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U.S. Census Bureau Expert David McMillen to Present January 30 Convocation
David McMillen is the External Affairs Liaison with the National Archives and Records Administration, where he is also Director of Congressional Relations. He is a widely respected professional whose expertise spans the worlds of information policy and systems, intergovernmental relations, presidential libraries, electronic government, and regulatory review. McMillen has advised members of Congress on a broad range of information policy issues including the Freedom of Information Act, the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Presidential Records Act, the Privacy Act, electronic government, confidentiality of information collected by the government on individuals and businesses, and the laws governing the operation of the National Archives and Records Administration. Most recently, McMillen worked for the Obama Presidential Transition Team as the lead expert on the U.S. Census Bureau. McMillen previously worked as a demographer and statistician at the U.S. Census Bureau, and has a flair for making the imperative of the census accessible and engaging. He has a current and historical perspective on how the census has functioned as an orderly revolution in the distribution of power. The upcoming census will again be a hot issue as it will be outrageously expensive to conduct and the political ownership and status of subgroup populations will continue to be contested. His presentation titled “Revolution is in the Air: The American Census” will take place at 10:50 a.m. in Skinner Memorial Chapel. If you would like to attend the post-convocation luncheon discussion, please e-mail Kerry Raadt.
Kerry Raadt, College Relations
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David McMillen is the External Affairs Liaison with the National Archives and Records Administration, responsible for the relationships between the Archives and allied professional, scientific, and technical organizations. He has strengthened existing relationships and built new ones with genealogists, veterans, historians, archivists, technologists, information policy experts, and others.
McMillen earned a bachelor’s degree in history and literature from West Liberty State College in West Virginia, a master’s degree in literature and linguistics from Carnegie Mellon University, and a Ph.D. in applied social statistics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
McMillen taught fourth grade, high school, and college before going to the U.S. Census Bureau as a demographer and statistician in 1980. While at the Census Bureau, he worked on developing a macro economic/demographic model for population projection, and was part of the management team that initiated the Survey of Income and Program Participation—a longitudinal survey of households. His responsibilities included serving as a liaison with members of the academic community who analyze complex household survey data.
He joined the Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Regulation and Government Information in 1991. For Chairman Kohl (D-WI), and later for Chairman Lieberman (D-CT), he worked on the census, IRS, education, information systems, reinventing government, the federal statistical system, welfare reform, computer security, and the Archives. Following the abolition of the Senate Subcommittee in January 1995, he joined the staff of the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight as their information and government organization specialist for Representative Cardis Collins (D-IL). When Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA) assumed the role of Ranking Democratic Member for the House Committee on Government Reform in 1997, Mr. McMillen remained as the committee information specialist.
As the full committee government information specialist, he covered issues involving the collection, dissemination, and preservation of government information. That assignment includes issues of privacy and confidentiality, public access, the National Archives, and, of course, the federal statistical system and the decennial census. He advised Members of Congress on a broad range of information policy issues including the Freedom of Information Act, the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Presidential Records Act, the Privacy Act, electronic government, confidentiality of information collected by the government on individuals and businesses, and the laws governing the operation of the National Archives and Records Administration. He managed the reauthorization of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission in both the Senate and the House.
In November 2005, McMillen assumed the newly created position of External Affairs Liaison at the National Archives and Records Administration. From May 2006 through September 2008, he added to his portfolio the responsibilities of Director of Congressional Relations. Most recently, McMillen worked for the Obama Presidential Transition Team as the lead expert on the U.S. Census Bureau.
McMillen is a widely respected professional whose expertise spans the worlds of information policy and systems, intergovernmental relations, presidential libraries, electronic government, and regulatory review. He has published widely in professional journals on issues relating to the census, electronic information, privacy and data sharing, migration, population projection methodology, survey methodology, and popular culture. He has been an invited speaker at the Brookings Institute, the National Academy of Sciences, the American Political Science Association, the National Conference of State Legislators, and the American Society of Access Professionals, among others.
Kerry Raadt, College Relations
Perlman Center for Learning and Teaching (LTC) and Mellon Faculty Life Cycles Grant Upcoming Events
Lunch Events:
• The Curriculum Review: Perspectives from New Students on Thursday, January 29, at noon in Alumni Guest House Meeting Room. Lunch provided for 50.
Workshop:
• Team-Based Learning Workshop on Friday, January 30 from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Carleton and Saturday, January 31 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at St. Olaf. Please contact Mary Drew (x4383) to sign up for the workshop.
Reading Group:
• Back by Popular Demand—Bronze Age Poetry! Thursdays— January 29, February 12, and March 5 from 4:30 to 6 p.m., Headley House, 815 East Second Street, refreshments provided. Space is still available, if you are interested in joining; please contact Charlene Hamblin to participate. Co-sponsored by the Mellon Faculty Life Cycles Grant.
For further information on these events and more, please visit the Perlman Center for Learning and Teaching Events Calendar.
Chico Zimmerman and Charlene Hamblin, Perlman Center for Learning and Teaching
Value and Judgment in Rembrandt's Hundred Guilder Print
Paul Crenshaw ’90, Washington University, St. Louis, will present "Value and Judgment in Rembrandt's Hundred Guilder Print" Thursday, January 29 at 5 p.m. in Boliou 104 (handicapped accessible.) Nicknamed the Hundred Guilder Print because of its extraordinary esteem and monetary value, Rembrandt’s most famous print forms the focus of Prof. Crenshaw’s talk. He will place the etching within its 17th-century Dutch milieu. He also will situate it within the contexts of both early modern pictorial traditions of Christian healing and Biblical textual associations. The print’s starting point is the Gospel of St. Matthew, Chapter 19, yet Rembrandt moves well beyond the Biblical text to visualize the varying responses to Christ’s healing message.
