August
$160,000 NSF GRANT
UPGRADES MSUM’S
BIOTECH PROGRAM
Four faculty members who teach in MSUM’s biotechnology program received a $116,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to purchase imaging and injector instruments for its computerized florescence microscope that’s used for cell research and study.
They acquired the $24,000 microscope for the biology department last year with another NSF grant.
The microscopy equipment includes a digital video camera to view and record cellular activity along with software and computers to analyze data. Also included is a cell injector system to introduce compounds into cells in an effort to identify on-off switches required for cell growth and division.
Biology professor Ellen Brisch, who led the collaborative grant proposal, said this state-of-the-art equipment will raise the quality of teaching and research in cellular biology for both students and faculty.
Besides Brisch, MSUM biology professors Chris Chastain and Mark Wallert along with chemistry professor Joseph Provost—all involved in cellular research and teaching—participated in writing the grant proposal.
During the past year these four faculty members, along with Shawn Dunkirk, associate dean of the College of Social and Natural Sciences, have received four NSF grants totaling more than $500,000 to support research and educational programs.
The equipment will primarily be used by upper division science and research students along with biotechnology majors. It will also be available to regional high school students who visit MSUM through outreach programs in cell biology, molecular biology and biochemistry.
COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN HITS $99,670
As of July 25, $99,670 was committed to the MSUM Alumni Foundation Community Campaign. Sixty-five businesses and individuals responded, with over 180 businesses remaining to be contacted for their financial support. Twenty-seven volunteers have assisted with visiting over 250 businesses. The campaign will continue until the end of the year.
Last year the Alumni Foundation and University gave over $800,000 in scholarships to more than 900 students. Campaign chair Don Meidinger, a partner with Eide Bailly LLP, is pleased with the early summer results. Meidinger says, “We expect to exceed our $100,000 goal.”
MSUM’S BAKKE NAMED
TO VA WEB PORTAL
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Les Bakke, director of the MSUM computer center, is one of two higher education representatives named to an advisory committee by the Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington, D.C., to help develop a Web portal for the government agency.
Bakke, also MSUM’s G.I. Bill coordinator, is a member of the VA’s Education Business Process Reengineering committee that’s reviewing how students and schools process GI Bill educational benefits. The VA wants to move most of that process from paper to on-line.
Bakke recently demonstrated MSUM’s interactive Web site for veterans’ www.msum.edu/veterans while attending a two-day meeting for the VA Education Business Process Reengineering committee. They were so impressed with the way it worked, the VA named him to the web portal advisory committee.
Once completed, the VA’s interactive web portal will allow veterans to use it to access a variety of data ranging from eligibility and benefits to certification and payments.
MSUM’S MACDONALD
IN KAZAKHSTAN
TEACHING FOR USAID
Alan MacDonald, an MSUM professor of business administration, will be teaching principles of marketing in Almaty, Kazakhstan, this summer under a contract issued through the United States Agency for International Development.
He’ll be teaching professors from the former Soviet Union state the basic concepts of marketing in a capitalistic system.
MacDonald is serving as an independent consultant under CARANA Corporation, a Washington, D.C.,-based international management consulting firm, working through USAID’s Business and Economics Education Project in Central Asia.
MacDonald, who’ll teach there from July 23 through Aug. 10, left this week. He’s had previous overseas teaching experience in China, Great Britain, Japan, Guam, Papua New Guinea, Liberia and in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Kazakhstan is situated in Central Asia, deep in the Eurasian continent, with a population of 15 million.
MSUM rates up 7%…
MNSCU BOARD APPROVES 10.9%
AVERAGE TUITION INCREASES
The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees approved a package of tuition increases for the 2001-02 academic year ranging from 5 percent to 17.5 percent. The average increase is 10.9 percent or $249, bringing the average tuition to $2,541 for the school year.
Each of the 34 institutions proposed its own increase to the Board of Trustees, which recently voted on the tuition increases as part of a $921 million budget for the current fiscal year. The budget was approved 13-2.
Tuition at the two-year state community and technical colleges will go up by an average of $241 or 11.2 percent for full-time students, resulting in an average annual tuition of $2,400.
The four-year state universities will increase tuition by an average of $279 or 10.0 percent next year, bringing the average tuition for full-time students to $3,070.
The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system is made up of 34 state universities, community colleges and technical colleges and serves about 216,500 students annually in credit-based courses. The system's projected 2000-2001 full-year-equivalent enrollment is 118,000 students.
FY2002 Undergraduate Tuition for Full Time Student (taking 30 credits)
Institution/FY2001 Annual Tuition/FY2002 Annual Tuition/$ change/% change
STATE UNIVERSITIES
Akita $2,814 $3,011 $197 7.0%
Bemidji SU $2,954 $3,470 $516 17.5%
Metro SU $2,753 $2,918 $165 6.0%
MSU Mankato $2,700 $3,050 $350 13.0%
MSU Moorhead $2,686 $2,874 $188 7.0%
