Grace LaTourelle- Childhood Poverty: Uniting Voices to Empower Tomorrow is the theme for this year’s Building Bridges Conference, taking place at 9:00 a.m. this Saturday, March 2nd, in Alumni Hall. This year marks the 29th Building Bridges Conference at Gustavus. Hosted by the Building Bridges student organization, the conference has revolved around a variety of topics regarding social justice. Past conferences have explored topics such … Continue reading Childhood Poverty; Building Bridges to host conference

Katie Samek- Gustavus Adolphus College announced the unveiling of its first-ever master’s program, an Athletic Training master’s degree, on campus at the GAC Athletics Open House on Monday, Feb. 19. Hopes are high among several other departments that other master’s degree programs of a similar nature will follow. Monday’s meeting was headed by Dr. Mary Westby, program director for the Athletic Training master’s degree. Also … Continue reading Major moves: Gustavus introduces Athletic Training Master’s Degree

Grace LaTourelle- Mr. Gustavus is an annual tradition hosted by the Theta Xi Gamma sorority to raise money for their philanthropy, the Pinky Swear Foundation. The pageant will take place on Friday, April 5, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. in the cafeteria. “As a sorority, our Pinky Swear philanthropy partnership is at the core of all that we do – Mr. Gustavus being no exception,” Junior … Continue reading Competition for a cause: Mr. Gustavus 2024

Elliot Steeves- The Gustavus Student Senate will run an election for their new co-presidents next year on Feb. 26th. The election will run all day from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. This year’s election will only consist of one ticket for co-president, consisting of sitting senators Robby Swenson and Chance Korpela, per Associate Dean of Students Megan Ruble. However, the ballot will also feature key … Continue reading Student Senate elections on the horizon

Grace LaTourelle- Spring Semester has arrived on the Hill, which results in the thawing of J-term into the regular buzz of student life. Between the end of the second week of the semester to May 21, the end of the 2023-2024 school year, Gusties have deadlines, events, athletics, and registrations. Interim Dean of Student, Charlie Potts recognized the duality of Spring Semester: being present in … Continue reading Spring semester comes back to GAC in full swing

Katie Samek- The Minnesota Private Colleges’ Job & Internship Fair has come back for the spring semester, and the Career Development Center (CDC) once again invites all current Gustavus undergraduate students to attend. This event will be held on Thursday, Feb. 22nd from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Minneapolis Convention Center. The college is offering free bus transportation to and from the event … Continue reading Internship and job fair is back to seek out Gusties for jobs

Elliot Steeves- A brand new Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging questionnaire allows anyone on Gustavus Adolphus’s campus to directly contact the President’s Council for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging with any questions that they have about Gustavus’s DEIB policies, events, and other initiatives. The idea for the questionnaire started in a very unorthodox place. Over the last few years, the PCDEI has sought to create … Continue reading PCDEI opens up new form for feedback

Elliot Steeves- Three Senior Environmental Studies majors –Ella Castleman, Jolie Grimes, and Liv Nelson– are creating something very unique for their Senior Seminar. The project involves the construction of a new Prairie near Chapel View, along with the installation of several solar panels. The project is part of the Senior Seminar program in the Environmental Studies program, in which students plan something that will be … Continue reading Environmental Science seniors undertake Prairie Project

Grace LaTourelle- The Angel Tree is a local partnership with Head Start to bring children in St. Peter, who might not receive many or any gifts, extra presents for Christmas. The Angel Tree, which was put up before Thanksgiving break, draws to a close on Dec. 13, 2023. The Angel Tree has been a tradition at Gustavus since 1997, started by former Peer Assistant, Kate … Continue reading Angel Tree gives Gusties the ability to bless St. Peter children this holiday season

Katie Samek- Hello, Gusties! All of us here at the Weekly want to wish our Gustavus community good luck during these most stressful times in the semester and also say a brief goodbye. As you may or may not already know, the Gustavian Weekly does not publish during J-Term, so you won’t be hearing from us again until the spring semester. (Of course, given that … Continue reading A holiday farewell (for now) from the Weekly