News to know...
No more mailboxes in the College Union. Beginning today, Jan. 26, the Campus Mailroom WILL DELIVER all faculty mail to academic departments. Staff mail will be delivered to departmental areas. Faculty and staff mailboxes will be terminated and reassigned. Address faculty and staff mail with the appropriate department, NOT the mailbox. For example, mail to a very appreciative Marcia Benjamin goes to Communication Studies. Questions: Campus Mailroom, x5209.
Pass on those used books for a good cause! The SOC used book sale is 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 12 on the garden level of the Ad Building. Mysteries, cook books, autobiographies, diet bibles, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, but no textbooks. The sale helps offset SOC expenses. Donate books Feb. 9-11 at the Office of Academic Affairs, AD113. Please, no books before Feb. 9 or after 3 p.m. Feb. 11.
Transitions...
Goodbye, MCConnect. On Monday, Feb. 2, MCConnect will give way to Gateway, its more-versatile, more-convenient successor.
Welcome Gateway! Beginning Monday, Feb. 2, Gateway becomes our sole, uh, gateway … to grades, budgets, human resources forms and other private College “stuff” that is password protected. Visit Gateway soon to get acquainted with all of the possibilities, from document sharing to calendars, our Outlooks, message boards and announcements. Even the weather!
Welcome to the MC Community! Steve Doepker, Lecturer of Education; (Worth) Ben Weller, Lecturer of Art
Mark that calendar...
Celebrate 101 Days to Commencement at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 12 with our future alumni. Faculty and staff are invited to party with our May graduation candidates. Expect departmental presentations, fellowship, prizes and dinner served by some of us. RSVP with the Alumni Office by Feb. 6, x5203.
Register now for the Feb. 6 faculty session on Online or Hybrid Course Development. Space is limited for this 10 a.m. Friday session, in Clark 104. Computers and ANGEL advice available until noon. Contact is Jill Lichtsinn (library).
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Need help meeting that healthful New Year’s resolution? Exercise and Sport Sciences Department has a solution! This Spring Semester, students in Advanced Principles of Exercise Prescription stand as our personal trainers. They will design a fitness program, assist us during workouts and assess our progress. Contact Ryan Hedstrom, x5065, ASAP to reserve a spot in this popular program.
National visibility for MC. President Switzer has been elected to a three-year term on the board of the 600-member Council of Independent Colleges.
Have a favorite song for chapel? The chapel staff is working on a new songbook. Send along the name of the song(s) and other helpful information about the song to chapel assistant Carol Fike by Feb. 9.
Still got your number? Staff and faculty winners of prizes from participation in the Facility Survey in Haist Commons should present their number “ticket” to the Campus Store to redeem their prizes.
Gift Certificates: 503, 730.
25% Off Coupons: 302, 500, 501, 502, 523, 703, 709, 740
Package delivery. We will continue to pick up our packages in the Campus Mailroom in the College Union. Notifications will arrive via e-mail instead of those green cards.
Planning to be off campus? Notify the Campus Mailroom, x5209, if you will be off campus for an extended period, such as for sabbatical, etc. The Mailroom will hold our mail until we return, so others in our departments will not have to sort through it.
Meet Caleb Andrew Struble-Hedstrom, born Jan. 16 at a strapping 9 pounds, 21¼ inches. Joy and baby boy and Dad Ryan Hedstrom (Exercise/Sport Sciences), are doing great.
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Clinical Kinesiology has accepted a research manuscript by Kim Duchane (exercise/sport sciences) and Rusty Coulter-Kern (psychology). The research in the journal of the American Kinesiology Association is titled “Preservice physical educator attitude toward students with disabilities in general education settings.”
Congratulations! Katharine Ings (English) will serve as an assistant examiner this summer for the International Baccalaureate program. Come summer, she’ll mark the “extended essay,” a 12- to 15-page literary analysis. Katharine is the first graduate of King’s-Edgehill School in Nova Scotia, Canada to receive an International Baccalaureate diploma.
Nominate a senior for our Capstone Outstanding Leadership Award! The honor recognizes the student’s contribution to campus life, as well as academic achievement and all-around stupendousness. Here’s the nomination form; deadline is Friday, Feb. 13. Questions: Dottie Young.
← And the 2009 Dr. Lana Groombridge Award goes to … Melanie DeGrandchamp. The faculty of the Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences established the award last year to honor Lana on her retirement. For more about this extraordinary senior, who has many national and state honors, click here.
Tech...
More wireless on campus! ITS recently installed limited wireless capabilities in Winger, Petersime, the Cordier lobby and Physical Plant building.
Recycle printer cartridges. ITS offers us a simple, green solution: Take spent cartridges to the Help Desk in Clark Computer Center for recycling.
Human Resources...
Faculty and Staff Openings: Adjunct Instructor of Applied Voice, Assistant Professor of Economics, Assistant Professor of Religion, Assistant Professor of Biology, Assistant Professor or Instructor of Mathematics/Mathematics Education, Assistant Professor of Music, Graphic Designer/Writer
Wow! Yea! Kudos You’re Awesome! Thanks!
Thanks to Alexis Young and the Conference Services team, ITS (especially Larry Gyrion for the CNN connection), Dave Friermood’s crew and Public Relations for putting together a lunchtime we’ll all remember for a long, long time on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20. We had entire classes, community visitors, media, individual students, faculty and staff.
ITS recently exchanged SIX PALLETS of old leased equipment for new: 58 PCs, 61 monitors, four servers, two printers and a laptop … 4,200 pounds of hauling, wresting with and palleting. Really Big Super Kudos to Deb Hustin (ITS), with Very High Fives to Larry Gyrion (ITS) and Corny Troyer (physical plant). 4,200 pounds! All not possible without student workers Evan Cloe, Ibrahim Daqqaq, Ben Fox, Chris Kayondo, Gena Kidwell, Abel Mengistu and Kailin Sewell. And pitching-in by many on the staff, including Chris Garber, Max Ihnen, Allison Keating, Sue Lewis, Chris Schott and Joel Waggy. 4,200 pounds!!!
Oldies but goodies from past MEMOs..
SOC events. We’ve got style, walleye, dirt, alumni, high-tech and peaceful plants. And used books to share. Here’s the schedule, with all sessions at noon on Wednesday in the Speicher Room of the upper Union unless otherwise noted:
Feb. 11 – A Campus Store Style Show, with Heather Gochenaur
Feb. 12 – Used Book Sale, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Ad Building basement
March 11 – Think Spring: Look for the Dirt, with Lisa Metzger
April 8 – Middle Eel River Initiative, with Jerry Sweeten
May 13 – Alumni Legacy, with Lisa Gregory
June 10 – Plant Exchange in the Peace Garden
Faculty Business Meetings 2009. All are on Fridays; all begin at 10 a.m. in Flory Auditorium:
Feb. 13, Feb. 27, March 13, April 24 and May 8.
Faculty Professional Development Meetings. 10 a.m. in Flory, unless noted.
Friday, Feb. 6 – Planning and Delivering Quality Online Courses (Clark Lab 104)
Monday, Feb. 23 – Assessment of Student Writing: A Panel Discussion of Best Practices
Friday, March 6 – Cooperative Learning
Friday, April 3 – Assessment
All-Staff Meetings provide updates, celebrations of service and connections. We begin to gather at 7:30 a.m. for coffee and chat; the meeting starts promptly at 8 a.m. in Wine Recital Hall.
Thursday, March 26
Thursday, June 18
Thursday, October 22
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