Continews: January 2001
A weekly newsletter for the Minnesota State University community
* Jan. 24 issue (click here)
TWO BOOKS BY MSUM (Jan. 31, 2001)
PROFS NOMINATED FOR
MINNESOTA BOOK AWARDS
The Minnesota Center for the Book has just announced the nominees for the 13th annual Minnesota Book Awards, which includes:
* "The Haymakers: A Chronicle of Five Farm Families," written by Steven R. Hoffbeck, a history professor at Minnesota State University Moorhead. It was nominated in the History and Biography category.
* "Visiting Emily," a collection of poems inspired by the life and work of Emily Dickinson. Edited by two Minnesota State University Moorhead professors, Sheila Coghill and Thom Tammaro, they produced the anthology after years of collecting poems motivated in some way by the 19th century poet. It was nominated in the Anthology and Collections category.
Award winners will be announced at a 7:30 p.m. public ceremony at the Fitzgerald Theatre in St. Paul on April 20.
The two were among 45 books honored out of more than 250 submitted for the awards.
The Minnesota Book Awards are given annually to recognize and honor outstanding Minnesota authors and books. Since 1988, more than 500 Minnesota-written books have been Minnesota Book Award nominees--representing what one fan calls "the best reading list in Minnesota."
The Minnesota Book Awards are sponsored by the Minnesota Center for the Book, a program of the Minnesota Humanities Commission and an affiliate of the Library of Congress.
For a complete list of nominees, go to www.mnbooks.org/cfb/2001nom.htm.FINAL FALL ENROLLMENT: 7,418
Final Fall Semester enrollment figures from the Registrar's office:
* Head count ended at 7,418 (+5.2%);
* Full Time Equivalent (credits taken) was up (6.1%);
* New Entering Freshmen ended at 1,202 (+4.5%)
* New Entering Transfers ended at 679 (+1.3%).
Says the succinct Registrar Tandberg: "Terrific!"GOVERNOR'S BUDGET WOULD MEAN
SERIOUS SETBACKS FOR MSU MOORHEAD
MSUM Pres. Roland Barden says the campus would face severe setbacks under Gov. Jesse Ventura’s two-year budget proposal.
MSU Moorhead would receive only 18 percent ($722,000) of its requested $10.1 million increase in state funding under the governor’s budget recommendations released last week for the
35-institution Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.
"We are proposing a number of innovative, results-oriented initiatives that will enable our campuses to serve the needs of our region’s students, business and industry," Barden said. "But under the governor’s proposal, we would be unable to implement these improvements. In fact, that level of funding would mean we could not even cover the increasing costs of maintaining current operations."
The $255.6 million increase requested by MnSCU for the next two years provides MSU Moorhead $5.3 million to maintain its current educational opportunities and $4.8 million for essential improvements in academic programs, technology and workforce development.
The governor’s budget proposal contained $47 million for the MnSCU system. That is less than one-third of the amount needed to sustain current educational operations, MnSCU Chancellor Morris J. Anderson said.
The chancellor and other MnSCU leaders say the governor’s proposal would seriously damage the state’s ability to offer access to affordable, high-quality education.
Anderson said the governor’s proposal could have a greater impact in rural Minnesota, where campuses are smaller and are located in areas of declining population. He said access to educational opportunities in the rural areas would likely suffer.
Anderson and MnSCU trustees and campus presidents launched a two-day flyaround to eight campuses after a press conference in St. Paul to discuss the MnSCU budget request and the potential impact of the governor’s proposal in each region of the state. They held a press conference here TuesdayMNSCU PRESIDENTS EDITORIAL
ON GOV. VENTURA'S BUDGET
(This document was signed by all MnSCU presidents)
A social contract exists between the citizens of Minnesota and their state colleges and universities. The people invest in the support of their colleges and universities through their tax dollars, and the institutions, in turn, provide high quality education, applied research and service to Minnesotans. As presidents, we believe we have upheld our part of the contract:
* We enroll 216,000 students per year who come from every county in the state, and that enrollment is growing
* Our highest priority is teaching and we are blessed with a top-notch faculty who hold the highest degrees in their fields
* We are expanding college and career opportunities in the state by enrolling large numbers of students from moderate income families with no previous college experience
* We graduate more than 27,000 students a year, over 80 percent of whom remain in the state as teachers, nurses, social workers, accountants, engineers, police officers, information technology workers and all those other professions and occupations who make up the backbone of Minnesota communities
* State colleges and universities provide more than a workforce ? they serve regional business, industry and communities; providing citizens prepared to participate in a diverse society and willing to give their time and energy to make better communities and a better world
Never in Minnesota’s history have we needed such a knowledgeable and skilled workforce; never has our state had to compete so hard to stay ahead of the pack. Yet despite these demands for more and better higher education, we are not receiving the support from the state that will make us successful in that competition.
Time and time again in the 1990s, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities were told to tighten our belts and increase productivity. We did our part in those lean years, eliminating many positions and services. We raised tuition more than we wanted to in order to partially make up for the lack of state funding.
Now we are looking at the largest surplus in the state’s history, but the Governor has not recommended appropriating enough money to even cover inflation on our campuses. Once again the assumption is that students and their families can bear the brunt of these expenses with double-digit tuition increases or that we can cut programs and services without harming education.
Minnesota historically prided itself on being a leader in education. While we once ranked high in support of education and in the proportion of our young people going on to college, we have slipped badly. Now we are below average among the states in these measures. Yet it was that strong history of education that protected us in harsher economic times and gave us the quality of life for which we are famous. Without that educational edge, Minnesota will become just another state in the "rustbelt," losing its businesses and its future to the sunny South.
It is very early in the legislative session and we are still hopeful that legislators will recognize the importance of providing their constituents with access to quality education. But legislators need to hear from their constituents that, in addition to a tax rebate, they want to invest in the future of their state by investing in quality public higher education.
We are very worried about the state maintaining its end of the social contract. We believe we are doing what the citizens of this state expect, and we are committed to continuing our efforts, but we cannot do it without our partner’s support. As the old saying goes, "You can’t have one without the other." Please help us continue to serve you and this great state by contacting your local senator and representative to express your support.PRESIDENT BARDEN ADDRESSES
CAMPUS ON GOV. VENTURA'S BUDGET
Dear Colleagues, The Governor's Biennial Budget recommendation for the 2002-03 biennium is very stingy in providing new funds for all state-assisted public services. Higher education, primarily the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and the University of Minnesota System, also shares the Governor's belief that an extraordinarily low level of new funding is sufficient. New funds are needed to cover inflation in utilities (heating), insurance, salaries, and the like. If new funds do not become available then MSUM will have to adjust its FY 2002 expenditures (FY 2001 expenditures plus inflation) to the revenues available in FY 2002.
Many of you know that essentially all of the revenue for MSUM's instructional enterprise (our Maintenance and Education - M&E Budget) comes from student tuition (about 36%) and state appropriations (about 62%).
For next year, MSUM projects an inflation of 7% over this year's M&E Budget ($45 million) assuming salaries increase at 3%. In the fall semester, the Student Senate supported my estimate of a tuition increase in the 5-7% range, which was submitted to the Board of Trustees. Clearly, the student leaders understand, and can accept, an inflationary increase in tuition consistent with actual (and reasonable) inflation in the M&E program expenditures. This covers projected inflation on the students’ portion of the revenue stream.
What about the portion of the cost of instructional activities supported by the State of Minnesota? Governor Ventura's budget recommendation is, of course, one step in a multi-step process that leads to an answer. But, it is an important step. The amount Governor Ventura recommends could mean as much as $750,000 in new state funds for MSUM. This is about 2.7% over our current base funding from the State, not the 7% needed to cover the projected inflation.
Further, the Governor recommends that students should pay additional tuition in order to cover "their share" of the additional cost of inflation on the State's portion of the overall revenue stream to our M&E Budget. Historically, the cost of instruction activities is split roughly two-thirds "State" and one-third "student." To my knowledge, this is the first ever policy recommendation recommending that students are to cover one-third of the inflationary costs on the state's portion of the M&E revenue budget, in addition to all of the inflationary costs on the student tuition portion of the revenue stream.
If you have a view on the Governor's Budget recommendation, please express it to people who can take action.
Governor Ventura: Voice (651) 296-3391 or (800) 657-3717
Fax (651) 296-2089
Jesse.Ventura@state.mn.us
Senator Langseth: Sen.Keith.Langseth@senate.leg.state.mn.us
Representative Goodno: Rep.Kevin.Goodno@house.leg.state.mn.us
Representative Marquart: Rep.Paul.Marquart@house.leg.state.mn.us
Sincerely,
Roland E. Barden
PresidentFACULTY, STUDENT WORKSHOP
ON GRADING, EVALUATION
SCHEDULED FEB. 22 IN CMU:
A workshop for faculty and students on grading and evaluation will be held from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22 in the student union.
Three 45-minute sessions will be offered simultaneously:
* "Using Excel for Grading" with Brian Smith in CMU 208
* "Planning, Constructing and Scoring Exams" with Wendy Frappier in CMU 214
* "Assessment of Student Writing" with Sue Ellen Shaw in CMU 205.
The workshops, sponsored by the Faculty Development Committee, will be followed by a panel of students in CMU 205 who will share some ideas they have about grading and evaluation.
Pizza and pop will be served during the student panel presentation and discussion. Faculty members are encouraged to invite their students.
If you plan to attend, RSVP Dick Bynum by Feb. 16 (bynum@mnstate.edu).THE FORUM TOPS STUDENT
NEWSPAPER READING
Last year residence hall students voted to participate in the USA Today Newspaper Readership program, which provides daily newspapers (weekdays only) to residents. Residents can choose from USA Today, The Forum, and the Star Tribune. This fall was the first full semester of the program, which resulted in the following tally of papers taken by residents:
The Forum = 21,228 papers
USA TODAY= 15,295 papers
Star Tribune = 14,865 papersHAPPY VALENTINES DAY
Show that someone special just how much you really care by giving them a book, gift or Dragon Wear. Jan. 31 through Feb. 14th 20% off -- Gifts, Tradebooks, Stuffed Animals, Youth Clothing, Red Clothing, and Fuzzy Sweatshirts. See you at the MSU Moorhead Bookstore!!!THEATRE STAGES 'WIT,' FEB. 13-17
MSUM Theatre presents a regional premiere of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, "WIT," for five evening performances?Tuesday through Saturday, February 13 through 17?at 7:30 p.m. in the Thrust Stage Theatre of the Roland Dille Center for the Arts.
"WIT" is the story of a noted academic and her struggle to overcome the ovarian cancer raging through her body. She fights against her illness with the same rigor she once used to analyze and teach the poetry of John Donne. Although she ultimately loses her battle, she uplifts her students, her oncologist and her audience with her courage.
The play, written by Margaret Edson, it's a dry-eyed lesson on how to live-with simplicity and kindness. It is at once funny, sad, tragic and life-affirming.
The play is also sponsored by MeritCare and the Roger Maris Cancer Center. Call the MSUM Box Office at 2271 to make reservations.CSA’S "HEARTS THAT CARE" CAMPAIGN
Is that denim shirt you bought last year for CSA’s scholarship fundraiser beginning to fade? Did you miss out on December’s Holiday Social and haven’t purchased the new khaki shirt?
The Council on Staff Affairs has started a Hearts That Care campaign to help raise funds for the Cindy Sogn Benefit Fund. For every shirt purchased from now through Valentine’s Day on February 14, CSA will donate $3.00 to the Cindy Sogn Benefit Fund. All other proceeds contribute to student scholarships.
As many of you are aware, Cindy was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital, Rochester, on December 4, and remains in very critical condition with a heart ailment. Her family members remain with her and stay at a nearby hotel.
