Gustavus Blogs

Month: October 2020

  • New Member Update!

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    Kelsey Leppert

    Meet Monse Perez Barrios! Monse is a first-year student and is planning to major in biology with a minor in molecular biology! Currently at the Culpeper Language Learning Center, Monse is working on creating characters for the Katakana fighter game as well as helping with the “soy interprete soy heroe” project. In her free-time, she…

  • Career 101 for MCS Majors on Wednesday (10/21) at 3:30pm

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    jdowney

    Career Develop Specialist Jill VanOsdol will give an MCS specific presentation on Careers and Internships on Wednesday, 10/21, from 3:30 – 4:30 pm via Zoom. Link to Seminar: Join Zoom Meeting Seminar Description: Have questions about how to do a job or internship search? Want to network with MCS alums? Not sure to start when…

  • COVID Fall 2020 and Academic Assistant Intro: Wyatt Gillette

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    Wyatt Gillette

    Saludos GAC SPA Comunidad! Hola!My name is Wyatt Gillette, and I am a Senior this year double majoring in Financial Economics and Spanish. This semester I am one of the Academic Assistants for the Spanish section in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. In addition to this role on campus, I am an…

  • A Name to Make You Smile

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    nhagberg

    Let’s face it.  Sometimes there’s not much to smile about these days.  And I don’t even have to explain to you why, so I won’t. So, try this. Bring to mind someone whose name makes you smile. Sit there with it for a few moments.  And let yourself smile. They do not need to be in…

  • Gustavus Adolphus College Board of Trustees Approves Racial Justice Resolution

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    jakin

    The Gustavus Adolphus College Board of Trustees has unanimously passed a resolution affirming the College’s commitment to Racial Justice and Inclusion…

  • Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Passwords

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    admin

    October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month and Technology Services will be sharing some important safety tips to help keep you safe online.  The first in our series involves passwords.  Below are some key points to remember about passwords. Use Two-factor or Multi-factor authentication.  This prevents 99.9% of attacks on your account. Do not share your passwords…

  • COVID-19 Weekly Update: October 13, 2020

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    agross3

    TO: The Gustavus Community FROM: COVID-19 Response Leadership Team SUBJECT: COVID-19 Weekly Update DATE: October 13, 2020   Please see below for the COVID-19 weekly tip and on-campus case update.   UPDATE Beginning this week, the online COVID-19 dashboard will now be updated twice each week, on Tuesday and Friday mornings. Members of the community will continue to receive this once-weekly email update on Tuesdays and…

  • Message from the Chair, 9/29/20

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    amukamur

    PCDEI Begins Three-Year Racial Justice and Inclusion Effort Greetings from the President’s Council on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (PCDEI). Yesterday, a group of 25 students, faculty, staff, alumni, and trustees met as the newly constituted PCDEI to begin work on a three-year effort focused on Racial Justice and Inclusion.   Since George Floyd’s death at the…

  • S.4 E.9: “Suspicious Persons”

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    Learning for Life @ Gustavus host Greg Kaster interviews professor Kate Keller about French history, surveillance, and what led her to study history.

  • Buss ‘22 Conducts Music Research for Conducting Ensembles

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    vthurk

    Lauren Buss ‘22 researched music conducting for Dr. James Patrick Miller’s upcoming book, Teaching Basic Conducting. Buss and Dr. Miller collaborated to write a new method of teaching conducting to undergraduate and graduate students. “She went far beyond what the expectations were for her summer research… She also was really creative in taking different approaches,…