(May 10 issue)
GRACYK NAMED INTERIM DEAN OF EDUCATION & HUMAN SERVICES
Theodore Gracyk, philosophy, has accepted a one-year interim appointment as dean of Education and Human Services. He’ll begin the transition to this administrative assignment on June 21, assuming the dean's responsibilities on July 1.
The search committee that worked this year to identify a permanent dean, and also served as the screening committee for the interim appointment, will resume its work in the fall to identify a permanent dean.
Gracyk, who’s been teaching at MSU for 14 years, completes his second term as chairperson of the philosophy department this spring.
In 1998, Gracyk was named the Beth and Roland Dille Distinguished Faculty Lecturer. Two years earlier, he received the Academic Affairs Council Award for Excellence in Teaching, and was nominated by MSU for the Minnesota Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Professor of the Year award.
A specialist in aesthetics, Kant, and the history of modern philosophy, he’s also the author of "Rhythm and Noise: An Aesthetics of Rock," published in 1996 by Duke University Press, a book that argues that rock music is an art form in its own right.

For professional achievement…
PAT DUBOIS TO RECEIVE MSU’S
19TH ANNUAL L.B. HARTZ AWARD
Pat DuBois, a Sauk Centre businessman who began his banking career in 1933 and at the age of 85 is chairman of the board for First State Bank, has been selected to receive MSU’s 19th annual L.B. Hartz Professional Achievement Award.
The award is named in honor of the late L. B. Hartz, the founder of Hartz Wholesale Company headquartered in Thief River Falls. It’s presented annually to an individual who has created economic opportunities for others through innovation, entrepreneurship and community service.
DuBois’s career started in 1933 working as a teller for First State Bank in Sauk Centre. He later became a bank examiner for the state of Minnesota, a field representative for the Independent Banker’s Association of America and then Postmaster for Sauk Centre.
After three years in the Navy, DuBois was named director, vice president and then president of First State Bank of Sauk Centre. He was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1962 and served three consecutive terms, one as assistant minority leader. He’s served as chairman of the board for First State Bank since 1983.
His community service work ranged from assistant chief of the Sauk Centre Fire Department and president of the Chamber of Commerce to executive council member and president of the Independent Banker’s Association of America. He also served as a member of the Governor’s Economic Crisis Commission in 1985 and the Governor’s Grassroots Agricultural Policy Commission from 1984-85.

MSU’S ERIK PEDERSON
WINS NCAA SCHOLARSHIP
MSU senior linebacker Erik Pederson has been awarded a $5,000 post-graduate scholarship by the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
Pederson was one of 13 student-athletes selected from the NCAA Division II. A chemistry major with a 3.87 grade point average, Pederson will graduate from MSU on May 12. He will begin graduate studies at the University of Minnesota this fall.
A native of Eau Claire, Wis., Pederson is a graduate of Memorial High School.
A three-year starter here, Pederson collected a batch of honors in football. Last fall he joined fellow Dragon Adam Vossen on the select GTE-CoSIDA Academic All-American first team. He was also named a Burger King National Scholar Athlete of the Week, and in his name $10,000 was donated to the Moorhead State general scholarship fund. A first team All-Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference selection and the Dragons’ Most Valuable Player, Pederson was also named a third team All-American by "Football Gazette."
Pederson is the fourth Dragon athlete to receive a NCAA post-graduate scholarship. Previous winners included Kevin Mulder (1980), Amy Tenute (1994) and Brett Beeson (1996).

FRAZEE SOPHOMORE
ELECTED MSU STUDENT
SENATE PRESIDENT
Jeremy Nelson, a sophomore speech communications major from Frazee, was elected president of the MSU student senate in a campus election last week.
The senate represents the student body in the government of the university. Its activities are student centered and range from academic and social to consumer and legislative concerns.

