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The programs located in the Gage Center are:

– CLASS—Regina Hopingardner, Sheila Fox Wassink, Rick Gubash, Barbara Harvey, Rachel Kruzel, Anne Lynch

– Access Center—Sadie Curtis

– TRiO/SSS—Kimberly Bestler, Kevin Cheatham, Melody Martagon-Geiger, Aly Olson, Sherron Reese

– Academic Skills Office/Tutor Center—Annette Carpenter, Debbie Shapiro, Benjy Kent

On February 6, the academic advising staff will also relocate to the Gage Center. Their offices will be located in room 227, adjacent to the computer area (former home of the Admission Possible coaches).

Central reception desk

All students should check in at the reception desk for appointments with any of these staff members. In addition, students who are using the Groves accommodations lab (for testing) and students who are serving as test proctors or notetakers through the CLASS office should also check in at the desk.  Reception desk hours are 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Friday.

Meeting rooms

Meeting rooms are reserved during business hours for staff use. Rooms are available in the evenings and on weekends for individual and group studying or meetings.

Groves Technology Center

Computers in the Groves Center are available for student use during regular library hours.

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Collis and Waterkotte are MFA graduates from the University of Alberta, Edmonton. Collis is a former teacher from the Sam Fox School of Visual Art and Design at Washington University in St. Louis, and Waterkotte is an assistant professor of printmaking at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Together, these two artists use a combination of printmaking, photography, and digital technology to create more complex and unique artwork. Each artist brings their own style to the artwork—Collis uses “confetti-like explosions or atmospheric layering of abstract forms” to represent fragmented memories while Waterkotte adds layers of media screen to represent the contemporary world.

Conbere teaches drawing and printmaking at St. Olaf College in Northfield. He has an MFA in illustration and in printmaking. This past year, he was an artist-in-residence in Roswell, New Mexico. His work has also been featured in the Rochester Art Center and will be in the MAEP Gallery at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts in 2009. Conbere brings a real world vision into his artwork through drawing, printing, and animated panoramas. He creates multiple points of view in each piece, overlapping small pieces of the world, and then leaves it up to the viewer to find the intertwining stories. For Conbere, “The works represent how our world is structured personally and experientially rather than literally or geographically.”

Exhibits are free and open to the public. The gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Go to for more information.

Image caption: Waterkotte, Not to Save Phenomena but to Mislay Them, 2008, unique print, mixed media and collage

Article by Amanda Symes

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The group first thought of donating money they raised last year after learning that unspent student organization funds disappear from one year to the next. Instead of losing the money or spending it frivolously, they decided to make a donation to the college.

The goliards talked to members of the library staff about making a donation to a restricted fund that could be used to buy items that would “get people interested in medieval stuff” Adamo said.

“Like other clubs, we’re interested in having fun, but we’re also interested in giving back to the college,” said Phil Adamo, medieval studies professor and the goliards’ adviser.

The seals offer a unique way to learn about history. “We felt the seals would be something anyone can use, and they provide learning opportunities that most students do not have the chance of experiencing at an undergraduate level,” said goliard Bryony Anderson. Laura Cannata, also a goliard, added, “The seals will last longer and benefit more people than, say, a party would.”

Half of the seals are on display on the second floor of the library and the other half were used by a history class as a research project.

“The seals bring an air of mystery as well as reality to the study of history,” said Jane Ann Nelson, director of library services.” We appreciate the role that the goliards played in purchasing and donating the seals to the library.”

Historically, wax seals were used to close letters, as a signature, and as a stamp of authorization. The replicas in the collection donated to Augsburg range from William the Conqueror’s seal from the year 1066 to a seal dating to 1534 that belonged to King Henry VIII.

Article by Kari Aanestad

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