The Summer Scoop for August 19, 2009

Volume 41, Number 3

News & Announcements

Last Summer Scoop... This is the last campus newsletter of the 2009 summer. Weekly publication of the College's internal newsletter, newly christened Inside Gustavus, will begin on Thursday, Sept. 3. To announce events and information to the College community, send an e-mail to ga_news@gustavus.edu or submit at http://gustavus.edu/news/submit/.

President's Colloquium and Dinner... Mark your calendar for Wednesday, Sept. 2, for the 2009 President's Colloquium and Dinner. President Ohle will present a "State of the College" address to the Gustavus community at 2:30 p.m. in Alumni Hall. All faculty, administrators, staff and spouses/partners are invited to the President's Dinner, beginning at 5:00 p.m. in Evelyn Young Dining Room. Dress is casual, but please respond by Aug. 28 to Pat Leagjeld (x7538 or pleagjel@gustavus.edu).

Commission Gustavus 150 Update... The Commission Gustavus 150 Task Forces completed their work at the end of April, posting 439 recommendations to a website used to gather input from the on-campus community and alumni. Preparations are now being made so the Board of Trustees may work on setting strategic priorities at a workshop in late August. These preparations include analyzing information collected from the recommendations website, merging recommendations that are essentially the same but written by different Task Forces, and reorganizing the recommendations into substantive categories. This information will be shared with the Gustavus community after the start of the new academic year.

Reminder... The College is officially open on Labor Day, Sept. 7. Employees taking the day off must use PTO or a vacation day.

Business Cards… The Office of Marketing and Communication coordinates orders for business cards for faculty and staff. With the roll-out of a new marketing initiative (including subtle changes in our wordmark and font options) slated for October, we expect that most community members will want to wait until then to order new or replacement cards, but if your title has changed or you’ve run out of your previous order, we can place orders using our existing foil masters. The vendor that processes our orders has announced a modest price increase. We will be ordering a much larger quantity of new masters in October for the new-look cards, so we anticipate that the price will decrease. If you have questions or need to order cards now, call x7520 or e-mail marketing@gustavus.edu.

State Fair Booth... Gustavus is again have a booth at the Minnesota State Fair, Aug. 27-Sept. 7, 2009. The booth, in the Education Building, will be "personed" by staff, faculty, alumni, and student volunteers. Training for staffing the booth will be offered on Monday, Aug. 24, at 1 p.m. or on Tuesday, Aug. 25, at 3 p.m. The sessions will be held in the Jackson Campus Center in the faculty/staff lounge.

Athletics Hall of Fame... The Gustavus Adolphus College Athletics Department has chosen nine individuals for induction this fall into its Athletics Hall of Fame. The 2009 inductees include Kerri Pool Foss '94 (soccer), Dan Dohmeier '86 (baseball), Bob Klindworth '93 (cross country/track and field), Leisha Johnson Ronning '90 (basketball), C.J. Page '91 (gymnastics), Scott Anderson '92 (football), Jon Lindquist '92 (golf), Amy McCrea Morrell '91 (tennis), and Steve Wilkinson (coach). This group will be honored at the Athletics Hall of Fame Banquet, which will be held in Alumni Hall at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17, following the Hall of Fame football game against Carleton at 1:00 p.m.

Staffing Changes in the Career Center... Cynthia Favre, associate director of the Career Center, has assumed the position of interim director of the Career Center for the 2009-10 academic year.  Favre, during her 20 years of service at Gustavus, has directed the Career Management program, supporting seniors in their transition to employment and graduate study.  Cynthia will direct an office that provides career management, internship services, career counseling, and health professions advising to students.  Heather Banks, assistant internship director, will assist students with health professions advising, and Kristen Nelson '06 has been hired as career programs assistant, providing administrative support to the internship program.

Counseling Center Interim Director Announced... Heather Dale, director of Student Health Services, will assume the additional role of interim director for the Counseling Center for 2009-10. Dale, a physician assistant, began her tenure at Gustavus in January of 2008 after spending four years in Idaho practicing at an urgent care and women's health clinic. She holds a B.S. in psychology
from University of Wisconsin at Madison and master of physician assistant degree from Eastern Virginia Medical School. As a result of her added duties this year, Dale's clinical hours will be supplemented by another mid-level provider on a part-time basis.  

All Aboard...  Complete 2009 New Student and Transfer Student Orientation schedules are now available online in pdf form here (click on the links in the left-hand column).  We will welcome over 600 new students on Friday, Sept. 4.  Approximately 35 transfer students move in on Sunday, Sept. 6, and upperclass students return to campus on Monday, Sept. 7.  If you have any questions about orientation, please contact the Student Activities Office at x7598.

International Friendship Family Program... The Center for International and Cultural Education is looking for volunteers for its International Friendship Family Program. Each Gustavus international student is matched with a local family. The family will typically invite the student to their home for dinner, family functions, or trips, and go to events in which the student is involved. It is a great opportunity for the family and the student to share cultures. If interested, please contact Jeff Anderson (x7493 or jeffa@gustavus.edu) in the Center for International and Cultural Education by Aug. 28.

Reading in Common Books... The Kendall Center is able to provide copies of this year's Reading in Common book, Enrique's Journey by Sonya Nazario, to the first 50 full-time faculty members who request it. To put your name in the hat, please click here.

Mail Piece Design... If you are designing a mail piece, Naomi Quiram, director of Postal Services is available to review the layout and determine whether the layout meets USPS mailing requirements.  To secure postal discounts you must meet the requirements.  Please contact Naomi (x7599 or nquiram@gustavus.edu) with design questions.

