ANNOUNCEMENTS

Presidents Award for Outstanding Service
This award recognizes exceptional service to the University, its schools, colleges, departments and service units by any active or retired member of the faculty or staff. Such service must have gone well beyond the regular duties of a faculty or a staff member, and demonstrate unusual commitment to the University community. Nominations for this award are due by March 13, 2009.

For more information, please visit http://uawards.umn.edu/Awards/Presidents_Award_Outstand.html

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Champions for Healthy Kids
The General Mills Foundation, in partnership with the American Dietetic Association Foundation and the President's Council on Physical Fitness, developed the Champions for Healthy Kids grant program in 2002. Each year since inception, the General Mills Foundation awards 50 grants of $10,000 each to community-based groups that develop creative ways to help youth adopt a balanced diet and physically active lifestyle. Applications are due January 15, 2009.

More information is available at:
http://www.generalmills.com/corporate/commitment/champions.aspx

Consortium for Law and Values in Health, Environment, and Life Sciences
is issuing a call for proposals addressing the societal implications of problems in health, environment, or the life sciences. Awards are available for graduate/professional students, individual faculty, and consortium/joint degree program members. Proposals are due in March 2009 for research in the summer or academic year 2009-10. For more information, see proposals. Direct questions to Audrey Boyle. For more information, please see http://www.lifesci.consortium.umn.edu/rfps/

COURSES

Public Education and Higher Education: EdPA 5080, sec 3
Wednesdays, 5:00-9:00 p.m. 225 Peik Hall
Class number 92924, 3 credits
During this nine-week session, students and instructors will consider the civic roles of postsecondary education institutions both past and present. Special attention will be paid to contemporary philosophies and practices of engagement, and how engagement is expressed in various institutional contexts. This course is designed for both practitioners and scholars who seek to deepen their understandings about the ways in which institutions might become more productively involved with communities they serve. For more information, please contact the instructors are Andrew Furco, afurco@umn.edu and David Weerts, dweerts@umn.edu.

EVENTS AND CONFERENCES

Capstone Showcase Event: PsTL 1525
December 10, 2008, 10:30 am to 12 pm
First year students enrolled in PsTL 1525: First Year Inquiry will present their projects which highlight a person or community making a difference. Refreshments will be provided.

Community Dialogue Series: Hepatitis B in Asian Communities
Sponsored by the Program in Health Disparities in Research
December 19, 2008, 11:30 am to 1 pm
First year students enrolled in PsTL 1525: First Year Inquiry will present their projects which highlight a person or community making a difference. Refreshments will be provided.

MinnWebCon 2.0
April 6, 2009
This conference will be held at the Continuing Education and Conference Center. The Call for Proposals is due January 31, 2009 and can be found at http://www.minnewebcon.umn.edu/call.php.