Category: newswire
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WSJ Lauds Gustavus for Outcomes and Value
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The Wall Street Journal has reaffirmed the value and quality of a Gustavus education by naming the College the 4th-best liberal arts school in the Midwest. The esteemed publication published the regionalized update to its national rankings this week. (The article is behind a paywall, but a chart with the rankings is below.) This news…
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“Super Seniors” On Their Unique Fall Term
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To ensure the safety and wellbeing of students, faculty, and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020-2021 academic year at Gustavus Adolphus College looked different. An increase in online courses, adjusted residential living practices, and modified co-curricular activities meant that the hallmarks of the Gustavus experience—from the hands-on learning to the close-knit community—faced a temporary…
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You’ve Come, All Ye Faithful: 50 Years of Christmas in Christ Chapel
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Written by Emma Myhre ’19 The original blueprint for CinCC was a blend of liturgy, music, and dance, built on The Nine Lessons and Carols, a British Christmas Eve tradition celebrated at Gustavus through the 1960s. But Reverend Elvee envisioned the new CinCC as a gift to the Gustavus community—an opportunity to come together, celebrate…
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One More for the Road
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Gusties, it’s winter again. Which means it’s time to perpetually feel cold. And…It’s Christmas in Christ Chapel season! It’s time to decorate the big (like, huge) church on the Hill with lasers, lights, and artwork galore, and fill the seats to the Chapel’s brim. It’s time to sing, play, and speak vast and holy anthems…
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Lupe Olague ’26 Named 2023 St. Lucia
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After being nominated by her peers with five other sophomore women based on service to others, strength of character, courageous leadership, and compassion, Lupe Olague ’26 was selected as the 2023 honoree after a campus-wide vote. The College celebrated the 83rd anniversary of the tradition on December 7 in Christ Chapel. In addition to Olague,…
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Christmas in Christ Chapel Marks 50 Years at Gustavus
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Written by Alex Ogle ‘27 As the season turns toward winter and the days grow shorter, hundreds of Gustavus students, faculty, and staff work tirelessly to gift the world the remarkable celebration of Christmas in Christ Chapel. This has become a widely loved tradition that has been bringing the community together for half of a…
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Gusties Showcase Their Artistic Creativity
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I walk by the Schaefer Art Gallery every day. Normally, I don’t enter this building, as I’m usually on my way to cello practice or orchestra rehearsal in Bjorling Hall, just across the sidewalk. This, Gusties, is a mistake. This gallery is home to some of the most amazing art in Saint Peter. And the…
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The First Impressions of First-Year Gusties
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After waving a final tearful goodbye to their parents after move-in, many first-years are left with the frightening yet exhilarating year ahead. From changing dynamics with parents to learning how to share a 11’x15’ room with a stranger, the beginning of college is a time of big changes and heady adjustments. To track how the…
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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…
