Mesabi Range College
Norsemen News Volume 5, Issue 2
US Bank Quiz
Send your responses to [email protected] and you will be entered into the drawing for
US Bank Prizes
1. What is the amount range for which you can purchase a Visa Travel Money card?
2. To apply for a mortgage, how many check stubs do you need to present?
3. What is the name of the company that provides car insurance for US Bank?
Mesabi Humane Society
Pets That Need a Home Desperately
Meet Magneto. He was left here on 6-11-11 in our outdoor kennel. Magneto is
a very handsome brindle pit bull. We've vaccinated and neutered him and he
is ready for adoption. Stop by the shelter & visit him sometime.
Come and see Margarita, she is a tan and white domestic short hair that really
enjoys being the boss. She has been with us since 10-25-2009 and is ready for
that new home.
Mesabi Humane Society 2305 Southern Drive Virginia, MN 55792
218-741-7425
*Houston we have a problem!*
The illegal downloading and distribution of copyrighted works are serious
offenses that carry with them the risk of substantial monetary damages and,
in some cases, criminal prosecution. The Department of Education has
summarized these penalties here:
*http://ifap.ed.gov/dpcletters/attachments/GEN1008.pdf*.
*Copyright infringement violates the Mesabi Range Community and Technical
College Acceptable Use Policy of network resources and could lead to
serious disciplinary action. *
We have been contacted by the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc.,
NBC Universal, and Activision that there has been illegal downloading of
materials in violation of copyright laws on our campus network. We have the
means of identifying computer/laptop users who violate these laws.
If this continues on the college’s network, we may have no choice but to
limit wireless access on campus which could impact many users. Please
promote the campus acceptable use policy and encourage others to abide by
these rules.
http://www.mesabirange.edu/assets/files/depts/technology/Acceptable_Use_Policy.pdf
STOP ILLEGAL DOWNLOADING!
Mesabi Range Community & Technical College Student Senate
Collects Signatures to Support Saving the Federal Pell Grant
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 23, 2011
Contact Information: Mesabi Range Community and Technical College Virginia Campus Senate
President Alie Klaysmat, [email protected] and 218-749-7773.
The leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives has proposed changes that will affect the eligibility
requirements of the Federal Pell Grant Program cutting $2.3 billion from the program and potentially
dropping 9,500 Minnesota students from Pell eligibility.
In response to this, the Student Senate of Mesabi Range Community & Technical College Virginia
Campus will be tabling to collect signatures in support of Pell Grant funding this week and next. This effort
is part of a statewide campaign by the Minnesota State College Student Association (MSCSA) to gather
petition signatures in support the Pell Grant.
The Mesabi Range Community and Technical College Virginia Campus Student Senate is setting up
computers in the Commons at the Virginia Campus on Wednesday, November 9 and Thursday,
November 10, as well as, Monday, November 14 through Wednesday, November 16 from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. The Student Senate is encouraging students, faculty, and staff of the college, as well as the general
public to sign the petition opposing cuts to the Pell Grant. The petition is also available online at
www.mscsa.org/pellgrant.
Under the proposed cuts single students with no dependents would have to make less than $6,000, down
from $9,339, a year to qualify for the Pell Grant. This amount is less than half of the current poverty line.
Thirty years ago the maximum Pell Grant award covered about three-fourths of the costs of attending a
four-year public college. Today, the Pell Grant covers only about one-third of the costs, putting a large
burden of paying for higher education on the students of our country.
The proposed cuts to the Pell Grant will have a great impact on the students of Minnesota and on
students across the nation. Minnesota public 2-year college students already pay the third highest tuition
in the country. The $2.3 billion in planned cuts to the Pell Grant program are projected to affect 9,500
students in Minnesota and two million students nationwide. These proposed changes would impact the
amount of students our two-year colleges put out into the workforce, impacting communities statewide.
Mesabi Range Staff Quiz
Send your answers to [email protected] to be entered into a drawing for a prize from the
Norsemen News
Name the 2 WONDERFUL Ladies who will help you with anything if you stop in and see them in the
Enrollment Services Office?
Name the WONDERFUL Lady who is in charge of Student Life and puts on all of the fun events that are
held at Mesabi Range College?
Name 2 English Professors at Mesabi Range College?
Name 2 Coaches at Mesabi Range College?
Name an administrator at Mesabi Range College?
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RECENT PHOTOGRAPHY BY ARTISTS
DAN & DARILYN RONN
Exhibit Opens Monday, October 31, 2011
Artist Reception – Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Library Art Gallery
Mesabi Range Community & Technical College
1001 West Chestnut Street
Virginia, MN 55792
FREE & open to the public
What’s New in the Library??
Bon jour, ca va? Guten Tag! Wie gehts? Hola! Como esta’ usted? Hi! How’s it going??
Have you ever wanted to learn a new language but didn’t have the time? Are you traveling abroad and
want to learn some basic language skills so you can converse with the locals? Do you speak more than
one language and want to brush up on your speaking skills?? Then check out Mango Languages - the
newest resource added to the Mesabi Range College Library Web page!
Mango Languages is the way to fulfill your foreign language needs.
Just access this program through
the Mesabi College Library and see over 40 language courses including Spanish, Italian, Greek, Brazilian
Portuguese, German, French, Mandarin Chinese, Polish and more. There are also ESL language
programs for any foreign students who want to learn English as a second language.
Mesabi College students can access Mango Languages from anywhere at any time. You do not have to
stay in the Library, as Mango Languages gives you the ability to learn anywhere that you have Internet
access!
Mango Languages is easy to use and makes the process of foreign language learning incredibly simple
and accessible. The interactive online learning lessons include audio, pronunciation help to quickly
master interesting and relevant conversations, as well as culturally relevant instruction.
So check out Mango Languages on the Mesabi College Library Web page, and start learning now!
Want a quick demonstration of Mango Languages?? See me in the Library!
Laurel Chilcote, Librarian