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  • April 2021 Meeting Minutes

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    amukamur

    PCDEI Full Council – Agenda  April 14, 2021, 3:30- 4:30 p.m., Zoom Call PCDEI-com@gustavus.edu Present: President Bergman, Siri Erickson, Tom Flunker, Kathi Tunheim, Ron White, Amy Mukamuri, Carlos Mejia Suarez, Angela Erickson, Kari Eckheart, Pamela Pearson, Marie Walker, Alexys Guidry, Vidya Sivan, Corrie Odland, Anthony Bettendorf, Daniel Sellers, Kinzee Salo, Frederick Smith, Kareem Watts, Valerie…

  • Tinnitus: The Silent Scream

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    amukamur

      Tinnitus: The Silent Scream Brooke Herman, Gretchen Van Ess, Ratana Chhang, Olivia Kunshier Whether it is the screeching of a subway station, jamming out to your favorite song on the freeway, or testing the limits of your dorm room speakers, we all become exposed to loud noises at one point or another. Long-term exposure…

  • Student Internships Experiences

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    shadjiya

    Student Internship Experiences Today, we will be highlighting two hard-working seniors and one outstanding junior on their internship journeys within the past year. First off, we have Public Accounting Major, Communication Studies Minor, Katelyn Weide, who is originally from Sartell, MN and graduated this January 31, 2021. Katelyn Weide This year, Katelyn has gotten the…

  • The value of productive struggle

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    jford

    A colleague teaching trigonometry with inquiry-based learning sent me a complaint a student had made to his department chair. The student’s issue was “He doesn’t teach anything, he just stands there and keeps asking me questions!”. To me, this encapsulates the difference between encouraging or discouraging struggle in the classroom. If is comfortable for students…

  • Please join us for this research presentation!

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    amukamur

    If you would like to attend, please email Dr. Kate Keller for the zoom link at kkeller2@gustavus.edu.

  • S.9, E.2: “Gustavus Paved the Way for the Rest of My Life”

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    Learning for Life @ Gustavus host Greg Kaster interviews Gustavus alumna and educator Luanne Bigbear ’91.

  • Introduction: A New Series: Discussions of Faculty Writing by Department Alumni Jared Morningstar (’18) & Oakley Clark (’18) (Part 2)

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    SJ Kessler

      Hi Gustavus Religion Blog, I’m Jared Morningstar, 2018 graduate and alumnus of the Religion Department.  Though I did not anticipate studying religion when I first arrived at Gustavus, I ended up living in Old Main for much of my four years of college. When I wasn’t eating at the caf or playing French horn…

  • Open Divestment Letter to Board of Trustees and Response

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    ameyerho

    *Edited 4/27/21 to include a response from the President and the Board of Trustees received on 4/22/21. This response can be found linked at the bottom of this blog post.*   Several Gustavus students have renewed an ongoing divestment campaign that has had a long and dynamic history on campus. With concern for how the…

  • Guie’Dani’s Navel : 5th Gustavus Latinx Film Festival

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    aadams3

    The film, Guie’Dani’s Navel is a story quite different from others in its category with a strikingly intense main character. The movie is directed and written by Xavi Sala who portrays a story of a young girl rebelling her reality while yearning for more than servitude. The film uses long silences that may seem dull…

  • S.9, E.1: “This Fantastic, Historic Space”

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    Learning for Life @ Gustavus host Greg Kaster interviews Gustavus alumnus and vicar of Old North Church in Boston, Mass., Rev. Dr. Matthew Cadwell ’95