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Currents
THIS ISSUE POSTED APRIL 24,
2001
CURRENTS VOLUME 18, ISSUE 16
To submit material to Currents, e-mail currents@d.umn.edu
Campus Events
Campus News
Faculty/Staff News
CAMPUS EVENTS
RAMSEYER BIBLE COLLECTION
The Ramseyer-Northern Bible Society Museum Collection is displayed
on the second floor of the UMD Library. For further information on
this collection, please call 726-8102 or visit
www.d.umn.edu/lib/bible.
TWEED MUSEUM EVENTS
"Swirling Waters," a sculptural installation by Truman Lowe, will be
on view through June 3. Lowe is known for his wood sculptures referencing
natural and abstract forms, and his American Indian heritage.
The "UMD Art Student Exhibition" will remain on view through
May 6.
"Dandelion Gardens: New Works by Alison Aune" is on view in the
Tweed Lecture Gallery through May 27.
For more information on any of these events, call Mary at
726-7823.
GLENSHEEN NEWS
Glensheen is offering tours daily from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The
exhibit, "The Congdon Family Carpets" will be on display through May
15. For more information, call Glensheen at 726-8910 or e-mail
glen@d.umn.edu.
OUTDOOR PROGRAM EVENTS
Join the Vertical Pursuits Staff on a Duluth Bouldering Circuit from
2 - 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 25. This is a good opportunity to
work on the technical aspect of climbing at Brewer Park, First
Street, and Enger Tower.
The program "Baking on the Trail" will be held from 3 - 7 p.m.
on Thursday, May 3. This hands on clinic, which will be held at Rock
Pond in Bagley Nature Area, will show you the techniques for baking
breads, desserts, and even a main course meal on the trail.
For more information on any of these events, call Beth at
726-6533.
BIOLOGY SEMINARS
Biology seminars begin at 3:30 p.m. in 175 Life Science.
Toni Lampkin, Biology Graduate Student, will speak on April
27.
William G. Iacono, Distinguished McKnight Professor and
Director
of the Clinical Science and Psycho-pathology Research Training
Program, Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, will
speak on May 4.
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION SEMINAR
Kristin Stuchis, graduate student, will present "Service Learning
and
Environmental Education" from 4 - 5 p.m. on Monday, April 30 in SpHC
208.
For further information, contact 726-8677 or email
ceed@d.umn.edu.
GERMAN MOVIES
The German movie Otto - Der neue Film (1987) will be shown at 7 p.m.
on Tuesday, May 1 in 464 Humanities. Everyone is invited.
ARTIST LECTURE SERIES
Alison Aune, assistant professor, Art Department, will speak at 10
a.m. on May 1.
ALWORTH INSTITUTE EVENTS
The Royal D. Alworth Jr. Memorial Lecture, entitled "Peace Studies
and the Balkans," will be presented by Jan Oberg and Biljana
Vankovska at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 25 in the Kirby Ballroom.
Oberg is a peace researcher and the co-founder and director of the
Transnational Foundation for Peace and
Future Research in Lund, Sweden. And Vankovska is head of the
Institute of Defence and an associate professor of
political systems and military law and teaches for the Peace Study
Program at the Faculty of Philosophy at Skopje University in
Macedonia. Oberg and Vankovsk will address the role of conflict
mitigation and resolution in the Balkans.
A presentation in the International Brown Bag Series, entitled
"Tightening the Noose, the Middle East Today," will be presented by
John H. Kemp at noon on Thursday, May 3 in Campus Center. Kemp, a
retired senior minister of the Pilgrim United Church of Christ (UCC)
in Duluth, has led several groups to the Middle East in the last ten
years. He will discuss his recent trip to Jerusalem, the West Bank,
and Gaza.
An additional brown bag will be presented by Jeffrey Wilson,
former Peace Corp volunteer in the former Soviet Union and now sales
director for a German company working in Central Asia. Wilson's
presentation, "From California to Uzbekistan: Nine Years in the
Former Soviet Union," will be held at noon on Tuesday, May 1 in
Kirby Student Center 355-357. Wilson has had years of interesting
experiences in the former Soviet Union and has witnessed both the
struggles and triumphs of the transformation to a market economy.
For more information on any of these events, please contact
Cindy Christian at 726-8616 or alworth@d.umn.edu.
MARSHALL W. ALWORTH
PLANETARIUM SHOWS
There will be a free planetarium show at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April
25 entitled "Meteors, Comets and Asteroids." The show will also
include a tour of our current nighttime sky.
