Gustavus Blogs

Month: April 2022

  • Junior Art Majors Unveil Spring Schaefer Art Gallery Exhibit

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    chaseywedge

    On Wednesday, April 20, 2022, the Schaefer Art Gallery will unveil its newest exhibit with a public opening reception in the gallery at Gustavus Adolphus College beginning at 4:30 p.m. and concluding at 6:30 p.m.  This exhibit features the works of Junior Art majors at Gustavus Adolphus College and serves as these students’ Junior capstone…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Blake Couey and Samuel Kessler

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    snowell

    Gustavus hosted the Upper Midwest Regional American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature meeting on April 1-2. Blake Couey and Samuel Kessler (both Religion) helped organize the event, and the religion department and Bernhardson Chair in Lutheran Studies were campus sponsors. Over 60 people participated in the meeting, including seven current Gustavus religion…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Heidi Meyer

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    snowell

    Heidi Meyer (Nursing) and Payton Simon ’23 were interviewed in a KEYC news segment about the expansion of the Gustavus nursing program and the current state of healthcare staffing in the area.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Pamela Conners

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    snowell

    Pamela Conners (Communication Studies) and her students were highlighted in the St. Peter Herald for their exhibit, “Welcome New Neighbor: Refugee Resettlement in Southwest Minnesota 1948-1952,” that is currently on display at the Treaty Site History Center.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Lisa Heldke

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    snowell

    Lisa Heldke (Philosophy) published an essay “A Private Snack of Crackers and Butter” in the anthology Food in Memory and Imagination, edited by Beth Forrest and Greg de St. Maurice (Bloomsbury Press).

  • One Alum Wins NSF-GRFP Award, Two Earn Honorable Mentions

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    Three members of the Gustavus Class of 2020 were recognized by the National Science Foundation in support of their research endeavors.

  • A Sixth Sense?!

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    lhecht

    Written by Stephanie Anderson, Kaylyn Leonard, Ronald Romero, and Jada Zevenbergen   Sight, touch, smell, taste, hearing … and spatial orientation? If you were asked, “how many senses do you have?”, most likely you would answer five: sight (vision), touch (somatosensation), smell (olfaction), taste (gustation), and hearing (audition); but did you know that we actually…

  • Tuesday Softball at Concordia Moved to Thursday

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    siewert

    The Gustavus softball team’s MIAC doubleheader at Concordia scheduled for Tuesday is postponed to 1:30 p.m. Thursday. The Gusties enter the twin bill 9-15 overall and 4-6 in the MIAC while the Cobbers are 6-14 overall and 0-6 in the league. 

  • Laux Named MIAC Women’s Tennis Athlete of the Week

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    Alli Laux (So., Onalaska, Wis.) secured a 5-4 comeback victory for Gustavus over Carleton on April 16.

  • Baker Named MIAC Baseball Player of the Week

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    Gavin Baker (Jr., Lakeville) went 5-for-7 (.714) with six runs batted in and a home run in the Gusties’ sweep over Augsburg on April 13.