Southwest SU $2,790 $3,068 $278 9.9%
St. Cloud SU $2,784 $3,063 $279 10.0%
Winona SU $2,850 $3,110 $260 9.1%
Average $2,791 $3,070 $279 10.0%
NEW RIVERS PRESS GETS
$40,000 GRANT, MOVES TO
NEW DIGS IN MSUM CHURCH
New Rivers Press in Minneapolis, one of the oldest continuously publishing literary presses in the country with over 300 titles to its credit, has relocated to MSU Moorhead.
The process began this spring with the arrival of 270 boxes of NRP books and documents.
The university’s nonprofit Alumni Foundation has agreed to form an affiliation with NRP, allowing the press to continue publishing the works of new and emerging writers.
The McKnight Foundation in Minneapolis awarded a $40,000 grant to New Rivers Press this summer to help pay its debts and relocate to Minnesota State University Moorhead.
Founded in 1968 by C.W. (Bill) Truesdale, NRP suspended operations in January due to financial difficulties and Truesdale’s illness. Truesdale died in February, forcing the board of directors to look for a way to keep the nonprofit press going.
The university will donate faculty time to work on NRP projects and allow the press to use its production facilities.
Wayne Gudmundson, an MSUM mass communications professor, will act as interim managing editor until a staff structure is developed. “We’ll honor all author contracts and we’ll keep Minnesota Voices going,” he said. Minnesota Voices is an annual competition for unpublished writers.
“Moorhead’s proposal will allow us to build a more stable financial model while continuing our important service to new writers,” said Katheryn Bergstrom, president of the NRP board of directors. “It also provides new opportunities to build an appreciation for the publishing process within their student population.”
One of the main reasons for affiliating with MSUM, according to NRP board member Julie Landsman, is the vibrant literary community in Fargo-Moorhead. “The professors, the students, the university’s MFA program, and the number of active writers in the community will give the press new energy.”
Gudmundson said there will be a publication delay during the transition while details are worked out between the two parties. But he expects the press will resume normal operations within the next year.
New Rivers will be housed in a former church building along 11th Street and Fourth Avenue South. It was purchased this summer by the MSUM Alumni Foundation for $135,000. Built in 1948 as an Assembly of God church, the brick building was recently used as an activity center by Northland Community Church. The Alumni Foundation bought the building to help ease a storage space shortage on campus. It will also be home to MSUM’s speech/language/hearing sciences department, which will move from Grier Hall, possibly this winter.
NEW CHANCELLOR PRODUCES
FIRST-YEAR PLAN
In his 12th day on the job, Chancellor James H. McCormick presented a detailed plan to the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees aimed at building consistent standards of high quality, accountability, collaboration and service to students.
"I am committed to building on the strengths of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities," Chancellor McCormick told the board. "I also believe this large and diverse system offers great potential to serve students in new and more effective ways. With your support we can begin to realize the full promise of this relatively young system."
In his plan, McCormick pledged to spend a significant portion of his first year listening and learning. He has scheduled visits with students, faculty and citizens at each of the system's 34 institutions. Since beginning his term July 2 he has met with 26 of Minnesota's 201 legislators in their districts and plans to visit all legislators within the year.
The chancellor's plan also calls for creation of a Citizens Advisory Commission to assist in identifying the future direction of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System.
McCormick said the goals in his 12-page plan will guide his work over the next 12 months. The goals fall into three major categories: advocating for students, defining the future for the system and improving efficiency and effectiveness. In addition, the chancellor outlined goals to:
· Make it easier for students to transfer from one institution to another;
· Identify and remove real and perceived barriers to participation in higher education;
· Improve recruitment and retention of students under-represented in higher education;
· Enhance recruitment and retention of faculty;
· Build partnerships to enhance the state's economic and workforce development;
· Improve accountability, efficiency and effectiveness;
The plan was approved unanimously by the MnSCU Board of Trustees.
"This is an ambitious action plan," said Michael Vekich, Chair of the MnSCU Board. "I am impressed with how Chancellor McCormick has hit the ground running, doing as much as he can to accelerate the learning curve and provide informed strategic direction to the system. I'm pleased with his external focus and his desire to create a system that reflects the real needs of the state. We look forward to working with him and supporting him as he pursues this agenda."
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities is the largest provider of higher education in the state of Minnesota. The system includes 34 state universities, community colleges, technical colleges and comprehensive community and technical colleges in 46 Minnesota communities. The system serves approximately 216,500 students annually in credit-based courses.
NEW BOOKS AT LIBRARY
The Livingston Lord Library at MSUM announces the availability of the following titles (among many others):
*Sylvester, David. Looking back at Francis Bacon. ND497 .B16 S923 2000
*Kaufman, Daniel. Essays that will get you into medical school. R838.4 .K38 1998
