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Upcoming Events
September 22- 26
American Indian Heritage Week
September 25
7:00-8:30 Room B101
American Indian Heritage: A Forward Perspective
September 25-26
Board of Regents meet in Butte
Sept 23-Dec 5
Instructor approval needed to drop a class
September 30
All eligible Financial Aid Refund Checks available
September 29 - October 3
Student Refund Sale!
COTtage Bookstore | |
| Outreach ~ Professional & Continuing Education |
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Outreach Web Page
Sept. 24-Oct 29 Wed.
Sept. 25, 26, 27
Sept. 30, Oct 2, 7, 9, 14
Oct . 1-29 Wed
Oct. 3
Oct 6, 8, 13, 15, 17
Oct 7, 9, 14
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| COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS
American Indian Heritage: A Forward Perspective
Thursday, September 25th 7 PM B 101
Montana is home to eight tribal governments representing eleven tribes, seven reservations, and five major urban Indian communities. As a result, our state is a rich center of American Indian heritage where culture and spirit are very much alive. Yet Montana's Indian population is challenged by a variety of social and economic issues. What programs and projects are underway to address these concerns and what policies can be initiated to beneficially impact our state's Native population. Listen to a lively discussion as panelists and the audience address these issues during American Indian Heritage Week. |
Student Health Services Available at MSUGF!
Through a collaborative agreement between Benefis Health System and MSU-Great Falls, students and their children will be able to see a doctor or physician's assistant right here on campus for a very reasonable rate beginning September 24! Watch for more detailed information, but here are the major elements:
$25 per patient visit
Make appointments or drop in at the Dental Clinic reception area
Hours: Mondays - 8 a.m. - noon Wednesdays 1 pm - 5:45 pm
This is a pilot program that will be available this fall and probably in the spring. If there is sufficient demand, hours of service could expand. Services include general office visit for sniffles and other complaints; rapid flu test; rapid strep test; pregnancy test, prescription refills, some immunizations. Immunizations would cost extra and will most likely cost the same as the County Clinic. Watch for more information, or, if you need to see a doctor, please feel welcome to stop in or make an appointment!! |
| Wellness Awards
Do you want to feel better? And, get rewarded in the process? The Wellness Program has just your ticket! If you are a benefits-eligible employee of MSUGF, sign up for WellAwards by September 30, 2008, keep track of your 15 credits and get a check for $100 for your efforts in May! See your WellAwards book (mailed to your home address in August) for details.
Who is Eligible: all faculty, staff, and spouses enrolled in one of the Montana University System insurance (medical) plans on or before June 30, 2008
WellAwards Sign Up: Online registration - click the link below and click on Online Registration
http://www.montana.edu/wellness/wellAwards.html
You must register online by September 30 to be eligible for the $100 award. Please let Mary Kay Bonilla know if you have any questions or need assistance in signing up. |
Adjunct Faculty make 100% with the Orientation Requirement
Article Submitted by Kim Schrenk
It was a great start for adjunct faculty teaching for the MSU - Great Falls campus (online and face-to-face instructors), with 100% in compliance with the orientation requirement for fall semester 2008! Full time faculty and staff teaching as adjunct were exempt from completing the orientation fall semester. New adjunct faculty completed an in-depth session that covered FERPA, outcomes assessment and campus procedures. Returning adjunct faculty completed a shorter session that covered updates including key changes to campus structure, personnel, and policies over the last year. Approximately 71% completed the online orientation and 29% attended a face-to-face session. Adjunct instructors were paid a small stipend for completing the orientation activities.
Last year at this point in the semester, only 71% of adjunct instructors had completed the required orientation. The overall completion rates for last year landed on 91% by the end of fall semester 2007 and 94% by the end of spring semester 2008. |
Dual Credit Access to Online College Courses
On Friday, September 12, 2008 the Board of Public Education unanimously adopted a significant new avenue for licensure for dual-credit instructors. Under the recommendation students will have greater access to dual-credit courses. "This is an historic moment. Montana has created a practical means that ensures flexibility and preserves quality," asserted board member Dr. Kirk Miller. Over a two-year period a 25-member task force ironed out solutions to complex dual-credit issues.
