What happens when LineUs Improv members grow up, graduate and leave Gustavus for the real world? They continue on the path of justice, truth and the ways of improv to form their own improv troupe in the Twin Cities. And then they bring that comedy back home to you. On Friday, May 13 Walrus and LineUs join forces to bring an improv show to Alumni … Continue reading LineUs teams with alumni performers for show
The Senior Art Minor and Sophomore Art Major Exhibit opened Thursday. Students, faculty and staff visited the Schaefer Fine Arts Gallery to view pieces such as the one above. Students who participated were able to submit three pieces of work with the possibility of one or all pieces being included. Pieces featured range from drawings to watercolor, prints to metal sculpture and ceramics to acrylic … Continue reading Art Major and Minor Exhibit
For the second year in a row, Gustavus Adolphus College has been recognized as a signatory of the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment by the 2011 Edition of The Princeton Review’s Guide to 311 Green Colleges. This demonstrates Gustavus’s commitment to eliminate net greenhouse gas emissions while promoting the research and educational efforts of accelerating progress toward climate neutrality and sustainability. As seen … Continue reading Gustavus “green” for second year
The John S. Kendall Center for Engaged Learning is proud to present the fourth annual Celebration of Creative Inquiry on Friday, May 6 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. in the Campus Center. The celebration is a campus-wide forum to publicly share the creative work of Gustavus students over the past academic year, including class projects, senior theses or independent study research projects. The idea for … Continue reading Creative Inquiry celebrates undergraduate research
On Wednesday, May 4, Gustavus will be hosting the 31st annual MAYDAY! Peace Conference. The controversial discussion topic will be “Executing Justice: Debating Capital Punishment.” Open to students, faculty and the local community, the MAYDAY! Peace Conference will be an exhilarating event to watch. Founded and sponsored by Florence and the late Raymond Sponberg of North Mankato, Minn., the annual conference was created to help … Continue reading MAYDAY! takes on capital punishment
On Tuesday, May 3 at 7:00 p.m., the Campus Activities Board is proud to present Mr. Frank Abagnale, Jr. in Christ Chapel, where he will share his story of adventure, impersonations, fraudulent checks and his road to redemption with students, faculty and the public. The inspiration of the feature film Catch Me If You Can, starring Leonardo Di Caprio and Tom Hanks, Abagnale was a … Continue reading Catch him while you can
The Gustavus track and athletics facilities will host an annual event this weekend that has the attention of many families in the southern Minnesota area. Sunday May 1 will mark the sixth annual Spring Games for Area 9 of Special Olympics Minnesota. Athletes from Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet and other southern Minnesota counties will gather to compete in track and field events, followed by … Continue reading Gustavus hosting Special Olympics
Relay for Life is coming to Lund Arena this Saturday night, in which participants from across the Gustavus community will unite to support people touched by cancer, raise money for the American Cancer Society and have fun. The event will begin at 7:00 p.m. and conclude at 7:00 a.m. Sunday morning. Anyone is welcome to attend. “You don’t have to be registered. You can show … Continue reading Gusties on track to fight cancer
CAB Coffeehouse hosted a Style Your Sole party with TOMS shoes. For every pair of the blank canvas shoes students bought to personalize, another pair was donated to children in Africa, South America and Haiti. 198 pairs were purchased by students and customized at the event. Continue reading Soles styled, shoes donated
After 15 years of serving as chaplain for the Gustavus campus, Chaplain Brian Johnson announced that he is taking a position at Valparaiso University as the Executive Director of Campus Ministries. “Valparaiso has created a new position to coordinate the work of several divisions of the college’s mission and ministry. The staff of the Chapel of the Resurrection, the office of Church Relations and a … Continue reading Chaplain Brian Johnson leaving Gustavus
