Inside Gustavus January 7, 2016 | Volume 48, Number 16

Library Hours for January:
Monday-Thursday: 8 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Friday: 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. 
Sunday: 11 a.m. - 10 p.m.

Hillstrom Museum of Art will maintain regular hours during January Interim Term
M-F 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.,
Sat/Sun. 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

GWSS Research and Scholarship Grants...Thanks to the generous support of alumni through GWSS endowment funds, the Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies program is able to distribute a small number of research grants to support scholarship or creative work that contribute to the fields of gender, women, and/or sexuality studies. Faculty or staff with limited or no access to other College resources will receive priority (e.g. adjunct faculty, especially in first year). Grant amounts will vary based on the number of applications but will likely range from $200-$400.

The deadline for applications is midnight on March 6, 2016. Applicants may request funding for expenses incurred between June 1, 2015 and May 31, 2016. For more information about the application process, please visit this link. If you have questions about propriety of expenses or means of documentation, please make inquiries with the chair of the GWSS program (currently Martin Lang, mlang3@gustavus.edu) before you file an application.

Mugging the Market Place...Dining service is asking for mug donations again this year. When you have time over January Term (IEX), please consider gathering any unused mugs less than 4.75 inches tall and dropping them off on the tray carousel when you return to campus. Dining service will wash the mugs and get them into circulation on campus.

Calling all fiber artists of any kind...knitting, crocheting, weaving, spinning, tatting, felting, etc. Would you be willing to share with a new generation of fiber artist some of your wisdom? I would like to compile a list of people who are willing to have one-on-one conversations with students from my IEX class (Social and Art Knitting). You do not have to be an expert or an interest in teaching as the goal is to have students explore the communal and spiritual aspects of fiber arts. If interested, please fill out the survey  If you have questions or ideas to share, please email  or call S. Brookhart Shields at x7330.

Accreditation Report Update...The assessment progress report to the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) has been placed on reserve in the library and will remain available for the months of January and February. The report was vetted and approved by the College Accreditation Committee and has been shared with the Faculty Senate, Cabinet, Committee for the Assessment of Student Learning, and College Assessment Committee.

Campus Happenings 

A silent auction cancer benefit is being held for 16-year-old Kate Tostenson, Jean Noren's niece, on Sun., Jan. 10, 2016, from 1 - 3 p.m.with a short program at 3:00 p.m. The event is being held in the Heritage and St. Peter banquet rooms at Gustavus. Kate was diagnosed with stage 4 Papillary Thyroid cancer. Money raised will go towards medical bills and a donation account has been set up at Nicollet County Bank (Katherine Lee Tostenson). An article in the St. Peter Herald has more information about Kate. 

Obituaries

Lynda Schulte, mother of Julie Bartley, passed away on Sat., Dec. 19, 2015.  Lynda  passed away peacefully at home from complications of leukemia. She is survived by her husband of 49 years, Jerry Schulte, brother Richard, five children, and eleven grandchildren. Services were held at St. Norbert Catholic Church in Orange, California on Dec. 28 and 29, and she was interred at Riverside National Cemetery on December 30.

Rita M. Schmitt Niederriter, age 91, mother of Chuck Niederriter, passed away on Sun., Dec. 20, 2015, at St. Mary's Home, East. in Erie, PA.  Rita's full obitiuary can be read online.

Nita Erickson, age 75, mother of Wendy Bachman '87, mother-in-law of Woody Bachman '88, Grandmother of Beau '14, Alina '17, Chloe, Avery '20 passed away on Dec. 22, 2015 from kidney failure. Nita's full obitiuary can be read online.

Carolyn Lammers, age 83, wife of Mark Lammers, passed away on Sun., Jan. 3, 2016.  A memorial service is scheduled for Sat., Feb. 6 at 10:30 a.m. at First Lutheran Church, 1114 West Traverse Road in Saint Peter MN.  Carolyn's full obitiuary can be read online.

Plugs

Must Sell, owner moving out of state. Duncan Phyfe style dining room table with 6 matching chairs in excellent condition. I am asking $150 or best offer. Also a large computer desk with pull out key board and 1 drawer and cabinet on each side in a dark wood. The back is finished and hole drilled for wires and cords. Asking $125 or best offer. A small Aussie gas grill for $50 or best offer. A chest of drawers for $25 or best offer. Contact Becky Barnes at x7025 or bbarnes@gustavus.edu or cell phone 317-0070 for more details. All can be seen at Becky Barnes' home.