Gustavus Blogs

Year: 2023

  • Kate Aguilar, 2023 Swenson-Bunn Memorial Award for Teaching Winner

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    snowell

    Kate Aguilar (History) was selected as the 2023 recipient of the Swenson-Bunn Memorial Award for Teaching. The award honors the memory of two Gustavus students and members of the Student Senate, Greg Swenson and Holly Bunn, who were killed in a car accident in 1989. Presented each year at Honors Day, this is the only…

  • Joaquin Villanueva, 2023 Faculty Scholarly Accomplishment Award Winner

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    snowell

    Joaquín Villanueva (Environment, Geography, and Earth Sciences) was selected as the 2023 recipient of the Gustavus Faculty Scholarly Accomplishment Award. Presented each year at Honors Day, this award is the highest accolade a Gustavus faculty member can receive for distinguished scholarly achievements.

  • E/M guest speaker, Niel Willardson, visited Money and Banking class and presented “Silicon Valley Bank Failure.”

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    swang3

    It is the third time our guest speaker, Niel Willardson (currently professor of law at University of Minnesota; former senior vice president at the Federal Reserve of Minneapolis), coming to Prof. Shu-Ling Wang’s Money and Banking class and shared his insights on banking with the Gustavus community. Different from the previous talks on global and…

  • Fewer Emergencies: Gustavus Adolphus Theater Department Closes Spring Semester with Powerful Production

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    msousa

    On Thursday, May 11, 2023, the Gustavus Adolphus College Theater Department will open its spring production Fewer Emergencies under the direction of Professor Henry MacCarthy. Thursday’s performance will begin at 8:00 p.m. and the production will run through Sunday, May 14. Tickets are on sale now at gustavustickets.com. Fewer Emergencies, written by Martin Crimp, is…

  • Lachen Reid ’24

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    harrietanderson

    “I think the Religion department and its professors are cognizant of the modern day requirements for humanities-based professions and create courses geared towards preparing students for life beyond college.” Coming to Gustavus partially for the seminar-style classes, Lachen has greatly appreciated the classroom environment that he has found within the Religion Department. He says, “Classes…

  • Men’s Tennis Gears Up for NCAA Regionals

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    Jordan Modjeski

    Gustavus Adolphus College is set to host the first, second, and third rounds of the NCAA Championships Friday through Sunday, welcoming some of the best talent in Division III to Saint Peter for the regional with first serve to take place this Friday.

  • Lindsey Westerberg ’23

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    harrietanderson

    “The faculty in the department helped prepare me for a career by providing opportunities to explore different avenues in psychology.” Lindsey’s interest in psychology began when she was just a child, and she remembers growing up asking questions about why people interact the way that they do. Throughout her experience at Gustavus, Lindsey has been…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Yurie Hong

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    Yurie Hong (Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies) delivered an invited lecture about Gender, Identity, and Classics at St. Paul Academy and Summit School’s Speaker Day.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Kate Aguilar

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    Kate Aguilar (History) was selected for the CIC Faculty Seminar on the Legacies of American Slavery at Yale (Summer 2023), along with the Southern Historical Association’s Junior Scholars’ Workshop (2023-2024). She was also awarded the 2023 North American Society for Sport Historians Dissertation Award.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Peg O’Connor

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    Peg O’Connor (Philosophy) published The Sober Philosopher Workbook for Exploring Addiction and Creating Recovery (Wildhouse Publications, 2023). Her essay, “Nothing Says Resentment Like Unfulfilled Expectations,” appears in the May issue of Psychology Today magazine.