Official Bulletin Board for Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Five high school instrumentalists will perform a free concert at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 19 at the Gorecki Family Theater in the Benedicta Art Center at the College of Saint Benedict. Now in its second year, Minnesota Varsity is Classical MPR’s program celebrating some of the best young Minnesota classical musicians. Pre-registration is requested. Click on the link below to request tickets. Walk up tickets are available the day of the concert.

Smoked Turkey Wrap~11-1:00pm ~$5.75 Click the link below to view this week specials at the Good 2 Go.

The CSB Duplicating Center will be observing summer hours, beginning Monday, May 14th, 2012. Office hours of operation are 7:30am to 4:00pm, no assistance from 12:00 to 1:00 Monday through Friday. CSB Campus Mail Route will be done once a day, morning only. US Mail will go out at the usual time from the Main Bilding at 3:00.

Louis Johnston, associate professor of economics and department chair, was quoted in the Monday, May 14 WCCO.com article titled "Best Buy Founder Steps Down After CEO Probe."

Karen Backes,dean of admission, was quoted in the Friday, May 11 The Visitor story "Making the decision to attend a Catholic college"

Recent CSB graduate Xin Piao was featured in the Sunday, May 13 St. Cloud Times story "St. Benedict graduate, mother celebrate a proud journey"

Glenda Burgeson, director of editorial services, had a Times Writers Group piece published in the Friday, May 11 St. Cloud Times titled "Unusual tactics can work."

Louis Johnston, associate professor of economics and department chair, had a column published in the Thursday, May 10 MinnPost.com titled "Why Rep. Steve Gottwalt's view of the economy doesn't make sense."

The Saint John's Community Garden Society is hosting it's annual plant swap/sale on Wednesday, May 16th, from Noon to 1pm outside the Science Department Greenhouse. If you have plants or seeds to swap, bring them! (Feel free to drop them off outside the greenhouse in the morning or before the sale.) If you don’t have plants or seeds to swap, you can make a reasonable donation to “buy” plants. We’ll have herbs, tomatoes, peppers, and whatever people might bring. Don't miss it!

SJP will be offering a variety of summer camps once again this year. Camps include Art & Nature, Chinese, German, Theater and Leadership. More information along with on-line registration can be found on the SJP website www.sjprep.net under the "About Us" tab.

Massages are scheduled on Tuesday, May 22nd, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., at CSB-Reflection Room. Massage Therapist: Chelsie Binsfeld. Cost: $1/minute. If interested, please contact Jeanne Terres, ext. 5077. SPONSORED BY THE CSB/SJU HEALTH AT WORK COMMITTEES!

Bike to work this Friday & participate in National Bike to Work Day. Refreshments & Prizes outside of the HCC at St. Ben's from 7:30am-8:30am.

This 6-week session will be held on Thursdays - May 24, 31, June 7, 14, 21, and 28. Time: 12-12:45 p.m. Location: CSB-Aerobic Studio. COST: $20 (payable prior to class beginning). Instructor: Jennifer Erickson. Please contact Jeanne Terres, ext. 5077, if you are interested. SPONSORED BY THE CSB/SJU HEALTH AT WORK COMMITTEES!

School is done - you have no excuse not to exercise! Go to our webpage and see this week's schedule of events/exercise classes/brown bags at CSB and SJU. SPONSORED BY THE CSB/SJU HEALTH AT WORK COMMITTEES!

SJU returns to action at the Wisconsin-La Crosse “Last-Chance” Qualifier this Thursday, May 17. The meet is scheduled for 4 p.m. in La Crosse, Wis.

The Johnnie baseball team (29-14, 14-6 MIAC) travels to Linfield College for the NCAA's McMinnville (Ore.) Regional this Wednesday-Saturday, May 16-19. SJU begins the double-elimination tournament against top-seeded No. 8/12 Concordia of Texas (36-9) at noon PST this Wednesday, May 16, at Roy Helser Field. Listen to all of SJU's games live on WBHR-660 AM or www.gojohnnies.com.

CSB Track and Field will compete in the NCAA Qualifier meet tomorrow at Wisconsin-La Crosse. Meet time is to be determined.