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10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday (March 31 issue)
MSU PARADES INNOVATIONS
IN CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGY
An array of 27 presentations and displays on "Innovations for Teaching with Technology" will be featured from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Thursday, April 1 in the student union.
Topics range from using PowerPoint and graphing calculators to paperless classrooms and creating a textbook from the Web.
The event is aimed at showing the community how technology is creating dramatic changes in classroom teaching. (See schedule attached to this week's Continews.)

NATIVE AMERICAN AUTHOR
GLANCY READS HERE  APRIL 1
Native American author Diane Glancy, who's published four novels and four collections of poetry, will read from her work at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 1 in King Hall Auditorium as a feature of MSU's Tom McGrath Visiting Writers Series.

She'll also talk on "The Writer's Craft" at 4 p.m. that same day in MSU's Library Porch.

Glancy, who teaches Native American literature and creative writing at Macalester College in St. Paul, has won a Minnesota Book Award and an American Book Award along with a host of other literary honors. Her most recent publications include the novels "Fuller Man" and "Flutie."

The majority of Glancy's work is based upon Native American life and how traditional values interact with modern America. She develops stories that focus on the oral traditions of her people, often switching narrative voices to create a living tapestry of Native American life.

Glancy, of Cherokee and English/German descent, grew up in Kansas City. She raised a family and earned a master's degree from the University of Iowa before launching her writing career. In her work, she often reflects on  the tensions between her Cherokee and European heritage.

MSU'S 4TH ANNUAL UNITY CONFERENCE
ON HISPANIC CULTURE SET APRIL 8-9
MSU's fourth annual Unity Conference focusing on Hispanic culture and families will be held Thursday and Friday, April 8 and 9, in the Comstock Memorial Union.

In the Cass-Clay area, Latinos are already the largest minority, having grown at the rate of 68% in Cass County and 49% in Clay County  between 1990 and 1997.

The conference, following the theme "Nuestra Historia: Life and Times of Latinos in the United States," begins at noon Thursday.  To register or for more information call Abner Arauza at 2721. Registrations will also be accepted the day of the conference. Cost is $20 for students, $40 for non-students.

Dr. Juan Garcia--a noted researcher, author, and historian-- will deliver the keynote address as well as present in two workshops: "Immigrants in the United States" and a historical overview of Latinos in the Midwest. Garcia is one of the leading authorities on Hispanic immigrants in the Midwest. He's vice president for academic affairs at the College of Saint Mary in Omaha.

Other speakers include:
_ Dr. Francisco Villarruel, who'll present two workshops: "Creating a Respectful Learning Environment for Latino Youth at Home and in School" and "The Evolving Latino Family."  Villarruel is a recognized authority on youth and family ecology associated with the Midwest Consortium for Latino Research. He's an assistant professor of family and child ecology at Michigan State University.
_ *Dr. Juan Andrade will lead a workshop on "Empowering the Latino Community."  He's president of the Hispanic Leadership Institute in Chicago. In 1998,  Andrade was the recipient of  the Lifetime Achievement Award from "Hispanic" magazine and the Distinguished Service Award from the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement. He was a member of the U.S. Presidential delegation to the inauguration of the President of El Salvador.
_  Dr. Raul Tovares will moderate a panel comprising students from area colleges and universities. He teaches psychology at the University of North Dakota.
_ Tomas Gonzales will address gang issues as they affect Latino youth and their families.  His personal experience includes gang activity, living in halfway houses, the Marines, and as the Gang Specialist at Evans Juvenile Detention Center in Edinburg, Texas, working with gang members.

The program includes a video, "500 Years of Chicano History," with follow-up discussion, a literary reading with local writers, a play, "Rosita's Jalapeno Kitchen", and the keynote dinner, which includes the Outstanding Latino Student Awards and performances by the traditional Latino band Kico Rangel Trio and the MSU Heritage Dancers.

CAMPUS CALENDAR ADDITIONS FOR APRIL
_ Local poet Tim Murphy will read from his collection of poems, "Deed of Gift," at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 20 in the MSU Library Porch as the feature of this year's Clarence "Soc" Glasrud annual lecture series. Murphy will also read from his translation in progress off "Beowulf" at 4 p.m. that same day in the Library Porch. His translation of "Beowulf," one of the oldest existing poems in the English language, has been described by New York Post reviewer as "like Dungeons and Dragons in Rap." Both events are free.
_ Josip Novakovich, a native Croatian, will read from his newest book, "Salvation and Other Disasters," a collection of stories about his homeland, at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 13 in MSU's Library Porch. He'll also discuss the war taking place in his native Yugoslavia at 4 p.m. that same day, also in the Library Porch.

ART EXHIBIT OPENS TUESDAY
An MSU student art exhibit featuring mixed media and graphic designs will be on display March 30-April 9 in the Roland Dille Center for the arts gallery. An opening reception will be held Thursday, April 1 from 4 to 6 p.m.

It will feature the works of Amy Bailey and Tim Moen (mixed media), and Nikki Willgohs (graphic design).

Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday; 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday; and 1 to 8 p.m. Sunday.

MSU STUDENT PRESENTS
GRAPHIC DESIGN PRESENTATION
Bret Hummel, an MSU senior art major, will deliver a graphic design presentation at 4 p.m. Thursday,  April 8 in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts room 165. It is in partial fulfillment of a BFA degree in graphic design.

STUDENT ACADEMIC CONFERENCE
SHOWCASES 105 PRESENTATIONS
The Student Academic Conference will showcase 105 student presentations from all across campus.  The conference begins at 11:30 a.m. sharp in the CMU Ballroom with the conference luncheon on Wednesday, April 14.

The luncheon will feature keynote speaker Shawn Dunkirk from chemistry with a panel of student respondents representing the four academic
divisions:  Kelly Rusk, Business & Industry; Michelle Redepenning, Arts & Humanities; Jen Brokke, Education & Human Services; and Jan Boe, Social & Natural Sciences.

To purchase tickets for the luncheon contact:  Ryan Sylvester at 236-2826 orsylvest@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu The student presentation will begin at 1:40 p.m. and will run simultaneously until 4:50 p.m.  Please visit the conference web site for session schedules, presentation titles, presentation abstracts, and lots of other valuable information.  http:/www.moorhead.msus.edu/acadconf/announcement.html

HITLER USED THE DISABLED TO LAUNCH
THE HOLOCAUST, MSU PROFESSOR SAYS
Hadamar, Grafeneck, Hartheim and Sonnenstein.

Not as notorious as Dachau, Auschwitz, Buchenwald or Treblinka.

"That's because these were institutions for Germany's physically and mentally disabled," said Mark Mostert, an MSU special education professor. "But they may as well have been concentration camps, because in the basement of these buildings the Nazis killed more than 400,000 children and adults."

The disabled were, as Hitler called them, 'life unworthy of life,'  Mostert said, economic burdens wasting national resources and interfering with Germany's quest for genetic perfection. But how did he convince the German population to accept his perverse intentions?

Last summer, Mostert spent three months at the University of Cologne where he lectured on special education topics and launched a research project to document what happened to disabled children under the Nazi regime.

Mostert will discuss some of his research at several area high schools in April  as part of an MSU Theatre outreach effort surrounding its  production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "The Diary of Anne Frank."

"When Hitler came to power in 1933, his idea of creating a genetically pure race was clear in his mind," Mostert said. "But he worried about what the public reaction would be to his final solution."

Slowly, insidiously and methodically, he began a propaganda campaign emphasizing racial purity and how the impure--Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, the disabled, anyone different--threatened Germany's future.

"By the mid-1930s," Mostert said, "Hitler signed an Institutional Sterilization Law, which allowed the government to sterilize women, and some men, with mental and physical defects. The goal: to protect the integrity of the gene pool."

But in 1938, he said,  Hitler found an opportunity that would eventually lead to the Holocaust, his first pretext for state sanctioned killing. It came at the request of a German family who begged Hitler to put to death their severely disabled daughter.

"They were called the Knauer family," Mostert said. "We don't know their first names. But in 1938 they made a personal plea to Hitler, which, I believe, opened the floodgates for genocide."

As Hitler's attending physician, Karl Brandt testified at the Nuremberg trails that he examined the Knauer child in a Leipzig hospital, describing the child as a "creatureborn blind, an idiot--at least it seemed to be an idiot--as it lacked one leg and part of an arm."

After the inspection, Hitler and Brandt decided to sanction the killing of the child.

In his trial testimony, Brandt emphasized that part of the rationale in this approach was to absolve the parents of any guilt or incrimination that they were responsible for the death of their child. Instead, the state would officially accept responsibility.

Said Mostert: "Death sanctioned, in other words, by the government."

The machinery was already in place. "Before the death of the Knauer child," Mostert said, "Hitler authorized Brandt to formally establish a state-sanctioned program to kill children suffering from physical and intellectual disabilities. He was just waiting for a loophole."

That, according to Mostert, was the line Hitler had to cross before he could embark on his ultimate goal. The dam had burst. The Knauer child became the catalyst for the Holocaust.

By 1938, in the midst of building a war machine, Hitler authorized the wholesale slaughter of the disabled. But he didn't make it public. "The institutions were perfect testing grounds, " Mostert said, "because the inmates were captives and they were isolated."

This is how it worked: Nazi busses with spray-painted windows pulled up to the these hospitals, loaded the patients, and then took them to centralized mental institutions such as Hadamar and Grafeneck. They were starved, they were shot, they were given lethal injections, Mostert said. "Then Nazi scientists began to experiment with lethal gases. That's when  they came up with their favorite, the odorless gas carbon dioxide. It would become the gas of choice when the Holocaust arrived."

To cover up this mass slaughter, Mostert said, the victim's relatives would receive a note in the mail stating, in effect: During a transfer to another institution, your loved one died of pneumonia. If you wish to receive their ashes, we'll ship them to you COD.

"It got a little dicey for Hitler when five or six families in a single town got the same letter," Mostert said.

The mass butchering of the disabled ended in 1941 when the Catholic Archbishop of Munster Clemens Graf Von Galen denounced Hitler from the pulpit for "killing our children."

Hitler and his cronies considered assassinating Von Galen, but instead pulled the plug on the program. The soldiers and scientists who ran the death chambers at the mental institutions were immediately transferred to concentration camps in Poland and Russia where their services were soon to be in demand.

"It makes you wonder," Mostert said, "what would have happened if more people publicly denounced Hitler."

During his visit to Germany last summer, Mostert discovered a special education system about a decade or two behind America's. "Disabled children are still separated, not mainstreamed. But the universities look to the United States as the leader in special education research."

In fact, the 3,000 special education students at the University of Cologne all read the leading United States text on the subject, "Exceptional Children" by Hallahan and Kauffman. "What's interesting is, they have to read it in English," Mostert said.

Mostert began his research after a visit to the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. A disillusionment with the current trends in special education spurred him on.

"There's a propensity now in special education to champion new, untested approaches without the benefit of research," he said. "So I've decided to take a real look at what happened to German society that so radically changed its attitude toward the disabled. I'm especially interested in the Knauer family. The goal is simple. We don't want to repeat those mistakes."

Area schools get special intro to the Holocaust
'DIARY OF ANNE FRANK'' RUNS APRIL 13-17
MSU theatre students and directors will bring the Holocaust to life for more than 200 area high school students as part of a theatre arts learning experience surrounding the university stage production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "The Diary of Anne Frank."

MSU's production of "The Diary of Anne Frank" is scheduled at 7:30 p.m. April 13-17 in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts thrust theatre. For tickets, call the MSU box office at 236-2271.

More than one million children under the age of 16 died in the Holocaust. Anne Frank was one of them.

Students from seven area high schools will attend a special workshop at their schools April 6-9 presented by MSU Director Susan Rabideau and her cast of players. It will include poetry and slides of children from the Holocaust. Cast members--costumed as concentration camp victims--will also speak in the first person about their lives before and during the war.

The students will also have the opportunity to see a free matinee of the full play at MSU on April 15.

Schedule of outreach programs:
Tuesday, April 6, 9:30 a.m.: Ben Franklin Junior High.
Tuesday, April 6, 12:30 p.m.: Normal County East in Twin Valley, Minn.
Wednesday, April 7, 8:30 a.m.: Ulen-Hitterdahl High School in Ulen.
Thursday, April 8, 8:30 a.m.: St. Mary's in Breckenridge.
Thursday, April 8, 1 p.m.: Wyndmere Public in Wyndmere, N.D
Friday, Aprilo 9, 9:30 a.m. Moorhead Junior High comes to MSU.

NATIVE AMERICAN BALLADEER,
STORYTELLER PERFORMS
AT MOORHEAD STATE  APRIL 19
Native American folk singer Jack Gladstone--a balladeer, storyteller and cultural ambassador--will both perform and lecture at MSU on Monday, April 19.

His 2 p.m. talk on "Buffalo Café: Cultural Change on the Northern Plains" and his 7 p.m. concert blending music and photographs are both scheduled in King Hall auditorium. They're free and open to the public.

