important considerations for defining
attendance areas? Is it important for elementary students to move to middle/secondary
schools with classmates? Is an equitable souci-economic mix important?
What factors of school size are most important—relationships, participation
in activities, advanced courses?
* How do you rank the important factors in defining school
attendance areas? Such as quality teachers, location to school from home,
classroom size, school size, access to technology, increased materials
for libraries and laboratories, etc.
* What kind of process for making decisions about school
attendance areas gives you the greatest confidence in the credibility of
the decisions?
The Citizen Advisory Committee welcomes your input.
NOTICE OF VACANCY
Position: Assistant or Associate Professor of ESL
Qualification: Master’s Degree in ESL or related field,
experience teaching ESL at the K-12 teaching, experience in or strong preparation
for teaching ESL methods courses. Good communications skills, native or
near native proficiency in English. Ability to work effectively within
and across academic units. Strong commitment to teaching all levels of
the undergraduate curriculum. PhD or ABD in ESL or related field. Fluency
in a second language.
Responsibilities: Teach courses in ESL methods, linguistics,
and English. Coordinate the ESL program, teach English composition for
non-native speakers. Develop ESL courses.
Apply to: Chair. ESL Search Committee, MA271, Moorhead
State University, Moorhead, MN 56563 Tel: 218-236-2916. Fax: 218-299-5983.
E-mail: halljohn@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu
Position: Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Qualifications: Required: ABD in anthropology/archaeology,
specialization in geoarchaeology. Commitment to excellence in teaching.
Able to supervise archaeological projects in field and lab settings
Responsibilities: Teach 12 credit hours/week on semester
schedule. Advise undergraduate anthropology/archaeology majors. Teach anthropology
major, including introductory course, various other courses in archaeology,
one course on fossil humans or another area of physical anthropology. Offer
training in some area of contemporary archaeological methods such as GIS/cartography
survey, remote sensing, or archaeometry along with soils/geomorphology.
Apply to: Michael Michlovic, Search Committee Chair,
Dept. of Sociology/Antrhopology, Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN.
56563. Phone: 218-236-2035. Fax: 218-236-2593. E-mail: micholovc@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu
Position: Dean of Social and Natural Sciences
Qualifications: Required, an earned doctorate,
record of successful collegiate administrative experience and college/university
teaching. Successful experience in supervising personnel. Effective skills
in interpersonal relations, oral and written communications, and analytical
and decision-making processes. A demonstrated commitment to collaborative
decision making.
Preferred, administrative or teaching experience in one
of the disciplines of the College. Experience with professional accreditation,
self-study processes, and assessment at the college or university level.
A record of successful grant writing or other external fund raising. Evidence
of effective interaction with state and national professional organizations.
Evidence of effective community involvement. Demonstrated support and enhancement
of diversity in both faculty and students. An ability to communicate intellectual
excitement to the college.
Responsibilities:
The Dean of Social and natural Sciences, one of five
Deans on the Academic Advisory Council, reports to the Vice President for
Academic Affairs. The Dean provides academic leadership and coordination
for the College consisting of Departments of Biology, Chemistry, Physics,
Math, Computer Science, Political Science, Sociology, Anthropology, Criminal
Justice, Speech Pathology, Geography and Psychology.
Apply to
Dr. Carol S. Dobitz, Chairperson, Search Committee, Moorhead
State University,
1107 7th Avenue South, Moorhead, MN. 56563
Position: Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Qualifications: ABD in anthropology, specialization
in cultural anthropology, strong commitment to teaching. Ph.D. desirable
(tenure not granted without Ph.D.), field work experience in Latin America,
Africa or Asia, background in culture and ecology.
Responsibilities: Teach 12 credit hours/week on semester
schedule. Advise undergraduate anthropology majors, teach courses in anthropology
major, and some combination a culture area course, development issues,
cultural geography and cross-cultural aging or language and culture. Other
duties include ongoing scholarly achievement, continuing professional preparation,
contributions to student growth and service to the university and community.
Apply to: Michael Michlovic, Search Committee Chair,
Dept. of Sociology/Anthropology, Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN
56563. Phone: 218-236-2035. Fax: 218-236-2593. E-mail: michlovc@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu
The Academic Policy Advisory Council is scheduled to
meet on Tuesday, January 19 at 4:00 p.m. in the Comstock Room, CMU 101.
AGENDA
1. Department of Mass Communications
Change course title of MC 375: Case Studies in Public
Relations ( 3 cr.) to: Case Studies in Organizational Public Relations.
(This item was tabled at the 11/17/98 APAC meeting.)
2. Department of Mathematics
Minor Change:
Change course level and title of MATH 263: Calculus III
(4 cr.) to MATH 323: Multi-Variable and Vector Calculus
(Materials submitted with the 12/15/98 APAC agenda.)
