Inside Gustavus October 24, 2013 | Volume 46, Number 8

News & Announcements

St. Lucia Court Nominations...You are asked to nominate sophomore women who are similarly a light to others and exemplify these qualities: courageous leadership, service to others, strength of character, and compassion.
Please note that these women do not have to have any Swedish connection or the ability to sing. You may nominate as many women as you wish. Please provide: Name of sophomore woman and reason for your nomination. Send your nomination(s) to the Guild of St. Lucia members at StLucia2013@gustavus.edu by October 29.

Corpse Flower Volunteers Needed...Perry the Corpse Flower is getting ready to bloom once again. When it does, the College is expecting thousands of visitors. Volunteers are needed to help greet and direct visitors. If you are interested in volunteering, please send an email to marketing@gustavus.edu expressing your interest.

Retirewise Workshop Series...It’s never too late or too early to get the guidance you need to feel confident about your road to retirement. Gustavus is offering Retirewise, a four-part retirement education opportunity, to employees and their partners. The first two parts will be held from 5-8 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 30; the third part from 5-6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 6; and the final session will be held from 5-6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 13. All sessions will be held in the St. Peter Room in the Campus Center. You can register for this series online by going to metlifeplansmart.com and entering “Gustavus” or by calling 866-801-3547.

Event Services Reminders...Event Services would like to remind the campus community that our event support staff can easily be reached for assistance with your event technical support needs and/or emergencies by calling x7373 from on campus phones or 507-933-7373 from your cell phone. This number is actively staffed between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 10 p.m., Monday through Friday, with someone 'on-call' on the weekend from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Staff availability may be limited over breaks where students are expected to move out of the residence halls, so please contact us in advance to arrange assistance if your need falls on a break and we will arrange to have someone available to help). This campus number is set up to roll over or forward to a duty cell that is carried by our staff should we be called away from our office, so we highly recommend calling x7373 if you ever need help since there could be times where our staff has stepped away to assist someone else. If we are not able to answer the phone right away, please leave a detailed message including your name, a call back number, and a description of what you need assistance with. and someone will follow up with you as soon as possible.

Request Gus for Your Event...Do you want Gus at your event? If you do, a request form is now online for you to fill out and submit to the Campus Activities Office. You will then receive a confirmation e-mail from a staff member in the Campus Activities Office regarding your request. You can also go to the Campus Activities Office webpage and find the link to request Gus in the side column. If you have any questions, please contact Katelyn Spooner in the Campus Activities Office at 507-933-7282.

New Group Long-Term Care Insurance Program...To address the need for long-term care insurance, Gustavus is partnering with the LifeSecure Insurance Company to offer group-discounted long-term care insurance with one-time simplified underwriting. To be eligible for the simplified underwriting, employees must be age 68 or under and work at least 20 hours per week. Employees who do not meet this criterion may still apply for coverage with full underwriting; and, spouses/partners, parents, parents-in-law, grandparents, grandparents-in-law, siblings and adult children are also eligible for discounted premiums with full underwriting.

In order for you to learn more about long-term care insurance and the new program, please attend one of the educational workshops listed below. Following the workshops, an advisor will be available to meet or set up times to meet with employees and their spouses as well as extended family members.

• Tuesday, Nov. 5, 9-10 a.m., Board Room
• Tuesday, Nov. 5, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Board Room
• Thursday, Nov. 7, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Board Room
• Thursday, Nov. 7, 5-6 p.m., Board Room
• Tuesday, Nov. 19, 9-10 a.m., Linner Lounge
• Tuesday, Nov. 19, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Linner Lounge
• Thursday, Nov. 21, 3:30-4:30 p.m., 49er Room
• Thursday, Nov. 21, 5-6 p.m., 49er room

Campus Happenings

Friday's Daily Sabbath...Daily Sabbath on Friday, Oct. 25 will feature "Hymns on Tap" in The Dive from 10-10:20 a.m. The Office of the Chaplains will provide mugs, drinks, and classic Lutheran hymns.

Deane Curtin's Year With the Dalai Lama...The Philosophy Department is hosting a talk by Professor Deane Curtin at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28 in the Heritage Room of the Campus Center. Curtin spent the past year living in the Himalayas of northern India, working for the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan refugee community. In this illustrated talk he will discuss his personal impressions of the Dalai Lama, as well as his encounters with others in the exile community.

Zorongo Arts Tour...Celebrate the exotic and sultry ambiance of the early 1900's in Spain known as "Café Cantante" when flamenco dancers, singers and musicians performed for glamorous patrons in cabarets. This will be an evening of traditional Spanish Flamenco dance and music with master guitarist Chuscales, vocalist Vicente Griego and dancers Antonio Arrebola, Deborah Elias and Colette Illarde, with choreography by Zorongo Flamenco founder Susana di Palma. The event will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30 in Alumni Hall. Gustavus is among the seven Greater Minnesota communities to receive the Zorongo's Arts Flamenco Show, supported by the State Arts Board's Arts Tour Minnesota program and the Legacy Arts and Cultural Heritage Amendment funding.

Gustavus Honors Band...The Gustavus Honor Band Festival and Concert will celebrate its 25th anniversary on November 3-4. The band, 100 high school students from 47 high schools in Minnesota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin and conducted by Douglas Nimmo, will present the festival concert on Monday, November 4, at 7 p.m. in Christ Chapel.

Daily Sabbath Schedule...All are invited to attend Daily Sabbath at 10 a.m. weekdays in Christ Chapel. To receive mobile updates from the Chaplains, text @GACCHAPLAINS to 23559. The upcoming schedule is as follows:

• Monday, Oct. 28 (Pray): Digital prayer wall, prayers of the heart, prayers for the world. Post your prayers online at padlet.com/wall/gustavusprays. Music and silent prayer in Christ Chapel. Silent prayer in the Interfaith Space.
• Tuesday, Oct. 29 (Discuss): Sujay Rao, History
• Wednesday, Oct. 30 (Celebrate): Morning Praise with Choir of Christ Chapel
• Thursday, Oct. 31 (Re:vive): Worship led by Re:vive; Chaplain Siri Erickson preaching
• Friday, Nov. 1 (Play): Day of the Dead
  

Obituaries

• Emeritus Professor in Philosophy George Georgacarakos passed away from complications related to pneumonia on Oct. 23. He is survived by his sons, Nik and Alex. Georgacarakos taught at Gustavus from 1980 until his retirement in 2011. He began his teaching career in 1974 at Kansas State University. He was born and raised in southern Maine and received his bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of Maine at Orono. He later earned his master's and doctorate degrees from the University of Missouri at Columbia. A memorial remembrance will be held at a future date.

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.

Congregational Outreach

Retreats...Church Relations in the Center for Servant Leadership will host weekend confirmation retreats for Light of Christ Lutheran Church of Delano and Trinity Lutheran Church of Cyrus on Friday, Oct. 25 and Saturday, Oct. 26. The retreat programs are offered as a resource to ELCA congregations who are members of the Gustavus Association of Congregations.

Plugs

For Rent...House for rent - available immediately. Charming 1950s rambler one block from Gustavus. 1,300 square feet, 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Full size washer and dryer. One stall garage with additional off-street parking. Contact Mitch - 651-214-3912.

"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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