*Hirsch, Robert. Seizing the light : a history of photography. TR15 .H557 2000
*Hopper, Edward. The complete oil paintings of Edward Hopper. OVERSIZE ND237.H75 A4 2001
*Thomas, Clarke M. Witness to the fifties: the Pittsburgh Photographic Library, 1950-1953. OVERSIZE F159.P643 S38 1999
*Neely, Mark E. The Union image : popular prints of the Civil War North. OVERSIZE E468.7 .N44 2000
*Sign design gallery. Award winning designs from the editors of 'Signs of the times'. OVERSIZE NK8643.45 .S54 1995
*Sign gallery. OVERSIZE NK8643.45 .S54 1997
*Over the line: the art and life of Jacob Lawrence. OVERSIZE ND237.L29 O94 2000
*Nesbett, Peter T. Jacob Lawrence : paintings, drawings, and murals (1935-1999) : a catalogue raisonné. OVERSIZE N6537.L384 A4 2000
*Hopper, Edward. The complete watercolors of Edward Hopper. OVERSIZE ND1839.H63 A4 2001
*Moore, Jeffrey S. Prisoner in a red rose chain. PR9199.3 .M6186 P75 1999
*Johnson, Richard T. Hands off! : the disappearance of touch in the care of children. LB1033 .J63 2000
*Challenging boundaries : gender and periodization. PS147 .C48 2000
*Klosko, George. Democratic procedures and liberal consensus. JC574 .K56 2000
*Getting hooked: rationality and addiction. RC533 .G45 1999
*Brooks, Douglas A. From playhouse to printing house : drama and authorship in early modern England. PR658 .A9 B76 2000
*Young, Iris Marion. Inclusion and democracy. JC423 .Y69 2000
*Ward, Andrew. Dark midnight when I rise : the story of the Jubilee Singers, who introduced the world to the music of Black America. ML 421 .J77 W37 2000
*Silko, Leslie. Yellow woman and a beauty of the spirit : essays on Native American life today. E59 .P45 S55 1997
*Bigsby, C. W. E. Modern American drama, 1945-2000. PS350 .B54 2000
*The big chill : investigative reporting in the current media environment. PN4888 .I56 B49 2000
*Altstein, Howard. Does family preservation serve a child's best interests?. HV713 .A544 2000
*Slater, Judith. The baby can sing and other stories. PS3569 .L262 B33 1999
*Reis, Sally M. Work left undone: choices & compromises of talented females. BF723 .G52 R4 1998
*Bungay, Stephen. The most dangerous enemy: a history of the Battle of Britain. D756.5 .B7 B86 2000
*Nicotine, caffeine and social drinking: behaviour and brain function. RC564 .N53 1998
*Beck, Anatole. Excursions into mathematics. The millennium ed. QA39.2 .B42 2000
*Walker, Deward E. Blood of the monster: the Nez Perce coyote cycle. E99 .N5 W27 1994
*Grimwade, Nigel. International trade: new patterns of trade, production & investment. 2nd ed. HF1379 .G75 2000
*The World of theatre. : an account of the theatre seasons 1996-97, 1997-98 and 1998-99. 2000 ed. PN2037 .W725 2000
*Ellis, Joseph J. Founding brothers: the revolutionary generation. E302.5 .E45 2000
*Klement, Frank L. Lincoln's critics: the Copperheads of the North. E458.8 .K68 1999
*Yoshimi, Yoshiaki. Comfort women: sexual slavery in the Japanese military during World War II. D810 .C698 Y6713 2000
*Coutinho, S. C. The mathematics of ciphers: number theory and RSA cryptography. QA241 .C69513 1999
*Freely, John. Inside the Seraglio: private lives of the Sultans in Istanbul. DR736 .F74 1999
*Arnot, Madeleine. Closing the gender gap: postwar education and social change. LC212.93 .G7 A76 1999
*Pippin, Robert B. Henry James and modern moral life. PS2127 .E8 P57 2000
*El-Hai, Jack. Lost Minnesota: stories of vanished places. NA735 .M5 E4 2000
*Strathern, Paul. Berkeley in 90 minutes. B1348 .S75 2000
*Bray, Monica. Speech and language clinical process and practice. RC423 B737 1999b
*Hicks, D. Emily. Ninety-five languages and seven forms of intelligence: education in the twenty-first century. LC196 .H53 1999
*Prochaska, James O. Changing for good. BF637 .B4 P65 1995
*Faulks, Keith. Citizenship. JF801 .F38 2000
*Kahn, Alice. Craniofacial anomalies: a beginner's guide for speech-language pathologists. RD763 .K34 2000
*Totman, Conrad D. A history of Japan. DS835 .T575 2000
*Popular culture in American history. E161 .P66 2001
*Denoon, Donald. A history of Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific. DU28.3 .D46 2000
*Schechtman, Marya. The constitution of selves. BC199 .I4 S33 1996
*Houston, R. A. Autism in history: the case of Hugh Blair of Borgue. RC553 .A88 H67 2000
*Conboy, Kenneth J. Spies and commandos: how America lost the secret war in North Vietnam. DS559.8 .M44 C66 2000
*Wilde, Oscar. The complete works of Oscar Wilde. PR 5810 .G00
*Adamy, David. Preparing and delivering effective technical presentations. 2nd ed. T10.5 .A33 2000
*Cosmic dispatches: the New York Times reports on astronomy and cosmology. QB44.2 .C67 2001
*Morton, David. Off the record: the technology and culture of sound recording in America. TK7881.4 .M66 2000
*White, Stephen. Russia's new politics: the management of a postcommunist society. JN6695 .W48 2000
*Homsher, Deborah. Women & guns: politics and the culture of firearms in America. HV7436 .H65 2001
*Edelstein, Linda. The writer's guide to character traits: includes profiles of human behaviors and personality types. PN3383 .C4 E34 1999
*Warnock, Mary. An intelligent person's guide to ethics. BJ1012 .W376 1998
*Boteach, Shmuel. An intelligent person's guide to Judaism. BM565 .B684 1999
*Russell, Conrad. An intelligent person's guide to liberalism. JC574 .R877 1999
*Pyron, Darden Asbury. Liberace: an American boy. ML417 .L67 P97 2000
*Trent, Judith S. Political campaign communication: principles and practices. 4th ed. JF1001 .T73 2000
*Dill, Charles William. Monstrous opera: Rameau and the tragic tradition. ML410 .R2 M66 1998
*Spivey, Diane M. The peppers, cracklings, and knots of wool cookbook: the global migration of African cuisine. TX725 .A4 S68 2000
*Kirby, William C. Germany and republican China. DD120 .C6 K57 1984
*Sperber, Manés. Like a tear in the ocean: a trilogy. PT2639 .P47 W513 1988
*Gender and American politics: women, men, and the political process. HQ1075.5 .U6 G454 2000