Change course level of MATH 129: Fundamentals of Applied
Mathematics ( 3 cr.) to MATH 229.
Change course level of MATH 134: Introduction to Probability
and Statistics (4 cr. ) to MATH 234.
Change course level of MATH 136: Applied Statistics (4
cr.) to MATH 236.
Change course level of MATH 138: Statistical Methods
(2 cr.) to MATH 238.
Change course level of MATH 203: Foundations of Number
Systems (3 cr.) to MATH 303.
Change course level of MATH 204: Informal Geometry (3
cr.) to MATH 304.
3. Department of CSIS
Major changes:
a. COMS Major: replace "One year of physical science
with lab" with:
BIO 111-114 OR
CHEM 150,155, 160, 165 OR
Physics 111-112 OR
Physics 200-201
b. CIS Major: Delete CSIS 448: Database Project (1 cr.)
from the list of requirements.
4. Department of Languages
Minor changes:
a. Change course level of LANG 340: Methods &
Materials in Teaching Foreign Languages ( 4 cr.) to, LANG 440/540.
(The Graduate Studies Committee approved this change
at their 11/4/98 meeting. Teacher Preparation Committee approved
this change at their 12/2/98 meeting.)
b. Change course level of SPAN 402: Survey of Spanish
Linguistics ( cr.) to, SPAN 402/502.
(The Graduate Studies Committee approved this change
at their 11/4/98 meeting.)
5. Department of Philosophy
Major Change
a. Philosophy Major: In the category of electives, change
"at least sixteen credits of electives, eight of which must be at the 300-level
or above" to, "ten of which must be at the 300 level or above."
Minor changes:
a. Change course level of PHIL 211: Morals and Medicine
( 3 cr.) to, PHIL 311
b. Change course level of PHIL 240: Symbolic Logic (3
cr.) to, PHIL 340
c. Change course level of PHIL 214: Introduction to Feminist
Theory ( 3 cr.) to, PHIL 314
6. Department of Accounting
Major Changes to be effective Fall 1999
a. Delete the following courses:
Acct 105: Law for Non-Business (2-3 cr.)
Acct 448: Tax Research (1-3 cr.)
Acct 351: Cost II (3 cr.)
Acct 465: Internal Auditing (2 cr.)
Acct 496: Senior Seminar (1 cr.)
b. Changes to the Accounting Major
c. Revise Accounting Minor for Business majors
d. Revise Accounting Minor for Non-Business majors
e. Minor Changes:
Change number, title and course description of ACCT 305:
Business Law I
(3 cr.) to, ACCT 307: Commercial Transactions
Change title and course description of ACCT 306: Business
Law II (3 cr.) to, Business Entities and Property.
Add Acct 315/Mgmt 370 or consent of instructor as prerequisites
for ACCT 330: Intermediate I (3 cr.)
Change title and course description of ACCT 350: Cost
Accounting I (3 cr.) to, Cost Accounting. Add prerequisites ACCT
315/Mgmt 370 or consent of instructor.
Change course number and course description of ACCT 370:
Accounting Information Systems (3 cr.) to, ACCT 315. Change prerequisites
to ACCT 230 & CSIS 103.
Change course description of ACCT 430/530: Advanced Accounting
(3 cr.)
Change course description of ACCT 431/531: Non-Profit
Accounting (3 cr.). Change prerequisites to ACCT 330 or consent of
instructor.
Change course description for ACCT 460/560: Audit I (3
cr.). Change prerequisites to ACCT 331 completed or concurrent.
Change prerequisite for ACCT 495/595: Advanced Topics
in Business Law (1-3 cr.) to ACCT 205 or consent of instructor.
7. Department of Speech/Language/Hearing Sciences
New Emphasis:
Pre-audiology Emphasis (Hearing Only)
8. Changing the "Pass/Fail" or "Pass/No Credit" letter
grade from "S" to "P" to report passing grades.
MISCELLANEA:
* David P. Eyler, Director of Percussion Studies for
the Tri-College University, was recently elected to the Board of Directors
of the Percussive Arts Society. The Percussive Arts Society is an international
organization of percussion students, teachers and professional percussionists.
Eyler is currently a member of the PAS College Pedagogy Committee and has
served as secretary of the Percussion Ensemble Committee for the last four
years. He is also the First Vice-President of the Minnesota Chapter of
PAS.
* Leonard Sliwoski, accounting and Small Business Development
Center, authored an article titled, "Reflections on Valuing S Corporations".
This article was published in the December, 1998 issue of the Business
Valuation Review.
* Dennis Jacobs, New Center, attended the American Association
of Physics Teachers conference in Anaheim, January 9-14. He gave a poster
presentation and discussion on science in the liberal arts.
