Category: newswire
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Hayley Russell Wins Edgar M. Carlson Award
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On Commencement Day 2024, Dr. Hayley Russell was named this year’s winner of the Edgar M. Carlson Award for Distinguished Teaching, the College’s signature honor for teaching achievements. The 2023 winner, Communications Studies Associate Professor Martin Lang ’95, presented the award at the end of the ceremony. Although rainy weather shortened Saturday’s Commencement, forcing Professor…
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Gustavus Celebrates Commencement 2024
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To view pictures from Commencement Day 2024, visit this link. On Saturday, May 25, the 451 members of the Gustavus Adolphus College Class of 2024 celebrated their graduation in front of family, friends, faculty, staff, and special guests. Although appropriately “Gustie” breezes kept the bugs at bay, a slightly rainy forecast forced a juggling of…
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Three Seniors to Deliver Commencement Day Addresses
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Three seniors will be featured speakers this weekend as their Class of 2024 graduates from Gustavus. The Commencement Day events kick off on Saturday morning, May 25, beginning with back-to-back Baccalaureate services in Christ Chapel at 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. The graduation processional begins on Hollingsworth Field at 1:45 p.m. Kate Dario ’24 and…
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A Gustie Charts Her Path to Global Engagement
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—Written by Brian Lucas For Caroline Southworth ‘24, the journey to this weekend’s Gustavus graduation has never been a straight line. Over the last four years, Caroline has crossed the globe seeking new perspectives, experiences, and adventures. Luckily, she found mentors at the College who supported her dreams and helped unlock her potential. “My Russian…
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Gustavus to Celebrate Commencement 2024
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The 451 students of the Gustavus Adolphus College Class of 2024 will graduate on Saturday, May 25, at an on-campus Commencement ceremony. The processional for the event begins at 1:45 p.m. on Hollingsworth Field, weather permitting. In addition to the conferring of degrees, the ceremony will feature remarks from President Rebecca M. Bergman, Provost Brenda…
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A Gustie Giving Back in Multiple Ways
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A first-year Gustie has earned a coveted language scholarship to study Russian overseas this summer. Ethan Moudry ’27 will travel to Latvia this summer with Project GO! (Global Officer), a Department of Defense initiative “aimed at improving the language skills, regional expertise, and intercultural communication skills of future military officers.” Ethan is a member (alongside multiple…
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First-Year Highlights: Food, Friends, and Fun
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As the 2023-’24 school year comes to a close, two of the First-Year students from our “First Impressions of First-Year Gusties” article this past fall reflect on how their experiences and learnings have evolved throughout the year. Chavy Ngov ‘27 Chavy reports that despite the initial shock he felt with the harder curriculum, increase in…
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Justin Knoepfel’s Plans for the GSO
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As Dr. Justin Knoepfel completes his first academic year as the permanent conductor of the Gustavus Symphony Orchestra (GSO), he’s looking to make his collaboration with students even broader and deeper than he has during his initial decade on the Hill. Knoepfel was named the GSO’s permanent conductor last fall after having assumed the role…
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Philip Bryant Wins Faculty Scholarly Achievement Award
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Gustavus Adolphus College Professor in English and African Studies Philip Bryant ’73 received the 2024 Faculty Scholarly Achievement Award at the College’s annual Honors Day Convocation on Saturday, May 5. The award is nominated by the Gustavus faculty and is the highest accolade a faculty member can achieve for distinguished scholarly accomplishments. Bryant, who is retiring at the end…
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Three Gusties Land Coveted Research Internships
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Gustavus has established a new strategic partnership with The Hormel Institute, a world class biomedical research facility in Austin, MN, that provides research internships every summer for multiple Gusties and other undergraduate students. The Institute, which is part of the University of Minnesota’s Research and Innovation Office, accepted 15 students from a pool of 160 applicants for…
