Category: Tales from Abroad

Mel Pardock – Staff Writer Hey there Gusties! I’m sure our dedicated readers have been saddened by my incredibly noticeable absence here at the Weekly, but despair no more! I have returned. Well, not physically… but your favorite news-writer-turned-world-traveler is here to share some notes on my study away adventures! I am a double major…

Taite Stevens Aldrich – Staff Writer Seniors Cora Hentges and Maddie Banks traveled to Ecuador over the summer alongside Associate Professor in Geology and Program Director in Environmental Studies Jeff La Frenierre and University of Minnesota faculty and students to study the effects of climate change on glaciers. The group arrived in Quito at the…

Studying away is one of the hallmark experiences many Gustavus students get to enjoy during their Gustie career. Some go on two or three week-long trips for J-term, and others leave for full semesters; a special group of us went in the infamous Spring of 2020. I interviewed seven Gusties who were studying away around…