The Yellow Sheet 2001October 11, 2001 | Volume 34, Number 6
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News & AnnouncementsAlumni Award Nominations Sought... The Office of Alumni Relations is seeking help in identifying alumni nominees for the Greater Gustavus Award, Distinguished Alumni Citations, and First Decade Awards. Awards will be presented by the Gustavus Alumni Association in 2002. Past award recipients may be viewed at http://gustavus.edu/alumni/alumni_assoc/awards.cfm.
National Affairs Events...
Anyone
planning a public event related to the current state of national affairs
is asked to notify the news staff in the Office of Public Relations. Some
media outlets are now producing special sections or special editions to
promote such public seminars, lectures, programs, shows, panel discussions,
or other similar events. If planning such an event for Gustavus, contact
Stacia Senne (x7510,
ssenne@gustavus.edu).
The news staff is also continually seeking Gustavus individuals who are
willing to be sources for the media who have something new to offer on
current events.
UPCOMING EVENTS:Chapel Schedule... All are invited to the 10 a.m. worship services in Christ Chapel. The upcoming schedule is as follows:
College Chaplain Installation The service of installation for the Rev. Rachel Larson as a chaplain will be held at 10 a.m. Oct. 15 in Christ Chapel. There will be a reception following in the chapel, and the reception continues throughout the day in the chaplains' office. Award-Winning Author to Appear The public is invited to attend a reading and signing by author Cheri Register at 7 p.m. Oct. 15 in the Interpretive Center. Register will read from her most recent book, Packinghouse Daughter, a personal memoir and historical account of the 1959 worker strike in Albert Lea, Minn. The daughter of a Wilson & Co. meat packing worker in the late 1950s, Register vividly recalls the 109-day strike that devastated and divided her hometown of Albert Lea in the book. Published in 2001, the book examines the complexities of social class in America and portrays working-class life and affirms the value of blue-collar work. Packinghouse Daughter won a Minnesota Book Award, an American Book Award, a 2nd-place from the Society of Midland Authors, and was named Best Book by a Local Author in 2001 by City Pages in Minneapolis. This free event is sponsored by the Book Mark and Writer-in-Residence Program of the Department of English. Wind Power Discussion
Continues... Bob Douglas
(geography) will present "The Answer my Friend is Blowin' in the Wind"
at 7 p.m. Oct. 16 in the Interpretive Center. Douglas will show a video
and slides on the wind power development in Ireland and Minnesota. Former
U.S. Rep. David Minge will give a lecture, titled "The 2001 Energy Crisis,"
at 7 p.m. Oct. 23 in the Interpretive Center. Minge will talk about the
crisis, the politics, and the right energy mix solutions. Cost is $4 per
person for each session. Preregistration and payment can be made at the
St. Peter Community Education at 803 Davis St., St. Peter. Gustavus students
may attend free of charge.
KUDOS:Brian Johnson, chaplain, has a new book, titled The Ecumenical Heart, that will be published by Liturgical Press (Spring 2003). He collaborates with Sister Stefanie Weisgram, OSB, and Vera Duncanson, a hospice chaplain, along with narratives from individuals representing various Christian denominations, including ELCA Bishop Herb Chilstrom, the Rev. Dr. Dan Little, former head of theological education for the Presbyterian Church USA, and author Roberta Bondi, professor of church history at Candler School Theology, Emory University. Johnson was also the chaplain for the International Lutheran Summer Music Camp at Augsburg College this past summer. Gustavus will host this 4-week intensive high school music camp for the first time next summer, June 23-July 21. For more information about this program, visit the Web site at http://www.lutheranmusicprogram.org/.Don Scheese, English, has published a memoir, Mountains of Memory: A Fire Lookout's Life in the River of No Return Wilderness, through the University of Iowa Press. The book is part of the American Land and Life series. Jenifer Ward, modern foreign languages and literatures-German, presented the paper "Adaptation of Genre and Conversion of Faith in Werfel's 'Song of Bernadette'" at the German Studies Association meeting in Washington, D.C. Barbara Zust, nursing,
and Kay Moline,
emerita nursing, presented their study, "Acknowledgment of Culture: Step
One in Bridging the Health Care Disparity Gap," at the 4th annual Enhancing
Care for the Hispanic Population on Oct. 6 at Minnesota State University,
Moorhead.
NEW FACES:
Teri Bauman, Information Technology CONGREGATIONAL OUTREACH:Partners in Education presenters scheduled for this week include Jim Gilbert (campus naturalist and arboretum) at First Lutheran Church, St. Peter and Mark Granquist (religion) at Messiah Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, both on Oct. 14; and Garrett Paul (religion) is doing a 4-week series presentation for CoAM, a cooperative older adult ministry program in the Minneapolis area, beginning Oct. 15. Partners in Education is a program coordinated by the Office of Church Relations where participating faculty and staff members prepare topical presentation for adult forums, workshops, and seminars in congregations of the ELCA.Retreats... The Gustavus Adolphus College Association of Congregations Retreat Center, coordinated by the Office of Church Relations, will host an older adults retreat on campus for Nokomis Heights Lutheran Church, Minneapolis on Oct. 17. The Office of Church Relations will host a confirmation retreat for Salem Lutheran Church from Montevideo, Woodlake Lutheran Church from Richfield, and First Lutheran Church from Le Sueur on Oct. 13. Gustavus Youth Outreach scheduled for Oct. 12 includes Gethsemane Lutheran Church in Hopkins and Oct. 13 at Peace Lutheran Church in Cosmos. 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...
Any Gustavus music ensemble or soloist is welcome to perform in congregations.
For more information, contact Amy Pehrson (x7001).
IN THE MEDIA:Here are some noteworthy Gustavus-related stories that recently appeared in print or broadcast media around the nation:
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS:Events happening between Monday, October 15, 2001 and Thursday, October 25, 2001Monday,
October 15, 2001
Tuesday,
October 16, 2001
Wednesday,
October 17, 2001
Thursday,
October 18, 2001
Friday,
October 19, 2001
Saturday,
October 20, 2001
Sunday,
October 21, 2001
Monday,
October 22, 2001
Tuesday,
October 23, 2001
Wednesday,
October 24, 2001
Thursday,
October 25, 2001
To add or change
items on the calendar, please fill out and submit a College
Calendar event form. View the entire College
Calendar online.
The Yellow Sheet is a newsletter for Gustavus Adolphus College employees produced by the news staff in the Office of Public Relations. It is published weekly during the academic year (except during Thanksgiving, Christmas, Touring, Spring, and Easter breaks). Anyone may submit items by filling out an online submission form. While online, e-mail submissions are preferred, items may also be submitted typewritten on a letter-sized sheet of paper. Send "snail mail" items to: The Yellow Sheet, Office of Public Relations. Items must reach the news office no later than 4:30 p.m. on the Tuesday before publication. The week of Nobel Conference the deadline is 4:30 p.m. Monday. For more information, call Stacia Senne at x7510 or Barb Booren at x6213. Home | News & Info | Yellow Sheet Archives | Submit an Item Online |