The Yellow Sheet 2002December 12, 2002 | Volume 35, Number 13

News & Announcements

St. Lucia Named... During the 61st annual Festival of St. Lucia held this morning, 1 sophomore and 4 of her classmates were selected to serve as St. Lucia and the Lucia Court. They are:

St. Lucia
Hannah Julien, Minnetrista, MN

Lucia Court Members
Linnea Bjorkman, Colorado Springs, CO
Leah Jarvis, Scandia, MN
Claire Anderson, Colorado Springs, CO
Elizabeth Wojahn, Windom, MN

Newsletter Break... Due to Christmas Recess, The Yellow Sheet will not be published Dec. 19, Dec. 26, or Jan. 2. Publication will resume Jan. 9.

Decorations Alert... Safety and Security would like to remind all departments with Christmas lights and decorations to be safe. The holiday season is one of the most dangerous times of the year for fires. Make sure to turn off or unplug lights when leaving for the day.

Broadcasting of Swedish Christmas... This year's Christmas in Christ Chapel will be broadcast (in full or in part) on the following radio stations as indicated:

• The FAN (1230 AM, Mankato), formerly KYSM, from 7-9 p.m. Dec. 23;
• KRBI (1310 AM, St. Peter) at 8 p.m. Dec. 23;
• WCAL (89.3 FM, Northfield) from 3-5 p.m. Dec. 28 -- the "Music from Minnesota" holiday special will include Gustavus, Augsburg, and Luther; and
• KNUJ (860 AM, New Ulm) -- time and date to be determined.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Chapel Schedule... All are invited to the worship services at 10 a.m. weekdays and 10:30 a.m. Sundays in Christ Chapel. The upcoming schedule is as follows:

• Dec. 13 -- Loramy Gerstbauer, Romans 15: 4-13;
• Dec. 15 -- 3rd Sunday in Advent, Chaplain Rachel Larson;
• Dec. 16 -- Horst Ludwig, Micah 5: 2-5a;
• Dec. 17 -- Carol Sing;
• Dec. 18 -- Morning Praise;
• Dec. 19 -- Litany for Travelers; and
• Dec. 20-Jan. 5 -- Christmas Recess.

OFF-CAMPUS EVENTS OF INTEREST:

"The Gift of the Magi" Wednesday-Friday... The St. Peter Players will present "The Gift of the Magi," based on the story by O. Henry. Directed by Elsa Cornell, it will be performed at 7 p.m. Dec. 18-20 in the Senior Room at the St. Peter Community Center. General admission is $5; senior citizens $4.

KUDOS:

Helen Baumgartner, music, and Paul Baumgartner, emeritus professor of music, have made the following appearances: a faculty recital Sept. 28 and the Nobel Concert Oct. 1 on campus; a program for Leisure Education for Exceptional People (LEEP) clients Sept. 14 at the Mankato Civic Center; a program, in collaboration with Naomi Karstad ('83), Nov. 3 at the St. Peter Health Care Center; a Music for Missions recital Oct. 29 at Luther Seminary in St. Paul; the rededication of the sanctuary piano Nov. 10 at Trinity Lutheran Church in St. Peter; and the Founders Day Banquet for Mu Phi Epsilon International Music Fraternity Nov. 16 at Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis.

Barbara Fister, library, spoke on the subject of "Assessment: Where We Are and Where We Need to Go" at an "Instructional Dialogue" Dec. 9 at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Paul Granlund, emeritus sculptor-in-residence, was honored Nov. 13 by the St. Paul-Nagasaki Sister City Committee in a meeting at the Commodore Hotel for his sculpture "Constellation Earth." The piece was placed in the Nagasaki, Japan, Peace Garden in 1992 and remains the only sculpture from the U.S. in the garden. This was mentioned in a "Faces and Places" brief in the Nov. 15 Star Tribune of Minneapolis.

Lisa Heldke, philosophy, served as program committee chair for the biennial national conference of the Radical Philosophy Association in November at Brown University. Heldke also presented a paper at the program (but recused herself from voting on whether it should be accepted).

Bruce Johnson, economics and management, gave a presentation, titled "Scandinavian Social Welfare -- Will It Work Here?," to an adult forum Dec. 8 at Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church in Waconia.

