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Gustavus to Establish Initial Master’s Program
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Gustavus officials have announced the school’s first-ever master’s degree program for students interested in careers in athletic training and related fields. The College’s new Master of Athletic Training (MAT) program will address current and projected labor shortages and changing national certification requirements for athletic training while capitalizing on the school’s nearly 50-year history of athletic…
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Chacaltaya, the disappearing glacier
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18 January 2023 I’m looking back now to try to fill in some holes before we head off to Chiquitanía, the eastern part of the country we meant to begin with before the Santa Cruz blockades began. One of the large events that I’ve not remarked on in this blog was our visit to Chacaltaya…
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Threats to Paradise: Madidi National Park
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17 January 2023 Madidi National Park stretches from the Andes mountains to the Amazon basin, and is home to over 1000 species of birds; mammals from shrews to capybaras to monkeys, tapirs, and jaguars; an amazing diversity of magnificent trees and plants; and indigenous communities that have lived here for at least 300 years. It…
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Olson Named MIAC Women’s Hockey Player of the Week
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Emily Olson helped the Gusties to a perfect MIAC weekend, contributing on four of the Gusties five goals on Friday. Olson tallied three assists and a goal Friday night to give the Gusties a 5-2 win over Saint Benedict. With her three assists, Olson now has 12 on the season to pace the Gusties. Olson’s…
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Five Questions with Alan Page
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Alan Page has had a remarkable career by any measure—actually, by all measures. After being inducted into two halls of fame, college and pro, for his football prowess, he became Minnesota’s first African American State Supreme Court justice, being elected to the seat three times before retiring in 2015. He’s also published four children’s books…
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The Salar de Uyuni
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The Salar de Uyuni is the world’s largest salt flat and may contain the world’s largest deposit of lithium, an element critically important for the production of the lithium batteries that power everything from cell phones to Teslas. We had a talk from the CEO of the national lithium industry from 2009 until 2019, and…
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January 10, 2023 Kitchen Cabinet Minutes
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Kitchen CabinetJanuary 10, 2023Steve Kjellgren, Kevin Birr, Stephanie Marsh, Jen Donkin, Kari Wallin, Karen Yess, Alan Meier,Mark Hansen, Cristina Tirbu, Molly Yunkers, Danielle Burger, Peter MaiersCommittee Business:? Try It! date and organization for January and ongoing. (How frequent is sustainable?)? Consider waiting until January due to less students during J-Term, next year planfor MLK affiliation?…
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Lago Poopó
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Bolivia once had two large lakes, Titicaca in the north on the border with Peru, and Poopó between Oruro and the Salar de Uyuni. At its maximum Lake Poopó covered 390 square miles and supported thriving populations of fishes, waterfowl, plants, and other animals, and supported the fishing economy of the Uru-Chipaya people who lived…
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Into the Salar de Uyuni
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7 January 2023 There was a time, say, after the fourth or fifth attempt to dig out the wheels and push it free, that we thought the bus was stuck for the night. The flat mud plain stretched miles in each direction, with just some pinpoints of lights against the darker mountains that showed where…
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Gustavus to host Justice Alan Page for its MLK Day Celebration
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Gustavus Adolphus College will mark its annual Rev. Martin Luther King Day Memorial Celebration on Monday, Jan. 16 by welcoming pioneering Justice Alan C. Page, the first African American Supreme Court Justice of Minnesota, as its honored guest. Justice Page will sit down with Phil Bryant ’73, Gustavus professor of English and African Studies, for…