Costs for both the denim and khaki shirt have been lowered to $30.00 each. Both shirts can be ordered by contacting any CSA member or by completing the order form on the CSA Web Page at www.mnstate.edu/csa. We also feature free delivery!
Please continue to keep Cindy and her family in your thoughts and prayers. Become one of the Hearts That Care!
HONOR BAND, CHOIR
PERFORM FEB. 10
MSU Moorhead will host the Honor Band and Choir here Friday and Saturday, Feb. 9-10, which will culminate in a free, public concert at 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10 in the Center for the Arts Hansen Auditorium.
Approximately 500 area high school students from more than 20 schools auditioned for the band and choir last fall. About 250 ninth through twelfth graders were selected for the honor. John Tesch directs the band; Charles Ruzicka directs the mixed choir; and Rod Rothlisberger directs the women’s choir.GUEST VIOLINIST MICHAEL BARTA
PERFORMS HERE FEB. 17
Native Hungarian and acclaimed violinist Michael Barta will perform in a solo and chamber recital Saturday, Feb. 17 at 8 p.m. in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts Fox Recital Hall.
He’ll be accompanied by MSUM faculty members Sandy Rawson, piano; Alan Rawson, viola; and Nathan Davis, cello.
The concert is free and open to the public.
Barta will talk about the music profession in Hungary under communism and today on Friday, Feb. 16 from 4 to 5 p.m., and he’ll conduct a masterclass on Saturday, Feb. 17 from 1 to 3 p.m. Both events will take place in Fox Recital Hall.
Barta was born in Hungary and fled communism in 1980. He was granted asylum in the United States, where he began his professional career as a professor of violin at Central Michigan University and Concertmaster of the Saginaw and Midland Symphonies. He’s received numerous awards for his performances, and from 1975-1980 he toured the world as first violinist of the Kodaly String Quartet.
Currently he teaches violin, viola and chamber music at Southern Illinois University, and he’s also Assistant Concertmaster of the Illinois Symphony and Chamber Orchestra. He was granted U.S. citizenship in 1987.
He’s performed at Alice Tully Hall and twice at Carnegie Hall in New York, as well as nationally and internationally.
The Michael Barta residency is supported by the S.G. Comstock Memorial Fund.GUEST ARTISTS FEATURED
IN MSUM ART EXHIBIT
Guest artists Judy Anderson and Christopher Ozubko are showing works of posters, books, text and images in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts gallery through Friday, Feb. 9.
Anderson is a professor and chair of the division of design at the University of Washington. Ozubko is a professor and director of the school of art at the University of Washington.
The exhibit is free and open to the public.
This event is sponsored by grants from the MSUM Alumni Foundation, the Visiting Scholar Committee, and the MSUM Art Department.OFFICE OF SCHOLARSHIP AND FINANCIAL AID TO HOST OPEN HOUSE
The Office of Scholarship and Financial Aid will host an open house on Wednesday January 31 from
10 a.m.-2 p.m. Please join us to check out our new remodeled look, meet the staff and ask financial aid questions. Students are encouraged to apply early for 2001-2002 financial aid. The priority deadline for campus-based aid (work-study, Perkins Loan, SEOG grant) is March 1. Refreshments will be served. Questions or comments can be directed to the Office of Scholarship and Financial Aid at 236-2251.NSF ANNOUNCES NEW SUPPORT
FOR RESEARCH ON LEARNING
In a new program announcement, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has revealed its intention to support innovative research in an area of cutting-edge importance. This trend is particularly evident with respect to NSF's release of a notice for the Developmental and Learning Sciences: A Multidisciplinary Competition-A Program of the Children's Research Initiative (NSF 01-46).
Under the Developmental and Learning Sciences: A Multidisciplinary Competition, administered by the Directorate for Social and Economic Sciences, NSF will support studies that increase understanding of cognitive, linguistic, social, cultural, and biological processes related to children's and adolescents' learning in formal and informal settings. Proposal target dates are July 15, and January 15, of each year.
Additional priorities under the program are to support research projects on development and learning that achieve the following: incorporate multidisciplinary, multi-method, microgenetic, and longitudinal approaches; develop new methods and theories; examine transfer of knowledge from one domain to another and from one situation to another; assess peer relations, family interactions, social identities, and motivation; examine the impact of family, school, and community resources; assess adolescents' preparation for entry into the workforce; and investigate the role of demographic characteristics and cultural influences on children's learning and development. Research supported by this initiative will add to the existing basic knowledge of children's learning and development, with the objective of leading to better educated children and adolescents who grow up to take productive roles as workers and as citizens.
For FY 2001, NSF will make between 20 and 30 awards supporting workshops, conferences and research projects, out of total available funding of approximately $5 million in each year. Awards levels will depend upon the size and complexity of the projects proposed and supported during a given competition.
For additional information, consult http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?nsf0146 or contact Rodney Cocking, 703-292-8732. E-mail: rcocking@nsf.gov.NDPC COLLEGE COMMUNICATION
CONTEST OPEN TO MSUM STUDENTS
The North Dakota Professional Communicators is now accepting entries for its annual College Communications Contest. It’s open to college communications students in North Dakota and Moorhead, Minn.
Eligible students must be enrolled in at least a two-year college or university in North Dakota, or at MSUM or Concordia College. All entries must have been published, aired or produced between March 7, 2000 and February 23, 2001. Entries are not limited to work produced for college or university organizations. All entries must be received by the contest chair on or before Feb. 28, 2001. Entries will be judged by professional North Dakota communicators with expertise in the category or categories they judge.
Contest classifications include Print Media, Photography, Broadcast, Web, Print Advertising, Electronic Advertising, Short Fiction, and Other Communications Materials (includes news releases, brochure, yearbook/annual literary magazine, poster/flyer).
Students may also apply for the Marion Piper Sullivan Memorial Scholarship award. To be considered, students must complete an application form and write a 500- to 700-word essay in addition to submitting at least three entries in the contest.
Please help spread the word. If you want copies of the contest guidelines, contact Kristi Monson at monson@mnstate.edu, or call 2110.
The NDPC College Contest chair is Doris Cooper, 701-252-6720, djtcooper@yahoo.com, or 235 15th Ave. N.E., Jamestown, ND 58401.MSUM HOSTS WESTERN
REGION SCIENCE
OLYMPIAN FRIDAY
MSUM will host the Western Regional Science Olympiad from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2, that will involve more than 150 high school and junior high school students competing in science, mathematics and technology events.
The competition will take place in Hagen, King and Nemzek Halls and the winners will advance to the state Science Olympiad.
Events include building Rube Goldberg-like devices, rubber band monoplanes, electric-powered buggies, musical instruments; rubber-band airplanes, egg-carrying contraptions and energy transfer devices that the students have built specifically for this contest. A variety of other competitions include toothpick bridges along with biological and physics events set up and run by MSUM faculty and students.APPLICATIONS FOR 3RD ANNUAL
STUDENT ACADEMIC CONFERENCE
Presentation applications for the 3rd Annual Student Academic Conference are now available throughout campus (particularly academic departments) hanging from the red conference posters. If you have students who you think should present at the conference encourage them to pick up an application and submit it before the Thursday, February 15 deadline.
For more information about the Student Academic Conference visit the conference web page at: http://www.mnstate.edu/acadconfMSUM campaign recognized…
COMBINED CHARITIES
TOPS GOAL BY 52%
The MSUM Minnesota State Employees Combined Charities 2000 Campaign received donations totaling $38,060, a record for the campus, including over $30,0000 specifically designated for United Way of Cass/Clay. It surpassed the $25,000 MSUM goal by over 52 percent.
At the recent United Way awards banquet, companies were recognized at giving levels ranging from $10,000 to $25,000. MSUM was recognized for reaching the $25,000 donation level and received an award that's on display in the president's office.
Also, among the 281 firms in the commercial, industrial and major accounts division, MSUM was one of seven organization honored by the United Way of Cass/Clay with a Fredrick Donath Certificate for campaign excellence. The certificate is also on display in the president's office.
A major effort by campus union representatives helped push the university over its campaign goal. Here they are pictured above with the Donath Award: President Barden, Ben Blair, Rose Bakke, Deb Lewis, Bryan Kotta, John Tandberg; and in front (left) student Brianne Peterson and (right) Karen Danbom.
Both Concordia and NDSU were recognized for reaching the $50,000 level. But this is the first time MSUM has reached any of the recognition levels.NEW BOOKS AT THE MSUM LIBRARY
The Livingston Lord Library at MSU announces the availability of the following titles (among many others):
*Rave reviews: American art and its critics, 1826-1925. OVERSIZE N6510 .R38 2000
*Murray, Joan, 1943-. Canadian art in the twentieth century. OVERSIZE N6545 .M868 1999
*Neel, Alice, 1900-. Alice Neel. OVERSIZE ND237.N43 A4 2000
*Monteverdi, Claudio, 1567-1643. Vespro della Beata Vergine = Vespers (1610). M2014.6 .M66 V47 1999
*Delgado, James P. Across the top of the world: the quest for the Northwest Passage. OVERSIZE G640 .D45 1999
*Sargent, Laurence R. (Laurence Russell), 1941-. Social skills for school and community: systematic instruction for children and youth with cognitive delays. LC4019 .S37 1998
*Bruegel, Pieter, ca. 1525-1569. Pieter Bruegel the Elder at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. OVERSIZE ND673.B73 A413 1998
*The Oxford history of Western art. OVERSIZE N5300 .O946 2000
*The Cambridge world history of food. TX353 .C255 2000
*Pacey, Arnold. Meaning in technology. T14 .P28 1999
*Brink, Bert van den. The tragedy of liberalism: an alternative defense of a political tradition. JC574 .B75 2000
*Cairns-Smith, A. G. (Alexander Graham). Secrets of the mind: a tale of discovery and mistaken identity. BF311 .C147 1999
*Bell, Julian, 1952-. What is painting?: representation and modern art. ND1140 .B45 1999
*Wong, Wucius. Principles of color design. 2nd ed. NK1548 .W66 1997
*Deits, Bob, 1933-. Life after loss: a personal guide dealing with death, divorce, job change, and relocation. 3rd ed. BF575 .D35 D45 2000
*Markey, Constance. Italo Calvino: a journey toward postmodernism. PQ4809 .A45 Z786 1999
*Cowger, Thomas W., 1955-. The National Congress of American Indians: the founding years. E98 .T77 C68 1999
*Groseclose, Barbara S. Nineteenth-century American art. N6507 .G76 2000
*The queer sixties. PS153 .G38 Q44 1999
*Bergdoll, Barry. European architecture, 1750-1890. NA956 .B47 2000
*German poetry in transition, 1945-1990. PT1160 .E5 G433 1999
*Guide to publishing in psychology journals. BF76.8 .G85 2000
*Bernstein, Gail S., 1947-. Human services? --that must be so rewarding: a practical guide for professional development. 2nd ed. HV10.5 .B36 1999
*Haag, Pamela. Consent: sexual rights and the transformation of American liberalism. HQ32 .H3 1999
*Larabee, Ann, 1957-. Decade of disaster. HV553 .L38 2000
*Bergelson, David, 1884-1952. Descent. PJ5129 .B45 O613 1999
*Explaining illness: research, theory, and strategies. R727.3 .E96 2000
*Comprehending and mastering African conflicts: the search for sustainable peace and good governance. DT353 .C65 1999
*Lewis, Cherry, 1947-. The dating game: searching for the age of the Earth. QE508 .L48 2000
*Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983. The selected letters of Tennessee Williams. PS3545 .I5365 Z48 2000
*Schraeder, Peter J. African politics and society: a mosaic in transformation. DT30.5 .S44 2000
*Hopkins, David. After modern art, 1945-2000. N6512 .H657 2000
*Robbins, Jeremy, 1965-. The challenges of uncertainty: an introduction to seventeenth-century Spanish literature. PQ6064 .R6229 1998
*Mackey, Peter Francis. Chaos theory and James Joyce's Everyman. PR6019 .O9 U6817 1999
*Rooney, Andrew A. My war. D811 .R634 2000
*Ethical issues in college writing. PE1404 .E84 1999
*Deffaa, Chip, 1951-. Blue rhythms: six lives in rhythm and blues. ML400 .D4 2000
*Greenlee, Sam, 1930-. The spook who sat by the door: a novel. PS3557 .R396 S6 1990
*Young, Antonia. Women who become men: Albanian sworn virgins. HQ1075.5 .A38 Y68 2000
*Bellesiles, Michael A. Arming America: the origins of a national gun culture. HV8059 .B45 2000
*Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940. Novels and stories, 1920-1922. PS3511 .I9 A6 2000
*Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882. Poems and other writings. PS2253 .M33 2000
*Love and hisses: the National Society of Film Critics sound off on the hottest movie controversies. PN1995 .L66 1992
*Lee, Kuan Yew, 1923-. The Singapore story: memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew.
