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Alumni Engagement Calendar ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT CALENDAR This calendar includes events specifically planned for alumni of the University of Minnesota. For more information, please click on the event name or contact the host unit. August 2021 DATE EVENT HOST UNIT LOCATION NOW-FALL Why Canoes? Capricious Vessels and Indigenous Northrop, Heritage Studies Northrop Gallery in Minneapolis, MN – See 2021 Futures of Minnesota’s Peoples and Places & Public History Program, listing for details Institute for Advanced Study, and University Honors Program NOW-FRI Just Yesterday Weisman Art Museum, Façade of the Weisman Art Museum in 10/1 University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN – See listing for details Interdisciplinary Students, and SOLVE NOW-SUN Bugs: Outside the Box Bell Museum – College of Bell Museum in Saint Paul, MN 9/12 Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences NOW-MON Nature: Wild and Wonderful Art Exhibit at the Minnesota Landscape Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chaska, 9/6 Arboretum Arboretum MN NOW-WED Art Rocks! Exhibit at the Arboretum Minnesota Landscape Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chaska, 8/25 Arboretum MN SUN 8/1 & Yoga in the Gardens Minnesota Landscape Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chaska, 22 and Arboretum MN – Register Online THURS 8/12 MON 8/2-30 Bakken Center Mindful Mondays Earl E. Bakken Center for Virtual Event – Register Online Spirituality & Healing TUES 8/3 First Tuesday: Bill Lentsch – Retired Chief Carlson School of Online and McNamara Alumni Center in Customer Experience Officer, Delta Airlines Management Minneapolis, MN TUES 8/3 Reading Instruction for Students with Minnesota Center for Virtual Event – Register Online Characteristics of Dyslexia: A Workshop for Reading Research Elementary Educators TUES- IPRIME Virtual Program Reviews College of Science & IPRIME Member Virtual Event – Register THURS Engineering Online 8/3-5 TUES Minnesota Plants: Summer Webinar Series Minnesota Landscape Virtual Events – Register Online 8/3-24 Arboretum – University of Minnesota Extension – Minnesota State Horticulture Society - Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association WED 8/4 Golden Cheers! Volunteer Appreciation Event UMAA McNamara Alumni Center in Minneapolis, MN WED 8/4 Explore the Minnesota MHA Executive Program School of Public Health Virtual Event – Register Online MHA Executive Program WED 8/4 Are you ready for the 2022 Elections? Center for the Study of Virtual Event – Register Online Politics and Governance – Humphrey School of Public Affairs WED 8/4 Carlson Women Global Connect: Speed Networking Carlson Women Global Virtual Event – Register Online by Function Connect WED Introduction to Egyptian Culture College of Continuing and Virtual Event – Register Online 8/4- 10/6 Professional Studies THURS 8/5 INSPIRED: Journey to Varanasi with Ragamala Northrop Northrop Carlson Family Stage in Dance Company Minneapolis, MN 2 THURS 8/5 Organic Dairy Day West Central Research and West Central Research and Outreach Center Outreach Center - College in Morris, MN of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences THURS 8/5 Retirement Open House for Steve Poppe West Central Research and AgCountry Auditorium at the West Central Outreach Center - College Research and Outreach Center in Morris, MN of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences THURS 8/5 UMAA Career FlightPath Pilot Project UMAA Virtual Event – Register Online registration deadline WED 8/11 – FRI 9/17 Event TUES 8/10 UMAA & Long-Term Care Resources: Planning and UMAA and Mercer Virtual Event – Register Online Protecting Your Retirement TUES 8/10 Crop pest management plot tour Southwest Research and Southwest Research and Outreach Center in Outreach Center – college Lamberton, MN of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences WED 8/11 SPH Alumni Career Transitions Network School of Public Health Virtual Event – Register Online Career and Professional Development Center and Office of Alumni Relations WED 8/11 Unlocking the Interconnectedness of Nature and Earl E. Bakken Center for Virtual Event – Register Online Nursing: The Illusion of Separateness Spirituality & Healing WED 8/11 Manure Composting Workshop West Central Research and West Central Research and Outreach Center Outreach Center - College in Morris, MN of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences 3 WED 8/11 Cooking for Wellness – Summer Fresh Cooking Healthy Foods, Healthy Virtual Event – Register Online with Midwestern August Produce Lives Institute WED 8/11 History Book Club Presents “Injury Impoverished: Department of History – Virtual Event – Register Online Workplace Accidents, Law and Capitalism in the College of Liberal Arts Progressive Era” THURS 8/12 The State Ballet of Georgia Today Northrop Northrop in Minneapolis, MN THURS 8/12 NY, NJ and CN Virtual Monthly Coffee New York, New Jersey and Virtual Event – Register Online Connecticut Alumni Network THURS 8/12 Fall OLLI Sampler Osher Lifelong Learning Virtual Event – Register Online Institute – College of Continuing and Professional Studies FRI 8/13 U of M Day: Minnesota Twins 2021 UMAA Target Field in Minneapolis, MN FRI & SAT 56th Annual Dental Assistants’ Seminar School of Dentistry Virtual Event – Register Online 8/13-14 SAT 8/14 Bike at the Arb Duathlon at the Arboretum Minnesota Landscape Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chaska, Arboretum MN – Register Online SAT-MON Stunning Scotland- Highlands and Islands UMAA Trip Europe 8/14-23 MON 8/16 Design Mentor Program-Mentor Application Period College of Design See listing for details Opens TUES 8/17 Bakken Mindfulness Programs Information Session Earl E. Bakken Center for Virtual Event – Register Online Spirituality & Healing TUES 8/17 Explore the Minnesota MHA Executive Program School of Public Health Virtual Event – Register Online MHA Executive Program TUES 8/17 Cover Crops Field Day Southwest Research and Southwest Research and Outreach Center in Outreach Center – College Lamberton, MN 4 of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences TUES 8/17 Carlson Women Global Connect: Mentoring Carlson Women Global Virtual Event – Register Online Relationships: Best Practices and Practical Tips Connect WED 8/18 UMN Crookston Retiree Recognition University of Minnesota University Teaching & Outreach Center Crookston (UTOC) in Crookston, MN WED 8/18 August Dockside Chat: West Coast Medical Medical Valuation Lab - Virtual Event – Register Online Industry: Is it More Musk or Bezos? Carlson School of Management THURS 8/19 Northwest School of Agriculture Reunion Northwest School of See listing for details Agriculture (NWSA) Alumni Association THURS 8/19 Object Etiquette Reception Student Unions and St. Paul Student Center – Larson Gallery in Activities Saint Paul, MN FRI-SUN Art in the Gardens Minnesota Landscape Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chaska, 8/20-22 Arboretum MN SUN 8/22 Full Moon Paddle University of Minnesota University of Minnesota Duluth Boat Shed in Duluth Recreational Sports Duluth, MN and Outdoor Program WED 8/25 CFC 2021 Open House Cloquet Forestry Center - Cloquet Forestry Center in Cloquet, MN College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences WED 8/25 Minnesota Night Skies in September Bell Museum – College of Virtual Event – Register Online Science and Engineering WED-TUES Discover the Canadian Rockies by Rail UMAA Trip North America 8/25-31 THURS 8/26 First 90 Days of a New Job Virtually UMAA Virtual Event – Register Online THURS 8/26 Amplifying Solidarity: Daniel James Felton Collaboration between - Northrop Plaza in Minneapolis, MN Northrop, Radio K, 5 Welcome Week, Multicultural Student Engagement, and the School of Music THURS 8/26 CFANS at the Minnesota State Fair College of Food, Agriculture and Horticulture Buildings at the – MON 9/6 Agricultural and Natural Minnesota State Fairgrounds in Falcon Resource Sciences Heights, MN MON-WED UMAA at the State Fair UMAA U of M Central (Crossroads Building) at the 8/30-31 Minnesota State Fairgrounds in Falcon and 9/1 Heights, MN September 2021 DATE EVENT HOST UNIT LOCATION NOW-FALL Why Canoes? Capricious Vessels and Indigenous Northrop, Heritage Studies Northrop Gallery in Minneapolis, MN – See 2021 Futures of Minnesota’s Peoples and Places & Public History Program, listing for details Institute for Advanced Study, and University Honors Program NOW-FRI Just Yesterday Weisman Art Museum, Façade of the Weisman Art Museum in 10/1 University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN – See listing for details Interdisciplinary Students, and SOLVE NOW-SUN Bugs: Outside the Box Bell Museum – College of Bell Museum in Saint Paul, MN 9/12 Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences NOW-MON Nature: Wild and Wonderful Art Exhibit at the Minnesota Landscape Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chaska, 9/6 Arboretum Arboretum MN WED 9/1 Explore the Minnesota MHA Executive Program School of Public Health Virtual Event – Register Online MHA Executive Program 6 THURS 9/2 Ski-U-Mania Pregame Party UMAA McNamara Alumni Center in Minneapolis, MN THURS 9/2 Gopher Football vs. Ohio State Gopher Football Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, MN THURS 9/2 Amplifying Solidarity: Joe Davis & The Poetic Collaboration between - Northrop Plaza in Minneapolis, MN Diaspora Northrop, Radio K, Welcome Week, Multicultural Student Engagement, and the School of Music THURS 9/2 Bullet Journaling for Motivation University of Minnesota Virtual Event – Register Online Libraries SAT-WED Undiscovered Ireland UMAA Trip Europe 9/4-15 SUN 9/5 Yoga in the Gardens Minnesota Landscape Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chaska, and THURS Arboretum MN – Register Online
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