Gould Library Events
- “Come On! Participatory Patriotism in American World War I Posters,” a talk by Laura Behling will be presented on Tuesday, January 27 at 4:30 p.m. Professor Behling teaches in the English Department at Gustavus Adolphus College.
- “The Architecture of War: Central Asian Ribats and the Notion of Jihad,” a talk by Melanie Michailidis will be given on Wednesday, January 28 at 4:30 p.m. The speaker is a Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow in Art History and her talk is part of the Mideast Connections Lecture Series. The Dean of the College office is sponsoring this event.
- “Fight the Devil: Fernando Ortiz and the Ghosts of Cuban History,” a presentation by Enrico Mario Santi is scheduled for Thursday, January 29 at 5 p.m. This event is sponsored by Latin American Studies. Santi is the William T. Bryan Endowed Chair in Hispanic Studies at the University of Kentucky.
Merry Hoekstra, Gould Library
Gift-Giving Made Easy!
The Carleton Bookstore is the convenient and easy source for all of your gift-giving needs...whether for departments or individuals…whether for 2, 200, or 2,000 people.
Consider:
• Do you or your department give gifts to visitors, honorees, alumni, staff, or student workers?
• Do you reward employees with department T-shirts, trophies, or unique insignia items?
• Do you offer custom-imprinted gift or supply items to Carleton staff or students?
• Do you or your department give only a few gifts per year or do you participate in numerous events that require many gifts?
• Are you looking for just a single special Carleton gift for a distinguished colleague?Whatever your answers might be, the Bookstore has a dedicated staff of experts ready to meet your needs. Gift options range from ready-to-go insignia items available immediately to custom special orders.
Thank you, again, for your support and for supporting your campus-owned and independent bookstore!
David Schlosser, Carleton Bookstore
Planning on Retiring in 2009?
If you know that you or any of your staff members are planning on retiring between January and December 31 of calendar year 2009, please contact Human Resources (x7471).
For planning purposes, such as the spring Employee Recognition Celebration, it would be appreciated if you could let us know no later than January 30.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Colleen Strese, Human Resources
Bookstore Personal Charge Program Ends on Friday
Just a very brief reminder that the Bookstore’s personal charge program comes to an end on Friday, January 30. No personal charges will be accepted after Friday at 5 p.m.
We will continue to send out statements until personal charge accounts are paid in full. We would appreciate it if those with outstanding balances could pay them off as soon as possible.
The Bookstore still accepts department charges, as well as Schillers, cash, checks, and credit cards, as forms of payment.
David Schlosser, Carleton Bookstore
Web Form Now Available to Prepare a New Office
Preparing an office can require assistance from many departments in order to coordinate everything needed. If you are making an approved office move or you are arranging for a new employee, please use the new Office Space Notification Form on the Web to begin the process. The information will be sent directly to Telecommunications and Rapid Response for phone and computer needs. It is important to also contact them directly to schedule the work.
If you need room modifications, such as electrical, carpentry, cleaning, moving, painting, furniture, or keys, you must also submit a Facilities Work Request. Unfortunately, the new form will not link directly to the Facility Wizard program so you must provide name, phone, room number, move date, and budget number when requesting work from Facilities. Most offices require a two-week notice to schedule work needed and an eight-week notice is minimum to order new furniture.
Note for faculty: The Dean’s Office will notify departments when office assignments are complete. If a current faculty member is moving from one office to another, the department administrative assistant will complete the form so that appropriate offices are notified.
Gloria Heinz, Facilities
Did You Know You Can Spend Schillers at St. Olaf?
Bring your OneCard with you when you head over to St. Olaf College. Schillers are accepted at their dining and retail locations—wherever Ole Dollars are accepted. This includes the King's Room, Pause, Cage, Stav Hall, and St. Olaf Bookstore. The Cage offers a 10% discount to faculty, staff, and students who use Schillers. Likewise, St. Olaf Ole Card holders can use their Ole Dollars as payment on the Carleton College campus—wherever Schillers are accepted. More OneCard information can be found at the OneCard Web site.
Julia H. Burmesch, Campus Services
This Week’s Chaplain’s Office Services and Activities
- Taizé Vespers Service—Wednesday, January 28, 8:30 p.m., Chapel Main Sanctuary.
- Centering Prayer Meditation—Thursday, January 29, noon., Chapel Lounge. Christian
meditation and prayer led by Jill Tollefson. - Torah Study—Thursday, January 29, 5 p.m., Reynolds House. Led by Rabbi Shosh Dworsky.
- Buddhist Meditation—Thursday, January 29, 8:15 p.m., Chapel Main Sanctuary. Led by students.
- Shabbat Service—Friday, January 30, 5 p.m., Reynolds House. Led by students. Dinner after the service.
- Mustard Seed Chapel Service—Sunday, February 1, 5 p.m., Chapel Main Sanctuary. Led by
the Mustard Seed, Carleton’s Christian praise band. A soup supper follows the service.
Jan Truax, Chaplain's Office
Notice to Monthly Paid Faculty and Staff
Please review your January pay advice to confirm your new 2009 deductions for health and dental insurance, and flexible spending accounts. If you find a discrepancy, please contact the Human Resources department at x5989 promptly so any necessary changes can be made.
Thank you.
Linda Laughlin, Human Resources