*DS610.73 .L45 A3 1998
*Neubauer, Hans-Joachim, 1960-. The rumour: a cultural history. HM1241 .N48 1999
*Bennett, Andrew. Condemned to repetition?: the rise, fall, and reprise of Soviet-Russian military interventionism, 1973-1996. UA770 .B435 1999
*Bell, J. Bowyer, 1931-. Dragonwars: armed struggle & the conventions of modern war. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, c1999. U240 .B44 1999
*Boyle, Francis Anthony, 1950-. Foundations of world order: the legalist approach to international relations (1898-1922). KZ1242 .B69 1999
*Kerzner, Harold. Project management: a systems approach to planning, scheduling, and controlling. 7th ed. HD69 .P75 K47 2001
*Wilder, Billy, 1906-. Conversations with Wilder. PN1998.3 .W56 A5 1999
*Milner, Joseph O'Beirne, 1937-. Bridging English. 2nd ed. LB1631 .M455 1999
*Stevens, Suzanne H., 1938-. Classroom success for the LD and ADHD child.
*LC4705 .S74 1997
*Hoff, Joan. The cooper's wife is missing: the trials of Bridget Cleary. HV6535 .I742 T564 2000
*Puttfarken, Thomas. The discovery of pictorial composition: theories of visual order in painting 1400-1800. ND1475 .P88 2000
*Bragg, Melvyn, 1939-. On giants' shoulders: great scientists and their discoveries: from Archimedes to DNA. Q141 .B777 1998
*Smiles, Sam. J.M.W. Turner. ND497 .T8 S65 2000
*Jalaal al-Dain Raumai, Maulana, 1207-1273. Look! This is love: poems of Rumi. PK6480 .E5 S35 1991
*Bourke, Angela. The burning of Bridget Cleary: a true story. HV6535 .I742 T563 2000
*Royster, Charles. The fabulous history of the Dismal Swamp Company: a story of George Washington's times. F232 .D7 R69 1999
*Wolfe, Tom. Hooking up. PS3573 .O526 H66 2000
*Rollyson, Carl E. (Carl Edmund). Susan Sontag: the making of an icon. PS3569 .O6547 Z876 2000
*Budiansky, Stephen. Battle of wits: the complete story of codebreaking in World War II. D 810 .C88 B83 2000
*Hislop, Richard D. Construction site safety: a guide for managing contractors. TH443 .H57 1999
*Dafoe, Christopher. Winnipeg, heart of the continent. OVERSIZE F1064.5.W7 D34 1998
*Nations of the world: a political, economic & business handbook. REF. D32 .N37
Faculty are invited to submit requests for new library materials (in any format) to their departmental liaisons. Larry Schwartz is the Collection Management Librarian for the Library, and his phone number is x2353.AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF
UNIVERSITY WOMEN TO MEET
There will be a American Association of University Women Moorhead Branch meeting on Monday, Feb. 5 at 7 p. m.. in Room 208 Livingston Lord Library Curriculum Classroom. The speaker will be Donna Malum, a leader on loan from the Minnesota AAUW. She will be speaking on the Legal Advocacy Fund and how it has been successful in Minnesota.VACANCY NOTICE
Position: Director of Admissions
Qualifications and Experience
Required:
1. Masters degree and five years of progressive experience in admissions.
2. Possess good written and oral communication skills, computer application skills.
3. Committed to NACAC principles of good practice and ongoing professional development.
4. Demonstrated ability to foster effective working relationships with diverse constituencies.
5. Demonstrated experience in budget development and staff supervision.
Desired:
1. Marketing experience.
2. Visionary planning and creative problem solving skills.
3. Ability to effectively utilize technology in an enrollment management environment.
Responsibilities:
1. Manage the development and implementation of the Admission Office services, supervise the Admissions staff and budget.
2. Develop recruitment strategies as defined by University admissions philosophy and policy which will include candidates from diverse populations, encompassing regional, national, and international markets.
3. Develop relationships with campus and community constituencies to better MSUM and provide active support for recruitment of prospective students, including minorities and athletes.
4. Participate in University marketing planning, including research and data collection, and provide recruiting and enrollment information to the University.
5. Assist with the development of publications and contribute to orientation activities.
6. Responsible for program development/implementation/evaluation of University’s "Dragon Days."
Apply to: Thomas Lane, Chair, Admissions Director Search Committee, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, 56563. Call (218) 236-2676, fax (218) 236-2052, or e-mail lanetom@mnstate.edu for application materials.APAC MINUTES
DECEMBER 19, 2000
Members present: Midgarden-chairperson; Borchers, Borgeson, Conteh, Dalhouse, Dobitz, Edvenson, Enz-Finken, Goodman, Gracyk, Jeppson, Klenk, Lane, Ruth, Sanderson, Shimabukuro, Shoptaugh, Shreve, Weckler.
Edvenson moved. Conteh seconded to approve the 12/5/00 APAC minutes. Shimabukuro requested that the sentence regarding ED 398 be removed from Item 2. ESL Program, and suggested that the ESL proposal be revisited if the intent is to require ED 398.
Motion to approve minutes with the requested change carried unanimously. Midgarden stated that after MSUM receives the Board of Teaching’s decision, the APAC will be informed of the result.
The order of the agenda was changed.
1. Elementary and Early Childhood Education
Karen Danbom distributed a corrected policy to members present:
Shreve moved. Borgeson seconded to approve the change in policy for students seeking admission to the EECE program:
Students must demonstrate evidence of adequate English written language communications skills. Evidence that will be accepted includes either of the following:
1. A minimum grade of 3.0 in at least 2 courses (6 credits) of Freshman English and a passing score on the writing portion of the PPST exam.
2. Passing score on EECE department essay exam.
Motion carried unanimously.
2. Speech Communications and Theatre Arts
David Wheeler, Lynn Harter, David Gaer, Tim Borchers and Scott Titsworth were present to answer questions regarding the following changes:
Minor changes:
There was no objection to changing the name and course description of SPCH 310: Rhetorical Theory to: Rhetorical Theory and Criticism
Major Changes:
Sanderson moved. Ruth seconded to approve the following 5 new courses:
SPCH 213: Communication, Culture and Technology (3 cr.)
SPCH 215: Communication Research Methods (3 cr.)
SPCH 401: Organizational Communication (3 cr.)
SPCH 410: The Rhetoric of Popular Culture (3 cr.)
SPCH 414: Health Communication (3 cr.)
Motion carried unanimously.
Drop Courses:
Ruth moved. Borgeson seconded to approve ropping these courses from the curriculum and removing them from the Bulletin.
SPCH 400: Advanced Public Speaking
SPCH 305: Advanced Oral Interpretation
SPCH 312: Rhetorical Criticism
Motion carried unanimously.
Approval of the changes to the Professional Communication Emphasis Curriculum
Shreve moved. Weckler seconded to approve the revised major.
Motion carried unanimously.
Weckler moved. Dalhouse seconded to approve the revised minor.
Motion carried unanimously.
3. Technology Department - Changes to the Graphic Communications Program
Mike Ruth and Trista Conzemius were present to answer questions regarding these changes. Ruth distributed proposal revisions and e-mail messages he received in consultation with other departments.
Ruth stated that the name will NOT change from Graphic Communications to Multimedia Technology.
Weckler moved. Lane seconded to approve the name change of one of the options within the program:
From Digital Design To Digital Design and Production
Motion carried unanimously.
Sanderson moved. Goodman seconded to approve removing the following courses from the program:
Drop Tech 150: Survey of Graphic Communications (3 credits)
Drop Art 152: Pictorial Illustration 4 credits)
Drop Art 300B: Graphic Design Studio (8 credits)
Motion carried unanimously.
Weckler moved. Conteh seconded to approve moving this course to the core:
Tech 216: 3D Modeling (3 credits) (note course name change below).
Carried unanimously.
Course name, number and level changes:
Tech 216: 3D CADD To Tech 216: 3D Modeling
Tech 252: Intro to Desktop Pub To Tech 255: Beginning Computer Graphics
Tech 257: Advanced DTP To Tech 355: Intermediate Computer Graphics
Tech 452 GC Estimating To Tech 453 Graphic Communications Estimating
Dean Dobitz will consult with the Mass Communications department to ask if they wish to continue to cross-list MC 257 with the TECH 355 course.
COURSES:
Borgeson moved. Weckler seconded to approve the new courses:
Tech 450 Digital Prepress (3 cr.)
Tech 455 Advanced Computer Graphics (3 cr.)
Motion carried unanimously.
Multimedia Development Option changes:
Edvenson moved. Weckler seconded to approve the following changes:
Music Related Elective:
Change Required Music courses from:
MUS 381: Electronic Music
MUS 481: Audio Production
To: MUS 381: Electronic Music and one of the following three Music courses:
MUS 363: Music for Film and Video
MUS 481: Audio Production
MUS 482: Music Synthesis
Motion carried unanimously.
Changes to Electives:
* A minimum of 3 courses must be completed as electives. (The number of credits was corrected from 8-12, to 8-9 credits.)
* Any course in the major not used in either option may be used as an elective in the student’s major. For example a student with a Digital Design and Production Option may wish to take Tech 356 or Tech 358 as part of their electives.
* Eliminate Art courses as electives.
The committee discussed if the proposal should be tabled until documentation was received stating the department’s approval of the proposal. Ruth explained that he would be on sabbatical spring semester thus requesting the changes now to be included in next year’s bulletin.
Goodman moved to approve the proposal with the requirement that the department resubmit an organized version of the proposal with the appropriate signatures from the dean and department. Edvenson seconded. (Dean Dobitz will bring this documentation to the next APAC meeting.)
Motion carried with one abstention.
4. Biology Department
Kathy Wise was present to answer questions.
Conteh moved. Shreve seconded to approve changing the name, course description, prerequisites and increase credits for BIOL 438: Pathogenic Microbiology (3 cr.) to: Medical Microbiology (4 cr.). The revised course description and prerequisites are included with the documentation.
Motion carried unanimously.
5. Mathematics Department
Don Mattson and Derald Rothmann were present to answer questions.
There were no objections to the following minor changes:
Change in course description for Math 090: Elementary Algebra (3 cr.)
Change in course description for Math 099: Intermediate Algebra (3 cr.)
Sanderson moved. Edvenson seconded to approve changing the number of class hours for MATH 090 and MATH 099 from 3 hours to 4 hours per week (2 hours of lecture plus 2 hours of laboratory) without changing the number of credits.
Motion carried unanimously.
The committee discussed the number of students who are having difficulty in 100-level math courses and if the students not doing well in MATH 127 can move to MATH 090 during the same semester.
