Off ice of the Provost Vol. 33, No. 33 Newsletter : 726- 7110 University of Minnesota, Duluth UMD News Service May 20, 1982 COLLEGE OF EDUCAT I ON MAY REORGANIZE UMD's College of Education .will have up to two years to implement program changes urider a priority document pre- sented last Friday to the University Board of Regents at the board's monthly meeting, held in May in Morris. Central administration told the regents that the college needs additional time to consider curricular and organiza- tional changes which would increase its role 11 ••• in serving the emerging human services and technical programs being demanded by society." The regents also heard a proposal which would increase tuition for the 1982-83 academic year by an average of 21.7 percent under a new plan which charges tuition on a per-credit basis. PROMOTING CHILDREN'S HEALTH A workshop on promoting children's health and well-being will be offered at UMD from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday (May 22). Sponsored by Continuing Education and Extension (CEE), the workshop is de- signed for teachers, other school personnel, professional and cormnunity people in health and human services, students, and anyone else who wishes to explore the current issues and controversies dealing with health promotion for the younger population. For information, call CEE, 8113. BUSINESS WRITING TO BE TOPIC OF SEMINAR "Facing New Writing Responsibili;_ ties" is the subject of an upcoming seminar Tuesday (May 25) being sponsored by the Center for Professional Development and being held in the School of Business and Economics. The seminar aims to help participants keep pace with the writing demands of their jobs, looking at the writing process it- self, and such tools as the business letter and writing good news and bad news letters. For information, call CPD, 726-7298. RETIREMENT REPAYMENT Under a new law passed this session by the state legislature, certain current and former UMD employees may be permitted to repay any refunds taken from the State of Minnesota Teachers Retirement Association or from any other Minnesota public retirement fund except the police and fire retirement funds in the state. Repayments shall be made in a lump sum in an amount equal to the amount originally refunded plus interest compounded at the rate of 6 percent per annum from the date the refund was taken to the date of repayment. Deadline for repaying refunds is June 30, 1983. For information, call Ward Wells, 724-0492 or contact the Minnesota State Teachers Retirement Association, 1-800-652-9747; ask for the associa- tion specifically (612-296-8235). FACULTY PROMOTIONS Twenty-five faculty members received academic promo- tions as a result of approval by the University's Board of Regents at its monthly meeting last week. Promoted to full professor were: Sabra Anderson, mathematical sciences; Bernard Covner, psychology; David Darby, geology; Ash Hawk, communicative disorders; J. Clark Laundergan, sociology/anthropology; and Cyrus C. Brown, Josiah Fuller, and John Thomas, all promoted to clinical professor in the School of Medicine. Promoted to associate professor were: Donna Forbes, biomedical anatomy; Helen Doane, psychology; Jack Hargis, bio- logy; Timothy Holst, geology; Patricia Laliberte, music; Ronald Marchese, history; Joseph Prohaska, biochemistry; Bilin Tsai, chemistry. Promoted to clinical associate professor in the School of Medicine were: Terrence Clark, Bart Cuderman, Thomas Elliott, Clyde Olson, Andrew Reardon and John Streitz . MED RESEARCH CONFERENCE UPCOMING How funding policies of the current ad- ministration will affect the nutritional status of young and elderly popula- tions will be discussed as part of a medical research conference presented at the School of Medicine June 28, 29 and 30. "Nutrition in the Young and Elderly" will address current food and nutrition policies as they reflect on nutrition intervention programs, especially for school-age children and the elderly. For information, .call Edwin Haller or G. E. Cotton, 726-7969 or 726-7916. RAPP NAMED TO GROUP George "Rip" Rapp, Jr., dean of the College of Letters and Science and professor of geology and archaeology was named president- elect of the Society for Archaeological Sciences at the society's annual meeting in April. The society is composed of about 700 natural scientists worldwide who apply the research techniques of the natural sciences to the solution of archaeological problems. MARSDEN RECEIVES HONOR Ralph Marsden, professor emeritus in the Department of Geology, was awarded the S.S. Goldich medal for distinguished service in fur thering the geology of the Lake Superior region, at the 28th Annual Meet - ing of the Institute of Lake Superior Geology held in International Falls r ecently. ODLAUG AWARD RECIPIENT NAMED The faculty of the biology department here voted last week to award the 1982 Theron 0. Odlaug Award to David J. Israel of Tomahawk, Wisc. This award is named in honor of Odlaug , who was the department head in UMD's biology department for 25 years. The recipient is selected on the basis of scholarship and service to the department. O'BRIEN RECEIVES FULBRIGHT George O'Brien, an associate professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, has received a Fulbright Award from the German Fulbright Commission to attend a surmner seminar in West Germany June 4 to July 12 on the. "Current German Scene . " 0 'Brien wil l be one of 25 U.S . professors participating in the seminar which will be held for three and one half weeks in Bonn and 10 days in West Berlin . SPORTS FITNESS SCHOOL Continuing Education and Extension and UMD's health, physical education and recreation department will again be offering a Sports Fitness School for boys and girls age 7 to 15. The fitness school will be offered June 14 through July 19. For information, call CEE, 8113. LIBRARY INTER SESSION HOURS Sat., May 22: General Library and Learning Resources Center, closed, Health Science Library, open 1 to 5 p.m.; Sun., May 23: General Library and Learning Resources Center; closed, Health Sciences Library open 1 to 9 p.m.; Mon. - Thurs., May 24-27; General Library and Learning Resources Center: 7:45 a.m. to 5 p.m., Health Science Library: 7:45 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday, May 28: General Library and Learn- ing Resources Center: 7:45 a.m. to 5 p.m., Health Science Library: 7:45 a.m . to 5 p . m.; Sat., May 29 : General Library and Learning Resources Center, closed , Health Science Library: 1 to 5 p.m.; Sun., May 30: General Library and Learning Resources Center: closed , Health Science Library: 1 to 9 p.m. Memorial Day (May 31), all facilities closed; Tues. - Thurs., June 1 to 3, General Library and Learning Resources Center: 7:45 a.m. to 5 p.m., Health Science Library: 7:45 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Fri., June 4: General Library and Learning Resources Center: 7:45 a.m. to 5 p.m., Health Science Library: 7:45 a.m. to 5 p .m.; Sat., June 5: General Library and Learning Resources Center, closed, Health Science Library: 1 to 5 p.m., Sun., June 6: General Library and Learning Resources Center: closed, Health Science Library: 1 to 9 p.m.; Mon. - Wed., June 7 - 9: General Library and Learning Resources Center: 7:45 a.m. to 5 p.m., Health Science Library: 7:45 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Thurs., Fri., June 10 and 11: General Library: 7:45 a.m. to 5 p.m., Health Science Library: 7:45 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sat. and Sun., June 12 and 13, all facili ties closed. THAT'S ALL FOLKS This is the last issue of the UMD Newsletter for this academic year. If you have news items of interest during the summer, call the Summer Session News at 726-7110. WEEKLY EVENTS CALENDAR (May 23 - 29) SUNDAYfl: May 23 -- "The Milky Way Galaxy," free public program, Marshall W. Alwort Planetarium, 3 p .m. · ALL WEEK -- The Tweed Museum of Art is open from 8 a .m. to 4:30 p.m . week- days and from 2 to 5 p.m. weekends. Current exhibits: Lake Superior Water- color Society. THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EDUCATOR AND EMPLOYER.