The Yellow Sheet 2001February 1, 2001 | Volume 33, Number 14

News & Announcements

Gustavus-L Change... Beginning Feb. 5, Gustavus-L will be distributed 3 times a week -- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Items must be submitted by 8:30 a.m. on those days to be posted to this news and announcement e-mail list that goes to subscribed members of the campus community. For more information, call the news office at x6213.

Grant Received... Brian O'Brien (chemistry) has been awarded a $2,500 Moissan Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Fluorine Chemistry. The award, sponsored by the Division of Fluorine Chemistry of the American Chemical Society, is for support of summer faculty/student research. O'Brien's grant proposal was titled "Cesium Phthaloylphosphide for Synthesis of Fluorinated Phosphorus Compounds."

UPCOMING EVENTS:

• Feb. 2 -- No Chapel;
• Feb. 4 -- No Chapel;
• Feb. 5 -- Chaplain Brian Johnson, John 9: 1-7;
• Feb. 6 -- Dean of Faculty David Fienen, Hebrews 3: 1-6;
• Feb. 7 -- Morning Praise, Luke 5: 27-32;
• Feb. 8 -- Chaplain Linda Roal, Isaiah 9: 2-5;
• Feb. 9 -- Donna Westphal, 1 Corinthians 13: 1-7; and
• Feb. 11 -- 6th Sunday after the Epiphany, Chaplain Linda Roal.

KUDOS:

Ellis Jones, emeritus professor of economics and management, spoke to Welsh Societies in Atlanta, GA, Largo, FL, and Sarasota, FL, in mid-January. He also presented a reading at Our Lady of Lourdes Celtic Festival in Dunedin, FL. Jones is serving as executive director of the National Gymanfa Ganu Association international headquarters located in Sorensen Hall.

Deb Pitton, education, and Mike Miller, education, recently co-presented with Shirleen Sylvester of the St. Peter school district regarding the new teacher development project at the annual Minnesota School Boards Association Conference in Minneapolis. This project is 1 of 3 such projects to which the Gustavus education department is the higher education partner. There are 10 funded projects in the state.

BIRTHS:

POSITION OPENINGS:

• Administrative Assistant/Receptionist in the Office of Admission
• Area Coordinators in the Office of Residential Life
• Assistant Director in the Office of Residential Life
• Project Coordinator/Heavy Equipment Operator in the Physical Plant Department

CONGREGATIONAL OUTREACH:

Gustavus Youth Outreach schedule for Feb. 7 includes Memorial Lutheran Church, Afton. This program, coordinated by the Office of Church Relations, consists of student team members who develop relational youth ministry programs in congregations, including leading lock-ins, family night programs, and church services.

Music in Worship... Piano duettists Paul and Helen Baumgartner (both music) will play a benefit concert for Luther Seminary's Global Mission Institute at 7 p.m. Feb. 3 at Easter Lutheran Church, Eagan. The Baumgartners will play a benefit concert for the Global Mission Institute at 3 p.m. Feb. 4 at Como Park Lutheran Church, St. Paul. The Gustavus Choir will perform a benefit concert with Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church's senior choir at 3:30 p.m. Feb. 4 at the church in Apple Valley. The proceeds from this concert will help defray the cost of the church's choir tour to New York City. Tickets are available at the door. Any Gustavus music ensemble or soloist is welcome to perform in congregations. For more information, contact Craig Johnson (x7661).

GUSTAVUS TIDBITS:

To submit items (questions or answers) for consideration in this section, contact Stacia Senne (x7510 or ssenne@gustavus.edu).

IN THE MEDIA:

• A Jan. 30 St. Paul Pioneer Press lead Opinion section, Viewpoint column by Mary Solberg, titled "Earthquake challenged everything a group of students would know forever";
• WCCO-TV Ch. 4 (Twin Cities) reports airing at 5:30 and 6:30 a.m. Jan. 25 and 5 and 10 p.m. Jan. 24, which included interviews with participants Bridget Hunt, Mary Solberg, and Donna Westphal;
• A Jan. 25 Free Press of Mankato article and photograph. The page B1 feature was titled "All of us just had our hearts break";
• Jan. 24 news reports on KEYC-TV Ch. 12 (Mankato);
• As well as radio reports and interviews on WCCO (830 AM, Twin Cities -- interviews with students on Jan. 24), KRBI (1310 AM, St. Peter -- aired the entire news conference on Jan. 26), KTOE/KDOG Radio (1420 AM, 96.7 FM, Mankato), KXLP/KYSM Radio (93.1 FM, 1230 AM, 103.5 FM, North Mankato - -interviews from the news conference), and KJLY Radio (104.5 FM, Blue Earth -- interview with Austin native Mindy Rietz on Jan. 25);
• Stories in the St. Peter Herald on Jan. 25 and Feb. 1;
• A Jan. 26 Gustavian Weekly front page feature story, titled "Seismic El Salvador surprises students," and photograph; and
• Expected stories in the upcoming Metro Lutheran.

• A Jan. 29 Free Press of Mankato story on Gustavus students in Washington, D.C. , for the Presidential inauguration. The page B1 story, titled "Gusties enjoy inauguration," included photos and quotes from students Leah Hansen, Carmen Mayo, and Toby Stalter.
• A Jan. 27 Free Press of Mankato article on Julie Storm filing a complaint of voting irregularities by Gustavus students. The page B1 article quoted Hank Toutain and Stacia Senne. The article ran via the Associated Press wire service and therefore was published by other media, including the Jan. 29 Star Tribune of Minneapolis and the Jan. 30 St. Paul Pioneer Press. On Jan. 30, The Free Press published an editorial titled "It's okay for students to affect elections".

HOURS:

PLUGS:

For Rent: Two 3-bedroom townhouses for rent for the 2001-02 school year. Call Janet or Jim at 931-9311.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS:

To add or change items on the calendar, please fill out and submit a College Calendar event form. View the entire College Calendar online.