Gustavus Blogs

Year: 2020

  • COVID-19 Weekly Update: November 24, 2020

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    agross3

    TO: The Gustavus Community FROM: COVID-19 Response Leadership Team SUBJECT: COVID-19 Weekly Update DATE: November 24, 2020   Please see below for the COVID-19 weekly tip and on-campus case update.   WEEKLY TIP #1: While Gustavus courses have transitioned to online delivery for the remainder of the semester and many students have left campus, case numbers in Minnesota continue to rise. All members of the…

  • Patricia Lindell Research Prize Award Winner!

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    jpeter13

    We are very excited to announce that alumna Anna Duong-Topp has been selected as the 2020-21 Patricia Lindell Research Paper Award Winner! Anna has received $400 for her winning paper, Ontological Homelessness as a Phenomenology of Belonging: Comparing the Nihilisms of Martin Heidegger and Keiji Nishitani.  Anna’s paper was selected from a very impressive compilation…

  • Bringing the Dinosaurs Back to Life

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    Alumnus Tim Quady ’91 leads a team of artists who create lifelike dinosaurs for museum exhibits.

  • COVIDaware MN app for exposure notification

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    admin

    Today the State of Minnesota, following several other states, launched a COVID-19 exposure notification app called COVIDaware MN that can be installed on your mobile phone.  This app will notify you if you have been in close contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19.  To learn more about how this app works, its…

  • Adobe Flash end of life

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    admin

    Adobe has announced that Adobe Flash will be end of life December 31, 2020.  After this date, Adobe Flash will no longer receive security updates or patches from Adobe.  Due to the very high security risk of this application, Adobe Flash will no longer be available on Gustavus owned machines after this date.  At this…

  • Monday Moments with President Bergman: November 23, 2020

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    jakin

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

  • Thrive in the Dive: The Center for Inclusive Excellence receives an expansion upgrade

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    llind

    In an announcement sent out last week on Nov. 12, President Rebecca Bergman announced that the Center for Inclusive Excellence (CIE) will be receiving an expansion upgrade. It is said that this new upgrade will more than quadruple its current square footage. It will include new workspaces, dedicated offices for the Diversity Leadership Council and…

  • Campus Safety Report (11/20/2020)

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    llind

    Monday, November 9th A CF in Pittman Hall was informed by a resident of vandalism on a bulletin board. Campus Safety was contacted in regards to a mental health concern. Campus Safety performed a welfare check on a student in Norelius Hall. Tuesday, November 10th Campus Safety discovered a missing juvenile in Olin Hall. The…

  • COVID-19 Report (11/20/2020)

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    llind

    COVID-19 Report Gustavus On-Campus Update As of November 16, 2020: Total Positive Cases (since August 15): 176 Current Positive Student Cases: 42 Current Positive Employee Cases: 4 Total Students in Isolation/Quarantine: 147 Students in Isolation/Quarantine On Campus: 68 Employees in Isolation/Quarantine: 14 Gustavus Mass-Testing Results From November 13, 2020: Number of Tests Administered: 1,373 Results…

  • Mass testing brings relief to on-campus COVID-19 fears

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    llind

    On Friday, November 13, Gustavus held a campus-wide mass testing event in Lund in the hopes of identifying anyone on campus who had an unidentified case of COVID-19. The Gustavus Health Service teamed up with the Minnesota Department of Health and Nicollet County Public Health to plan the mass testing. Staff from the Marketing and…