Every year, the Gustavus Center for Servant Leadership (CSL) sends a group of students to various locations around the country to participate in building houses with Habitat for Humanity. “Habitat for Humanity has a branch called Collegiate Challenge, which is basically their alternative spring break. Interested sites submit requests and we can look at all the different sites and choose,” David Newell, Assistant Director for … Continue reading Work trips build connection through leadership

Visit from Famous Composer, Percy Grainger Percy Grainger, a renowned pianist and composer, visited campus for a few days in 1940 to teach, perform and lecture with the Gustavus Band. He enjoyed himself so much he joined the ensemble for their 1941 tour of Minnesota. For two weeks in March, Grainger and the Gustavus Band traveled from Willmar to Duluth playing to enthusiastic audiences all … Continue reading This Time In History:…

Building Bridges and the Student Senate have reached a decision regarding the funding process for Building Bridges that reasserts the student-led organization’s status as a signature event and part of Gustavus tradition. Seventeen years ago, a group of students decided there needed to be an outlet on campus for stories pertaining to social issues not told in the mainstream to be told on campus. Working … Continue reading Senate approves separate Building Bridges fund

Annual lectureship brings Jackson Katz to discuss men’s role in ending sexual violence and the misrepresentations of what it means to be a man Focusing on the violent culture of masculinity, Dr. Jackson Katz, guest speaker of the twelfth annual Moe Lecture, will challenge unhealthy models of masculinity by looking at the ways it hurts both women and men. The lecture will take place at … Continue reading Moe lecture on gender, violence, masculinity

The recently formed Gustavus chapter of “Spill” is providing confidential support and feedback to students wishing to vent about relationships, schoolwork or whatever else is on their mind. Spill, an acronym for “supportive peers in laidback listening,” is an option for students who are looking for support from someone they can relate to, but may not be comfortable speaking to friends or counselors. The “spiller” … Continue reading Student Spill gives Gusties a safe place to get help

On Feb. 24, 2012 Gustavus Adolphus College and the American Swedish Institute (ASI) in Minneapolis issued a joint press release announcing a visit from the King and Queen of Sweden in October. Their majesties King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia will visit Gustavus on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012 and ASI on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012. The visit will commemorate the sesquicentennial at Gustavus and … Continue reading Sweden’s King and Queen to visit Gustavus