Blast from the past...1989 (24 years ago)
Submitted by Mandee Nguyen, Historian
It’s time to dust off those historic records and take a look back into the archives. When was the last time UMACRAO was hosted in Cedar Rapids, Iowa? Well, 1989!
1989 UMACRAO Officers
President, Carol Cline,
Assistant Director for Transfer Relations, University of Minnesota
President-elect, Philip
Patton, Associate Registrar/Systems, University of Northern Iowa
Secretary, Donna Bruce,
Admissions Officer, University of North Dakota
Treasurer, Herman
Richtsmeier, Associate Registrar, Iowa State University
Annual Meeting
The 56th UMACRAO Annual
Meeting was held from October 22-24, 1989 at the Stouffer Five Seasons Hotel in
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Mount Mercy College hosted the meeting and the theme was
Continuing Service.
The keynote speaker was
Ed Bittle, co-chair of Iowa Legislative Task Force on Higher Education. The
keynote speech was titled A Challenge to Change: Education for the New
Century. In the keynote, Bittle stated that educational legislation must
become broader in scope as legislation on day-to-day operations is not needed.
Interesting facts from 1989
- January 20, 1989 was the date
of the first organizational meeting of the Local Arrangements Committee
for this year.
- 130 people registered for the
conference.
- The College Immunization Law
was enacted in Minnesota. It mandated immunization requirements for
students attending Minnesota post-secondary institutions. The new law was
discussed at the town meeting at the conference.
Workshop highlights
- Many workshops focused on preparing for the ‘90s, including one on military service credit and new information from the Defense Activity for Nontraditional Education Support (DANTES) and an athletics regulations update.
- The workshop called “Conflict Resolution with Staff” by Marlene Moon, Morningside College, and Ranny Knutson, South Dakota State University, featured “some interesting case reviews and procedural steps to help you improve and provide staff service.”
- A “Personal Financial Planning”
workshop offered attendees tips on how to prepare for their financial
future, including setting goals, avoiding pitfalls, and providing
for retirement.
- Attendees were also able to go
on a campus visit to Kirkwood Community College to visit the new human services
complex.
Award recipients
Honorary Life Membership
- Harold J. Vander Laan,
Registrar of Northwestern College, Iowa
- Margaret Sager, Registrar of
Black Hills State College, South Dakota
Exemplary service
- Donald Dale, Concordia
College-Moorhead