*Waugh, William L. Living with hazards, dealing with disasters: an introduction to emergency management. HV551.3 .W38 2000
*Bogucki, Peter I. The origins of human society. GN358 .B64 1999
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.
AUDIO / VIDEO STREAMING
SERVICE AVAILABLE
MSUM’s Instructional Technology Department and the Student Tech Team (STT), coordinated by Rhonda Ficek, will provide a new Internet service starting immediately. The service is audio/video streaming. A RealServer has been set up that will enable interested parties to add audio/video to web content. MSUM’s Lead Faculty Group provided the funding for the hardware and licensing.
The server will be capable of streaming both Real™ and Quicktime™ formatted media.
For details on utilizing this service, please contact a member of the STT or Rhonda Ficek (phone: 236-2339, e-mail: ficek@mnstate.edu). The Student Technology Team can assist with creating audio and video files for delivery ia the web.
UPCOMING EVENTS AT MSUM’S
REGIONAL SCIENCE CENTER
August 2-23…
August (Meteor) Showers at MSUM Planetarium “August Meteor Showers” will be showing Thursdays at 7 p.m. Aug. 2-23 at MSUM’s Planetarium.
This show takes a look at the fascinating Perseid meteor showers that appear like clockwork each August. Learn how to observe a meteor shower without an umbrella!
The Planetarium is located in Bridges Hall 167 on campus, at the intersection of 11th Street and 8th Avenue South.
General admission is $3; children 12 years of age and under, senior citizens and Tri-College students are admitted for $1.50. For more information or a special group showing, call 218-236-3982.
August 4…
Buffalo River Bird Monitoring Station Open House MSUM’s bird monitoring station will hold an open house on Saturday, Aug. 4 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Buffalo River Site. Visitors are invited to observe the research and processing activities. A docent will escort visitors from the Regional Science Center Interpretive Center to the monitoring station.
The Buffalo River Site is located 15 miles east of Moorhead, off Highway 10, adjacent to Buffalo River State Park. For more information, call 218-236-2904.
August 12
A Prairie Treasure Hunt
”A Prairie Treasure Hunt” is featured during a family trail adventure at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 12 at the MSU Moorhead Regional Science Center Buffalo River Site.
The treasure hunt investigates the mystery of the prairie, looking for hidden treasures, singing songs from pioneer times, and making a reflective art project.
The program is free and open to the public. All necessary supplies will be furnished, but visitors are encouraged to wear comfortable walking shoes and to bring insect repellent and sunscreen.
The Buffalo River Site is located 15 miles east of Moorhead, off Highway 10, adjacent to Buffalo River State Park. For more information, call 218-236-2904.
August 17…
Star Party on the Prairie
MSU Moorhead will host a “Star Party on the Prairie” Friday, Aug. 17 from 9 to 11 p.m. at the Regional Science Center Buffalo River Site.
View the spectacular August sky and find the constellations and planets that are visible at this time of year. Participants may even see some late Perseid meteors. Bring your own binoculars or telescope and enjoy the prairie at night. An indoor presentation will be held at 9:30 p.m. if it’s too cloudy to view the sky.
The Buffalo River Site is located 15 miles east of Moorhead, off Highway 10, adjacent to Buffalo River State Park. For more information, call 218-236-2904.
Aug. 5-Oct. 28…
Sunday Openings and Guided Trail Walks
The MSU Moorhead Regional Science Center Interpretive Center is open Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m. with guided trail walks at 2 p.m. Aug. 5 through Oct. 28. Visitors are invited to explore the Buffalo River Site and to enjoy the bird observatory and other exhibits. Videos are also available for viewing.
The Buffalo River Site is located 15 miles east of Moorhead, off Highway 10, adjacent to Buffalo River State Park. For more information, call 218-236-2904.
UNITED BLOOD SERVICES
THANKS MSUM EMPLOYEES
United Blood Services wants to congratulate Minnesota State University Moorhead for sponsoring an emergency blood drive July 26. A total of 32 people volunteered to donate and 27 were able to give. Eighteen of the donors gave blood for their first time!
“Since the summer is traditionally a difficult time for blood centers, all the special people who provided the ‘gift of life’ as blood donors and volunteers are appreciated,” said Pat Cossette, community relations representative from United Blood Services. “The people at MSUM should feel proud of their concern for patients who need blood.”
Donations will help meet the blood needs of many patients in 43 area hospitals served by United Blood Services.
Blood is for sharing; you have truly given the ‘gift of life.’
NOTICE OF VACANCY
Position: Director of Admissions
Qualifications and Experience: Required: Masters degree and five years of progressive experience in admissions. Possess good written and oral communication skills, computer application skills. Committed to NACAC principles of good practice and ongoing professional development. Demonstrated ability to foster effective working relationships with diverse constituencies. Demonstrated experience in budget development and staff supervision. Desired: Marketing experience. Visionary planning and creative problem solving skills. Ability to effectively utilize technology in an enrollment management environment.
