The Great Gustie Gathering, also known as Gustavus Homecoming 2015, is September 26 and includes multiple new and classic events that alumni and students alike can look forward to attending. A few of these events include Rock the Hill, Nature: A Walking Play, and a Rave in Alumni Hall. Additionally, the Epsilon Phi Alpha Fraternity will be hosting a Homecoming reunion for the first time … Continue reading Biggest Homecoming Reunion in 50 Years
Safety is a main concern for students and faculty here on the Gustavus’ campus. Campus Safety does their best to protect students by providing services such as Safe Rides and blue light phone poles. Today, new apps are being developed to supplement current Campus Safety tools. Recently, Gustavus was one of 100 college campuses added to the network of a new app called BlueLight, a … Continue reading Stay Safe with BlueLight
The 2015-16 school year has officially started and Gusties have returned with a multitude of summer stories. For those who have conducted research in the past three months, the Fall Research Symposium provides a unique venue for Gusties to share what they have discovered. The Fall Research Symposium is one of two research showcases for Gusties. At the Symposium, two students will perform a twenty … Continue reading Summer Research Celebrated at the Fall Symposium
Most Gusties know the Dive simply as the place to go for student dances on Friday nights, but it is a big space to only be used every couple Fridays throughout the year. Therefore, talks began last spring about sprucing it up to make it more functional and more inviting. President Bergman was on the Board of Trustees a few years ago when the Student … Continue reading Dive in Desperate Need of Updating
Gustavus students may spend four years studying and living in St. Peter and never learn the small town is home to hundreds of mentally ill and dangerous individuals. In a random survey of 15 first-year students, none had heard of the Minnesota Security Hospital. Yet, the campus is located only a mile away from the facility. The Minnesota Security Hospital in St. Peter was built … Continue reading Mismanagement at Security Hospital causes chaos
While most students were away over the summer, changes were occurring on “The Hill”. One of those was a reduction in the Forensic Team’s budget. Students utilized social media as a method to get information out to others who were unaware of what was happening. There were heated Facebook posts, rumors circulating and much confusion about what was actually going on. Senior Forensics Team member … Continue reading Forensics team forced to make changes due to budget cuts
This summer the Gustavus Wind Orchestra (GWO) was invited to perform at the 2016 Collegiate Band Directors National Association’s regional conference at Iowa State University. The CBDNA is the recognized professional organization for collegiate band directors dedicated to enhancing the teaching, performance and study of music in the United States. The biennial regional conference will host directors from programs throughout the Midwest. As an active … Continue reading Gustavus Wind Orchestra has ‘All that Jazz’
Gustavus kicks off the new school year off with the announcement of a 25 million dollar donation, the largest gift in the history of the College. The money will be used as the foundation of an estimated 65 million dollar expansion and renovation of the Alfred Nobel Hall of Science. “The donor has asked to be anonymous, but they are a local Twin Cities family … Continue reading Historic donation makes Nobel renovation possible
Students returning to Gustavus will notice a reconfiguration in the placement of many important offices this year. These changes have been made with the intention of all returning students, incoming first-years, faculty, and administrators benefiting from the new locations. Dean of Students JoNes VanHecke explains the main motivation for the rearrangement was to bring the Financial Aid and Admissions offices closer together for more efficient … Continue reading Rethinking of office spaces to benefit all Gusties
One of the major multilateral development finance institutions in this world.” Russian President Vladimir Putin commented on the New Development Bank to reporters. The formation of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) New Development Bank on July 15, 2014 spawned widespread speculation on the future of the world economy. The stated goals of the New Bank are to provide money for infrastructure and … Continue reading The BRICS New Development Bank and China