A member of the Blackfeet tribe in Northwestern Montana, Gladstone has been playing guitar and writing songs since he was nine years old. He recently released his seventh album, an anthology entitled "Legacy."

Using creative metaphors, song and wit, Gladstone brings to light the American Indian world as it is today and as it was in the past.

The event is sponsored by MSU's multicultural affairs office, 236-3572.

MSU'S WIND ENSEMBLE GOES ON SPRING TOUR, PRESENTS HOME CONCERT APRIL 8 The MSU Wind Ensemble will begin their spring tour to the Duluth and Superior area April 6-7, and return for a home concert at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 8 in Weld Hall Auditorium.
The 52-member ensemble, directed by MSU music professor John Tesch, will perform a variety of literature, including a tribute to big bands. The home concert will feature Eric Dickson, Rapid City, S.D., and Aaron Vandermeer, Halstad, Minn., in a Concerto for Two Trumpets by Vivaldi.
MSU HOSTS INFORMATION MEETING ON GRADUATE NURSING PROGRAM MSU will host an information meeting for people interested in a graduate degree in nursing on Monday, April 19 from 5 to 7 p.m. in Murray Commons room 219 (15th St. and 9th Ave. S., Moorhead). Parking is available adjacent to the building.
The graduate program is a partnership model between the University of Minnesota and Moorhead State. Courses leading to a master of science degree in nursing from the U of M are available at MSU for more information, call the MSU nursing department at 218-236-4696 or 218-299-5877.

PARKING OPEN HEARING The PARKING OPEN HEARING has been scheduled for April 15, 1999, from the hours of 11 AM until 3 PM in Room 214 at the CMU. Proposed Regulations for the 1999-2000 academic year will be available from the Parking Office, Owens Hall, Room 209, beginning April 1. Comments and concerns can be addressed at the hearing.

CMU EASTER WEEKEND HOURS: Friday, April 2, CMU open 7-5; Offices open regular business hours; Etcetera Shop 10-4:30; Rec & Outing Center 12-4:30; Union Station 8-2 (LIMITED MENU).  Saturday, April 3, CMU open 12-5; Etcetera Shop 12:30-4:30; Rec & Outing Center 12:30-4:30. Sunday, April 4, CMU open 3-12; Copies Plus 5-9; Etcetera Shop 4-10; Deli Corner 5-9; Rec & Outing Center 4-11; The Compass 5-9. Note: KISE is open for food service Friday, Saturday and Sunday for cash customers as well as students on the board plan.

April 6, 1999 APAC Agenda
The Academic Policy Advisory Council is scheduled to meet on Tuesday, April 6 at 4:00 p.m. in the Comstock Room, CMU 101.
AGENDA

1. Language Department  Minor Changes:
 Change prerequisites of SPAN 312: Survey of Iberian Literature (4 cr.) to, Completion of Spanish 311.
 Change prerequisites of SPAN 314: Survey of Latin American Literature (4 cr.) to Completion of Spanish 311.
2. Business Administration Department Minor Change: Cross-list MGMT 428 with TECH 428:  Project Management  (3 cr.)
3. Multidisciplinary Studies: Minor Changes:
A.  Change number and course description of MDS 132: Human Sexuality (4 cr.) to: MDS 132A - 3 credits in Liberal Studies Division C MDS 132B - 1 credit in Liberal Studies Division B
b. Change number and course description of MDS 232: Women's Role & Socialization in the 19th & 20th Century America (4) to: MDS 232A - 2 credits in Liberal Studies Division C MDS 232B - 1 credit in Liberal Studies Division D1
c.   Change number and course description of MDS 205: Group Dynamics (4 cr.) to: MDS 205A - 2 credits in Liberal Studies Division C MDS 205B - 2 credits in Liberal Studies Division E
d. Add number, course description and prerequisite to MDS 123: Mathematical Ideas (2-4 cr.)  so the course may be offered by taking the 4 credit course or as follows: MDS 123A - 2 credits Fall Semester MDS 123B - 2 credits Spring Semester
4. Speech/Language/Hearing Sciences Department Major change:
a. Change course title, description and increase credits of SLHS 446: Clinical practicum:S/L (1 cr.) and SLHS 476: Clinical practicum:Aud (1 cr.) to: SLHS 446: Undergraduate clinical experience (3 cr.)
5. Speech/Language Pathology Program The following changes were approved at the 3/4/99 Graduate Studies Committee meeting.  These changes will increase the SLP Graduate Program credits from 40 to 48 total credits.
a. Change the number, title, course description and credits of the following courses: SLP 643: Agency practicum (1 cr.) SLP 644: University practicum: S/P (1 cr.) SLP 645: Hospital practicum (1 cr.) SLP 646: School practicum (1 cr.) SLP 669: Internship (4 cr.) SLP 676: Clinic practicum: audiology (1 cr.) TO: SLP 646: Graduate Clinical Experience (1-4 cr.) Only for Academic Year 1999-2000 SLP 646: Graduate Clinical Experience (3 cr.) - Beginning Academic Year 2000-2001 for graduate students starting the program.
6. Mass Communications Minor Changes:
a.  Change title of MC 405: Reporting of Public Affairs (3 cr.) to: Computer Assisted Reporting.
b. Change title and course description of MC 492: Journalism Workshop to: Online Journalism Workshop.
Major Changes:
a. Increase credits of MC 492: Online Journalism Workshop (1-2 cr.) to: 3 credits.
b. Change name of Integrated Journalism Emphasis to:  Online Journalism
c. Increase credits of Online Journalism Emphasis from 43 to 54 credits.
7. Technology Department
Minor Changes:
a. Change course description and prerequisite of TECH 328: Construction Planning and Scheduling (3 cr.)
Major Changes:
a. Increase credits of TECH 412: Senior Project from 2 credits to:  2-3 credits.  Change course description of TECH 412.
7. Technology Department (continued)
b. New Course Proposals:
1. TECH 321: Construction Cost Analysis (3 cr.)
2. TECH 422: Construction Law and Contracting (3 cr.)
3. TECH 426: Construction Project Control (3 cr.)
4. TECH 427: Construction Project Administration (3 cr.)
c. Industrial Technology Core Curriculum: Major changes:
1. Drop ACCT 231: Principles of Accounting II (3 cr.) from the IT Core Curriculum, thus reducing the number of credits in each option (Construction Management, Industrial Distribution, Industrial Management, and General Technology.)
2. Drop TECH 412: Senior Project (2 cr.) from the Industrial Distribution, Industrial Management, and General Technology Options.  Construction Management will retain TECH 412 and move the course to their technical course area.
These changes will decrease the total credits of the four Options in Industrial Technology:
Construction Management  from 69 to 66 credits
Industrial Distribution  from 64 to 59 credits
Industrial Management  from 62 to 57 credits
General Technology  from 65 to 60 credits
d. Construction Management Curriculum Changes
These curriculum changes will cause credits to increase from 69 to 76 credits.
8. Final Examination Policy Change
The APAC subcommittee (John Tandberg, Andrew Conteh and Richard Pemble) was appointed by APAC at the 2/3/98 meeting to review the current Final Examination Policy.  That APAC subcommittee submitted the recommendations listed below to the Admissions and Advising Committee for their review.
A. No student should be expected to write more than two final examinations on the same day during the Final Class Schedule.  Any student who has three exams on a single day as scheduled by the University may appeal to any of the instructors concerned to re-schedule one of the exams.  Should the instructor(s) be unwilling to re-schedule the examination, the student may appeal to the Academic Dean of the appropriate college.
B. The last examination given in a course during the semester must be given during the Final Class Schedule as scheduled by the University.  Classes must meet during the Final Class Schedule as scheduled by the University.  Any exceptions to this policy must be approved by the Academic Dean of the appropriate college.
C. The Sub-Committee was unable to agree on a policy about exams during the week preceding finals, but it is possible that #2 above may address some of the concerns about exams during the last week of the semester.
D. Reinstate "Dead Week" -- No major exams given during the last week of classes.
The Admissions and Advising Committee recommendation is: Items 1 and 2 are endorsed, Item 3 is just an explanation and not part of the policy, Item 4 was not endorsed.
MISCELLANEA
* Dr. Jan Vicar, Professor of Musicology at the Academy of Music in Prague and at the Palacky University in Olomouc, Czech Republic, will present a lecture on "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Prague" on April 7th at 10 a.m. in the Recital Hall, MSU Center for the Arts. Dr. Vicar is currently a Fulbright Scholar, working in the Department of Music at St. Cloud State University.  He is active as a music historian, composer, editor, performer, and critic, and  is a leading figure in Czec music studies.
* SuEllen Shaw, English Department., has received Second Place in the graduate division of the Women Studies Essay Contest for 1998. Her paper, "The Courage, Foresight, and Dedication of Three Women: Cora Smith, M. Beatrice Johnstone, and Ella Fulton, Their Contributions to UND and to North Dakota," was written for a class on Women Readers and Writers spring semester 1998.

CLASSIFIED MSU faculty member, presently on leave, looking for a sabbatical house or apt. for the coming year.  Need a place to store personal belongings from June 1.  Contact me--Dianne Farrell (in Oregon) at: (541) 745-5070 or e-mail  farrellj@ucs.orst.edu, 7250 NW Somerset Dr., Corvallis, OR 97330
Will House Sit: MSU professors will house sit for the 1999-2000 school year.  Non-smokers. No children or pets. Contact: Joe Fisher 2294 or 232-6693.
For Sale: Snowblower-Sears Craftsman, about 10 years old. 23", 5 HP, electric start. Runs well. Won't need it anymore!! $150 Call Arnie, ext. 2479 or 233-7760.
For Sale: Sofa with matching oversized chair and ottoman.  Great for apartment or lake home. Ivory daybed - sleigh style - like new. Would be cute in girl's room. Call Denise at 235-0248 after 5:00 p.m. or 2087 during the day.
 
 
 
 
 
 

MSU LECTURE EXPLORES
PROSPECT OF ELECTING
WOMAN PRESIDENT MARCH 30
Should a woman become president of the United States?
Laura Liswood, co-founder of the Council of Women World Leaders, will discuss that issue at
8 p.m. Tuesday, March 30 in MSU’s Comstock Memorial Union ballroom.
Her talk, free and open to the public, is a feature of MSU’s annual convocations lecturer program.
An author, speaker and advisor, Liswood has contributed to leadership in the women’s community for more than 20 years as a member of the International Women’s Forum, as a board member of First Women’s Bank of California and as a member of the Washington Women’s Political Caucus.
In 1997, she co-founded The White House Project, dedicated to electing a woman president of the United States. Liswood, who holds a Harvard MBA and a law degree from the University of California, Davis, is vice chair of the Council of Women World Leaders, which is composed of women presidents, prime ministers and heads of state.
Liswood’s most recent book and video documentary, "Women World Leaders," chronicles the contributions of current and former women heads of state.

COMMUNITY-CENTERED EDUCATION
LEADER SPEAKS AT MSU MARCH 25
Paul Theobald, dean of education at Wayne (Neb.) State College, will speak on "Recasting a Nation's Educational Theory" at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 25 in room Comstock Memorial Union 101.
Theobald is a national leader in the movement to re-infuse community values and community-centered activities in school curricula. With a deep knowledge of cultural and educational history and philosophy, he’s the author of two books, "Call School: Rural Education in the Midwest to 1918" (1995) and the 1997 critically acclaimed "Teaching the Commons: Place, Pride, and the Renewal of Community."
Theobald taught in Minnesota public schools for seven years. After receiving his Ph.D. in educational policy studies from the University of Illinois at Champaign, he served as an assistant professor of curriculum and instruction at
Texas A & M University, associate professor and head of the Department of Teacher Education at South Dakota State University (where he also founded the Program for Rural School and Community Renewal), and professor and director of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
Theobald's visit is sponsored by the MSU’s College of Education and Human Services and Faculty Development Committee. For more information, contact Thomas Dean at MSU’s New Center,
236-2955.

READING FROM FARGO NATIVE
G. RILEY MILLS’ NEW PLAY
SET MARCH 25 AT MSU
A dramatic reading from "The Great Egress," a new play by Chicago playwright G. Riley Mills, who was born and raised in Lewiston, Minn., begins at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 25 in MSU’s Library Porch. It will be performed by the local troupe, Theatre of the Invisible Guests, directed by Brian Hanson.
 Mills began writing for professional theatre at the age of 17 when his play "Ascending a Staircase to Nowhere" was produced at the Mixed Blood Theatre in Minneapolis. Since then his work has been produced by professional, college and high school theatres across the country.
In 1998, "Sawdust and Spangles" received the Joseph Jefferson Citation (Chicago’s Tony Award) for best new play. His latest script, "Streeterville," was commissioned by Chicago’s Lookingglass Theatre Company and was recently selected as one of 10 scripts to be presented as part of the 1999 Eugene O’Neill Midwest Plays Conference.
As an actor, Mills has appeared on a variety of television programs including "ER," "Early Editions" and "Missing Persons." Film credits include starring roles in "The Home Coming" for World Wide Pictures, "35 Miles from Normal," which premiered at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival, and the soon-to-be released indie "MUGz."
During his visit to MSU, sponsored by the Tom McGrath Visiting Writers Series and Visiting Scholars Committee, Mills will also lecture on the process of developing a play for production at
4 p.m. that same Thursday, also in the MSU Library Porch.

