Learn about one of the state's best kept secrets | Alexandria Echo Press | Alexandria, Minnesota

Learn about one of the state's best kept secrets | Alexandria Echo Press | Alexandria, Minnesota

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Facebook Hit With FTC Complaint -- InformationWeek

Facebook Hit With FTC Complaint -- InformationWeek

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NJCAA Men's Basketball Coaches Association Announces 2010 Hall of Fame Class - NJCAA | News | National

NJCAA Men's Basketball Coaches Association Announces 2010 Hall of Fame Class - NJCAA | News | National

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What is Social Cataloging?

This is great info from Tim Spalding of LibraryThing. I think we can learn a lot in from what's going on there and apply that to our work in libraries.

What is Social Cataloging? (LIANZA09) from Tim Spalding on Vimeo.

ASI's First Golden Turkey Award

From the American Society for Indexing web site:

ASI Announces Golden Turkey Award
Sarah Palin's Book Receives ASI's First Golden Turkey Honors

Wheat Ridge, CO (November 20, 2009)—The American Society for Indexing (ASI) wishes to present its Golden Turkey Award for misadventures in indexing to Sarah Palin and HarperCollins for Going Rogue. In these days of Google and full-text search, many people don’t realize how crucial the art and science of indexing still is. (See comments at http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-11-12/the-missing-pages-in-palins-book/ for some particularly disturbing evidence of public failure to recognize the value of good finding aids.) Palin’s book performs a crucial public service. The inaccessibility of information in this text makes it clear to any reader that a good index is essential to a book’s long-term value. <read complete press release>

Biblioburro

Now this is library outreach.

Stevenson High School officials halt publication of student newspaper, the Statesman -- chicagotribune.com

Stevenson High School officials halt publication of student newspaper, the Statesman -- chicagotribune.com

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Indexing Humor

From Slate.com

The Going Rogue Index
Sarah Palin didn't put an index in her book. So we made one for her.

By Christopher Beam
Posted Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, at 10:52 PM ET

When Sarah Palin's 413-page autobiography, Going Rogue: An American Life, hit stands Tuesday, readers discovered the governor's most mavericky move yet: The book lacks an index. So Slate has compiled its own. Just print out this index, paste it into the back of your copy, and start skipping around! (And, yes, the page numbers are real.)

Al Franken draws a map of the U.S. | Minnesota Public Radio NewsQ

This is pretty awesome. Could you do this?

Al Franken draws a map of the U.S. | Minnesota Public Radio NewsQ

Other Geography Awareness Week fun:

http://mywonderfulworld.org/gaw.html

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/12/departments/senator-maps

Crazy Monday

I came in to the office with two meetings on my calendar, both of which should have taken a combined 3 hours. They ended up taking 4.5 hours, and I had two add-on meetings which took about another 1.5 hours. So, there went 6 hours of my day.

After performing a triage on my email, I will be looking at Online Office in my courses. If you've posted a question to me there or in the other question forums/topics in D2L, I will respond to you by the end of the day.

After that message triage, I am working on grading materials as quickly as I can. Here's my to-do list, in order:

1. Grade Quiz 1 for INFS 2210
2. Grade Assignment 6 for INFS 1000
   
3. Grade Imaginative Works, Images and Sounds assignment for INFS 2210
4. Grade INFS 1000 complete midterms

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

The Farmington Independent | Farmington, Minnesota

The Farmington Independent | Farmington, Minnesota

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Child protection or censorship? - Latest News - Kentucky.com

This story raises a number of issues relevant to information literacy and freedom of information. What do you think?
Child protection or censorship? - Latest News - Kentucky.com

