On Saturday, a group of students gathered before a meeting of the Board of Trustees. An interfaith space on campus was the motivation behind the gathering, and the students were looking for the best way to express their desires. “We felt that the interfaith issue had been talked about for a number of years … it’s kind of been something that’s been passively-aggressively pushed back. … Continue reading Plans begin for Interfaith Space
On October 1, the state of Minnesota, the city of St. Peter and the Gustavus community celebrated Gustavus Adolphus College Day (not to be confused with Gustavus Adolphus Day, which is celebrated on November 6, each year in Sweden, Estonia and Finland). The day, which was also Gustavus’ homecoming, began with the dedication of Beck Academic Hall, the first new academic building at Gustavus in … Continue reading Beck Academic Hall Dedicated
Last weekend, Gustavus celebrated the homecoming of its sesquicentennial year. Instead of the week-long student organization competition that the Campus Activities Board has hosted over homecoming in recent years, this year was a much simpler format. On Monday, Sept. 26, 2011 homecoming week began with the Medallion Hunt. Each day, clues were posted in the Jackson Campus Center at 8:00 a.m. and the first person … Continue reading Homecoming Week—A Wrap-Up
Already a hot topic in other Minnesotan schools, the issue of tobacco use on campus is about to become more prevalent at Gustavus as a group of students tackle removing tobacco use entirely from campus. Gustavus’ tobacco policy is eighteen years old which, according to Senior Nursing Majors Kenisha Jackson and Katelyn Saiko, is too old and is in need of an update. They’re starting … Continue reading Nursing students raise possibility of a tobacco-free campus
Gustavus alumni and college supporters kicked off Gustavus Homecoming Weekend Friday night in Lund Arena with a gala dinner in celebration of the College’s Sesquicentennial year and the launch of a new fundraising effort called Campaign Gustavus. While the Sesquicentennial officially began at the start of the year with the Back to School Bash, Friday’s gala dinner kicked off the first public celebrations of the … Continue reading 150!
According to the Washington Monthly, Gustavus is the 56th best liberal arts college in the country. It places 81 on the U.S. News list of best liberal arts colleges. It is on the list of Best Midwestern Colleges according to The Princeton Review and it received a B+ for attractiveness of the girls on campus according to College Prowler (for the record, boys received an … Continue reading What do rankings really mean?
Students of Spanish Composition this semester are about to launch their service-learning project, which is centered around an immigration reform bill called the Develop, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act or “DREAM” Act. The classes have teamed up with other student organizations like the Diversity Center, OLAS, Crossroads and Spanish Club to provide the campus community with a full spread of events for the … Continue reading Spanish 250 classes focus on service-learning: DREAM Act
In May of 1873, the Minnesota Conference of the Augustana Lutheran Synod convened in Saint Peter. Anticipating changes for St. Ansgar’s Academy, the new Swedish school located in East Union, in rural Carver County, Minn. The Conference was led by the school’s founder, Eric Norelius, who wanted to move the academy to Minneapolis where there were promises of land and money to help solidify the … Continue reading This Month in History: How Gustavus Adolphus College Came to St. Peter
Festivities and events for the Sesquicentennial have been an integral part of this school year’s planning. As this is Gustavus’s 150 anniversary, the community is putting forth a tremendous amount of effort to make this a great year while getting people across campus— and across nations—involved, both directly and indirectly. As a means to get alumni connected back to Gustavus for its Sesquicentennial, Flat Gus … Continue reading Flat Gus reconnects Gusties all over the world
This fall, Gustavus students have the opportunity to study on campus with a Swedish Gender Studies expert, Ulrika Dahl, thanks to the Fulbright Hildeman Fellow Program. Scandinavian Studies Professor Helena Karlsson applied for a grant to host a Fulbright Hildeman Fellow, and when Gustavus received the grant, Dahl saw the opening and applied to spend her semester in St. Peter. The Hildeman Grant, under the … Continue reading Välkommen, Ulrika Dahl