The following is an information item only since this was approved during semester conversion:
Beginning Fall 2001, require degree-seeking students to take the MnSCU Intermediate Algebra Placement Exam and mandate placement in mathematics courses based on the results.
The committee discussed ACT and math placement scores and how that information is used to place students in appropriate courses. It was suggested that the mathematics department return to APAC in a year or two to report on the results of the placement exam. Midgarden requested that faculty members from the mathematics department attend college meetings in January to explain how the placement exam will be utilized and what the implications of inforcing mandatory placement are likely to be.
Meeting adjourned at 5:50 p.m.
Gloria RiopelleGRANT INFORMATION
Program: Osterreich Stipendium (Austria Scholarship)
Agency: Austrian Cultural Institute
Next Deadline: Feb 14, 2001
Program enables doctoral or advanced graduate students as well as young scholars to carry out research or study projects at Austrian universities & research institutions. Program specifically aims at applicants working on subjects closely related to Austria, e.g. Austria's Economic, Political, and Legal Systems (after World War II), & Contemporary Austrian History & Literature. Stipend supports 1 to 9 month stays. Applicants must be 20 to 35 years old. Other Austria-related grants are available.
See http://www.austriaculture.net/GrantsScholarship31.html.
E-mail: Eaichinger@aci.org.
Program: Board Grants Program
Agency: Compton Foundation, Inc.
Next Deadline: Feb 15, 2001
Foundation supports projects that address community, national, & international concerns in the fields of peace & world order, population, & the environment. Other concerns include equal educational opportunity, community welfare & social justice, & culture/arts. Projects should involve education of the public, policy makers, & media; advocacy & public activism; demonstration projects; fellowship support to selected institutions for promising young scholars; or scholarly research in selected academic centers, w/ priority given to projects that are interdisciplinary, policy- related, & action-oriented. See http://www.comptonfoundation.org/home.html.
Program: Grants-in-Aid Program
Agency: National Council of Teachers of
English Research Foundation
Next Deadline: Feb 15, 2001
Provides grants of up to $12,500 for research projects in English/Language Arts. The Trustees welcome research on all topics related to English/Language Arts and especially encourage proposals focusing on underrepresented populations. Applicants must be members of NCTE. All application materials are due by 2/15 annually. For more details, see http://www.ncte.org/grants/.
Program: Visiting Lecturer Program
Agency: Civic Education Project
Next Deadline: Feb 15, 2001
Supports faculty & advanced graduate students for one-year teaching assignments in Central/Eastern Europe & the former Soviet Union. Eligible disciplines include: anthropology; art history; economics; history; international relations; journalism; law; library science; political science; public administration; & sociology. Lecturers receive a local salary & housing from their host university. Applications should be submitted as early as possible & these materials can be mailed, faxed or sent via E-mail (cep@cep.yale.edu). Application screening begins November; deadline for mailing application materials is 2/15. See http://www.cep.org.hu/indexlres.htm.
Program: Grants and Contracts for
Eurasian and East European Research
Agency: National Council for Eurasian and
East European Research
Next Deadline: Feb 15, 2001
Supports research, especially in the humanities & social sciences, on major policy issues of Russian, Eurasian & East European social, political, economic, & historical development. Contracts program supports collaborative projects involving two or more U.S.-based postdoctoral scholars limited to a maximum award of $70,000. Grant program supports postdoctoral research by an individual, U.S.-based scholar limited to a maximum of $40,000. See http://www.nceeer.org/. Also funds the Hewett Fellowship for forming U.S. policy towards one or more nation in this area (deadline 3/15/01)
Program: Visiting Humanities Fellowships
Agency: University of Windsor
Next Deadline: Feb 15, 2001
The Fellowship is tenable at the University of Windsor for a period of four months to one year. Supports research projects in traditional humanities disciplines or in theoretical, historical or philosophical aspects of the sciences, social sciences, arts & professional studies. Interdisciplinary research applications are particularly encouraged. Applicants must hold a doctorate or the equivalent, research & publications. No stipend is attached. Letters of application should include a rationale for working with the HRG, a curriculum vitae, & one page abstract. See http://www.uwindsor.ca/hrg/.
Program: ARI Behavioral & Social Sciences
Basic Research Program
Agency: U.S. Department of Defense
Next Deadline: Feb 21, 2001
Supports new, fundamental research & analysis that contributes to the entire life cycle of recruiting, selection, assignment, training & mission performance. Areas of interest are leadership; performance & information comprehension; foundations of individually adaptive training in distributed environments; & social structures affecting army performance. A portion of available funding may be made available for projects from minority institutions. See http://www-ari.army.mil/ for further details. Can also contact Jonathan Kaplan, 703/617-8828. E-mail: kaplan@ari.army.mil.
Program: Sasakawa Fellowship Competition
Agency: American Association of State
Colleges and Universities
Next Deadline: Feb 23, 2001
Awards fellowships to AASCU university faculty & administrators who have the potential to impact undergraduate education & have no prior experience in Japanese studies to enable them to participate in an institute on "Incorporating Japanese Studies into the Undergraduate Curriculum" at San Diego State University. The four-week program consists of seminars, lectures, readings, & workshops on the major historical, political, economic, & cultural trends & achievements of the Japanese people. See http://www.aascu.org/aarc/nfdi/japanstudies.htm.
Program: Gilbert F. White Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Agency: Resources for the Future
Next Deadline: Feb 28, 2001
Two fellowships enable professionals with a doctorate degree to devote between 9 & 12 months to scholarly work in residence. Research areas include those related to natural resources, energy, or the environment. Social scientists as well as natural scientists interested in policy-relevant interdisciplinary research are encouraged to apply. Teaching or research experience is preferred, but not essential. Application deadline will be around 2/28/01; information on 2001 activities is currently being distributed. See http://www.rff.org/about_rff/white.htm. E-mail: macccauley@rff.org.
Program: Awards in Mediterranean Studies
Agency: Cotton (Dr. M. Alwyn) Foundation
Next Deadline: Feb 28, 2001
Provides publication grants, fellowship support, & other types of awards for studies in the archeology, architecture, history, language, & art of the Mediterranean. Awards are open to scholars of all nationalities. Fellowship awards are for one year of postdoctoral research & carry a maximum value of 10,000 British pounds. Publication grants help cover the cost of academic research that is already completed or imminently available for publication. In 1996-97, five fellowship & four publication awards were made. E-mail albany@box232.co.ggMISCELLANIA
* Larry Schwartz, library, directed the Fargo-Moorhead Community Theatre's production of Friedrich Durrenmatt's "The Visit," which ran from January 18-28. It was the first production at the theatre to have its costs completely underwritten, in this case by Dayton's Project Imagine. This was Schwartz's first directing assignment at the theatre.
* Louis J. De Maio, speech-language hearing sciences, gave a presentation at the Early Childhood-Family Education center in Moorhead on January 16. His presentation was on the Parent-Child Communication Program.
* George Davis, Science Center; David Cline, EECE; Teresa Shume, teacher education and a colleague from St. Cloud State University presented a paper at the national meeting of the Association for the Education of Teachers in Science in Costa Mesa, Calif., January 17-21. The paper, getting to the Fourth Year: A Study of the Practice of Beginning K-12 Science Teachers, was a report on the results of a three-year state-wide research study that is looking at the teaching practices of K-12 science teachers from student teaching through their third year of teaching.
* Barbara Murphy, teacher and assistant director at the U of MN Child Development Lab School and lecturer to university students, will be visiting the MSUM campus on Feb 5-6. On Monday, Feb. 5 from 7-8:30 p.m. Ms. Murphy will be speaking on the Reggio Emilia Approach to Young Children's Education in Comstock 205. The expected audience is early childhood teachers, art educators, and students. Murphy is the Coordinator of the Minnesota Reggio Emilia Network and a recent past-president of the Minnesota Association of the Education of Young Children. On Tuesday, Feb. 6, she will be speaking to students in a variety of education classes.
* Olivia Melroe, Peg Potter, and Lisa Stewart, psychology, along with 12 first, second and third year school psychology program graduate students, recently attended the Midwinter Conference of the Minnesota School Psychologists Association in Bloomington. MSUM School Psychology Program alumna Susan Tag of Forest Lake, Minn. was one of the conference presenters. Her presentation was titled "Introduction to a Social Skills Curriculum—A Hands-On, Practical Approach. Ms. Tag also has a BA in American Studies and a BS in Mass Communications from MSUM.
Campus community invited: (Jan. 24,2001)
Noon Tuesday in CB atrium…MNSCU CHANCELLOR
HERE JAN. 30TH TO TOUT SYSTEM'S BUDGET PROPOSAL
MnSCU Chancellor Morrie Anderson will lead a delegation to Minnesota State University Moorhead to underscore the importance of the system's budget proposal, with specific attention to its affect on our campus, from noon to 12:45 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30., in the atrium of the Center for Business.
It will be timely because the governor's budget proposal is expected to offer slim pickings for higher education. MnSCU will start a two-day media tour around the state Tuesday with a
9 a.m. news conference at the Capitol, followed by a fly-around to various MnSCU centers. MSU Moorhead will be the first stop.
Besides Chancellor Anderson, the MnSCU plane will carry Trustee Andy Boss, and public affairs officer Barb Shlafer.
President Roland Barden and Fergus Falls Community College President Ken Peeders will be among the speakers. FFCC and Northwest Technical College will have delegations at the briefing. From 1:15 to 2 p.m. the delegation (and presidents Barden and Peeders) will meet with The Forum editorial board. After that, the MnSCU delegation takes off from Hector International for Bemidji. The next day the tour continues to other MnSCU centers.
Minnesota's commitment to higher education slipped significantly over the past decade. That's despite higher education's vital role in the state's plans for economic development and job growth. The media briefing affords us an opportunity to underscore the importance of higher education to the state and to our community.LEGISLATORS ON CAMPUS
JAN. 26 FOR OPEN FORUM
Pres. Roland Barden invites the campus community to attend a legislative open forum with District 9 legislators from 4 to 5 p.m. on Friday, January 26 in Room 101 of the Comstock Memorial Union. State Senator Keith Langseth and State Representatives Kevin Goodno and Paul Marquart will participate.
The forum begins with opening remarks from the legislators and continues with an extended question and answer session. A reception follows from
5-5:30 p.m.
The forum provides an opportunity to discuss MSU Moorhead's needs that will be addressed during the 2001 legislative session.
All members of the MSU Moorhead campus and the surrounding community are invited to participate.TAMMARO GIVES DILLE
FACULTY LECTURE JAN. 25
Thom Tammaro an MSUM professor of multidisciplinary studies, has been selected to receive the 2000-2001 Roland and Beth Dille Distinguished Faculty Lecturer Award.
Tammaro presents the annual lecture Thursday, January 25 at 7:30 p.m. in 109 Center for Business.
The title of his lecture is "Drinking from the Well by the Lake of Memory."
This completes the fifth set of awards funded by the Dille Fund for Excellence, a permanent endowment honoring former MSU Moorhead President Roland Dille and his wife Beth. For 2000-2001, eight grants totaling $12,900 were awarded to fund proposals by faculty, staff, and students.
Tammaro has taught writing and humanities in the New Center for Multidsciplinary Studies since 1983. He is also a member of the faculty of the MFA in Creative Writing Program at MSU Moorhead, where he teaches poetry writing. He has authored two books, and edited or co-edited six books including his most recent book Visiting Emily: Poems Inspired by the Life and Work of Emily Dickinson (University of Iowa Press, 2000), co-edited with Sheila Coghill.
