Archive for July, 2020
S.2 E.4: “You Don’t Need to Show a Child an Elephant”
Paschal Kyoore, Professor of French and Director of African Studies at Gustavus, explains the meanings and functions of proverbs and folktales in his native Ghana, and the importance of foreign language study. Featuring also Spider, Guinea Fowl, and Rabbit. Season 2, Episode 4: ““You Don’t Need to Show a Child an Elephant” Transcript: Greg Kaster: […]
Men’s and Women’s Tennis Earn ITA Academic Awards
The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) recently announced its 2020 Division III Men’s and Women’s ITA Scholar-Athletes and All-Academic Teams. Both the Gustavus men and women received All-Academic Team honors as well as numerous Scholar-Athletes.
Open Statistics Position
Gustavus Adolphus College invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position of Assistant Professor of Statistics (or Associate Professor with appropriate qualifications) in the Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics to begin September 1, 2021. Find the full job posting at https://gustavus.edu/employment/job/1762
MIAC Postpones 2020 Fall Sports
The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) announced Tuesday it will postpone fall 2020 competition in cross country, football, soccer, and volleyball due to the ongoing pandemic. The conference is working to develop spring schedules for those sports, which have been deemed at medium- or high-risk for coronavirus transmission by the NCAA.
S.2 E.3 “We Are What We Remember Ourselves to Be”
Professor Jennifer Ackil of the Gustavus Psychological Science Department and an expert in memory talks about remembering and misremembering, memory and trauma among children and mothers, whether women remember better than men, and why studying psychology matters. Season 2, Episode 3: “We Are What We Remember Ourselves to Be” Transcript: Greg Kaster: Learning for Life […]
Fall 2020 Opening Plan
President Bergman announces the Fall 2020 Opening Plan and a COVID-19 website redesign.
Faculty Spotlight: Dwight Stoll
Dwight Stoll (Chemistry) has been selected to the United States Pharmacopoeia Expert Committee on Chemical Analysis for the 2020-2025 volunteer cycle. The United States Pharmacopoeia is a non-governmental, non-profit organization that develops standards that facilitate the manufacture and distribution of safe and effective medicines. Expert committees composed of volunteers provide expert advice to the organization […]
S.2 E.2 Sweden’s Response to Covid-19, plus an Immigrant Success Story
Distinguished historian of Scandinavia and Gustavus Professor Emeritus of History and Scandinavian Studies Byron Nordstrom on Sweden’s novel response to the novel coronavirus, the life of Swedish immigrant Swan Turnblad in Minnesota, and learning and teaching at liberal arts colleges. Season 2, Episode 2: Sweden’s Response to Covid-19, plus an Immigrant Success Story Transcript: Just […]
Introducing… Zoom!
Zoom is our new video conferencing application and it has some fantastic features, including: breakout rooms, whiteboard options, host controls, waiting room, polling, plus many more. The solution enables users to make video calls with up to 300 users, share their video, audio, and screen, plus, all of that can be easily recorded. The application […]
Volleyball Receives AVCA Team Academic Award
The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) recently announced its Team Academic Awards for the 2019-2020 season and the Gustavus volleyball team received recognition.