Gustavus Blogs

Year: 2020

  • Grateful for the grind: Gusties get creative to stay in shape over Thanksgiving break

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    llind

    For some, the coming holiday season is a little intimidating in terms of fitness goals. Impending finals mean that many students have to work especially hard to find time to work out. Food-intensive holidays like Thanksgiving promise a sudden abundance of calories. COVID has not made matters any simpler, as most intend to spend this…

  • SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: Sydney Henrichs (Women’s Hockey)

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    llind

    Senior athletes of any collegiate sports team are always looked up to and admired. Their ability to lead the team and set examples is invaluable. This week, the spotlight shines on the Gustavus Women’s Hockey Team’s only senior athlete: Senior Sydney Henrichs. Henrichs came to Gustavus from Minnesota’s own Eden Prairie High School where she…

  • Research on Cell Resistance to Drugs by Luke Dragseth ‘23 and Katya McDonald ‘22

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    vthurk

      Luke Dragseth ‘23 and Katya McDonald ‘22 researched cell resistance to drugs with Dr. Laura Burrack (Biology). Each student had an individual project that contributed to Dr. Burrack’s lab which studies cancer cells and their resistance to treatment.    Dragseth’s research focused on ways in which deletion of proteins involved in protecting the genome…

  • Bringing the Dinosaurs Back to Life: Alumni at the Intersection of Art and Science

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    Sara Cronk ’22

    Most of us don’t get to say we work with dinosaurs for a living. For Gustavus art alum Tim Quady ’91, however, dinosaurs are just part of everyday life. Twenty-three years ago, he started Blue Rhino Studio, a custom design and artistic fabrication studio that does work for natural history museums around the world.  While…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Betsy Byers

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    snowell

    Betsy Ruth Byers (Art and Art History) will receive a $10,000 grant through Kolman and Pryor Gallery’s 10th anniversary initiative called the Project Space. Byers is among a group of five artists to receive the grants, which will provide them with funds, technical support, and exhibition space needed to create important projects that will significantly…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Yurie Hong

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    snowell

    Yurie Hong (Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies) presented a talk entitled “The Long and Winding Road: Intersectional Organizing and Coalition-Building” at the Minnesota Rural Equity Summit on October 16, 2020. Hong also delivered a lecture at Augustana College entitled “Birthing Ideas in Ancient Greece and the Modern World” on October 17 as part of their…

  • Technology Services Updated Hours

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    admin

    Technology Services will have updated availability starting the week of Nov. 23. With an exception for Thanksgiving, our office will be open and staff will be ready to assist you according to the following schedule: November 23-25, 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. November 26-27, Closed Nov 30-Dec 15, M-F, 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. We…

  • “Why Geography” Series Presents: Kristie Olson ’21

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    jvillanu

    1.Why did you choose to major in Geography? Coming to college I knew two things, I wanted to help people from a structural level and that I enjoyed science, but I was not good at biology/chem/physics. I knew I was passionate about the environment and people, but that was about it. So, I took some…

  • S.5 E.8: From Scoffer to Professor of Geography

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    Learning for Life @ Gustavus host Greg Kaster interviews Gustavus geography professor Anna Versluis.

  • Gratitude, Campus Operations, and the Path Ahead

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    jakin

    Gusties, soon we will pause for Thanksgiving break. If only for a few days, we will step away from our virtual meetings, unplug from Moodle and Zoom, and catch our breath. And though Thanksgiving will look different this year, it still calls us to take stock of all those people and things for which we…