* Kathleen Enz Finken, art history, attended the 100th
annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America in Washington,
D.C., where she presented a lecture titled, "Early Christian Painting in
the Catacomb of Callistus: The Rhetoric of Empire." The lecture was selected
for inclusion in a session devoted to Roman Late Antiquity.
* Manoj Athavale, business administration, will be presented
with the Best Paper in Banking award for his submission, "The impact of
the FDIC Improvement Act on the Too-Big-To-Fail doctrine", which is scheduled
to be presented at the Southwestern Finance Association conference, March
9-11, in Houston.
* George Davis, Regional Science Center, attended the
annual international meeting of the Association for the Education of Teachers
in Science in Austin, Texas, January 14-18. He co-presented a paper: Preparing
K-12 Teachers for Standards-Based Science and Math Instruction through
a Statewide Reform Project with Patricia Simpson of St. Cloud State University.
He also participated in a panel presentation: Informal Science Education:
The Full Monty!
FOURTH NASA GRANT HELPS (Continews
Jan. 17, 1999)
MSU PROF STUDY CHEMISTRY
OF MOLTEN ROCK ON MOON
Russ Colson, geology, has received another $30,000 grant
from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration--his fourth in four
years--to study the chemical behavior of molten rock under conditions found
on the Moon and Mars.
His study is expected to provide insight into the geological
changes that have taken place on other planets. Besides pure science, it
may also produce some practical applications on how glassy materials--molten
rock--can better be used on Earth. For example, hazardous waste might be
isolated within glass for long-term storage.
MSU chemistry professor Asoka Marisinghe collaborated
on this grant with Colson.
Also, Colson and MSU elementary education professor David
Cline just received an additional $7,800 grant from NASA’s education and
public outreach program to help area teachers involve their students in
NASA research and develop classroom science activities around it.
With a previous NASA grant, Colson equipped his laboratory
at MSU with a high-temperature furnace that can heat rock up to 2,500 degrees
Fahrenheit.
He also installed an electrochemical system that can
analyze the fundamental nature of high temperature materials.
The laboratory is now one of only a handful worldwide
using electrochemical methods to study the chemical behavior of molten
rock under very high temperatures.
FLORA FRICK LOUNGE, MACLEAN
CONFERENCE ROOM OPEN FEB. 1
The new Flora Frick Lounge and a new conference room
in MacLean Hall are expected to open Feb. 1.
Carpet will be installed in both rooms next week and
the vending machines from the old Owens Hall Lounge will be moved into
the new Frick Lounge.
VP David Crockett said that Frick Lounge will have seating
for about 80 people and will include four computers on the east wall so
visitors can check or send e-mail. The lounge is open to all students,
faculty and staff. Bring your lunch, build a community.
The new conference room in MacLean 268—once the President’s
Office and more recently used as a production room for Campus TV News—is
a homey little area that will accommodate meetings for about 12 to 16 people.
Hey, it even has a fireplace. It was created because of a shortage of meeting
space for MacLean Hall faculty. But anyone can schedule to use the room.
Just call Dave Holsen at 2586 or academic affairs.
CAMPUS SECURITY WILL
BE UNDER STAFFED
Mike Pehler, director of campus security, is having heart
valve replacement surgery Jan. 13 and should be out from five to six weeks.
That means the Campus Security department will be administratively understaffed
during that time. During his absence, contact Ryan Kapperud at Pehler’s
telephone, e-mail and cell phone numbers. He works noon to 8:30 p.m. Mondays
through Fridays. The normal Campus Security patrols and 24-hour dispatcher
will be maintained. If you have security concerns or need extraordinary
response, contact Vice President Butler @ 236-2171.
SAM MOVES TO MERITCARE
Cynthia "Sam" Booth, MSU’s head athletic trainer since
1987, has accepted a management position with MeritCare. She’ll supervise
all physical therapy sites for MeritCare. Wish her well.
STRAND DEMONSTRATES CD-
ROM AUTHORING ON JAN. 21
Mark Strand, mass communications, will give a one-hour
demonstration on authoring CD-ROMs at 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21 in MacLean
Hall 260. He’ll share insights based on his experience with authoring a
textbook and accompanying CD-ROM for his classes in desktop publishing.
Strand will demonstrate Adobe Acrobat Exchange, a software
application for creating interactive online documents. Acrobat Exchange
converts documents created in any application to a portable document format
(PDF). PDFs can be read on any computer with Acrobat Reader, a free software
application that can be downloaded from the Internet. Acrobat also creates
hotlinks inside documents and links to other web sites.
Printed textbooks, such as Strand’s desktop publishing
text, with an interactive CD-ROM and links to web sites, are becoming more
common. Students in Strand’s MC 320 Layout and Typography classes are using
Acrobat and
CD-ROMs to create interactive electronic resumes.
Last spring Strand received a small technology grant
from MSU to develop CD-ROMs for classroom use.
