Gustavus Blogs

Month: January 2024

  • Faculty Spotlight: David Fienen

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    snowell

    David Fienen (Music, retired) will present an organ recital at First Lutheran Church in Saint Peter on Sunday, January 21 at 4:00 p.m. This is part of a series of programs celebrating the recently renovated Hendrickson organ at the church. His program will include works by Dieterich Buxtehude, Felix Mendelssohn, Larry Long, and the Toccata…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Greg Kaster

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    snowell

    Greg Kaster (History) had a letter to the editor published about slavery’s centrality to the Civil War in the Star Tribune. His letter rebutted a previous opinion piece by one of the paper’s editors, D.J. Tice.

  • The Gustavus Public Health Minor Matures

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    elliotsteeves

    Before he started the Public Health minor program at Gustavus, professor Karl Larson was working in Student Affairs in 1991. “I didn’t go into teaching right away,” Larson said. “I got my doctorate in 2001, after about six years [of graduate school], and got my first full-time health teaching position at the University of Southern…

  • Gustavus BMB Major Earns Prestigious Accreditation

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    admin

    The Gustavus Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BMB) Program recently learned that it has been accredited by the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB), the field’s professional organization. ASBMB accreditation is a national distinction, rarely bestowed, that will be recognized by graduate and professional schools and science industry employers as confirmation that Gustavus BMB graduates…

  • Heather Boyd Marx ’99 – Named one of “Top Women in Law”

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    pkauffma

    Heather Boyd Marx ’99 has just been named by Minnesota Lawyer magazine as one of its “Top Women in Law.” Not only was her practice and career highlighted in the magazine, but she was also spotlighted by the Hennepin County Bar Association in their Hennepin Lawyer magazine, with a standing column entitled “10 Questions.” Heather…

  • Library Student Advisory Board

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    dlamb

                   Mia Eisenbacher    Jordan Oelkers             Melora Lee                Sara Teigland            Elliot Steeves The Library’s inaugural Student Advisory Board is gearing up to begin its work for Spring 2024! The cohort of five…

  • Michelle’s Musings

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    dlamb

    As I was walking around the Library this morning, I noticed one of the whiteboards in a study room was completely covered in writing. One of our hardworking (Nursing? HES? BIO?) students clearly spent a lot of time studying in this room last night. The first photo is the whole whiteboard; the second photo is…

  • President Bergman reflects on libraries

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    dlamb

    I have a question for you to think about today — what are your earliest memories of a library? I lived in a small town in eastern Pennsylvania during my elementary school years, and we did not have a public library. So, the school library was my first experience exploring a library and getting a…

  • Compromise for Authenticity

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    ssackreiter

    Compromise for  Chains Iceland prides itself on being a land of authentic experience, whatever that means. You won’t find globalized brands such as Starbucks or McDonalds. In fact, you can still view the last sold Big Mac in a hotel display. Authenticity is an interesting term though, because tourists “arrive and experience the location through…

  • Almannaréttur: The Right to Roam in Iceland

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    maddiej

    Like other Nordic countries, the Icelandic law, Almannaréttur, stipulates that all people have the right to travel and freedom to roam across the country, so as long as they are cautious to not damage natural resources and landscapes. This law ensures the general public’s right to cross public or uncultivated private property, including land, rivers,…