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  • 2021 Homecoming Alumni Choir Service of Remembrance Performance

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    msousa

    The Great Gustie Gathering of 2021 was a day full of joy, nostalgia, cheer, and reminiscence. With former, current, and potential students gathering to celebrate the Gustavus community, it was the homecoming everyone so desperately needed. To begin the commemorative day, Christ Chapel held a service to remember former Gustavus students and employees that passed…

  • Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day

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    jgilber2

    On Monday, October 11, 2021, we celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day, honoring the cultures, histories and futures of our nation’s Indigenous peoples. Although the holiday is not yet federally recognized, it has been increasingly celebrated over the past decades. The fact that it lands on the same day traditionally observed as Columbus Day is not an…

  • Fall 2021 Academic Assistant Introduction – Jasper Johnson

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    jjohns50

    ¡Hola! My name is Jasper Johnson and I’m currently a Senior majoring in Spanish and Computer Science. For the Fall 2021 semester, I have the enormous honor of being the Academic Assistant for the Spanish section in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. Besides this, I’m also a Spanish tutor, a member of…

  • S.10 E.5: “My Life Would Have Been Profoundly Different”

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    Learning for Life @ Gustavus podcast host Greg Kaster interviews Gustavus alumna and Provist at Queens University of Charlotte Dr. Sarah Fatherly.

  • Fine Arts Preview: Nobel Conference 57

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    msousa

    The theme of big data and its implications will be explored during the conference in an art exhibition, a concert, and a dance piece. Our music ensembles will play musical intermissions during the conference. Music Prelude Tuesday, October 5 @ 9.a.m Performed by the Gustavus Wind Orchestra Music Prelude Tuesday, October 5 @ 12:20 p.m.…

  • Monday Moments with President Bergman: October 4, 2021

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    JJ Akin ’11

    Gustavus President Rebecca M. Bergman shares her thoughts with College students, faculty, and staff each week.

  • Movies from the Library: The Human Condition Trilogy

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    Gustavian Weekly

    Written by Will Sorg In recent years, there has been a growing audience for Asian movies in North America. With “Parasite” becoming an international sensation along with Asian-American blockbusters like “Crazy Rich Asians” and “Shang-Shi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” it is clear that Asian cinema has made a huge impression on Western…

  • Fine Arts Week Preview

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    msousa

    Fall is here and that means the Gustavus Fine Arts are blooming with great events. Our first concert kicks off this Friday with the Chatterton-McCright Duo, a flute-piano duo from the Twin Cities. Returning Color to Our World, Flute and Piano Recital Friday, October 1 @ 7:30 p.m. Björling Recital Hall The Gustavus Department of…

  • S.10 E.4: Swimming, Coaching, and Racial Justice

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    Learning for Life @ Gustavus podcast host Greg Kaster interviews Gustavus alumnus and head swimming coach at Carthage College Seth Weidmann ’05.

  • Banned Books @ the Library

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    ahulsebe

    Launched in the 1980s, Banned Books Week celebrates the freedom to read and draws attention to attempts to censor books in libraries and schools.  The Gustavus Library endorses the American Library Association’s Freedom to Read Statement and therefore affirms that “the freedom to read is essential to our democracy” and that librarians should “make available…