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UMC News cont…New Student Experience/ParentCoordinator NamedSara Kasier was named StudentExperience/Parent Coordinator. Theposition was formerly titled directorof First Year Experience. Kaiser has adegree in communication with concentrationsin public relations andsports information from theSara KaiserUniversity of Indianapolis. She isoriginally from Crookston and has worked on thecampus as an admissions counselor since September2004. She assumed her new duties on March 6.New Director of CommunicationUMC named Krista Lemos the new director ofcommunication. Lemos comes toUMC from Monterey, CA, where shecurrently serves as the communityeducation and outreach coordinator.Lemos will be joining UMC in lateMarch to take over her new responsibilities,which include serving asmedia spokesperson; developing keymessages and coordinating communicationstrategies for the campus; and overseeingdevelopment and execution of marketing effortsalong with image building.Krista LemosDan Williams (left) and Earl Evans (pictured withRep. Denny McNamara of Hoffman and McNamaraNursery and Landscaping) were awarded the MinnesotaNursery and Landscape Association Foundation Scholarship.MNLA Scholarships Awardedto Two UMC StudentsTwo students in the horticultural studies programat University of Minnesota, Crookston (UMC)recently received scholarships sponsored by theMinnesota Nursery and Landscape Association(MNLA) Foundation. Scholarship recipients are EarlEvans, Crookston, MN, and Dan Williams,Thompson, ND.The MNLA scholarship program recognizes superiorstudents enrolled in horticultural, nursery orlandscape studies programs at several area collegesand universities. The scholarships are designed byMNLA and its member companies to help growfuture leaders in the nursery and landscape industry.Increase in Applications for 2006UMC reports an increase in the number of applicantsfor fall semester 2006, up 51.9% from the previousyear. This increase is recorded in the out of stateapplicants, up 24%, as well as in the applications bystudents of color, up 42%. These numbers are thehighest since 2003 and are significantly higher thanat any time during the period from 2003 to 2005.Ag Arama RoyaltyAg Arama celebrated its 31st coronation at theUniversity of Minnesota, Crookston (UMC). The facultyof the agriculture department at UMC nominatethe candidates and a panel of judges selects the maleand female students who they feel best reflect thegoals and spirit of the UMC agriculture department.Selection is based on congeniality and involvement inthe department and campus activities. This year’s royaltyare (l to r) Prince Austin Aasness, Fergus Falls,MN, Princess Amy Schwartz, Monticello, MN, QueenJessica Robinson, Morton, MN, and King CraigRoerick, Swanville, MN.Ag Arama “True Grit” Award WinnerAg Arama 2006 was held on Friday and Saturday,January 27 & 28, 2006 at theUniversity of Minnesota,Crookston (UMC). Winner ofthe most coveted of all awardsat Ag Arama, the True GritAward, was UMC studentAlison Stone, a senior fromLakeville, MN, majoring in AgBusiness. The True Grit Awardis dedicated to the memory ofTodd Opsahl a UMC student4