The Planetarium also offers free private shows which can be set
up with one of the staff members.
Please call 726-7129 for any other information or to set up a
private show.
FIRST READING XXI
There will be a conference on research-in-progress, "First Reading
XXI," beginning at 8 a.m. on Friday, April 27 at UMD and Glensheen.
This is the twenty-first annual conference at UMD on any aspects of
social history, current popular culture, culture of the Americas and
relevant comparative studies.
TWIN CITIES LECTURE
The University Forum will host "Crisis in Scholarly Publishing? Are
You Contributing?" from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, April 27 at
CSOM 3M Auditorium, Twin Cities Campus.
This presentation will be given by keynote speaker. David E.
Shulenburger, provost, University of Kansas, and advocate for
reforming scholarly communication. A panel discussion, luncheon
speaker, and workshop on copyright protection will be included in
this presentation. For further information, please call
612-626-7850.
42nd ANNUAL ACCOUNTING CLUB BANQUET
The 42nd Annual Accounting Club Honors, Awards, and Alumni
Banquet
will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, April 27 at the Edgewater East
Hotel. The cost for the banquet is $20 per person. For
more information or to reserve a ticket, contact Kora Cavanaugh at
726-7966 or email acct@d.umn.edu.
AMATEUR DRAG SHOW
The Queer Students Union and GLBT Services is hosting an "Amateur
Drag
Show" at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 28 in the Kirby Ballroom. This
event is free and open to the public.
For more information, please contact Angie Nichols at 726-7300
or email her at anichols@d.umn.edu
RECEPTION TO HONOR AWARD RECIPIENTS
Vice Chancellor Vince Magnuson is pleased to announce that Joan
Karp,
CEHSP, has been awarded the Horace T. Morse-Minnesota Alumni Award
for
Outstanding Undergraduate Education, and that Sharon Torrison, SBE,
has
been awarded the John Tate Award for Excellence in Undergraduate
Advising.
Vice Chancellor Magnuson and Chancellor Kathryn Martin will
host an all-campus reception from 2 - 4 p.m. on Monday, April 30 in
Griggs Center to honor Sharon, Joan, and recipients of the UMD
Outstanding Adviser Award, the Blehart Award, the Chancellor's Award
for Distinguished Research, the Anderson Scholar/Teacher Award, and
collegiate unit awards. All students, faculty, and staff are welcome
and encouraged to attend. A short program will begin at 2:30 p.m.
Refreshments will be served.
UROP FAIR
The 6th annual UMD Research/Artistic Undergraduate Research (UROP)
Fair
will be held from 2 - 4 p.m. on Tuesday, May 1 in the Library Annex.
There
will be poster, oral, and computer presentations by the students
depicting their research or creative projects.
There will be an opening ceremony at 2 p.m. with trumpets and
comments by Chancellor Martin, Vice Chancellor Magnuson, and
Associate Vice Chancellor Hedman.
For additional information, call
Char Mahai at 726-7103.
RECEPTION HONORING RETIREMENT OF FACULTY MEMBER
A reception will be held in honor of Larry J. Syck, assistant
professor
of accounting, upon his retirement after more than 35 years of
dedication to UMD. A celebration of Larry's contributions to both
students and UMD will be held from 2 - 5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 1 in
Griggs Center. A special presentation will be made at 3:30 p.m.
PSYCHOLOGY LECTURE
The Psychology Department presents the last lecture of the Series.
Ajit Das, will present "Positive Psychology: Old Wine in a New
Bottle" at 11 a.m. on May 3 in Bohannon 116. Lunch will be provided.
Please RSVP to Sharon Layon at 726-7808.
PROFESSIONAL STAFF
COUNCIL SPRING 2001
UMD's Professional Staff Council (PSC) holds open meetings on a
monthly basis. PSC facilitates productive discussions of issues
confronting UMD's professional staff. All professional staff are
welcome to attend PSC meetings, from 10:30 - 11:30 a.m., on the
following dates: May 4 and June 1.
To submit an agenda item, reserve a chair at an upcoming
meeting, or to contact the PSC chair, e-mail Dale Race at
drace@d.umn.edu. Or visit the PSC web site at www/d.umn.edu/psc.
UNIVERSITY FOR SENIORS LECTURE
University for Seniors announces an upcoming lecture,
"Understanding
the Food Crisis in Contemporary Africa: The Problems and Solutions"
at 1:15 p.m. on Wednesday, May 9 in the Bullpub. This forum,
presented by
Nkasa Yelengi, assistant professor, Department of History, is free
and open to the campus community.
