The official weekly newsletter of Northland Community and Technical College

Volume 11, No. 34 Building Futures ...Together May 4, 2009

Monday, May 4 12-3 pm Electronics Technology Fair, TRF Commons Tuesday, May 5 12:00 pm Cinco De Mayo Celebration, EGF Commons Wednesday, May 6 11:30-12:30 pm TRF Campus Pamper Party, Commons Thursday, May 7 11:00 am EGF, Free BBQ lunch, Out doors, North Sitting Area 12:30 pm EGF Frisbee Golf Tournament, North Lawn Friday, May 8 Saturday, May 9

Saturday, May 10

T h e P i o n e e r N e w s

A MEMBER OF MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

Dear Students, Faculty & Staff: The college years are a time of pushing your boundaries and making a concerted effort to find new ways of doing things. It’s probably difficult to imagine now as the year is winding down, but if you think back on the first days of classes you might remember wondering if you were in over your head. We have begun the downward count to the end of the semester, and before too long we will be honoring those students who have completed their journey with us.

A reminder for those students who plan to take classes this summer or fall, if you have not registered, please do so now as course selection becomes much more limited the longer you wait.

Both campuses have been conducting New Student Orientation /Assessment/Registration Sessions since early April and will continue until classes begin in August. Specific dates for the EGF campus may be found at http://www.northlandcollege.edu/admissions/assessment/egf/index.php and fthe TRF campus dates may be found at http://www.northlandcollege.edu/admissions/assessment/trf/index.php. The Northland Baseball and Softball Teams have made it to the Region 13 Baseball and Softball Tournaments, after their efforts in the MCAC State Baseball and Softball Tournaments this past weekend. Both teams came up with 3rd Place finishes. The baseball team will play in Willmar on Friday, May 8th at 11 a.m. against Riverland Community College. The Softball team will play in Grand Rapids on Friday, May 8th against MSU-Bottineau, with the time to be determined. Congratulations to both teams on their seasons and good luck this weekend!

Congratulations and all the best to our graduates.

Eugene Klinke Director of Enrollment Management

Online Events Calendar: www.northlandcollege.edu/calendar

OUR MISSION:

Northland Community and Technical College is dedicated to creating a quality learning environment for all learners through partnerships with students, communities, businesses, and other educational institutions..

College–Wide News The Pioneer News is a weekly publication of news

and events at NCTC. For more information contact editor, Julie Olson, Director of Public Relations,

at 683-8590 or email julie.olson@northlandcollege.edu

Game Results Women’s Softball 4/27 Itasca W 3-1, L 0-3

State Tournament Action: Riverland W 7-4 Rochester W 5-4 Itasca L-5-9 Rochester L-0-3

Ended the tournament with a third place finish & qualified for the Regional tournament in Grand Rapids where they will play MSU Bottineau on Friday, May 8, time TBA.

Men’s Baseball State Tournament Action Fergus Falls L 2-3 Anoka Ramsey W 5-4 Dakota County W 11-9 (8 innings)Itasca W 17-9

Ended the tournament with a third place finish and qualified for the regional tournament in Willmar where they will play Riverland on Friday, May 8, at 11 am.

Johnson is MCAC Northern Division Pitcher of the Week

Brittni Johnson, a sophomore at Northland, was named Northern Division Pitcher of the week by the Minnesota College Athletic Conference (MCAC).

Last week, Johnson pitched her second 5 inning perfect game against Vermilion Community College, striking out 5 batters.

Greicer is MCAC Northern Division Player of the Week

John Greicer, a sophomore at North-land was named Northern Division Baseball Player of the Week by the Minnesota College Athletic Confer-ence.

Last week, Grecier batted an amazing .680 with one home run, eight doubles and 13 RBI for the Pioneers.

College–Wide News

Learning How To Disagree Within A Relationship from the American Counseling Association sponsored by the ACA Foundation

No matter how seemingly perfect any romantic relationship is, there will be times when the two of you disagree. It would be unnatural if conflicts didn’t occur. You and your partner are two different people. No matter how much you love each other, you still have different personalities, tastes and backgrounds. Sooner or later, disagreements will occur.

However, relationship disagreements don’t have to be problems. In fact, they actually can help strengthen a relationship and the respect each of you has for the other. But for that to happen, it’s important to learn to fight fairly and find effective ways to resolve conflicts.

A starting point is identifying what the source of the disagreement really is. It’s not unusual for a couple to forget what originally prompted an argument, or to find that each has a different concept about what really is the issue.

Once you’re agreed on why you disagree, it’s time to work out the conflict. That doesn’t mean a screaming match at bedtime when you’re both tired, or stoney silence and carefully ignoring the problem and the other person.

Instead, start by finding a time when you’re both rested and able to give the problem your full attention without being interrupted by family, friends or work.

