The Write Site will close for the semester on May 4. Appointments are still available during day and evening times on Monday and Tuesday of next week; if you would like to schedule a meeting with a Write Site consultant, please visit http://www.mnstate.edu/write. The Write Site will be open during the summer session. Hours will be posted soon on Dragon Digest and on the Write Site website.
Did you know that the Counseling Center will be open during summer sessions? Lora Bertelsen, Ph.D., licensed psychologist and Sarah Szerlong, UND doctoral level intern, will be available during all summer sessions. We will offer individual and group counseling opportunities for students who are enrolled for summer classes and students enrolled for both Spring and Fall 2010. Also, faculty, staff, students and parents will have access to counselors over the summer for consultation. Click headline for more information.
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.
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
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.