U of M, Crookston campus offices are closed Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving Holiday and will reopen on Monday, November 30.
Sargeant Student Center Information Desk Thanksgiving Weekend Holiday Hours
Wednesday: Closing at 3:00 p.m.
Thursday through Saturday: Closed
Sunday: 5:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
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The U of M, Crookston Precision Ag class visited AWG Farms, Inc., to learn about yield and protein monitors used on Gary Wagner's John Deere combine. Gary, Daryl and Wayne Wagner use this information to verify variable rate fertilizer applications on their fields. The course is taught by Paul Aakre, assistant professor of agriculture.
The above photo shows Gary Wagner demonstrating some ot the precision agriculture equipment their farming operation utilizes at AWG Farms near Crookston, Minnesota.
The holiday season is a time for tradition, and once again, it is time for a University of Minnesota, Crookston tradition, the 3rd Annual Women's Holiday Social. The social, which raises money for student scholarships, takes place in the Bede Ballroom, Sargeant Student Center, on Tuesday, December 1, 2009. Holiday gift baskets can be viewed beginning at 3 p.m. with bidding and drawings from 4-7 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend and participate in the live and silent auctions, vie for some unique raffle items, and enjoy holiday refreshments.
"We raised over $2,600 for women's scholarships last year so we added a few venues for additional bidding due to popularity," said Jeannine Windels, social co-chair. A spa treatment and dessert of the month are a few items set to be raffled off along with a live auction including a gourmet dinner for four beginning at 6:30 p.m.
In the past the primary audience for the social has been women within the Crookston community; however, last year the committee saw more men in attendance and bidding on items for their wives, friends, and co-workers. "This is a great event, we are raising money for scholarships at the U of M, Crookston and we are welcoming all to this year's social so stop out, bid, and donate to UMC scholarships", said Michelle Christopherson social co-chair.
The above photo shows some bidders and winners at the 2008 Holiday Social
Excerpt from remarks shared by U of M, Crookston Senior Tamara Luna at the recent Torch & Shield recognition event:
"I believe that the University of Minnesota, Crookston has given me everything that a bigger school could. I have made great friends, I have had good professors, I have been in interesting classes and fun clubs. I think my college career has been everything that a college career should be, and I thank you for helping me make it that way."
In the spirit of National Philanthropy Day, celebrated November 20, 2009, we recognize and thank our donors for their generous gifts.
The newly-established Honors Program and the Alpha Lambda Delta (ALD) First Year Honors Society teamed up for a busy fall semester. The Alpha Lambda Delta initiation was conducted October 15, 2009, with five new initiates. ALD is also co-sponsoring a section on Highway 2 east of Crookston for the Adopt-a-Highway program. Thursday study sessions are held in the new Honors Lounge located in Evergreen Hall. The study sessions have been a big success. A Halloween pumpkin carving lightened the mood of one study session.
(Above left photo) ALD Initiation first row l to r: Katherine Schliep, Erin Shaw, Elizabeth Kern, Mindy Nieuwboer, Jacquie Schlangen, and Dr. Brian Dingmann, ALD advisor. Back row: Bradley Kappes, Christina Blair, Kristine Neu, Paul Myers, Austin Czichotzki, Holly Wrzos, Ashley Williams, Heather Donati-Lewis, and Brittany Schlosser. The above right photo shows UMC Honors Program and ALD students cleaning the ditch along their adopted section of Highway 2.
U of M, Crookston students in the Facilities Maintenance and Safety class were treated to a reception by grateful staff at Villa St. Vincent last Friday. The project began last year when students prepared, placed, and finished the foundation slab for a park shelter located on the grounds of the Villa for their laboratory project in concrete construction. Students in this year's same course recently completed the wood construction phase of the project.
The picnic shelter is 22' x 18' x 8' high with a 20-inch roof overhang. The shelter is constructed with a hip roof and the sides are open. This service-learning project met a true community need and gave students an opportunity to learn through a "real-world" opportunity.
The above photo shows the construction process from the concrete slab to the class photo at the finished picnic shelter
The University of Minnesota, Crookston Music and Theater Department is presenting "An Opera and a Comedy" on Saturday and Sunday, November 21-22, 2009. The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. in Kiehle Auditorium on the U of M, Crookston campus. The one-act opera is Bastien and Bastienne by Mozart and the two-scene play is "Suppressed Desires" by Susan Glaspell.
The entire production, with a short intermission, will be 90 minutes in length. Admission at the door is $5 for adults, $3 for students, with U of M, Crookston students admitted free with their student ID.
In the opera, Bastien and Bastienne, Bastienne is played by Emily Nelsen, a sophmore from Atwater, Minn.; Bastien is played by Won Man Lee a sophomore from Seoul, South Korea; and Colas is played by Dan Kuske, a sophomore from Belle Plaine, Minn.
In "Suppressed Desires" the part of Henrietta is played by Bethany Jenkins, a freshman from Grand Forks, N.D.; Mabel is performed by Kristina Selzer, a sophomore from Rising Fawn, Ga.; and Steve is played by Dan LeTourneau, a senior from White Bear Lake, Minn. All cast members are U of M, Crookston students.
Alvin Killough, Ph.D., has agreed to serve as co-investigator for a grant application submitted to the U.S. Department of Education by the Minnesota Minority Education Partnership (MMEP). The proposal, the result of collaboration, seeks to examine the links between instructional strategies and the academic proficiency to student of color enrolled as English Language Learners (ELL).
The 5-year $2.6 million grant proposal includes a research center located in Minnesota specifically designed to provide a focused plan of research to document both the academic needs of and successful practices used for engaging recent immigrant students in the K-8 learning process. The goal of the research is to effect changes in instructional practices to reflect scientific findings, and thereby, serve as science - practitioner advocate for policy change.
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Students from U of M, Crookston Natural Resources helped with the 2009 Minnesota Governor's Deer Opener on November 6, 2009, in Thief River Falls. The UMC students assisted with and ran environmental education stations including tracks and scat, archery, name that caliber, and laser shoot. One hundred and eighty five 6th grade students from Thief River Falls and Red Lake rotated through the stations during the morning and afternoon
