The Record, Newsletter of the Registrar

In this issue:

New design for the One Stop Web site is live

The new design for the One Stop Web site (onestop.umn.edu) went live on August 21. Changes to the site include:

    --Easy-to-scan topics
    --More personalized content
    --New Degree Planning and Graduation sections
    --Revamped Finances and Registration sections
    --New URLs for many pages (all existing links will be redirected)

The One Stop Web site will continue to improve as feedback is incorporated from students, faculty, and staff. If you have any suggestions for, or questions about, the One Stop Web site, please contact Mary Koskan at m-kosk@umn.edu or 612-625-0160

One Stop open Saturday, August 30

One Stop Student Services will be open Saturday, August 30 from 10:00 a.m. until  2:00 p.m. in 200 Fraser Hall to allow students and parents an opportunity to come in, ask questions and complete any necessary paperwork. Feel free to share this information with students.  

Attend the MAC open house

The McNamara Academic Center (MAC) extends an invitation to its open house on September 25 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. The MAC is located in 225 Bierman Field Athletic Building. Learn about the MAC, its work with student-athletes, tour the facilities, and win great prizes!

Upcoming policy forums

The Senate Committee on Educational Policy (SCEP) will be holding three public forums on the Twin Cities campus during the fall semester. These forums will allow members of the University community to comment, question, and air concerns about proposed changes to the educational policies.

The forums will be held at the following times and locations:

September 25, 3:30-5:00 p.m., 220 Skok Hall (St. Paul)
October 6, 2:30-4:00 p.m., 180 Hubert H. Humphrey Center (West Bank)
October 15, 1:00-2:30 p.m. 324 Coffman (East Bank)

After the forums, the subcommittee that has been working with the policies will review the comments, make changes where appropriate, and bring the final policies to SCEP for their approval and subsequent transmittal to the Senate for approval in the spring.

If you have questions about the policy review, please contact Tina Falkner at rovic001@umn.edu.

Student records workshops

The Student Records Training Team will be hosting the following workshops for University staff:

September 16 - Course Guide
October 21 - ECS
November 18 - Grades

There will be a year-end recap and celebration on December 16.

All workshops are held from 11:00 a.m. until noon in B-20 Fraser Hall.

The Student Records Training Team provides exceptional service to University staff through training and helpline support related to PeopleSoft student records functions and electronic course scheduling. If you have questions about training, workshops, or user support, call 612-625-2803 or srhelp@umn.edu.

Liberal Education: did U know?


What is Liberal Education?

As a university, we are defined at our best by liberal education. It helps make us a community; it enables the lives we lead as teachers, learners, and citizens; it defines the world of learning, engagement, and public service that we invite and educate our students to join. Liberal education is the fundamental building block of undergraduate education in the United States: “liberal” is derived from the Latin word “liber” or “free” and refers to “learning that makes the mind free rather than subject to the influence of others.” [1] 

Although liberal education takes its clearest form in the undergraduate curriculum, we strive to have its values infused throughout the life of our university. The meaning and values of liberal education ideally shape, on a daily basis, our conversations, our interactions, our cultures of teaching, learning, and working.  We -- staff, faculty, and students alike -- must understand, model, and live the values of ethical reasoning, social and cultural diversity, and global perspectives; we must understand, and show that we understand and appreciate, the different ways in which knowledge, truth, and beauty are pursued, created, or discovered. 

For more information on the new Liberal Education curriculum, please visit: https://www.myu.umn.edu/public/cle.html

[1] Brint, S. (1998). Schools and societies. Thousand Oaks: Pine Forge Press

Kudos to the Office of Classroom Management's Jeremy Todd

Jeremy Todd, classroom planner for the Office of Classroom Management in Academic Support Resources, received an outstanding service award from Capital Planning and Project Management in recognition of his contributions and professionalism exhibited while working on the Carlson School of Management's Hanson Hall project. Congratulations, Jeremy!

Introducing new ASR staff


Academic Support Resources' One Stop Student Services is pleased to introduce three new One Stop Counselors joining the Fraser Hall office:

Nastassia Fjestad  is a 2008 University of Minnesota, Morris graduate with an English major and minors in music and art history. Nastassia is an opera singer.  She has worked in Admissions and Financial Aid on the Morris campus, and is now very excited to be on the Twin Cities campus.

Fred Williams is a graduate of the University with a bachelor's degree in biology. He previously worked in the Office of Admissions at the University as a freshman counselor and then as a transfer counselor for the College of Biological Sciences. He is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Higher Education and lives in Richfield with his wife and two dogs.

Richard Campo is originally from Madison, Wisconsin.  He attended St. Olaf College and graduated in 2004 with majors in history and social studies education.  From 2005 to 2008 he worked for the St. Olaf College TRiO programs as an Educational Talent Search adviser, serving students at Washburn high school in Minneapolis and Humboldt high school in St. Paul.

Mee Vang was born and raised in Minneapolis and graduated from Concordia University in May 2008 in communication studies. Mee was a work-study student for the Financial Aid and Registrar offices for four years at Concordia.

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