Gustavus Blogs

Month: October 2023

  • Brenda J. Child to speak at Wallenberg lecture about indigenous struggles

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    gkearney

    Grace LaTourelle- The 2023 Wallenberg Memorial Lecture will be given by the Professor of American Studies at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Brenda J. Child. Child’s lecture is entitled “Boarding Schools and American Indian Dispossession.” The lecture will take place Monday, Oct. 9 at 7:00 p.m. in Wallenberg Auditorium, located in Nobel Hall. It’s sponsored…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Julie Gilbert

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    snowell

    Julie Gilbert (Library) won 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 Oct. 4 at the Minnesota Library…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Glenn Kranking

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    snowell

    Glenn Kranking (History and Scandinavian Studies) taught a session of the Foreign Service Institute’s Nordic and Baltic Area Studies course for U.S. State Department employees heading to the region. His session focused on Nordic history and its contemporary significance in politics and society.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Jeff Jenson

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    snowell

    Jeff A. Jenson (Library) presented “Minnesotans and Their Most Venomous Reptile, the Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)” at the 58th annual Northern Great Plains History Conference in Sioux Falls, SD.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Jeff La Frenierre

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    snowell

    Jeff La Frenierre (Environment, Geography, and Earth Sciences) and his student Scott Knowlton were featured in a story that aired on Swedish public television. The story, about glacier change in Sweden, includes brief comments from Jeff and footage of Scott. The broadcast is in Swedish and the Gustie portion begins at the 28-minute mark.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Larissa McConnell

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    snowell

    Larissa McConnell (Theatre and Dance) had an embroidery art piece accepted into the Carnegie Art Centers Juried Exhibition in Mankato. The opening reception is Friday, October 6 from 5-7 p.m., and the exhibition runs from October 5-21.

  • Patricia Lindell Scholarship Application Now Open!

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    jpeter13

    Every other year, the Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library awards a junior or senior student the Patricia Lindell Scholarship, established through the generosity of the Friends of the Library – Gustavus Library Associates. The recipient will be awarded $1,200 to undertake a research project of value to the Library and/or the wider Gustavus community. The scholarship…

  • Banned Books @ Your Library

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    ahulsebe

    Banned Books Week (October 1-7, 2023) celebrates the freedom to read and draws attention to attempts to censor books in libraries and schools.  The Gustavus Library endorses the American Library Association’s Freedom to Read Statement affirming that “the freedom to read is essential to our democracy” and that librarians should “make available the widest diversity…