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I am pleased to announce the appointment of our new Development Officer, Christian Hakala. Christian is a Carleton graduate from the Class of 1994, and he earned a Master's degree in History from Truman State University. Much of his career has been in College Admissions and for the last eight years he has worked in the Admississions Office at St. Olaf College, most currently as the Associate Director. Christian joined the Development Office on June 27. He can be reached by telephone at x4480, and he can be found at his office in Leighton 239. Please join me in welcoming him back to Carleton.

We want to remind all regular continuing employees to check your first pay stub for the new fiscal year beginning July 1 to make sure your salary increase is reflected correctly in your pay. Secondly, there has been a slight rate change in our disability premium effective July 1. You will notice that your share of the disability premium will now be slightly higher. Please contact our office at x7142 if you have questions related to this notice.

The DVD and VHS collection from Media Studies in Scoville has been moved to the library. If you have questions or need access to items this summer, contact Jennifer Edwins (jedwins x4259) or Kathy Tezla (ktezla x5447).

Wednesday, August 3 has been designated as "CLEAN-UP" day. This day is set aside to cull those paper files; clean up your network spaces; organize, back up, and delete your PC files; discard obsolete files and equipment; and shred sensitive and confidential information.

• You are invited to wear casual clothes, and discouraged from conducting usual business except for our external clients and/or emergencies.
  
• Document Destruction Service, Ltd. (DDS) will again be on campus from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. to do on-site shredding of confidential material.
  
• Don’t forget to come and enjoy an ice cream treat at 1 p.m. in front of Sayles-Hill.

Challenge yourself! The Rec Center is hosting an Ironman Challenge this summer. Participants have from July 5 until July 31 to walk or run 26.2 miles, bike 112 miles, and either row 25 kilometers or swim 2.4 miles. Keep track of your daily totals; weekly totals will be posted at the Rec Center so you can show off your mileage. Complete all three by the end of the month and receive a free T-Shirt! Sign up at the front desk of the Rec Center.

If you have planned any on-campus events for Fall Term that you would like to have publicized in the Term Forecast of Events, please submit the information in writing by Monday, August 15, to Fall Term Forecast, c/o Campus Activities, F - CAMPUS. Please be sure to include the following information: name of the sponsoring department or office; contact name and extension; name, date, time, and place of the event. (Campus Activities reserves the right to edit all materials submitted.) A copy of the Term Forecast will be mailed to each office and department for general posting. A copy will be posted to the Campus Activities Web site as a PDF file for individuals to print as desired. A supply of printed copies will be available in the Campus Activities Office for campus visitors. If you should have any questions, please contact Becca Campbell at x4462 or bcampbel@acs.carleton.edu.

Please note the following tentative schedule for concrete repair and replacement projects:

• Sayles Hill: Work will begin the week of July 11, and be completed by July 22. A portion of the surface on the front porch (picnic table area) will be demolished and replaced with granite. Handicap access to the building will remain open at all times but there will be significant disruption to other use of the space. After the porch is completed, the brick pavers on the front plaza (the area below the steps) will be removed and replaced with granite. Access to the ramp and a portion of the front steps will remain open at all times.
• Johnson House: Repair of the areas damaged by the utility repairs will begin around July 25. Depending upon the extent of the damage, this work will require one or two weeks to complete.
• Other smaller, less disruptive projects around campus, including the Nourse east steps and Henrickson House west walk will be done late July or early August. Please contact me if there are specific events or conflicts in these areas that will require a change in our work schedule.

Grounds will resod a number of areas on campus this summer, including the island in the road in front of Sayles-Hill. Preparation work will begin during the week of July 11, with sod installation the week of July 18. The four island parking stalls will be marked as "no parking" for the prep work and for the sod installation. After the sod is installed, we will continue to post the area as no parking during the morning hours in order to prevent water spots on vehicles when the sod is being watered.