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Corbett Earns Two NCGA All-America Honors

The NCGA recently named its Regular Season All-Americans with Annie Corbett (Fy., Brookfield, Wis.) gaining the honors on the beam and in the all-around for Gustavus. The NCGA recognized the top eight on each event and the all-around – four from the East Region and four from the West Region, including all ties.

Tradition of Excellence: 1927 Baseball Claims First MIAC Championship

In the absence of sports for the remainder of the 2019-20 academic year, Gustavus sports information will provide a series of stories to take a look back at great moments in Golden Gustie athletics history, celebrating its proud tradition of excellence.

COVID-19 Online Issue: March 26th, 2020

Gustavian Weekly Issue 18

Faculty and Staff Cope with COVID-19 Pandemic

The rapidly developing COVID-19 pandemic has led to Gustavus suspending all in-person instruction as well as on-campus living for the remainder of the semester. The decision has had immediate impacts on the entire Gustavus community, and further effects are still to be seen. Faculty, including professors, coaching staff and other college service workers, are preparing […]

Get to Know Gustavus Football

The Gustavus football program's 2020 junior visit days have been cancelled. For the next six weeks, the Gustie coaching staff will bring Gustavus to you. Get to know Gustavus and Golden Gustie football by watching the video in this post.

Temporary Access to Adobe Creative Cloud Products on Your Personal Device

As a result of campus closure, student and employee access to Adobe Creative Cloud in labs and classrooms is not available. While we are still offering access through our virtual environments, Gustavus has worked with Adobe to provide temporary access for students and employees directly on their devices.  Installing the applications directly on your device […]

College Faces Financial Fears Amid COVID-19: Uncertain Times Lead to Financial Worries among Staff and Students

The spread of COVID-19 has brought with it a flood of economic worries and uncertainties, and now that Gustavus has closed its doors for the rest of the Spring Semester, the question of how the school will be impacted financially still remains. The economic hardships felt in the global market have led to significant decreases […]

The Difficulty of going Digital: Online Learning Forces Classes to get Creative or Make Serious Cuts

As Gusties are all too aware, class plans have been changing quickly. Due to the suspension of in-person classes, as announced last week, professors have been scrambling to re-arrange class schedules, assignments and projects. However, due to the nature of Gustavus’ hands-on learning approach, this has been extremely difficult for various departments. Classes such as […]

Message to Students

Dear Students, As you have likely heard, the Governor has issued a “Stay at Home” order beginning on Friday, March 27, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. and extending until Friday, April 10 at 5 p.m. For us on campus, that means that additional employees will move to remote work and Lund Center will close to all […]

Unprecedented Events: 1998 Tornado, 2020 Coronavirus

On March 29, 1998, Saint Peter was devastated by a F-3 tornado that destroyed homes, tore through the campus of Gustavus, and took one life. Almost twenty-two years later, Gustavus (and the entire world) has been forced to confront the novel coronavirus and the uneasy reality and uncertainty of the future. The tornado in 1998 […]