Responsibilities: Manage the development and implementation of the Admission Office services, supervise the Admissions staff and budget. Develop recruitment strategies as defined by University admissions philosophy and policy which will include candidates from diverse populations, encompassing regional, national, and international markets. Develop relationships with campus and community constituencies to better MSUM and provide active support for recruitment of prospective students, including minorities and athletes. Participate in University marketing planning, including research and data collection, and provide recruiting and enrollment information to the University. Assist with the development of publications and contribute to orientation activities. Responsible for program development/implementation/evaluation of University’s “Dragon Days.”
Apply to: Thomas Lane, Chair, Admissions Director Search Committee, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, 56563. Call (218) 236-2676, fax (218) 236-2052, or e-mail lanetom@mnstate.edu for application materials.
Position: Asst./Assoc. Professor of Finance
Qualifications and Experience: Required: ABD in finance. Doctorate in finance preferred. Demonstrated ability to engage in scholarly activities. A doctorate and a record of scholarly activities are required for appointment at the associate professor level. A doctorate is required for tenure. Preferred: Teaching experience in finance Academic preparation and willingness to teach in two of the following areas: Financial services, Investments, Real Estate, and Risk and Insurance.
Responsibilities: Teach 12 credits per semester. Scholarly activities are expected and encouraged Undergraduate student advising and contributions to the department. Contribute to AACSB accreditation.
Apply to: Dr. Rajiv Kalra, Chair, Finance Search Committee, School of Business Box 328, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, MN 56563. E-mail: kalra@mnstate.edu Phone: (218) 236-4655, fax: (218) 236-2238.
Position: Learning Assistant - Academic Fitness Program
Required Qualifications and Experience: Master's degree. At least two years experience providing academic assistance at the post-secondary level. Knowledge of learning skills, motivation, and behavioral change strategies. Demonstrated ability to assess student academic difficulties and to develop a plan to remedy the situation. Must possess strong communication skills and ability to work cooperatively with students, faculty, staff, and administration.
Responsibilities: Lead academic fitness groups for at-risk populations. Provide consultation to students experiencing academic difficulties in both one-to-one and group intervention formats. Write and maintain an academic success teaching guide in order to assure program continuance and quality. Refer students requiring specialized assistance to appropriate counseling or student service providers. Provide assistance for students placed on academic warning. Assist Counseling Center Director in developing and implementing academic assistance programs for other at-risk populations. Respond to informational requests from campus and community groups.
Apply to: Diane Wolter; Counseling Center, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, MN 56563 Phone: 218-299-5949; FAX: 218-291-4266.
MISCELLANEA
· Brittney Goodman, library, attended the American Library Association Annual Conference in San Francisco, Calif., June 15-19, and presented a poster session entitled "Multimedia Modules: The Advantages of Time & Accessibility," highlighting several Powerpoint with Audio tutorial projects in the Library and Instructional Technology. She has also accepted a position as Chair of the Association of College & Research Libraries Instruction Section Program Planning Committee for the Annual Conference in Toronto, 2003. Goodman recently had the following chapter published: "Hands Off Our Electronic Classroom! Developing Electronic Classroom Policies" in New Learning Environments: Papers and Session Materials Presented at the Twenty-Sixth National LOE XConference , Ypsilanti, Michigan. Ed. Linda Shirato. Ann Arbor: Published for Learning Resources and Technologies, Eastern Michigan University by Pierian Press, 2001.
· The library has received a Project JSTOR Mini-Grant, to be administered by Brittney Goodman and Stacy Voeller, to provide faculty training on full-text databases, including JSTOR and Project Muse. This training will be conducted in Fall, 2001.
· Jeff Dongvillo, social work, was published in the Spring 2001 edition of The Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work (Vol. 6 No.2). His article entitled, "Exploring the effectiveness of teaching techniques with lesbian and gay content in the social work curriculum," addressed findings of a study he conducted in his doctoral program at the University of South Carolina. The study investigated changes in the levels of students' homophobia with various teaching techniques. The effectiveness of the teaching units and recommendations for future research are presented. Dongvillo has been appointed a member of the Abstract Review Committee for the 2002 Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education. Dongvillo has been designated a symposium abstract reviewer for the Symposium on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender issues based on his research interests and practice expertise. The APM of the CSWE is the pre-eminent professional conference for social work educators in the United States.
CLASSIFIED
HOUSE FOR SALE: 1,144 sq. feet, 3-bedroom rambler, 1510-6th Avenue South, across from Holmquist Hall. New windows and updated wiring, large, wooded backyard. Escape window in basement—great potential for rental property. Call Diane at 233-6045, and leave a message, or contact Paul Solum, Kvamme Real Estate, 236-6611.
Seeking good retirement package (bones; space outside to play in; walks; lots of love) for my Irish Setter-Doberman mix, male, 11 years old. Loyal and protective. Call Diane at 233-6045.
FOR SALE: Lake property on Long Lost Lake, near Itasca Park; 5 _ wooded acres, 225' of lake shore, 24 x 14' cabin with loft, storage shed. $67,500. 236-2037 days, 236-6934 evenings.

