Friday, February 19, 2010

Ten (more) Great Reasons to Attend UMM and Play Volleyball!

Hello All-
Courtesy of your UMM Coaching Staff-- here they are--

10 (more) Great reasons why you should come to UMM and play Volleyball:
*Awesome Team Chemistry!
* You have the opportunity to scrimmage against competitive players daily!
* Everyone has the opportunity to compete and play since we have a JV and Varsity!
*A Great Coaching Staff with over 20 years of Head Coaching Experience and Fantastic Support Staff!
*A chance to make the Volleyball Program's first ever NCAA Tournament!
*A chance to lead the team to our first ever Upper Midwest Athletic Conference Tournament Championship!
*A cost efficient education!
*Non-Traditional Season for Volleyball Playing and Competing Opportunities!
*Lots of small group and individual coaching!
*High Expectations for student-athletes- both on and off the volleyball court!

Enjoy and have a great weekend!

Coach B

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

UMM- What to do with your Degree??

Hello-
Just enjoying a chilly, but sunny day here in Morris!! I just talked to Gary Donovan in the career center about where our recent UMM graduates have gone on for jobs and to graduate schools and he suggested I check out this link for what to do with your major.

I'm happy to report that I have seen a bunch of the volleyball players working out in the RFC recently- I know some have been peppering/playing some volleyball and we are now just over a month away from the start of our spring season!!

Two dates to make note of- Saturday, April 10, 2010- is our Alumni Match. It will be held in the evening- alums please let me know if you plan on coming! Sunday, April 25, 2010, we will be hosting our spring volleyball tournament- right now we have 5 teams interested... More to follow!

Have a great day!

Coach B

Sunday, February 7, 2010

50 Years of the University of Minnesota, Morris!

Hello-
We are enjoying the beautiful winter weather here in Morris and all the shoveling that goes along with it (my kids love playing in it though!)! I wanted to make you aware of a couple of things going on here at UMM...

First, the year 2010 marks the 50th anniversary of the opening of the University of Minnesota, Morris! In order to celebrate, UMM has numerous events planned- check them out here: 2010.morris.umn.edu.

Second, we are in the process of funding and purchasing two more wind turbines to put up on the hill outside of town, helping us reach our goal of carbon neutrality. We are also hoping to finish up the biomass plant and have that running sometime this spring. Read more about our Green Initiatives here.

Last, the Welcome Center on campus just opened up! It is the old community service building and will house the admissions staff as well as other departments. They are in the process of moving in now and we are excited to have prospective students start their campus visits in the newly renovated building!

Have a great week!

Coach B