Millennials in the Library Teleconference

	MCTC LIT Program
	Minneapolis Community and Technical College, Room S3420 1501 Hennepin Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55403 US
When:	Friday, November 13, 10:45AM to 1:00PM
Phone:	612-659-6290 to RSVP; ask for Ginny Heinrich
The Millennial Generation, Generation Y, Echo Boomers, Digital Natives, and the Trophy Generation are all terms used to describe people born in the United States between the early 1980s and the early 1990s. They have been shaped by a heady mix of culture, politics, and technology. "Millennials" have had an unprecedented exposure to mass media, pop culture, instant communication, and cultural freedom woven together by a complex technological net. It is daunting to try to classify a group of over 70 million people easily. Our teleconference will seek to add nuance to these classifications to help us understand them more fully and answer the questions: Who are Millennials? How can our libraries better serve them as patrons, students, and staff? Speaker Jennifer Kushell At 35, Jennifer Kushell has lead a movement inspiring young people to pursue their professional dreams for more than a decade. As the president and co-founder of YSN.com ("Your Success Network"), she spearheaded development of the first professionally focused network dedicated to supporting emerging adults (Gen X and Millennials) as they transition from home and school into the real world. In working with young people from over 100 countries, YSN's mission is to ensure that no young person lacks access to opportunity to realize their full potential. YSN enables the next generation workforce in exploring their passions, building their professional identities, and pursuing opportunities across the globe. Fee No charge; registration is required. Agenda 10:45 - 11 am - Check-in, Welcome 11 am - 12:30 pm - Teleconference 12:30 - 1 pm - Facilitated on-site discussion

Newspapers as Information Sources

Local newspapers are declining in numbers, but this issue is about more than just the newsprint format itself; it's about jobs, investigative reporting, and actual fact-checking before distribution. I think that's kind of a big deal. What do you think?

DeFilippo, Frank A. "What it Means When a City Loses its Paper." Splice Today. 2 Nov. 2009. Splice Today LLC. 3 Nov. 2009. http://www.splicetoday.com/politics-and-media/what-it-means-when-a-city-loses-its-paper

Campus Card Update

From the Director of Auxiliary Services:

MCTC Community,

We are pleased to announce the roll out of www.mctccampuscard.com

This secure website provides new functionality to add value to your card, check balances, view transactions, as well as email notifications to alert you when your card falls below a user defined amount. We are confident you will find this to be a valuable tool in the management of your card account. Complete instructions detailing access and functionality exist on the website tool bar under Online Access Instructions.

Please note that two funds exist within your Campus Card account. Parking and Maverick $. Maverick $ can be loaded and used for Bookstore and Sodexo Dining purchases. Parking can be loaded and used for Parking only. Values can not be moved between funds.

Don't stand in line, manage your account ONLINE!
It's easy, convenient, and funds are on your account instantly....how cool is that?...yep, pretty cool!



Gary Westerland
Director of Auxiliary Services
Minneapolis Community and Technical College
612-659-6854
Gary.Westerland@minneapolis.edu

The Future of Reading

I read an interesting piece in Library Journal today (citation below), sent to me thanks to my subscription to "Library Link of the Day." It is about the future of reading (hence the post title), and in turn, libraries. It raises several issues which I think are interesting, but more importantly perhaps it also includes a "Reader Bill of Rights for the Digital Era" for this brave new world of electronic books, etc. In it, it raises several issues for individuals as well as libraries to consider. What do you think? Add your comments here, or post in our course Hallway Conversations discussion forum.

Peters, Tom. "The Future of Reading." Library Journal. 1 Nov. 2009. Reed Business Information. 2 Nov. 2009. http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6703852.html

Survey Results: How are you doing in your classes this semester?

Votes are in!

This semester is awesome and better than I expected!	1 (25%)
Everything's okay and I'm doing about as well as I thought I would be.	2 (50%)
This semester is a little shaky for me; not my best.	1 (25%)
I'm completely overwhelmed and freaking out.	2 (50%)

MinnPost - Braublog: MPR's Minnesota Today: Minnesota taxpayer funded

Your tax dollars at work in media. What do you think?

MinnPost - Braublog: MPR's Minnesota Today: Minnesota taxpayer funded

On Campus? Come to the Halloween Party!

Student Life invites you, students you know & any kids (of all ages) to our

1st ever Halloween Carnival

TODAY, Oct. 30 from 3-6 p.m.

in the Helland Student Center

Please join us for games, refreshments, a picture booth, a costume contest & lots of FUN for KiDs Of ALL AgEs!!!

