{"id":437,"date":"2007-02-03T09:30:58","date_gmt":"2007-02-03T14:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/?p=437"},"modified":"2007-02-01T12:31:34","modified_gmt":"2007-02-01T17:31:34","slug":"five-great-colleagues-making-this-an-even-better-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/02\/03\/five-great-colleagues-making-this-an-even-better-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Five great colleagues making this an even better place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/352157407\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/126\/352157407_a65cd14d95_m.jpg?resize=173%2C240\" width=\"173\" height=\"240\" alt=\"Alice, and her bedside book of birds\" align='right' hspace='10' vspace='10' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFrom <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrs.umn.edu\/alumni\/universityRelations\/bulletin\/View.php?itemID=2319\">UMM&#8217;s Weekly Bulletin last week<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<strong>Faculty pool resources to create endowed scholarship<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nancy Carpenter, associate professor of chemistry, Pareena Lawrence, associate professor of economics, Leslie Meek, associate professor of psychology, Jenny Nellis, professor of studio art, and Peh Ng, associate professor of mathematics, all members of the University of Minnesota&#8217;s Academy of Distinguished Teachers, have established a Promise of Tomorrow Scholarship that qualifies for the President&#8217;s Scholarship Match. The endowed Scholarship for Engagement and Academic Leadership will be awarded on the basis of academic merit to new students enrolling at UMM. It is renewable with a GPA of at least 2.5 and evidence of involvement in student life such as, but not limited to, involvement in a student organization, participating in volunteer work or service learning.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;ve had the good fortune to work with each of these fine folks in a variety of settings over the years, and each is a tremendous asset to UMM.  That they would come together to create this scholarship is just further evidence of their individual and collective commitment to the importance of educational opportunities for all, the power of education to make a positive difference in our world, and UMM as a valuable agent in those processes.<\/p>\n<p>You ladies rock!<\/p>\nNo tag for this post.\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li>No related posts.<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From UMM&#8217;s Weekly Bulletin last week: Faculty pool resources to create endowed scholarship Nancy Carpenter, associate professor of chemistry, Pareena Lawrence, associate professor of economics, Leslie Meek, associate professor of psychology, Jenny Nellis, professor of studio art, and Peh Ng, associate professor of mathematics, all members of the University of Minnesota&#8217;s Academy of Distinguished Teachers, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/02\/03\/five-great-colleagues-making-this-an-even-better-place\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Five great colleagues making this an even better place&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[17,13],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-73","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":295,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2006\/01\/12\/links-for-2006-01-12\/","url_meta":{"origin":437,"position":0},"title":"links for 2006-01-12","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"12 Jan 06","format":false,"excerpt":"The Google 2006 Anita Borg Scholarship A nice scholarship that we have someone applying for, and I'll need to write a letter of recommendation. (tags: education internet scholarships gradschool) Township and railroad map of Minnesota, 1874 A cool map of the townships and railroad lines in Minnesota in 1874. This\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Daily links&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Daily links","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/daily-links\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":336,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2006\/04\/10\/many-congratulations-to-go-around\/","url_meta":{"origin":437,"position":1},"title":"Many congratulations to go around","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"10 Apr 06","format":false,"excerpt":"It's been quite a week for Computer Science students here at UMM and they definitely deserve some props. In no particular order: Emily Christiansen just got back from a wonderful weekend as one of the finalists in this year's Google Anita Borg Scholarship. Pretty amazingly cool to see our name\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Computing&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Computing","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/computing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"A reading circle","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.flickr.com\/40\/124916467_96751bd434.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":385,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2006\/10\/26\/sorry-for-the-long-silence\/","url_meta":{"origin":437,"position":2},"title":"Sorry for the long silence","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"26 Oct 06","format":false,"excerpt":"I apologize to the faithful few (Donkey rules!) for the extended absence. I've been swamped with many things, including putting together my file for my application for full professor, classes, events, and stuff. WeatherGirl has made it clear that this level of silence is unacceptable, and that I am to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":939,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2009\/03\/06\/twin-cities-folks-poetry-out-loud-state-finals-on-monday\/","url_meta":{"origin":437,"position":3},"title":"Twin Cities folks: Poetry Out Loud state finals on Monday!","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"6 Mar 09","format":false,"excerpt":"In a bit of shameless promotion for our remarkable offspring, I'm putting in a plug for the Minnesota state finals of the national Poetry Out Loud competition. The finals will be Monday, 9 March, at 9:30am in St. Paul's Fitzgerald Theater, and are free and open to the public. 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I had no prior acquaintance with Shutterbug before this, but it seems\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":137,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2005\/04\/26\/an-excellent-evening-with-bernice-johnson-reagon\/","url_meta":{"origin":437,"position":5},"title":"An excellent evening with Bernice Johnson Reagon","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"26 Apr 05","format":false,"excerpt":"Bettina Blake has funded a new Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Liberal Arts position here at UMM. Our first such Professor is Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, and her visit officially began tonight with an excellent lecture. 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