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News & Announcements Homecoming and Family Weekend… To view all activities taking place this weekend for Homecoming and Family Weekend, click here. Fit Campus… This week Gustavus received the distinction of being named one of the "fittest" college’s in the nation by Men’s Fitness magazine. Gustavus is the only Minnesota college in the list of…

News & Announcements Nobel Conference Notes… The 2006 Nobel Conference, "Medicine: Prescription for Tomorrow," will again have a sold-out crowd. It begins at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3 with an academic procession and opening ceremony, including the conferral of an Honorary Degree upon 1989 Nobel Laureate J. Michael Bishop. The full schedule of events and…

News & Announcements Notes on This Year’s Nobel Conference: "Medicine: Prescription for Tomorrow," the 42nd Nobel Conference, will be held Oct. 3 and 4 on campus. The conference will explore the successes of modern medicine and consider how it may further enrich our lives in the future. At the same time, the conference will also…

News & Announcements Upcoming Jewish and Muslim Holy Days… Observance of the Jewish High Holy Days will begin at sundown on Sept. 22. The tenth day of this period, Oct. 2, is Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. It is the most solemn day of the Jewish year and begins at sundown on the Oct.…

NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS: New Academic Year… The College has begun its 145th academic year with 2,560 full-time students. Approximately 670 first-year students are enrolled at Gustavus this fall. Newsletter Purpose, Guidelines… With the beginning of the academic year comes the resumption of The Yellow Sheet, a weekly newsletter providing news and information to the campus…

News & Announcements Memorial Day Holiday May 29… The College will be closed on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29. Summer Communication Notice… This is the final edition of The Yellow Sheet for the current academic year. During the summer, the Marketing and Communication and Outreach team will evaluate how it can most effectively provide important…

News & Announcements Vacation Donations Being Accepted… Employees who would like to donate vacation hours for a Gustavus employee who will be on an approved FMLA leave and will run out of paid-time benefits should complete and sign a request for transfer of vacation hours available at the Office of Human Resources (x7304). One More…

News & Announcements Employee Reminder… Benefit enrollment forms must be turned in by Friday, May 7 to the Office of Human Resources. Usher at Commencement… Ushers are needed for Commencement on Sunday, May 30. Ushers should be available at noon for the 2 p.m. program. Contact Dana (x7520 or dlamb@gustavus.edu) if interested. Publication Reminder… The…

News & Announcements Employee Reminder… Employee benefit enrollment forms are due in the Office of Human Resources by Friday, May 5, 2006. Recognition and Thanks of Scholarship Donors… Scholarship thank you sessions for students who received financial aid through scholarships during this past academic year will be held from 11a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, May…

News & Announcements Reading in Common Book Chosen… The Gustavus Reading in Common book for 2006-07 is Honky by Dalton Conley, a coming of age memoir about community, diversity, and justice. The book, a record of Conley’s childhood as one of the few white boys in a neighborhood of mostly black and Puerto Rican housing…

News & Announcements Service Awards Dinner May 18… The annual Faculty and Administrator Service Awards Dinner will be held Thursday, May 18 in Alumni Hall beginning with a social hour at 5 p.m., followed by dinner at 6 p.m. The College and the Alumni Association will recognize the 2006 retirees and the commitment of faculty…

News & Announcements Class Schedule Change for MAYDAY! Peace Conference… In connection with this year’s MAYDAY! Peace Conference on April 19 and by action of the faculty, a MAYDAY! lyceum lecture hour has been scheduled from 10:30 to 11:20 a.m. that day. Classes starting at 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. will meet at the regularly…