His poems, essays and reviews have appeared in a wide variety of anthologies and periodicals. He is the recipient of fellowships in poetry from the Minnesota State Arts Board (1985 and 1991), a Loft-McKnight Award in Poetry (1995), and most recently a Jerome Foundation Travel Fellowship to Italy (1998).WEST CENTRAL INITIATIVE
AWARDS $22,000 TO MSUM
The West Central Initiative recently awarded MSUM a $22,500 grant to provide business consulting services to entrepreneurs within the nine-county region. It was one of 119 grants totaling $725,000 awarded by the public foundation located in Fergus Falls. Its mission is to bring people and resources together.NORDICK GETS HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD
The Moorhead Human Rights Commission has awarded the 2001 Human Rights Awards to one organization and four individuals who have made significant contributions to human rights in our community. Recipients are: Desera Grimley Larry Nordick Al & Jan Traaseth Diane Wray-Williams Helping Hands of Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd was given the organization award/
Nordick graduated from MSUM and in 1983 earned his degree at UND Law School. He utilized his law degree while employed by the Legal Association of North Dakota until the fall of 1983. He moved to Northwest Minnesota Legal Services until 1990. His tenure with these organizations was marked by representation of low-income persons and minorities. Since 1990 Larry has taught in the Paralegal department of MSUM and is now an associate professor and the department chair.
Larry is known for securing food from the Great Plains Food Bank and arranging for its distribution through the Dorothy Day Food Pantry to needy people in the F-M area. In addition he serves Churches United for the Homeless and is currently studying in the Pastoral Leadership Program for the Catholic Diocese of Crookston where he pursues the Deaconate track. Larry is being honored with a 2001 Human Rights Award for his advocacy on behalf of homeless persons and other people in need within our community.MSUM HOSTS ITS FIRST ASIAN AMERICAN AWARENESS WEEK
Wayne Patterson, a visiting professor of Korean history at Harvard University, will kick off MSUM's first Asian American Awareness Week celebration with a 7 p.m. talk on "Changing Values in Asian America" Monday, Jan. 29 in room 101 of the student union.
On Tuesday, the Minneapolis-based Theatre Mu will stage "My Story," a play about a Korean adoptee growing up in Minnesota, at 7 p.m. in the student union ballroom. It will be followed by a demonstration of Taiko, a Japanese style of drumming.
Wednesday, a Chinese New Year celebration featuring dance, martial arts, music, costumes and food will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the student union ballroom. It's organized by MSUM's Chinese Club.
Events conclude on Thursday with a panel discussion on the differences among various Asian ethnic cultures at 7 p.m. in room 101 of the student union. The panel will include community members, students and faculty.
All events are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Abner Arauza at the MSUM Multicultural Affairs Office, 236-2721.POKER WALK FOR FITNESS
AND FOOD PANTRY DRIVE
Did you know that just 30 minutes of moderate exercise per day, like walking, can: cut your risk of heart disease by 30%; reduce your risk of hypertension, diabetes and colon cancer by 30%; reduce body fat by an average of 18%; and eliminate undue stress.
We therefore encourage you to participate in the second Annual MSUM "Poker" Walk for Fitness, to be held on Thursday, February 15th from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The objective is to walk to each of the seven MSUM departments below, draw a card at each, and try to acquire the best poker hand. NOTE: The best five out of seven cards can be used. Jokers are wild! Prizes will be awarded for the top 3 hands.YWCA OF FARGO ? MOORHEAD FOOD DRIVE
In conjunction with the "Poker" Walk, Human Resources will be collecting items for the YWCA of Fargo-Moorhead. Top five items needed: Large/X-tra Large Diapers; Ibuprofen; Pedialite; Benadryl and Carbon Monoxide Detectors; Other items needed include: Bar Soap, Canned Fruits, Canned Spaghetti Sauces, Tuna, Cereal, Toilet Tissue and other non-perishable items are also accepted. A YWCA needs list is available for viewing in the MSUM HR office. Red barrels will be situated at HR to collect your donations. Those who donate to this worthy cause will be eligible to draw another card at the HR site; therefore, increasing the chance to attain the winning hand.
PARTICIPATING DEPARTMENTS:
Dean of Business & Industry Office, CB 100
Mathematics Department, MA 362
Special Education Department, LO 209
Housing , BA 120
Career Services, CMU 114
Physical Plant
Human Resources, Owens 210
Note: Hot Chocolate will be served in HR at the finale of your walk.
Draw a card at each department; your name and card will be recorded. Keep your card and proceed to the other departments. You do not have to walk to all seven departments at one time; walk on your breaks or lunch hour. Human Resources MUST be the last department you walk to --before 4:00 p.m. You will draw your last card, and submit your best hand. You can also throw your name into the hat for a GRAND PRIZE DRAWING to be held in April/May, after the 3rd MSUM "Poker" WALK FOR FITNESS is held.
This is a great opportunity to familiarize yourself with the MSUM campus and get some exercise to boot!
NOTE: Those employees who participate in the Minnesota…. on the move fitness program are reminded to tally your points on your log sheet.
If you have questions, please call Deb Lewis at 2067.MCGRATH VISITING WRITING
SERIES FEATURES FIVE
AUTHORS THIS SEMESTER
Five authors will read from their works spring semester as featured guests of Tom McGrath Visiting Writers Series.
Scheduled authors:
* Debra Marquart, a North Dakota native and MSUM alum, will read from her work at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15 in the university's Library Porch. Coordinator of the creative writing program at Iowa State University and editor of the Flyway Literary Review, her books include the poetry collection "Everything's A Verb" and the recent short story collection, "The Hunger Bone," reflecting on her experiences as a touring road musician.
* John Calvin Rezmerski, writer-in-residence at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn., will read at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 8 in the university's Library Porch. His poems have appeared in a variety of publications ranging from the Wall Street Journal to Mennonite Life. The Pennsylvania native's one-man show, "Chin Music and Dirty Sermons," will also be presented this year at the John Hassler Theatre in Plainview, Minn. His latest book of poems is titled "What Do I Know?"
* Minnesota novelist Faith Sullivan, winner of the Milkweed National Fiction Prize and the Benjamin Franklin Award, will read at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 29 in King Hall Auditorium. Her novels, all set in Minnesota, include "Watchdog," "Include Repent, Lanny Merkel," "The Cape Ann" and "The Empress of One." She'll also talk about the writer's craft at 4 p.m. that day on the Library Porch. (free)
* Novelist and short story writer Antonya Nelson, recently named one of the 20 best young fiction writers in the country by The New Yorker, will read at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 19 in King Hall. Her novels include "Living to Tell," "Talking in Bed" and "Nobody's Girl." She's also won the Flannery O'Connor Award and the Nelson Algren Award. Nelson, who teaches creative writing at New Mexico State University, will also give a talk on the writer's craft at 4 p.m. that day on the Library Porch.
* Poet and essayist Marvin Bell, the Flannery O'Connnor Professor of Letters at the University of Iowa's Writers' Workshop, will read at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 26 in King Hall Auditorium. He's the author of 15 books of poetry and essays, including "Poetry for a Midsummer's Night," "The Book of the Dead Man" and "Nightworks." The state of Iowa made him its first poet laureate. He'll also talk on the writer's craft at 4 p.m. that day on the Library Porch.
The final event of the season, a publication reading from this year's campus literary magazine "Red Weather," is scheduled at 8 p.m. Thursday, May 3 in King Hall Auditorium.WHAT JAPANESE STUDENTS
NEED TO LEARN IN ENGLISH
Takanori Mita will speak on "What Japanese Students Need to Learn in English Class" at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 23 in MacLean Hall 268 as a feature of Minnesota State University Moorhead's language department colloquium series.MSUM CHINESE CLUB
CELEBRATES THE
YEAR OF THE SNAKE
The Chinese Club will sponsor a Chinese New Year celebration from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31 in the student union ballroom.
The evening will include Chinese dances, music, martial arts and costumes. Snacks and drinks will also be served.
The event is part of Asian American Awareness Week celebration on campus and is supported in part by the Alumni Foundation, the Asian American Association and Multicultural Student Affairs.
The Chinese New Year is the most important and colorful of all Chinese festivals. The Chinese Zodiac consists of a 12-year cycle, each year named after a different animal that imparts distinct character traits to children born that year.SEMESTER CAB EVENTS
* Mentalist Christopher Carter at 8 p.m. Feb. 1 in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts Hansen Theatre. ($3 for MSUM students; $5 general admission)
* Relationship expert and comedian Harlan Cohen on stage in the CMU main lounge from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 7 (free)
* Musician Jill Anderson on stage from
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the CMU main lounge Feb. 9. (free)
* Comedian Daniel Tosh on stage at noon
Feb. 14 in the CMU main lounge. (free)
* President's Ball from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Feb. 17 in the CMU Ballroom. (free)
* Amateur Comedian Night from 8 to 11 p.m. at the Underground Feb. 28. (free)
* Interactive game show Outcast at 7 p.m.
March 26 in the CMU ballroom. ($1)
* Musician Mathew West on stage from 7:30 to
9 p.m. in the CMU main lounge April 4. (free)
* Los Angeles radio commentator Bob Harris gives airs his theories on the JFK assassination at 7 p.m. April 17 in the CMU ballroom (($1 MSUM students; $3 general admission)
* CABstock from noon to 5 p.m. April 28 on Murray Beach featuring free music.BROWN BAG
There will be a brown bag presentation on February 14 in CMU 216 at 12 p.m. The presentation is titled "Earning Promotion and Tenure: Contributions to Student Growth and Development, and University / Community Service," -discussion hosted by Jarilyn Gess, Phyllis May-Machunda and Marlane Sanderson.MSUM HOSTS INFORMATION SESSION
ON RN TO BSN SATELLITE PROGRAM
MSU Moorhead will host an information session on its RN to BSN satellite program in Fergus Falls Tuesday, February 6 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in the Lake Region Hospital conference rooms A and B.
The satellite program, designed for registered nurses who wish to obtain a bachelor of science in nursing degree, features a combination of live, interactive television, and Internet-based classes, with clinical experiences in your home area.
Interested RNs are encouraged to bring transcripts to determine if eligibility requirements are met and which additional general studies or elective courses may be needed to complete graduation requirements.
For more information, call the MSUM nursing department at 218-236-2693.GUEST VIOLINIST MICHAEL BARTA
PERFORMS HERE FEB. 17
Native Hungarian and acclaimed violinist Michael Barta will perform in a solo and chamber recital Saturday, Feb. 17 at 8 p.m. in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts Fox Recital Hall.
He’ll be accompanied by MSUM faculty members Sandy Rawson, piano; Alan Rawson, viola; and Nathan Davis, cello.
The concert is free and open to the public.
Barta will talk about the music profession in Hungary under communism and today on Friday, Feb. 16 from 4 to 5 p.m., and he’ll conduct a masterclass on Saturday, Feb. 17 from 1 to 3 p.m. Both events will take place in Fox Recital Hall.
Barta was born in Hungary and fled communism in 1980. He was granted asylum in the United States, where he began his professional career as a professor of violin at Central Michigan University and Concertmaster of the Saginaw and Midland Symphonies. He’s received numerous awards for his performances, and from 1975-1980 he toured the world as first violinist of the Kodaly String Quartet.
Currently he teaches violin, viola and chamber music at Southern Illinois University, and he’s also Assistant Concertmaster of the Illinois Symphony and Chamber Orchestra. He was granted U.S. citizenship in 1987.
He’s performed at Alice Tully Hall and twice at Carnegie Hall in New York, as well as nationally and internationally.
The Michael Barta residency is supported by the S.G. Comstock Memorial Fund.GUEST ARTISTS FEATURED
IN MSUM ART EXHIBIT
Guest artists Judy Anderson and Christopher Ozubko are showing works of posters, books, text and images in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts gallery through Friday, Feb. 9. An opening reception will be held Thursday, Jan. 25 from
4 to 6 p.m., followed by a public lecture in CA 165.
