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  • Challenged Books: Available at the Gustavus Library!

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    ahulsebe

    The American Library Association kicks off National Library Week (April 4-10) by announcing recent challenges to library, school, and university materials. The Library Bill of Rights states, “Libraries should challenge censorship in the fulfillment of their responsibility to provide information and enlightenment.” In that spirit, the Gustavus Library opposes censorship in all its forms. Below…

  • Shrek!

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    jpeter13

    The top voted movie of the tournament is Shrek! Thanks to all who voted and participated with completed brackets.  The top three winners were Dominic Flentje, Savanna Hanle, & Julia Baldus.  Please email suggestions for next year’s March Madness competition to Leah Zacate, lzacate@gustavus.edu.  See you at the movies!

  • Welcome to the IBL Dynamics Blog

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    tlofaro

    As the name suggests, the IBL Dynamics Blog is dedicated to discussing dynamical systems and inquiry-based learning.  We created this blog as a companion to the CRC Press textbook Discovering Dynamical Systems Through Experiment and Inquiry and its companion website ibldynamics.com authored by Tom LoFaro and Jeff Ford. We hope to use this blog to foster…

  • Women’s History Month

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    amukamur

    Women’s History Month occurs in March every year, with International Women’s Day occurring on March 7th. Starting with the passage of  Pub. L. 97-28 by Congress in 1981, the celebration started as Women’s history week with the said week starting on March 7th. Within a few years, the passage of  Pub. L. 100-9 changed this…

  • Shrek vs. Black Panther!

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    jpeter13

    We’re down to the top two movies!  You may vote as many times as you want and vote quickly! Voting ends at noon tomorrow, Wednesday, March 31st. Vote here!

  • Craig Nordquist ‘11: Sports researcher turns passion into Emmy Awards

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    JJ Akin ’11

    The 2011 graduate and lifelong baseball fan is starting his 10th year as a researchers at MLB Network.

  • Alumni Spotlight!

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    amukamur

    Alumni Spotlight, Dr. Bernard Powers Bernard Powers graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in 1972 with a History major and Philosophy minor.  Dr. Powers is currently the Director at the Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston, and Professor Emeritus of History for the College of Charleston. As the director of the Center for the Study of…

  • Introduction: A New Series: Discussions of Faculty Writing by Department Alumni Jared Morningstar (’18) & Oakley Clark (’18) (Part 1)

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    SJ Kessler

    I’m Oakley. Hello. I graduated in 2018 with political science and religion degrees. Like many, I never intended to major in religion. My FTS, the Gospel of John, sucked me into the department and off I went. While at GAC, I loved my classes—one independent study on theology comes to mind—and, like most GAC students,…

  • Alumni Spotlight!

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    amukamur

    Alumni Historian Spotlight – Dan Kallgren Our next alumni spotlight goes to Dr. Dan Kallgren who graduated from Gustavus in 1986 with a major in history and a minor in music and is currently an Associate Professor of History and Humanities at the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay. Dr. Kallgren teaches classes on U.S.…

  • Alumni Spotlight!

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    amukamur

      Alumni Historian Spotlight – John Holt Dr. John Holt graduated from Gustavus in 1970 with a history degree. He went on to receive his MA in History and Phenomenology of Religion from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, and his Ph.D. in the History of Religions from the University of Chicago in Chicago,…