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Professional Development
Opportunities
Become a Licensed Insurance
Representative in Minnesota!
The insurance pre-licensing training gives you the
knowledge and skills needed to pass the state licensing exam. This program, delivered via Interactive
Television on the BSU campus, meets all the requirements the State of Minnesota has to
become a licensed insurance representative.
REGISTER SOON…the Insurance Fundamentals course begins March 14! The full schedule and
registration for the full line of insurance courses are available online.
Maintain your Licensure with the Real
Estate Refresher Course
This
course will cover agency, contracts, and fair housing. Other topics to
be covered are required paper work for the Real Estate agent, legal names,
tenants, earnest money and escrow items. This program is approved by the
Minnesota Department of Commerce. The
5-hour class will be held April 11
on the BSU campus. Click here for more
information and registration form.
News and
Events from Regional Knowledge Clusters
How could the OSHA 300 log trigger
an inspection?
John M. O’Brien, a senior industrial hygienist with the Duluth office of
Minnesota Occupational Safety and Health Administration Workplace
Consultation. O’Brien will review how
MNOSHA uses information from OSHA 300 Logs to develop their programmed
inspection schedule. He will also discuss some of the common mistakes that
are made on the OSHA 300 Logs that could result in over-reporting of injuries
and illnesses. This session will be
held at the Center for Research and Innovation on March 15. A $20 fee will be
charged to cover the price of lunch and materials. Advance registration is
encouraged in order to guarantee lunch. Read the press release or click here
for registration form
Mark Your Calendar – First Annual Northern MN Safety
Conference
In conjunction with the Minnesota Safety Council and North
Country Health Services, the Northern MN Safety Council is hosting the first
annual Northern MN Safety Conference on April 5 at Concordia Language
Villages Spanish
Village. The
conference will feature several speakers and break out sessions from private
consultants, local experts and Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry
Workplace Safety Consultation. The keynote presenter will be Mr. Garry Kroft, Senior Safety Specialist at S & N Consulting,
Ltd. In Maple Grove, MN. Kroft
will present, “So You're the Safety
Director...Now What?” and “Stuck
In The Middle...Which Way To Go?” Full details and registration
are available online.
“Parasite-mediated Decline in a Moose Population at the
Southern Range Periphery”
Presenting will be Gary Huschle, wildlife biologist with Agassiz
National Wildlife Refuge in Middle River. His
presentation will summarize the findings of a research project on the
northwest Minnesota
moose population conducted from 1995 to 1999 which took a comprehensive look
at population parameters, pathology and environment to decipher the causes of
the dramatic decline in the number of moose during the 1990s. “After learning about our moose population
decline, I found it very interesting to hear about global warming having a
negative effect on a tropical frog population by increasing prevalence of a
fungal disease,” said Huschle. Join us at
the Center for Research and Innovation on March 20, from 3:00 to 4:00pm. Read more about this
presentation. The full
schedule of upcoming events is online. These monthly programs are
offered FREE and open to the public.
Academy of Lifelong
Learning (ALL) Kicks off Spring Series
Dr. Tove Dahl, Associate
Professor of Educational Psychology at the University
of Tromso,
Norway and Dean of Skogfjorden, Concordia
Language Villages
Norwegian Village
will present “Creating Cultures of Peace” on March 21 from 10-11:30am at CLV’s Norwegian Village. This talk will introduce a collaborative
study being done by researchers from the US, Norway and Israel, tell about
how it came to be, and share what they are learning about the short- and
long-term impact CLV has on young people's cultural sensitivity and
peace-related sensibilities.
The Academy of Lifelong Learning invites you to stay
for lunch and further discussion. The
fee for this traditional Norwegian lunch, prepared and served by staff at
CLV, is $10. REGISTER SOON! Advance
registration is required by March 8.
Access the registration
form online or contact Patt Rall
at 218 755 8942 or email prall@charter.net
for further information.
The ALL’s humanities-based
programs are made possible in part with funding from the Minnesota Humanities
Commission in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Humanities. Additional support comes from Bemidji State University,
BSU Foundation, local sponsors, and the generous gifts of our patrons. The
complete spring schedule is included in the ALL newsletter online.
NEW!
Regional
Employer Support Network Offers First Networking Session
There has
been an expressed need to have a network of professionals involved in human
resources development and management in our region. A small group of human resources professionals
gathered to brainstorm what type of group would be most helpful to them. The Regional Employer Support Network was
born of this discussion. The primary
purpose of the group is to provide a means for networking opportunities and
support for professionals who deal with human resources issues. The first
networking session is scheduled April
6 from 9am to 11am at the Center for Research and Innovation. Terri Pemberton, staffing specialist with
White Earth Reservation Tribal Council, will share information on
“recognition and reward”. This session
is offered at no cost and is open to all who want to learn more about
recognition and reward in the workplace.
Contact the CRI for more information at cri@bemidjistate.edu or 218 755 4900 /
888 738 3224.
News from the Small
Business Development
Center
Attention all Budding
Entrepreneurs
The SBDC is
co-sponsoring, with The People's Connection, Entrepreneur 101 training on March
14th at 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at the Small Business
Development Center,
3801 Bemidji Avenue North.
Call 755-4255 to register for the class. The fee is $25.00 per
person.
“Doing Business with the Corp of Engineers”
Attend
this workshop to learn more about Electronic Bid System/plan holders/awards/abstracts,
upcoming projects, government registrations and certifications, understanding
the general and technical specifications and much more. Presented by Tom Koopmeiners, Deputy for
Small Business, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers. The workshop will be held
on March 16 from 9am-3pm. More information is online.
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