29 April - Certificate & Accelerated Programs

To: All Faculty

From: Rebecca Amundsen, Assistant to the Dean

Re: Certificate & Accelerated Programs

The College has put new resources behind developing Certificate Programs and Accelerated Programs geared toward adult learners. I have been assigned to assist faculty in the development and implementation of new certificate or accelerated programs, classes offered in alternative formats, as well as seeking out and meeting the needs of the community and Concordia’s alums.

Sigrid Beckstrom, from the Registrar’s office, will be the other contact person, providing support services and information to potential students. Combined with Admissions and the Office of Communications & Marketing, the team is in place and ready to take the next step in this endeavor.

If you have an interest in developing this type of program or course, please contact me at amundsen@cord.edu or 299.4211. I would be happy to meet with you and begin working out the details. Some courses could be offered either by revising the format of an existing course or marketing to a different audience.

I look forward to working with you. Have a great summer!

27 April - Committee Positions

To: Faculty Date: April 27, 2004

From: Senate Coordination Committee/Faculty Executive Committee

Re: Committee Positions

The faculty members listed below have been elected to committee positions. Our sincere thanks for their willingness to serve and for your participation in the voting process.

Curriculum Committee (Area E): David Boggs

Core Committee (Area B): Lisa Sethre-Hofstad

Assessment Committee: Haimeng Zhang

Academic Advisement Committee: Julie Rutherford

Academic Policies & Procedures: George Larson

Graduate Programs Committee: Rene Clausen

Off Campus Committee: Eduardo Gargurevich

Special Awards Committee: Mark Gealy

PT& E Committee (Area A): Bill Tomhave

Professional Growth Committee (Area A - '07 term): Darin Ulness

Professional Growth Committee (Area C - '06 term): Jonathan Clark

Curriculum Resources Committee: Erica Rux

Technology Planning Committee: John Flaspohler

Cultural Events Committee: David Wintersteen

Student Affairs Committee: Ross Hilgers

Community Relations Committee: Basit Koshul

College Planning Committee: Larry Papenfuss

Budget Planning Committee: Vijay Shanmugasundaram

Faculty Appeal Board: Shawn Carruth

Other news-we have reached quorum on the constitutional change vote. The four constitutional change items passed by the following margins:

1. Updating the constitution to include electronic voting

136- Yes (95.8%) 4- No 3- Abstain

 

2. Inclusion of graduate and off-campus program chairs

134- Yes (93.7%) 3- No 6- Abstain

 

3. Changes related to definition of membership of faculty, eligibility to vote and serve on committees

120- Yes (84.5%) 11- No 11- Abstain

 

4. Integration of division chairs into the constitution

128- Yes (90.1%) 8- No 6- Abstain

27 April - Faith, Reason, and World Affairs Symposium

Concordia's annual Faith, Reason, and World Affairs Symposium is being held later this year than usual, namely October 31 to November 2. This means that you have additional time to design a concurrent session. The focus of the symposium is "The Future of the Reformation Tradition." Please remember that the "Reformation tradition" is not just theology; it is an artistic, musical, spiritual, literary, intellectual tradition. It is a tradition which, in its Calvinistic version, has been said to have contributed to the development of an economic system, capitalism. And the Reformation tradition is facing all kinds of challenges today, from sexuality to post-modernism to co-existence with other religions. This means that potentially every discipline could offer concurrent sessions. We encourage such involvement across the disciplines. Details are given in the Call for Proposals which is attached.

Lowell Larson

Cultural Events

27 April - Grade Submission

TO: Faculty

DATE: April 27, 2004

FROM: Carole Stalheim

SUBJECT: Grade Submission

Final grades for the Spring 2004 Session will be due on or before May 4 at 4:00 P.M. You will be able to access your classes on the WEB beginning today, Tuesday, April 27.

Instructions for electronic grade reporting, along with information on how to obtain and use faculty web security accounts are available on-line. If you have problems accessing the WEB, please contact Dr. Alex Sze, WEB Support Specialist at sze@cord.edu or call x4153.

Please let me know if you have any questions about the process. Thank you for your continued support and cooperation.

27 April - F.Y.I. The Assessment and Institutional Research Newsletter

To: Faculty and Administrators

From: Kay Schneider

Re: F.Y.I. The Assessment and Institutional Research Newsletter

The May edition of the F.Y.I. newsletter is online at http://www.cord.edu/dept/acd/local/assess/may2004.htm.