Please share the attached flyers with anyone you think might be interested.

Happy Spooky Friday!

Tara

************************
Tara Stormoen Martinez
Director of Student Life

AACK!

I am WAY behind in grading your work. Lest you think I've been sitting around eating bon bons, you should know that the past two days I've been out of the office at all-day mini-conferences, talking about library cataloging, authority control, discovery tools, electronic resources management, and other things that have made my eyes glaze over. I've been logging into D2L during breaks to look for messages from you and respond to emails.

My agenda for tomorrow: get up, get my kids off to school, get to work, GRADE PAPERS until 3, and then I have a 3 hour Academic Council meeting. Academic Council is the committee made up of faculty and administrators that reviews and approves or rejects all new proposed courses and awards. After Academic Council, I have to go to a parent information meeting for a program one of my sons wants to participate in (Environmental Camp; anyone have kids go to that?). After I get home from that meeting, I will eat something then probably collapse in a heap. Do you care? Probably not, but I wanted you to have some idea of what your instructors are up to when they're not getting back to you as fast as you'd like (and as fast as we'd like, sometimes).

Trial Databases

MCTC Library is running trials of several databases. They are listed and described at the top of the complete database list on the library home page, and some are also listed under appropriate subject categories.

Our current trials:

· Academic Search Complete which includes all content from Academic Search Premier plus additional sources, many of which are international. We question the value of this database considering the annual cost, so your feedback is greatly desired.

· Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology

· Blackwell’s International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest

· Ebrary Academic Complete which offers fulltext of over 40,000 ebooks. We are testing this ebook software; if we decide to use this software, our collection of ebrary books will be MUCH smaller than this collection, so use it as much as you can before the end of the trial.

· PsychARTICLES offers access to fulltext of many major journals in psychology

· Newsbank Access World News

Coming soon:

· American Indian Experience database

· Myilibrary ebook platform

Please take a look and let us know what you think. Send us your opinions and experiences as they occur using the Ask a Librarian form, and we will include them in our final decisionmaking. What do you think about content, ease of use, help information, bells and whistles?

Survey Results: Why are you at MCTC?

Not too many responders to our highly informal, unscientific survey, where we asked, "What brought you to MCTC for classes?"

I'm changing careers so needed new training	0 (0%)
So I could take my general education courses before transferring to a four-year school	2 (66%)
I heard about MCTC and wanted to come here because I liked what I heard	1 (33%)
It's the closest campus to me and seems generally okay	1 (33%)

Votes so far: 3

All about the food...

Lunch option today for those of you on campus: support the Culinary Arts Program!

Today, Oct. 21st, there will be a soup and sandwich sale in the Commons area from 11:30-1pm or while supplies last.

Chicken Caesar Wrap
4.00
Vegetarian Pita w/Roasted Vegetables with Roasted Red Pepper Cream Cheese
4.00
Creamy Tomato Basil Soup
2.00

Soup and Sandwich Combo
5.00

Thanks,
Chef Schmelz

The Restaurant is Open!

On campus? Dine in the Hennepin Dining Room!

It's that time again, and the student run Culinary restaurant will be open for business T-Th 11am-1pm, starting today, October 13, 2009 in the Hennepin Dining Room.

Due to the short week the opening schedule for this week only will be Tues 10/13/09 11am-1pm (restaurant only)

Wed. 10/14/09 Bake sale and Restaurant services. 11am-1pm

No school on Thurs. 10/15/09.

As always, thanks for your continued support of the Culinary Arts program.

Chef S. Schmelz

If you're in the Twin Cities on Monday, October 12, 2009, you should go to this. College student tickets are $10; kids 14 and under are $10 as well:

Cancer Kids Fund Comedy Showcase

The 13th annual Cancer Kids Fund Comedy Showcase
will be held on October 12 at the Brave New Workshop,
2605 Hennepin Avenue in Minneapolis.

The event will feature local comedians and a silent auction. The funds raised will support the various programs of the Cancer Kids Fund.