Every Monday evening....
EIGHT CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD FILMS
SHOWING AT MSU THIS SUMMER
Eight Hollywood film classics featuring some of the greatest stars and scenes from the silver screen will be showing in MSU’s "Summer Cinema 2000," a series of weekly film programs beginning June 12.
Including some rare, seldom-seen movies along with masterpieces of American cinema, the series offers a special film every Monday evening through July 31. Show time is 7:30 p.m. weekly in the air-conditioned Weld Hall Auditorium. Admission is $2 and each feature runs about two hours. Tickets are available at the door.
In vintage Hollywood tradition, each film is preceded by a short subject. Pre-show pipe organ music and scores for the silent pictures are performed by members of the Red River Chapter of the American Theater Organ Society.
The eight classics showing during this 24th annual Summer Cinema season:
* June 12—"On the Town," a 1949 musical comedy starring Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Ann Miller. Filmed on location in the streets of New York City, Kelly, Sinatra and Jules Munshin play three sailors on a 24-hour leave with two things on their minds: seeing New York and finding girls. Filmed in Technicolor, the show includes some classic tunes, including "New York, New York" and "Lucky to be Me."
 * June 19—"Charlie Chaplin: For Laughing Out Loud," a collection of Chaplin’s most creative shorts filmed in 1915 when he worked at Essanay Studios. Included is "The Champion," "Work," "A Night at the Show" and a few rare surprise films. Musical scores for these silent slapstick comedies will be played on the Weld Hall Wurlitzer pipe organ by Lance Johnson.
* June 26—"Life Begins at 40," a 1935 social satire starring Will Rogers, the humorist-philosopher and unofficial ambassador to rural America. During the Depression, Rogers helped Americans through a difficult era with his common sense commentaries about life and government. In this film, Rogers plays a small town newspaper editor who attempts to clear the name of a young man framed for a bank robbery years earlier. His supporting cast includes Rochelle Hudson, Jane Darwell, Slim Summerville and Sterling Holloway.
* July 3—"Hula," a 1927 romantic comedy featuring Clara Bow and Clive Brook. In this silent movie, Bow, the naughty-but-nice "It" girl who helped define a generation of young women during the Roaring Twenties, is at her peak as a flapper. She plays the daughter of a Hawaiian planter who prefers the uninhibited life rather than the role of a wealthy society matron favored by her family. Musical accompaniment will be performed by Dave Knudtson on the Weld Hall Wurlitzer.
* July 10—"The Dark Horse," a 1932 political comedy starring Warren William and Bette Davis, plus "Bugs Bunny’s 60th Birthday Celebration." Perfect for the upcoming political season, "The Dark Hose" is an unmerciful spoof of dirty politics, campaign tricks and rigged elections. One candidate in this movie, played by Guy Kibbee, is "so dumb that every time he opens his mouth, he subtracts from the total sum of human knowledge." The movie will be followed by a few of that "wascally wabbit’s" most memorable cartoon appearances.
* July 17—"The Thirteenth Hour," a 1927 mystery-comedy thriller featuring Lionel Barrymore and Polly Moran. Barrymore portrays a noted but deranged criminologist who dons an evil disguise at night to commit a series of murders. Attempting to track him down is a detective played by Charles Delaney and his dog Napoleon. Not a well-known film, this gem got rave reviews at two New York City film festivals. At one of them, the dog Napoleon got a standing ovation for his heroic rescue scene. Dave Knudtson will play an original score for this silent film on the Weld Hall Wurlitzer.
* July 24—"Son of Paleface," a 1952 cowboy satire featuring Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Roy Rogers and Trigger. This Technicolor sequel to Hope’s 1948 movie "The Paleface" is one of his best, taking aim at every western cliché imaginable—saloon brawls, lynch mobs, posses, uprisings and quick draws. It includes the Oscar-winning song, "Buttons and Bows." This evening, the Summer Cinema series honors Hope as "The Entertainer of the 20th Century."
* July 31—"The Iron Horse," director John Ford’s epic story about the construction of America’s transcontinental railroad starring George O’Brien and Madge Bellamy. In directing this action-packed drama, Ford used a regiment of U.S. troops and cavalry, 3,000 railroad workmen, 1,000 Chinese laborers, 800 American Indians, 2,800 horses, 1,300 buffalo and 10,000 Texas steers. The film is being show this summer as a tribute to Fargo-Moorhead’s railroad community during the 125th anniversary of the two communities. Lance Johnson will play an original score on the Weld Hall Wurlitzer.
MSU’s Summer Cinema Series is sponsored by the university’s speech communications-theatre arts department. For details, contact Ted Larson at (218) 236-4622.