David Koppenhaver, education, is on leave in Australia and has conducted a series of 8 workshops for educators and speech-language pathologists in Townsville, Brisbane, and Ipswich on technology-supported literacy for children with disabilities.

Horst Ludwig, modern foreign languages and literatures/German, won the "Special Prize" (1st prize) in the English section of this year's Iga City Board of Education haiku contest. Iga is the hometown of Basho, the most famous haiku poet. Ludwig's text was a free form haiku: "A breath of wind. / Leaves of grass bending - / and trembling back."

Douglas Nimmo, music, served as guest conductor of the 6th annual East Central Honor Band held Dec. 2 at South Dakota State University in Brookings. The honor band included 75 high school musicians representing 24 high schools.

Paula Swiggum, nursing, was an invited speaker on the topic of "Cultural Competence in Nursing" Nov. 12 at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing.

Steve Titus, former executive assistant to the president, was recently awarded the Outstanding Civilian Service Medal by the U.S. Army. The award recognizes his exceptionally meritorious service as the Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army for Minnesota from June 1999-October 2002. Titus is now president of Midland Lutheran College in Fremont, NE.

Linnea Wren, art and art history, and Travis Nygard ('02) have co-authored a contribution on Heinrich Wolfflin for the volume "Key Writers on Art: The Twentieth Century," edited by Chris Murray and published by Routledge.

POSITION OPENINGS:

• Custodians (full-time and part-time)

GUSTAVUS TIDBITS:

• The 18 large stars, representing Swedish welcome lights and hanging in the chapel, depict the colors of how people perceive the stars in the heavens -- about 70 percent yellow, 10 percent blue, 10 percent white, and 10 percent red. Created for the 30th annual Christmas in Christ Chapel, the lights were made of plywood and baker's paper. Each star has a unique design, but all were inspired by the architecture of the cross in the front of chapel.

• The bundles of oats decorating chapel were grown by Norwegian-American farmer Luther Tostengard of Walnut Grove, MN. Tostengard grew the oats along the banks of Plum Creek.

FUNDING OPPS:

• Funding for Humanities Scholars. A wide range of fellowships and research grant programs for humanities scholars are available at independent centers for advanced study and international research organizations. Tenure and stipend amounts vary. For a listing of 2003-2004 opportunities, many of which have been listed in past issues of Grant Information (http://gustavus.edu/cfrelations/fundingsources/grantinfo.cfm), see http://www.neh.fed.us/projects/fpiri.html.

IN THE MEDIA:

• On Dec. 9, The Free Press of Mankato's front-page story was on the 30th annual Christmas in Christ Chapel. Covering 75 percent of the front page, the article, titled "A Swedish Christmas," included 3 color photographs from the service and a story quoting Dean Wahlund (public relations/special events), Clyde Allen (alumni and former trustee chair), Heather McGregor (student and St. Lucia 2001), Will Freiert (classics, who played St. Ansgar) and Brian Johnson (chaplain). The story and photographs are online at: http://www.mankatofreepress.com/archives/2002/021209/gustavus.html.
• Amy Pehrson (vocational reflection) was the guest on KRBI's "Cafe 1310" radio program Dec. 9. Pehrson was on the 20-minute show to talk about items at her church and ended up also being interviewed on the College's Center for Vocational Reflection and Christmas in Christ Chapel.
• At 10 p.m. Dec. 7, KEYC-TV (Ch. 12, Mankato) aired a story on the 30th annual Christmas in Christ Chapel. To read or watch the story online, visit http://www.keyc.com/article/view/27475/.

PHONE UPDATES:

• x6550 Cheryl Peterson, News (change)

PLUGS:

Christmas Gift Ideas:

• The Gustavus Library Associates' Gustie Gourmet Cookbook is a collection of recipes from Almond Glazed Brie to Nana's Bread Pudding and is available at the Book Mark for $20. Proceeds benefit the Folke Bernadotte Library.
• "Storm Buckets" for winter travel contain an emergency flag, a thermal blanket, a large candle and matches, a "Call Police" windshield sign, candy bars, a mug for melting snow to drink, Band-Aids, and safety pins. Cost is $14.95 (plus $5 if shipped). This is a fundraiser for the Gustavus Student Nursing Association. To order a bucket, call the nursing department (x7317) or send a check to Gustavus Student Nurses' Association, c/o Department of Nursing via campus mail.

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.