Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Chancellor James H. McCormick said today he will recommend that the Board of Trustees appoint Patrick Johns as president of Lake Superior College in Duluth. Click headline to read more.
Members of the Legislative Commission on Planning and Fiscal Policy’s Balanced Budget Subcommittee received an update this week from Minnesota Management and Budget, or MMB, about the state’s cash situation. MMB Budget Deputy Commissioner Jim Schowalter told committee members that Minnesota will not have to borrow money to pay its bills this spring, but cash flow shortfalls are still a possibility for later this year. Schowalter said fiscal year 2011 has deep cash problems right now. Click headline for more information.
Median net farm income dropped 63 percent in 2009 among more than 3,000 Minnesota farms, a new joint report by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system and University of Minnesota Extension shows. Click headline to read more.
Congratulations to the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, and also to Travis Dolence, MSUM’s Distance Learning Librarian, for being recognized by MERLOT (the Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching) with a “MERLOT Outstanding Partner Award” for significant contributions and support to academic technologies and educational leadership. This award is reserved for partner institutions with a five-year history as a MERLOT Higher Education Partner or Affiliate. Dolence is on the Editorial Board for MERLOT’s Library and Information Services division. He’ll be attending the Sloan Consortium/MERLOT/MoodleMoot symposium, “Emerging Technologies for Online Learning,” July 20-23, 2010, in San Jose, Calif. MnSCU will be recognized during a special ceremony at the conference for its work with MERLOT.
You will find this week’s updated listing of current Minnesota State Colleges and Universities’ employment postings at http://www.mnscu.edu/about/jobopportunities/searchResults.php?numResults=10