Gustavus Blogs

Year: 2020

  • Erin (Holloway) Wilken ’02

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    Gustavus Alumni

    Erin Holloway Wilken ’02 is a Chief Operating Officer at Good Leadership Enterprises in Minneapolis, MN. Good Leadership Enterprises is a leadership consulting firm that believes goodness pays. The firm’s four core values: rewarding excellence, living generously, promoting fairness and spreading positivity.  In her role as COO, Erin will ensure that Good Leadership Enterprises has…

  • Reshaping religious education at Gustavus

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    llind

    One of Gustavus’ proud traditions is its strong commitment to faith and its Lutheran affiliation. In fact, a significant number of students that choose to attend Gustavus value that Gustavus, as a private school, has this religious affiliation. With Faith serving as one of our five core values, it makes sense that as a Gustavus…

  • Lana Johnson ’00

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    Gustavus Alumni

    Lana Johnson ’00 is a RT(R)(BD)(CT) at Presbyterian Healthcare Services in Albuquerque, NM. PHS is the largest healthcare provider in the state of New Mexico. She has accepted a position at Presbyterian Hospital in Downtown Albuquerque as a Staff CT Technologist.

  • Teams battle for intramural hockey title

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    llind

    The Intramural Coed Hockey season following January term has given way to some hard-fought matchups between several teams that are fighting for a first place finish. The season wraps up March 20, and all teams have either two or three games remaining. The race for first place is tight, with the leading team holding a…

  • Gusties compete at WIAC Regional: Gymnastics posts team score of 175.925

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    llind

    In their past two weeks of action, the Gustavus gymnastics team hosted UW-Oshkosh on February 29 for a senior day celebration and then competed in the joint WIAC Championships/NCGA Regional Meet on March 7. A tough opponent for the last dual meet of the season, UW-Oshkosh entered the competition first overall in the WIAC at…

  • Senior Gusties Reflect on the First-Year Research Experience Program

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    jander38

    Current seniors, Sarah Anderson ‘20 and Kylee Brimsek ‘20 spent the summer after their first year of college researching prairie carbon storage in the biology department through the First-Year Research Experience (FYRE) program. Under the advisement of Dr. Amy Kochsiek, visiting assistant professor in biology, Anderson and Brimsek researched the carbon storing capabilities of prairies…

  • Women’s Hockey wins MIAC Playoffs: Four Gusties nominated for All-Conference

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    llind

    On March 7, the Gustavus Women’s Hockey team squared off against Augsburg with the MIAC Playoff title on the line. Heading into postseason, the Gusties were ranked fourth nationally and secured the No. 1 seed for playoffs after earning the program’s 16th regular season title. With this No. 1 seed comes the advantage of playing…

  • Baseball Opens Season with Win in Tucson

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    wfroehling

    The Gustavus baseball team opened its season Thursday night with a 13-2 victory over Marian at the Tucson Invite. With the win the Gusties move to 1-0 overall while Marian falls to 3-5.

  • Dieting with the Sugar Destroyer

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    eloken2

    Written by Amelia Bjorklund, Alma Jorgenson, Kelly Heffley, and Ginger Valentine Before coming to college, we all feared the ‘freshman fifteen,’ and would be lying if we didn’t admit to this. At Gustavus, we have such easy access to all you can eat sweets, from the soft serve ice cream in the cafeteria to the…

  • What’s the Deal with Mouthfeel?

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    eloken2

    Written by Nicky Abraham, Brenda Garcia, Lydia Kalenze, and Isabel St. Dennis Imagine coming home and finding a bowl of chocolate waiting for you. You go to grab one, and as you start to taste it, someone asks you what it feels like. As you continue eating it, you start to describe the feeling of…