Gustavus Blogs

Year: 2020

  • Get to Know a Gustie: Jessica Martinez ’15

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    enelso16

    Current Company/Organization: Cristo Rey Jesuit High School- Twin Cities Job Title: Academic Dean for Grade 9 Grad Year: 2015 Major: Sociology/Anthropology major, GWSS Minor Hometown: St. James, MN Current City: Minneapolis, MN What is your first Gustavus memory? My first memory on campus features my first floor Pittman ladies during orientation. While walking through this…

  • September Meeting Minutes

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    amukamur

    PCDEI Full CouncilSeptember 28, 2020, 1:30-2:20 p.m., Zoom CallPCDEI-com@gustavus.edu Present: President Bergman, Siri Erickson, Tom Flunker, Kathi Tunheim, Mara Klein, Ron White, Amy Mukamuri, Carlos Mejia Suarez, Anthony Bettendorf, Angela Erickson, Corrie Odland, Kari Eckheart, Monica Mikhaeil, Meegan Ruble, Pamela Pearson, Vidya Sivan, Valerie Banschbach, Samantha Raghu, Marie Walker, Maheema Bokhoree, Shannon HalenUnable to Attend:…

  • History Professor and Two Students Receive COVID-19 Research Grant

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    snowell

    History professor Maddalena Marinari, along with professor Erika Lee of the University of Minnesota and Gustavus history majors Catherine Lim and Lillie Ortloff, have been awarded a SSRC COVID-19 Rapid Response Grant from the Social Science Research Council. Of over 1000 applicants, they are one of 62 recipients of the grants. Their project, titled “Documenting…

  • The First-Ever Gustavus Virtual Homecoming

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    sash

      Gustavus held its first-ever Virtual Homecoming on Saturday, September 26. With the campus closed to visitors due to the COVID pandemic, and the MIAC having postponed fall sports until spring, celebration pivoted to online and at-home activities. Though there was no football game, the weekend was full of events connecting Gusties far and wide…

  • S.4 E.7: “Degrees of Freedom”

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    Learning for Life @ Gustavus host Greg Kaster interviews lawyer, historian, and Gustavus alum William Green.

  • COVID-19 Weekly Update: October 5, 2020

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    agross3

    TO: The Gustavus Community FROM: COVID-19 Response Leadership Team SUBJECT: COVID-19 Weekly Update DATE: October 5, 2020   Please see below for the COVID-19 weekly tip and on-campus case update.   WEEKLY TIP The COVID-19 leadership team has received some questions about what criteria dictate whether a person should go into isolation/quarantine and when a person can return to more regular on-campus activities. The COVID-19…

  • Monday Moments with President Bergman: October 5, 2020

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    jakin

    At Gustavus, our vision statement calls for us to act on the great challenges of our time. The theme of community and justice that will drive our work this year beckons us to seek equitable solutions that consider the wellbeing of all. This year’s Nobel Conference, Cancer in the Age of Biotechnology, will discuss cutting-edge…

  • The Arts at Nobel Conference 56

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    mklein3

    The move of Nobel Conference 56: Cancer in the Age of Biotechnology to an online format has opened the door to a new level of creativity from fine arts students involved with the conference.  While preparations for this year’s conference began well before COVID-19 hit, they continued to evolve right up until the performances were…

  • 56th annual Noble Conference preview: Cancer in the Age of Biotechnology

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    llind

    The 56th Nobel Conference will take place virtually on October 6 and 7, and will be available to livestream through the Gustavus website. Planning for the 56th Nobel Conference began in 2018, when Professor and Conference co-chair Dwight Stoll emailed Professor and Conference Director Lisa Heldke about the idea of a conference focused on biotherapeutics…

  • Campus Safety Report (10/2/2020)

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    llind

    Monday, September 21st Campus Safety responded to a Medical Assist near Three Flags. Student was taken by ambulance to Rivers Edge Hospital. A CF went and checked on a resident in Sorensen Hall, per the Director of Residential Life, and found that wooden incense sticks were burning. The CF confiscated the incense sticks. Tuesday, September…