Contents include:

"Talk About Learning" Summer Workshop Announcement

Graduation Rates of Athletes

Projections of High School Graduates from 2003-2013

Profile of the Graduating Class of 2003-04

Exploration Seminar Assessment Results

Hard copy is available upon request.

27 April - Dr. Jolicoeur's Campus Visit Schedule

Faculty, Students, Support Staff and Administrators,

Dr. Pamela M. Jolicoeur will visit campus Wednesday and Thursday, April 28-29. Dr. Jolicoeur is the search committee's unanimous choice to recommend to the Board of Regents as the 10th president of Concordia College. On behalf of the search committee, I invite the campus community to meet Dr. Jolicoeur. Following is the schedule of campus meetings.

WEDNESDAY, April 28

4:00 p.m. Knutson Center Centrum - Faculty-as-a-Whole

THURSDAY, April 29 

10:00 a.m. Knutson Center Centrum - Support Staff

1:00 p.m. Knutson Center Centrum - Department Chairs/Division Chairs/Program Directors

3:00 p.m. Frida Nilsen Lounge - Administrative Council

4:00 p.m. Frida Nilsen Lounge - Students

If you have a conflict with this schedule, you are welcome to attend any of the other meetings listed above.

Dr. Roger Gilbertson, chair Presidential Search Committee

26 April - Faculty and Administrative Staff Search

To: Faculty & Staff Date: April 26, 2004

From: Sabine U. O'Hara, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College

Re: Faculty and Administrative Staff Search

I am pleased to give you an update on this year's faculty and administrative staff searches in Academic Affairs. Several searches have been successfully concluded. We welcome to new positions with Concordia College, Larry Papenfuss and Vijayakumar Shanmugasundaram. Larry has accepted the position of Department Chair of PE/Health and Director of Athletics. Vijayakumar has accepted a tenure eligible position as instructor in Computer Science.

We welcome as new members of the Concordia College community Bruce Phelps, Associate Director of Music Organizations; Peter Schultz, Assistant Professor of Art History; Greg Carlson, Instructor of Mass Media in the Department of CSTA; Qiang Ding, Instructor of Computer Science; Nicole Garcia, Instructor of Spanish and Lisa Twomey, Assistant Professor of Spanish.

Congratulations on these new appointments and best wishes to these new and familiar members of the Concordia College community.

21 April - Summer Task Force Nominations

To: Faculty

From: Senate Coordinating Committee

Re: Summer Task Force Nominations

As you know the nomination process for faculty members willing to serve on one of three curriculum related summer task forces is now open. Please remember to only nominate faculty members who have agreed to serve. Do not nominate anyone without first checking with them, and whether or not they are willing to serve on one of the three summer task forces. Thank you for your help in making this a successful nomination and election process.

21 April - Call for Nominations: Student Lecture Series

Student Lecture Series--Call for Nominations

Deadline: Thursday, April 22. 2004. 

Please submit materials to Sharon Hoverson, Chair of the Special Awards Committee, Library, hoverson@cord.edu. Notification of selections will be made by Thursday, April 29.

Criteria for Selection

The Special Awards Committee of the Faculty Senate selects up to three students or student groups to give lectures each semester. Preference will be given to projects and presentations of quality that are likely to stimulate discussion in a general audience. An effort will be made to present a balance in the disciplines represented by the lectures.

Students or faculty members who have any questions about the nomination or selection processes may contact Sharon Hoverson, Chair of the Special Awards Committee, Ext. 3241 or hoverson@cord.edu 

20 April - Summer Task Forces for Curriculum Review

Dear Faculty Colleagues,

Throughout the semester, the members of the Core Committee and Curriculum Coordinating Committee have been working together on curriculum review. As you will recall, last summer a Curriculum Review Task Force drafted a set of goals for liberal learning at Concordia and proposed curricular models possessing a number of common elements. This past fall, the Core Committee facilitated further discussion of the goals and made revisions to this document. The Faculty Senate approved the Goals for Liberal Learning on January 12, 2004.

This semester our committees reviewed the common curricular elements proposed by last summer's task force and used them as a starting place to identify three priority areas as the focus of curriculum work for this coming summer. The three areas are: first year curriculum, core distribution curriculum, and off-campus experiences. We feel it would be helpful for the campus to think through these three areas in light of the goals for liberal learning. Our hope is that the faculty can move toward developing a shared vision in these areas.

