The Communication Studies Club is hosting its yearly Red Cross blood drive Nov. 3 and 4, 2010. The event is open to Gustavus students, faculty, staff and the greater St. Peter community and will take place in Alumni Hall from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. both days. The blood drive has been a biannual philanthropy of the communication studies department for several years and has … Continue reading Give blood, save lives
The Gustavus Annual Fund website says, “Tuition covers only a portion of Gustavus’s operating costs. The gap is bridged by loyal donors who choose to support higher education through the Gustavus Annual Fund.” The Annual Fund is comprised of gifts from alumni, parents, friends and even current students of the college. Eighty percent of the funds support scholarships and other financial aid, and the other … Continue reading Gustavus Annual Fund program November 1
Gustavus alumna Sara (Brigger) Dziuk ’02 was recently named Executive Director of Admission Possible Twin Cities. Admission Possible is a nonprofit organization based in St. Paul dedicated to helping low-income high school students prepare for and earn admission to college by providing ACT/SAT test preparation, admissions and financial aid consulting and guidance in the transition to college. The organization assists in aiding these students in … Continue reading Sara Dziuk ’02 joins Admission Possible
Student Senate has recently undertaken discussion on new policies and projects affecting Gustavus students. Among the topics are the routes and routines of the “Gus Bus”, the free weekend shuttle service, and the possibility of new outdoor recreational renovations. The Gus Bus, a St. Peter transit bus that offers free rides to students from 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. Friday and Saturday nights, has been … Continue reading Student Senate plans
On Thursday, October 28 at 7:00 p.m., James Carl Nelson, the author of The Remains of Company D will be talking about his book at the Treaty Site History Center. The program, sponsored by the Book Mark, and is a chance to meet Nelson and hear about history that was previously lost and forgotten. Nelson was born in Chicago. He graduated from the University of … Continue reading Author James Carl Nelson to visit Saint Peter
In light of recent events nationwide and during Coming Out Week at Gustavus, the theatre and dance department and the student social justice theatre troupe I Am We Are have planned a candlelight vigil for October 28 at 10:00 p.m. at the Shakespeare Pit. Henry MacCarthy, professor of theatre and dance, said that the idea was brought up in a theatre and dance department meeting … Continue reading Candlelight vigil to honor victims of harrassment
Friday, October 29, Joel Carlin’s Conservation Biology class is holding a lecture, open to the public, entitled “The Tragedies of Bush Meat” in Nobel Hall at 10:30 a.m.. Carlin, a professor for four years at Gustavus in the biology department, is the professor of the BIO-245 class, Conservation Biology. Carlin’s education background focuses on fisheries: the study of aquatic organisms, how people use them and … Continue reading Professor Joel Carlin to hold public lecture
As part of Coming Out Week at Gustavus, the Queers & Allies painted the infamous rock on the hill in rainbow stripes on Sunday evening. By Monday morning, the rock had been repainted completely black with an anti-homosexuality Bible verse referenced in red. Q&A sprang into action, repainting the rock to its original rainbow theme Monday afternoon. The perpetrators of the repainting have not been … Continue reading Q&A paints the rock twice
Gusties generate hundreds of tons of garbage and recyclable material each year. Students may wonder where their discarded pop cans, paper towels and lab reports go. About half of the material that is discarded at Gustavus is placed in commingle (plastic/metal/glass) or paper recycling bins. But, that is just half of the story. Much of the other half, which is placed in garbage cans, is … Continue reading Gustavus’s trash travels
This past Saturday, Oct. 9 in Alumni Hall, nine individuals were honored by being inducted into the Gustavus Athletic Hall of Fame. In 1978, 19 founding “Charter Members” were inducted as coaches or as athletes into the Gustavus Adolphus College Hall of Fame. The Gustavus Hall of Fame room is located on the second floor of Lund Center. The room was originally partially endowed by … Continue reading Nine inducted in to athletic hall of fame
