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Tane Danger Asks “Why” for a Living

A unique blend of improv comedy and public policy wonkiness led to his new role as the director of the Westminster Town Hall Forum.

S.7 E.3: A Global Gustie in Public Health

Learning for Life @ Gustavus podcast host Greg Kaster interviews Gustavus alumna and global health access advocate Katie Schlangen '14.

Monday Moments with President Bergman: January 18, 2021

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

Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Event Focuses on Racial Justice Learning

The College has partnered with Team Dynamics to offer a racial justice and inclusion workshop for all members of the Gustavus community.

Faculty Spotlight: Lynnea Myers

Lynnea Myers (Nursing) did a virtual presentation for the Roots of Autism and ADHD Annual Conference at the Center for Neurodevelopmental Disorders at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden in January 2021. The title of her talk was “Does the Face Predict the Brain.”

Faculty Spotlight: Dwight Stoll

Dwight Stoll (Chemistry) published an article in the Journal of Chromatography, A entitled: “Numerical and experimental investigation of analyte breakthrough from sampling loops used for multi-dimensional liquid chromatography.” Coauthors included Gustavus staff scientist Thomas Lauer, and collaborators from the Free University of Brussels in Belgium.

Faculty Spotlight: Ursula Lindqvist

Ursula Lindqvist (Scandinavian Studies) served as expert moderator for a public Zoom webinar on January 12, 2021, titled “Race in the Colonial Past and Present” with Danish-Trinidadian artist Jeannette Ehlers and U.S. Virgin Islands artist La Vaughn Belle, co-creators of the monumental “I Am Queen Mary” public statue installed in front of the Danish West […]

S.7 E.2: “I Became What I Wanted”

Learning for Life @ Gustavus podcast host Greg Kaster interviews history professor and Latin American history expert Dr. Marco Cabrera Geserick.

Woman Coach Wednesday: Aryn DeGrood

By Aryn DeGrood Gymnastics is unique in the way that it’s completely up to the individual to reach their end goal. Going through USAG Junior Olympic youth programs is the typical path to college gymnastics and the Olympics. It’s not until they step foot on a college campus that many athletes get their first taste […]

Gustavus Indigenous Relations Initiatives

Vice President for Mission, Strategy, and Innovation Kathi Tunheim sent this message to members of the Gustavus community on January 13, 2021.