Because your goal is to work out the problem, not destroy the other person, start with some common sense ground rules for arguing fairly. Don’t, for example, blame the other person or insist that he or she is wrong. Doing so just puts that person in a defensive position and all the more determined to fight to the end.

Instead, take some responsibility for the problem yourself (after all, it’s a fifty-fifty chance that you may just be in the wrong). Use positive “I”

statements that talk about your feelings and thoughts, rather than “you” statements that have you telling the other person what he or she supposedly feels or thinks.

Most importantly, listen. Rather than just planning your argument, give the other person a chance to talk and explain. Really listen to the feelings and emotions being expressed.

It takes work to fight fairly and resolve conflicts in a relationship, but the result can be a partnership that is stronger, with each person respecting the other more. The most important thing to remember is that the relationship is what should come first, not winning the argument at any cost.

"The Counseling Corner" is provided as a public service by the American Counseling Association, the nation’s largest organization of counseling professionals. Learn more about the counseling profession at the ACA web site, www.counseling.org.

East Grand Forks Campus News

East Grand Forks Campus News Ryan Potato awards prize money to NCTC Sales & Marketing students

On April 21, Ryan Potato representatives awarded $500 in prize money to students in the Sales, Mar-keting and Management class of Northland Col-lege, East Grand Forks, for their work on helping to provide campaign ideas to help sell the Red River Valley Red Potato.

Joan Ryan-Mangino contacted Sales and Market-ing Program Director, Kit Brenan, to make her re-quest. “People here know all about the red potato! Everywhere else it is used primarily for boiling, and there is just so much more you can do with one! How can we get the word out to people not from our region?” asked Mangino. So NCTC advertising students were assigned the task of creating mar-keting campaigns to promote the benefits of one of the Valley’s best natural resources. Campaigns needed to include an Internet element and some promotional aspect that could be utilized to create excitement and comment among the prospective target market.

All 38 class members worked on different ideas and 9 students presented their final campaigns to Manginio and Tom Rerick, who later presented to the Red River Valley Potato Growers Association.

Participating students included: Matthew Rongen, first place recipient of $225; Austin Gruebele and Jay Kollin, second place recipients of $125; and the 2 person teams of Marissa Gornowicz and Zack Rude; Heather Tandeski and Camille Widme; Kelsey Gagner; and Billie Olmstead all won $50 per team.

NCTC Student Art Show at Urban Stampede through May 17th Dyan Rey and her Introduction to Painting students from North-land will exhibit acrylic paintings at Urban Stampede’s World’s Smallest Gallery through May 17th.

Student artists are Rocky Asche, Jamie Bolton, Carly Chisholm, Hanna Eickenbrock, Amber Fosse, Danika Freitag, Melinda Harris, Kayla Jorde, Jessica Lopez, Brianne Raftevold, Mich Snell, Nicole Vanyo, and Jordan Lofstrom.

The Urban Stampede is a unique coffee shop located in historic downtown Grand Forks. The shop features local artists showing their work in the World's Smallest Gallery. Enjoy live music, artist receptions, tarot card readings and much more in this creative downtown space.  

Frisbee Golf Tournament

Thursday, May 7

NCTC Frisbee Golf Course

Open to Students Only

Registration begins at 12:30 pm

North Lawn

Please bring your own disc

Prizes will be awarded

Last Intramural Sports Day

Wednesday, May 6th 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EGF Middle School (South end of Bygland Road, EGF)

There will be no indoor soccer this Wednes-day. Soccer players will play at Lion's Park, 6:00 PM (17th Ave and Columbia Road)

East Grand Forks Campus News

Library Notes ….

Suggestions for library collection … Faculty, staff, and students … if you have items you would like to see added to the library collection, please let us know.

You may provide specific titles, or simply tell us ‘you need more items on ________’.

We are usually able to fill requests and add the item to the library collection. Don’t be shy! Send us your ideas!!

Extended Hours continue … Through finals week, the library is open until 8:00 pm on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesdays.

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS EXTRA STUDY TIME !!! FINALS WILL BE HERE SOON !!!!!

Respect your fellow library users … During the last few weeks of school, the library gets very busy. Please respect your fellow library users and maintain a good study environment. This in-cludes limiting social networking on library PCs. For the rest of the semester, please do not use library computers for social networking … the PCs need to be available for students who have school work to do.

