Fall sports have started off with a bang, and the coaches are enthused by what they have seen in the first few competitions. Volleyball: fresh faces fitting in well Volleyball is off to a 3-1 start after last weekend at the UW-Whitewater tournament. Head Coach Rachelle Dosch is excited about how her team is performing already in the season. “We are young, but at a … Continue reading Fall sports off to strong start
Every fall, students come back to campus anticipating change. While some are more visually striking than others, there are many that are underutilized. One such change is the new Nutritional Guidebook near the entrance to the tray line in the Cafeteria. Prompted by student request, Nutritionist George Elliot and Head of Dining Services Steve Kjellgren began discussing the possibility of creating a nutritional guidebook that … Continue reading Make your plate count
…with new pilot program With another new fall semester on the horizon, the Gustie Greeters charge up the hill, enthusiastically welcoming the new first-year students to campus. This time around, however, they bring with them some changes to the program. In an experimental pilot program, four of the First Term Seminars (FTS) will consist of four Greeter Groups, as opposed to previously random assignments. In … Continue reading Greeters and faculty envision a more ‘seamless’ first-year experience…
I am writing on the subject of the graphs in the Weekly’s April 30, 2012 edition (“Complex financial realities continue to shape Gustavus tuition” and “CAB and Senate share finance distributions”). –The graph on the front page of the Weekly depicting Gustavus’ budget does not allow side by side comparison of the expenses and revenues, as the size of the pies are equal, which is … Continue reading RE: CAB Cash
On Thursday, April 26, 2012, Workshop Architects Inc., brought their first drafts of possible Dive renovation plans to campus seeking student input. “A few weeks ago, they came to Gustavus and ran through several brainstorming activities with the Dive committee and several other students with interest in the project. Last Thursday, they were back with three different conceptual designs for the Dive,” Junior David Buckley, … Continue reading Workshop Architects present possible Dive renovation designs
Gustavus women interested in Greek life have a new option on campus. The national sorority Alpha Sigma Tau is in the process of colonizing and is set to become an official sorority next fall. There are approximately thirty women already on-board. The new sorority’s formation is rooted in the ambitions of Sophomores Jenni Harms and Sarah Larson. Harms and Larson both hoped to join an … Continue reading Alpha Sigma Tau recognized at Gustavus
The black and white pages of the library’s books are going to be livened up with some colorful floral decorations this weekend in the Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library. Books in Bloom is a fund-raising event for the library led by the Gustavus Library Associates (GLA) in which local floral shops make arrangements to be displayed with thirty books and two movies. A sampling of the … Continue reading Library books inspire floral creations
Visiting Assistant Professor of English, Matt Rasmussen (’98), has been chosen by poet Jane Hirshfield as the recipient of the 2012 Walt Whitman Award, presented by the Academy of American Poets. The Walt Whitman Award “was established in 1975 to encourage the work of emerging poets and to enable the publication of a poet’s first book,” according to Poets.org. This award publishes a first collection … Continue reading Matt Rasmussen receives Walt Whitman Award