Anderson is a professor and chair of the division of design at the University of Washington. Ozubko is a professor and director of the school of art at the University of Washington.
The exhibit is free and open to the public.
This event is sponsored by grants from the MSUM Alumni Foundation, the Visiting Scholar Committee, and the MSUM Art Department.NDPC COLLEGE COMMUNICATION
CONTEST OPEN TO MSUM STUDENTS
The North Dakota Professional Communicators is now accepting entries for its annual College Communications Contest. It’s open to college communications students in North Dakota and Moorhead, Minn.
Eligible students must be enrolled in at least a
two-year college or university in North Dakota, or at MSUM or Concordia College. All entries must have been published, aired or produced between
March 7, 2000 and February 23, 2001. Entries are not limited to work produced for college or university organizations. All entries must be received by the contest chair on or before Feb. 28, 2001. Entries will be judged by professional North Dakota communicators with expertise in the category or categories they judge.
Contest classifications include Print Media, Photography, Broadcast, Web, Print Advertising, Electronic Advertising, Short Fiction, and Other Communications Materials (includes news releases, brochure, yearbook/annual literary magazine, poster/flyer).
Students may also apply for the Marion Piper Sullivan Memorial Scholarship award. To be considered, students must complete an application form and write a 500- to 700-word essay in addition to submitting at least three entries in the contest.
Please help spread the word. If you want copies of the contest guidelines, contact Kristi Monson at monson@mnstate.edu, or call 2110.
The NDPC College Contest chair is Doris Cooper, 701-252-6720, djtcooper@yahoo.com, or 235 15th Ave. N.E., Jamestown, ND 58401.MSUM MUSIC FEATURES
OBOIST RUTH DAHLKE
Ruth Dahlke, a Minnesota State University Moorhead professor of music and oboist with the
F-M Symphony, will present a program of chamber works Monday, Jan. 29 at 8 p.m. in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts Fox Recital Hall.
She will perform a variety of works with oboe featuring music by women composers Marie Grandval, Elizabeth Maconchy, Miriam Gideon, Eva Noda and Claude Arrieu.
She will be assisted by MSUM faculty members Nathan Davis, cello; Elise Midelfort, piano; Debora Harris, flute; Alan Rawson, violin; Mark Zanter, guitar; Elise Midelfort, piano; Cecelia O’Keefe, soprano; Leigh Wakefield, clarinet; Karin Wakefield, horn; Russell Peterson, bassoon; and MSUM student Jennifer Hansen, vibraphone.
The final piece, "Quintette en Ut," will be performed by the F-M Symphony Woodwind Quintet, featuring Dahlke, Harris, Peterson, and Leigh and Karin Wakefield.
This concert is free and open to the public.MSUM FACULTY AND STAFF
Don't forget to sign up for your Dragon Dollars in the food service office. Its a great way to take advantage of a convenient service offered by Sodexho Marriott!A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY FOR FACULTY
SABBATICAL EXPERIENCES IN FEDERAL FACILITIES.
The Resident, Cooperative & Postdoctoral Research Associateship Programs sponsored by the National Research Council are a special opportunity for faculty sabbatical experiences in federal facilities. The next application deadline is April 15, 2001. Through agreements with many federal agencies, opportunities are available for both recent Ph.D.s and senior investigators to engage in basic and applied research at over 100 federal labs and research facilities. Stipends will support research in chemistry; earth and atmospheric sciences; engineering and applied sciences; biological, health and behavioral sciences; biotechnology; math; space and planetary sciences; and physics. A catalog describes interests of each facility and applicable deadlines. Electronic information is available at http://www4.nationalacademies.org/osep/rap.nsf or contact Arnold Schwartz, Director, Associateship Programs, Off. of Scientific & Engineering Persnl., 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20418, phone 202/334-2760.THERE IS STILL TIME....
There is still time to sign-up for the tour to Spain. James Weckler from the Language Department is leading a 9-day tour to Spain, May 21-29, 2001. Signing-up is easy and the cost is more than reasonable: for about $2000 you get round-trip tickets from Fargo to Spain, seven nights in hotels, two meals per day, all transportation, tours and excursions. For more info, click on the link, Trip to Spain, May, 2001 on the MSUM Languages website: www.mnstate.edu/language; or, contact James Weckler directly, via e-mail: weckler@mnstate.edu, or by phone: 236-4060; or, go directly to the MSUM Office of International Programs, 151 Flora Frick (you can enter through either MacLean or Owens Hall). This is going to be a great trip!WHERE ART AND SCIENCE MEET:
THE DANIEL LANGLOIS FOUNDATION
Innovators of combining artistic and scientific expression can turn to the Daniel Langlois Foundation for support of the work. Established in 1997, the Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science, and Technology strives to further artistic and scientific knowledge by fostering the meeting of art and science in the field of technologies. It supports efforts to nurture a critical awareness of technology’s implications for human beings and their natural and cultural environment, and promote the exploration of aesthetics suited to evolving human environments. The organization encourages international and interdisciplinary research, calling for co-operation between people from a variety of fields, such as artists, scientists, and technologists or engineers.
Applications will be considered annually, and must be submitted by January 31. Projects are evaluated by international committees of appointed experts. Committee members are specialists in the artistic and scientific disciplines involved in the projects under consideration. Applicants should initiate the process by developing a pre-proposal (10 pages maximum) describing their intended work. The Foundation will then select candidates to submit more detailed proposals for further funding consideration.
The Daniel Langlois Foundation also sponsors several other grant programs for individuals and organizations, including the Residency and Commissioning of Works of Art initiative, the Organizations from Emerging Countries program, and efforts for the Conservation and Preservation of Media Works. In these cases, non-profit organizations, artistic or scientific organizations or institutions, institutions of higher education, and individuals are eligible to apply.
For more information about the Research Grant for Individuals and the Foundations’ other funding opportunities, see their Web site at http://www.fondation-langlois.org. Or, contact the Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science, and Technology, 3530, Saint-Laurent Boulevard, Suite 402, Montreal, Quebec, H2X 2V1 Canada.
Phone: 514.987.7177; FAX: 514.987.7492; e-mail: info@fondation-langlois.org.CAMPUS/COMMUNITY LEGISLATIVE
OPEN FORUM FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 2001
President Roland Barden invites the campus community to attend a legislative open forum with District 9 legislators from 4 to 5 p.m. on Friday, January 26 in Room 101 of the Comstock Memorial Union. State Senator Keith Langseth and State Representatives Kevin Goodno and Paul Marquart will participate. The forum begins with opening remarks from the legislators and continues with an extended question and answer session. A reception follows from 5-5:30 p.m. The forum provides an opportunity to discuss MSU Moorhead's needs that will be addressed during the 2001 legislative session. All members of the MSU Moorhead campus and the surrounding community are invited to participate. The forum is hosted by the Office of the President. Questions may be directed to Dr. Susanne Williams, Assistant to the President,
236-2090 or willmssu@mnstate.edu.OFFICE OF SCHOLARSHIP AND FINANCIAL AID TO HOST OPEN HOUSE
The Office of Scholarship and Financial Aid will host an open house on Wednesday January 31 from
10 a.m.-2 p.m. Please join us to check out our new remodeled look, meet the staff and ask financial aid questions. Students are encouraged to apply early for 2001-2002 financial aid. The priority deadline for campus-based aid (work-study, Perkins Loan, SEOG grant) is March 1. Refreshments will be served. Questions or comments can be directed to the Office of Scholarship and Financial Aid at
236-2251.NEW BOOKS AT THE LIBRARY
The Livingston Lord Library at MSU announces the availability of the following titles (among many others):
*Newman, Cathy. Women photographers at National geographic. OVERSIZE TR139.N49 2000
*Mapplethorpe, Robert. Pictures. OVERSIZE TR680.M297 1999
*Kingdom of the soul: symbolist art in Germany, 1870-1920. OVERSIZE N6867.5.S94 K56 2000
*Lieberman, William Slattery, 1924-. Painters in Paris, 1895-1950. OVERSIZE ND550.L54 2000
*Kid size: the material world of childhood. NK 2750.K5313 1997
*Maeda, John. Design by numbers. OVERSIZE QA76.6.M336 1999
*Handbook of personality: theory and research. 2nd ed. BF 698.H335 1999
*Fox, Stephen, 1938-. America's invisible Gulag: a biography of German American internment & exclusion in World War II: memory and history. D 805.F69 2000
*Practical approaches to using learning styles in higher education. LB2395.P69 2000
*Protection against genocide: mission impossible?. K 5302.P76 2000
*Reforming college composition: writing the wrongs. PE 1404.R383 2000
*Li, Tze-chung, 1927-. Social science reference sources: a practical guide. 3rd ed. H 61.L5 2000
*Reeves, Martha E., 1951-. Suppressed, forced out and fired: how successful women lose their jobs. HD 6060.R44 2000
*Weiss, Jeffrey S. The popular culture of modern art: Picasso, Duchamp, and avant-gardism. N 6848.5.C82 W45 1994
*Townsend, Kenneth William, 1951-. World War II and the American Indian. D 810.I5 T69 2000
*Kistler, John M., 1967-. Animal rights: a subject guide, bibliography, and Internet companion. HV 4708.K57 2000
*Contemporary Mexican drama in translation. PQ 7271.E5 C65 1995
*Globalization. JZ 1318.G579 2000
*Vidal, Gore, 1925-. The golden age: a novel. PS 3543.I26 G65 2000
*Multiple perspectives on mathematics teaching and learning. QA 11.M79 2000
*Abbotson, Susan C. W., 1961-. Student companion to Arthur Miller. PS 3525.I5156 Z5116 2000
*Bridges to student success: exemplary programs 1999. LC 4820.B75 1999
*Dovey, Jon. Freakshow: first person media and factual television. PN 1992.8.R43 D68 2000
*A middle mosaic: a celebration of reading, writing, and reflective practice at the middle level. LB 1631.A2 2000
*Low, Sui Pheng. Managing productivity in construction: JIT operations and measurements. TH 438.4.L68 1997
*Karukstis, Kerry K. Chemistry connections: the chemical basis of everyday phenomena. QD 37.K34 2000
*Cave, Dorothy. Mountains of the blue stone. PS 3553.A9656 M68 1998
*Schulze, Kirsten E. The Arab-Israeli conflict. DS 119.7.S37935 1999
*Ettlie, John E. Managing technological innovation. HD 45.E76 2000
*Brown, Laurie, 1937-. Recent terrains: terraforming the American West. OVERSIZE F595.3.B74 2000
*LeCompte, Mary Lou, 1935-. Cowgirls of the rodeo: pioneer professional athletes. GV 1834.55.W47 L43 2000
*Rhode, Deborah L. In the interests of justice: reforming the legal profession. KF 297.R48 2000
*The critical response to John Steinbeck's The grapes of wrath. PS 3537.T3234 G8472 2000
*International perspectives on Vietnam. DS 557.7.I57 2000
*Einhorn, Lois J., 1952-. The Native American oral tradition: voices of the spirit and soul. PM 217.E37 2000
*Lech, Raymond B., 1940-. Broken soldiers. DS 921.L43 2000
*Di Prisco, Joseph, 1950-. Field guide to the American teenager: a parent's companion. HQ 799.15.D57 2000
*Sullivan, Robert, 1963-. A whale hunt. E 99.M19 S85 2000
*Dorn, Charles M. Mind in art: cognitive foundations in art education. N 87.D67 1998
*Moe, Doug. The world of Mike Royko. OVERSIZE PN4874.R744 M64 1999
*Sexual abuse and eating disorders. RC 552.E18 S49 1996
*Katz, Etunia Bauer, 1922-. Our tomorrows never came. DS 135.U43 K384 2000
*Bahr, Morton. From the telegraph to the internet. HD 6475.C652 B33 1998
*Classical philosophy. B 171.C53 1999
*Valcâarcel Cases, Miguel. Principles of analytical chemistry: a textbook. QD 75.2.V35 2000
*The People's war: responses to World War II in the Soviet Union. D 764.P45 2000
*Headrick, Daniel R. When information came of age: technologies of knowledge in the age of reason and revolution, 1700-1850. CB 203.H39 1999
*Haynes, Bruce, 1942-. Music for oboe, 1650-1800: a bibliography. 2nd ed., rev. and expanded. ML 128.O2 H55 1992
*Homuth, Donald, 1920-. Cello music since 1960: a bibliography of solo, chamber & orchestral works for the solo cellist. ML 128.V5 H66 1994
*Berger, Arthur Asa, 1933-. Ads, fads, and consumer culture: advertising's impact on American character and society. HF 5823.B438 2000
*Literary appropriations of the Anglo-Saxons from the thirteenth to the twentieth century. PR 151.A53 L57 2000
*Heider, Don (Donald Bruce). White news: why local news programs don't cover people of color. PN 4888.M56 H45 2000
*Fischman, Gustavo. Imagining teachers: rethinking gender dynamics in teacher education. LB 1719.A7 F58 2000
*Standard methods for the examination of water and wastewater. 20th ed. 1998. OVERSIZE TD 380.S8 1998
*Griffin-Pierce, Trudy, 1949-. Native peoples of the Southwest. E 78.S7 G76 2000
*Kimmich, Christoph M. German foreign policy, 1918-1945: a guide to research and research materials. Rev. ed. DD 240.K54 1991
*Hafer, Jan Christian. Come sign with us: sign language activities for children. 2nd ed. HV 2474.H32 1996
Faculty and staff are invited to submit requests for new library materials (in any format) to their department's library liaison. Larry Schwartz is the Collection Management Librarian for the Library, and his phone number is x2353.NEW LIBRARY REFERENCE BOOKS
The Livingston Lord Library at MSU announces the availability of the following titles in the Reference Room:
*Russell, Cheryl, 1953-. Best customers: demographics of consumer demand. REF. HC79.C6 R87 1999
*The encyclopedia of Judaism. REF. BM50.E63 1999
*Barnes, Patricia G. Congressional Quarterly's desk reference on American criminal justice: [over 500 answers to frequently asked questions from law enforcement to corrections]. REF. HV9950.B364 2001
*Anglim, Christopher. Religion and the law: a dictionary. REF. KF4865.A68 A54 1999
*Encyclopedia of sociology. 2nd ed. REF. HM425.E5 2000
*Rengel, Marian. Encyclopedia of birth control. REF. HQ766.R442 2000
*McCaffrey, Donald W. Guide to the silent years of American cinema.