HEMINGWAY AUTHOR, ALUM
SPEAKS AT MSU GRADUATION
James Nagel, a 1962 MSU graduate whose book on Ernest Hemingway’s World War I adventures was the basis for the 1997 Hollywood movie "In Love and War," will deliver the commencement address for the university’s 111th spring graduation at 2 p.m. Friday, May 12 in Nemzek Fieldhouse.
MSU has invited 768 spring and summer graduates to participate in the commencement program.
Nagel, now the J.O. Eidson Distinguished Professor of American Literature at the University of Georgia, is a former Breckenridge High School basketball star (graduated in 1958) who became a three-year all conference scoring leader for the Dragon basketball team. After earning his master’s degree at Penn State, Nagel returned to MSU, teaching English from 1966-69. He later earned his doctorate and taught at Boston’s Northeastern University.
A Hemingway scholar with 17 books to his credit, Nagel is a past president of the Earnest Hemingway Society and is personally acquainted with 20 members of the author’s family.
Nagel’s book, "Hemingway: In Love and War," published in 1989, was chosen as one of the outstanding books of the year by the New York Times. He co-authored it with the late Henry S. Villard, a former American Ambassador to Italy who happened to be a patient in the hospital with Hemingway in July of 1918.
New Line Cinema purchased movie rights to the book soon after it was published. The movie was directed by Lord Richard Attenborough and starred Sandra Bullock and Chris O’Donnell. Nagel’s new book on the contemporary American short-story cycle will appear next year from Louisiana State University Press.
A reception for graduates, their families, faculty and guests follows the ceremony on the campus mall.
Audio of the commencement will be broadcast live over the Internet courtesy of campus radio station KMSC. To access it, go to: www.dragonradio.org.

MNSCU BOARD APPOINTS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees has appointed Penny Harris Reynen interim executive director/board secretary for the Board of Trustees. She replaces Robert McFarlin, who resigned last December.
Reynen has been associate vice president of continuing education and community and government relations for Metropolitan State University since 1998. Previously she was assistant dean of the graduate school for Hamline University, executive director of the Greater Rochester Area University Center and director of admissions, marketing and development for Austin Community College.
Reynen has a master's degree in adult education from the University of Minnesota, a bachelor's degree from Central College in Pella, Iowa, and is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of St. Thomas.
The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system is made up of 36 state universities, community and technical colleges. The system serves approximately 230,000 students a year with a fall 1999 enrollment of about 147,000.

JILL FREDERICK AWARDED
NEH SUMMER SEMINAR GRANT
Jill Frederick, an MSU English professor, has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities grant to attend a summer seminar on "Campania Felix: Nature, Mythology and the Works of Man" scheduled May 28-July 1 in the Campania region of Italy.
The seminar is meant to introduce college instructors to the literature and visual arts of Campania, which played a critical role in the history and the economic and cultural development of ancient Italy.
Frederick is a literature specialist who also four years ago was awarded a NEH seminar grant on
"A View from Noah’s Ark: New Windows on the Medieval World."

COUNCIL ON STAFF AFFAIRS
STAFF SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
The following students have been selected to receive scholarships or bookstore awards for the 2000-2001 academic year from the Staff Scholarship Fund sponsored by Council on Staff Affairs:
Derek Breuer, son of Alan Breuer
Rebecca Carlson, daughter of Eunice Nygard & Carl Nygard
Melissa Duval, daughter of Ronald Duval
Theresa Duval, daughter of Ronald Duval
Kelsee Guida, daughter of Glen & Janice Guida
Mike O’Rourke, son of Larry O’Rourke
Jennifer Olson, daughter of Roger & Marian Olson
Garett Smith, son of Carolyn Jacobson
Brook Swenson, daughter of Rand Swenson
Noelle Tegtmeier, daughter of Linda Tegtmeier
Thank you to the many people who bought denim shirts and raffle tickets for this worthy cause.
Members of Council on Staff Affairs are again selling $1.00/ea. or 6/$5.00 raffle tickets for a free parking permit and 5 additional prizes to be given away at the Annual Ice Cream Social in mid-July or early August. If you would like to purchase raffle tickets, contact any current CSA member or call Clare Hauck @ 2498.

SEVERSON GETS LIFETIME
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM
MSU’S MUSIC DEPARTMENT
Retired MSU music professor Paul Severson was presented a Lifetime Achievement Award from the MSU music department last weekend during the Jazz Arts Big Band concert. Playing to a packed house in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts Hansen Theatre, the show was dedicated to Severson and called "The Man and His Music."
Severson finished a career as a successful musician, composer and arranger before joining the MSU music faculty in 1984 as director of the music industry program. He retired in 1991. During his career he wrote more than 3,000 compositions and arrangements and played trombone professionally with the Stan Kenton Orchestra. And while working at CBS radio in Chicago as a staff musician, he co-wrote the music for the classic Wrigley’s Doublemint gum commercial, "Double your pleasure, double your fun…."

MSU EARLY EDUCATION CENTER
FALL ENROLLMENT
If you have a child between 16 months and six years, you might be interested in learning more about MSU’s Early Education Center which is located in Lommen Hall. Children have the opportunity to participate in educational activities that promote problem solving, independence and creativity. The center is open from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p. m. Breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack is served. If you are interested in enrollment information, call Fran Mattson at 236-2214

HONOR THE GRADUATE
Students graduating? Buy Flowers! Appreciate!  Show some love. Be at The Compass Tuesday - Friday! Open Thursday 9am-4pm and Friday 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m. only! Assorted spring bouquets and roses are for sale! Prices $2.75 to $7. We're by the Comstock Memorial Union Main Lounge.