July
ED MILLS NAMED MSUM’S
NEW DEAN OF EDUCATION
AND HUMAN SERVICES
Ed Mills, a professor of education in the department of urban leadership and policy studies at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, has been named dean of education and human services here.

As one of four academic deans at MSUM, Mills will supervise the university’s teacher education unit, divided into separate academic departments: Elementary and Early Childhood Education; Counseling, Education Leadership, Foundations and Field Experiences; and Special Education.

He’ll also oversee the New Center for Multidisciplinary Studies; the departments of Nursing, Social Work, and Health and Physical Education; the Regional Science Center; and the MSUM Center for Early Childhood Education.

A 30-year veteran educator, Mills, originally from Kansas City, began his career as a high school history teacher in suburban Kansas City and then served the next two decades as a principal and superintendent at rural and suburban Missouri school districts before moving into higher education..

A specialist in school law, Mills, 52, earned his doctorate at the University of Missouri and returned to his alma mater six years ago to teach education after stints as a college relations director at Kansas City’s Metropolitan Community Colleges and as an associate professor and department head at South Dakota State University’s School of Education graduate programs.

Last year Mills received the Northland (Missouri) Area Chamber of Commerce Award for Excellence in Higher Education and, the year before that, the Missouri Governor’s Council on Disability’s Educator of the Year Award.

He officially began his duties July 1.

23 MSUM FACULTY PROMOTED
Twenty-three faculty members have been awarded promotions, 10 to the rank of professor and 13 to associate professor.

Promoted to professor status: Mary Bader and Cindy Phillips, accounting department; Jim Bense, English; Patrick Coppens, speech-language-hearing sciences; Nathan Davis, music; Gary Edvenson, chemistry; Oscar Flores, economics; John Hall, languages; Dennis Jacobs, New Center for Multidisciplinary Studies; and Dennis Van Berkum, counseling, education leadership, foundations and field experiences.

Promoted to associate professor: Anna Arnar, art and design; Timothy Borchers, speech and theatre; Jan Fiola, sociology and criminal justice; Glenn Ginn and Rodney Rothlisberger, music; Steven Hoffbeck, history; Suzanne Hungerford, speech-language-hearing sciences; Paul Kramer, political science; Barbara Matthees, nursing; Elizabeth Nawrot, psychology; Joseph Provost, chemistry; Mary Schroeder, social work; and SuEllen Shaw, English.

MSUM THROWS ITS 29TH ANNUAL
4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION
MSUM hosts its 29th annual 4th of July celebration at 1 p.m. Wednesday on the campus mall, beginning an afternoon of family entertainment followed by fireworks at dusk over Nemzek Field.

The Independence Day celebration—free and open to the public—features continuous stage entertainment all afternoon, along with children’s games, Dragon Express and barrel train rides, stagecoach and covered wagon rides, bingo, music, and all kinds of food booths.

Prior to the festivities, MSUM will host a 10K run starting at 8 a.m. at Nemzek’s northwest entrance. Kiddie Races begin at 11 a.m. just south of Murray Commons at 9th Avenue and about 15th Street South. Runners and kiddie racers should contact Mark Rice at MSUM, 236-2062, for details.

Meritcare’s Lifeflight Helicoptor is scheduled to land in the Murray Commons area about 12:45 p.m., where it and a variety of large equipment, and law enforcement and emergency vehicles will be on display throughout the afternoon.

Campus mall events begin right after the 1 p.m. opening ceremony, which will include a flag raising by the Moorhead American Legion Post 21, and music by the Lake Agassiz Concert Band.  The children’s decorated bike parade starts at 1:30 p.m.  Kids and parents should assemble at the mall flagpole right after the opening ceremony.

Stage entertainment scheduled all afternoon on the mall includes the Lake Agassiz Concert Band, Kid’s Kollectibles, singer Susie Nickell, The Straw Hat Players and the M & V Melodies..

Cartoons will be shown in Weld Hall auditorium on the hour, and the MSUM Planetarium (located on first floor Bridges Hall) will feature the show “Galaxies” at 1:15 p.m., 2 p.m., 2:45 p.m., 3:30 p.m., and 4:15 p.m.

Evening entertainment at Nemzek Field starts at 8 p.m., with The Front Fenders. At about 10:30 p.m. over Nemzek Field, MSUM will present its traditional fireworks display.

13 RECEIVE TENURE
The following 13 MSUM faculty members will receive tenure this year: Anna Arnar, art and design; Mary Bader, accounting, Timothy Borchers, speech and theatre arts; Wendy Frappier, health and physical education; Lila Hauge-Stoffel, art and design; Steven Hoffbeck, history; Suzanne Hungerford, speech-language-hearing sciences; Paul Kramer, political science; Deborah Kukowski,  paralegal; Elizabeth Nawrot, psychology; Joseph Provost, chemistry; Mary Schroeder, social work; and Stacy Voeller, library.

MSUM PARALEGAL  DEPARTMENT
GRANTED ABA REAPPROVAL
The American Bar Association has granted reapproval to the paralegal department here from August 2000 to August 2007.

The ABA is not an official educational accrediting agency, and thus uses the term “approval” rather than “accreditation.” ABA approval of paralega/legal assistant programs is a voluntary process that began in `1974.

MSUM is one of three universities in Minnesota, and one of only about 74 in the nation, to offer a bachelor’s degree in paralegal. MSUM’s program began in 1981 as the legal assistant program, administratively housed in the accounting department. In the mid-90s, the name was changed to the paralegal program.

The ABA originally approved MSUM’s paralegal program in August of 1995. The application for reapproval was made in early 2000 and, after the ABA team conducted a site visit on campus last October, the ABA’s house of delegates granted reapproval this winter

The paralegal department received assistance in the reapproval process from MSUM faculty, staff and administration; from its advisory committee; from alumni and current students; and from the local legal community.