NEMBA DINNER
The 13th Annual Northeastern Minnesota Book Award Dinner is
scheduled for May 16 at the DECC. The event, which honors nominated
authors, begins with a 5 p.m. social hour, followed by dinner and
the award program at 7 p.m.
NEMBA recognizes books which best represent northeastern
Minnesota's
history, culture, heritage or lifestyle. NEMBA is sponsored by the
UMD Library and Friends of the Duluth Public Library.
William Kent Krueger, author of the Cork O'Connor mystery
series is scheduled to present "For Love or Money: Six Reasons to
Write." Krueger's first two Cork O'Connor mysteries, Iron Lake and
Boundary Waters, received the NEMBA Honorable Mention in 1998 and
1999 respectively. The third book, Purgatory Ridge, has recently
been published.
This event is open to the public. The
cost is $25 and reservations must be made by May 7.
For information, visit the NEMBA website at
www.d.umn.edu/lib/nemba, or contact Jane Bottoms at 726-6560 or
jbottom2@d.umn.edu.
FACULTY ADVISOR AWARDS
The winners of the University of
Minnesota Duluth Outstanding Faculty Advisor Awards are: Praveen
Aggarwal, assistant professor of management studies, School of
Business and Economics;
Linda Holmstrand, associate professor of biology, College of Science
and Engineering; Virginia Katz, associate professor of communication,
College of Liberal Arts; Daniel Lipori, assistant professor of music,
School of Fine Arts; and Mike Raschick, associate professor of social
work, College of Education and Human Service Professions.
The Outstanding Faculty Adviser Award is given to five faculty
members
who have demonstrated outstanding service to the University through
advising. Please join in congratulating these faculty advisers.
SFA NEWS
Wm. Robert Bucker, dean, School of Fine Arts, has announced his
resignation. Bucker has accepted a deanship position in the School
of the Arts at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. On behalf of
UMD, we offer Bob our thanks and good wishes for the future.
PROMOTIONS
The Board of Regents has approved the following individuals for
promotion:
Aydin Durgunoglu, Psychology, CEHSP, to full professor; Mark Mizuko,
Communication Sciences and Disorders, CEHSP, to full professor;
Melanie Shepard, Social Work, CEHSP, to full professor; and
Jiann-Shiou Yang, Electrical and Computer Engineering, CSE, to full
professor.
The following individuals were approved for promotion and
tenure: Cecilia Giulivi, Chemistry, CSE, to associate professor with
indefinite tenure; Paul Kiprof, Chemistry, CSE, to associate
professor with indefinite tenure; Merry Jo Oursler, Biology, CSE, to
associate professor with indefinite tenure; Ryan Rosandich,
Industrial Engineering, CSE, to associate professor with indefinite
tenure; David Schmalenberger, Music, SFA, to associate professor with
indefinite tenure; Janelle Wilson, Sociology/Anthropology, CLA, to
associate professor; with indefinite tenure; and Nkasa Yelengi,
History, CLA, to associate professor with indefinite tenure.
Nigel Wattrus, Geological Sciences, CSE, was approved for
indefinite tenure.
THE INSIDE SCOOP
The University of Minnesota Employee Career Enrichment Program would
like
to introduce the Inside Scoop. The Inside Scoop is an online
networking
directory that will link University of Minnesota staff and faculty
with other employees interested in sharing their work experiences.
By searching the Inside Scoop volunteer database you can find a
person who matches the career and department that you are interested
in, set up an appointment to meet in person or over the phone, and
gain insight about all the opportunities at the University.
However, before this employee-to-employee network can be fully
functional, they need volunteers. All University
employees, in any capacity, in any location, may volunteer. The
expected time commitment is a few hours per year. An
outline of volunteer expectations and training information, as well
as the volunteer sign-up form is available at:
http://www.thescoop.umn.edu.
Questions may be directed to Barb Krantz Taylor at 612-626-0561
or
bktaylor@umn.edu
CONTINUING EDUCATION NEWS
Congratulations to the recipients of CE's Theresa Ann Neil
Scholarship Awards: Kristin Knox, a member of MEd Cohort 5, who
teaches first grade at Nettleton Magnet School in Duluth; and Denise
Zasoski, taking American Sign Language classes through CE, who is a
special education paraprofessional at Greenway High School in
Coleraine.
Congratulations to Mary Jean Menzel, Assistant Continuing
Education
Specialist, for receiving the 2001 Academic Staff Award. Menzel is
one
of five professional academic and administrative staff members
selected
from the University of Minnesota System to receive this award.