OFFICIAL NOTICE
FROM: ROLAND BARDEN
I have approved the recommendations of the Academic Policy Advisory Council as reported in the minutes of May 2, 2000. The Deans' Council has reviewed the recommendations and MSU FA waived its right to meet and confer except for the proposed Course Grade Appeal Policy. Concerns related to time line of the appeal process were addressed and revisions have been made to the policy.

LIBRARY ADDS PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS
The Livingston Lord Library is pleased to announce that many of this year's Pulitzer Prize-winning books are already on its shelves.  They are:
FICTION
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri (Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin)
PS3562.A316 I58 1999
DRAMA
Dinner With Friends by Donald Margulies (Dramatists Play Service) On Order
HISTORY
Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 by David M.Kennedy (Oxford University Press) E173 .O94 vol. 9
BIOGRAPHY OR AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov) by Stacy Schiff (Random House) PG3476.N3 Z8626 2000
POETRY
Repair by C.K. Williams (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) PS3573.I4483 R46 1999
GENERAL NON-FICTION
Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II by John W. Dower (W.W. Norton & Company/The New Press) DS889 .D69 1999
MUSIC
Life is a Dream, Opera in Three Acts: Act II, Concert Version by Lewis Spratlan  Not Yet Commercially Available
A complete list of Pulitzer Prize awards may be found on the Pulitzer website, at http://www.pulitzer.org

APAC MINUTES - MAY 2, 2000
Members present: Midgarden, chair; Borchers, Borgeson, Conteh, Dalhouse, Davis, Dobitz, Dunkirk, Enz-Finken, Goodman, Jeppson, Klenk, Klindworth, Neuman, Reed, Ruth, Sanderson, Shimabukuro, Welken.
VP Midgarden thanked Larry Reed for his commitment to APAC and for chairing meetings in her absence when requested. This is Reed’s last meeting because of retirement in June.
Correction to 4/6/00 APAC minutes: Riopelle (APAC secretary) mistakenly listed Jan Flack as Flagel.
1. Liberal Studies Assessment Committee (Action)
Proposed Student Learning Outcomes
(This item was discussed as a "hearing" at the 4/6/00 APAC meeting.)
Davis moved. Conteh seconded to approve the Student Learning Outcomes for Liberal Studies.
Borchers suggested adding "within the United States." to Division F1, Items 3 & 4. The Committee agreed to the addition.
Motion carried unanimously.
2. Teaching and Learning with Technology (undergraduate & graduate) Certificate Programs (Action)  (A hearing was held on this item at the 4/6/00 APAC meeting.)
Ruth moved. Borchers seconded to approve. There was no discussion.
Major Changes:
New Courses:
(These courses were approved at the 3/27/00 Graduate Studies Committee meeting.)
(1) Ed 419/519 Creating Web-based Curriculum Materials, 2 cr.
(2) Ed 422/522 Electronic Resources: Issues and Practice, 2 cr.
(3) Ed 425/525 Methods of Computer Mediated Communications in Educ., 2 cr.
(4) Ed 428/528 Effective Use of Multimedia, 2 cr.
(5) Ed 431/531 Technology Troubleshooting for Macintosh, 1 cr.
(6) Ed 432/532 Technology Troubleshooting for Windows, 1 cr.
(7) Ed 434/534 Assessment of Technology-Enhanced Curricula, 2 cr.
(8) Ed 435/535 Infusing Technology into Mathematics, 2 cr.
(9) Ed 439/539 Infusing Computer Technology into Literacy Instruction, 2 cr.
(10) Ed 442/542 Infusing Technology into the Science Curriculum, 2 cr.
Action on Certificate Programs
Motion carried unanimously.
3. Business Administration Department
Ruth moved. Welken seconded to approve the new course MGMT 456: Project Management in Business (3 cr.)
Richard Peschke was present to answer questions. The registration edits currently listed on the proposal will be deleted in order to open registration of the course to all majors.
Motion carried unanimously.
4. Health and Physical Education Department
Minor changes:
Richard Bynum was present to answer questions.
The committee had no concerns with these minor changes:
Change title and course description of HLTH 110: Personal Health (3 cr) to: Personal Health and Wellness.
Change the name of Physical Education (Fitness and Sports Science) to: Physical Education (Exercise Science).
Major changes:
Conteh moved. Davis seconded to approve the new course PE 362: Middle School Methods in Physical Education (2 cr.). This course would be a requirement for the Physical Education (Teaching) degree.
Motion carried unanimously.
Sanderson moved. Goodman seconded to approve the other major changes as listed below:
Drop PE 211: Concepts in Physical Fitness (2 cr.) as a required course for the Physical Education (Teaching) and the Physical Education (Exercise Science) degree & drop it from the curriculum.
Drop PE 475: Administration of Physical Education (3 cr.) as a required course for the Physical Education (Teaching) degree. (This course will remain as an elective course.
Add HLTH 110: Personal Health and Wellness (recent title & course description change) (3 cr.) as a required course to Physical Education (Teaching) & Physical Education (Exercise Science).
Motion carried unanimously.
These changes result in increasing credits of the Physical Education (Teaching) Minor from 26 to 28. (There is no change to the number of credits of the Physcial Education (Exercise Science) major as was listed on the agenda.)
5. Proposed Changes to Course Grade Appeal Process and Form
Newman moved. Conteh seconded to approve the proposed Course Grade Appeal Process and Form.
Changes were made to the proposal based on APAC discussion and are attached. New language is in bold and underlined. Deleted language appears but has been "struck through" on the attached document.
Motion carried unanimously as edited.
Ruth asked if a designee, such as an associate dean, would be asked to act on grade appeals for the dean. Midgarden answered there will not be a designee; it is the dean’s job.
Midgarden stated that the new appeal will be published in the faculty and student handbooks, distributed campus-wide and made available on the MSU webpage.
6. "Dead" Week & Study Day Options
Midgarden stated that a Study Day was included in the 2000/2001 and 2001/2002 academic calendars. Study Day is listed as the last Thursday of semester classes, Friday and Monday-Thursday final exam days, with a Friday Commencement.
Discussion included:
ÿ Should there be a Saturday commencement,
ÿ The charge and membership of the Calendar Committee and the constraints involved in creating a calendar, such as TCU and bargaining union contracts,
ÿ Length of our semester calendar (Tandberg stated that 15 semesters is the most common semester calendar in the country),
ÿ Further discussion of creating a convocation hour,
ÿ How the academic calendar is approved,
ÿ The survey results of the colleges. (EnzFinken stated that Arts & Humanities was in favor of Option A and she thought that was because of the amount of written work faculty in the College had to read and grade at the end of the semester.)
Davis moved to recommend that each academic calendar include a study day the last Thursday of classes each semester, followed by Friday and Monday-Thursday as final exam days, with a Friday Commencement. Neuman seconded.
Motion carried unanimously.
Conteh moved that the APAC committee be involved in the deliberations of the Calendar Committee and that the academic calendar be brought to APAC by the Calendar Committee Chairperson for review and approval. Dunkirk seconded.
Midgarden stated that APAC could also ask the Calendar Committee to review items such as a convocation hour.
Motion carried unanimously.
Meeting adjourned at 5:00 p.m.
Gloria Riopelle

MOORHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY
COURSE GRADE APPEAL POLICY
a) A student has a right to expect thoughtful and clearly defined approaches to course grading, but it must be recognized that varied standards and individual approaches to grading are valid.  Course grading methods should be thoroughly explained to students at the beginning of the semester and must appear on the course syllabus.
b) In a course grade appeal, only arbitrariness, prejudice, and/or error will be considered as legitimate bases for an appeal.
Arbitrariness:  The grade awarded represents such a substantial departure from accepted academic norms as to demonstrate that the instructor did not actually exercise professional judgment.
Prejudice:  The grade awarded was motivated by ill will, and is not indicative of the student’s academic performance.
Error:  The instructor made a mistake in fact, or failed to give students adequate notice of grading policies.
If a student believes that discrimination or harassment was a factor in the determination of the course grade awarded, a complaint should be filed with the Affirmative Action Officer under Minnesota State Colleges and Universites policy, 1B.1 Nondiscrimination in Employment and Education Opportunity (see MSU 1999-2000 Dragon Details Student Handbook, pages 64-66).
c) A student may not appeal a grade reduced for academic dishonesty through the Course Grade Appeal policy, but must follow the process described under Academic Dishonesty (see MSU 1999-2000 Dragon Details Student handbook, page 56).
d) The Course Grade Appeal process must be initiated by the student prior to the close of week six of the following semester. In cases where an incomplete was originally assigned, an appeal must be made within six weeks of the date the final grade is posted by the Registrar’s office and available to the student on the web.
e) Normally, the Course Grade Appeal process will be completed during the semester in which the appeal is filed.
f) The Course Grade Appeal Process
1. The informal steps:
a. The student will discuss the issue with the instructor, and may consult with the department chairperson, in an attempt to resolve the matter.
b. If the matter is not satisfactorily resolved, the student will discuss the issue with the dean in whose college the course was offered.  If the matter cannot be resolved informally, the student may choose to file a formal appeal.
2. The formal grade appeal:
a. The student will request a Course Grade Appeal form from the dean.  The student will submit it along with any supporting documentation to the dean. The student should keep a copy.  The dean will send a copy of the Appeal form and supporting documentation to the instructor.
b. The dean will talk to the instructor and to the student to attempt resolution.
c. If no resolution can be reached, the dean will appoint an ad hoc committee and will serve as a resource for the committee. The committee will consist of one faculty member from the academic department offering the course, two faculty members from other departments within the college, and two upper division students who are majors in fields represented in that college.  The dean shall designate one of the faculty members as chairperson.
d. The instructor of the course will submit a written response to the appeal using the form provided and such other materials as the instructor chooses to enclose.  A copy of those materials will be given to the student, however any material protected by data privacy statutes will be redacted.
e. The ad hoc appeals committee performs an investigative role and may request additional written information from the student and/or the instructor through the committee chairperson or the dean.
f. Based on the information gathered, the committee will prepare written findings with regard to the issues raised in the appeal, that is, the alleged arbitrariness, prejudice, and/or error on the part of the instructor.  The committee will speak to one or more of the criteria as the basis for its findings.  whichever of those three criteria the student used as a basis for the appeal.  The committee chairperson will forward written findings to the student, to the instructor, and to the dean.
g. The instructor and the student may each respond in writing to the dean that the committee’s findings are acceptable or unacceptable.  If either does not respond within seven days, the dean will assume that the committee’s written findings are acceptable to that person.
h. If no resolution has been reached, the dean will review the written findings of the committee and the responses of the instructor and the student. The dean will then make a recommendation to the vice president for academic affairs, attaching the committee’s written findings, written materials gathered, and the parties’ responses.  A copy of the dean’s recommendation to the vice president shall be provided to the student and the instructor.
i. The vice president for academic affairs, or designee, will review all the materials, and will make a recommendation to the President, or designee, who shall make the final decision.  Copies of the vice president’s recommendation to the President shall be provided to the student and the instructor.
j. The final decision may take the form of a:
2) change of grade and /or
3)  determination that no action is warranted.
k. If at any time during the formal Course Grade Appeal Process resolution is reached, the Course Grade Appeal Process terminates.
Approved at the 5/2/00 APAC meeting

MOORHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY
COURSE GRADE APPEAL POLICY
g) A student has a right to expect thoughtful and clearly defined approaches to course grading, but it must be recognized that varied standards and individual approaches to grading are valid.  Course grading methods should be thoroughly explained to students at the beginning of the semester and must appear on the course syllabus.
h) In a course grade appeal, only arbitrariness, prejudice, and/or error will be considered as legitimate bases for an appeal.
Arbitrariness:  The grade awarded represents such a substantial departure from accepted academic norms as to demonstrate that the instructor did not actually exercise professional judgment.
Prejudice:  The grade awarded was motivated by ill will, and is not indicative of the student’s academic performance.
Error: The instructor made a mistake in fact, or failed to give students adequate notice of grading policies.
If a student believes that discrimination or harassment was a factor in the determination of the course grade awarded, a complaint should be filed with the Affirmative Action Officer under Minnesota State Colleges and Universites policy, 1B.1 Nondiscrimination in Employment and Education Opportunity (see MSU 1999-2000 Dragon Details Student Handbook, pages 64-66).
i) A student may not appeal a grade reduced for academic dishonesty through the Course Grade Appeal policy, but must follow the process described under Academic Dishonesty (see MSU 1999-2000 Dragon Details Student handbook, page 56).
j) The Course Grade Appeal process must be initiated by the student prior to the close of week six of the following semester. In cases where an incomplete was originally assigned, an appeal must be made within six weeks of the date the final grade is posted by the Registrar’s office and available to the student on the web.
k) Normally, the Course Grade Appeal process will be completed during the semester in which the appeal is filed.
l) The Course Grade Appeal Process
3. The informal steps:
c. The student will discuss the issue with the instructor, and may consult with the department chairperson, in an attempt to resolve the matter.
d. If the matter is not satisfactorily resolved, the student will discuss the issue with the dean in whose college the course was offered.  If the matter cannot be resolved informally, the student may choose to file a formal appeal.
4. The formal grade appeal:
l. The student will request a Course Grade Appeal form from the dean.  The student will submit it along with any supporting documentation to the dean. The student should keep a copy.  The dean will send a copy of the Appeal form and supporting documentation to the instructor.
m. The dean will talk to the instructor and to the student to attempt resolution.
n. If no resolution can be reached, the dean will appoint an ad hoc committee and will serve as a resource for the committee. The committee will consist of one faculty member from the academic department offering the course, two faculty members from other departments within the college, and two upper division students who are majors in fields represented in that college.  The dean shall designate one of the faculty members as chairperson.
o. The instructor of the course will submit a written response to the appeal using the form provided and such other materials as the instructor chooses to enclose.  A copy of those materials will be given to the student, however any material protected by data privacy statutes will be redacted.
p. The ad hoc appeals committee performs an investigative role and may request additional written information from the student and/or the instructor through the committee chairperson or the dean.
q. Based on the information gathered, the committee will prepare written findings with regard to the issues raised in the appeal, that is, the alleged arbitrariness, prejudice, and/or error on the part of the instructor.  The committee will speak to one or more of the criteria as the basis for its findings.  whichever of those three criteria the student used as a basis for the appeal.  The committee chairperson will forward written findings to the student, to the instructor, and to the dean.
r. The instructor and the student may each respond in writing to the dean that the committee’s findings are acceptable or unacceptable.  If either does not respond within seven days, the dean will assume that the committee’s written findings are acceptable to that person.
s. If no resolution has been reached, the dean will review the written findings of the committee and the responses of the instructor and the student. The dean will then make a recommendation to the vice president for academic affairs, attaching the committee’s written findings, written materials gathered, and the parties’ responses.  A copy of the dean’s recommendation to the vice president shall be provided to the student and the instructor.
t. The vice president for academic affairs, or designee, will review all the materials, and will make a recommendation to the President, or designee, who shall make the final decision.  Copies of the vice president’s recommendation to the President shall be provided to the student and the instructor.
u. The final decision may take the form of a:
4) change of grade and /or
5)  determination that no action is warranted.
v. If at any time during the formal Course Grade Appeal Process resolution is reached, the Course Grade Appeal Process terminates.
Approved at the 5/2/00 APAC meeting

