McKnight Land-Grant Professorship Program nominations are due Oct. 9. Sesquicentennial 2nd round grant proposals are due Oct. 17. Groups that failed to receive funding during the first round are invited to resubmit their proposals. Goals are to provide technology training and development for teachers, to speed implementation of MN E-Schools Matrix and teacher and student competencies, and to integrate technology into participating schools' curricula. Senior secretary Connie Johnson has retired after 31 years in the Office of Admissions.
All events are free and open to the public.
Exhibit features more than a dozen original works of art collected by Chester A. and Clara B. Congdon to furnish Glensheen when it was built in 1908. Lecture series honors the late O. Truman Driggs, UMM professor of history from 1963 until his death in 1989. DeWall's lecture will kick off UMM's Homecoming Oct. 5-8. Project partners are Center for Small Towns, Morris Campus Compact, and the Blandin Foundation. Interested persons who are unable to attend but wish to participate in the hearing may call for additional information and to arrange any special accommodations.