WEB REGISTRATION
Both Summer and Fall registrations will be conducted on the MnSCU Web Registration process. The MnSCU Web Registration has a slightly different appearance than the MSU Web, but the functions are essentially the same. However, there is one significant difference in the MnSCU Web process, and that is in the selection of relevant terms for course registration. MnSCU lists terms in a confusing way.....for instance, Spring 1999 is listed as Spring 1998-1999, and Summer 1999 is listed as two separate entities, "1st Summer Session 1999-2000" and "2nd Summer Session 1999-2000". The term labeled "2nd Summer Session" has relevance on some MnSCU campuses, but it DOES NOT have the same relevance at MSU. Moorhead State has two summer sessions but does not have two separate TERMS for Summer School, and the entry "2nd Summer Session 1999-2000" represents a different term and not just a second session of the same term.  MSU students and faculty MUST enter all their summer course selections and overrides in the term labeled "1st Summer Session 1999-2000." Do NOT post any course selections or overrides in the term labeled "2nd Summer Session."

UPCOMING CAMPUS ACTIVITIES BOARD EVENTS
* Fri. March 26, Casino Trip, Shooting Star Casino (Mahnomen, MN), $25 (includes free transportation, 1/2 off supper buffet, $25 in quarters) For ticket info. Chuck at 2264
* Sat. March 27, "Shakedown" Techno Dance,
8 p.m., CMU Ballroom, $3 w/food item $6 w/out, food items benefit the MN Food Share Drive, Shakedown to music mixed by the areas finest DJ's.
* Wed. March 31, Musician Todd Green,
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. CMU Main Lounge, FREE

PARKING OPEN HEARING APRIL 15
The annual Parking Opening Hearing is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, April 15 in
CMU 214. Proposed regulations for the 1999-2000 academic year will be available from the parking office in Owens Hall 209 beginning April 1. Comments and concerns can be addressed at the hearing.

MSU THEATRE PRESENTS
‘THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK’
APRIL 13-17 IN THRUST THEATRE
The Pulitzer Prize-winning play "The Diary of Anne Frank " by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett will be presented for five evening performances: Tuesday through Saturday, April 13-17 at
7:30 p.m. in the Thrust Stage Theatre of the Roland Dille Center for the Arts.
Ticket reservations may be made by calling the MSU Box Office at (218)236-2271. The box office ticket window, located in the Hansen Theatre Lobby of the Roland Dille Center for the Arts, is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. On days of performances the window is open from 10 a.m. to curtain time.
"The Diary of Anne Frank" is both moving and reaffirming to the human spirit. More than 1 million children under the age of 16 died in the Holocaust. The play is appropriate for children over the age
of ten.
Susan Rabideau, instructor of theatre arts at MSU, is production director for "The Diary of Anne Frank."  David M. Fillmore, Jr. is technical director, and Peter Vandervort is costume designer. Set designer is Carrie Andersen and production manager is Roray Hedges, with Darcy Bakkegard as production stage manager.
"The Diary of Anne Frank" is the final production in MSU Theatre’s 1998-99 season.

FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR INFORMATION
Jill Holsen in the International Programs Office has a copy of the latest Fulbright Scholar Program catalog and application form.
The African Studies Program at the UW-Madison announces grants to Africa-interested faculty in Wisconsin and other Upper Midwest States to allow scholars from two and four-year institutions to come to Madison to conduct research in the UW libraries and consult with Africa specialists based in the African studies Program there. Grants are in varying amounts depending upon travel costs and length of stay, but no award will exceed $900. Grants can be used during spring and summer 1999, but must be used before August 15. Contact Judy Strong for further information. Applications are due March 26.

MSU’S SPRING BLAST CANCELLED
MSU’s Spring Blast, scheduled for 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 31 in Weld Hall Auditorium, HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SPECIAL INVITATION FOR
MSU STUDENTS, STAFF AND FACULTY:
Date: March 28, 1999
Time: 10:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m.
Where: Etcetera Shop, Comstock Memorial Union
The Etcetera Shop would like to thank the MSU community for their continued patronage by inviting them to the Beanie Baby special event. Several of the new Beanie Babies will be available to purchase. Patrons will be allowed to purchase up to four of the new Beanie Babies. A valid MSU ID will be required for entrance into the store.

1997-99 BULLETINS
The number of current Bulletins in stock is limited, the Admissions Office will hold the remaining copies for new student registration. When requests for catalogs are received from prospective students, they will be given the following access options:
* MSU Web site for catalog and general university information
* Local schools and libraries should have copies for check-out
* Opportunity to be on the mailing list for the new 1999-01 Bulletin when it becomes available in the summer/fall.
Currently enrolled students needing catalog information may stop by the Admissions Office,
Owens 104, if they would like a copy made of a specific page or program. If your department has extra copies of the current bulletin, please consider donating them to Admissions for new student registration. Your help is greatly appreciated. Contact Jean Butler with any questions (2161).

DRAGON DAYS 1999
The Dragon Day programs offer new freshmen for the fall 1999 semester an opportunity to be academically advised and registered for their fall classes, as well as special orientation sessions for their families. Primary emphasis is given to the academic expectations of college and specific academic program requirements. The invitations to attend are now in the mail. Students will choose one of the following program dates:
Friday,      April 23       Monday,        June 28
Saturday,  April 24       Friday,          July 23
Friday,      June 25       Monday,       July 26
Saturday,  June 26       Wednesday, August 18
Each date is limited to a certain number of students, so students are encouraged to sign up as quickly as possible. If you would like more information about DRAGON DAYS, please contact Tex Claymore, the Program Coordinator, in the Admissions Office (2161).

MSU GRADUATE
RECITAL MARCH 28
An MSU graduate recital featuring mezzo soprano Katherine Ellingson will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 28 in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts Fox Recital Hall. Sandy Rawson will accompany on piano.
Featured will be works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gian Carlo Menotti and Johannes Brahms, among others.
Ellingson is also a vocal instructor at Valley City State University.
The recital is free and open to the public.

EVALUATING AND CITING WWW RESOURCES:
FREE LIBRARY WORKSHOPS, SPRING 1999
The following drop-in workshops are scheduled for Spring, 1999, to introduce the MSU community to the concept of evaluating and citing Internet resources. Participants will learn at least three criteria for evaluation, and will get hands-on practice in evaluating web sites for appropriateness for research. Participants will also learn how to cite Internet documents in APA and MLA Style. No registration necessary. All sessions will be held in Library 222, the LIT Center.
 Please select the session that best suits your schedule.
Tuesday, March 23   4-5 p.m.
Friday, March 26     12-1 p.m.
Monday, March 29  10-11 a.m.

FACULTY PIANO TRIO
PERFOMS MONDAY
Faculty piano trio recital by Alan Rawson, violin, Nathan Davis, cello, and Sandy Rawson, piano, performing works by Schubert and Dvorak, is scheduled at 8 p.m. Monday, March 29 in the
Fox Recital Hall.

FREE CRASH COURSE
ON JOB SEEKING
SET MARCH 25 AT MSU
A free three-hour crash course on how to conduct an assertive, independent, non-traditional job search meets from 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday, March 25 at MSU.
Open to the public, the session will cover how to find unadvertised job vacancies and suitable work situations. Also included will be a look at effective resume writing, personal marketing and interviewing techniques, plus behavioral interviewing now used by many companies.
The course is sponsored by MSU’s Career and Placement Services office and will meet in
CMU 101. For more information, call the MSU placement office at 236-2131. No pre-registration required.

20TH ANNUAL HENDRIX HEALTH FAIR
Spring into Action! Stop by the 20th Annual Hendrix Health Fair, Wednesday, April 7 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the CMU Ballroom. Get your blood pressure, cholesterol or hearing checked. There will be many great opportunities to pick up information, get a massage or sample some food. Prizes galore!!  We want to see you there. Sponsored by the Dakota Medical Foundation.

MSU STUDENTS EXHIBIT
ART MARCH 30-APRIL 9
A MSU senior art exhibit opens March 30 and runs through April 9 in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts gallery. Featured will be mixed media by Amy Bailey and Tim Moen, and graphic designs by Nikki Willgohs. The exhibit is in partial fulfillment of their bachelor of arts/science degree.
A reception will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 1 in the gallery.
Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday; 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday; and 1 to 8 p.m. Sunday.
* Amy Bailey is a 1992 graduate of Fergus Falls High School and is the daughter of Loren and Linda Bailey.
* Tim Moen is a 1987 graduate of West Fargo High School. He’s the son of Milton Moen.
* Nikki Willgohs is a 1989 graduate of Wahpeton High School and is the daughter of Terry Stallman. She lives in Cloquet.

CMU EASTER WEEKEND HOURS:
Friday, April 2, CMU open 7-5; Offices open regular business hours;
Etcetera Shop 10-4:30; Rec & Outing Center
12-4:30; Union Station 8-2 (LIMITED MENU).
Saturday, April 3, CMU open 12-5; Etcetera Shop 12:30-4:30; Rec & Outing Center 12:30-4:30.
Sunday, April 4, CMU open 3-12; Copies Plus 5-9; Etcetera Shop 4-10;
Deli Corner 5-9; Rec & Outing Center 4-11; The Compass 5-9.
Note: KISE is open for food service Friday, Saturday and Sunday for cash customers as well as students on the board plan.

STUDENT ACADEMIC CONFERENCE
The Student Academic Conference will showcase 105 student presentations from all across campus. The conference begins at 11:30 a.m. sharp in the CMU Ballroom with the conference luncheon on Wednesday, April 14.The luncheon will feature keynote speaker Dr. Shawn Dunkirk from Chemistry with a panel of student respondents representing the four academic divisions: Kelly Rusk, Business & Industry; Michelle Redepenning, Arts & Humanities; Jen Brokke, Education & Human Services; and Jan Boe, Social & Natural Sciences.
Luncheon Choices:
Vegetable Lasagna: $5.50
Lime Grilled Chicken with Pineapple Salsa and Rice Pilaf;  $6.00
Each comes with: Whole Green Beans and Baby Carrots, Dinner Rolls and Butter, Beverage, and Apple or Cherry Pie.
To purchase tickets for the luncheon contact:
Ryan Sylvester at 236-2826 or sylvest@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu
The student presentations will begin at 1:40 p.m. and will run simultaneously until 4:50 p.m. Please visit the conference web site for session schedules, presentation titles, presentation abstracts, and lots of other valuable information. http://www.moorhead.msus.edu/acadconf/announcement.html

APAC CANCELLED
The 3/30/99 APAC meeting will not be held.  The next APAC meeting is scheduled for April 6 at
4 p.m. in the Comstock Room. The submission deadline for that meeting is Thursday, 3/25/99.

VACANCY NOTICE
Position: Assistant Football Coach
Qualifications: Master’s degree required. Coaching experience required with college coaching preferred. Experience with strength training and conditioning required. Ability to coach the defensive line is needed.
Responsibilities: Applicant will be responsible for coaching the defensive line. Responsibilities will include the following: Practice preparations, assistance in game plan preparation, player evaluation, and involvement in the coaching of special teams. The position will include some recruiting of student-athletes and responsible for the development, supervision, and overall control of the total strength and conditioning program. There could be the possibility of other responsibilities as assigned by the Head Coach
Apply to:  Dr. Ralph Micheli, Head Football Coach, Chair ? Assistant Football Coach Search Committee; Nemzek Hall; Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN. 56563. For information call: (218) 236-299-5825.
Position: Assistant Professor/Instructor, tenure track
Qualifications: Masters degree in Special Education with licensure in Physical and Health Disabilities. Doctorate in Special Education required prior to tenure. Minimum two years teaching experience working with students  with physical and health disabilities. Knowledge of assistive technology including adaptive software, adaptive access for microcomputers’ and other adaptive equipment.
Responsibilities: Include developing and coordinating Physical and Health Disabilities Program. Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in Special Education and supervise field experiences in Physical Health Disabilities and other Special Education areas. Teaching other course work as matched with professional expertise. Contribution to student growth, advising, service to the university/community, and scholarly activity.
Apply to: Dr. Sue Severson, Chair of Special Education Search Committee, Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN  56563,
Phone: 218-236-3527: e-mail: severson@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu.
Position: Assistant Football Coach
Qualifications: Master’s degree required.
3-5 years coaching experience, with college coaching experience preferred. Experience with quarterbacks and/or wide receivers or running backs is necessary.
Responsibilities: applicant will be responsible for coaching the quarterbacks and/or wide receivers and running backs. Knowledge of the option game is preferred. There will be an opportunity of becoming the Offensive Coordinator depending on experience. Duties will include the following: Preparation of offensive game plan, coaching QB and/or RB/WR, practice preparation and player evaluation The position includes extensive recruiting of student-athletes with travel required. Assistance in coaching special teams is also required. The applicant will have other football-related duties as assigned by the Head Coach based on experience, which could include administrative and/or academic responsibilities. 0.33 will be funded by Athletics. The other 0.67 will be dependent upon candidates qualifications and available positions in academic or student affairs, or University services
Apply to: Ralph Micheli, Head football Coach, Chair-Assistant Football Coach Search Committee; Nemzek Hall; Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN. 56563. For information call:
218-236-2622. Fax:218-299-5825.
Position: Electronic Resources and Reference Librarian
Qualifications: Required: ALA accredited MLS, Two years academic library reference experience, experience in library instruction/staff training, experience in trouble-shooting and supporting library applications (LANs, CD-ROM networks, and Web pages), excellent oral and written communication skills. Desirable: Subject Masters
Responsibilities: The Electronic Resources and reference Librarian is responsible for coordinating and promoting the library’s local and remote electronic services. The Librarian is the primary liaison to the Computer Services Department, which provides technical support. The Librarian administers the Library’s web site, LAN applications and the CD-ROM network. The Librarian provides local software and hardware maintenance, online database searching, reference services (including evenings and weekends), and library instruction/staff training.
Apply to: Lawrence L. Reed, Chair, Library Search Committee; Moorhead State University, 1104 7th Ave S., Moorhead, MN 56563. Phone
218-236-2344; Fax 218-299-5924, e-mail:
 wengerk@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu; Vacancy Web Site: www.moorhead.msus.edu/vacancy/Index.htm; Library Homepage: www/moorhead.msus.edu/library/

