Gustavus Blogs

Year: 2022

  • Gustavus Women’s Athletics Wins MIAC All-Sports Title, Men Finish Second

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    siewert

    The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) announced the winners of the Men’s and Women’s All-Sports Competitions on Friday and Gustavus won the Pat Wiesner Trophy for women’s sports, while the Gustie men took second place in the running for the George Durenberger Trophy.

  • Gustavus Choir Launches 2022 West Coast Tour

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    msousa

    The Gustavus Choir, under the direction of Dr. Brandon Dean, is excitedly anticipating their departure for their upcoming tour of the west coast beginning on Sunday, May 22, 2022. This year the choir will begin their tour in Seattle and work their way down the coast, eventually arriving in Los Angeles for the final stop…

  • Class of 2022 To Celebrate Commencement May 21

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    JJ Akin ’11

    The Gustavus Class of 2022 weathered the pandemic and thrived through adversity on their collective path to graduation.

  • Track & Field Sets School Records at UW-La Crosse Final Qualifier

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    siewert

    A select group from Gustavus track & field competed Thursday at the UW-La Cross Final Qualifier with hopes of improving times and marks in order to qualify for next week’s NCAA Outdoor Championships. 

  • Faculty Spotlight: Kjerstin Moody

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    snowell

    Kjerstin Moody (Scandinavian Studies) chaired the panel “Postmodern Ecologies” at the annual Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study (SASS) conference held in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She also took part in a two-day visit to the island of St. Croix, a former colony of Denmark and current territory of the United States, facilitated and…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Erik Gulbranson

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    snowell

    Erik Gulbranson (Geology), Morgan Mellum ’23, Aidan Dahlseid ’21 et al. have a paper entitled “Paleoclimate-induced stress on polar forested ecosystems prior to the Permian–Triassic mass extinction” accepted for publication in the journal Scientific Reports. In part, this paper is the culmination of Morgan Mellum’s FYRE project from the summer of 2020, whereas Aidan Dahlseid…

  • Women’s Track & Field Sweeps MIAC Postseason Awards

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    siewert

    The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) announced its women’s outdoor track & field awards Thursday and Gustavus won the top four honors. Birgen Nelson (Jr., Edina) won both the 2022 MIAC Outstanding Track Athlete and the 2022 Outstanding Performance of the Meet, while Annika Poe (Jr., Big Lake) was named the 2022 Outstanding Field Athlete…

  • Four Gusties Earn CoSIDA Academic All-District

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    siewert

    The 2021-22 Academic All-District Men’s and Women’s At-Large Teams, selected by CoSIDA, were released Thursday and four Gustavus student-athletes received recognition. Men’s tennis player Nick Aney (Sr., Rochester), women’s swimmer Ellen Hofstede (Jr., Hopkins), gymnast Brooke Merila (Sr., St. Michael), and women’s hockey player Kayla Vrieze (Sr., Eagan) all earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors, recognizing…

  • Olono Vidales to Speak at Class of 2022 Commencement Ceremony

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    JJ Akin ’11

    Regina Olono Vidales ’22, a political science major, will give remarks on behalf of the graduating class on Saturday, May 21.

  • Hanson Named MIAC Baseball Player of the Year, Five Others Join on All-MIAC Team

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    siewert

    The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) released its baseball postseason awards on Wednesday and five Gustavus student-athletes were named All-Conference, highlighted by Jack Hanson (Sr., Minnetonka) being named the 2022 Max Molock Player of the Year.