For more info on the CD-ROM demonstration, call him at
2855 or e-mail Strandm@mhd1.
NATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION GROUPS
CALL FOR NEW LOOK AT TENURE
Recapturing the obligations of tenure and adding more
accountability to sabbaticals are among the recommendations included in
a just-released study of faculty policies designed to help campuses address
the growing public concern about the efficiency, effectiveness and affordability
of public higher education.
The Faculty Policy Review Project, which was sponsored
by a coalition of Washington-based higher education associations coordinated
by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU),
produced nearly 50 recommendations in three policy areas: faculty employment,
development and review. The report, Facing Change: Building the Faculty
of the Future, is the result of more than a year's work by the associations,
seven state systems of public higher education and their representatives.
The report's executive summary states that, "Higher education
must learn to manage human resources better and indeed define, direct,
and deploy our intellectual resources with originality and attention to
evolving institutional missions."
Highlights from the report's recommendations follow.
I. Granting faculty tenure based primarily on length
of service, practiced by some institutions, should be eliminated. Higher
education institutions should value quality teaching in making tenure and
promotion decisions, as well as research and service, and institutions
should have post-tenure review systems in place.
Tenure was developed in American higher education to
provide the security that allows faculty members to seek truth and to speak
freely, a privilege at the heart of academic freedom. It is this academic
freedom that promotes independent views essential to advancing knowledge
in a democracy. The misperception among many is that tenure is the equivalent
of job security.
This view fails to take into account that tenure was
created as a strategy to protect academic freedom, and not to provide a
guarantee of continued employment for chronically low-performing faculty.
Historically, promotion and tenure decisions have depended
on the performance of faculty in teaching, research and service. The perception
exists, however that research is over-emphasized, diminishing the quality
of instruction.
The practice of post-tenure review (evaluating faculty
after tenure is granted) demonstrates higher education's commitment to
high levels of performance even within the guarantees of tenure. The report
notes that it can be an effective strategy for increasing public trust
in higher education. The report states that post-tenure review systems
must uphold the protection of academic freedom, and reflect established
minimum performance standards, below which continued employment cannot
be assured.
II. Institutions should support faculty development opportunities
in instructional technology and curriculum innovation.
Technology is a part of teaching and learning throughout
the nation's public colleges and universities. It has the potential to
transform and expand the higher education experience, but in some cases,
technology is not being used effectively. The introduction of instructional
technology requires faculty to continually learn new skills and devote
time to refining curricula to make full use of technology's capabilities.
Achieving this goal requires a fundamental change in the concept of professional
development and in how faculty are supported. The report notes that it
is sometimes unclear if either administrators or faculty fully understand
both the potential and challenge that technology presents.
III. Faculty sabbaticals should be more closely monitored.
In many respects, sabbaticals -- paid leave granted to
faculty to give them an opportunity to conduct scholarly work, improve
their teaching, develop curricula or enhance creative growth -- have not
changed substantially since they were established. There is a public concern
that the sabbatical project coincides with the faculty member's interest,
not necessarily university priorities. While there is oversight of sabbaticals,
consistency in accountability across higher education institutions is debatable.
Perhaps most troubling, there is a perception among the general public
and many decision-makers that sabbaticals are a "paid vacation" entitlement
for faculty.
IV. Institutions must make strategic decisions about
which accreditation they wish to pursue, and must select only those agencies
which recognize and support individual institutional missions and higher
education's mandate to attend to the changing world of learning and work.
Faculty performance is scrutinized in the context of
regional and professional accreditation that are determined against standards
designed largely by the sponsoring agency. Unfortunately, these standards
may be in conflict with the mission and goals of the campus under review.
Ideally, colleges and universities should only seek specialized accreditation
that are consistent with institutional and departmental missions, and emphasize
quality improvement.
Accrediting agencies are urged to join in active partnership
with higher education to develop standards that will enable institutions
to proactively address the challenges posed by distance learning, increasing
demands for accountability, vastly increased access, and commercial competition.
Simply satisfying standards will not enable the nation to enter the 21st
century with an educational system ready to meet the needs and challenges
of the people.
V. Part-time faculty should be compensated on the same
basis as equivalent full-time faculty, and should have faculty development
opportunities available to them.
Part-time faculty are important contributors to the higher
education enterprise. These faculty members often bring expertise that
would be difficult or economically unfeasible to duplicate through tenure-track
appointments. They also provide much needed flexibility in class scheduling.
However, institutional practices fail to reflect the value of part-time
faculty.
It is widely recognized in the higher education community
that compensation for part-time faculty is sub-standard and significantly
below equivalent levels for full-time faculty; frequently there is no medical
insurance or other standard benefits.
Part-time faculty should be fully integrated into the
campus environment and colleges and universities should have policies in
place which establish periodic formal evaluations for part-time and contract
faculty.