MISCELLANIA
* Cliff Scheutte, counseling/placement services, recently made a presentation at the 16th annual Harold D. Murphy Counselor Professional Development Conference at Texas A & M University ? Commerce where he received his doctorate . His presentation was on "The High Maintenance College Student." His co-presenter was Henry Fulda, director of counseling at South Dakota State University. The conference was held on March 5. George Davis, Science Center; David Cline and Teresa Shume, Elementary and Early Childhood have received a $5,000 research grant from SciMathMN to pilot a qualitative research study using two instruments from the Salish Project to describe the teaching philosophy and practice of elementary and secondary science and math teachers. For the pilot project the MSU group will study several MSU student teachers as well as local MSU graduates who are in their first four years of teaching. The MSU grant is one of five such pilot projects funded statewide.
* Student Council for Exceptional Children (SCEC) members: Jennifer Brokke, Suzy Nelson, Erica Petersen, and Jennifer Meyer participated in the MN Council for Exceptional Children Conference in St. Paul on March 1 and 2, along with their advisor: Linda Svobodny. As local, state and national members of
SCEC & CEC, they assisted at registration and attended the conference as well as the Minnesota CEC Board of Directors meeting.
* The paper "Interplanetary Meteoroid Environment Model Update" has appeared in the January-February 1999 issue of Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. It was authored by Henry B. Garrett of the California Institute of Technology's Jet Propulsion Laboratory;
S.J. Drouilhet of the MSU Mathematics Department; John P. Oliver, of the University of Florida Astronomy Department; and
R.W. Evans of the OAO Corporation.
* Thomas Lane, Comstock Memorial Union, authored an article titled, "Unions Strive to Make Customer Service Part of Culture." The article was published in the March 1999 issue of the Association of College Unions International's periodical "The Bulletin."
 * Mary Larson, Coordinator of Student Health Promotion Programs, received a grant from the Dakota Medical Foundation for $3,160 to sponsor the Hendrix Health Fair.
* Andrew Conteh, political science, delivered on March 19 an invited lecture to faculty, staff, and students of the Creighton University School of Law in Omaha on "The Teaching of International Public Law in the Law School Curricula." International law, according to Conteh, in this country is frequently relegated to the group of "boutique courses" ? in part because of apparently rational calculations; in part because of pressure of "consumer" groups such as the various bar associations and committees of examiners; in part because of outdated jurisprudential conceptions about international law. The penetration of international systems into the domestic process, he notes, has gone so far that international law is no longer the prerogative of a small circle of lawyers practicing in New York and Washington. It is a feature of professional life to be reckoned with throughout the nation and the international community. The need to equip students and even practicing lawyers with conceptions and tools for dealing with global processes is more apparent today than ever.

CLASSIFIED
For Sale: three or four bedroom home, river lot, fireplace, large family room, South Moorhead. Contact Brad. Extension 4084 or 233-5618.
For Sale: well maintained, two bedroom, one bath, fenced yard, large deck, two car garage, fireplace, dishwasher, attractive landscaping, storage shed, across street from Village Green Park. Ideal for single person or a couple. 236-5842
For Sale: Vitamaster multi-exercise machine, like new: $125 Includes arm and leg weight exercises and stairmaster. Call Patrick (ext. 4642 or Suzanne (ext. 3970) for info.
 

35 MSU STUDENTS STUDY
IN EUROPE THIS SPRING
Thirty-five students will take part in an eight-week humanities study tour in Europe this spring through MSU. Five of those weeks will be spent at Oxford, England, followed by a three-week tour of major European cities.
The program, called Eurospring, is offered each year at MSU as part of a focus on international studies.
On the tour, running from March 18 through
May 13, students will spend most of their time at Wycliffe Hall in Oxford where they will enroll in courses and attend lectures on the Medieval period. They’ll also take several field trips to historic sites ranging from Stonehenge and Stratford-upon-Avon to the ancient Roman baths and Warwick Castle.
The European leg of their tour includes stops in Paris, Avignon, Florence, Rome, Salzburg, Amsterdam and, in Germany, Rothenburg ob der Tauber.
Before leaving, the students began a prep course the first half of this semester, which they will complete on tour and mail to their instructors. The tour will be led by MSU English professor Jill Frederick.
The following students are on the Eurospring roster: Molly Travers, Tommy Laing, Tim Holte, Kathleen Mulder, Becky Ludovissie, Kristi Johnson, Amanda Swanson, Jennifer Iveland, Katherine Jacobs, Mandy Davis, Eric Piela, Katie Reilly, Kara Kiley, Joan Olson, Michelle Abell, Jessica Varone, Julie Behr, Grant Moeckel, Camille Moeckel, Phillip Kelsven, Kelly Beaner, Stacey Gunderson, Crystal Gibbon, Jimmy Uhlir, Amanda Kadrmas, Carolyn Becker, Angie Santelli, Jason Gritti, Heather Love, Farrah Lick, Brenda Flyberg, Lesli Newton, Devin Harvey, Cheryl Stubbe and Sara Paquin.

SCCU MOVES TEMPORARY OFFICE
SPACE TO MSU
The State Capitol Federal Credit Union will open temporary office space in the Comstock Memorial Union main lounge, next to the Bakery, on March 3. Office hours will be Wednesday and Friday from 10:30 a.m. ? 1:00 p.m. the first two weeks in March. The next six weeks, hours will be Tuesdays and Fridays from 10:30 a.m. ? 1:00 p.m.
This service is provided in response to students who have requested to have a financial institution at MSU. Students, faculty, staff and alumni of Moorhead State University are eligible to become members of the State Capitol Federal Credit Union.
The services offered at the MSU site will be similar to those offered currently at the State Capitol Federal Credit Union Moorhead branch at 635 Center Ave. New membership applications, savings, checking, deposit checks, check account balances, transfer funds, make a check withdrawal, payroll deduction, loan applications, and visa applications are just a few of the services that will be offered. Stop by to see what SCCU can offer you.

15 MSU BUSINESS, ACCOUNTING STUDENTS
INDUCTED INTO DELTA MU DELTA
MSU’s accounting and business administration departments congratulate 15 students who’ve pursued excellence in their academic preparation for careers in business, earning membership in Delta Mu Delta.
Only about 5,000 students nationally are elected to lifetime membership in the honor society each year, which recognizes their academic achievements. Business majors who rank in the top 20 percent of the junior, senior or master’s classes at schools with Delta Mu Delta chapters are eligible for this lifetime membership.
Delta Mu Delta was founded in 1913 to promote higher scholarship in training for business careers. There are 170 chapters at colleges and universities throughout the nation with more than 85,000 lifetime members.
The following students were inducted into the MSU chapter of Delta Mu Delta at a spring ceremony: Betsy Boyer, Heidi Gregoire, Kristen Lee Handegaard, Dawn Healy, Luke Kraemer, Wanda Lackmann, Angie Larsen, John Lopez, Renee Mund, Sarah Niklaus, Heidi Opsahl, Suzanne Rehr, Erin Schloesser, Jennifer Willhite and Jacob Zimmerli.

CMU HOURS
Comstock Memorial Union will close at 5 p.m. on Friday, March 5, and remain closed Saturday, March 6 and Sunday, March 7. Hours for Spring break week are: CMU 7-5 p.m., Etcetera Shop
10-2 p.m., Pizza Hut 10:30-2 p.m., Union Station
8-2 p.m. (LIMITED MENU), with offices open regular business hours. Copies Plus, Information Center, Rec and Outing Center, Studio 1, and Underground will be CLOSED. CMU will be closed Saturday, March 13 but will be open 3-12 p.m. on Sunday, March 14, with Copies Plus open 5-9 p.m., Etcetera Shop 4-10 p.m., Deli Corner 4-9 p.m., Information Center 5-9 p.m., and Rec and Outing Center 4-11 p.m.

LIBRARY DISPLAY CASE
AND BULLETIN BOARD AVAILABLE
Would you like an opportunity to advertise an upcoming event? Do you have a collection you would like to share with the MSU community? All MSU faculty and staff members are invited to make use of the Library display case or to make suggestions about its use. The materials will be safe since the display case is locked and under direct observation of the circulation desk.
The large bulletin board in the circulation lobby may also be used in conjunction with the display case or separately. It is currently scheduled into March but will be available after that.
Contact Carole Schmidt, Circulation Librarian, 5818, for further details.

MSU MOCK TRIAL TEAM COMPETES
The MSU Mock Trial team participated in the North Central Regional Competition held at Macalester College, February 20-21. MSU had its best showing in several years, losing a narrow match to Hamline, then defeating Iowa Lakes College and the University of Minnesota-Morris, before losing its final match to St. Thomas, who advanced to the National Competition Tournament. MSU was also rewarded with an Outstanding Witness award, given to Naomi Bastian, for her portrayal of the plaintiff in the case, a grieving widow who lost her husband in a plane crash due to the negligent act of a big corporation. Melodrama lives! The students put in a lot of work in making this year’s team a success, and have high hopes for continued improvement as several of them will return to next year’s team. Special thanks go out to our attorney-coach, Michelle Winkus, of the Gunhus law firm, Moorhead, for her expertise and diligence.

MSU CONCERT CHOIR, CHAMBER
SINGERS SET SPRING TOUR SCHEDULE
The MSU Concert Choir and Chamber Singers will begin their spring tour March 3-6. The Concert Choir, comprised of 46 students, performs music from the Renaissance period through the 20th century. The Chamber Singers is comprised of eight members of the Concert Choir, and they perform a variety of music, including madrigals and folksongs. Dr. Charles Ruzicka directs both choirs.
The spring tour includes:
Fergus Falls High School,
Wednesday, March 3 @ 1:10 p.m.
St. Catherine’s Church, Milwaukee, Wisc.
Thursday, March 4 @ 7:30 p.m.
St. Wenceslaus Parish, Chicago, Ill.
Saturday, March 6 @ 6 p.m.
They’ll conclude their tour with a home concert Tuesday, March 16 at 8 p.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 218 Tenth Street South, Moorhead.
The concert is free and open to the public.

SPRING CLEAN UP
TEXTBOOK DEPARTMENT
Attention faculty: please announce in your classes that the MSU bookstore is beginning to return books to vendors. Students should purchase any textbooks for this semester as soon as possible to ensure availability. Your cooperation is appreciated.

EVALUATING AND CITING WWW RESOURCES
FREE LIBRARY WORKSHOPS, SPRING 1999
The following drop-in workshops are scheduled for Spring, 1999, to introduce the MSU community to the concept of evaluating and citing Internet resources. Participants will learn at least three criteria for evaluation, and will get hands-on practice in evaluating web sites for appropriateness for research. Participants will also learn how to cite Internet documents in APA and MLA Style. No registration necessary. All sessions will be held in Room 222, Library, the LIT Center. Please select the session that best suits your schedule.
Tuesday, March 23    4-5 p.m.
Friday,     March 26   12-1 p.m.
Monday,  March 29   10-11 a.m.

GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
The National Endowment for the Humanities announces a Fellowship for College Teachers and Independent Scholars program for Fellowships to provide up to $30,000 for college teachers to pursue six to 12 months of full-time independent study and research that will enhance their capacities as teachers and scholars. Program is designed for both beginning and experienced teachers whose chief responsibilities lie in teaching undergraduate students at institutions that do not have Ph.D. programs in the humanities. Next deadline is May 1.
See http://www.neh.gov/.
The National Collegiate for Inventors and Innovators Alliance Grants Program sponsors The Lemelson National Program which NCIIA awards multidisciplinary grants to faculty and students of member institutions for courses that promote invention, innovation and entrepreneurship. Grants fund work from the initial concept, through exploratory course work, to patenting, licensing and commercialization, and range from $1,000 to $20,000. Program funds curriculum development and provides for groups of students to work together to identify real-world problems, develop practical solutions, and commercialize their innovations. Next deadline: May 15. Web site: http://hamp.hampshire.edu/nciia/grant.html. Email: nciia@hampshire.edu.
The Seaver Institute announces a Grants Program which supports creative, innovative research projects in the following broad areas: arts and culture; education; public affairs; and science and medicine. Projects must offer the possibility of significant advances in their fields. Preference is given to collaborative efforts. Next deadline is
May 1.
The Snow (John Ben) Memorial Trust provides a Grants Program that supports for projects in the areas of community betterment, cultural programs, disabilities projects, and education improvements. Grants may fund pilot projects, graduate fellowships, research, equipment, capital projects, outreach programs, and conferences. Most grants range from $5,000 to $50,000. Next deadline is
May 1.
The U.S. Department of Education sponsors a Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program which provides fellowships to students of superior ability to pursue doctoral level or MFA graduate study in the arts, humanities or social sciences. Fellows are selected by a national board on the basis of demonstrated achievement and exceptional promise. Each fellow's institution receives a cost of instruction payment in lieu of tuition. Next deadline is
March 19.
See: www.ed.gov/offices/OPE/OHEP/iegps/javits.html for more details.
The U.S. Department of Education, Technological Innovation and Cooperation for Foreign Information Access agency provides grants to develop innovative techniques or programs using new electronic technologies to collect and distribute information on world regions and countries other than the U.S. In FY 99, ED expects to make five awards ranging from $95,000 to $225,000. See the 12/27/99 Federal Register. Next deadline is
March 17.
The Good Samaritan, Inc. Foundation sponsors a Grants Program. It supports research and demonstration projects in the following areas: the study and treatment of dyslexia; higher education; medicine; projects relating to Spain; improvement of the administration of justice; and protection of the environment. Recent grants have ranged in size from $1,000 to $60,000 with a few special grants in excess of $1 million. The Board of Directors meets to consider applications on or about the first Thursday in June and the third Thursday in November. Applicants should submit proposals at least four week prior to board meetings. Deadline is May 7.
The National Institutes of Health agency provides a Behavioral Science Track Awards for Rapid Transition (B-START) program which supports newly independent investigators who wish to do small-scale, exploratory (i.e., pilot) research projects across a wide variety of behavioral factors in alcohol abuse and its sequelae, including neurocognitive, cognitive and perceptual processes, and psychosocial influences such as, motivational, social and community factors. Both animal and human studies are encouraged. Also of interest are studies of alcohol abuse and its role in HIV/AIDS transmission. See the 1/22/99 NIH Guide, or www.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-99-043.html.
The Academic Research Enhancement Awards agency of the National Institutes of Health has competitive three-year renewable awards of up to $75,000 to support individual faculty research projects to strengthen the research environment of institutions that provide health-related baccalaureate training for research scientists, but have received less than $2 million in NIH funding for four or more of the last seven years. Deadline is May 25. See http://www.nih.gov/grants/funding/area.htm.
The National Science Foundation sponsors an Instructional Materials Development program which supports the development of strategies and materials for students and teachers to improve science, math and technology instruction at all levels, including K-12, preschool and 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 umber of subjects. Focus areas are assessing student learning; developing comprehensive math curricula; and increasing technology education. Preliminary proposals are required (due May 1). Full proposals are due on August 15. See www.ehr.nsf.gov/EHR/ESIE/programs.htm.
The National Science Foundation provides a Program for Gender Equality in Science, Math, Engineering, and Technology. It supports major projects to advance women's and girls' scientific, technical and mathematical interests and aptitudes (formerly called the Program for Women and Girls). Projects may involve curricula, model studies, conferences, and outreach activities. Institutional consortia are eligible. Proposal deadlines are February 1 for Planning Grants and Large Collaborative Projects and May 1, for Small Experimental Projects. Information Dissemination proposals are due at any time. See www.ehr.nsf.gov/EHR/HRD/index.htm.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) sponsors a Collaborative Linkage Grants program that promotes cooperation between research teams from NATO countries and Cooperation Partner countries. Funding is for reciprocal short visits abroad for four or five members of research teams for a period of one to two years. Priority areas include physical engineering science, life sciences, environmental and earth sciences, and security-related civil service. Deadlines differ according to which scientific area panel will review the application. The deadline is April 1. See http://www.nato.int/science/clg.htm.
The Smithsonian Institution has a Tropical Research Institute Fellowships program that supports short-term projects of 3 months or less at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Balboa, Panama. The main fields of research are ecology, behavior and evolution of terrestrial, and marine organisms, archeology, paleontology and human ecology. Most fellowships are awarded to graduate students, but awards are occasionally made to undergraduates and postdoctoral candidates. Next deadline is May 15. For guidelines and application, see http://www.si.edu/organiza/centers/stri/fellapp.htm.
The U.S. Department of Transportation sponsors a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program that supports innovative research by small businesses on all modes of transportation, in such general areas as (aviation) aircraft safety, aviation security, human factors, information technology, air traffic control, (highway research) pavements, planning, structures, as well as in various areas under the Federal Railroad Administration, the Maritime Administration and National Traffic Highway Safety Administration. Phase I is a project development phase, Phase II is an implementation phase, and Phase III is a non-federally supported production and marketing phase. Deadline is May 3. See www.volpe.dot.gov/sbir/.
The Weeden Foundation provides a Grant program that supports the protection of biodiversity and projects relating to population. Projects may range from those dealing with the protection of ecosystems and wildlife to those that raise the status of women and increase access to family planning. The foundation rarely funds films, individuals, conferences, or scientific research projects. Applicants should call for exact program deadline information. Deadline is May 15. See http://www.weedenfdn.org.

COLLABORATION FOR ADVANCEMENT
OF COLLEGE TEACHING AND LEARNING
REQUESTS PROPOSALS FOR TRAVELING WORKSHOPS
The Collaboration for the Advancement of College Teaching and Learning requests proposals for Traveling Workshops by March 15. The program provides opportunities for faculty, administrators, and staff to share their expertise with colleagues at Collaboration member institutions and beyond. Current proposals are for workshops to be developed for the 1999-2000 academic year. Proposals are to be for half or full-day workshops on topics that lend themselves to an interactive and cross-disciplinary format. They are particularly interested in the following topics: teaching large classes; academic advising; diversity and multiculturalism; assessment of student learning; integration of technology; experiential and service-learning; teaching and learning issues in specific disciplines. Any proposal dealing with teaching and learning in higher education will be considered. Cover Sheets and Directions are available in Owens 205 or email Strong@mhd1.

INTERDISCIPLINARY CURRICULUM
AND MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION
The first Robert Pattengale Saturday Symposium in Music Education, "Music of Many Cultures: Integrating Lessons of Many Disciplines," will be held on Saturday, March 20 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., in Weld Hall. Sponsored by the Department of Music, this Symposium is intended for all educators interested in learning to plan integrated lessons.
Dr. Claire W. McCoy and Dr. Sharon Davis Gratto, guest presenters, will offer practical approaches to multicultural education, curriculum integration, music education, collaboration with colleagues, and the Minnesota Graduation Standards. They will suggest methods of integrating music with language arts, history, art, and other subjects in ways that can preserve the authenticity, integrity, and vitality of world cultures. Featured will be music of the Shakers, West Africans, Gullah People of the Sea Islands, Native Americans, and the American Civil War.
Dr. McCoy’s ideas were recently published in the book Sound Ways of Knowing: Music in the Interdisciplinary Curriculum. An Associate Professor of Music at the University of Minnesota, she is also President of the Minnesota Music Educators Association and is currently serving on the advisory committee of the Council for Research in Music Education. Dr. Gratto, Associate Professor of Music at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania, directs the College's Chapel Choir and Flute Ensemble and has taught all grade levels of music, in Washington, D.C., Germany, Spain, and Nigeria. Featured at the Symposium will be her large collection of authentic music and musical instruments. Dr. Gratto will visit schools in Moorhead and Fargo on March 17-19.
Symposium registration cost is $10.00 (Students: $5.00). An optional box lunch is available for $5.25 for those registering by March 15.
For more information and for pre-registration forms, contact Dr. David J. Gonzol, Department of Music, 218-236-4607, dgonzol@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu, or visit the Symposium web site: http://www.moorhead.msus.edu/~music/ed/symposium.htm.
University credit is available. Workshop in Music Education (MUS 496/596, 1 credit) is offered on March 13 and 27 in conjunction with this Symposium. Topic title: Multicultural Music & Curricular Integration.
This Activity is funded in part by a grant from the Lake Region Arts Council through a Minnesota State Legislative appropriation. The Symposium is also supported in part by the MSU Cultural Diversity Events Fund, Moorhead Community Education, Fargo Public Schools, and by Eckroth Music. It is sponsored by the MSU Music Educators National Conference Collegiate Chapter, Black Student Alliance, and American Indian Student Association.

STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE
MINUTES
February 17, 1999  9-10:30 a.m. - CMU 205
Members Present: Vijendra Agarwal, Harleigh Brown, Steve Butler, Beth Connor, Nathan Davis, Iris Gill, Ted Gracyk, Martin Grindeland, Steve Grineski, Doug Hamilton, Yvonne Johnson, Joel Powell, Mark Rice, Mary Shimabukuro, Wade Swenson, Barbara Vallenga, Ian Crotto, Judy Strong, Jeanne Seigel.
Members Absent: Bette Midgarden, Richard Bynum, Brittney Chenault, Karen Danbom, Ernest Hallford, Lila Hauge-Stoffel, Melanie Nordick, Darel Paulson, Christine Hartman, Robert Roel.
1. The meeting was Co-chaired by Ted Gracyk and Judy Strong due to illness of Vice President Midgarden.  All present introduced themselves.
2. The purpose and history of Strategic Planning were discussed.  Recent changes were also described.  Materials were distributed including the Kerry Fine Report to the Minnesota House; the material from the 1996 President’s Retreat as an example of a good SWOT analysis; and an article on Minnesota Tuition Reciprocity.  Discussion included the differences between long range and strategic planning and the importance of good environmental scanning for the latter.  The task of this group is to develop a recommendation to the President for the next set of strategic goals for Moorhead State University.
3. Strategic Planning Steering Committee ? Volunteers were Ted, Barb, VJ, Wade, Harleigh, Jeanne, Judy
4. Facilitation Teams -Teams are to do four focus group sessions of 15 participants each.
* Facilitator Volunteers ? Martin, Mary, Nathan, Wade
* Note-taker Volunteers - Iris, Yvonne, Mark, Judy
* Vijendra suggested that if a schedule of data and times were established, that some might be available for note-taking at some times even if they could not commit to all four sessions.
5. Working Groups and Communications Subcommittee
* Group 1 Create Focus Groups ? Steve G (convenor), Wade, Beth, Harleigh, Jeanne
* Group 2 - Prepare Scripts for focus groups - Martin (convenor), Steve B., Ian, Joel (each would like copies of materials from the 1998 and 1997 President’s Retreat)
* Group 3 - Compile information from focus groups ? Ted (convenor), Barb, VJ, Nathan
* Communications Subcommittee ? Doug agreed to Chair, Judy, others needed.
6. There was further discussion of the task at hand and charges of each Group.  The meeting adjourned at 10:15.
REMINDER: Next Strategic Planning Committee Meeting is scheduled on Wednesday, March 17 at 9:00-10:30 a.m. in the Comstock Memorial Union, Room 205.
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MARCH 2, 1999 APAC AGENDA
The Academic Policy Advisory Council is scheduled to meet on Tuesday, March 2 at 4 p.m. in the Comstock Room, CMU 101.
AGENDA
1. SLHS Department
Major Change:
New Minor in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
1. Master of Liberal Arts
Major Changes:
a. New Course:
MLA 601: Liberal Arts Research Methods (1 cr.)
(This course was approved by the Graduate Studies Committee at their 2/10/99 meeting.)
b. Proposed Changes in the Master of Liberal Arts Program
1. Proposal to change the MLA Program from Plan B to Plan A but keep the total number of required credits at 32. (Plan A is 30 credits with a 4 credit thesis. Plan B is 32 credits with a 2 credit project.)
2. Change the minimum number of required 600-level courses from 23 credits to 16 credits.
3. Increase the number of transferable non-MLA graduate course credits from other accredited institutions from 9 to 12 credits.
4. Increase the number of transferable non-MLA graduate course credits from other Minnesota State Universities and Tri-College courses from 9 to 15 credits.
3. Paralegal Program:
a. Minor Changes:
Change course title of PARA 405: Methods & Materials in Estate Planning & Probate
(3 cr.) to, Estate Planning & Probate Methods.
Change course title of PARA 410: Methods & Materials in Litigation (3 cr.) to, Litigation Methods.
Change course title of PARA 415: Methods & Materials in Public Law (3 cr.) to, Public Law Methods
Change prerequisites of PARA 340: Evidence (3 cr.)
From: PARA 250: Legal Research & Writing I
To: PARA 251: Legal Research & Writing II
Add prerequisite to PARA 360: Law Office Systems ( 3 cr.)
Add: CSIS 103: Computer Applications for Business I
(subject to waiver by the instructor).
Remove a prerequisite from PARA 446: Estate, Gift & Trust Taxation (3 cr.)
Delete: ACCT 340: Introduction to Taxation
 b. Major Change:
Change in the Probate & Real Estate Emphasis
Add ACCT 441: Individual Income Tax
(3 cr.) as an elective within this emphasis.
4. Technology Department
Graphic Communications Curriculum Changes:
a. Minor changes:
Change the title and course description of TECH 150: Introduction to Graphic Communications (3cr.). New title will be: Survey of Graphic Communications Industry
b. Major changes:
1.Change the name of the Visual Option and the Production Option to:
Digital Design Option and Multimedia Development Option
2. Remove the following courses from the Graphic Communications Program:
TECH 259: Offset Printing (3 cr.)
TECH 318: Technical Illustration (3 cr.)
TECH 359: Virtual Reality (2 cr.)
TECH 412: Senior Project
TECH 450: Graphic Communications Survey (3 cr.)
3. Change the course title and increase the credits of TECH 358: Hypermedia Development: HTML, VRML (2 cr.) to, Web Authoring & Development (3 cr.)
4. Add the following new courses to the Graphic Communications Program:
TECH 256: Introduction to Multimedia
(3 cr.)
TECH 316: 3D Animation (3 cr.)
TECH 416: Advanced 3D Animation (3 cr.)
TECH 456: Advanced Multimedia/Web Authoring & Development (3 cr.)
TECH 459: Graphic Communications Final Project (6 cr.)
5. These changes will increase the Graphic Communications program by 11 credits.
5. FYE Program
Major Change:
Recommendation to change FYE from pass/fail to letter grading.