STRATEGIC BUDGET COMMITTEE
APRIL 27, 2000
Present: Rose Bakke, David Wheeler, Ron Jeppson, Mark Wallert, Layne Anderson, Cliff Schuette, Mark Rice Ex Officio, Stacy Enger, Nancy Kruse, Bryan Kotta, VP David Crockett, Judy Strong Ex Officio, Stefan Swiat, Abbas Pezeshk, and Dorothy Suomala.
It was moved, seconded and passed to approve the committee minutes from April 20, 2000.
Dean Larry Reed was present to inform the SBC of his needs for the increases in the operations and regular student funds budgets. Dean Reed informed the committee that he would like to see more regular student funds in the following areas: $5,000-$7,000 for the Library, $5,000 for the AV center, and $1,000 for the ITV area. At this time, he did not mention any increase for the operations budgets.
Dean Carol Dobitz informed the SBC that they would like a 10% increase in the following two areas: printing & duplication and regular student funds. A 10% increase for the two areas would total approximately $55,000 to $60,000.
Barb Seiler requested $600 more for her budget for printing needs.
Mark Rice distributed handouts with the increases requested from FY 2001 from each college and department. Also handed out where the memos from Student Affairs, College of Business and College of Arts and Humanities.
Doug Hamilton presented the University Events Coordinator proposal to the committee.
The committee went through their ranking of the proposals Low, Medium, and High. Attached are the rankings.
Abbas Pezeshk moved to remove the 7 lowest ranked proposals (any with a 12 or lower). Cliff Schuette seconded. Motion passed.
Discussion was held on the top 21 proposals.
Ron Jeppson moved to remove proposals # 8 and # 20 since they were below 14 points. Mark Wallert seconded, motion passed 10 to 2.
Discussion on the top 19 proposals were held. Cliff Schuette moved that proposal 27 go from 3 machines to 1 machine. Stefan Swiat seconded the motion. The motion failed 6 no, 5 yes and 1 abstained vote.
Rankings for May 4th meeting are to be into Les Bakke via e-mail by 10:00 that morning. His e-mail is bakke@mnstate.edu. Please fill out the forms and forward to Les.
The meeting adjourned at 4:10 PM.
Next meeting will be May 4, 2000 at 2:00 in MA 268
Rose Bakke, Secretary

