An empty office where laughter once resided
How the library is processing a week after Erica Ross leaves By Lindsey Micucci What once was an office covered with clouds of cotton and a paper-crafted hot air balloon that hung from the ceiling is now empty with little remaining but thumb tacks and some filing folders. The office of Erica Ross, Bethel University Library’s Public Services Manager, was decorated by student workers summer 2017 to celebrate Ross’ return from maternity leave. It has been one week since Ross left the library to take a position as the new Access Services Manager at Mayo Clinic Libraries in Rochester, MN where she will be serving Mayo physicians, students and staff. Ross starts her new position on Monday, Nov. 5. Ross, 29, started working in the Bethel Library in 2007 as a student worker while she majored in psychology. During her sophomore year, she decided that she wanted to pursue becoming…