Miscellaneous

Google has recently opened up a beta version of a new communication platform, called Wave, which serves as a mash-up of email, discussion forums, and real-time chat. Accounts are available by invitation only, and I have a number of invitations I’d like to offer up to members of the Luther community (students, faculty, staff). If you are interested, contact me directly, or send a note via the “Contact Us” link to the right.

The GusDay 10 schedule is coming together, and you won’t want to miss it!

The registration dates for J-term and Spring 2010 will be November 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18 and 19 of 2009. Students will be getting their registration time from their advisor. Students can check their registration clearance prior to their registration time on my.luther.

Hoa Nguyen, an outstanding former LIS student worker and 2003 Luther grad, is currently in jail in Elk River, MN after missing a court date regarding her immigration status. She may be deported to Vietnam within two weeks. Hoa married Luther grad Dan Hanson last fall in Minneapolis, and traveled to Vietnam for a marriage ceremony with Hoa’s family in 2009, but was stopped by immigration officials upon her return due to Hoa’s change in immigration status.

This is the link to the video presentation that Lynette Perry showed to the students during registration.

lis.luther.edu/files/Reg2009.mov

Everyone is invited to a farewell party for Cindy Hansmeier on Thursday, March 5 from 3-4 p.m. in Hovde Lounge in the library. Please come and reminisce with Cindy and enjoy light refreshments, coordinated by the LIS Social Committee.

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The Luther College Course Catalog for 2008-09 is now available online at www.luther.edu/catalog and replicates the printed version of the catalog. Greg Vanney in Publications and Kristi Haindfield in the Registrar’s Office maintain the information and are able to make changes for next year’s publication through the SmartCatalog software. SmartCatalog software is able to produce a printer-ready copy of the catalog for the next printed publication. Faculty, staff, and students should use my.luther, search for sections, for recent changes to course information and offerings.

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“The Double Standard of Life at Luther College: 1936-1968”

This exhibit traces the rules and regulations that governed women at Luther College in the early days of co-education. It contains pictures and Chips articles to explore the history of the double standards that existed on campus. The exhibit is located in the Archives reading room on the upper floor of Preus Library.