Category: Variety
Senior recital celebrates friendship and music
Seniors Katelyn Yee and Lauren Lowe started their musical journeys at Gustavus with each other, so to them, it only seems fitting to end it that way. The two hosted their senior cello and viola recital together on Nov. 17th at 7:30 p.m in Bjorling Music Hall, hoping to express their love for music and each other through their performance. As for planning their recital … Continue reading Senior recital celebrates friendship and music
Gustie of the Week: Rachel Belvedere
This week’s Gustie of the Week is an involved student on campus, a friendly face and ambitious senior Rachel Belvedere. Gustavus has been a family school for Belvedere and she wasn’t sure if she would have her own narrative with such a family legacy, but all of this changed once she visited campus. “I wanted to have college be an experience I defined, and I … Continue reading Gustie of the Week: Rachel Belvedere
Spotlight on: choral conducting program
In the spirit of Christmas in Christ Chapel, which happens in the weekend following Thanksgiving Break, Variety brings the spotlight to the choral conducting program—an academic area of focus under the Music/Music Education Major umbrella. “Within the music major, people can designate different areas of study, for example, a vocal performance major, a bassoon performance major, or a composition major. Each of them is a … Continue reading Spotlight on: choral conducting program
Tales from Abroad: Mayra Gurrola-Calderon
Senior Theater and Latin American, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies Major Mayra Gurrola-Calderon is spending her Fall semester of 2019 in the Republic of Peru—the South American home of the Amazon rainforest, Machu Picchu, and the ancient Inca empire. Gurrola-Calderon chose to study in Peru because the country’s Latinx heritage closely and deeply relates to her field of study and her own identity as a Latin … Continue reading Tales from Abroad: Mayra Gurrola-Calderon
Gustie of the Week: Chris Gilbert
Professor of Political Science Chris Gilbert comes from a liberal arts education background as he attended Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania during his undergraduate years. One of the reasons why he chose to teach at Gustavus was that he valued the small, close-knit community of compassionate and caring people he encountered everywhere he went. When he finished graduate school at Washington University in St. Louis, … Continue reading Gustie of the Week: Chris Gilbert
Gustie of the Week: Quincy Yangh
Junior Quincy Yangh, a travel aficionado from Saint Paul, Minnesota, has been excited to attend college since he was young and was excited to choose Gustavus. “Ever since a young child, my parents impressed upon me the need for higher education. Therefore, I was very critical in selecting an institution that will academically challenge me and help me become the scholar I have always envisioned. … Continue reading Gustie of the Week: Quincy Yangh
Faculty achievements celebrated on Founder’s Day
While October 31 is considered by most to be a day filled with tricks and treats, for our Gustavus community, it is also a day of heritage, service and recognition. Commemorating the dedication of Old Main in 1876 and the college’s relocation to Saint Peter, Founder’s Day not only pays tribute to the longevity of the institution, but also to the dedicated staff that have … Continue reading Faculty achievements celebrated on Founder’s Day
Gustie of the Week: Aaron Geringer
This week’s Gustie of the Week is Gustavus’ Mental Health Therapist, Aaron Geringer. Geringer, originally from Wheatland, Wyoming, interned at Gustavus from Fall of 2016 to Spring of 2017 while in graduate school, and eventually made his way back to campus for a permanent position. “I graduated and ended up moving to Lincoln, [Nebraska] to practice at a community mental health center. There [opened] a … Continue reading Gustie of the Week: Aaron Geringer
Gustie of the Week: Weston Lombard
This week’s Gustie of the Week is Junior Weston Lombard, an Accounting major from Stillwater, MN and co-founder of School Shark LLC. School Shark is a business founded by Lombard and his baseball teammates, Juniors John Campisi and Christian Johnson, with the mission of providing college students with a better option for buying and selling textbooks. “What we are is a peer-to-peer textbook sales platform … Continue reading Gustie of the Week: Weston Lombard