Hi Oles,
I thought you would be interested in this email from Jim Fisher, St. Olaf's esteemed Grounds Manger. In it, he reports the progress we are making in repopulating the site of the Science Complex with native trees to replace those that were removed to make way for the building, many of them non-native species.
David Anderson
Here's Jim's email:
Small factoid regarding trees at New Science site. By the time I leave work today we will have replaced 81 of the 140 trees marked for removal on the original Barr drawing. This includes the Arborvitae I put in before the project began, the oaks, maples, elms and ironwoods spaded in last fall and the larches I am currently installing. Off the top of my head I cannot say how many of the 140 trees removed were "non-native" but all of the replacements fall in the native category. I have an additional 50 aspen coming in sometime next week so by the end of the month we should be closing the gap between loss of trees on the disturbed site and replacement. My count of new trees in the area does not include the arborvitae I installed in the Allens backyard to screen the road.
Friday, April 20, 2007
Thursday, April 19, 2007
A Session for Students with the Consultants on Land Use
Hi Oles,
Greetings on this beautiful spring day. On Monday, April 23, Jim Kleinfeldt and Paula Mitchell, of Boldt Consulting Services, will be back on campus to speak with members of the community about possible uses for the land north of campus. Two sessions will be held, one at 4:00 PM, the other at 6:00 PM, both in the Viking Theater in the Buntrock Commons. These sessions are intended to be for students, and I encourage you to attend.
There will also be a follow-up session the next morning, 4/24, at 11:30, also in the Viking Theater. This will be brief session in which Jim and Paula are planning to feedback all of the issues they've heard from us. This is a way for us to check that our input was heard.
Greetings on this beautiful spring day. On Monday, April 23, Jim Kleinfeldt and Paula Mitchell, of Boldt Consulting Services, will be back on campus to speak with members of the community about possible uses for the land north of campus. Two sessions will be held, one at 4:00 PM, the other at 6:00 PM, both in the Viking Theater in the Buntrock Commons. These sessions are intended to be for students, and I encourage you to attend.
There will also be a follow-up session the next morning, 4/24, at 11:30, also in the Viking Theater. This will be brief session in which Jim and Paula are planning to feedback all of the issues they've heard from us. This is a way for us to check that our input was heard.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Dr. Edia Berrio Announces her Retirement from St Olaf
April 11, 2007
Dear Oles:
On Monday, May 7, 2007, as faculty and staff gather to honor and celebrate the colleagues who are retiring from our College, we will be joined by the Dean of Community Life and Diversity, Dr. Eida Berrío, not only in her role as organizer of this event, but as one of the retirees.
You are perhaps as surprised by this news as I was a week ago when Eida spoke to me about her desire to reorient her time and energy in the next few years so that she can spend more time with her family. Eida has served our College for six years in a critical role, and her contributions to all aspects of our community life have been far-reaching. I know you will miss her, and so will I. St. Olaf is a more diverse community, in all of the meanings of that rich word, because of her work here.
Meanwhile, it is important to insure continuity in the areas and programs Eida has been supervising. She and I and her staff will be working closely to make that happen. This is also the time to think about how we can best propel the work of this office, and I will be asking a group of colleagues to help me think that through in the next couple of months so that we can then proceed expeditiously with a search for Eida’s successor.
We will have many opportunities between now and the end of May individually to express to Eida our thanks and regards. I hope each of you will seize that opportunity when the time is right for you.
Sincerely,
David R. Anderson '74
Dear Oles:
On Monday, May 7, 2007, as faculty and staff gather to honor and celebrate the colleagues who are retiring from our College, we will be joined by the Dean of Community Life and Diversity, Dr. Eida Berrío, not only in her role as organizer of this event, but as one of the retirees.
You are perhaps as surprised by this news as I was a week ago when Eida spoke to me about her desire to reorient her time and energy in the next few years so that she can spend more time with her family. Eida has served our College for six years in a critical role, and her contributions to all aspects of our community life have been far-reaching. I know you will miss her, and so will I. St. Olaf is a more diverse community, in all of the meanings of that rich word, because of her work here.
Meanwhile, it is important to insure continuity in the areas and programs Eida has been supervising. She and I and her staff will be working closely to make that happen. This is also the time to think about how we can best propel the work of this office, and I will be asking a group of colleagues to help me think that through in the next couple of months so that we can then proceed expeditiously with a search for Eida’s successor.
We will have many opportunities between now and the end of May individually to express to Eida our thanks and regards. I hope each of you will seize that opportunity when the time is right for you.
Sincerely,
David R. Anderson '74
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