Gustavus Blogs

Month: October 2023

  • Academic curriculum changes after vote passes at faculty meeting

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    gkearney

    Elliot Steeves- Major changes are coming to the Gustavus Academic Calendar in 2024. The January term is going away, Fall Break will extend to one week in duration, Saturday finals have been eliminated, and the Spring semester will start the second week of January and will now end in late April, with commencement being in…

  • Gustavus Alum’s Nobel Projections Have Big Impact

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    marisabacon

    The Nobel Conference, held annually at Gustavus Adolphus College, combines the efforts of current, past, and future students of the school, along with the general public, to create a collaborative learning experience. This year’s subject “Insects: Little Body Big Impacts” focused on bugs and the influence that they have on the world, whether it be…

  • MCS Senior Spotlight: Logan Schindler

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    anienow2

  • Tuition Transparency Panel October 11, 2023

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    admin

    Yesterday Gustavus Student Senate Hosted a tuition transparency panel, allowing students to ask questions regarding their tuition money. Gustavus’s President Bergman, Vice President of Finance, Curtis Kowaleski, and student Christopher Gutuza answered questions about what happens to the money we pay to the college. Student senate will be hosting another panel covering the academic curriculum and…

  • Welcoming International Students at Gustavus

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    aiyaj

    Last month, Gusties trekked up the Hill and found themselves a new home for the school year. Some had longer journeys than others, ranging from a one-hour car drive up Highway 169 to a 13-hour plane ride across the world. College can be an unfamiliar experience for all students, but for those who come from…

  • Congratulations to Gustavus Library Author!

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    ahulsebe

      Gustavus librarian and professor Julie Gilbert recently received the 2023 Best Indie-Published Young Adult Fiction Author award for her novel, Cemetery Songs. The award, sponsored by the Minnesota Author Project, MN Writes MN Reads, and the Minnesota Library Foundation, recognizes the best independently-published books by Minnesota writers. The award was presented on October 4th…

  • Gustavus Logos

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    jjenson

    This post was conceptualized, researched, and written by Ellen Dow ’25, College and Lutheran Church Archives Student Worker. Gustavus Logos Through the Years Logo: an identifying symbol. (Merriam-Webster Dictionary). One logo linked with Gustavus is the three crowns.  Gustavus first started using the three crowns in the 1950s in conjunction with their link to the…

  • Gustavus Logos

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    jjenson

    This post was conceptualized, researched, and written by Ellen Dow ’25, College and Lutheran Church Archives Student Worker. Gustavus Logos Through the Years Logo: an identifying symbol. (Merriam-Webster Dictionary). One logo linked with Gustavus is the three crowns.  Gustavus first started using the three crowns in the 1950s in conjunction with their link to the…

  • Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day

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    ahulsebe

    On Monday, October 9, 2023, we celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day, honoring the cultures, histories and futures of our nation’s Indigenous peoples. The fact that it lands on the same day traditionally observed as Columbus Day is not an accident.  Indigenous Peoples’ Day asks us to both recognize the destructive actions the United States has taken…

  • A Gustavus Student’s Perspective on the Nobel Conference

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    elliotsteeves

    The Nobel Conference is a wondrous annual occasion at Gustavus Adolphus College. It is the only gathering in the United States that is permitted to use the Nobel name. World-renowned scholars provide novel information and education on a particular subject to the Gustavus student body and staff, high school students, alumni, and other interested guests.…