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Earth Day 2024
Happy Earth Day, Gusties! Earth Day is an opportunity to honor our planet and commit to protecting its resources. We can use this day to learn, reflect on our individual and collective action towards a healthy planet, and celebrate the advocacy work that our community is currently engaged in to promote a more sustainable future. […]
Women are funny! WAC, SRF, and GWIL to host comedians Soo Ra and Shyloh Blake
Katie Samek- The Women’s Action Coalition (WAC), Students for Reproductive Freedom (SRF), and Gustavus Women in Leadership (GWiL) would like to cordially invite Gustavus to join them for a laugh at “Women Are Funny!”, a comedy performance featuring comedians Soo Ra and Shyloh Blake. This event will take place on Thursday, April 25th from 7:00 […]
5 Questions with Finnish Novelist Antti Tuomainen
He’s been dubbed both “the king of Helsinki noir” and “the funniest writer in Europe.” Think: Coen Brothers but even further north than Fargo. A movie adaptation of his novel The Rabbit Factor, about an actuary who inherits an adventure park, will star Steve Carell. Two of his other books have already been adapted […]
How NLE Choppa Ended Up Playing Gustavus
On Friday, April 19, at 8 p.m. Gustavus students, residents of Mankato, and folks from the University of Minnesota, will flock by the hundreds to the Lund Center to see “Shotta Flow” rapper NLE Choppa, the headliner of the College’s most hyped concert of the decade. When the announcement of the concert landed in February, […]
Friendship Bracelets on Friday!
Celebrate National Poetry Month on the occasion of the release of Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department. Make friendship bracelets at the Library on Friday, April 19 – and bring a friend! To me, fair friend, you never can be old, For as you were when first your eye I eyed, Such seems your beauty […]
Gustavus Adolphus College President Rebecca Bergman Announces Retirement
Gustavus Adolphus College President Rebecca M. Bergman announced today that she plans to retire in summer 2025 after leading the liberal arts college in Saint Peter, Minnesota, for 11 years. “The opportunity to serve the Gustavus community has been the highest honor of my professional career,” Bergman said in a message to students, faculty, and […]
Advising Day @ the Library
Curious about careers in libraries and archives? Join us for Advising Day @ the Library! Tuesday, April 16th Learn about: Library internships, graduate programs, and careers in libraries & archives Enjoy: Tea Tuesday (tea, cider, hot chocolate) and treats! For more information: Visit our Careers in Librarianship & Archives guide
TLC Blog – Everyone Speaks Tennis
This summer at TLC, we will have instructors from twelve different countries. And every one of them speaks tennis. We will have many different world religions and non-religions represented on our staff and in our campers. Muslims, Christians, agnostics, Jews, Hindus, atheists, Buddhists. And everyone speaks tennis. We will have different political […]
Expressing Gratitude to the Gustie Community
Anyone who has spent time on the Hill knows how Gustavus prides itself on empowering the next generation to act on our world’s greatest challenges and prepare for a life of service. That legacy is making headlines: The Wall Street Journal named Gustavus the top college in Minnesota. Gustavus is a top-producing Fulbright Institution. The […]
Christenson Lecture to Focus on Land Back Questions
The question of Native American land reparations is a tricky one that is becoming more politically prominent in today’s world. And it is the issue at the heart of a forthcoming lecture by Dr. Kevin Washburn, who serves as the N. William Hines Dean of Iowa University, where he is also a professor of law. […]