Each year, Gustavus’s student-led organization, Building Bridges, organizes a conference in an effort to promote understanding of diversity and to foster social justice. The conference’s objective is to lay a foundation for opening up dialogue to the wider community, bringing together individuals from various settings, situations, and interests to discuss. The 18th Annual Building Bridges Conference for 2013 has been in the topic planning phases … Continue reading Building Bridges announces conference topic on mass incarceration

Sophomore Socials are a new, open-house-style events at Gustavus this year which seeks to bridge the gap between the residential and academic experiences for sophomore students, held from 3 to 5 p.m. every Friday in September and every other Friday in October in the Johns Family Courtyard (Courtyard Café if it rains). Sophomore Socials give students a chance to interact with professors in a casual, … Continue reading Sophomore Socials engage students and professors

…on respecful dialogue Shortly after 10:30 the night of Sunday, Sept. 9, a “Vote No” poster hanging in an apartment window was vandalized on the Gustavus campus. “Vote No” has been the slogan adopted by those in opposition to the newly proposed marriage amendment that will appear on the ballot this upcoming November. The incident stunned and shocked the victims of the vandalism because it … Continue reading Students hold conversation workshops…

The vision of the G.O.L.D.  program concentrates on student leadership development  in the community. This year the program will undergo major changes to better fit the need of Gustavus students.The program encompasses Gustavus’s five core values of excellence, service, faith, community and justice. After a series of program changes, the G.O.L.D. program began collobration with the CSL to develop the program to better serve and … Continue reading G.O.L.D Program broadens leadership track

In line with the new school year, Gustavus’s Policy Against Sexual Assault has undergone changes to meet the current federal requirements and to fall in line with national best practices. After recent review by Assistant Dean of Students and Student Conduct Coordinator Peter Meagher, the previous Policy Against Sexual Assault has been revised to meet Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and to … Continue reading Updated sexual assault policy gives students more voice

Many people in Minnesota may wonder what the connection is between the distant oceans and our small part of the world.  Chemical oceanographer and  lecturer of Nobel Conference 48: Our Global Ocean William Fitzgerald will soon arrive on campus to tell us just how interconnected we all are to the oceans and marine life around us. Chosen as the Rydell Professor for Gustavus’s Nobel Conference … Continue reading Rydell Professor to speak on Nobel Preview

Wes Moore, an army veteran and advocate for helping kids find the support they need, is the author of this year’s Reading in Common book, The Other Wes Moore. Moore will be speaking on campus Tuesday, Sept. 11th in Christ Chapel, after which there will be an opportunity for book signing. The Other Wes Moore was chosen as the Reading in Common book because it … Continue reading Wes Moore addresses campus