VI. Institutional mission and goals, especially diversity
goals, should guide faculty recruitment.
A growing body of research suggests that diversity within
educational institutions -- both in terms of the institutional community
and curricula -- increases opportunities for learning and future student
success. In addition, a planned approach to faculty recruitment that focuses
on institutional mission and strategic goals is a signal to various publics
that these are central to hiring decisions and that faculty recruitment
is one of the institutions highest priorities.
The sponsoring associations and systems of higher education
that contributed to this report are the American Association of State Colleges
and Universities (AASCU), The American Association of Community Colleges
(AACC), the American Council on Education (ACE), the Association of Governing
Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB), California State University,
State University System of Florida, State University of New York, University
System of Maryland, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, Pennsylvania
State System of Higher Education and the State College System of West Virginia.
Charles B. Reed, chancellor of the California State University,
chaired the Policy Council that supervised the project.
Copies of the report are available for $18 and discounts
are available for members of sponsoring associations. To order hardcopies
of the report, contact AASCU Publications by calling
202/293-7070. Electronic copies of the report are available
free from AASCU On Line at http://www.aascu.org/fpr.
DEADLINE APPROACHING FAST
The deadline for applications to teach First Year Experience
fall semester, 1999, is Friday,
January 15.
First Year Experience
Any instructional or service faculty member who is interested
in receiving application materials or has questions about teaching First
Year Experience is encouraged to call Paula Ahles at 299-5859
or e-mail her at ahles@mhd1.
CHILDREN’S AUTHOR
SPEAKS AT MSU JAN. 20
Children’s author and columnist Jane Kurtz will talk
about "The Truth of Fiction: Using Our Real Lives in Our Writing" at 4:30
p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20 in MSU’s Livingston Lord Library room 103. A book
sale and autographing will be held before and after the presentation in
the Library Porch.
Kurtz is the author of several multicultural books, including
the 1998 "The Stotyteller’s Beads," a story of two Ethiopian girls who
become refugees in the 1980s. Kirkus Reviews writes in the July issue of
School Library Journal: "The story is beautifully told in words and phrases
that enhance the exotic locale and situation of the two endangered girls,
who are richly portrayed."
Kurtz, a survivor of the 1997 flood in Grand Forks, expects
to release "River Friendly, River Wild" in the spring of 2000, which tells
of her experiences with the flood.
Born in Portland, Ore., Kurtz grew up in Ethiopia, where
her parents worked for the Presbyterian Church. She eventually returned
to the United States and after 10 years as a teacher, she published her
first picture book in 1990. In 1994 her career took off with the publication
of "Fire on the Mountain," a retelling of an Ethiopian folktale she’d learned
as a child. "Only a Pigeon," set in the city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,
is one of only a few picture books set in a contemporary African city."
Another book, "Miro in the Kingdom of the Sun," retells an Incan folktale,
which reflects her interest in world cultures.
Kurtz teaches English at the University of North Dakota
and writes a weekly children’s book review column for the Grand Forks Herald.
Her talk is sponsored by Alpha Upsilon Alpha, an honor
society of the International Reading Association.
PEDAGOGY OF PLACE
"Pedagogy of place occurs when subject mater, materials
and learning methods are drawn from the local community and region."
If this sounds intriguing, plan to attend the next faculty
development seminar to be led by Thomas Dean, New Center, Thursday, January
14,
Room 216, CMU, 3:30-5 p.m.
Pedagogy of place not only creates a sense of value in
and an attachment to the local and regional community, but also provides
a powerful context for the study of the larger national and global systems—ecological,
social, cultural, political, and economic, of which we are a part.
CENTER FOR BUSINESS NOVELL UPGRADE
We installed a new server for CB running Novell 4.11,
the most current network version. The new server replaces two servers in
CB. Pegasus mail does not run on Novell 4.11, so all CB e-mail addresses
changed to mhd1 from mhdcb. We will run Pegasus for a couple months and
will forward mail to the new accounts. You can find e-mail addresses for
all campus employees on MSU's Web page. All you do is click on Administrative
Information and then On-Line Phone/E-mail Directory. The following CB faculty
have new e-mail addresses.
Center for Business e-mail changes
Name email address
Dexter, Lee dexter@mhd1
MacDonald, Alan macdonal@mhd1
Maus, Marilyn drmaus@mhd1
McLean, Judy mclean@mhd1
Nordick, Larry nordick@mhd1
Pearce, Tom pearcet@mhd1
Roy, Sam roy@mhd1
Sanderson, George sanderg@mhd1
Sanderson, Marlane sanderm@mhd1
Streich, Judy streich@mhd1
Swenson, Jim swensnji@mhd1
Violet, Bill violetbi@mhd1
Vollmers, Clyde weberm@mhd1
Bridges Novell Upgrade
We are nearly completed with the conversion of Bridges
users (excluding CSIS) to a new Novell 4.11 server. All users in Bridges
will now be using mhd1 mail.
