Gustavus Blogs

Month: March 2023

  • Men’s Tennis Defeats Macalester, Falls to No. 6 Chicago

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    Jordan Modjeski

    The Gustavus men’s tennis team sent two squads for a pair of road matches Saturday, meeting Macalester in St. Paul and facing No. 6 University of Chicago for the second time this season in Milwaukee. The Gusties defeated Macalester 8-1 and fell to U Chicago 7-2. 

  • Gusties Split with Hope and Washington & Jefferson on Day Three in Florida

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    Jordan Modjeski

    The Gusties picked up a split on their third day of competition in Florida, defeating falling to Hope by a score of 3-2 before defeating Washington & Jefferson by an impressive 8-1 score. 

  • Gusties Dominate Eagles in Home Opener

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    Jordan Modjeski

    Thanks to unplayable conditions at Reynolds Field field in St. Paul, the Gusties were treated to their home opener a week early — and they certainly made it count. Allowing only four hits and scoring nine runs on eight hits of their own, the Gusties sent the Eagles home with a 9-0 loss, improving to…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Jill Patterson

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    snowell

    Jill Patterson (Theatre and Dance) and Abbie Doran ’23, Have Been Invited… to present “Veneer”—choreographed by Jill and performed by Abbie—at the National American College Dance Association (NCDA) Festival Gala Performance at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center, California State University, Long Beach on May 26-28. This was one of three dances from the Gala (out…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Marcia Bunge

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    Marcia Bunge (Religion) co-edited a new book… “So That All May Flourish: The Aims of Lutheran Higher Education (Fortress, 2023),” with Jason A. Mahn (Augustana College) and Martha E. Stortz (Augsburg University). The volume explores the core values, distinctive strengths, and contemporary challenges of the 27 institutions in the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Yurie Hong

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    Yurie Hong (Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies) delivered an invited lecture on March 16 at the University of Victoria, “Between Appreciation and Complicity: The Homeric Hymn to Demeter, Octavia Butler’s Kindred, and a Korean-American Take on Rape and Family History.” She also gave a brief presentation, “When the Personal is Professional: Scholarship and Marginalized Identities,”…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Dave Stamps

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    Dave Stamps (Music) was elected President of the International Society of Jazz Arrangers & Composers (ISJAC). He will begin as President-Elect in July 2023.

  • Glenn Loury Speaking at Gustavus on Racial Inequality

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    Renowned economist, academic, and social commentator Glenn Loury will present his lecture, “Why Racial Inequality Persists,” on Wednesday, March 29, at 7 p.m. in Wallenberg Auditorium, as part of the Lindau Residency in Conservative Thought. The event is free and open to the public. Loury is the Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences…

  • Zoe Zarth ’23

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    harrietanderson

    “Through an intensive music curriculum that is constructed with realistic and applicable principles, I have had countless opportunities to practice and execute all elements of teaching music so that I truly feel ready and excited to enter the field.” With the music programs, especially the choral program, being something that drew Zo? to Gustavus in…

  • Nikita Sandstrom ’23

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    harrietanderson

    “The language classes are a well-balanced mix of academic and modern terms so while you can understand the base, there are modern terms mixed in so a student such as I can hold conversations and navigate a modern Eastern Europe.” As someone who is half Ukrainian and grew up speaking Russian and Ukrainian, Nikita decided…