Do you ever feel like your life has been passing you by? Like you don’t even have any time for yourself anymore? Is your schedule so jam-packed that your planner is scribbled out with indecipherable and obscure dates? Stop and take a breath of fresh air. Don’t forget that you’re not the only one who needs some time to think and reflect. Here at Gustavus, … Continue reading Sacred Space offers reflection and relaxtion
The leaves have started changing on the Gustavus campus and the temperature has been dropping, which means it’s time for the Linneaus Arboretum’s annual Fall Fest. The festival has been growing and improving each year, and this year is no exception. The Lind Interpretive Center scheduled the event over family weekend, on Saturday Oct. 9 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. “We’d like to encourage … Continue reading Enjoy autumn with Fall Fest
Next week, on Oct. 11, National Coming Out Day will be observed by students all across the United States. Here at Gustavus Adolphus College, Queers and Allies (Q&A) is planning its own event in conjunction with Coming Out Day. The week of Oct. 10 through Oct. 15, Q&A will be sponsoring Coming Out Week. “Coming Out Week is a celebration of self-awareness, of being true … Continue reading Coming Out Week begins Oct. 15
On October 10 from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m., Africa Partners Medical is sponsoring Pasta at Patrick’s to help raise money for scholarships that fund secondary school education for Nigerian students. Africa Partners Medical (APM) has been around for four years on the Gustavus campus. It was started by two former students who worked at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, which is where APM originated.The organization … Continue reading Africa Partners Medical to hold benefit at Patrick’s
Dr. Mahzarin Banaji will be presenting a talk entitled “Mind Bugs: The Science of Ordinary Bias” on Thursday, Oct. 14, at 7:00 pm in the Wallenberg Auditorium as part of the John Kendall Lecture series. Through studies of human thinking of the unconscious nature, assessments of self and other effects of social connections, the works of Banaji, who is currently a psychology professor at Harvard … Continue reading John Kendall lecturer: Dr. Mahzarin Banaji
President Jack Ohle announced on Sept. 23, 2010 that six members of the college’s Board of Trustees have agreed to commit a contribution totaling $5 million to the college’s endowment. The money will go toward the department of economics and management, and it is enough to endow two positions. The donors, who wish to remain anonymous, specified that the money go toward one distinguished professorship … Continue reading Six trustees pledge to endow faculty positions
Gustavus is holding its annual Nobel Conference this week, with over 5,000 people expected to come to campus from all over the world to participate. Held in the Lund Center, the Nobel Conference will take place Tuesday, Oct. 5 and Wednesday, Oct. 6. With more than 4,000 tickets sold, the world’s leading experts in ethical, agro-ecological, physiological, economic and aesthetic concepts will come together to … Continue reading Making Food Good: Nobel Conference 46
Have you ever considered developing your leadership skills through communication, empowering, self-awareness, compassion and community building? Then you will definitely want to look at the Gustie in Ongoing Leadership Development (G.O.L.D.) program. This program has been offered in the past; however, recently it’s been developed into a stronger course. The creators, Assistant Director of Student Activites Andrea Junso and Adam Toppin ‘10, spent a year … Continue reading A golden opportunity to improve leadership skills
Cary Fowler, the executive director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust (GCDT) will be speaking at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 5. GCDT is located in Rome, Italy, but Fowler is travelling more often than he is in the office, so his trip to Minnesota will be nothing new. He will be covering many topics in his speech. “I don’t write out any speech or … Continue reading Featured Nobel speaker: Cary Fowler