Our committees developed a proposal for establishing three summer task forces focused on these priority areas. On April 19, 2004 the Faculty Senate approved our motion and established a First Year Curriculum Task Force, an Off Camps Experience Task Force, and a Core Distribution Task Force. This motion, the charges to these task forces, and an expanded description of our rationale are attached to this document. Each task force will be composed of four elected faculty members, one student, and one individual appointed by the Academic Affairs office. Each task force is charged to work for the equivalent of 15 full days during the summer and faculty members serving on the task forces will receive compensation at a rate of $100 per day up to $1,500.

Membership on these task forces is open to all faculty members and will be determined by a vote of the Faculty Senate on April 26, 2004. We hope that you will consider serving on one of these task forces. You will be receiving a call for nominations from the Senate Coordinating Committee later today. This group will be orchestrating the election process. Please forward your nominations, including self-nominations, to them this week.

Please feel free to contact either of us, or any other member of the Core Committee or Curriculum Coordinating Committee if you have questions about these task forces or the work of our committees.

Sincerely,

Vince Arnold Chair, Core Committee 

Ellen Aho Chair, Curriculum Coordinating Committee

20 April - Presentation: Religion and Our World in Crisis

Cultural Event: "Religion and Our World in Crisis,"an evening with Krista Tippett, host of Minnesota Public Radio's "Speaking of Faith" will be held at 7 p.m., Thursday, April 22, in the Knutson Center Centrum. Krista Tippett has written for The New York Times, Newsweek, and the International Herald Tribune, news organizations which have given her a worldview on religious issues. "Speaking of Faith" is a weekly program focusing on faith issues, ideas, meanings and beliefs. Tippett's community dialogue will focus on the role of religion in our crisis-ridden world and is co-sponsored by Minnesota Public Radio and the Concordia Cultural Event Series.

Vern Goodin District Manager Minnesota Public Radio

19 April - Final Student Lecture

Student Lecture Series

Erik Wohlrabe '05, will present "Babel Myths in Popular Fiction" on Thursday, April 22, at 7 p.m. in Birkeland Alumni Lounge.

Erik will the history of the story of Babel, from its roots in Mesopotamian mythology through its inclusion in the Yahwist contributions to the book of Genesis. The presentation will also examine two modern examples of popular genre fiction that use the Babel story as a framework for understanding our modern (and postmodern) world. Authors Paul Auster and Neal Stephenson use the genres of the detective story and the science fiction story respectively, in order to examine linguistics and warn of the dangers of trying to build a new metaphorical Babel. Erik will also examine two divergent paths toward a "reunification" of Babel, through either bilingualism, or the movement for a "universal tongue." Ultimately, we shall see how the story of Babel represents not so much an accurate historical reality about the diversity of language, but a cultural belief about the function language plays in society.

Dr. David Sprunger, English, is the Faculty Sponsor for this project. All are welcome. Refreshments will be served. This is the final academic lecture for the Spring '04 semester.

19 April - Cultural Event

Don't miss the world renowned Amadeus Trio in concert at 8:00 p.m. on Monday night, April 19th in Memorial Auditorium. Faculty, staff and students can pick up free tickets at Campus Information, Cultural Events or at the door before the concert.The concert is sponsored by the Cultural Events Series. Call 299-4366 for additional information or to reserve tickets.

Lowell Larson
Cultural Events

19 April - Faculty development opportunity

To: All Faculty

From: Jim Aageson, Chair, Division of Arts and Humanities

Re: Faculty development opportunities

The 33rd annual Case Teaching Institute will be held at Harvard Divinity School June 20-25. For more information, please contact Eric Magnusson, www.casetaching.org 

6 April - Interim Vice President and Dean of the College

To the Faculty,

In the wake of Dean O'Hara's appointment as president elect of Roanoke College, we must now consider our leadership needs. Given the lateness of the season and the imminent appointment of a new president, it seems sensible to select a person who will serve a one-year appointment as interim Vice President and Dean of the College. If possible, I would anticipate making this appointment by the end of the semester.

In addition to seeking the advice and counsel of the faculty members of the Executive Committee (with whom I have already met), I will be meeting with division chairs, the department chairs and the academic program directors for the purpose of gathering counsel around the priorities we envision for the Dean's Office in the coming year, the leadership qualities best suited to those tasks and specific suggestions about who might provide such leadership. In addition, I invite individual members of the faculty to submit ideas or suggestions to me.

The appointment of interim leadership is more about calling than candidacy. So I bid your thoughtful consideration of the tasks immediately before us and the persons who might best serve our leadership needs.

Thank you, in advance, for your consideration and counsel in this matter.

