On February 23, students involved in the Vietnamese Students’ Association and Global China Connection are hosting an event for the Lunar New Year. This celebration is to honor the start of the new year based on the lunar calendar. “It marks the beginning of a year according to the lunar calendar (as opposed to the solar, or Gregorian calendar),” Noah Bich Ngoc Nguyen, senior and … Continue reading Vietnamese Student Association plans Lunar New Year

On February 27, sophomores, juniors, and seniors from a number of private colleges around the state, including Gustavus, will have the opportunity to attend the Minnesota Private College Career and Internship Fair. This exciting event will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Minneapolis Convention Center, and promises to be a valuable experience for those who attend. “The Minnesota Private College Job … Continue reading Minnesota Private College Career and Internship Fair to be held February 27

Last weekend, 21 percent of the Gustavus student population vowed to go 100 hours without drinking. The goal was to invite students to abstain from binge drinking to focus on how much of an impact it has on student health. The event was sponsored by the Peer Assistants, as well as Peer Education and Chemical Health. “A common misconception is that the 100 Hour Challenge … Continue reading Students participate in Peer Education’s 100 Hour Challenge to abstain from binge drinking

Since early in the term, the English Department has been hard at work in its search for a new assistant professor in poetry. This grueling process of search committee meetings, application reviews, and eventually candidate evaluations will hopefully end in the hiring of a brilliant new professor. The need for this new addition stems largely from the fact that Professor Joyce Sutphen is retiring after … Continue reading English Department in search of new professor: Qualified candidates apply for Professor in Poetry and Writing

Her Campus is a website that publishes articles written by women on college campuses across the country. This publication is based out of Boston, Massachusetts. It features articles written by over 350 colleges and from thousands of women. The goal of this website is to empower women through the form of writing. Gustavus began its own chapter right here on campus. “The founders of our … Continue reading Her Campus presents “12 Days of Giveaways”: Various appealing prizes to be given in light of Christmas season

Be The Match has teamed up with Love Your Melon, Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, and Tri-Beta Biological Honors Society to hold a Swab Drive at Gustavus earlier this week. The purpose of the event was to find a match for someone suffering from blood cancer or another disease. “The purpose of the Swab drive is to increase the registry for people to get bone marrow … Continue reading Student orgs team up for Swab Drive

On November 27, 2017, President Rebecca M. Bergman announced that a new and expanded career development program would launch at Gustavus Adolphus College due to a very generous and anonymous $25 million grant. Not only will the grant help provide an exceptional career development center, but it will also provide substantial funding for scholarships, financial aid, and capital projects at Gustavus. The generous gift is … Continue reading Career Development receives $25 million gift

Many students discover the benefits of attending a liberal arts institution when participating in various student organizations. These clubs sometimes pertain to a particular major which gives students additional opportunity to engage in the subject area they are interested in. They have the enriching option to surround themselves with like-minded individuals with the same driven ambitions and aspirations as them. Gustavus Adolphus College has a … Continue reading Sigma Tau Delta organizes first “Booksgiving”: English Honor Society collects books to donate to Books for Africa

With all of the events going on around the world, the good and the bad, it never hurts to become more educated on different cultures and the diversity around you. D.E.E.P, or Diversity Education Exploration Project, aims to address this directly by giving students the chance to explore different cultures by offering trips to interact with various cultures on them. D.E.E.P. has three pillars that … Continue reading D.E.E.P. hosts silent auction with a variety of prizes: Silent auction provides necessary funds for DEEP to embark on their trip to Little Havana in Florida