Category: newswire-first
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First-Term Seminars Aren’t Just Academic
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Many colleges offer classes that help their first-year students get comfortable with the unfamiliar pace of higher education. Gustavus supplements this by utilizing the maturity and leadership qualities of our older students to make the first-year acclimation process even more comprehensive and fruitful. All new Gusties take a First-Term Seminar (FTS), small, discussion-based courses that…
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Enriching the Liberal Arts Through Music
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More than a decade before I arrived at Gustavus, when I was in third grade, they forced me to play cello. I was a student at a Waldorf school, an alternative educational philosophy that believes in tying a young person’s education to the way they play and interact with the world. Ideally, it improves executive…
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Gustavus Founders Day Celebration Honors Employees
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Since 1876, the hallowed date of October 31st has had a special additional meeting for those on the Hill in Saint Peter, as Gustavus Adolphus College’s Founders Day. This year, we marked the 147th anniversary of our founding by honoring Eric Norelius and recognizing the school’s employees of the year. President Bergman thanked the award…
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Welcoming International Students at Gustavus
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Last month, Gusties trekked up the Hill and found themselves a new home for the school year. Some had longer journeys than others, ranging from a one-hour car drive up Highway 169 to a 13-hour plane ride across the world. College can be an unfamiliar experience for all students, but for those who come from…
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A Gustavus Student’s Perspective on the Nobel Conference
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The Nobel Conference is a wondrous annual occasion at Gustavus Adolphus College. It is the only gathering in the United States that is permitted to use the Nobel name. World-renowned scholars provide novel information and education on a particular subject to the Gustavus student body and staff, high school students, alumni, and other interested guests.…
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A Gustie Studies Climate Change Up Close
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When Marit Isaacson ’25 was trying to decide how to get the most out of the summer between her sophomore and junior years, she leaned on some Gustavus student services for advice. The Geography and Spanish double-major is also a member of the women’s swim team, and she figured the timing was right to take…
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Gustavus Leads in Multiple College Rankings
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With the advent of autumn comes the new school year’s higher education rankings, and in 2023-24 Gustavus has achieved significant recognition from national publications and organizations across a variety of measures. “As high school juniors and seniors begin to make their decisions this fall about where they’d like to earn their college degrees, these impressive…
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Gustavus Basketball and Going Global
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Any college basketball player is going to spend their summers on the courts. Not too many of them get to work on their game in Brazil. Gustie Spencer Swanson ’25, a forward on the men’s basketball squad, was one of nine Division III players from all over the United States who got to tour the…
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Gustie Summer Employment Secrets: Stay Flexible
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Summer is often an occasion for college students to try and nudge their way into a career path. Biology students conduct on-campus research, while music students begin to work on teaching projects. And because of this time, and what it means for us, we all seek one key resume landing: Internships. My career interest has…
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A Gustie Dives Into Global Citizenship and Diplomacy
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A significant part of the Gustavus vision statement prepares and implores our students to “act on the great challenges of our time.” Abby Joy Neptun ’24 spent summer 2023 doing just that. The Communication Studies major and Political Science minor was a program assistant for World Chicago, a 70-year-old nonprofit organization funded by the U.S.…