For more information, contact Briana Oakes
at Children's Hospitals and Clinics Foundation,
(651) 855-2835 or briana.oakes@childrensmn.org

• When is it? October 12, 2009
• Where at? Brave New Workshop (Web site | map)
• What time? 6 p.m. silent auction, 7:30 p.m. comedy show
• How much? $20.00 per person

Lineup 2009

• Leslie Ball
• Paul Metsa
• Tim Bedore
• Dean Johnson
• Musette (Steve Haskin and Karen Thomas)
• Craig Hergert and Company
• Dave Mordal

Twin Cities 5K

I finished 55th out of 98 in my division (females 40-44), with a final time of 38:54. It was a lot of fun. This morning, we went out to Mile 8 to cheer on the marathon runners. Anyone run in any of the weekend races?

Instructor update

Is your instructor ever going to grade stuff and get caught up? Gosh, I hope so... But right now, I just spent about 2 hours going over a decision about what to do for our library consortium and what to do about form versus topic authority subdivisions while updating our catalog records, and honestly, my brain hurts. I won't get back to grading materials and reviewing posts and questions until sometime tomorrow afternoon, because...


Okay, I'm not running in the marathon on Sunday, but I am running in the 5K tomorrow, unless it is pouring down rain, in which case I'm running to a coffee shop. Running in warm summer rain = ok; running in cold fall rain, uh, not so much. I plan to work most of tomorrow afternoon, so will be online in your class materials and questions then.

Thanks for your patience.

Banned Books Week Extra Credit

If you're on campus tomorrow...

It's Banned Books Week, and tomorrow, the library is showing the movie, Fahrenheit 451, and talking about the book as well. Anyone can attend for all or part of the event.

9/30 from 1-4 p.m. in L1200 (library classroom)

Discussion led by librarians Julie Setnosky a

nd Jane Jurgens

If you want extra credit (3 points) for attending this event, here's what you need to do:

1. Attend the event (all or part)
2. Post your intention to receive extra credit for your discussion posting in Online Office by Thursday, October 1, at 12 noon.
3. Post to the Hallway Conversations Discussion Forum in your course on D2L by Thursday, October 1, at 12 midnight
4. Your post should include:

• If you attended all or part of the event
• What about Fahrenheit 451 you think is relevant for us today to consider
• If you think we should have a similar event next year during Banned Books Week

Your Discussion Forum post should be at least 100 words in length.

Instructor update

I was the Saturday librarian today, and was swamped with questions and other stuff. Tomorrow, I have some time in the morning, so will be online then, but will be offline for part of the afternoon and evening due to Yom Kippur. I will be offline through Monday as well. I'll be back in the office on Tuesday. So, if you don't hear from me for a little while, that's what I'm up to.

eBook Readers Survey Results

Here are the results to our highly unscientific survey:

Do you have a Kindle or other ebook reader?

Yep, I love gadgets.	0 (0%)
No, but I wouldn't mind having one.	4 (44%)
No way, I like good old fashioned paper books	5 (55%)