CE announces a new concentration within the Master of Liberal
Studies
Program, available beginning fall 2001: Ecology, Economics and
Ethics.
For more information, contact Cheryl Aker at caker@d.umn.edu or
Jim
Fetzer jfetzer@d.umn.edu.
INTERLIBRARY LOAN POLICY
Starting May 21, the UMD Library will be changing its interlibrary
loan policy to allow faculty, staff and students to request all media
formats. This means that patrons will be able to borrow videos, audio
cassettes, and cds from other libraries that they need to support
their teaching and research. It also means that the UMD Library will
be
lending these types of materials to other institutions that need
them. So faculty who use media in the classroom should book the
materials in advance by using the media booking form at
http://www.d.umn.edu/lib/circ/booking.html or by visiting or phoning
the Library Circulation Desk at 726-6120. If you have
questions about the new policy, please contact Adele Krusz at
726-8104 or by e
mail at akrusz@d.umn.edu.
BIOLOGY MAJORS AWARDED FELLOWSHIPS
Katherine Stephenson, a junior Biology major, and Sarah Pollema, a
sophomore Biology major, were awarded NSF-REU fellowships in the
Marine Models in Biological Research Program at the Marine Biological
Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA this summer. They will be
studying toadfish physiology in the laboratory of UMD assistant
professor of Biology Allen Mensinger.
PHONE BOOKS AVAILABLE
For those of you waiting for Minneapolis and St. Paul white and
yellow page directories, your wait is over. Qwest Dex has supplied
UMD ITSS with electronic versions of the white and yellow pages
directories for Minneapolis, St. Paul, and the Twin Ports.
To view, got to
http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/news/infotechnews/april/phone.html.
USED POTS NEEDED
The Biology Greenhouse will take your old plastic or clay pots. It's
Spring and almost time to plant the garden. When you decide to clean
out the shed you can bring pots to the Biology Department and they
will use them in the greenhouse.
UMD FARMERS MARKET
There will be a farmers market at UMD for the full market season. The
Farmers Market will start at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, May 23 and will run
every Wednesday through September or October, depending on product
availability.
If you want to participate as a seller or have questions, please
contact Deb Shubat at 726-7258.
FACULTY EXPERTS
Every spring, UMD updates its On-Line Experts List,
http://www.d.umn.edu/currents/experts/. Faculty and staff who wish to
be included should submit the following information to Cheryl Reitan
at creitan@d.umn.edu: name, title, work phone, work address, home
phone
(optional), e-mail address, web address (optional), and three to nine
topic descriptors. Included faculty and staff should review their
listing and submit any changes to Cheryl Reitan at creitan@d.umn.edu.
changes and submissions will be accepted until May 8, 2001.
FINNFEST USA SCHOLARSHIP
Applications are now being accepted for the annual FinnFest USA
Scholarship, which is open to full-time junior, senior, or graduate
level students at UMD or students planning to study abroad who are in
good academic standing. Preference is given to students of Finnish
heritage and to those from northeast Minnesota and northwest
Wisconsin. Students must self-identify for eligibility.
Contact Maryann Soleim at 726-8998 for additional
information.
UMD STORE NEWS
Spring Semester Hours for Campus Books will be from 7:45 a.m. to 6
p.m. Monday through Thursday and 7:45 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The
Bulldog Shop will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through
Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on
Saturday. The Computer Corner will be open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday. And the Marketplace will be open from 8 a.m.
to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on
Friday.
Cash for Books Buyback will be in the Kirby Ballroom from
Friday, May 4
through Friday, May 11. Buyback hours are as follows: Friday, May 4,
Monday, May 7, Tuesday, May 8 and Wednesday, May 9, buyback will be
open from 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.; Thursday, May 10, buyback will be open
from 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.; and on Friday, May 11, buyback
hours will be from 8 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
The UMD Stores Final Sale will be from 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Monday,
May 7 through Wednesday, May 9 in the Kirby Ballroom. There will be
savings on imprinted clothing and gifts, office, art and school
supplies, food items, greeting cards, CDRW drives, CDR's, printers,
software, walkmans, cassette tapes and much more.
Campus Books:
There will be a Color Film Reprint Special through Friday, April 27.
Some exclusions apply.
Marketplace Events:
On Wednesday, April 25 and Thursday, April 26, buy one bottle of a
selected beverage and get the seconf bottle, of equal or lesser
value, for half price.
On Monday, May 7 and Tuesday, May 8, get a free stamp with the
purchase of a Mother's Day Card.