Faculty Scholarship in Print... As it did two years ago, the Kendall Center will be putting together a publication listing faculty achievements for 2008 and 2009. If you want to get started, information, examples, and a form can be found here.  Please make the editors happy, earn good karma, and follow the style guide included there.

Campus Happenings

Faculty Development Day... The Kendall Center is putting together an array of panels for Faculty Development Day, Sept. 2nd. Gather for coffee and breakfast treats in the Heritage Room of the Jackson Student Center starting at 8:45 a.m. and then enjoy three of six concurrent sessions led by your colleagues on topics ranging from how to survive summer research with students to innovations in service-learning. Stay for lunch and great conversation.

First Friday Faculty Social... All faculty are invited to the First Friday Faculty Social on Friday, Sept. 11, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Alumni Hall. Get to know new faculty, reconnect with colleagues, and
celebrate the start of the new year. Refreshments will be provided. The event is hosted by the John S. Kendall Center for Engaged Learning, the Office of the Provost, and the Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations.

Teachers Talking Writing..."Getting Writers Off to a Good Start" -  On Tuesday, Sept. 29, join Writing Center director Becky Fremo and WAC director Jeanne Herman as they discuss ways to identify students who may need extra help with their writing, campus resources for writers, and ways to help struggling writers in your course.  Program runs from 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. and again at 12:30 to 1:20 p.m.  Enjoy free lunch and good conversation.

Off-Campus Events of Interest

Benefit for Gerald Willaert... Join us Aug. 23rd at the St. Peter National Guard Armory for a silent auction, bake sale, door prizes, and a raffle from 3 to 7 p.m. Food will be served from 4 to 7 p.m. to include smoked pork loin sandwiches, hot dogs, all-you-can-eat sweetcorn, beans, chips, lemonade, and coffee.

Obituaries

  • Vince Dumdei, retired custodial staff, died on Tuesday, Aug. 18, in St. Peter. Vince was on the custodial staff at Gustavus from 1969 to his retirement in 1994. Vince is survivied by his wife, Helen, retired food service staff, and his son Paul '82.

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 pleagjel@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 Yellow Sheet or Summer Scoop. Notices for immediate family members of current employees will be published in the Yellow Sheet or the Summer Scoop unless they occur during a publication break, in which case they will be posted on employee-l.

New Faces

The following people have recently joined the Gustavus community:

     New Administrators

  • Charles Cosgrove, assistant football coach (athletics)
  • Matthew Eberhardt, assistant athletic trainer (athletics)
  • Kristen Nelson, career program assistant (Career Center)

Position Openings

  • Assistant Director of the Gustavus Annual Fund (institutional advancement)
  • Physican Assistant, Nurse Practitioner (health services)

For more information on the aforementioned position(s), call human resources (x7304).

In the Media

Here are some noteworthy Gustavus-related stories that recently appeared in print or broadcast media around the nation:

  • KEYC-TV ran a story about Dale Bahr being named head coach of the Gustavus track and field and cross country teams on July 21.
  • The Star Tribune printed a news brief on July 25 about the nine new inductees into the Gustavus Athletics Hall of Fame.
  • Examiner.com posted a Q & A on July 25 with Phil Bryant (English) about his latest book Stompin' at The Grand Terrace: A Jazz Memoir in Verse.
  • KEYC-TV ran a story on July 26 about the Gustavus Summer Speech Institute. Kristofer Kracht (Communication Studies) was interviewed for the story.
  • Martin Lang (Communication Studies) and student Ethan Marxhausen were interviewed for a KEYC-TV story on Internet privacy on July 30.
  • KEYC-TV ran a story on July 31 about Gustavus being ranked by the Princeton Review as a Best College and in the Best Campus Food category.
  • The Mankato Free Press printed a story about Gustavus being ranked by the Princeton Review as a Best College and in the Best Campus Food category on Aug. 5. President Ohle was quoted in the story. The story also appeared on the St. Paul Pioneer Press's website.
  • The Minnesota Daily printed a story about Gustavus being ranked by the Princeton Review on Aug. 5.
  • Gustavus was mentioned in an Aug. 10 Star Tribune article about average salaries of graduates of certain colleges.
  • KEYC-TV ran a story on Aug. 15 about men's hockey player Brendan Loney and the injury he sustained this summer.

Anyone who has suggested additions for this list, suggestions for potential future media stories, or interest in being a media source should contact Marketing and Communication (x7520 or ga_news@gustavus.edu).

Plugs

For Rent... 4-bedroom townhouse for rent, only 5 years old. All appliances included. 2.5 baths, two-car garage. Association fees included in rent. Will rent either for full year or only 9 months. Only $975.00 per month. Call Lois at 507-380-5251 if interested.

For Rent... Walk-out to lake with 1 oversized bedroom, kitchen, living room area, and full bath. Partially furnished, have use of lower level patio, grill, and lake dock. No smokers, no pets, spacious off-road parking. 15 miles from St. Peter. All utilities included - $900.00 a month, $350.00 security deposit. Contact:  Nancy at 507-362-4006 (mornings only), 507-304-0348, or njensen@stonebarrier.com.

For Rent... 2 bedroom duplex on the edge of campus. Not student housing. Other tenant is faculty. Corner of Jefferson & 7th Street. Large master bedroom, microwave over flat-top stove, full basement with washer dryer, air conditioning, garage with automatic door opener, private yet accessible. $700 per month plus utilities. Available September 1. Call 507-931-4806 or 507-380-2157, or e-mail mflowers@hickorytech.net.

"Plugs" is maintained as a forum by which members of the Gustavus community may offer goods and 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 and 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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