Gustavus Blogs

Year: 2024

  • Welcome!

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    ahulsebe

    Welcome, new and returning students! The folks at the Library are here to support you all through your college journey. Looking for a new book to read? Searching for a place for individual or group study? Need help with a research assignment? The Library has all that and more! Library Hours Monday-Thursday: 8 am –…

  • Join the Weekly

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    gkearney

    Jay Erickson- New year, new Weekly. If you are a First-year or simply looking for a new, fun activity, you should join The Gustavian Weekly. The Weekly encourages anyone who loves to write to join the staff. We are looking for news and sports writers as well as photographers. We foster a welcoming environment where…

  • Welcome to Gustie life; a letter to new Gusties

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    gkearney

    Grace LaTourelle-  The Gustavian Weekly would like to welcome in the class of 2028 and welcome back all Gusties to the Hill. For the incoming First-years, the Weekly is the campus newspaper. Issues are published on Fridays and can be found in several locations, such as the Jackson Campus Center and the Folke Bernadotte Memorial…

  • The Perfect Back-to-School Movies

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    gkearney

    Katelyn Benschoter- Well, it is that time of year again… back-to-school season. Whether you are a new Gustie on campus or an eager student returning to school, there still remains one common goal: enjoying quality time with friends on campus. In my first year at Gustavus, I found that an excellent, low-stakes way to make…

  • Welcome Back, Gusties!

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    gkearney

    Raquel Vaughn- Welcome back, Gusties! If you are a returning student, you know the drill. To the incoming class, you’ve got a lot to learn. Congratulations on graduating high school and making it this far to the threshold of Gustavus Adolphus College; your new home for the next four years! Consider me your big sister,…

  • Intramurals Abound!

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    gkearney

    Grace Kearney- Welcome to the Hill, Class of 2028! As your first year begins, you and your brand-new friends may wish to add some fit fun to your lives here at Gustavus. Lucky for you, Intramural Sports offers just that. Intramurals are a relaxed, recreational alternative to typical sports leagues, which can be time-consuming and…

  • Gustavus Celebrates Move-In Day 2024

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    admin

    More photos from Move-in Day 2024 are available here. On a pristine late-summer Friday, dozens of jubilant Gustie Greeters and staff members welcomed hundreds of new students and their families to Gustavus to kick off the 2024-25 academic year. More than 540 first-year Gusties will arrive on the Hill this fall to embrace all the…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Laura Burrack

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    snowell

    Laura Burrack (Biology) published an article entitled “Erg251 has complex and pleiotropic effects on sterol composition, azole susceptibility, filamentation, and stress response phenotypes” in PLoS Pathogens together with several collaborators, including Gustavus students Bode Hogan ’26 and Tessa Bierbaum ’23.

  • Get Ready Gusties Newsletter 9 (August 22)

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    evine

      This is our last newsletter, which means we are just DAYS away from welcoming you to campus! Let’s check off those final items. If you can’t find what you need or have questions, check the Get Ready Gusties web page, or visit the email archive to see what you may have missed. See you soon! Charlie Potts,…

  • Gustavus Summer Research Goes Way Beyond the Lab

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    admin

    When Gustavus summer research students sign up for lab projects, they’re getting a lot more than just deep-dive explorations of scientific discovery; they’re also developing valuable knowledge and abilities that will serve their future careers. Life on the Hill invariably quiets down between May and September, but the Gusties who remain on campus for programs…