 MISCELLENEA:
* Joe Provost, chemistry, made a trip to the Twin Cities area on February 23 to recruit possible students for MSU chemistry.
* Andrew Conteh, political science, attended the 40th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association in Washington, D.C., from February 17-21 and presented a paper on "The 1899 Hague Conference." He was also a discussant on "Contending Approaches to Human Rights Law."
* Jon Offutt, former instructor of glassblowing at MSU, will present "From the Garage" an exhibit of new works in glass March 3-31 at the Creative Arts Studio, 1430 7th St. S. in Fargo. There will be a public reception on Saturday March 20 from 2-5 p.m., with a studio demonstration that day from 5:30-7:30 p.m.

CLASSIFIED
Wanted: Used expandable brown folders in good condition. Please bring to Kathy in the Copy Center Room 153, Flora Frick. Thank you.

MSU ARCHIVIST DETAILS EFFORTS (March 15 Continews)
OF N.D. BUSINESSMAN HERMAN STERN
IN SAVING 125 JEWS FROM HOLOCAUST
The travails of 15 German Jews who were rescued from Nazi persecution by the late North Dakota businessman Herman Stern is the focus of an MSU Deans’ Lecture by archivist Terry Shoptaugh at
3 p.m. Wednesday, March 17 in Weld Hall auditorium.
Shoptaugh, archivist for the Northwest Minnesota Historical Center at MSU, won last year’s State Historical Society of North Dakota’s Editor’s Award for an article he wrote for North Dakota History magazine called "You Have Been Kind Enough to Assist Me: Herman Stern’s Personal Crusade to Help German Jews, 1932-41."
His St. Patrick’s Day Deans’ Lecture will expand on that topic by following the lives of 15 people from three German families that Stern tried to help. Shoptaugh collected the information from correspondence, official documents and personal interviews.
When Stern died in 1980 at the age of 92, he was remembered for his successful line of Straus Clothing Stores, as the former president of the Greater North Dakota Association and as a longtime patron of the Boy Scouts of America.
"Few knew about his role in rescuing more than
125 Jews from Hitler’s Holocaust," Shoptaugh said. "Another 40 he tried to sponsor never made it, including two of Stern’s brothers who died in concentration camps."
Shoptaugh stumbled on a collection of Stern’s papers at the University of North Dakota library in Grand Forks while working on another project about Fargo-Moorhead businesses during WWII.
"That’s when I found Stern’s papers, more than 55 file folders on his efforts to bring German Jews to America," he said. "What surprised me was that there had been virtually no publicity about his efforts. He kept it in the family."
M.G. Straus immigrated to North Dakota in 1877, opening his first Strauss Clothing Store in Valley City. In 1902, he returned to Germany in search of a family member who would manage a new Straus store he planned to open in Casselton. He picked 14-year-old Herman Stern, his cousin, who came to Valley City the next year to apprentice before managing the Casselton expansion.
After Straus died, Shoptaugh said, the business was split between his widow, who moved to California, and Stern, who managed the stores until his death. Other Straus Clothing stores also opened in LaMoure, Carrington, Fargo and Grand Forks.
"You’d expect to find these kind of heroic efforts in Chicago and New York where large Jewish populations gathered, not in rural North Dakota," Shoptaugh said. "But the more I looked into it, the more of these kinds of noble actions I discovered in rural communities."

POETRY, SLIDES FROM
MSU PROFS’ NEW BOOK
‘AFFINITIES’ 8 P.M. THURSDAY
MSU profs Mark Vinz and Wayne Gudmundson will give a poetry reading and slide presentation at
8 p.m. Thursday, March 18 in King Hall Auditorium. The poems and photographs are from their new book, "Affinities," that was released this winter by Dacotah Territory Press.

STARTS MARCH 18…
MSU OPENS ITS 25TH ANNUAL
INTERNATIONAL FILM FEST
MSU opens its 25th annual International Film Festival Thursday, March 18 with Akira Kurosawa’s 1957 epic "Throne of Blood." It’s the first of nine foreign cinema masterpieces showing on campus this spring.
All films in the series begin at 7:30 p.m. in Weld Hall auditorium, except for one 2 p.m. Sunday matinee. Admission is $2. Non-English speaking films are subtitled.
Films scheduled:
* "Throne of Blood" (1957, Japanese) on Thursday, March 18. This film is an adaptation of Shakespeare’s "Macbeth" turned into a samurai epic. This spring’s film series is a tribute to Kurosawa, who died in 1998 after a 62-year film career.
 * "Rashomon" (1950, Japanese) on Friday, March 19. Four people involved in a violent rape-murder tell authorities their own perspectives of the horrendous events, delving deep into the mysteries of truth, perception and reality.
* "The Comedies of Max Linder" (1920s, French with live English translation) at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 21. French silent comic Linder’s fame overseas rivaled Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. Like his American counterparts, his humor is elegant and ironic.
* "Diary of a Lost Girl" (1929, German) Sunday, March 28. Directed by G.W. Pabst, this expressionistic film is an intimate portrait of the plights of a beautiful girl in war-torn Germany performed by American screen star Louise Brooks.
* "The Trial" (1962, French/ Italian/ German in English) Friday, April 9. Austrian writer Franz Kafka never finished his novel "The Trial," so Orson Welles did it for him on the silver screen. It’s a tale of red tape and big government starring Anthony Perkins in a quest for reason and sanity.
* "Romeo and Juliet" (1968, British/Italian in English) on Sunday, April 11. This Oscar-winning film by director Franco Zeffirelli taps into the recent Shakespearean craze. Color photography and opulent costumes help make this a classic.
Two Alfred Hitchcock films are showing back-to-back on Sunday, April 18:
* "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1934, English) starts at 7:30 p.m. In this film, starring Peter Lorre, Hitchcock turns a spy melodrama into a gripping tale of a family’s spiral into terror.
* "Secret Agent" (1936, English) starts at 9 p.m. This time Hitchcock mixes dry English humor with electrifying action in a suspense-thriller starring Madeleine Carroll and Sir John Gielgud.
The festival, directed by film studies specialist
Ted Larson, is sponsored by MSU International Films. For details, contact Larson at 236-4622.

AUTHOR DAVID WILLIAMSON
READS HERE MONDAY, MARCH 22
Winnipeg fiction writer and essayist David Williamson reads from his work at 8 p.m. March 22 in the MSU Library Porch. His most recent book, "Accountable Advances," is a collection of short stories. He also co-authored a play with Carol Shields called "Anniversary."  The event is a feature of the Tom McGrath Visiting Writers Series.

WEB REGISTRATION REMINDER
In late December, MSU began using the MnSCU Web registration program. When you’re registering for summer or fall classes on the Web, if you’re using a computer on campus, follow the message that says "click here to continue." But, if you’re dialing into MSU from an off-campus location, please scroll down and click on the sentence that says "dial in access." You’ll connect more quickly and more cleanly to the MnSCU Web registration if you follow this procedure.

DO YOU NEED TO UPDATE
YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS?
As the Computer Center is updating campus Novell servers, all e-mail accounts are being moved to mhd1. MHDBR, MHDCB, MHDCC, MHDHA, MHDLO, MHDOW, MHDPR, and MHDNZ e-mail accounts are temporarily forwarding your login@mhd?? to your mhd1 account. The remaining LAN servers will be converted by the end of the semester. MHD5 (DG) accounts that have moved to mhd1 are also forwarded to mhd1. The DG forwards will go away later this year when the DG is shut down.
It is very important that you notify those who send you e-mail (especially listservs) of your new address as soon as possible. Please check your web pages to be sure that e-mail links go to mhd1.  Also, as you order new stationary, business cards, etc., check to be sure you are using your mhd1 address.
If you have any questions, please call the Computer Center at 2603.

MSU GETS ANOTHER $45,000
WCI GRANT FOR BUSINESS
CONSULTING IN MINNESOTA
MSU received a $45,000 grant from the West Central Initiative to provide business consulting services to entrepreneurs within the region. West Central Initiative is a public foundation located in Fergus Falls whose mission is to bring people and resources together. It’s a matching grant that involves contributions from MSU, Ottertail Power and at times other agencies ranging from the Minnesota Business Finance Company to the Department of Trade and Development. Under this grant, MSU’s Small Business Development Center agrees to provide more than 5,500 of consulting hours to entrepreneurs in Northwest and West Central Minnesota. The services range from writing business plans, structuring commercial loan packages, marketing studies, developing accounting systems and general business planning. MSU has received similar annual grants from the West Central Initiative for nearly a decade.

MSU HOSTS SERVICE LEARNING CONFERENCE
Mark your calendar for Friday, April 16th! The Service Learning Center and the Faculty Development Committee are presenting a one-day conference entitled: Service Learning Connections.  The conference theme reflects the connections between service-learning and the campus, the curriculum, and the community. Sessions include the following:
Building service into psychology courses
The Logistics of Implementing service learning
Outreach to the Community: The statistical and mathematical style
Campus-Community Partnerships
The Future of Service Learning
Outcomes Assessment
Service Learning and Composition
For more information, contact Kathy Scott, scottka@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu or
(218) 236-2174.

PATTENGALE SYMPOSIUM SATURDAY
The first Robert Pattengale Saturday Symposium in Music Education, "Music of Many Cultures: Integrating Lessons of Many Disciplines," will be held in Weld Hall on Saturday, March 20. This Symposium is intended for all educators interested in planning integrated lessons. Guest presenters Dr. Claire W. McCoy of the University of Minnesota and Dr. Sharon Davis Gratto of Gettysburg College will address the issues of multicultural education, music education, curriculum integration, and the Minnesota Graduation Standards. The web site for the Symposium is  <http://www.moorhead.msus.edu/~music/ed/symposium.htm>.
Music of various cultures and times will be featured, including music of the Shakers, West Africans, Gullah People of the Sea Islands, Native Americans, and the American Civil War. University credit is available for the allied course, MUS 496/596: Workshop in Music Education: Multicultural Music & Curricular Integration.
This Activity is funded in part by a grant from the Lake Region Arts Council through a Minnesota State Legislative appropriation. The Symposium is also supported in part by the MSU Cultural Diversity Events Fund, Moorhead Community Education, Fargo Public Schools, and by Eckroth Music. It is sponsored by the MSU Music Educators National Conference Collegiate Chapter, Black Student Alliance, and American Indian Student Association.

READING FROM FARGO NATIVE
G. RILEY MILLS’ NEW PLAY
SET MARCH 25 AT MSU
A dramatic reading from "The Great Egress," a new play by Chicago playwright G. Riley Mills, who was born and raised in Lewiston, Minn., begins at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 25 in MSU’s Library Porch. It will be performed by the local troupe, Theatre of the Invisible Guests, directed by Brian Hanson.
Mills began writing for professional theatre at the age of 17 when his play "Ascending a Staircase to Nowhere" was produced at the Mixed Blood Theatre in Minneapolis. Since then his work has been produced by professional, college and high school theatres across the country.
In 1998, "Sawdust and Spangles" received the Joseph Jefferson Citation (Chicago’s Tony Award) for best new play. His latest script, "Streeterville," was commissioned by Chicago’s Lookingglass Theatre Company and was recently selected as one of 10 scripts to be presented as part of the 1999 Eugene O’Neill Midwest Plays Conference.
As an actor, Mills has appeared on a variety of television programs including "ER," "Early Editions" and "Missing Persons." Film credits include starring roles in "The Home Coming" for World Wide Pictures, "35 Miles from Normal," which premiered at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival, and the soon-to-be released indie "MUGz."
During his visit to MSU, sponsored by the Tom McGrath Visiting Writers Series and Visiting Scholars Committee, Mills will also lecture on the process of developing a play for production at
2 p.m. that same Thursday, also in the MSU Library Porch.