Votes so far: 9
Poll closed

Nobel Conference Tickets

FYI...
~~~

We still have several tickets and lunch for students for the 2009 Nobel Conference on Oct 6 and 7 at Gustavus Adolphus College. Topic: Water, Uncertain Resource. Details at http://gustavus.edu/events/nobelconference/2009/

Please have interested students contact me ASAP via phone, email or in person.

Thanks.
Parke

Parke W. Kunkle
Program Chair, Minnesota Planetarium Society
"How can our children wish upon a star
when they haven't even seen one?"
Build a new planetarium for Minnesota.

W: 612-659-6068
Parke.Kunkle@minneapolis.edu
http://home.minneapolis.edu/~kunklepa

Apples and Honey for Rosh Hashanah

Just want you to know that I will not be online until Sunday, as it is Rosh Hashanah, and I will be celebrating the holiday with my family.

L'Shanah Tovah!

Photo credit to Bonnie's Flickr photo stream

Update Your Info!

You can also update your email info...

Update your Phone & Address

If you have recently changed addresses or phone numbers, please update your records with MCTC. You can view and update your address information via this website. To make a change:

• Go to Register for Classes
• Enter your student ID number and PIN number
• Click on the "Student Tab" and then "Address Mainenance"
• Choose the Edit option to update your address or phone number
• Remember to "Logout" after you make your changes

It is important that MCTC has your updated address and phone number!

Look to the Skies...

From faculty member Parke Kunkle:

Hi all you early risers
If you were up and sky gazing this morning about 5am, the sky was gorgeous. Orion and his entourage bedazzle the morning skies. But this morning, Venus shone brightly with the crescent Moon above it.

Keep watching over the next two mornings. By Wednesday at about 6am look east for a very thin crescent Moon right next to Venus. Beautiful.

Clear skies all.
Parke

Parke W. Kunkle
Program Chair, Minnesota Planetarium Society
"How can our children wish upon a star
when they haven't even seen one?"
Build a new planetarium for Minnesota.

State Fair Survey Results

In our highly unscientific poll here on my course blog, here are the results of my survey on who was going to the Minnesota State Fair.

Yah, sure, you betcha!
4 (50%)

If someone drags me there
1 (12%)

No way!
3 (37%)

The State Fair is going on?
0 (0%)

Votes so far: 8
Poll closed

Commentary from The Onion...

Facebook, Twitter Revolutionizing How Parents Stalk Their College-Aged Kids

Culinary Program Bake Sale TODAY

If you're on campus today (Thursday, 9/3), check out today's bake sale offerings from students in the Culinary Arts program. Prices range from $1-3.

• Snicker Doodle Blonde Bars
• Mini Chocolate Éclairs
• Croissants, Plain & Chocolate
• Mini Cheese cakes, Strawberry and Chocolate
• Flourless Chocolate Cake
• Pound Cake, Marble and Strawberry
• Carrot Cake
• A variety of cookies
• Macaroons, Chocolate and Orange Sesame
• Pecan Cinnamon Muffins w/brown sugar frosting
• Honey Buns
• A variety of breads
• Butterscotch Brownies
• Biscotti
• White wheat sour dough rolls
• Clover rolls

I'm on Skype Now

If any of you are on Skype, I'm on there now. MCTCHeinrich, or you can search for my email address.

FWIW, I'm also on AOL instant messenger: MCTC Heinrich (they let me have the space there).

Wikipedia and Gender

In INFS 1000, we've been spending a fair amount of time talking about Wikipedia. I always think it's interesting that, more than just about any other web site out there, Wikipedia generates the most conversation in this course in particular, but in just about all of the courses I teach. Maybe it is because some faculty are so anti-Wikipedia, just 'cause it's Wikipedia. What frustrates me is that they don't take it to the next level and say that ANY general encyclopedia is, most of the time, simply not suitable as a source for college-level research, and to talk about how it CAN be used.

Anyway, one of my esteemed Library colleagues forwarded a link to a blog post on the Wall Street Journal, noting that only 13% of Wikipedia contributors are women. How do you think this influences the entries in Wikipedia? Do you think it matters?

MLA-Style Citation (sorry, can't do the hanging indent):

