Stories

 The purpose of the Robert L. Kane Memorial Lecture is to honor the legacy of its namesake, the first holder of the endowed Long-Term Care in Aging at the University of Minnesota (1990-2017). A scholarly pioneer in chronic disease care, long-term care innovation, and geriatric health services research, Dr. Kane’s science has greatly advanced our understanding of long-term care.
   
   This year's Lecturer is Dr. Sheryl Zimmerman, of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an internationally recognized as a leader in long-term care research and pragmatic and clinical trials. This presentation, by Dr. Zimmerman, and guests Ms. Susan Ryan (CEO of the Center for Innovation, the parent organization of the Green House Project and Pioneer Network), and Ms. Melissa Schneider (COO of Episcopal Homes, a local Minnesota Green House home), will describe Green House homes; research related to care and outcomes; and the future of Green House homes in the U.S. and abroad. The audience will leave better understanding the progress that has been made with nursing home care in the last half-century, and specifically understanding Green House homes and its three core values.
   
   In addition to providing an engaging lecture, during Dr. Zimmerman's visit to Minneapolis, she was able to visit a local Green Home, and meet with UMN students, staff and faculty outside of the lecture for meaningful conversation and connection.

The event was organized by Bangladeshi Student Association (BDSA) on 04.27 at the North Star Ballroom of St. Paul Student Center, UMN. The event consists of cultural performances and display of Bangladeshi cuisine. The aim of this event is to highlight the rich cultural diversity of Bangladesh. The event highlights include interactive henna session, hour long cultural ceremony, and a Bangladeshi dinner at the end of the evening for all 300 guests.

 The event is a celebration of the Bengali New Year, so we have lined up several performances as a part of a cultural program. We organized the cultural program at Theatre Room, Saint Paul Student Centre. This program started at 5 pm. For the cultural performance segment the number of performances were about 15, so it was wrapped by 7 pm. Following the cultural program we provided an authentic Bengali dinner to our guests and participants at the Harvest Room, Saint Paul Student Centre. Certainly the Dinner and Cultural Program were the major highlights of the event.

With over 1800 people in attendance, the room was packed all day which made for a lot of excitement and buzz. PBS was at the event filming Three Cricketeers...

For this event we ran the megagame Watch the Skies. A game where the players representing nations confront an alien incursion...

Throughout the night we displayed many Khmer performers, some notable ones were Dean Tan (A local Khmer singer), Wattanak Dance Troupe (A Traditional dance group), and lastly our own Angels fashion show...

   Approximately 120 members of the campus and greater Twin Cities community toured The Global Reach of Local Activism: Minnesota's Human Rights Stories exhibition and attended the keynote address given by renowned human rights scholar, Kathryn Sikkink at the Elmer L. Andersen Library to celebrate the launch of a new archive capturing Minnesota actors' contributions to the human rights movement.

The event focused on fostering a space for those who wanted to practice their Spanish and wanted to build a community with their fellow Spanish-speakers.

Indian food was served to attendees and the auditorium was full of students, family, friends and the general public. The show consisted of two halves with about 6 performances/sets in each.

This event provided an opportunity for departments in the college to collaborate with the vision of increasing the graduate degree pipeline for historically underrepresented individuals.