STRATEGIC BUDGET COMMITTEE
MAY 4 2000
Present: Rose Bakke, David Wheeler, Ron Jeppson, Mark Wallert, Layne Anderson,  Cliff Schuette, Stacy Enger, Bryan Kotta, VP David Crockett, Judy Strong Ex Officio, Stefan Swiat, Abbas Pezeshk, Les Bakke Ex Officio, and Dorothy Suomala.
Absent: Nancy Kruse
It was moved, seconded and passed to approve the committee minutes from April 27, 2000.
The committee members reviewed the ratings compiled by Les Bakke of the 19 proposals. The ratings are as follows:
1. Five Year Funding for Student Academic Conference, $13,125
2. Digitization, 35,536
3. Standardized Signage in MSU Facilities, 51,700
4. Engaging in the Interplay between Theory and Practice, 11,150
5. Remote Course Delivery Using Internet, 53,650
6. Portable Presentation Technology, 17,150
7. Internet Student Recruitment, 57,200
8. Enhancing & Upgrading College & Departments, 60,952
9. From Outreach to Recruiting II, 67,150
10. Certificate Programs, 61,500
11. Nemzek Hall Sound, 78,340
12. A summer Undergraduate Research Program, 48,780
13. MSU Art Depart. CC Symposium, 14,542
14. Career Services Software  "1st Place", 47,459
15. Enhancing of Univ. Colleges & Depart. By Admin Affairs, 36,050
16. Event Equipment, 132,332
17. Computer Interfacing of General Chem. Lab, 19,108
18. Co-Curricular Transcript, 2,260
19. Dragon Ambassadors, 5,336
There is $440,000.00 to be used by SIG proposals.
Abbas Pezeshk moved to fund the Art Department CC Symposium. Motion died due to a lack of a second.
Discussion on the proposals continued.
Dean Ron Jeppson moved that the committee recommend to the President the top 10 rated proposals. Bryan Kotta seconded. Motion passed.
This left the committee with $10,887 remaining of the $440,000. Les Bakke proposed that he could pick up the $2,260 from the C0-Curricualr Transcript, and get the task done by using the funds granted under the Internet Student Recruitment.
Stefan Swiat moved that $4,700 of the dollar left go to the Summer Undergraduate Research Program and $6,187 be given to the Art Department Symposium. Dorothy Suomala seconded the motion. Motion passed.
SBC’s recommendations to the President for Strategic Initiative Grants are as follows:
1. Five Year Funding for Student Academic Conference, $13,125
2. Digitization, 35,536
3. Standardized Signage in MSU Facilities, 51,700
4. Engaging in the Interplay between Theory and Practice, 11,150
5. Remote Course Delivery Using Internet, 53,650
6. Portable Presentation Technology, 17,150
7. Internet Student Recruitment, 57,200
8. Enhancing & Upgrading College & Departments, 60,952
9. From Outreach to Recruiting II, 67,150
10. Certificate Programs, 61,500
11. Summer Undergraduate Research Program, 4,700
12. MSU Art Department CC Symposium, 6,187
Discussion was held on the operations and regular student budget increases. The committee should come to the next meeting ready to discuss these, and be ready to recommend how to distribute the funds by area.
The meeting adjourned at 3:10 PM.
Next meeting will be May 9  from 12:00-2:00 p.m. in CMU 101
Rose Bakke, Secretary

VACANCY NOTICE
Position: Counselor Education
Qualifications: earned doctorate in Counselor Education, Counseling Psychology or closely related field is required. Demonstrated evidence of successful community, counseling, graduate teaching, and counseling supervision is required. Experience with or knowledge of CACREP standards.
For more information contact: Dr. William T. Packwood, Chair, Counselor Education Search Committee, 211C Lommen Hall, MSU, Moorhead, Minn. 56563. Send letter of interests, vita, photocopies and 3-5 current letters of reference.

Position: Athletic Specialist
Qualifications: A bachelor’s degree in Sports Management, Mass Communications, Marketing or related fields required. A minimum of two years in fundraising, sales or related experience required.
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MISCELLANIA
* Will the person who borrowed my Otieno autobiography please return it? Roland Dille (2612).
* Rhonda Ficek, instructional technology, and Kathryn Wise, biology, co-presented at the MnSCU-CTL Teaching with Technology Best Practices Conference on April 28. Their presentation, "Affordable Instructional Technology Support: Creating, Managing and Utilizing Student Technology Teams" showcased the work of the MSU Student Technology Team.
* Mike Pehler, director, Ryan Kapperud, lead supervisor and Joel Voxland, shift supervisor, represented MSU campus security at F-M Ambulance Street Skills/Street Smarts 2000 training on Saturday May 6. Approximately 200 EMT’s and Paramedics were in attendance at the all-day event at the Fargo Ramada Plaza Suites. Training sessions included search and rescue, working with k-9 units, burn treatment, hazmat training, confined space rescue and a presentation by Frank Gresh, Communications Director, from Oklahoma City detailed the emergency response to the force 5 tornado a year ago,