Gustavus Blogs

Year: 2024

  • Shakespeare and Gustavus

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    msousa

    The theater department at Gustavus Adolphus College has been hard at work putting together their production of William Shakespeare’s Cymbeline. Rehearsed almost exclusively during the month of January, the cast worked Monday through Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. to bring this all together, with director Matthew Trucano and cast member Timothy Snyder ‘27…

  • Loretta Ellsworth Author Event

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    dlamb

    This will be a Q&A discussion between Award-winning author Loretta Ellsworth and author Kristin F Johnson ’92 at Southdale Library in Edina. Light refreshments will be served. This event is free to attend, but registration is required.

  • Gustavus Counseling Center Has Your Back

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    elliotsteeves

    I was diagnosed with autism at the age of three. For most of my life, my parents accommodated the condition. While I have talked about my autism with others in the past, I don’t often take time to take a look at other neurodivergent experiences, or other lived norms that affect someone’s day-to-day life. This…

  • Generous Estate Gift received by Library

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    dlamb

    From Michelle Twait ’98,Librarian and Faculty in the Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library: The Library recently received a very generous gift from the estate of Dorothy Rasmussen ’49 and I want to take a few minutes to tell you about this amazing individual. (Photo courtesy of Gustavus Archives) “While I did not have the pleasure of…

  • Friends of the Library-GLA photos in the Gustavus Archives!

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    dlamb

    Jeff Jenson (College Archivist), has been hard at work digitizing photos and recently added a new batch of GLA photos to Gustavus Images. If you’d like to see additional GLA photos , click on this link. FOL-GLA has supported the work of the College Archives by funding the shelving for the Special Collections & Rare Books Room,…

  • Library Wish List

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    dlamb

    The Library at Gustavus has a wish list. Can you help? The Library has wonderful projects, exceptional opportunities, and unique needs. If you are willing to support the Library at Gustavus in these specific and important ways, the college and the Friends of the Library-GLA welcome your partnership… Some initiatives your donations can support include:…

  • Julia Nelson ’26

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    harrietanderson

    “I want to create art that will envoke emotions out of people, make them think about their own and other perspectives.” Julia has always loved sharing her art with the world and making people feel something. As a Theatre Major, she has appreciated the opportunity to continue to impact people emotionally. Julia describes the classroom…

  • Festival of St. Lucia Luncheon 2023

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    dlamb

                                                                           Trying the lutefisk      Our speaker, Meghan Board President Ava and Event Chair Makayla The Friends of the Library-Gustavus Library Associates hosted…

  • MCS Senior Spotlight: Elliot Fackler

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    anienow2

  • TLC Blog – We Can Do Something

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    nhagberg

    No Podemos hacer todo, pero podemos hacer algo. I’m learning Spanish! I wish I had learned it when I was young. But I didn’t. Now I’m forty years older than when I learned Japanese in college. I am committed to being fluent in five years. We’ll see how my brain cells hold up. My wife…