TRF Library contact info:

Cynthia Jorstad, Librarian, 683-8757 cynthia.jorstad@northlandcollege.edu

Robin Langevin, Library Assistant, 683-8756

robin.langevin@northlandcollege.edu

Extended Hours through finals week : Mon.-Wed.: 7:30 am – 8:00 pm

Thu: 7:30 am – 6:00 pm Fri. : 7:30 am – 4:00 pm

Thief River Falls Campus News

Intramural Golf May 6,7 & 12

Sign up for Tee Times in the Activities Office—Suite 425

Thief River Falls Campus News

Thief River Falls Campus News

Graduation Announcements… Thief River Falls Campus

If you plan to participate in the ceremony, please stop in at the NCTC

bookstore to rent a gown. These are available for a $10 rental fee and must be returned immediately following the graduation ceremony. When you pick up your gown, you will be given a cap and tassel, which are yours to keep. Make plans to attend the graduation rehearsal on Thursday, May 14, at 12:00 p.m. in the NCTC gymnasium. It is essential that everyone know the graduation procedure and seating arrangements. The graduation rehearsal is not mandatory due to the number of off-campus students enrolled in many pro-grams. However, it is essential that as many graduates attend the rehearsal as possible. All graduates need to report to the Student Commons Area no later than 6:00 pm on Thursday, May 14th to begin lining up for graduation. Name cards will need to be picked up before students are lined up. Honor Medallions and Stoles will be distributed to students who are graduating with Academic Excellence or Highest Honors. Stoles will need to be returned, medallions are yours to keep. (To be eligible for either you would need to have a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher prior to the Spring Semester!)

The Graduation Committee does not distribute Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Stoles. If you are a PTK member and would like a stole for graduation, please make sure to contact your PTK Advisor prior to graduation.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact Lisa Bottem at (218)683-8544 or 1-800-959-6282 Ext. 8544, e-mail: lisa.bottem@northlandcollege.edu, or stop into Office 525B.

Musicians from Red Lake Falls visit Northland on field trip On Friday, April 24, the Red Lake Falls Junior High Band and Choir conducted a field trip to Northland Commu-nity & Technical College - Thief River Falls campus to perform for the Northland Music Directors, Linda Samuelson and Vanessa Martell. The fifth & sixth grade musicians watched a rehearsal of the Northland Cham-ber Choir in the Northland Theater. The Red Lake Falls Choir, directed by Jennifer Wieland, performed a cou-ple selections for Mrs. Martell who then rehearsed with the group. In addition, the Red Lake Falls Band, under the direction of Northland alumni Lacie (Roppe) Hovland, performed and then rehearsed with Northland Instru-mental Director Linda Samuelson. Lacie (Roppe) Hovland graduated from Northland and moved on to finish her Music Education degree from Bemidji only to come back to teach at LaFayette School and continue playing with the Northland ensembles. She married another Northland alumni, Thomas Hovland, who was a student in 1998 - 2000 and has been in both the Northland Community Band and Jazz Band ever since.

TRF Retirement and Service Recognition Luncheon

Tuesday, May 12

12:00 p.m.

Location: Gunderson Commons

Employee News

EGF Spring Employee Potluck & Service Award

Recognition Wednesday, May 13

11:30 a.m. -1:30 p.m.

Location: TBA

Please bring a food item to share

2009 Service Awards 30 Years:

Jesse Adkins Norman Halsa

Diane Rothschadl

25 Years: Charlene Abrahamson

Kelsy Blowers Barbara Noel

Sandra Bratvold

20 Years: Jack Haymond

Dennis Johnson Gail Johnson Randy Kezar

Mike Normandin Kimberly Philipp

Susan Ridley Dorinda Sorvig Gayle Swanson

10 Years: Gloria Serna

Vanessa Martell Tim Bergerson Danika Braaten Daniel Edman

Linda Samuelson Robin Langevin

Scott Foss Gerald Hanson David Hoefer

Donald Kaspari Anita Lizakowski Bonnie Klasen

Norma Konschak Edwin Krogfoss

Curtis Peters Dennis Sevigny

Darla Boen Brad Norland Craig Mattson Sue Dalager Al Gunderson

We will honor retirees Dr. Diane Drake & Helene McCauley

Menu: Roast beef, potato, vegetable & salad

All NCTC employees are encouraged to attend.

Sponsored by the NCTC Foundation

Employee News

Twitter in Education-What's all the "Tweet" About?

Ever wonder what's the point of Twitter?

Want to know the value of its use in education?

Curious about how the use of Twitter in your courses can help students?

Ever thought about using Twitter as a professional networking tool?

If you said YES to any of the questions above, join me for this week’s Employee Technology Training, where we will explore the uses of the so-cial networking tool “Twitter” in education. You will learn a little bit about what it is, how to use it, and a lot of how to use it to enhance student education, and the benefit of its use in professional networking.

TRF Sessions

Wednesday, May 6th 10:00- Lab 605 12:00- Lab 603

EGF Session

Thursday, May 7th 12:00- Room 106

Please send RSVPs for the sessions to: holly.deschene@northlandcollege.edu