Inside Gustavus August 29, 2012 | Volume 45, Number 1

News & Announcements

OLAS Retreat...OLAS (Organization of Latin American, Latino/a and Spanish Cultures) will be having a retreat on September 8 at the Prairie Oaks Institute with Modern Languages advisor Angelique Dwyer and Center for Servant Leadership facilitator Jeffrey Rathlef. The retreat will be a great opportunity for the student organization to reflect, build identity and community for an even more intentional yearly agenda.

Spanish Tutors...This fall, Gustavus Spanish tutors are excited to be mentoring senior veterinary students from the University of Minnesota. They are studying at the New Sweden Dairy under Dr. John Fetrow in a newly developed educational initiative funded by the USDA in hopes of improving the education of veterinarians that will serve the U.S. dairy industry. The Spanish for Dairy Farms curriculum for this program was designed by Angelique Dwyer.

TIAA-CREF Individual Counseling Sessions…A TIAA-CREF representative will be on campus on September 18, 19, and 20, for individual counseling sessions. To schedule an appointment, contact (866) 843-5640, Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Phone Books...New phone books (St. Peter and Mankato area) are now available for the departments in the Telecommunications Office, lower level of Olin Hall, Room 26. They may be picked up anytime Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.

Parking Enforcement...Red and green permit enforcement begins at 7 a.m. on September 4. Non-registered vehicles or those parked in the wrong permit color will be cited. Visitor parking is closed to students and employees at all times and is always enforced. Specially marked spaces and fire lanes are also always enforced. Please familiarize yourself with the campus parking lots and all available lots in your permit color, as the permit color designations have changed in many lots on campus. Please review the parking and traffic regulations on the Campus Safety web page, and note these parking reminders/changes for this year:

• Green permit parking is again no parking between 2 and 7 a.m. during the academic year (7 days a week). The overnight parking for green holders who need to park a vehicle after 2 a.m. is in the Motor Pool lot.
• Every employee/student vehicle parked on campus must display a valid parking permit. If you bring a different vehicle to campus than the one you have registered, you can come directly to the Campus Safety office for a temporary permit. Visitor parking is closed to students and staff at all times.

Bicycle Registration...All students, faculty, and staff who wish to park a bicycle on campus must register it with the College. Bicycle registration is available online or in the Campus Safety office. There is no fee for registering a bicycle. Bicycles parked on campus must be parked in a bike rack. Bicycles secured improperly or left unsecured will be confiscated by Campus Safety or Physical Plant personnel. A storage fee of $10 (non-registered) and $5 (registered) per day will be applied. Bicycle racks near academic and administrative buildings will be closed to overnight parking (November-March) for snow removal. Please note full bicycle regulations and review any changes at gustavus.edu/safety/policies/bicycles.php.

Campus Happenings

Colloquium...The 2012 President's Colloquium will take place at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 29 in Alumni Hall. The Gustavus community is cordially invited to the event to hear a "State of the College" presentation. The 2012 President's Dinner will follow the event in the Evelyn Young Dining Room.

Welcoming the Class of 2016...First-year student move-in day is Friday, Aug. 31. Anyone arriving on campus between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. should allow additional time for travel and parking around campus and should avoid College Avenue if possible, as more than 700 new students will be arriving via the College's main entrance. Traffic will be directed by college personnel at each entrance; failure to obey personnel will result in citation. Also on Friday, August 31, at 11 p.m., the Lund Center Parking Lot will be closed to faculty, staff, and students and will reopen for campus parking following the First-Year Orientation square dance event that will be held Saturday, September 1, in the evening. Cars remaining in the lot on Saturday evening will be towed to a different lot at the owner's expense.

Back-to-School Bash...The annual Back-to-School Bash will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday Sept. 3 in Lund Arena. Gustavus employees can pick up their one complementary ticket to this picnic-style dinner at the Dean of Students Office by 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 31.

Reading-in-Common Lecture...Wes Moore, the author of this year's Reading-in-Common book, The Other Wes Moore, will be on campus Sept. 11 for a lecture and book signing. Moore will speak between 7 and 9 p.m. in Christ Chapel. He is a Rhodes Scholar, decorated combat veteran, White House Fellow, and business leader.

Nobel Conference Preview Event...As a prelude to the 48th Nobel Conference, Professor William F. Fitzgerad will speak on campus at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14 in Alumni Hall. Fitzgerald's talk is titled, "Iron In The Oceans: What's the Fuss About?"

Fall Fest...2012 Fall Fest in the Arb will take place Saturday, Sept. 15. The day's events include the MN Kite Society stunt kite demo and kite-making workshop, Amber's snakes, unnatural Arb hikes, leaf print t-shirts, face-painting, alpacas, music, concession stand, and lots more.

Art Exhibition...150 Years of Swedish Art: Highlights from the Swedish National Collections in Stockholm (Moderna Museet and Nationalmuseum) will be on display at the Hillstrom Museum of Art from Monday, Sept. 10 through Sunday, Dec. 2. There will be a reception during the College's Nobel Conference, on Tuesday, Oct. 2 from 6 to 8 p.m.

Obituaries

• Douglas Martin Rosoff, the brother of Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Jeff Rosoff, died in a tragic bicycle accident on Friday, August 24, in San Mateo, Calif., at the age of 56. Doug received his B.A. at Stanford University and attended medical school at Kansas City School of Osteopathic Medicine. He was Chief Psychiatrist for county mental health and recently a Psychiatrist for Ukiah Veterans Administration. He is survived by Jeff, his wife of six years, Catherine Rosoff, his parents Harold and Berniece Rosoff, and his sister Leslie Westerlund. A memorial service and gathering will be held on Friday, Aug. 31, at the Lake Mendocino Club House in Ukiah, Calif. Memorial donations in Doug's name may be made to Ceres Community Project.

• Alta Tina Brunsberg, the mother-in-law of Director of Gift Planning Jacque Brunsberg '81, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 11, at Lakeland Health Care Center in Elkhorn, Wis., at the age of 85. She is survived by two children, Jon (Jacque) Brunsberg and Gail (Claude) Nelson, one brother, and four grandchildren. She was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Nancy Kay; and five sisters. A memorial service will take place at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 29 at Diamond Lake Lutheran Church in Minneapolis.

To inform the campus community of the death of a current student, employee, or trustee; an emeritus professor or trustee; or an immediate family member of a current employee, contact the Office of the President (x7538 or jolene@gustavus.edu). Death announcements and funeral notices for students, current and emeritus faculty and employees, and trustees will be sent to the community via written notice from the president, posted on community-l, the official campus-wide e-mail list, and published in the Inside Gustavus or Summer Scoop. Notices for immediate family members of current employees will be published in the Inside Gustavus or the Summer Scoop unless they occur during a publication break, in which case they will be posted on employee-l.

Facility Hours

Library Hours for Labor Day Weekend...Friday, Aug. 31: 8 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday, Sept. 1 & 2: Closed; Monday, Sept. 3: 8 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.

Plugs

For Rent...Very nice room for rent for a female - close to campus. Includes all utilities, furnished if needed, attached garage, includes wi-fi. Private bathroom. No smoking or pets. Quiet home and neighborhood. $400 per month. Call 507-340-5656 or email mpowers@stpeterschools.org.

"Plugs" is maintained as a forum by which members of the Gustavus community may offer goods and/or services to others in the community, or seek the same from them. It is not meant to accommodate ads or announcements from area businesses such as real estate agents or retailers, although from time to time such announcements may be published when deemed to be of particular interest to the community.



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