Gustavus Blogs

Year: 2022

  • Nelson, Donnelly Qualify for Finals at NCAA Indoor Championships

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    Gustavus women’s track athletes Birgen Nelson (So., Edina) and Elizabeth Donnelly (Sr., Langely, Wash.) both qualified for finals in their respective preliminary races on Friday at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships. 

  • Schoenrock, Vrieze Earn MIAC Elite 22 Awards

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    The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) recognized some of its best and brightest winter sport student-athletes on Thursday with the announcement of the Elite 22 Awards. Two Gustavus student-athletes received the award as Betsy Schoenrock (Jr., New Richland) is the women’s basketball recipient and Kayla Vrieze (Sr., Eagan) is the women’s hockey recipient.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Mimi Gerstbauer and Denis Crnkovi?

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    Mimi Gerstbauer (Political Science) and Denis Crnkovi? (Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures) were interviewed for a recent Mankato Free Press piece about the local impacts of the war in Ukraine.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Marta Podesmka-Mikluch

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    snowell

    Marta Podesmka-Mikluch (Economics and Management) appeared in a KEYC News segment about how the Russia-Ukraine conflict and embargoes are impacting gas and oil prices.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Yurie Hong

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    Yurie Hong (Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies) delivered an invited lecture entitled “Birthing Ideas in Ancient Greece and the Modern World: A Personal and Professional Story” at Pomona College in February. She delivered a revised version of this lecture at the University of Washington, Seattle on March 4 and led a graduate workshop on the…

  • Baseball vs. Wartburg Moved to Sunday in Saint Peter

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    The Gustavus baseball team’s non-conference doubleheader scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday at Wartburg College has been moved to 1 p.m. Sunday at the Gustie Baseball Field due to unplayable field conditions at Wartburg.

  • Campus Safety Report (3/11/22)

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    Gustavian Weekly

    Thursday, March 3, 2022 Campus Safety gave a medical escort for a student, per Health Services’ request, to Urgent Care Friday, March 4, 2022 Campus Safety responded to a fire in a dumpster in the Rundstrom parking lot. Campus Safety extinguished the dumpster fire. Sunday, March 6, 2022 Campus Safety responded to a maintenance issue…

  • Gustavus updates masking rules

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    Gustavian Weekly

    Mel Pardock and Kendra Smaby – Staff Writers Masking has been an almost omnipresent feature of our lives for the last two years. As vaccines became available, restrictions lightened up over Summer 2021 and we were given a taste of what a post COVID-19 world could look like, but with the onset of the Delta variant we…

  • GUSTIE of the WEEK: Carter Learned

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    Gustavian Weekly

    Emma Kelsey – Staff Writer Carter Learned (‘24), Gustie of the Week, is a passionate and highly motivated Gustavus student Majoring in Theater with Honors with a focus on Lighting Design. In addition to the wide array of work he does in the theater department, he also holds the position of Chair for the Inclusive Excellence Committee…

  • “Unapologetically Black”: Africa night 2022

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    Gustavian Weekly

    Leah Thompson – Staff Writer Africa Night is an annual event sponsored by the Pan-Afrikan Student Organization (PASO) and will be held from 6-8:30 p.m. on Friday, March 11 in Alumni Hall followed by the Africa Night Dive later that evening from 10:30-1:00 a.m. Both events are open to students, faculty, and off-campus visitors. PASO is…