LaVallee, Andrew. "Only 13% of Wikipedia Contributors are Women, Study Says." Digits: Technology News and Insights. 31 Aug. 2009. Wall Street Journal Blogs. 1 Sept. 2009 http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/08/31/only-13-of-wikipedia-contributors-are-women-study-says/

Tasteless Humor

Changes to Wikipedia

I know from the Information Seeking Behavior survey results thus far that many of you use Wikipedia for personal, professional, and academic information. You may be interested to know that, according to an August 24, 2009 New York Times article, that:

Officials at the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit in San Francisco that governs Wikipedia, say that within weeks, the English-language Wikipedia will begin imposing a layer of editorial review on articles about living people.

Given Wikipedia's open editing process (anyone can edit an entry), what do you think about these changes? Do you think this will make for better entries and increased reliability? Have you ever edited or created an entry in Wikipedia? Add your comments here, or post in D2L, in the Hallway Conversations discussion topic.

Public Health and Students

The MCTC Student Senate is investing resources and energy into providing greater access to health care for students. This is a growing issue in higher education, and students are having a greater role.

How much do you know about what is going on around health care issues on our campus? Is access to health care something you're concerned about?

You may want to check out this recent article in Peer Review, a journal for faculty and administrators in higher education:

Bernheim, Ruth Gaare. "Undergraduates Are the New 'Partners' in Public Health," Peer Review. 11.3 (Summer 2009). Association of American Colleges and Universities. 26 Aug. 2009. http://www.aacu.org/peerreview/pr-su09/PRSU09_MyView.cfm

Search Tools You Can Really Put to Use!

I'm a big fan of the Great Minnesota Get-Together, otherwise known as the Minnesota State Fair (or, "the state f-word," as my friend who lives about a block from the fairgrounds calls it when she's annoyed by people driving around her neighborhood looking for street and yard parking...). And, this year they have TWO great search tools you can use:

1. Food Finder
2. Merch Search

How awesome is that??? Note that for both, you can search for stands that have free stuff or other coupons and discounts. For a college student (or faculty or staff member) on a tight budget, that can help those discretionary fair dollars go a bit farther.

Any of you have plans to go to the State Fair (August 27-Labor Day, September 7)? What are your favorite things to eat/see/do there?

eBook Reader Wars Heat Up

From NPR:

Sony Corp. plans to offer an e-book reader with the ability to wirelessly download books, injecting more competition in a small but fast-growing market by adopting a key feature of the rival Kindle from Amazon.com. (Full article)

Do you have a Kindle or other eBook reader? If so, what do you like and/or dislike about using it? Libraries, including the MCTC Library, are increasingly providing access to electronic books; have you ever used an ebook through a library account? Do you think you ever would? Add your comments to this message, or post your thoughts in D2L.

Syllabi for INFS 2210 and INFS 1000

I have the syllabi posted in D2L for both INFS 2210 and INFS 1000. So, if you are in either of those courses, you can find your course syllabus posted.

For INFS 2210 folks, I have not yet updated all the dates for the dropboxes and quizzes, so you may see some strange things in D2L. Please be patient while I get those set up.

INFS 1000 folks, if you see anything that doesn't look quite right or doesn't match between D2L and the syllabus, please let me know.

Welcome to Fall 2009!

Syllabi For My Courses

Course content opens in D2L for my courses on Monday,8/24. Syllabi for those courses for Fall 09 will be available at that time. In the meantime, go to the bookstore and buy your books!

Student Life @ MCTC

In lieu of a student handbook / planner this year (MCTC students decided to "go green" and fund other initiatives this year), Student Life will be sharing information about events and deadlines in a few other ways:

* MCTC Website (on current students page)
* Table Tents - "See What's Happening at MCTC" weekly calendars as well as individual table tents that may be reserved by student organizations and campus departments (through Student Life)