UPCOMING STRAW HAT SHOWS
* "The Laramie Project" by Moises Kaufman and the members of Tectonic Theater Project­­July 10-13 and 17-20, 7:30 p.m. in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts Gaede Stage (formerly known as the Thrust Stage Theatre).

In November 1998, 10 New Yorkers traveled to Laramie, Wyo. Their visit was aimed at exploring a crime and a town. Over the next year, they conducted more than 200 interviews with the people of Laramie. The result is this new play about hope, hate, fear and courage. The true story of an American town.

*  "Bye Bye Birdie" with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Lee Adams, book by Michael Stewart­­July 24-27, 7:30 p.m. in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts Hansen Theatre.

A family show that travels back to the time of teen idols and bobby socks. Conrad Birdie, who makes all the girls swoon, has been drafted.  Who will give him his last kiss goodbye? Recipient of several Tony Awards, Bye Bye Birdie originally opened in New York in 1960 featuring Dick Van Dyke and Chita.

For tickets, contact the MSUM box office at 2271.

SUMMER CINEMA CONTINUED
THROUGHOUT JULY
Five Hollywood film classics featuring some of the greatest stars and scenes from the silver screen will be showing in MSUM’s continuing“Summer Cinema 2001,” a series of weekly film programs running throughout July.

Including some rare, seldom-seen movies along with masterpieces of American cinema, the series offers a special film every Monday evening through July 30. 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

Still remaining on this summer’s schedule:

* July 2: “Irene” (1926), a silent romantic comedy starring Colleen Moore, the original flapper. America’s top box office attraction when this film was released, Moore plays a department store clerk whose bubbly personality captures the heart of a wealthy aristocrat. It’s a rare 1920s fashion parade filmed in color. David Knudtson will perform an original score on the Weld Hall Wurlitzer.
* July 9: “Ruggles of Red Gap” (1935) with Charles Laughton and Zasu Pitts in a comedy classic. It’s an hilarious tale of an English butler who suddenly finds himself in the American West when he is won in a poker game by an uncouth cowboy.
* July 16: “Girl Shy” (1924), a slapstick comedy featuring Harold Lloyd. He portrays a hopelessly shy dreamer, incredibly inept around girls, who’s trying to write a best-seller on how to succeed with the opposite sex. David Knudtson performs an original score on the Weld Hall Wurlitzer.
* July 23: “The Egg and I” (1947), with Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray and Ma & Pa Kettle in a very screwball comedy. When a big city girl marries a naive dreamer with a plan to take over a run-down chicken farm and turn it into a thriving business, things naturally go awry. This features Ma & Pa Kettle in their first screen appearance.
* July 30: “The Thief of Bagdad” (1924), a Douglas Fairbanks epic adventure. Fairbanks, the screen’s great swashbuckler, spent millions to create this silent era spectacle—complete with a fire-breathing dragon, flying carpets and a mystical city. This two-and-a half-hour film will include an intermission, refreshments and a musical score by Lance Johnson.

NEW LIBRARY BOOKS
The Livingston Lord Library announces the availability of the following titles (among many others):

