Inside Gustavus February 7, 2019 | Volume 51, Number 19

Weekend Home Athletic Events 

Women's Hockey hosts Concordia on Friday, February 8 at 7 p.m.
Women's Tennis hosts Saint Mary's on Saturday, February 9 at 10 a.m.
Women's Basketball hosts St. Catherine on Saturday, February 9 at 1 p.m.
Women's Hockey hosts Concordia on Saturday, February 9 at 2 p.m.
Women's Tennis hosts St. Scholastica on Saturday, February 9 at 5:30 p.m.
Women's Tennis hosts Bethany Lutheran on Sunday, February 10 at 9 a.m.
Women's Tennis hosts Mount Mary on Sunday, February 10 at 4 p.m.

Fine Arts 

Schaefer Art Gallery
Through February 23, "Inscapes"

Off Campus Events

Music on the Hill Chamber Music Series... At 2 p.m. on Sunday, February 10, the series will feature a concert of Olivier Messaien's Quartet for the End of Time and Bela Bartok's Contrasts. Members of The Minnesota Orchestra and Gustavus faculty member Esther Wang will perform. The concert takes place at the Our Lady of Good Counsel Chapel, 170 Good Counsel Drive, Mankato, MN, 56001. Tickets are available online.

Immigration & Us: What Do We Know? What Must We Know...? The 2019 Simpson Forum at Trinity Lutheran Church in Saint Peter is scheduled for Saturday, February 23 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. The speakers for the forum will be Jodi Harpstead (CEO of Lutheran Social Service of MInnesota), Yusuf Abdi, (LSS Director of Refugee Services,) and Gustavus faculty Dr. Jeff Owen, Dr. Blake Couey, and Dr. Darrell Jodock, and will cover a wide range of immigration topics from historical and legal to theological and economic. Registration for the day is $15 and includes lunch. Please call Trinity Lutheran Church at 507-934-4786 to reserve your spot by February 19.

Saint Peter Choral Society Concert...The Saint Peter Choral Society presents Songs of Bernstein and Rodgers & Hammerstein at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 17 at the Saint Peter High School Auditorium. Tickets for the general public are $8 in advance at Swedish Kontur, $10 at the door. Students free. Soloist Dr. Michael Jorgensen will sing "Some Enchanted Evening."

Plugs 

For Sale... 620 Inverness Lane, Saint Peter. Four-bedroom, two-bath rambler with full finished basement in great centralized location just off Sunrise Drive a few blocks north of Gustavus. 1536 sq. ft. on main level. Has a cozy hearth room with fireplace just off the kitchen. Open floor plan. 1344 sq. ft finished in lower level. Two-car attached garage. Home located on 1/3 acre, so plenty of room to run! Nice deck and patio in fenced-in rear yard plus storage shed to keep your garage uncluttered. $237,900. Please contact Billy Visto at bvisto@gustavus.edu or 507-933-0222.

For Sale...Custom built family home with attached garage and screen porch. 25 ft. cathedral ceiling and open, sunlit floor plan. New furnace. Hardwood maple flooring and cherry kitchen cupboards and island. Four bedrooms, three bathrooms, (including Master suite with large, walk-in shower.) Ideal location within walking distance to middle school and College.
Please contact Greg Aune (218-290-5613) or Julie Aune (507-382-6722).

Apartment for Rent...Two-bedroom apartment located above the Swedish Kontur on Minnesota Avenue. Original woodwork and plaster make for old charm. Additional rooms include kitchen, living room, and bathroom in good condition. Rent is $600/month plus tenant pays gas, electric, and garbage/recycling. Utilities generally run $70-85 per month. You are the only tenant in the building. It is very quiet. If interested, please contact Anders Bjorling, owner of the Swedish Kontur, at 952-693-3946.

For Sale...Four-bedroom, two-bathroom home located close to campus on the corner of Valley View Road and Jefferson Avenue. This quiet home across the street Pittman Hall has been owned by the same family since 1952 and includes a basement that opens up to a backyard garden and a one-stall garage. For inquiries, please call Bea Martinson at Ecumen-Prairie Hill at 507-931-2776.

Seeking Room...Room or apartment needed for Mark Johnson, former geology professor at Gustavus and currently professor at University of Gothenburg-Sweden, who will be on campus from April 1 to May 10. Please contact mark@gvc.gu.se.

Director of Lifelong Learning Opening... First Lutheran Church, Saint Peter, invites applications for a full-time position of Director of Lifelong Learning. This position is full time (40 hours per week; salary/benefits commensurate with experience) and reports directly to the senior pastor. The Director of Lifelong Learning will provide spiritual and practical leadership for the education programs of First Lutheran Church including Sunday School, Confirmation, High School Youth Group, and Adult Education. The full position description is online.

Obituaries

Alberta "Berta" Lanars, mother of Vicky Domras, Print and Mail Services, passed away on Monday, February 4, 2019. The funeral service will take place at 12 p.m. on Friday, February 8, 2019, at the First Presbyterian Church in Kasota with visitation from 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. at the church prior to the service. Interment will be in Kasota Hill Cemetery. A full obituary is available online.

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 jnoren@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 campuswide e-mail list, and published in Inside Gustavus or the Summer Scoop. Notices for immediate family members of current employees will be published in Inside Gustavus or the Summer Scoop.