MSU’S CLARK FINISHES SECOND
IN VAULT AT NCAA II INDOOR
Aaron Clark, an MSU junior, placed second in the women’s pole vault at the NCAA Division II National Indoor Track Championships in Indianapolis earlier this month. Clark set a school record of 11-113/4 and placed second to Jane McNeil of Abilene (TX) Christian, who vaulted 12-3. Clark was also named to the 1999 NCAA Indoor Track All-American team.

COACHING CHANGE IN
MEN’S BASKETBALL
MSU will hire a new coach for men’s basketball. Dave Schellhase’s term will end with the current academic year, according to an announcement released by the university’s advancement office. The search for his replacement will begin immediately. President Roland Barden says Schellhase will leave memories of exciting moments with his players and Dragon fans, the news release said.
Schellhase is completing a four-year fixed-term appointment as coach. He is also an assistant professor in MSU’s athletics department with teaching assignments in physical education.
Athletic director Katy Wilson says a new coach will set a new direction for men’s basketball. She will supervise the search.
Schellhase just completed his 19th season as the Dragon’s head coach, compiling a record of
298-240. Twice a consensus All-American and Academic All-American at Purdue University where he led the nation in scoring as a senior, he was a first round draft choice of the Chicago Bulls, where he played two seasons before earning his teaching degree. He spent two years as an assistant coach at NDSU before being hired by the Dragons.

SPRING NETWORKING DINNER
HOSTED BY TCU WOMEN
UNITED SET MARCH 18
Faculty, staff, and students from Concordia College, Moorhead State University, and North Dakota State University are invited to attend "The Spring Networking Dinner" sponsored by Tri-College Women United.
Date: Thursday, March 18
Time: 5:30 p.m. dinner *; 6:30 p.m. program
*reservations required for the dinner
Place: Kuntson Center Centrum, Concordia College
It will feature a panel discussion on "Life Journeys of Women in the Sciences." The keynote speakers will be: Heidi Manning, assistant professor of physics, CC; Judy Strong, associate vice president for academic affairs and former dean of the College of Social and Natural Sciences, MSU; and Deb Tomanek, associate professor, biology and science education, and director of the Center for Science and Mathematics Education, NDSU. Sharon Greeley, associate professor of food and nutrition, NDSU, will serve as moderator.
A report from the Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity officers from each campus will be included.
The dinner will feature cheese-stuffed shells in a marinara sauce and Waldorf salad. Faculty and staff tickets are $8 and student tickets are $4. All reservations must be paid in advance.
To make a reservation for the dinner, please contact your campus representative: at MSU,
Karen Vosburgh at 236-2803.
The program is free and open to all faculty, staff, and students from all three campuses. Doors for the program open at 6:10 p.m.
Bring a friend or sponsor a student's dinner!

MSU SPEECH TEAM WINS ‘EXCELLENT’ AWARD
The MSU speech team placed 10th out of
47 schools at the Pi Kappa Delta National Conference and Tournament this past weekend at North Dakota State University. Pi Kappa Delta is a national honorary society for speech and debate students.
In addition to the Excellent ranking earned by the team, several MSU students won "Excellent" or "Superior" awards in their events and two students placed in the top four in their categories.
Joe Edmister was second out of 86 students in Poetry Interpretation and fourth out of 127 students in Prose Interpretation, giving him Superior awards in those events. Edmister also received Excellent awards in Impromptu and After Dinner Speaking.  Nicolle Coequyt placed second out of 42 speakers in Communication Analysis, giving her a Superior award. Mike Welken received an Excellent award in Extemporaneous Speaking and Brenda Carlson received an Excellent award in Persuasion.
The MSU chapter of Pi Kappa Delta recently initiated three new members: Welken, Carlson, and Kristin Leadbetter. Officers for PKD are Coequyt, Edmister, and Brenda Probasco.
In other business at the conference, Tim Borchers was elected as Co-Faculty Adviser to the Student Advisory Committee of the Province of the Northern Lights.

COMMUNITY-CENTERED EDUCATION
LEADER SPEAKS AT MSU MARCH 25
Paul Theobald, dean of education at Wayne (Neb.) State College, will speak on "Recasting a Nation's Educational Theory" at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 25 in CMU 101.
Theobald is a national leader in the movement to reinfuse community values and community-centered activities in school curricula.  With a deep knowledge of cultural and educational history and philosophy, he’s the author of two books, "Call School: Rural Education in the Midwest to 1918" (1995) and the 1997 critically acclaimed "Teaching the Commons: Place, Pride, and the Renewal of Community."
Theobald taught in Minnesota public schools for seven years. After receiving his Ph.D. in educational policy studies from the University of Illinois at Champaign, he served as an assistant professor of curriculum and instruction at Texas A & M University, associate professor and head of the Department of Teacher Education at South Dakota State University (where he also founded the Program for Rural School and Community Renewal), and professor and director of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
Theobald's visit is sponsored by MSU’s College of Education and Human Services and Faculty Development Committee. For more information, contact Thomas Dean at MSU’s New Center,
236-2955.

ANDROMEDA GALAXY FEATURED AT
MSU PLANETARIUM THIS SPRING
The MSU Planetarium presents "Light Years from Andromeda" at 2 p.m. Sundays and 7 p.m. Mondays from March 22 through May 17.
The Andromeda Galaxy is the most distant object visible to the unaided eye and appears as a fuzzy spot. It’s 2 million light years away and includes more than 100 billion stars. Michael Dorn, Worf of Star Trek fame, narrates this story  about a galaxy that’s about the same size as our own, the Milky Way. The program also looks at the constellations of the night sky.
Admission is $3 for adults and $1.50 for children 12 and under, senior citizens and Tri-College Students. The Planetarium is located in Bridges Hall 167, near the intersection of 8th Avenue South and
11th Street in Moorhead. Call 236-3982 for details.

MSU SCIENCE CENTER
CELEBRATES THE
BEGINNING OF SPRING
The MSU Regional Science Center will celebrate the beginning of spring, or vernal equinox, on Sunday, March 21 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the MSU Planetarium.
Looking for spring activities will include a short planetarium show, a make-and-take activity, a video, and if weather permits, adventure walks looking for the "urban" signs of spring.
Bring the whole family and celebrate the end of winter. It’s free and open to the public.
The Planetarium is located in Bridges Hall 167, near the intersection of 8th Avenue South and 11th Street in Moorhead.

MSU JAZZ FEST FEATURES
GUEST GUITARIST FRED
HAMILTON, MSU ENSEMBLES
The MSU Jazz Fest, featuring guest guitarist Fred Hamilton, will be held Saturday, March 20 in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts Hansen Theatre.
This year’s festival will include performances by area college and high school jazz bands and master classes featuring Hamilton and members of the MSU jazz faculty. The festival will conclude with an 8 p.m. concert featuring Hamilton and MSU jazz ensembles, including the Jazz Ensemble I, Jazz Combo I, and Snowfire vocal jazz ensemble.
Hamilton is an associate professor of music in the jazz studies division of the University of North Texas, where he teaches guitar, jazz improvisation, and rhythm section master class and directs the guitar ensembles. He’s written columns for Guitar Player magazine and compositions for guitar ensemble, combo and big band, which are published by the University of Northern Colorado Jazz Press.
The evening concert is a tribute to Dr. James Condell, a specialist in jazz history and performance, who died last fall. Condell taught psychology at MSU from 1965 until retiring in 1992. He chaired the psychology department for 10 years. He also hosted a weekly radio jazz program on KDSU for seven years.
The concert is $5 for general admission and $2 for students.

MSU JURIED STUDENT
ART EXHIBIT OPENED MONDAY
MSU’s annual juried student art exhibition runs March 15-26 in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts gallery. An opening reception will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, March 18.
The exhibit features more than 100 works in all forms of media, including sculpture painting, photography, glass and printmaking. Three Juror’s Choice and five Honorable Mentions will be awarded.
This year’s juror is Laurel Reuter, director of the North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks. She’s considered an innovator in the arts on both regional and national levels. She’s exhibited and worked closely with contemporary, international artists at her museum, as well as supported local and regional artists.
A North Dakota native, Reuter co-authored a recent publication on fabric art, "The Whole Cloth," and the museum recently published a catalog documenting the 1997 flood, "Under the Whelming Tide."
Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday; 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday; and 1 to 8 p.m. Sunday.

NAME THE INFORMATION CENTER
The Comstock Memorial Union thanks everyone who entered the "Name the Information Center" contest. We received over 150 submissions, making the selection committee's decision very difficult. The CMU information center is now called "The Compass." Contest winners were Keli Schmilpfenig, Trisha Lohse, and Karla Scoville. The Compass will provide campus information, newspapers, faxing, stamps, mail drop, approval for posters hung in the CMU, and an assortment of candy and gum.

FRICK LOUNGE GRAND
OPENING MONDAY
The grand opening for the Frick 151 Lounge is set from 2 to 4 p.m. Monday, March 22. Show up with a few ideas for naming the new lounge. Refreshments will be served.

VACANCY NOTICE
Position: Assistant Football Coach
Date of Appointment: August 2, 1999
Qualifications: Master’s degree required. Coaching experience required with college coaching preferred. Experience with strength training and conditioning required. Ability to coach the defensive line is needed.
Responsibilities: Applicant will be responsible for coaching the defensive line. Responsibilities will include the following: Practice preparation, assistance in game plan preparation, player evaluation, and involvement in the coaching of special teams. The position will include some recruiting of student-athletes and responsible for the development, supervision, and overall control of the total strength and conditioning program. There could be the possibility of other responsibilities as assigned by the Head Coach. 0.33 will be funded by Athletics. The other 0.67 will be dependent upon candidates qualifications and available university positions in academic or student affairs., or University services.
Apply to: Dr. Ralph Michele, Head Football Coach, Chair ? Assistant Football Coach Search Committee; Nemzek Hall; Moorhead State University; Moorhead, MN 56563. For information call: (218)236-2622. Fax: (218) 299-5825
Position: Asst. Professor ? Finance, Pending Funding, 1 semester fixed term
Qualifications:
Required Masters degree in Finance or Business with university level teaching experience in Finance
Preferred: Candidate with ABD or Ph.D. in Finance and teaching experience in investments and corporate finance, with additional teaching interests in insurance, real estate, derivative securities or fixed income securities.
Responsibilities:
Teach 12 semester credit hours in undergraduate program.
Apply to:
Dr. Marsha Weber, Chair, Finance Search Committee, Box 328, Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN  56563. Phone # (218) 299-5834.  Fax # (218) 236-2238.
Position:
Assistant Professor of Management
(One (1) Year, Fixed Term) Pending Funding
Qualifications:
Minimum Required: MBA with prior successful teaching in Organizational Behavior. ABD with primary concentration in Organizational Behavior strongly preferred. Previous experience outside academia a plus.
Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will teach twelve (12) credits per semester during the regular academic year.  Anticipated needs include both the Introductory Principles of Management and Organizational Behavior courses.  Other responsibilities may include university service, student advising, and departmental committee work.
Apply to:
Prof. Jerome Kuperman, Search Committee Chair, Department of Business Administration, Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN 56563 Phone: (218) 236-4658 Fax: (218) 236-2238 e-mail: kuperman@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu
Position:
Assistant Director
Qualifications:
Required: Bachelor’s Degree, Public Relations or related experience. Knowledge of alumni relations, event management, fund raising, and coordination of volunteers. Strong interpersonal communication and writing skills. Ability to work independently
Preferred:
Knowledge of admissions process, Knowledge of desk-top publishing Knowledge of the Twin Cities metropolitan area
Responsibilities:
Responsible for overall activities and programs related to alumni of Moorhead State University in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. This person will create, preserve and strengthen relationships between the University and its alumni through events, services, communication and volunteer involvement. This person will also support admissions recruitment activities and serve as liaison for University officials attending Twin Cities meetings and events. The person selected will be located in the Twin Cities area.
Apply To: Betty Gunderson, Chair Search Committee, University Advancement, Box 336 - Moorhead State University Moorhead, MN 56563 Phone: (218) 236-2556 Fax: (218) 236-2370