CURRENTS SCHEDULE
Currents is printed regularly throughout the school year. There is
one more edition for Spring 2001:
Deadline: Wednesday, May 2;
Print date: Tuesday, May 8.
The Summer 2001 schedule is as follows:
Deadline: Wednesday, June 20;
Print Date: Tuesday, June 26.
Deadline: Wednesday, July 18;
Print Date: Tuesday, July 24.
Submit items to Currents via e-mail at currents@d.umn.edu.
Communication student Jennifer Kohler helped edit this issue of
currents. Questions? Contact Cheryl Reitan at 726-8996. Currents can
be viewed at www.d.umn.edu/currents.
Colleen Belk and Virginia Borden, instructors, Biology Department,
presented an invited talk entitled "The Medicalization of Women's
Biology" at Harold Washington College in Chicago, IL. The talk was
followed by a book signing of their text The Second X: The Biology of
Women.
Helen L. Carlson, professor, Department of Education, presented
"Impacts on
Pre-Service Teachers' Thinking about Community Service-Learning" with
Rahima Wade, associate professor from the University of Iowa, and
Angela Harwood, assistant professor from Western Washington University
at the American Educational Research Association Annual Conference in
Seattle, Washington in April. Carlson also served as discussant and
board member for International Studies SIG.
Jim Klueg, professor, Art Department, will have his vase,
"Word/Thing," included in the Three Rivers Arts Festival Exhibition,
Three-dimensional Division in Pittsburgh, PA in June. The exhibition
juror was Howard N. Fox, Curator of Contemporary Painting and
Sculpture at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Cheryl Reitan, UMD Publications Director, has been awarded a
two-week
writing residency at Norcroft Writers Retreat in Lutzen, MN this
coming June.
Kathryn Riley, professor, Departments of Composition and Linguistics,
published an Exercise Book (Allyn and Bacon, 2001) to accompany The
New Century Handbook by Hult and Huckin. A CD-ROM/Web test bank that
she compiled to accompany several other Allyn and Bacon handbooks is
currently in production. She published reviews in two recent issues of
IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication: one of Chaney and
Martin, Intercultural Business Communication, 2/e, and one of Roger
Shuy, Bureaucratic Language in Government and Business.
Bill Tezla, professor emeritus, Department of English, recently
published the sixth, updated edition of Istvan Lazar's Kis Magyar
Tortenelem under the title Hungary: A Brief History (Corvina Books,
Budapest).
Janelle L. Wilson, assistant professor, Department of Sociology and
Anthropology, presented "Memories and
Perceptions of Role Transitions: The Voices of New Grandmothers" at
the annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society in St. Louis in
April.
Wilson also had her article "Women in Country Music Videos,"
reprinted in the SIRS (Social Issues Resource Series).
NEWS FROM NRRI
Alexandru Balaban (Texas A & M University), Denise Mills and
Subhash Basak presented the paper "Ordering and Partial Ordering of
Alkane Isomers as a Criterion for Classifying Topological Indices" at
the Harry Wiener International Memorial Conference on the Role of
Topology in Chemistry, University of Georgia. Pete Iwasaki will be
featured on Venture North (WDSE-TV) on Thursday, April 12. Karen
Sundermang will do an hour-long segment related to taconite.
NEWS FROM SEA GRANT
Minnesota Sea Grant co-sponsored the workshop "Infested Waters
Workshop for Minnow Dealers" at Central Lakes College, Brainerd, in
March. The workshop was co-hosted by Doug Jensen, Exotic Species
Information Center coordinator, and Jay Rendall, exotic species
program coordinator, with Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
Also at this workshop, Jeff Gunderson, associate director,
presented results of a Sea Grant project that addresses the risk for
spread of aquatic nuisance species in bait and bait use by
anglers.
The "Stop Exotics, Clean Your Boat" video, co-produced by Jensen
and Marie
Zhuikov, earned first place for video productions in a national
competition among Sea Grant programs. The award was presented at Sea
Grant Week in Hilton Head, South Carolina in March.
Jensen gave a presentation, "Role of Sea Grant Extension in
Exotic Species
Education," at the Shoreland Round Table, Excelsior, MN, in April.
Cindy Hagley, water quality educator, gave a presentation about
the Lake Access
project at the same event. Their presentations were attended by
representatives from the Minnesota DNR, Minnesota Pollution Control
Agency, Board of Water and Soil Resources, Minnesota Lakes
Association, University of Minnesota Extension Service, and others
concerned about shoreland education.
VIEW THE WEB CALENDER AT http://www.d.umn.edu/umdevents
CALENDAR OF EVENTS