Division Doodles

2008 DIVERSITY CONFERENCE
I encourage all Division staff to attend the 2008 Diversity Conference Wednesday and Thursday, April 9-10, at the Memorial Union. This year's theme, "Understanding the Experience," provides participants with the opportunity to learn about issues that challenge current understandings of the world around us, including race, ethnicity, religion, culture, sexual orientation, life style, and learning.

The two-day conference will feature sessions by faculty and staff from UND and other institutions, as well as nationally known speakers and panelists. Session topics will include current challenges in education that impact perceptions of economic status, class, sexual orientation, race and ethnic backgrounds, religion and culture, learning styles, images in society, and more. Through "Understanding the Experience," participants will gain a broader appreciation and commitment to diversity by learning to respect differences and promote support for others in learning environments and broader communities.

There is no cost to attend the conference, and all participants must pre-register by Monday, April 7, to determine counts for meals and materials. Registration includes entry to all panel discussions and conference events, supplemental resource materials, all meals and breaks. The conference is coordinated by the UND Office of Conference Services.

For a registration form, complete conference schedule and more information, visit www.conted.und.edu/diversity or call UND Office of Conference Services at 777-2663 or 866-579-2663 (toll free) or e-mail conferences@mail.und.edu (ATTN: Diversity).

Kerry Kerber, Associate Dean

TOP TEN LIST
As you recall, our funny Top Ten List is announced at the Holiday workshop. This year, everyone has the chance to submit items for consideration. One person has already submitted an item (and it's a great one).

If you would like to participate, send Barry an e-mail (barry_brode@und.edu). The category is, "Top Ten Reasons we love the Yankee Swap." Submit your item (or items) and our crack team of judges will pick the best ones. Don't forget, the ones that refer to the pay lag will get extra consideration! Oh my...

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA - Studio One, the live television show produced by students at the University of North Dakota Television Center, recently received 12 awards at the Midwest Journalism Conference in Bloomington, Minn. The awards were presented by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) and the Northwest Broadcast News Association (NBNA).

Several individual Studio One interns were honored by the SPJ and the NBNA for their contributions to the show. In addition, the Studio One website was awarded first place in the student market website category. Studio One News Director Sarah McCurdy says it’s rewarding to see students recognized of their hard work.

“These students put a lot of effort into their stories every single week. So to see the smiles and that excitement as their names are called - it’s a lot of fun.”

Studio One has received more than 525 awards since it began in 1987. The following is a complete list of the individual awards given to Studio One interns at the 2008 Midwest Journalism Conference:

Society of Professional Journalists
Nick Johnson - Second Place, TV Sports Photography; Third Place, TV Sports Reporting
Kenneth Seiden – First Place, TV General News

Northwest Broadcast News Association Eric Sevareid Awards
Kelly Corbo – Award of Merit (3), Broadcast Writing
Stephanie Flyger - First Place, Broadcast Writing – “Launch”; First Place, Soft Feature - “NATARTIST”
Nick Johnson – Award of Merit, Sports Reporting
Ashley Portra – First Place, Series
Kenneth Seiden - First Place, Series; Award of Merit, General Reporting

CELEBRATE support of OUTREACH PROGRAMMING APRIL 8
DCE employees are encouraged to attend a celebration for the support of Outreach Programming, Tuesday, April 8 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the North Dakota Museum of Art. You can enjoy some musical entertainment by Jazz On Tap and some light hors d'ouevres while mingling with and thanking people who have supported Outreach Programming. There will be a short presentation at 5:15 p.m. The UND Native American Art collection will be on display in both galleries of the museum.

Please look over the check list for your area and get it back to Mary Schmidt on or before April 15.
Thanks!

EXCERCISING AT WORK
Learn how one job may be considered a workout for employees on this week’s edition of Studio One.

Fed Ex package handlers prefer to be on their feet, due to their early morning and late night shifts. As a result, package handling ranks as one of the top ten positions where employees work and exercise at the same time (CNN). Watch as these employees dismiss their desks, computers, and chairs.

NEW HOME FOR CHURCH
Also on the show this week, a small congregation is creating a new home for their faith. Many years ago its stage was home to dramatic music; however, today the sounds of a hammer break the silence. Learn how one community is converting an aging opera house into a church.

Studio One is an award-winning news and information program produced at the University of North Dakota Television Center. The program airs live on UND Channel 3 on Thursdays at 5 p.m. Re-broadcasts can be seen at 7 a.m., noon, 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. daily and on Saturdays at 10 a.m. Prairie Public Television airs Studio One on Saturday at 6 a.m. The program can also be seen by viewers in Fargo, Bismarck/Mandan and Minot, N.D.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Denver, Colo.; and Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Meghan Flaagan

Outage Notification!

What is happening?
* GroupWise will be unavailable due to maintenance. We will be updating the files that GroupWise uses for backups. We expect this will shorten the time it takes to perform the nightly backups.

Event Date: Sunday April 6, 2008
Start Time: 8:00 am
End Time: 8:30 am

What does this affect?
* All access to GroupWise will be unavailable.

Why is this being done?
* Update files that GroupWise uses for backups to shorten the backup times.

Who do I contact if I have any questions?
* ITSS Help Desk

We regret any inconvenience that may be caused by this and appreciate your patience as we work to improve our service.

University of North Dakota
Information Technology Systems and Services
(701)777-2222
ITSSHelp@mail.und.nodak.edu

Above & Beyond the Call of Duty!!
THE TECHNOLOGY IS WORKING!
The Professional Development for Educators team would like to extend our thanks and highest gratitude to both Vicki Thompson and Odella Fuqua for their support, help, and guidance as we set up and ran our first online registration at the Communication Science and Disorders Spring Conference last Friday. The conference, held at the Alerus Center, was co-sponsored by UND and MSUM, and we had some very nervous conference coordinators! We assured them that we'd take care of their credit registration with no worries! And, despite the lack of laptop computer skills by several of the participants, the actual online registration process and printing of receipts went well! Our grateful thanks goes out to the IT team, Chad Gratton and Nathan Clough, for setting up our "bridge" online registration site to handle these events until we have our new PDE Web site up and running!

