The Campus Activities Board (CAB) hosted a spoken word performance that was “life changing,” Sophomore Culture and Diversity Executive Tyra Banks said. Natasha T. Miller, a Detroit, Michigan native, three-time Women of the World Poetry Slam finalist, author, and film producer presented her show to Gustavus students from 7 p.m.-8 p.m. this past Wednesday, March 6, 2019 in the Courtyard Café. Miller is the author … Continue reading Three-time World Poetry Slam finalist Natasha T. Miller gives spoken word show

Every Gustavus student is familiar with the Collegiate Fellow program, either through serving as CFs themselves or through living on campus. Recently, changes were made to the compensation CFs will receive as payment for their services to students and the campus. Changes to the Collegiate Fellow program have “been discussed… over the past seven years,” Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students Dr. … Continue reading Budget cuts reach Residential Life: Collegiate Fellow compensation no longer covers entire room cost

Students planning to go on the India and Malaysia Study Abroad trips were left disappointed after finding out both trips were canceled for the fall of 2019, including Sophomore Hailey Concepcion. Concepcion is a Political Science and Peace Studies major with a minor in Latin American, Latino/a, and Caribbean Studies (LALACS) and had looked forward to furthering her studies in India next semester. “I love … Continue reading Gustavus cancels two fall study away trips: The India and Malaysia trips for 2019 canceled due to low enrollment

Throughout the months of February and March, Gustavus is hosting the fourth Latinx Film Festival to showcase films from different spanish countries like Cuba, Argentina, and Mexico. Darío Sánchez-González, an Assistant Professor in Modern Languages, Literature, and Cultures; Spanish; Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies; and LALACS at Gustavus, suggested the idea of making the film festival a series, continuing from the first festival in 2013, … Continue reading Latinx Film Festival celebrates women in film

Christmas in Christ Chapel 2018 welcomes the Christmas season. Five shows filled with music, word, and dance will bring almost 9,000 people to campus this weekend. Tickets for three of the five services have sold out, though there will be a live broadcast of the service on the Gustavus website. Planning for this event began before the end of the 2017 school year, when Dr. … Continue reading Christmas in Christ Chapel bringing holiday spirit to GAC: This year’s theme embodies “Visions of Divine Mystery”

The St. Lucia Festival has an important history here at Gustavus. The story of the festival on campus will be gaining a new chapter on December 6. However, the festival goes beyond the Gustavus community. St. Lucia Day, also known as Saint Lucy Day, has been celebrated for hundreds of years. St. Lucia is one of only eight women recognized in the ‘Canon of the … Continue reading 2018 Guild of St. Lucia announced

For twelve hours straight, on November 8, Gustavus held its annual Give to Gustavus Day event, which saw over $493,000 in donations.  Give to Gustavus Day focuses on raising money for the Gustavus Fund, which helps to support scholarships, financial aid, instruction, academic support, research, student services, institutional support, signature events, and outreach, according to Gustavus alumna and Director of the Gustavus Fund Katie Schroeder.  … Continue reading Gustavus raises over $493,000 for the Gustavus Fund: Annual Give to Gustavus Day successful after twelve hours of donating

The Delta Phi Omega sorority held their annual Breast Cancer Benefit this past Sunday, November 11 in alignment with the sorority’s philanthropy of breast cancer research and support. The event included a brunch, a silent auction, and speeches from three women who have experienced breast cancer in their lives in some capacity—Barbara Hensley, Michele Rusinko, and Megan Ruble. One of the speakers, Barbara Hensley, is … Continue reading Delta Phi Omega hosts breast cancer event: Three speakers detail their experiences with breast cancer

Gustavus hosted speaker Hilary Chart in Confer Hall for a talk on Botswana and Capitalism at 7 p.m. on Thursday, November 8. Chart is a sociocultural anthropologist and professor at Macalester College in St. Paul. She has an interest in Africa as a whole and has done research on the economy of Botswana in particular. Professor Paschal Kyoore, Director of the African Studies department, advertised … Continue reading Research on Botswana economy shared in lecture