A slowly growing national trend is moving across colleges and universities to fit their campuses with final resting places for college faculty, employees, and alumni. Gustavus is currently finishing the construction on a Memorial Garden of its own. The Christ Chapel Memorial Garden, currently under construction on the south side of Chapel on Hello Walk, will be dedicated as part of the Alumni Memorial Service over … Continue reading Memorial Garden offers a final resting place

Event aims to connect Gustavus to local community In hopes to reduce campus-wide waste, Gustavus students and members of the community are coming together to hold a community wide garage sale.  The event will take place on Saturday, June 15 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Lund Arena. Students, faculty, and members of the community will have the opportunity to attend the event and … Continue reading Gustavus Garage Sale:

As one of the most notably recognized Supreme Court decisions, Roe v. Wade served as the topic of this year’s MAYDAY! Peace Conference. This year’s theme reflected on the decision made forty years ago and the relevant topics surrounding that decision today. The 33rd Annual Peace Conference was held on Thursday, May 2, 2013. The event began with a welcoming ceremony in Christ Chapel with … Continue reading MAYDAY! conference in perspective

As part of Honors Day weekend, Night of Distinction was held Sunday, May 5 to recognize and award the leadership, service, and achievement of individual students, groups and organizations. Groups that received recognition at Night of Distinction included: Student Conduct Board, Peer Assistants, Ambassadors, Fraternities and Sororities, Center for Servant Leadership, Gustie Greeters, Diversity Center, Collegiate Fellows, and Student Senate. Sophomore Biochemistry Major Daniel Ly … Continue reading Night of Distinction celebrates student excellence

As visiting chaplain Sabina Koij and visiting cantor Mattias Koij will be returning to Sweden a year earlier than expected, the search for a new chaplain is near completion. The Chaplain Search/Call Committee has chosen four candidates for the Chaplain position originally vacated by Chaplain Brian Johnson in 2011 when he accepted a position at Valparaiso University. Since Chaplain Johnson’s departure, Chaplain Rod Anderson has … Continue reading Chaplain candidates to visit campus

Senior English Major Julia Tindell has been selected as the 2013 Commencement student speaker. She was selected by a committee of seniors based on a writing sample, interview and preview of her speech. Commencement will take place on June 2, 2013. “I am thrilled and honored to have been selected as the commencement speaker for this year’s graduating class, particularly considering all of the really … Continue reading Julia Tindell announced as the 2013 Commencement student speaker

Beginning fall semester of 2013, the Greek community will be undergoing a complete change in leadership. In the fall, Assistant Dean of Students and Director of Diversity and Office of Multicultural Programs Virgil Jones will become the new adviser to Inter-Greek Senate (IGS).  Current IGS Adviser Megan Ruble will join Jones, Associate Dean of Students Stephen Bennett, and Dean of Students and Vice President for … Continue reading Position changes result in new Greek advisers

The Provost’s Office has recently announced that Sam C. Vong will join the Gustavus faculty in the fall of 2013 as the college’s first Bruce Gray Postdoctoral Fellow. Vong earned an undergraduate degree in sociology from the University of California, Berkley and holds a Master’s degree in history from California State University, Los Angeles. Vong will earn a Ph.D in History from Yale University this … Continue reading Sam C. Vong accepts Bruce Gray Postdoctoral Fellowship