Kim Jones, Lynnette Evenson, & Robin Cook

Is there someone in your program area who has gone beyond the call of duty recently? Please tell us about it by submitting it to Doodles next week!

“Winter has drug on for so long that it seems to have snuck by spring.” If that sentence doesn’t elicit a fingernails-scraping-a-blackboard response from you, how about this: “I have drank too much water.”

The proper inflections of the verbs drag, drink, and sneak are the following:

Winter has drug [read dragged] on for so long it seems to have snuck [read sneaked] by spring.

MAY-MONTH . . .
As I lay yonder in tall grass
A drunken bumble-bee went past
Delirious with honey toddy.
The golden sash about his body
Scarce kept it in his swollen belly
Distent with honeysuckle jelly.
Rose liquor and the sweet-pea wine
Had fill’d his soul with song divine;
Deep had he drunk the warm night through,
His hairy thighs were wet with dew.

—from Henry A. Beers’ Odds and Ends: Verses Humorous, Occasional, and Miscellaneous as quoted in Walt Whitman’s Prose Works, “I. Specimen Days, 108. Bumble-Bees.”

THE BIGGER BIG EVENT!! COMPETE FOR FREE FOOD!!
Just a reminder, if you would like to volunteer for the Bigger Big Event, held Saturday April 12 at 9am, please let me know by the end of the day TODAY, Friday (April 4).

Heidi
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Hey all!
UND will again be doing the Big Event, which is basically a gigantic community service project to give back to the community (see announcement below). This year they are hoping to make it even bigger, since it's part of UND's 125th celebration. There is a contest for departments - whichever department has the most volunteers wins a pizza party. Come on, this is free food we're talking about!

We are a relatively large department on this campus, so I think we have a very good chance. Plus, it's for a good cause. So I'd like each of you to consider giving a few hours on Saturday April 12th to volunteer for the Bigger Big Event. I don't have a lot of answers about the event itself, as I've never participated, but I'm willing to organize DCE volunteers and submit the paperwork.

So please think it over, see if you are available on Saturday, April 12 (I've been told it's the morning and possibly until maybe 1:00 or 2:00 p.m.), and let me know if you are "IN." I need to submit our list of volunteers by the end of today.
Heidi

The Bigger Big Event - April 12, 2008
Faculty and staff will join UND students in carrying out the Big Event, a service project for the Greater Grand Forks community sponsored by Student Government. The intent of the event is to thank our community for the many ways they have and continue to support the University of North Dakota. In the 1930s when the University was on the verge of closing because of lack of funding, Grand Forks city leaders stepped up to help and this is a way to show appreciation for this legacy of collaboration. The Big Event will be held Saturday, April 12, 2008, beginning at 9 a.m. Service organizations, governmental agencies, non-profit groups, private citizens, and others who have a project that can be completed by volunteers in one day can apply for assistance. The hope and expectation is that every applicant who has a need will be helped.

Departments who have the most volunteers helping at The Bigger Big Event can win a pizza prize for the office so gather up your colleagues and volunteer. The volunteer application form is located at Application, click on registration form.

My family is looking for additional Frozen Four tickets for next week in Denver. If you have some or hear of any....could you point them my direction? We have more people than tickets currently!!!

Diane Kinney
777-2219
741-2173
or dianekinney@mail.und.nodak.edu
or dkinney99@msn.com

An Afternoon of the Arts - April 6, 2008-THIS SUNDAY!!!!
The UND Art Collection has been gathered throughout the past 125 years with contributions from students, faculty, and alumni. UND’s American Indian Art Collection is the first to be catalogued and the North Dakota Museum of Art will hold an exhibition of this collection opening April 6, 2008 through June 15, 2008. An Afternoon of the Arts is planned for April 6, 2008, from 2-5 p.m., and will offer the Greater Grand Forks community an opportunity to view both collections: the American Indian art at the Museum, and the UND Art Collection at the Col. Eugene E. Myers Art Gallery in the Hughes Fine Arts Center. Walking art tours between both facilities will be conducted by art students if weather permits. Music and refreshments will be served in both locations.

I will be there all afternoon, so I hope to see many of you there!

Marsy Schroeder

Red River High School Theater Department proudly presents their spring musical:
The Mikado

This classic musical disguises Gilbert and Sullivan’s love of political satire in a highly-stylized Japanese setting. Nanki-Poo, the son of the Mikado, leaves home and disguises himself as a musician to escape a distasteful marriage - and meets a beautiful girl, Yum-Yum, with whom he falls in love. He desperately wants to marry her, but obstacles are cast in his way by Yum-Yum's guardian, Ko-Ko, the Lord High Executioner, who is also in love with Yum-Yum and has every intention of marrying her, himself. Also causing problems is Katisha, Nanki-Poo's jilted bride, who arrives in Titipu in the company of Nanki-Poo's father, the Mikado. (From CulturePulse Web site)

Tickets: Reserved Seating. Adults $8.00, Students (K-College) and Seniors (55+) $4.00
Info Phone: 701-746-2411
Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights 7:30 pm, Sunday afternoon 2:00 pm... Red River High School Theater
Tickets on sale at the Theater Box Office

Contributed by Karyn Hippen (her son Matt pictured in scenes below --not with the women with umbrellas though)

DONATE SHOES
Vicki T. had a flyer to share about a Recycling Donation of used shoes. See FLYER for more info.