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Month: December 2020

  • MCS Faculty Member Featured on the Learning for Life @ Gustavus Podcast

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    anienow2

    Dr. Melissa Lynn of the Gustavus Mathematics Computer Science and Statistics Department was featured on the December 15 episode of the Learning for Life @ Gustavus podcast.  Listen to what she had to say by clicking here.

  • Theatre and Dance Performances go Digital

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    vthurk

    The Theatre and Dance department used investigative research practices to transition this semester’s performances to a digitally streamed format. These performances were streamed in the first week of December and will be shown again before Christmas.    Shared Space: In Flux    Directing a virtual dance concert presented challenges and opportunities for students Hannah Saunders ‘22…

  • Zoom Recordings and Support

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    admin

    As a reminder, starting Wednesday, December 16, Zoom recordings will be subject to a 60-day deletion timer. Video recordings more than 60 days old will automatically be removed, while more recent videos will be displayed with a countdown that indicates when they will be deleted. Videos that have been removed can be retrieved for 30…

  • COVID-19 Weekly Update: December 15, 2020

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    agross3

    TO: The Gustavus Community FROM: COVID-19 Response Leadership Team SUBJECT: COVID-19 Weekly Update DATE: December 15, 2020   Please see below for the COVID-19 weekly tip and on-campus case update. This message will be the last weekly update of Fall Semester 2020; weekly messages will resume on Tuesday, January 5, 2021.   WEEKLY TIP #1: Our final mass testing event of the semester was held…

  • New YA novel by Gustavus librarian!

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    ahulsebe

    Congratulations to our own Gustavus professor & librarian Julie Gilbert on the publication of Cemetery Songs, a young adult novel about adoption, identity and the ghosts of the past. For more details on Cemetery Songs, visit the book page on Goodreads. Looking for more leisure reading? Visit our “Read, Relax, Win a Prize” post.

  • S.6 E.3: “Like Solving Puzzles”

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    Learning for Life @ Gustavus host Greg Kaster interviews Gustavus math and computer science professor Melissa Lynn.

  • Monday Moments with President Bergman: December 14, 2020

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    jakin

    Gustavus President Rebecca M. Bergman shares her thoughts with College students, faculty, and staff each week.

  • Fall 2020 Final Issue: Issue 11

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    llind

    Click here to read Issue 11

  • December Meeting Minutes 1

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    amukamur

    PCDEI Leadership Team Meeting December 11, 2020, 1:30 – 2:30, Zoom Call PCDEI-Leadership@gustavus.edu In attendance: Siri Erickson, Ron White, President Bergman, Carlos Mejia, Amy Mukamuri, Tom Flunker, Marie Walker, Alexys Guidry Unable to attend:  Kathi Tunheim Agenda: 1.Update on work with DiversityEdu and Team Dynamics; LMS question LMS – learning management system – diversityedu course…

  • New Book for Dean Valerie Banschbach

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    snowell

    Dean Valerie Banschbach has edited a book, Pipeline Pedagogy: Teaching about Energy and Environmental Justice Contestations, which is forthcoming from Springer Nature Publishers for 2021 release. The volume is co-edited by Jessica Rich. Banschbach also is co-author of a chapter in the book, entitled “The Pipeline Case: Cross-disciplinary Learning and Pedagogical Lessons from the Mountain…