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bookmarks Chaplain Brian Johnson ’80 and education professor Carolyn O’Grady have collaborated to edit The Spirit of Service. The book represents a conversation in progress—an attempt to understand how to help undergraduates integrate service and spirituality in their education for the purpose of social justice. The essays selected for inclusion—all written by Gustavus faculty, staff, or alumni—reflect upon the divide within academic culture between responsible, rigorous, intellectual competence and those facets of human experience relating to faith, spirituality, service, and commitment to social justice and in some cases sharply differ on what role, if any, service-learning, social justice, and faith should play in guiding work in higher education. Several contributors give candid accounts of their own teaching experiences, sharing the importance of connecting learning to life.
Ill., made it to the semi-final round of the 134th Interstate Oratorical Association National Contest held at the University of West Florida, Pensacola, in April. This is the second consecutive year that Carlile qualified for the IOA’s prestigious national contest, which is the oldest annual intercollegiate competition in North America. Each state may qualify only two representatives for the contest, and Gustavus had not qualified a speaker in more than 20 years before Carlile first qualified last year. She has also served a term as the at-large student representative on the Pi Kappa Delta Forensics Honorary National Council. NEW BOARD MEMBERS SEATED – Five new members were seated when the Gustavus Adolphus College Board of Trustees met in June 2006. The board made Jason Sawyer ’93, Plymouth, Minn., vice president for Sales at Cronin & Co. of Minneapolis and past president of the Gustavus Alumni Association, an ex officio member. Also joining the board were Ardena Flippen ’68, Chicago, corporate compliance officer for Provident Hospital of Cook County; the Rev. Paul L. Harrington, Rosemount, Minn., senior pastor at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church in Apple Valley; Ronald A. Jones, North Barrington, Ill., retired partner and consultant for Hewitt and Associates of Lincolnshire, Ill., and parent of a Gustavus graduate, Mark Jones ’00; and Chia Youyee Vang ’94, Minneapolis, president and CEO of CHIA Consulting, Inc., in St. Paul. G
Brian T. Johnson and Carolyn R. O’Grady, eds., The Spirit of Service: Exploring Faith, Service, and Social Justice in Higher Education (Bolton, Mass.: Anker Publishing Company, 2006; board cover, $39.95)
Emerita professor Gretchen Koehler has published a pamphlet-sized self-help guide titled The Little Book of Stress Management. It is aimed at helping readers to examine their lifestyles for places where adjustments, modifications, or changes can positively affect their health. Thirty simple stress-managing exercises are introduced and described in the booklet. Gretchen Koehler, The Little Book of Stress Management: What You Need to Know and Do (St. Peter, Minn.: 2006, paper, $10.00) The above-mentioned books are available through the Gustavus Book Mark (phone 800/847-9307, or log onto <www.bookmark.gustavus.edu>).
Companion tour with the Gustavus Choir Gustavus Choir Concert Tour to Portugal and Spain January 15–28, 2007
with Gustavus hosts Russ and Jan Ledin Michaletz ’74 ’74 Join Jan and Russ for a two-week fine arts tour to the Iberian Peninsula. Share some sightseeing with and attend three concerts by the Gustavus Choir. For more information, contact collegerelations@gustavus.edu or call 800/726-6198.
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