Date: January
18, 2006
Memo To: UMM Faculty
and Staff
From: John
F. Schwaller, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and
Dean
Subject: 2006-2007
Morris Academic Partners (MAP)
In recognition of the value of academic employment to the
intellectual development of students and of the opportunities
thus provided to assist faculty in their work, the University
of Minnesota, Morris, will award non-renewable stipends of up
to $2,000 per academic year to academically talented third-year
students, naming them as Morris Academic Partners (MAPs). We
will also offer up to five MAPs that begin in the summer and
continue through the student's junior academic year. The
stipends offered for these MAPs will be $2,000 for summer and
$1,000 for each of the following two semesters.
MAP students are to undertake assignments that enhance
their intellectual competence and increase their interest in
graduate or professional study. Projects that qualify for
consideration should involve greater complexity than typical
work-study assignments and should provide assistance to, rather
than add to the workload of, a busy and productive faculty member.
A Morris Academic Partner should be a junior
status by credits with a cumulative
grade point average of 3.0 or higher. Students
are required to carry a minimum of 12 credits
each semester to
remain eligible for this program—no exceptions can be granted.
As a guideline, projects should average eight hours of
student involvement per week for the year (adjusted for summer
placements). It is important to note that a MAP
replaces any other work-study employment; no other on-campus
work may be carried out for the duration of the MAP. This
is because the Partnership is intended to require a significant
commitment of time and effort by a junior status student.
While it is expected that more of the stipends will be
allocated for academically related assignments supervised
by members of the faculty, stipends will be available for
proposals submitted from other units of the campus and
from regional agencies that wish to sponsor a Partner. Proposals
from faculty should be submitted to their Division Chair. Staff
members should submit proposals to their unit head. Application
forms are available online at the Web site listed below. Applications
must be received in the Dean's Office by Monday, February
20, 2006.
Call 589-6015 or e-mail petersdk@morris.umn.edu if
you need further information. The Web site for the MAP
program is http://www.morris.umn.edu/services/acad_affairs/aavarious.html#map.