Paul J. Dovre

Interim President

6 April - April Assessment Workshop

The April workshop in the "developing a complete cycle of assessment" workshop series will include discussion of the new self study guidelines and the annual report format which will be in effect for fall 2004. The self study schedule is online at http://www.cord.edu/dept/acd/local/assess/ap2004.htm

This workshop/discussion session will be held:

Wednesday, April 14, 2:40-3:40 in Brown Hall Lounge 

Thursday, April 15, 12:00-1:00 in Brown Hall Lounge (Lunch will be served) 

Friday, April 16, 2:00-3:00 in Old Main 406

Please R.S.V.P. to Pat Bastion at bastion@cord.edu so that we can get accurate catering and photocopying counts.

5 April - Faculty Development Opportunities

Date: April 5, 2004

To: All Faculty

From: Jim Aageson, Chair, Division of Arts and Humanities

Re: Faculty development opportunities

Following is a list of programs, workshops, grants and conferences that are available for faculty professional development and growth. Some opportunities are also available for students.

Complete information including descriptions, eligibility requirements, and registration deadlines about each of these is located in the Division of Arts and Humanities Office in BW247, or contact Shanda Schmidt at the Division of Arts and Humanities (4936 or sschmidt@cord.edu).

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3rd Annual Building Racially Inclusive Communities Conference will be held May 6-8 at the Fargo Holiday Inn, hosted by the Upper Midwest Regional Network of Race Relations and Racial Justice Organizations. The Network helps to strengthen the capacity of organizations working on racial justice issues by cultivating leadership, facilitating regional networking and providing a forum for sharing resources and strategies.

Registration deadline: April 19, 2004

The Teaching Professor Conference May 21-23 in Philadelphia PA. Topics will include "The Sensible Use of Technology" "Teaching as Scholarly Work" "Learning" and "Flexibility, Adaptability, Vitality and Advocacy"

Registration deadline: May 3, 2004

Fulbright Scholar Programs for 2005-06 

Deadline - May 1, 2004 - Distinguished Chair awards in Europe, Canada, Israel and Russia 

Deadline - August 1, 2004 - traditional lecturing and research grants worldwide 

Deadline - November 1, 2004 - German Studies Seminar and for spring/summer seminars in Germany, Korea and Japan for academic and international education Administrators 

For more information: www.cies.org 

1 April - Colleges, Code and Copyright, June 10-11, 2004

ANNOUNCEMENT AND INVITATION

The Center for Intellectual Property at the University of Maryland University College is hosting its 2004 symposium titled COLLEGES, CODE AND COPYRIGHT: The impact of digital networks and technological controls on copyright and the dissemination of information in higher education, June 10-11, 2004, Inn and Conference Center, Adelphi, Maryland

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Clifford A. Lynch, Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information

Presenters and panelist also include:

• Miriam M. Nisbet, Legislative Counsel, American Library Association
• Bryan Pfaffenberger, Professor, Technology, Culture, and Communication (TCC), University of Virginia
• Mark A. Luker, Vice President, EDUCAUSE
• Julia Blixrud, Assistant Executive Director, External Relations ARL and Assistant Director for Public Programs for SPARC, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
• Matt Jackson, Assistant Professor of Communications, College of Communications Penn State University
• David E. Green, Vice President and Counsel, Technology and New Media, Motion Picture Association of America
• David Lombard Harrison, Associate Vice President for Legal Affairs, University of North Carolina
• Kenneth Saloman, Dow, Lohnes, & Albertson, PLLC
• Donna Ferullo, Dir., University Copyright Office, Purdue University
• Keith Winstein, Graduate student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Higher education institutions are facing complex issues involved in the use of campus computer networks, the delivery of scholarly materials to faculty and students, and securing information disseminated on campus. This symposium will focus on these and other issues that affect the delivery of quality, copyrighted content in higher education, including:

• The impact of the rising costs of scholarly materials
• Peer-to-peer file sharing over university networks
• The impact of digital rights management systems
• Current legislation impacting copyright and higher education
• Other provocative topics pertinent to the symposium subject

The symposium has a two-day format that will frame the pertinent issues on the first day then present and discuss possible solutions the second day.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: University provosts, deans, program directors, faculty, counsel, and librarians; University Provosts * College and University Faculty * College and University Librarians * Distance Learning Librarians and Information Professionals * Academic and Intellectual Property Attorneys * Directors and Managers of Distance Learning Programs * Knowledge Management Leaders * Information Technology Managers * Web-based Training Specialists * E-commerce Directors * Instructional Designers * Deans and Directors of College & University Academic and Professional Programs

REGISTRATION: Please register early since space is very limited. Early registration ends May 10, 2004.