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Women’s basketball wins fifth straight
Autumn Zierman – Staff Writer The Gustavus women’s basketball team won its fifth consecutive game Saturday afternoon, beating Macalester 71-63 to improve to 5-1 overall and 4-0 in the MIAC. After three lead changes and five tie scores in the opening six minutes, Morgan Kelly hit a jumper to give the Gusties a 12-10 lead which […]
Swim steals the show at Grinnell Invite
Allison Fajt – Staff Writer The men’s and women’s swim and dive team ventured down to Grinnell, Iowa for a two-day invitational running Friday through Saturday. The men competed against seven other schools while the women took on ten – both Gustie teams took first overall. The Gusties blew their competition out of the water in every […]
Women’s hockey continues hot start
Luke Siegle – Staff Writer The No. 6 ranked Gustavus Women’s Hockey team swept conference rival St. Ben’s this past Friday and Saturday in a home and home series. The Gusties were in complete control throughout both games, winning 2-0 on Friday, and 5-0 on Saturday. The two wins pushed the Gusties record to a perfect 7-0 […]
Faculty Spotlight: Julie Bartley
Julie Bartley (Geology) and co-authors Sydney Firmin ’14 and John Berger ’15 recently published a paper entitled “Stromatolites and calcitized evaporite in a hypersaline playa lake: Rossport Formation (Mesoproterozoic, Ontario)” in the journal The Depositional Record.
Faculty Spotlight: Greg Kaster
Greg Kaster (History) was recently interviewed by the St. Peter Herald for a story about the College’s podcast, Learning for Life @ Gustavus, which he hosts. Launched in May 2020, the podcast features in-depth interviews with Gustavus faculty, students, and alumni along with prominent academics from across the country, and has been streamed over 11,000 […]
Faculty Spotlight: Kristen Lowe
Kristen Lowe (Art and Art History) was the subject of a profile in the December issue of Minneapolis-St. Paul Magazine. Written by Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl, the feature story focuses on Lowe’s personal journey and context about challenges facing women artists. The piece also features her current exhibit that is on display in the Hillstrom Museum […]
Faculty Spotlight: Larissa McConnell
Larissa McConnell (Theatre and Dance) had her book Foundations of Flat Patterning and Draping – for the Female Form published through Routledge. The book provides the foundational tools necessary for success in the techniques of flat patterning and draping clothes and costumes. The techniques in this book generalize across sizes and shapes making it universally […]
Faculty Spotlight: Julie Bartley
Julie Bartley (Geology) and co-authors Ashley Manning-Berg and Tara Selly ’13 recently published “Actualistic approaches to interpreting the role of biological decomposition in microbial preservation” the journal Geobiology.
Congratulations to our Senior Theses Writers
The Department of Religion proudly congratulates its four senior theses writers: Olivia Anderson-Blythe, Allison James, Jack Milford, & Teagan Shucker Each senior presented work at the Department’s annual autumn Religion Research Seminar, this year held on Zoom on Thursday, December 9th. Attendees included faculty from the Department, the broader Gustavus community, and many family members and friends, and […]
Religion Department Hosts Social for Majors, Minors, & Interested Students
For the first time in nearly two years, the students and faculty of the Department of Religion came together for a pre-Thanksgiving Social. Organized by the Department’s work study students, Sophie Martinez and Allison James, the evening was a chance to take a break from the semester and enjoy food and conversation. We look forward […]