* Monthly Calendar / info sheets (1/2-full page) - the first monthly calendar is below
* City College News - monthly issues (they hope to publish their first issue in early September)

If you would like a planner, the Bookstore is selling a planner for less than $5 and they have a few different options that are between $5-10.

Please mark your calendars for these important dates and deadlines:

AUGUST

· 8/10 Go To bus passes available for purchase (they are valid for use from 8/15-12/31) ~ Bookstore

· 8/21 Ramadan begins (through September 19)

· 8/22 Welcome Day (for New Students) 10a-2p

· 8/24 Fall Semester begins

· 8/24 Textbook Buyback begins (through 8/29) Bookstore

· 8/25 D2L Orientations 12-1p & 3-4p T.4210

· 8/26 D2L Orientations 12-1p & 3-4p T.4210

· 8/26 Student Senate’s 1^st meeting (& open house) of the semester ~ 3p T.1000 (Gourmet Dining)

· 8/28 Last day to add/drop classes and receive full refund

SEPTEMBER

· 9/1 Alcohol & Addiction Recovery Month ~ look for events throughout the month!

· 9/1 Community Resources (available every 1^st Tuesday of the month) ~ 10a-12p ~ T Skyway

· 9/1 D2L Orientations 12-1p & 3-4p T.4210

· 9/1 GPS (Goals + Plans = Success) Education Plan: Transfer Workshop ~ 12-1p ~ L.3300

· 9/2 “Back to School” Block Party Plaza (between T & K)

· 9/2 Christian Club recruitment table 10a-2p T Skyway

· 9/2 GPS Workshop: Due Process 1-2p L.3400

· 9/4 Last day to change grade method

· 9/4 Late Registration Petition Deadline

· 9/4 Science Club’s monthly meeting 12-1:30p S.3420

· 9/4 REMINDER: Sign Up for Direct Deposit at Business Services

· 9/7 Labor Day Holiday / CAMPUS CLOSED

· 9/9 MCTC Bingo – bring your student ID! 12-1p Helland Student Center

· 9/9 GPS Workshop: Time Management 2-2:45p L.3300

· 9/10 UNITE’s (United Nations of Indian Tribes for Education student group) 1^st mtg ~ 11a-1p ~ H.2600

· 9/10 Culture Cafe 1-3p Helland Student Center

· 9/14 Youthlink / Streetworks Resources ~ every Monday ~ 11a-1p ~ T Skyway

· 9/15 National Hispanic Heritage Month begins (through 10/15) ~ look for events throughout the month!

· 9/15 GPS LeadershipPlan Workshop: Get Involved, Make a Difference ~ 1-2p ~ Helland Student Center

· 9/16 Student Involvement Fair ~ over 40 opportunities! ~ 10a-1p T Skyway

· 9/16 It’s Time to Talk 1-2:30p Helland Student Center

· 9/16 GPS Workshop: Conflict Resolution 2-3p L.3000

· 9/17 Preparing for MCTC’s Nursing Program 2-2:45p L.3300

· 9/17 MCTC Excursion (3^rd Thursday of every month) to the Walker Art Center! ~ Sign up at H.2041

· 9/17 12 Step Buddhist Meditation Workshop 6-8p T.1000 (Gourmet Dining)

· 9/17 Constitution Week begins (through Sept. 23) ~ Look for events / information throughout the week!

· 9/18 Nursing Programs Information Session 2-3p L.3000

· 9/19 Rosh Hashanah

· 9/21 Leadership Week begins ~ Stay tuned for more details!

We hope you will join us in these activities – they are a terrific way to meet new people, learn about what MCTC has to offer you and have some FUN!

If you have events or deadlines to share, please email Student.Life@minneapolis.edu

Added D2L Orientation Sessions

Two new sessions have been added to the D2L Student Orientation sessions:


Fall 2009 D2L Orientations
August 25, 2009 Noon - 1:00 PM T.4210
August 25, 2009 3:00 - 4:00 PM T.4210
August 26, 2009 Noon - 1:00 PM T.4210
August 26, 2009 3:00 - 4:00 PM T.4210
September 1, 2009 Noon - 1:00 PM T.4210
September 1, 2009 3:00 - 4:00 PM T.4210
The sessions will include a ½ hour presentation on the features of D2L and typical questions raised by D2L users followed by a ½ hour in the Learning Center Computer Lab where students can receive assistance accessing and using D2L.

D2L Orientations

If you're a student new to MCTC's course management software, Desire2Learn, or D2L, and you are able to get to campus, you should try to get to one of these orientation sessions:

Fall 2009 D2L Orientations

August 25, 2009 Noon - 1:00 PM T.4210

August 25, 2009 3:00 - 4:00 PM T.4210

August 26, 2009 Noon - 1:00 PM T.4210

August 26, 2009 3:00 - 4:00 PM T.4210

The sessions will include a ½ hour presentation on the features of D2L and typical questions raised by D2L users followed by a ½ hour in the Learning Center Computer Lab where students can receive assistance accessing and using D2L.

Contact the Learning Center with any questions.