APAC MINUTES
FEBRUARY 16, 1999
Members present: Reed, chair; Brown, Conteh, Dalhouse, Dobitz, Dunkirk, Enz Finken, Grineski, Jeppson, Klenk, Klindworth, Lane, Mowry, Ruth, Sanderson, Schmidt, Scholl, Shimabukuro, Smedman,
1. Nursing Department
Nursing faculty were present to field questions.
Major Changes:
Dropping Courses:
Shimabukuro moved and Sanderson seconded to approve dropping:
NURS 310: Interaction & Change (2 cr.)
NURS 310L: Interaction & Change Seminar (1 cr.)
Motion carried unanimously.
Dunkirk moved and Conteh seconded to approve dropping these courses:
NURS 321: Family as Client (2 cr.)
NURS 322: Community as Client (2 cr.)
Motion carried unanimously.
Ruth moved and Schmidt seconded to approve dropping:

NURS 345L: Health Promotion in the Community
(2 cr.)
Motion carried unanimously.
Shimabukuro moved and Sanderson seconded to approve dropping:
NURS 470: Issues & Trends in Professional Nursing (2 cr.)
Motion carried unanimously.
New Course:
Sanderson moved and Schmidt seconded to approve this course:
NURS 305: The Contemporary Professional Nurse (3 cr.)
This course replaces NURS 310 & 310L.
Motion carried unanimously.
Change in credits, catalogue description and prerequisites for the following courses:
Smedman moved and Mowry seconded to approve the changes to:
NURS 346: Community Based Nursing 1 credit to,
3 credits
Motion carried unanimously.
Shimabukuro moved and Smedman seconded to approve the changes to:
NURS 475L: Nursing Preceptorship 5 credits to
6 credits
Vellenga requested that the "L" be dropped from the course number.
The course number will be: NURS 475.
Motion carried unanimously.
Vellenga stated that these changes will increase the major to 41 credits effective Fall Semester, 1999 and that students would not be adversely affected by these changes. Conteh suggested that advisors be aware of this transition period so students are well advised.
The order of agenda items was changed because Donna Rosh had a 6:00 p.m. class to attend.
2. Sociology/Anthropology Department
Minor Change:
Change Liberal Studies Designation of Anthropology 110: Culture and Symbols from
C to F.
(The Liberal Studies Committee approved this request at their 2/1/99 meeting.)
The committee had no objection to this change.
3. F/F1 Task Force Recommendation
Donna Rosh was present to field questions regarding the F/F1 Task Force report. Task Force members are: Dieter Berninger, John Cooper, Virginia Klenk, Donna Rosh and Jim Svobodny. This Task Force reviewed information based on enrollments over the past four semesters in F and F1 courses and found there are currently enough slots to meet student needs in F and F1 except for one specific course, MCS 233: Education & Multicultural America. This course is required by all education majors. A summary of the F/F1 Task Force recommendations are:
® To reevaluate some existing courses for redesignation as F or F1 courses. Specifically, lower division courses should be examined.
® Examine staffing needs in departments that offer F and F1 courses to determine if additional staffing is required,
® Recommend offering four sections of fifty (200 students) of MCS 233: Education & Multicultural America. The concerns regarding the need to offer more sections of MCS 233 should be evaluated separately, primarily by the Education faculty who are familiar with state requirements.
The F/F1 Task Force's report also supports maintaining the current F and F1 designations in the Liberal Studies Curriculum.
Sanderson moved and Ruth seconded to approve the F/F1 Task Force's report.
The committee discussed the origin of the F/F1 Liberal Studies designation under Dille's presidency. Scholl asked if sabbatical leaves affect the ability to offer some liberal studies courses. Klenk explained that adjunct or fixed-term faculty are generally hired in those situations to fulfill the need for liberal studies sections. Discussion included the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum requirements. Tandberg stated that the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum assists students when transferring their courses to public colleges or universities. Enz Finken asked if problems will be caused in other Liberal Studies designations if departments begin redesignating their liberal studies courses. Conteh asked if there were enough global studies courses offered. (Courses designated F are Global Studies. Courses designated F1 are Multicultural Studies.) Tandberg stated that students can take both F1 courses to fulfill their Division F requirements.
Smedman stated that MCS 233 will be needed because of new licensure requirements for sophomores entering Fall Semester 1999. Education faculty are reviewing these licensure changes and how they will impact numerous departments and programs. Enz Finken stated that changes required by the Board of Teaching raise havoc in departments/programs and this needs to be addressed. Grineski responded that required changes would be discussed with other departments. He stated these requirements are also difficult for the Education department. Conteh stated that he is concerned that there is an imbalance between the number of seats available in F & F1 courses. He said ways of correcting this situation should be examined and not resolved by only promoting more F1 courses.
Motion to approve the F/F1 Task Force's report carried unanimously.
4. Psychology Department
Minor Changes:
Change course level of the following courses:
PSY 220: Psychology of Women to, 310
PSY 217: Alcoholism and Drug Abuse to, 317
Smedman asked if the Liberal Studies Committee should approve this course level change. Brad Bremer was present and answered that VP Midgarden told him that this change did not need to go through Liberal Studies for approval. Dunkirk asked for specific documentation listing the rationale for this course to be taught at the 300-level. Committee discussed if the changes proposed by Psychology met the Course Level Policy guidelines approved by APAC last year. Dalhouse stated that the course content of both courses is at the 300-level but were not changed when converted to semesters. Catalog searches comparing these courses to institutions in and out of our system are at the 300- to 400-level. Jeppson stated that departments are reviewing which of their courses could be increased in level because of the MnSCU upper-level requirement and the proposed funding formula. Enz Finken suggested that the course level form be revised to include a section asking the department to explain how their proposed course level changes properly meet the course level policy criteria. Smedman stated that the Liberal Studies curriculum could be affected if departments increase course levels, thus reducing the number of Liberal Studies courses at the 100- or 200-levels.
Smedman moved to require all 100 or 200-Level Liberal Studies courses changing to the 300-level, be approved by the Liberal Studies Committee prior to APAC action. Ruth seconded.
Grineski stated departments are changing course levels to better assist with MnSCU regulations and there needs to be a balance of curriculum changes and MnSCU regulations. Ron Williams, Liberal Studies Chairperson, stated that PSY 220 had no content changes so the Liberal Studies Committee would have no concerns with this change. Smedman withdrew her motion.
Bremer stated that the Psychology department was directed by the Dean to review their courses for appropriate course level changes. He stated that the department would not be affected if these changes were not approved.
The committee discussed if course level changes should remain as minor changes at APAC, if these changes should be driven by regulations mandated by MnSCU, and if the course-level change form should be revised to require the department to indicate how the course level guidelines are met.
Scholl moved to add the discussion of the course level criteria and revising the course level change form to the next APAC agenda. Motion was not approved for lack of a second.
Sanderson moved to approve both course level changes for PSY 310 & PSY 317. Enz Finken seconded.
Motion carried unanimously.
Shimabukuro suggested that an e-mail or memo be sent to Department Chairpersons directing them to document the rationale which matches the course level policy criteria on all course level proposals.
5. Technology Department
Minor Changes:
There were no objections to the following changes:
Change in course title, description and prerequisites of TECH 428: Construction Management & Contracts (3 cr.)
Change in course title and description of TECH 493: Industrial Safety/Accident Prevention
(3 cr.)
Major Changes:
Conteh moved. Dunkirk seconded to approve:
Change in credits, catalogue description and prerequisites for:
TECH 216: 3D CAD 2 credits to, 3 credits
Motion carried unanimously.
Smedman moved. Schmidt seconded to approve:
Change in credits and catalogue description for:
TECH 346: Industrial Distribution Operations
2 credits to, 3 credits
Motion carried unanimously.
The order of the agenda was changed because one of the Political Science faculty had an evening class.
6. Political Science Department
a. Minor Changes:
There was no objection to the following changes:
Change course title and course description of POL 324: American Political Parties
(3 cr.) to, Political Parties and Interest Groups
Change the course level of POL 240: Public Administration (3 cr.) to, 340
Drop POL 110: Introduction to Political Science (3 cr.)
b. Major Changes:
New Courses:
Schmidt moved. Dalhouse seconded to approve.
POL 105: Making Sense of Politics (3 cr.)
(The Liberal Studies Committee approved this course for Designation C at their 2/1/99 meeting.)
Mowry suggested changing the course title to "Making Sense of American Politics." Phil Baumann, Political Science Chair, stated that the main focus of this course will be American politics however he requested the title remain as is because the course will include materials as to why Americans should understand International politics and current events involving other countries.
Motion to approve the course as submitted carried unanimously.
Sanderson moved. Conteh seconded to approve:
POL 210: Introduction to Political Science (3 cr.)
Motion carried unanimously.
Lane moved. Conteh seconded to approve:
POL 322: Executive and Legislative Process (3 cr.)
Motion carried unanimously.
Shimabukuro moved. Dalhouse seconded to approve:
POL 332: Constitutional Law I - Institutional Powers and Constraints (3 cr.)
Motion carried unanimously.
Schmidt moved. Klindworth seconded to approve:
POL 333: Constitutional Law II - Civil Rights and Liberties (3 cr.)
Motion carried unanimously.
Conteh moved. Dalhouse seconded to approve:
POL 361: International Political Economy (3 cr.)
Motion carried unanimously.
Smedman moved. Schmidt seconded to approve:
POL 365: International Protection of Human Rights ( 3cr.)
Conteh suggested this course be cross-listed with Women's Studies. Scholl suggested this course be offered for Liberal Studies credit. Baumann stated that APAC has discouraged 300-level Liberal Studies courses in the past, however, he will discuss that possibility with the Political Science faculty.
Motion carried unanimously.
Enz Finken moved. Dalhouse seconded to approve:
POL 366: International Conflict Resolution (3 cr.)
Motion carried unanimously.
c. Changes in the Political Science Major and Minor
Sanderson moved. Klindworth seconded to approve the changes made in the Political Science Major and Minor:
(The major requirements increase from 21 to 24 cr., electives reduce from 18 to 15 cr., no change to related requirements (24 cr.) and the restricted electives (7 cr.) changes from:
Math 134 & Phil 240 to, Math 234 and Phil 340
Math 136 & Math 138 to, Math 236 & Math 238.)
(The changes made to the Minor are: Requirements (6 cr.) will change from
Pol 110 & Pol 120 to, POL 120 & POL 210).
Motion carried unanimously.
7. Language Department
New Courses:
Smedman moved. Shimabukuro seconded to approve:
JAPN 301: Advanced Japanese Grammar
(4 cr.)
John Hall, Language Chairperson, and Jenny Lin, Language Faculty member, were present to field questions. Hall stated that these courses are similar to the courses offered in the Spanish program. They will be offered as combination 200/300 level courses, otherwise known as "stacking" courses. Lin stated that offering these as combination courses will alleviate the need to offer them as an Independent Study. Dean Klenk stated that exchange programs are being proposed with other International Universities and students who complete these courses would earn credits toward that exchange. Enz Finken cautioned the department that stacking courses can become a heavy teaching load for faculty. Shimabukuro questioned why these courses were not included in the East Asian Studies proposal when that proposal was brought to APAC. Dean Klenk answered that these courses would be added to the East Asian Studies proposal due to the concern of not including enough upper-level Language courses to that major. Mowry asked if Teacher Assistants (TAs) would be hired to teach as adjunct or fixed-term faculty members. Hall answered that Takanori Mita has made arrangements with a Japanese University for their students to assist in teaching these courses at no cost to MSU. Ruth stated that arrangement would cause a problem with the Faculty Association. Ruth added that most faculty rely on students to help teach courses but if it is part of how the Language courses would be taught, those arrangements should be included in the course proposals. He stated that having students from Japan, who are not affiliated with MSU, teaching courses at our University at no cost to us, may cause problems in the future. Lin stated that these courses can be taught without TAs however it would make the class more interesting and emphasize group work. Shimabukuro asked how large enrollments would be for these courses. Registrar Tandberg stated that there were 8 students in CHIN 201 this fall. Shimabukuro stated her concern of approving a 300-level course with low enrollments. Hall stated that these courses were developed before any exchange program arrangements were made so the course proposals stand without TAs involved.
Scholl motioned to table these courses until clarification is made whether these courses would be taught with Teaching Assistants and if so, the Language Department needs to consult with the IFO.
Motion to table was approved with one abstention.
The committee decided the reason for tabling these courses was due to these issues: stacking, staffing and low enrollments in 300-level courses. Enz Finken stated her concern of offering these as combination courses. Hall stated that if the IFO will not allow the Language department to have students assist with these courses, they will not be taught in that way. Hall said stacking these courses will be easier than offering Independent Study courses.
Smedman moved to remove the course from the table for approval. Lane seconded.
Motion to untable was approved with 1 opposed and 3 abstentions.
Motion to approve JAPN 301 carried with
4 abstentions.
Enz Finken moved. Smedman seconded to approve:
JAPN 302: Japanese Conversation and Composition (4 cr.)
Motion carried with 2 abstentions.
Smedman moved. Klindworth seconded to approve:
CHIN 301: Advanced Chinese Grammar (4 cr.)
Motion carried with 2 abstentions.
Dunkirk moved. Smedman seconded to approve:
CHIN 302: Chinese Conversation and Composition (4 cr.)
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