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News & Announcements To the Gustavus Community from Board Chair Jim Gale: "[On Tuesday, Feb. 26,] the Gustavus Board of Trustees met with the Presidential Search Committee to consider and deliberate on the three presidential candidates who recently visited campus. Following very thoughtful discussion, the Board decided to continue the search for the College’s 15th…

News & Announcements Support Letters Due… Letters written on behalf of the five candidates seeking promotion to full professor in 2008 are due by Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, by 4 p.m. All members of the Gustavus community are invited to submit letters to Provost Mary Morton. They should address the criteria for promotion to full…

News & Announcements Book Group to Discuss Visiting Theologian’s Book… Former Episcopal Bishop of Newark John Shelby Spong, a liberal theologian, biblical scholar, religion commentator, and author, will visit Gustavus in April. In preparation for his visit, the Chaplains’ Office is hosting a book group using Spong’s Why Christianity Must Change or Die. The group…

News & Announcements Health Screening 2008… All employees, retirees, and spouses are invited to participate in the 2008 Health Screening free of charge. The dates are Feb. 4-8 and 11-15. Five-minute time increment appointments will be available during these dates between 6:30 and 9 a.m. on a first-call, first-serve basis. Thirty minutes of release time…

News & Announcements Support Letters Invited for Promotion Candidates… The following members of the faculty are currently being considered for promotion to full professor: Florence Amamoto (English), Philip Bryant (English), Cindy Johnson-Groh (biology), Paschal Kyoore (MLLC), and Toshiyuki Sakuragi (MLLC). Letters written on behalf of these candidates should be sent to Provost Mary Morton and…

News & Announcements Symphony Orchestra Returns to China… The Gustavus Symphony Orchestra leaves tomorrow for a 15-day international concert tour (Jan. 18-Feb. 1) of the People’s Republic of China. The 67-piece orchestra, led by conductor Warren Friesen (music) and featuring violin soloist Brian Buckstead (music), is scheduled to make five concert appearances in China, including…

News & Announcements Financial Counseling Sessions Available… A TIAA-CREF consultant will be on campus Wednesday, Jan. 23, and Thursday, Jan. 24, for personal financial counseling sessions. To schedule a counseling session, sign up on the TIAA-CREF website or call 800-877-6602. Campus Happenings Chapel Schedule… All are invited to the worship services at 10 a.m. weekdays…

News & Announcements How to Submit a Calendar Item… As the midpoint of the 2007-08 academic year approaches, we thought it appropriate to remind the community of the process for submitting events for the online College Calendar. Departments, student groups, and individuals may submit events to the online College Calendar to keep the campus updated…

News & Announcements Faculty-Administrator Holiday Reception… President Jim Peterson, Provost Mary Morton, and Academic Deans Eric Eliason and Mariangela Maguire invite faculty, faculty emeriti, administrators, and retired administrators and their spouses/partners to a holiday party from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 18, in Alumni Hall. Even if you didn’t call or e-mail by…

News & Announcements Emergency Communication Testing—Phone Disruption Possible… The initial tests of the College’s new emergency communication system will occur on Friday (Dec. 7), Monday (Dec. 10), and Tuesday (Dec. 11).      A test of the College’s telephone equipment (land lines) will be conducted on Dec. 7 at 10 a.m., and it’s possible that the test…

News & Announcements Lund Parking Lot Closed… The Lund parking lot is closed starting from 11 p.m. today (Thursday, Nov. 29) through Saturday, Dec. 1, due to Christmas in Christ Chapel. With the exception of the visitor lots, all parking lots will be considered “open parking” through the weekend; vehicles may be parked in any…

News & Announcements A Few Tickets Remain… The 2007 Christmas in Christ Chapel celebration, the 35th annual rendition of the Gustavus tradition, will be held during the weekend of Nov. 30 through Dec. 2. The theme for this year’s service is "The Word Becomes Flesh," focusing on "how the spaces within Holy Scriptures beckon poets,…