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April Meeting Minutes
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PCDEI Agenda April 16, 2020 3:30-4:30 pm via Google Meet PCDEI Council Members: Siri Erickson, Jean Noren, Lisa Dembouski, Margaret Bloch Qazi, Jared Phillips, Valerie Banschbach, Anthony Bettendorf Amy Mukamuri, Vidya Sivan PCDEI Working Group Members: Brianne Twaddle,, Amanda Jensen, Katy Clay, Rachel Maccabee, Lynnea Eckhoff, James Nickras, Anna DeGraff, Grady St. Dennis Not Present:…
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Teaching Award Winner!
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It is our great pleasure to share that Rachel Flynn, Visiting Assistant Professor in the Library, has won the Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence! Here is the official announcement in May’s faculty packet: “Rachel Flynn has been selected as recipient of the Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence. This award recognizes a Gustavus non-tenure-track faculty member…
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Gustavus History Professors featured in recent TV news story
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On Wed April 22, 2020 KEYC News Now aired a story about living through history in the time of the pandemic. Gustavus history professors Greg Kaster and Kathleen Keller gave their perspectives on how this time period compares to crises in the past and how it might be studied in the future. You can watch…
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“Care for the Parent” resource link
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Here’s a helpful resource from Fordham University. It is a series of videos aimed at parents of students who are being affected by disruption, loss, uncertainty, etc, during this semester that’s been changed by COVID-19. You can find the website and videos HERE.
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Find the Library at Your Place
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Happy National Library Week! The celebration, which occurs annually in April, provides a time to reflect on the benefits that libraries & library workers provide our communities. This year’s theme was originally, “Find Your Place at the Library.” Considering the flipped nature of our daily lives during this pandemic – and the fact that libraries…
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Determining the Source of Idaho’s Mystery Boudins
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Geology and environmental studies major Emily Carlson (’20) has been working with faculty member Rory McFadden (Geology) to sleuth the origins of a needle in a geologic haystack. McFadden, who conducts research in the Pioneer Mountains of Idaho, returned from a field season with a curious sample – it contains layers just a few millimeters…
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Getting to the Roots of Groundwater
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Each year, rainfall events become more and more unpredictable due to climate change. This presents many challenges and raises many questions for society. One specific question is “How much water from rain events permeates the ground, eventually becoming groundwater?” Brittney Johnson (Geology ’20) spent last summer answering this question. She used precipitation data and groundwater…
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A Hands-Down Simple Illusion: The Aristotle Illusion
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Written by Taylor Carlson, Elizabeth Johnson, Marie Osuna, Katie Rhoten, and Madison Sinclair Tactile illusions refer to sensations that ?affect your sense of touch?. For example, if you are wearing rubber gloves while doing dishes, you may feel as if your hands are wet! This sensation might feel odd, but you aren’t crazy for feeling…
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Aging and Two Point Touch
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Written by Sophia Redding, Sierra Weis, Hannah Rupp, and Hieu Trinh When we hear “two-point touch,” our initial thought is likely an object touching ourselves or another object at two separate points of interest. Frankly, that’s exactly what it is. The two-point touch technique measures the smallest distance between two points at which an individual…
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What to Watch? Sports Movie Suggestions from Gustie Coaches
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Lately we’ve all had plenty of time to stream a movie. But what to watch? Since we’re all missing live sports, we asked Gustavus head coaches for their recommendations for the best sports movies.