*Christmas at the movies : Images of Christmas in American, British and European cinema.  PN1995.9 .C5113 C66 2000
*Bowen, Wayne H.  Spaniards and Nazi Germany : collaboration in the new order.  DD120 .S7 B69 2000
*Children and material culture.  GN799 .C38 C55 2000
*Lucas, Gavin.  Critical approaches to fieldwork : contemporary and historical archaeological practice.  CC75 .L78 2001
*Villa, Raul.  Barrio-logos : space and place in urban Chicano literature and culture.  PS153 .M4 V55 2000
*Can Africa claim the 21st century?.  HC800 .C255 2000
*Pryce, Paula.  "Keeping the Lakes' way" : reburial and the re-creation of a moral world among an invisible people.  E99 .S549 P79 1999
*The politics of the Asian economic crisis.  HB3808 .P65 1999
*Downing, John.  Radical media : rebellious communication and social movements.  P91 .D67 2001
*Sattler, Cheryl L.  Teaching to transcend : educating women against violence.  HV6626.2 .U5 S37 2000
*Shedding light on the darkness : a guide to teaching the Holocaust.  D804.33 .S54 2000
*Handbook of cognitive-behavioral therapies.  2nd ed.  RC489 .C63 H36 2001
*Press, Bernhard.  The murder of the Jews in Latvia : 1941-1945.  DS135 .L32 R54713 2000
*Researching sexual violence against women : methodological and personal perspectives.  HV6558 .R47 1997
*Picturing the past : media, history, and photography.  TR820 .P555 1999
*Television and the American family.  2nd ed.  HQ784 .T4 T4463 2001
*Spunt, Trevor M.  Guide to customer surveys : sample questionnaires and detailed guidelines for creating effective surveys.  HF5415.335 .S64 1999
*Wilton, Paul.  Beginning JavaScript.  QA76.73 .J39 W535 2000
*Five hundred self-portraits.  N7618 .F58 2000
*Kupperman, Karen Ordahl.  Indians and English : facing off in early America.  E59 .F53 K86 2000
*Drinkers, drivers, and bartenders : balancing private choices and public accountability.  KF1293.5 .D75 2000
*Lindauer, Margaret A.  Devouring Frida : the art history and popular celebrity of Frida Kahlo.  ND259 .K33 L56 1999
*Johnson, Deborah G.  Computer ethics.  3rd ed.  QA76.9 .M65 J64 2001
*Backus, Margot Gayle.  The Gothic family romance : heterosexuality, child sacrifice, and the Anglo-Irish colonial order.  PR8807 .F25 B33 1999
*Varadharajan, Asha.  Exotic parodies : subjectivity in Adorno, Said, and Spivak.  PN56 .S46 V37 1995
*Radhakrishnan, R. (Rajagopalan).  Diasporic mediations : between home and location.  HM73 .R329 1996
*Light, Paul.  Social processes in children's learning.  LB1060 .L533 1999
*Murphy, Sandra.  Portfolio practices : lessons from schools, districts, and states.  LB1029 .P67 M88 2001
*Hendy, David.  Radio in the global age.  HE8694 .H45 2000
*Mc Carthy, Ted.  November wedding, and other poems.  PS3563 .C3373376 N68 1998
*Humic Substances Seminar (3rd : 1999 : Northeastern University).  Understanding humic substances : advanced methods, properties and applications.  S592.8 .H863 1999
*Graur, Dan.  Fundamentals of molecular evolution.  2nd ed.  QH325 .G69 2000
*Critical perspectives on V. S. Naipaul.  PR9272.9 .N32 Z6
*Silko, Leslie.  Conversations with Leslie Marmon Silko.  PS3569 .I44 Z888 2000
*Clio's favorites : leading historians of the United States, 1945-2000.  E175.45 .C58 2000
*Kövecses, Zoltán.  Metaphor and emotion : language, culture, and body in human feeling.  BF582 .K68 2000
*Crowley, John William.  The Dean of American Letters : the late career of William Dean Howells.  PS2033 .C74 1999
*Kastenbaum, Robert.  Dorian, Graying : is youth the only thing worth having?.  PS3561 .A6999 D67 1995
*Literature and the child : romantic continuations, postmodern contestations.  PR990 .L58 1999
*Critical perspectives on Jean Rhys.  PR6035 .H96 Z625 1990
*Contemporary cultures of display.  N6490 .C65673 1999
*Smith, Carl.  Pearl Harbor : the day of infamy.  D767.92 .S64 1999
*Brabazon, James.  Albert Schweitzer : a biography.  2nd ed.  CT1018 .S45 B72 2000
*Johnson, Allen W.  The evolution of human societies : from foraging group to agrarian state.  2nd ed.  GN360 .J65 2000
*Special research methods for gerontology.  HQ1061 .S678 1989
*Hayes, Kevin J.  A colonial woman's bookshelf.  Z1039 .W65 H38 1996
*Richards, Joan L.  Angles of reflection : logic and a  mother's love.  HQ759 .R535 2000
*Controversies in feminism.  HQ1206 .C696 2001
*Hatton, Rita.  Supercollector : a critique of Charles Saatchi.  N5220 .S23 H38 2000
*Slide, Anthony.  Early American cinema.  Rev. ed.  PN1993.5 .U6 S55 1994
*Nikolajeva, Maria.  How picturebooks work.  PN1009 .A1 N56 2001
*Doenecke, Justus D.  Storm on the horizon : the challenge to American intervention, 1939-1941.  E806 .D628 2000
*Step into a world : a global anthology of the new Black literature.  PR9085 .S73 2000
*Bezner, Lili Corbus.  Photography and politics in America : from the New Deal into the Cold War.  TR23 .B48 1999
*Burrow, J. W.  The crisis of reason : European thought, 1848-1914.  CB204 .B87 2000
*Hawke, Constance S.  Computer and Internet use on campus : a legal guide to issues of intellectual property, free speech, and privacy.  KF390.5 .C6 H39 2001
*Naimark, Norman M.  Fires of hatred : ethnic cleansing in twentieth-century Europe.  GN575 .N15 2001
*Tudge, Colin.  Neanderthals, bandits, and farmers : how agriculture really began.  GN799 .A4 T83 1999
*Smail, John.  Merchants, markets and manufacture : the English wool textile industry in the eighteenth century.  HD9901.7 .E54 S6 1999
*Bardini, Thierry.  Bootstrapping : Douglas Engelbart, coevolution, and the origins of personal computing.  QA76.17. B37 2000
*Cooper, Barry.  Beethoven.  ML410 .B4 C745 2000
*The paradox of China's post-Mao reforms.  JQ1510 .P37 1999
*Vernon, R. H.  Beneath our feet : the rocks of planet Earth.  QE431.2 .V47 2000
*Handbook of research design in mathematics and science education.  QA11 .H256 1999
*Gangwere, Blanche.  Music history from the late Roman through the Gothic periods, 313-1425 : a documented chronology.  ML162 .G36 1986
*Bazillion, Richard J.  Academic libraries as high-tech gateways : a guide to design & space decisions.  2nd ed.  Z679.2 .U54 B39 2001
*Rima, Ingrid Hahne.  Development of economic analysis.  6th ed.  HB75 .R46 2001
*Milward, Alan S.  The European rescue of the nation-state.  2nd ed.  HC241.2 .M487 2000
*The states and public higher education policy : affordability, access, and accountability.  LC173 .S65 2001
*Communication education in ASEAN.  P91.5 .A7 C65 2000
*Economakis, Evel G.  From peasant to Petersburger.  HD8526 .E25 1998
*Wright, John.  Traveling the high way home : Ralph Stanley and the world of traditional bluegrass music.  ML420 .S8115 W74 1993
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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.