REF. PN1995.75.M33 1999
*Room, Adrian. Brewer's dictionary of phrase & fable. 16th ed. REF. PN43.B65 1999
*The Grey House performing arts directory. REF. PN1561.G74
Faculty and staff are invited to submit requests for new library materials to their department's library liaison. Larry Schwartz is the Collection Management Librarian for the Library, and his phone number is x2353.VACANCY NOTICE
Position: Instructor of Chinese (sabbatical replacement), approximately 75% appointment with benefits.
Qualifications and Experience: Required: Master’s degree in Chinese, East Asian Studies, or related field. Demonstrated record of excellence in undergraduate teaching Chinese in the U.S. Native or near native proficiency in Chinese and English. Good communication skills and ability to work effectively within the academic unit
Preferred: PhD in Chinese or related field by date of appointment. Familiarity with current theories of language pedagogy
Desirable: Experience with study abroad programs. Experience with language club advising
Responsibilities: Teach 1st and 2nd year Chinese, Chinese Culture (taught in English) Fulfill other professional duties within the department and university. Must provide official graduate and undergraduate transcripts.
Apply to: John W. Hall, Chair, Dept. of Languages, MA 271, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, MN 56563. Tel: 218-236-2916. Fax: 218-299-5983. E-mail: halljohn@mnstate.eduACADEMIC POLICY AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE
JANUARY 23, 2001 APAC AGENDA
The Academic Policy Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet on Tuesday, January 23 at 3:30 p.m. in the Comstock Memorial Union (CMU 101).
AGENDA
1. Technology Department
Revised Graphic Communications Program (This proposal was approved at the 12/19/00 APAC meeting with the condition that departmental signatures be obtained approving the final revisions.)
2. Accounting Department
Minor Changes:
Change credits of ACCT 130: Fundamentals of Accounting from 1-3, to 3 credits.
Add the prerequisite of ACCT 205 or consent of instructor to ACCT 320A, 320B, 320C: Employment Law A, B, C.
Change course description and add prerequisite "or consent of instructor" to ACCT 330: Intermediate Accounting I.
Change course description and add prerequisite "or consent of instructor" to ACCT 331: Intermediate Accounting II.
Add the prerequisite of "ACCT 231 or consent of instructor" to ACCT 340: Introduction to Taxation.
Change course description and add prerequisite "or consent of instructor" to ACCT 430: Advanced Accounting.
Change course description of ACCT 441L: Individual Income Tax-VITA Experience.
Change course description and add prerequisite "or consent of instructor" to ACCT 460: Audit I.
Change course description and add prerequisite "or consent of instructor" to ACCT 461: Audit II
Change course description and add prerequisite "ACCT 231 and ACCT 315 or consent of instructor" to ACCT 469: Internship.
Add "or consent of Instructor" to the prerequisite for the following Accounting courses:
306: Business Entities and Property
307: Commercial Transactions
315: Accounting Systems
350: Cost Accounting
420: International Accounting
431: Non-Profit Accounting
441: Individual Income Tax
443: Corporate/Partnership Tax
446: Estate, Gift and Trust Taxation
495: Advanced Topics in Business Law
3. Elementary & Early Childhood Education
Minor change:
Change course level of EECE 334: Play and Development (3 cr.) to: 234
Major changes:
Changes in Specialty Areas for Elementary & Early Childhood Education
Change in science requirements for Early Childhood majors
New Certificate Programs:
Certificate in Reading ? 15 credits
Certificate in Special Education ? 15 credits
Certificate in Preprimary Education ? 16 creditsAPPLICATIONS FOR FIRST YEAR
EXPERIENCE (FYE) INSTRUCTORS AVAILABLE
Instructors interested in teaching FYE fall 2001 must complete an FYE instructor application. Applications may be picked up in Owens 205 or 206, or may be requested by calling Sara Leigh at x2501. Fall 2001 FYE instructor applications must be turned in to Sara Leigh, Director of the Advising Support Center/FYE Coordinator, Owens 206G, no later than January 29th, 2001.GRANT INFORMATION
Program: U.S. - Africa, Near East & South Asia Cooperative Science Program
Agency: National Science Foundation
Next Deadline: Feb 01, 2001
Supports cooperative research activities by scientists & engineers from the U.S. & all countries in Africa, the Middle East, & South Asia. Funds are provided to U.S. scientists for joint projects conducted at the foreign institution, individual travel to carry out project planning, short-term visits (up to a year) by guest investigators, or awards to conduct bilateral conferences, including modest administrative allowance & expenses for participants. Proposals must be received by 2/1 or 9/1, with the exception of planning visit proposals, which may be submitted at any time. See http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/int/9614rev.htm.
Program: International Migration Program
Agency: Social Science Research Council
Next Deadline: Feb 01, 2001
Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, this program offers one-year fellowships at the dissertation & postdoctoral levels, a minority summer dissertation workshop, & research planning grants. The purpose is to foster research on immigration to the U.S., processes of settlement, & outcomes for both immigrants & Americans. Areas of interest include international migration & economic sociocultural & political contexts, processes & transformations. See http://www.ssrc.org/migfell.htm. E-mail: dewind@ssrc.org
Program: Residential Fellowships
Agency: Camargo Foundation
Next Deadline: Feb 01, 2001
Foundation maintains a center of studies in France for scholars who wish to pursue projects in the humanities and the social sciences related to French and francophone cultures. Also sponsors creative projects by visual artists, photographers, filmmakers, composers, and creative writers. Eleven furnished apartments & a reference library in the city of Cassis are available at no cost. Research should be at an advanced stage & not require resources unavailable in the Marseilles-Aix-Cassis region. See http://www.ats.edu/faculty/spons/C0000215.HTM. Email: Camarfound@aol.com.
Program: Short-Term Travel Grants
Agency: International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX)
Next Deadline: Feb 01, 2001
Supports brief visits (for up to two months) for humanities & social science scholars engaged in research focused on Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, & limited opportunities for Mongolia. Activities funded by these grants include: research visits; presentations at conferences; invited lectures or consultations; collaborative projects & joint publications; & visits of up to two foreign scholars to the U.S. for collaborative research or conference presentations. Grants normally do not exceed $3,000. See http://www.irex.org/programs/stg/ for more information.
Program: Science & Technology Studies Program
Agency: National Science Foundation
Next Deadline: Feb 01, 2001 (target date)
Supports research on the nature & development of science & technology, both in the past & present, & on differences in the nature of theory & evidence in various fields of science & engineering. STS also supports research on the interactions among science, technology & society, including the construction of scientific & technological knowledge & institutions; the relations between science & other social institutions & groups; & processes of scientific & technological innovation & change. Proposals are welcome from various disciplinary perspectives, including history, philosophy, & the social sciences. See http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/ses/sts/start.htm.
Program: Societal Dimensions of Engineering, Science & Technology
Agency: National Science Foundation
Next Deadline: Feb 01, 2001 (target date)
Consolidates two former NSF programs: Ethics & Values Studies; & Research on Science and Technology. Ethics & Values Studies component focuses on developing & transmitting knowledge about ethical & value dimensions associated with the conduct & impacts of science, engineering, & technology. Research on Science & Technology component supports research to improve approaches & information for decision making concerning management & direction of research, science & technology. See NSF 99-82 or http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/ses/sdest/start.htm.
Program: Methodology and Measurement in the Behavioral & Social Sciences
Agency: National Institutes of Health
Next Deadline: Feb 01, 2001
Supports research on methodology & measurement in the behavioral & social sciences, including processes that underlie self reports, research design, data collection & data analysis techniques, measurement, & ethical issues. Research studying diverse populations or sensitive behaviors is particularly requested. NIH institutes supportingthis program are: NIA; NIAAA; NCI; NICHD; NIDR; NIDA; NIMH; NINR; & NHLBI. PA current through 2/01; will probably be re-issued later in 2001. See http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-98- 031.html, or http://obssr.od.nih.gov/.
E-mail: CainV@od1tm1.od.nih.gov.
Program: Research Grants
Agency: Association for Asian Studies
Next Deadline: Feb 01, 2001
In conjunction with the Korea Foundation, grants are offered to assist the research of individual scholars based in North America, to improve the quality of teaching about Korea on both the college & precollege levels, & to integrate the study of Korea into the major academic disciplines. Research travel grants provide dissertation & post-doctoral research opportunities in Korea. Other small grants support research assistance, workshops and conferences, & Korean-studies teaching. See http://www.aasianst.org.
Program: Fellowships & Grants in Asian Art, Religion & Humanities
Agency: Asian Cultural Council
Next Deadline: Feb 01, 2001
Council supports Asian individuals in the visual & performing arts seeking grant assistance to conduct research, study, receive specialized training, undertake observation tours, or pursue creative activity in the US. Americans seeking aid to undertake activities in Asia are also eligible to apply to the ACC Residency Program in Asia, the Asian Art & Religion Fellowship Program, the Humanities Fellowship Program, & the Japan-US Arts Program. Deadlines refer to required letters of intent. See http://www.asianculturalcouncil.org/home.html.
