Changing America’s saving habits

TIAA-CREF has just launched Raise the Rate – exclusively on our Facebook page – to solicit groundbreaking ideas to help increase the U.S. Personal Savings Rate from the current 4% to 10% over the next two years. As you are aware, most developed nations have a much higher savings rate than the U.S. With this knowledge, TIAA-CREF is challenging the best and brightest students and faculty on campuses across the country – and everyone on every Main Street, U.S.A. – to devise an innovative solution to put this country out front in terms of saving for the future. Click headline for details.

CSA spring social is May 7

The Council on Staff Affairs Spring Social will be Friday, May 7 from 9-11 a.m. in CMU 101. We will raffle a Marlowe Kullish rocking horse and a 2010-2011 general parking permit. The CSA spring apparel sale will be from Monday, May 3 through Friday, May 14. Samples will be available in the Records Office beginning May 3. Apparel will be delivered before Memorial Day Weekend. View apparel and order at http://www.mnstate.edu/csa/store.cfm

Babies and toys topic of May 11 presentation

The Human Development and Family Science department at NDSU is giving a presentation on “How to Get the Most out of Baby Toys” as part of their “Bringing Science to You” series. The presentation is scheduled for Tuesday, May 11 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Meadow Lark Room of the NDSU Memorial Union.

School of Business hosts premier research conference, healthcare workshop

MSU Moorhead will host the fifth annual conference of Midwest Association for Information Systems (MWAIS) May 21-22, and will also host the Healthcare Service Management and Modeling workshop on May 21. These are premiere research events that will bring in professionals from around the country. The MWAIS conference is set to provide an excellent platform and forum for researchers, visionaries, practitioners, and doctoral students to share their ideas, present their research and chart the future course of technology in emerging domains of Business. The Healthcare Service Management and Modeling workshop will feature invited speakers, panels, and research presentations from academics and various sectors representing the healthcare industry. Click headline for details.

Jennifer Tuttle film accepted to Canadian film festival

89 Second Productions, a production company co-founded by Jennifer Tuttle, Theatre Arts, had a short documentary film, The Collector, directed by Ryan Kipp, accepted to the Canadian Film Centre’s World Wide Short Film Festival. As a co-producer, Jennifer will be traveling to Toronto the first week of June for the screening and promotion of the film at the Festival. While there, she will also be participating in master classes, such as “Director-Actor Relationships,” and “The Poetics of Transmedia Storytelling” throughout the week.