University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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College of Agriculture The college granted degrees in more than 20 fields at graduation ceremonies in December and June. At Minnesota Royal, an annual spring event that celebrates agriculture, stu- dent organizations participated in a milk- maid contest, an animal Showmanship competition. original skits, and other events. This year, for the first time, there was a student-faculty barbeque and a dairy and livestock judging contest for 4-H members from around the state. The Academic Quadrathlon, in its third year. was held in January, testing the knowledge and skills of animal sci- ence students. A four-member team re' presented Minnesota in regional compe- tition. A new student organization, the Go- pher Dairy Club, was chartered in Janu- ary with 35 members who are interested in aspects of the dairy industry from pro- duction to promotion. Through Ag Board, the official link be- tween students, faculty, and administra- tors, students participated in decisions on curriculum, administrative policy, and budget. The board sponsored the college's two graduation ceremonies and the annual Agriculture Career Day Semi- nar, which gave students a chance to meet representatives from almost 50 ag- ricultural corporations.

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28, 1982, when more than 16 inches of snow blanketed the metropolitan area, and again on April 14 when a spring bliz- zard closed the campus in the afternoon. The trend toward a return to tradition- al activities was strongly evident in 1982-83 as Homecoming, Campus Carni, commencement ceremonies, in- tercollegiate athletics, and Greek organi- zations attracted growing numbers of students. Predictions that the University's stu- dent population would begin to decline in the 19805 first came true in the sec- ond summer session of 1982, with the decline - still very slight - continuing throughout the academic year. 80 1982-83 was a very different year at the University of Minnesota from the campus boom year of 1966-67 when the last gopher yearbook was published. But the Golden Gopher is still the mascot of this large, sprawling campus, and the institution's academic reputation is still superior. The St. Paul campus still has its al- most rural character and friendly, small- coilege atmosphere, which is home to the Institute of Agriculture, Forestry, and Home Economics, the College of Biologi- cal Sciences, and the College of Veteri- nary Medicine. The Minneapolis campus, straddling the Mississippi River, houses the rest of the collegiate units: the College of Edu- cation, General College, the Graduate School, the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, the Law School, the College of Liberal Arts, the School of Management, the Institute of Technology, University College, the health sciences. and Con- tinuing Education and Extension. Many of these units have chosen to be represented in this yearbook. 1n the fol- lowing pages, the photographs of class- room, laboratory, and campus scenes are not intended to illustrate the activi- ties of specific colleges. Instead. they are meant to be a reminder of campus life at a particular moment in the history of a great university.

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College of Biological Sciences As the hub of the University's life sci- ences wheel, the college offered classes on both the Minneapolis and St. Paul campuses. During the 1982-83 aca- demic year. 430 upper division students were enrolled; over half of the graduating class went on to further studies. A new major in genetics and cell biol- ogy was added in response to the tre- mendous explosion of information in these disciplines. Other programs in the college included biochemistry, botany, cell and development biology. ecology and behavioral biology, genetics, micro- biology, plant physiology, and zoology. From a new undergraduate merit scholarship fund for bioscience stu- dents, the first three scholarships were awarded in 1982 to Ron Pobiel, Scott Saunders, and Mark A. Thompson. The Biological Sciences Student Board tCraig Longtine, presidenti and the Alumni Society tTerri Riehm, BS. 77, presidenti sponsored an annual event for students, faculty. and alumni: iiBiology '83 began with a career fair and con- ciuded with an evening program featur- ing Dr. Candace Pert, who spoke on the significance of new discoveries in brain receptor research and the implications for human behavior. The career fair gave 500 students and graduates an opportu- nity to meet representatives from indus- try, government, graduate programs. and the health professions -- many themselves CBS graduates. Other highlights of the year included the fall ltasca Weekend and the first CBS Open House, held May 20, which ended with the traditional faculty-student wine and cheese reception sponsored by the Student Board. On June 11, CBS wel- comed the Class of 1983 into the ranks of its alumni.