Gustavus Blogs

Year: 2020

  • Faculty Course Reserves Info.

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    jpeter13

    In following the guidelines/research of REALM (Reopening Archives, Libraries, and Museums) ALL materials (including course reserves) will be held in quarantine for a minimum of 3-days after patron use. If this time frame is unacceptable for your class use, please visit with your library liaison to find an alternate resource. If you are only using…

  • Summer Reading and Escapes: Dr. Casey Elledge

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    SJ Kessler

    As we enter the second week of August, with thunder and rain and the return of humidity, here’s our third entry, from Dr. Casey Elledge. I have started reading the Mahabharata, one of the great Hindu epics. I also am finishing D. Saraswati’s Satyartha Prakasha (“Light of Truth”), a work of Hindu philosophy. I read the Beowulf Epic, as well…

  • Summer Reading and Escapes: Dr. Sarah Ruble

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    SJ Kessler

    Rounding out our first week in August, here’s our second entry, from Dr. Sarah Ruble. This summer, I’m reading some U.S. religious history and some theology. I’ve just finished Kristin Du Mez’s Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation (a great read if you want to understand why so many white evangelicals support…

  • Steve Carroll Recognized with Minnesota Hockey’s Ted Brill Award

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    siewert

    Minnesota Hockey recently recognized Gustavus women’s hockey assistant coach Steve Carroll with the Ted Brill Award.

  • Student Requests For Online Learning

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    jakin

    Gustavus students received the email below on Wednesday, August 5. Dear Gustie, As the COVID situation evolves, the College continues to explore options to meet student needs. We have received feedback from a small number of students who wish to complete all of their learning online and not come to campus this fall. This email…

  • S.2 E.6: From Chemistry Major to College Chaplain

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    Learning for Life @ Gustavus host Greg Kaster interviews Gustavus chaplain and special assistant for diversity, equity, and inclusion Siri Erickson.

  • Gymnasts Receive WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll

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    siewert

    The Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) announced Wednesday its Scholastic Honor Roll recipients for the 2019-20 academic year with 16 Gusties receiving recognition.

  • Summer Reading and Escapes: Dr. Thia Cooper

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    SJ Kessler

    As August begins and the semester looms, here’s our first entry, from Dr. Thia Cooper. I’m working on a book introducing people to Marcella Althaus-Reid, an Argentinian sexual theologian, so I’ve been reading a lot of her work. I particularly enjoyed her book From Feminist Theology to Indecent Theology (SCM 2004) I also just read and reviewed Lauren…

  • Training Opportunities @ Gustavus

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    mdunning

    Training Opportunities @ Gustavus Gustavus believes that professional development is an important piece in keeping you empowered and up to date with technology. And now, more than ever, you may feel the need to learn new ways to teach and work. Fortunately, there are a wealth of opportunities and resources to help you: Hoonuit Hoonuit…

  • S.2 E.5: From Black and Gold to Blue and Gray

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    Renowned Civil War historian James M. McPherson, Gustavus Class of ’58, reflects on his Gustavus education, his path from there to leading scholar of the war, his civil rights activism as a graduate student in Baltimore, and the searing conflict that preserved the Union and gave it, in Lincoln’s magnificent words, “a new birth of…