Dragon Divas Luncheon
Join guest speaker Tammy Miller, CEO Border States Electric and guest coach Karla Nelson, MSUM Women’s Basketball Head Coach for the Dragon Divas Luncheon on Monday, Dec. 7, Noon • CMU 101. Click headline for details.
Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why we need a green revolution and how it can renew America
Looking for an interesting book to read over break? Try Thomas Friedman’s Hot, Flat and Crowded. In his book, Friedman asserts that artificially triggered climate change is a deadly threat to society. Rising global population, accompanied by rising rates of resource and energy consumption as the developing world grows affluent, may overwhelm both the Earth and the marketplace. Only fundamental change in energy production and use—”a whole new system for powering our economy”—can stave off disaster. Yet there’s an upside. Hot, Flat, and Crowded contends: Radical change in energy use represents an opportunity for the United States to preserve its global economic leadership, by beating the world to clean-energy ideas that will sell. Click headline to read more.
Online teaching
This is a reminder for those of you who intend to teach a course online Spring semester, either D2L or Moodle, but have not yet submitted your course request. The semester is quickly passing by and Instructional Technology Services would like to create your course as soon as possible. If you have any questions about the process of requesting courses, please reply to this email or call 477-2135.
Ceramics sale Dec. 2
The MSUM Ceramic Guild winter sale will be held in the north entrance of the Center for Arts building through Wednesday, Dec. 2nd, 8-5 PM.
Free HIV Testing
There will be FREE HIV testing sponsored by Hendrix Wellness Educators and the Rural AIDS Action Network on Wednesday Dec 2nd from 10am-3pm (while supplies last) in CMU rooms 203 & 205. The free testing is for all MSUM students, staff and faculty. The test is an oral swab — NO BLOOD DRAW. If you have questions please contact Lynn Peterson at Hendix 477-2211.