Program: Research on Ethical Issues in Human Studies
Agency: National Institutes of Health
Next Deadline: Feb 01, 2001
NIH & the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention support grant applications (R01) for research on ethical issues that arise with research involving human participants. More empirical work is needed to guide researchers & Institutional Review Board (IRB) members toward selecting optimal ways that promote appropriate protections for research participants. For more details, see the 4/2/99 NIH Guide, or http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-99- 079.html. E-mail: rlfisch@nih.gov.
Program: Behavioral and Social Aging Research
Agency: National Institutes of Health
Next Deadline: Feb 01, 2001
Funds research on the psychological, cultural, societal, & economic factors that affect both the process of aging & the place of older people in society. Emphasis is placed on the dynamic interplay between the aging of individuals & their changing social & physical environments. Research areas include: stress & coping; psychosocial factors in nutrition, exercise & senile dementia; menopause; hypertension; rural health; economics of aging; perceptual & cognitive aging processes; & self-care behaviors. See http://www.nih.gov/nia/research/extramural/behavior/ E-mail: BSRquery@exmur.nia.nih.gov.
Program: NIAAA: Behavioral Science Track Awards for Rapid Transition (B-START)
Agency: National Institutes of Health
Next Deadline: Feb 01, 2001
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 & its sequelae, including neurocognitive, cognitive & perceptual processes, & psychosocial influences such as, motivational, social & community factors. Both animal & human studies are encouraged. Also of interest are studies of alcohol abuse & its role in HIV/AIDS transmission. PAR-99-043 is still current. See http://silk.nih.gov/silk/niaaa1/grants/program.htm.
Program: Mental Health Research in Eating Disorders
Agency: National Institutes of Health
Next Deadline: Feb 01, 2001
Supports research on the psychosocial & biological factors underlying eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia, & binge eating) to clarify issues of etiology & treatment. Emphasizes research on eating disorders at all levels such as fundamental studies of brain & behavior; examination of risk factors; & epidemiological & clinical investigations to successfully diagnose & treat the disorders. See PA- 96-064 (still current) at http://www.nimh.nih.gov/grants/pamenu.cfm.
Program: NIMH: Behavioral Science Track Award for Rapid Transition (B-START)
Agency: National Institutes of Health
Next Deadline: Feb 01, 2001
Supports behavioral science investigators at the beginning stages of their careers for small-scale, exploratory research projects in the areas of biology; neuroscience; behavioral, social, & environmental factors affecting mental illness; diagnosis, treatment, prevention & control of mental illness; & organization & financing of mental health services. About 20 awards are made each year. See PAR-00-119 or http://www.nimh.nih.gov/grants/pamenu.cfm. E-mail: mo10z@nih.gov.
Program: Women's Mental Health and Gender Differences Research
Agency: National Institutes of Health
Next Deadline: Feb 01, 2001
Supports basic, clinical & epidemiological research on issues pertinent to women's health. Program extends in scope beyond a traditional focus on women's reproductive health to include disorders & conditions more prevalent in females than in males, or different in clinical features & risk factors. See PA-00-074 or http://www.nimh.nih.gov/grants/pamenu.htm. E-mail: mblehar@mail.nih.gov.
Program: Grants Program
Agency: American Honda Foundation
Next Deadline: Feb 01, 2001
Awards are made to nonprofit organizations, including colleges & universities, for projects that meet the most pressing needs of youth (especially minority students). Most funded projects have included job training or math, science, technology, & environmental education improvement, including curriculum development. Emphasis is on broad, innovative, & forward- thinking projects with national scope. Grants are for $10,000-$75,000. To obtain guidelines, send a letter & a self-addressed label to the address above. See http://www.hondacorporate.com/community/index.html.
Program: Fellowships for Research in Jordan
Agency: American Center of Oriental Research
Next Deadline: Feb 01, 2001
Kress Fellowship in Art & Archeology offers up to $14,000 for up to 6 months to finish dissertation research in art or architectural history, archeology & sometimes classical studies. CAORC Fellowship: Six or more two- to six-month fellowships for pre-doctoral students & post- doctoral scholars. Fields of study include all areas of the humanities & the natural and social sciences. Topics should contribute to scholarship in Near Eastern studies. Maximum award is $17,000. To access the Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, see http://www.bu.edu/acor/fellannc.htm
Program: ETS Fellowships
Agency: Educational Testing Service
Next Deadline: Feb 01, 2001
Up to three postdoctoral fellowships of $35,000 are awarded annually to conduct research at ETS for one year in the following areas: statistics, psychometrics, psychology, policy studies, minority issues, technology, higher education, vocational testing, computer science & other testing issues. One or two NAEP Visiting Scholar awards also are available annually for research on education for minority students. Summer programs for graduate students are also available. See http://www.ets.org/research/fellowship.html.
Program: Innovation & Organizational Change Program
Agency: National Science Foundation
Next Deadline: Feb 01, 2001
Supports development of concepts, tools & methods for managing transformations to quality in organizations. Partnerships between researchers & firms or organizations will serve to improve theoretical & empirical understandings of total quality & to expedite implementation of quality practices. Research should be multidisciplinary, ideally integrating perspectives from the social, behavioral, managerial, & engineering sciences. NSF expects to make approximately 10 to 15 new awards annually at typically $75,000 per year for one to three years. See also, http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/ses/ioc/start.htm.
Program: Fulbright Student Program
Agency: U.S. Department of State
Next Deadline: Feb 01, 2001
Program created for one (or more) assistance award(s) to provide administrative and program services for the Fulbright Student Program in FY 2002. The student portion of the Fulbright Program will send abroad approximately 875 U.S. students and artists to study and conduct research. For FY 2002, grants to 1,200 foreign students from prior years will be renewed. See http://exchanges.state.gov/education/rfgps/menu.htm. E-mail: eberelson@pd.state.gov.
Program: Travel Grants for Research Trips
Agency: Swedish Information Service
Next Deadline: Feb 02, 2001
Grants partially cover transportation & living expenses for study visits to Sweden for two to four weeks are available to Americans working in the fields of politics, public administration, working life, the human environment, mass media, business & industry, education, research, & culture. A stipend of up to 25,000 crowns is provided. See http://www.swedeninfo.com/study.html for details & to request an application. E-mail CatharinaOlsen@forgien.ministry.se
Program: NASA-ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Next Deadline: Feb 02, 2001
Collaborative fellowship program between NASA & area universities for doctoral-level engineering & science faculty members to spend 10 continuous weeks working with professional peers on research at a NASA center. Program activities include in-depth & on-site research projects, tours, seminars, workshops. Stipend of $1,000/week, travel allowances, & relocation allowances will be awarded. Application materials are currently being prepared for the 2001 Program. Check http://www.asee.org/ after 11/15/00 for more details.MISCELLANIA
* Steven Bolduc, economics, delivered a paper at the Association for Evolutionary Economics/Allied Social Science Association meetings in New Orleans, LA, Jan. 5-7. His paper, "An Analysis of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Taxonomy and the Impact on Required Disposal Capacity," examines the ways in which the classification scheme leads to an upward bias is disposal capacity estimates. Moreover, the taxonomy hinders efficient implementation of newly emerging disposal technologies. Alternative LLRW waste taxonomies are presented.
* Dennis Jacobs, New Center, presented a paper at the joint meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers and the American Astronomical Society in San Diego, Jan 6 -11. The paper was on teaching science as a process.
* Recent papers by Brian Wisenden, biology: Wisenden BD & Millard MC*. 2001. Aquatic flatworms use chemical cues from injured conspecifics to assess predation risk and to associate risk with novel cues. Animal Behaviour. Accepted 15 December 2000. Wisenden BD, Pohlman SG* & Watkin EE*. 2001. Avoidance of conspecific injury-released chemical cues by free-ranging Gammarus lacustris (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Journal of Chemical Ecology. Accepted 13 November 2000. Wisenden BD & Harter KR*. 2001. Motion, not shape, facilitates association of predation risk with novel objects by fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas). Ethology In press. Accepted 15 November, 2000. Wisenden BD 2001. Brood defense and optimal brood size in convict cichlids Cichlasoma (Archocentrus) nigrofasciatum, a species with biparental care. Journal of Aquariculture & Aquatic Sciences. Accepted 1 January 2001. Wisenden BD. 2001. Chemically-mediated strategies to counter predation. In: Sensory Processing in the Aquatic Environment (Collin SP & Marshall NJ eds). Springer-Verlag, NY. In press Korpi NL* & Wisenden BD. 2001. Learned recognition of novel predator odour by zebra danios, Danio rerio, following time-shifted presentation of alarm cue and predator odour. Environmental Biology of Fishes Received final acceptance 27 November, 2000. Wisenden BD. 2000. Olfactory assessment of predation risk. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 355:1205-1208. Wisenden BD. 2000. Scents of danger: the evolution of olfactory ornamentation in chemically-mediated predator-prey interactions. in: Animal Signals: Signalling and Signal Design in Animal Communication (Espmark Y, Amundsen T, & Rosenqvist G, eds). Tapir Academic Press, Trondheim, Norway. pp. 365-386.
* Stacy Voeller, library, attended the American Library Association’s (ALA) MidWinter Conference January 12-15 in Washington, DC. At the conference, she gave a presentation on Web Usability Studies in collaboration with librarians from Georgia Tech and Ohio State University. She also attended committee meetings for the Library and Information Technology Association’s Membership Committee, of which she is a member. During another committee meeting for the Women’s Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries, she was appointed Assistant Editor of this section’s newsletter.
* James Harley, music, attended a colloquium on Music, Arts, Technologies: Toward a Critical Approach, held December 12-15 ,2000 in Montpellier, France and Barcelona, Spain. He presented a paper entitled "Does Improved Technology Make the Music Better? The Case of The Residents." The Proceedings will be published by DEMeter, an online French journal, in Spring 2001.
* Doris Walker-Dalhouse, EECE, traveled on behalf of the International Reading Association to Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria from January 2-9. Her trip was associated with her recent appointment to the Conference Planning Committee for the Second Pan-African Reading for All Conference, Oct. 7-12, 2001, in Abuja, Nigeria. The committee consists of Walker-Dalhouse, two other representatives from the International Reading Association, representatives from the Reading Association of Nigeria and members of the International Development Committee in Africa. Their work included meeting with representatives from the Nigerian Ministry of Education, UNESCO, USAID, UNICEF, Shell Oil and other agencies to discuss literacy issues, disseminate conference information, and solicit support to bring Nigerian teachers, international Keynote speakers, and Pan-African presenters to the conference. Walker-Dalhouse also attended the fifth annual National Reading Conference, November 27-December 1 in Scottsdale, Arizona.
* Barrett Eichler, chemistry, MSUM the Chemistry Club, and nine chemistry majors hosted the Red River Valley American Chemistry at MSUM. Society Meeting, December 1st - Barrett Eichler, chemistry, MSUM the Chemistry Club, and nine chemistry majors hosted the meeting at MSUM. Guest speaker Dr. Donald Neu,, St. Cloud State University, talked on "Integration of Material Science into the General Chemistry Curriculum."
* Peter Geib, business administration, has co-authored on article in the Journal of East-West Business. The title of the article is "Eastern and Central Europe: The Impact of the Cultural Environment on Privatization and Entry Strategies."
* Konrad Czynski, humanities, performed on Sunday January 21 as narrator/singer with the Concordia College Orchestra at the kind invitation of its director, Bruce Houglum. The performed piece at the "Pops and Pasta" benefit concert was the American classic by Paul Tripp and George Kleinsinger ? "Tubby the Tuba" (1946)CLASSIFIEDS
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