Murray Novell Upgrade
We are nearly completed with the conversion of Murray
(Nursing and New Center) to a new Novell 4.11 server. All users in Bridges
will now be using mhd1 mail.
Lommen 107 Lab
We completed the installation of computer cables for
the new Education lab in LO 107. Installation of the computers, printers
and servers should be completed in early January.
Macintosh Labs
The Frick 255 and LI 203 PowerMac labs were upgraded
over the semester break. A new G3 server was installed to serve both labs.
The Frick 255 and Computer Center AppleTalk zones were consolidated into
a single zone, named Frick, which serves both labs. The server software
was upgraded to AppleShareIP 6.0 and AtEase 5.0. These changes have increased
the speed of the PowerMacs noticeably.
The hard drives were rebuilt with an operating system
upgrade to OS 8.1. The Frick 255 lab, QuarkXPress 3.3 was upgraded to QuarkXPress
Passport 4.0 with QuarkImmedia, purchased by the Mass Communications department.
Once they are satisfied with the performance of the new version, we will
install the older version on the LI 203 PowerMacs.
Unisys Shutdown
The Unisys computer located at St. Cloud State University
will be turned off on June 30. Although most of our applications have already
been moved to MnSCU software, we still have some applications to convert.Data
General Shutdown
We own the Data General computer. Maintenance is paid
by MnSCU and is expensive. We still have some applications on the DG such
as work orders and room scheduling. There is no scheduled date for the
DG shutdown. However, users should be moving to mhd1 mail and using Word
for word processing.
New Web Server
We received a new computer to replace the current MSU
web server. We expect to convert to the new server during mid-semester
break.MnSCU Strategic Information Planning Team
Chancellor Morrie Anderson has created a planning team
to develop a MnSCU strategic plan for Information Technology. Les Bakke
has been appointed to serve on the team. The team will start its work in
late January.Netscape E-Mail & Calendar Training
Any campus user who needs training on Netscape e-mail
& calendar, please send a message to grondahl@mhd1 Please indicate
if you prefer a morning or afternoon session. Once we've determined the
demand, we'll advertise the sessions.
IMPORTANT PAYROLL INFORMATION
Changes in Net Pay on the January Payroll Warrants
January 15, 1999 Payroll Warrant
Federal and State Tax Withholding
Changes in federal and state tax tables will be effective
on this warrant. The amount of federal and state withholding for any employee
may increase or decrease depending on the employee's tax marital status,
withholding allowances, and amount of gross pay.
Charitable Contributions
This is the first warrant from which contributions that
were pledged in October will be deducted. If you find that the amount of
the contribution is not correct, or your deduction does not start as expected,
you must submit a written request to correct the problem. The request should
include the nature of problem, the employee name, social security number,
work phone number and signature. The request should be sent to:
Minnesota Department of Finance
Statewide Payroll Services
Attn: Charitable Deductions
658 Cedar St
Saint Paul, MN 55155
Or fax to: (651) 296-8325
Dependent Care and Medical/Dental Expense Account
New amounts that employees authorized for 1999 will be
deducted starting with this warrant. Dependent care and medical/dental
expense account deductions are exempt from federal, state, FICA, and Medicare
tax withholding, so if employees add, delete, or change the amounts, their
tax withholding will be affected. Summit Benefits Group should be contacted
at 1-800-300-1672 if you have questions about deduction amounts.
January 29, 1999 Payroll Warrant
Insurance
If the employee-paid portion of medical or dental insurance
has changed for 1999, the new amounts will be effective on this warrant.
An increase in employee-paid medical or dental insurance will decrease
federal, state, FICA, and Medicare tax withholding slightly. A decrease
in the deductions will increase tax withholding slightly. Employee-paid
insurance changes other than medical and dental will also be effective
on this warrant. However, other employee-paid insurance will not have an
effect on taxes.
The 1998 W-2’s are scheduled to be mailed from St. Paul
on January 21. They will be mailed to the address that your payroll warrant
or direct deposit advice is sent to. Please contact the Payroll Office
if you have any questions about the information listed above.
PRESIDENT’S BALL
President Barden extends an invitation to all faculty
and staff to attend the President's Ball Friday, February 12 from 9 p.m.
to midnight. This semi-formal event is free for MSU faculty, staff and
students. The Imperials will play ballroom dance music and refreshments
will be served. Whether you come to dance or just to listen, your presence
will be appreciated. This event is sponsored by the Cooperative Planning
Team, MSU Alumni Office and CAB.
Look for an invitation in your mailbox in the near future.
HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS
AND COMMUNITY BUILDING
A grant from the Rape and Abuse Crisis Center has made
it possible to bring a national speaker to campus to address the issues
of Community Building and Healthy Relationships. Two programs are scheduled
for Tuesday, February 23. From
4-6 p.m. David Coleman will address the issues of building
community at MSU. Within this fun, interactive presentation he will discuss
the issues of individual and collective respect and responsibility.
From 7:30-9 p.m. he will present information in a fun
and interactive format about healthy relationships. Woven within the presentation
will be information about the influence substances have on developing and
maintaining relationships.
David Coleman has received national and international
acclaim and has been selected by Campus Activities Today Magazine as the
National Lecture Program of the year. He has presented to standing room
only audiences across the country.
Both these sessions would be excellent extra credit options
for a variety of courses. If you are interested in offering these sessions
as extra credit and would like to have a mechanism in place to determine
who attends these events from your class, please call Mary at Hendrix Health
Promotion Office #2723.
TRAVEL, TEACH IN CHINA
Interested in traveling and teaching in China in Summer
1999? Join the Global Language Villages.
The Global Language Village experience consists of three
weeks in China, one for travel and two for teaching spoken English and
U.S. culture. You will be able to examine, firsthand, many facets of the
Chinese culture including its people, sites, businesses and more. Seventy-three
Americans have had this unique immersion growth opportunity. They are now
better prepared to understand and teach about other cultures. In 1999,
the number of staff will expand to over two hundred.
Beginning in July 1999, Global Language Villages will
be located in cities from northern to southern China. Travel experiences
will vary depending on the village location. Pre-village travel will center
around Shanghai, Beijing, or Canton.
Following the travel, participants will go to one of
fourteen cities selected to host a Global Language Village. They will spend
13 days working with other Americans and with Chinese teachers of English,
teaching Chinese students ages 10 - 18. Knowledge of the Chinese language
is not necessary. Initial cost is $1,950. American Global Language teachers
will receive Chinese and U.S. monetary refund amounting to $500, thus the
final cost will be less than $1,500. Travel from Fargo to China will be
in mid-July.
For more information and/or an application, contact Dr.
Sandra Gordon at 236-3580 at MSU or e-mail her at gordon@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu
OR contact Global Language Villages, Box 163, Concordia College, Moorhead,
MN 56562 or e-mail give@cord.edu
WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT GROUP
I am very pleased to announce an exciting new program
happening this semester at the MSU Women's Center. Barb Chisolm, an advanced
MSU student in paralegal studies, criminal justice and sociology, is going
to be facilitating a women's empowerment group that will meet at the Women's
Center. Barb is organizing this program as part of an independent study
course that she is taking. The group will involve short presentations and
discussion by all involved. Issues to be addressed include: taking responsibility,
power, setting and reaching goals, boundaries, self-image, relationships,
happiness, and putting the pieces of the puzzle together.
This group is open to any MSU student who is interested
in the topic of women's empowerment.
I hope you will consider taking advantage of this opportunity--come
to the first meeting and check it out! Please share this message with a
friend.
The first meeting will take place: Wednesday, January
13. 4:00-5:00 p.m.
MSU Women's Center, Maclean 171
(If you are interested in being involved, but this meeting
time doesn't work in your schedule, please e-mail me and let me know what
times would work on Tues, Wed, Thurs. Thanks.)
chishlmb@aol.com (Barb Chisolm ) or
womenctr@mhd1.moorhead.msus.ed (Heidi Bostic)
ROC SPECIALS AND EVENTS FOR JANUARY
OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT RENTAL SPECIALS
Jan. 8-10 Weekend Ski Package $5.00
Jan. 15-18 Martin Luther King Jr.: Rent Equipment for
3 days get the 4th day Free!
Jan. 22-24 Weekend Snow Shoe $3.00
Jan. 29-31 Weekend SkiPackage$5.00
Recreation Specials and Events in the ROC
Jan. 15 ROC Hours: 9am to 9pm
Jan. 16 ROC Hours: 12n to 9pm
Jan. 17 ROC Hours: 12n to 9pm
Jan. 5-15 Pool League Sign Up
Jan. 18-22 Pool League Starts
Jan. 31 Super Bowl Party in ROC: Big Screen TV, up to
four TVs in main pool area
Watch For: Winterfest, tournaments, Promo days (half
price video games), ROC the Mall, Outing Trips
Call us with questions or comments at: 236-2265
Visit our web site at - http://www.moorhead.msus.edu/~cmu/roc
Rec & Outing Center: Located in the CMU
MSU STUDENT ART EXHIBITS
SHOW THROUGH JANUARY
An MSU student art exhibit will show through
Jan. 22 in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts gallery,
featuring drawings and paintings by Brooks West and drawings by Judy Christenson.
Another student exhibit opens Jan. 26 and runs through
Feb. 5. It will feature drawings by Peter Kuempel and photography by Belinda
Schilling. An opening reception will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday,
Jan. 28 in the gallery.
