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.

June 2021

DATE EVENT HOST UNIT LOCATION

NOW-FRI PLACE: Graphic Design Graduate Thesis Exhibition College of Design Rapson Hall in Minneapolis, MN – See 6/4 listing for details

NOW-WED SUNSET SUNRISE: Graphic Design Senior Show College of Design Rapson Hall in Minneapolis, MN – See 6/9 listing for details

NOW-MON Birds of a Feather: Contemporary Avian Artists Minnesota Landscape Reedy Gallery - Minnesota Landscape 6/14 Arboretum - College of Arboretum in Chaska, MN – See listing for Food, Agricultural and details Natural Resource Sciences

NOW-FALL Why Canoes? Capricious Vessels and Indigenous Northrop, Heritage Studies Northrop in Minneapolis, MN – See listing 2021 Futures of Minnesota’s Peoples and Places & Public History Program, 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

TUES 6/1 1st Tuesday Speaker Series: Terry Rasmussen, Carlson School of Virtual Event – Register Online President and CEO, Thrivent Management

TUES 6/1, 8, Mind-Body Tools to Manage Anxiety and Difficult Earl E. Bakken Center for Virtual Event – Register Online 22 Emotions Spirituality and Healing

TUES 6/1 – Minnesota Plants Summer 2021 Webinar Series Minnesota Landscape Virtual Events – Register Online 8/24 Arboretum - College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences

WED 6/2 Division of Biostatistics PhD Presentation with Alex Division of Biostatistics Virtual Event – Register Online Knutson

WED 6/2 Planetarium Live Stream: What’s up? June Edition University of Minnesota Virtual Event – Facebook Live Duluth Planetarium

THURS 6/3 UMAA Career Lightning Talks – Students and UMAA Virtual Event – Register Online Recent Alumni

THURS 6/3 Minnesota Alumni Travel with AESU UMAA Virtual Event – Register Online

THURS 6/3 TLI/CMDC Lunch & Learn: Careers in Medical Technological Leadership Virtual Event – Register Online Device and Cybersecurity Institute

THURS 6/3 Carlson Women Global Connect: Happy Hour with Carlson Women Global Virtual Event – Register Online Studio Distilling Connect

THURS & FRI Higher Education Innovation Summit 2021 University of Minnesota Virtual Event – Register Online 6/3-4 Rochester

Fri 6/4 The New Danger in Voting Legislation Center for the Study of Virtual Event – Register Online Politics and Governance - Humphrey School of Public Affairs

Fri 6/4 Darkness & Light - Bach Cantatas 161 and 184 School of Music Virtual Event – See listing for details

SAT 6/5, 12, Portland Alumni and Friends Virtual Breakfast Portland Alumni Network Virtual Event – Register Online 19, 26

SAT 6/5 Caring for People with Memory Loss Conference Robert L. Kane Endowed Virtual Event – Register Online Chair in Long-Term Care and Aging – Minnesota

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Northstar Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program - School of Public Health

SAT 6/5 All About Dogs Day Minnesota Landscape Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chaska, Arboretum - College of MN – Register Online Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences

SAT 6/5 Planetarium Live Stream: June Constellation Story University of Minnesota Virtual Event - Facebook Live Duluth Planetarium

SUN 6/6 and Virtual Yoga with the Arboretum Minnesota Landscape Virtual Event – Register Online THURS 6/24 Arboretum - College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences

MON Mindful Mondays: A Mindful Approach to Stress Earl E. Bakken Center for Virtual Event – Register Online 6/7,14,21,28 Reduction Spirituality & Healing

TUES 6/8 Carlson Women Global Connect: New Grad Carlson Women Global Virtual Event – Register Online Welcome Connect

WED 6/9 UMN Entry-Level Job Fair University of Minnesota Virtual Event – Register Online Career Services

WED 6/9 Minnesota Alumni Travel with Premier World UMAA Virtual Event – Register Online Discovery

WED 6/9 SPH Alumni Career Transitions Network School of Public Health Virtual Event – Register Online Career and Professional Development Center and Office of Alumni Relations

WED 6/9 Bakken Center Mindfulness Programs Info Session Earl E. Bakken Center for Virtual Event – Register Online Spirituality & Healing

WED-FRI 2021 Nursing Knowledge: Big Data Science School of Nursing Virtual Event – Register Online 6/9-11 Conference

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WED Introduction to Egyptian Culture Online Course College of Continuing & Virtual Event – Register Online 6/9 – 8/11 Professional Studies

WED 6/9 – Art Rocks! Exhibit at the Arboretum Minnesota Landscape Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chaska, 8/25 Arboretum - College of MN – Reservation Required - See listing for Food, Agricultural and details Natural Resource Sciences

THURS 6/10 NY, NJ & CT Monthly Virtual Coffee New York, New Jersey and Virtual Event – Register Online Connecticut Alumni Network

THURS 6/10 Grow North Thought Leaders Series Featuring: Carlson School of Virtual Event – Register Online David Swinghamer - Former CEO Shake Shack Management

THURS 6/10 Mark Olsonawski Scholarship Golf Tournament University of Minnesota Two River Golf Course in Hallock, MN – See Crookston event listing for details

THURS 6/10 Symphonic Band Virtual Performance School of Music Virtual Event – See listing for details

FRI 6/11 Minnesota Water Stories Opening Bell Museum, Whitney and Bell Museum of Natural History in Saint Elizabeth MacMillan Paul, MN – See listing for tickets and dates Planetarium – College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences

