IMA Visitor
Information
Other Services
Refrigerator and Microwave:
A refrigerator and microwave are located in the North Wing of
400 Lind Hall for visitor use. We make a community effort at
the IMA to keep the microwave, refrigerator, and surrounding
area clean.
Recycling:
The IMA is recycling paper (stationary, photocopies, even
stapled materials). There are recycling boxes in every office
and near laser printers. The custodians do not empty the
recycling boxes in the offices. Please empty your recycling box
into one of the large recycling bins located on your floor.
U Cards:
http://www.fpd.finop.umn.edu/groups/ppd/documents/Procedure/ucardproc.cfm
All postdocs and long-term visitors who will be in residence 3
months or longer should obtain a U Card. If you are on the
payroll, you can go directly to the U Card office to obtain
your card. You will need to bring a picture ID (drivers
license) or passport with you. If you are not on the payroll,
Holly Pinkerton, 114 Lind Hall can complete an on-line
application form for you to obtain the U Card. The U Card
office is located at room G22, on the lower level of Coffman
Memorial Union, 300 Washington Avenue SE. Office hours are 8:30
am to 4:00 pm, Monday through Friday. You may want to call
612-626-9900 (6-9900 if you are calling on campus) to make sure
all of your information is in the system (People Soft) before
you go.
Libraries: The University of
Minnesota library homepage is http://www.lib.umn.edu/. You will need a
bar-coded University of Minnesota U-card or a temporary pass to
check out materials from the University of Minnesota libraries.
For a temporary pass,
obtain a letter from the IMA staff in 114 Lind Hall and bring
it to the Math Library.
The Math
Library is located in 310 Vincent Hall. No keys are given out
for the Math Library. Other major library locations are Walter
Library on the east bank, the main science and engineering
library, and Wilson Library on the west bank.
University of Minnesota Recreational
Sports Facilities: These are described at the website
http://www.recsports.umn.edu. There is a fee for using the
facilities. For current membership fee, check
http://www.recsports.umn.edu/membership/index.html. If you do
not have a University of Minnesota ID card, please see staff in
114 Lind Hall to get a letter for temporary recreational
facility use or print this pdf file. Spouses of IMA visitors
can also obtain passes to the Rec Sports Center, but children
less than 18 years old are not allowed in the except on family
days. See the web page or call the Rec Sports Center for
further information.
Bookstore: Located on East Bank at
Coffman Memorial Union, room G54, 300 Washington Avenue SE. and
on St. Paul campus in Student Union, 1420 Eckles Avenue.
University
calendars:
Child Care Information Sources:
Additional helpful information on housing and other issues
related
to relocation, child care can be found at the University of
Minnesota Relocation Assistance
Program website at: http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/rap/
or call 612-626-0775.
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