The exhibit is in partial fulfillment of a bachelor of
arts degree.
Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 10 a.m.-5
p.m. Friday; 1-5 p.m. Saturday; and
1-9 p.m. Sunday.
STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE MINUTES
DECEMBER 1, 1998
Members Present: Bette Midgarden—Chairperson, V.J. Agarwal,
Ian Croatto, Iris Gill, Ted Gracyk, Martin Grindeland, Willie Hallford,
Doug Hamilton, Yvonne Johnson, Virginia Klenk, Darel Paulson, Melanie Nordick,
Mary Shimabukuro, Lila Hauge-Stoffel, Judy Strong, Barb Vellenga.
Committee discussion focused on two topics: 1) Process
to be used this spring to solicit campus input into the development of
the next set of Strategic Planning Goals, and 2) the proposed composition
of the Strategic Planning Committee.
Process which will lead to the next set of MSU Strategic
Planning Goal
s: While exact implementation details remain to be worked
out, it was agreed that the focus group model used during the NCA self-study
process will be followed this spring. A general invitation will be extended
to the campus community, inviting participation in a focus group. It may
be necessary to follow up with specific invitations once the volunteer
process has been completed. Each focus group will be representative of
the campus community, and it is desirable to have participation from persons
external to MSU, who have demonstrated a commitment to its future, on as
many of the groups as possible. Much discussion followed with regard to
how to accomplish the latter, but ultimately it was decided to invite members
from the Alumni/Foundation Board and from the President’s Advisory Board.
Doug Hamilton will apprise the Alumni/Foundation Board of the SPC conversation
at its upcoming meeting. Persons who participated in the NCA process commented
that they found it valuable and hoped that it would be repeated. Thus,
using the list of names of those persons could help the SPC fill out the
focus groups. The focus groups sessions will last 90 minutes, and be conducted
by teams of two SPC members, one serving as facilitator, and the other
responsible for note taking. Five teams of two persons appeared manageable,
with roughly 15 members in each focus group. The two-person teams will
need to attend a training session, and it was suggested that Kay Brown
possesses the necessary expertise and would do an excellent job. Moreover,
if each team is assigned four sessions, the SPC could reach 300 persons
through this process.
It will be important to provide participants background
information that would include the current goals, relevant demographic
and other information, the President’s long-range plan for the University,
and so on. A script must be prepared for the facilitator as well. We will
need to be specific about what the purpose of the exercise is, and think
carefully about how to communicate throughout the semester. Minutes of
each focus group could be placed on the web, and it is now easy to link
various web sites. The next set of Strategic Planning Goals must be developed
before spring commencement.
Proposed composition of the Strategic Planning Committee:
Consensus was to increase the size of the SPC, to minimize
the number of meetings of the whole, and to conduct the work of the group
through subcommittees based on interest and expertise. When possible, President
Barden should attend meetings of the whole, and a Steering Committee of
four or five should work with the SPC Chairperson to set agendas, and assist
the Chairperson with the demands of keeping the SPC focused and productive.
Strategic Planning Committee (29 members)
Vice President for Academic Affairs—Chairperson
11 Faculty Members, no two from the same department.
2 from each College and 3 at large. Four must be serving
chairpersons.
Assessment Coordinator
Faculty Development Coordinator2 MSUAASF, who bring different
expertise
Institutional Research Director
2 AFSCME, from different units
2 Students
Student Senate President
1 Alumni/Foundation Board
1 President’s Advisory Board
1 Dean
Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, serves
as SPC/SBC liaison
1 Administrative Affairs
1 Student Affairs
Executive Director of the Alumni Foundation
MISCELLANEA
* Melissa Mowry's, English, article "Class, Gender, and
Public Education: A Material History of the Academy," will be published
in the Spring issue of "Genders", a journal devoted to considering genders
and sexualities in relation to artistic, semiotic, political, literary,
social, ethnic, racial, economic, rhetorical and legal concerns.
* Shawn Dunkirk, chemistry, visited Perham High School
on December 18, to begin the development of a joint high school/MSU Environment
Project.
* A current exhibition at the Plains Art Museum features
the works of 64 of the region’s finest artists. Of those 64 artists, 25
of them have connections to MSU's Art Department either from current, retired,
or former faculty and current or former students. The exhibit runs through
February 14.
* Two articles by Jim Kaplan, languages, were accepted
for publication by the Swedish-American Historical Quarterly. Both articles
are on the writings of Swedish-American artist Birger Sandzen. One, "With
Paint Brush and Pen" will appear in April 1999, and "Coming from America:
Birger Sanzen’s Travel Narrative of 1905" will appear in April 2000. The
articles were written with research support form the Minnesota Humanities
Commission, the Swedish Institute, Stockholm, and MSU.
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