FRI 6/11-17 BBE 2021 Hybrid Golf Outing Department of Bioproducts In-person at the Les Bolstad Golf Course in and the Biosystems Saint Paul, MN (or a golf course of your Engineering choice) and Virtual – See listing for details

FRI 6/11 – Bugs: Outside the Box Bell Museum - College of Bell Museum of Natural History in Saint SUN 9/12 Food, Agricultural and Paul, MN – See listing for tickets and dates Natural Resource Sciences

SAT 6/12 Visiting Artist Demonstration with Emily Donovan: Minnesota Landscape Virtual Event – Register Online Perspectives of an Artist-Birder – Finding Color, Arboretum - College of Meaning and Connection Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences

SUN 6/13 AEM, AIAA, and Saint Paul Saints Baseball Aerospace Engineering and CHS Field in Saint Paul, MN – See listing Mechanics and American for ticket information

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Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics – College of Science & Engineering

TUES 6/15 Alternative Revenue Sources From Forest Land: Sustainable Forests Virtual Event – Register Online Credits and Spruce Tops Education Cooperative – College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences

TUES 6/15 Minnesota Climate Adaptation Partnership June Water Resources Center Virtual Event – Register Online Webinar

WED 6/16 Minnesota Alumni Travel with Sports and UMAA Virtual Event – Register Online Entertainment Travel

WED 6/16 Part-Time & Online MBA Virtual Alumni Panel Carlson School of Virtual Event – Register Online Management

WED 6/16 LinkedIn Lunch & Learn School of Public Health Virtual Event – Register Online Alumni Society Engagement Committee

WED 6/16 Come Grow with Us horticulture education series: West Central Research and Horticulture Display Garden at the WCROC Backyard Birdhouses Outreach Center – College in Morris, MN – See listing for details of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences

THURS 6/17 Critical thinking: How to Make Decisions That Stick Benelux Alumni Network Virtual Event – Register Online

THURS 6/17 Gala in the Gardens Minnesota Landscape Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chaska, Arboretum – College of MN – See listing for tickets Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences

THURS 6/17 Health Care Innovation from COVID Center for the Study of Virtual Event – Register Online Politics and Governance - Humphrey School of Public Affairs

THURS & FRI Toward a New Way of Being with Plants Being with Plants 2021– Virtual Event – Register Online 6/17-18 University of Minnesota

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partners: Institute on the Environment, Department of Geography, Environment & Society, Department of Landscape Architecture, Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing, Environmental Humanities Initiative

THURS 6/17 UMAA: Job Search Master Class - Your Career UMAA Virtual Event – Register Online & 24 and 7/8 Journey: From (Re)Discovery to the Job Hunt & 15

THURS 6/17 EXHIBITION | Nature: Wild and Wonderful in the Minnesota Landscape Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chaska, – MON 9/6 Reedy Gallery at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum – College of MN – Reservations Required – See listing Arboretum Food, Agricultural and for details Natural Resource Sciences

SAT 6/19 2021 Summer Solstice Retreat Minnesota Landscape Registration Information Online Arboretum – College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences

MON 6/21 Student Government Alumni Panel Student Government Virtual Event – Register Online Alumni Network

MON 6/21 UROC Community Day Tenth Anniversary - The Urban Research and Virtual Event – Register Online Art of Transformation: We Thrive Together Outreach-Engagement Center – University of Minnesota Crookston

MON 6/21 – Online Distance Learning: Principles of Good College of Education + Virtual Event – Register Online FRI 8/6 Practice and Strategies for Fostering Human Development Connectedness Department of Curriculum and Instruction’s Learning Technologies Program: Gold Badge Course

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TUES & Minnesota Early Intervention Summer Institute College of Education and Virtual Event – Register Online THURS 6/22 Human Development and 24

WED 6/23 Minnesota Night Skies in July Bell Museum - College of Virtual Event – Bell Museum Facebook Live Science & Engineering

WED 6/23 Advancing Ag Webinar: Pesticide resistance – How Southwest Research and Virtual Event – Register Online do you know it’s happening to you? Outreach Center - College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences

THURS 6/24 Bulldogs Behind the Scenes: Heikkila Chemistry & University of Minnesota Virtual Event – Register Online Advanced Materials Science Building (HCAMS) Duluth Alumni Relations

THURS 6/24 Full Moon Paddle University of Minnesota UMD Boat Shed in Duluth, MN – See listing Duluth Recreational Sports for details Outdoor Program

THURS 6/24 A New Garden Ethic: Janet Sinner Endowed College of Food, Virtual Event – Register Online Horticulture Lecture (Online) Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences

FRI & SAT Firefly Viewing Nights at the Arboretum Minnesota Landscape Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chaska, 6/25-26 and Arboretum – College of MN – Reservations Required – See listing 7/2-3, 9-10, Food, Agricultural and for details 16-17 Natural Resource Sciences

SAT 6/26 Introduction to Bonsai (Free Online) Minnesota Landscape Virtual Event – Register Online Arboretum – College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences

TUES 6/29- Mindfulness Based Stress-Reduction Classes Earl E. Bakken Center for Virtual Events – Register Online 11/16 Spirituality & Healing

WED 6/30 “Household Goods and Good Households in Late Department of History – Virtual Event – See listing for details Medieval London” College of Liberal Arts

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*While we attempt to ensure that all information is accurately referenced, event dates & details may change. For information about this calendar, contact Nancy Johnson at 612-625-0970 or [email protected].

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