Said Steve Meloy, "The Board of Public Education appreciates the statewide attention this issue has drawn, and thanks the collaborative effort among its partners to arrive at this unanimous and national precedent setting rule. I am proud of the work this group has done on the behalf of all Montanans." Beginning fall semester 2009, all postsecondary instructors of dual-credit courses will be required to hold an active K-12 teaching license. The Montana Office of Public Instruction will provide guidance and technical assistance to postsecondary faculty on the application and approval process for the new Class 8 K-12 license. For more information, please contact Steve Meloy, Executive Secretary Board of Public Education. Email: smeloy@montana.edu 406-444-6576 |
Adjunct English Instructor Presents Paper At Western Association Conference
Article Submitted Kim Schrenk
Karen M. Wilcox, adjunct English faculty with MSU - Great Falls, has been accepted as a participant in the 43rd Western Literature Association conference in Boulder, Colorado. The conference will be held from October 1-4, 2008, hosted by Professors Karen Ramirez of The University of Colorado and Nicholas Witschi of Western Michigan University. Wilcox will read her non-fiction essay, "Collaborating with the Dead: Reading about Rousseau, Writing in My Journal." While reading Leo Damrosch's biography of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and recording insightful quotes in her journal along with rich detail from her everyday life, the author discovers interesting parallels between herself and Rousseau, between his life and hers. After all, Wilcox asks, don't we read biographies and autobiographies to identify with the subjects, to resonate with another, whether alive or dead? Rousseau grew up reading fantastic, romantic literature, which "gave [him] bizarre and romantic notions of human life, which experience and reflection have never been able to cure [him] of" (2005, p. 15). Ms. Wilcox can say the same about her own life. This text proves that collaboration can occur under the most unlikely circumstances and with the most unexpected partners. |
| Need a Coat? Take a Coat;
Have a Spare? Leave a Coat! Your Student Government, Phi Theta Kappa, Student Emergency Assistance Program (SEAP) and Student Central are sponsoring the First Annual MSUGF Coat Exchange! The goal is for everyone to be warm this winter! We'll leave the coats and winter things out there for people to exchange from October 20-31. Anything left over will be donated to the Salvation Army. Watch for more information in October. |
| Assistant to the Assistant Dean of Student Services Hired
Julie Freshly has been hired as the Assistant to the Assistant Dean of Student Services. Julie will be on campus October 8. Please help us to welcome her to MSU - Great Falls. |
Thank You from the Great Falls Rescue Mission
Article Submitted by Outreach and College Relations Department
The Outreach and College Relations Department received a thank you letter from the Great Falls Rescue Mission for our contribution to the Back to School Rally. This year they were able to fill backpacks for over 460 children. Thank you all for your contributions to the Back to School Rally. Without your support we would not have been able to be a part of this event. |
Workers Needed
METNET Technician $12 per hour
Flexibility, and dependability are a must - along with the ability to work independently and on short notice.
Art Model
$20 per hour for a total of 15 hours
We are looking for an Art Model for the Drawing the Human Figure class offered through our Outreach Department at MSU - Great Falls. The course is intended as a resource for artists and art students who work with the human figure. The Art Model will be required to pose nude with every effort made to approach this subject in the most clinical and objective way possible. The Model must be dependable and able to commit to all the sessions for this course. There are five sessions, three hours each, Wednesday evenings from 6-9 pm beginning October 1 through October 29. For more information about applying for this position, see Deb Richerson in the Outreach Department, 406-771-4303. |
| COTtage Bookstore
The COTtage Bookstore has new hours, they are now open on Sunday's from 10:00-6:00 pm. Stop in an check out all the great deals.
Espresso Bar Specials
Every Sunday 25% off Espresso Bar drinks.
16 oz Ice Rage $2.99
Buy any coffee mug get 1st coffee free.
Punch Cards: Purchase 10 coffees get the 11th one free.
Apparel
MV Apparel: Buy 1 get 1 additional piece for 20% off
Candles
Yankee Candles: Buy 1 get an additional candle for 25% off
Kiss My Face Products
Buy 2-3 get 10% off all of them
Buy 4-5 get 15% off all of them
Buy 6 or more get 20% of all of them
Student Refund Sale
September 29 through October 3
25% off storewide sale (excluding only drinks, snacks, software and textbooks). Every sale of $10.00 receives a key to try and open the treasure chest full of prizes. Chance to win $100.00 in textbook dollars plus many other prizes!! | |
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