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PCDEI Full Council – Agenda  May 5, 2021, 3:30- 4:30 p.m., Zoom Call PCDEI-com@gustavus.edu Present: President Bergman, Siri Erickson, Kathi Tunheim, Ron White, Amy Mukamuri, Carlos Mejia Suarez, Angela Erickson, Kari Eckheart, Pamela Pearson, Marie Walker, Vidya Sivan, Corrie Odland, Anthony Bettendorf, Daniel Sellers, Corie Odland, Kinzee Salo, Frederick Smith, Kareem Watts, Valerie Banschbach, Monica…

  The Psychological Science Social Justice Award recognizes and supports the efforts of majors committed to fighting against injustice and for equality in systems, structures, and institutions. These efforts could include but are not limited to conducting research, developing evidence-based policy statements, increasing community knowledge, and organizing groups, activities, or events.  Please click on the…

On March 26, 2021, the Psychological Science Department, inducted 35 new students into the Psi Chi organization during a Covid safe ceremony.               Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology, was founded in 1929 with a mission of recognizing and promoting excellence in the science and application of…

Please join the History Department for a book presentation and discussion this Friday, April 23,  at 6 pm, with Alexander Mikaberidze, Director of the James Smith Noel Center, at the University of Louisiana, Shreveport. This is a virtual meeting. Please click on the link below to see the poster.   https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=49ca18831a&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-f:1697572314262192319&th=178efd069422c0bf&view=att&disp=safe&realattid= This meeting is open to…

PCDEI Full Council – Agenda  April 14, 2021, 3:30- 4:30 p.m., Zoom Call PCDEI-com@gustavus.edu Present: President Bergman, Siri Erickson, Tom Flunker, Kathi Tunheim, Ron White, Amy Mukamuri, Carlos Mejia Suarez, Angela Erickson, Kari Eckheart, Pamela Pearson, Marie Walker, Alexys Guidry, Vidya Sivan, Corrie Odland, Anthony Bettendorf, Daniel Sellers, Kinzee Salo, Frederick Smith, Kareem Watts, Valerie…

If you would like to attend, please email Dr. Kate Keller for the zoom link at kkeller2@gustavus.edu.

Women’s History Month occurs in March every year, with International Women’s Day occurring on March 7th. Starting with the passage of  Pub. L. 97-28 by Congress in 1981, the celebration started as Women’s history week with the said week starting on March 7th. Within a few years, the passage of  Pub. L. 100-9 changed this…

Alumni Spotlight, Dr. Bernard Powers Bernard Powers graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in 1972 with a History major and Philosophy minor.  Dr. Powers is currently the Director at the Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston, and Professor Emeritus of History for the College of Charleston. As the director of the Center for the Study of…

Alumni Historian Spotlight – Dan Kallgren Our next alumni spotlight goes to Dr. Dan Kallgren who graduated from Gustavus in 1986 with a major in history and a minor in music and is currently an Associate Professor of History and Humanities at the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay. Dr. Kallgren teaches classes on U.S.…