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  • Listen & Learn: Resources and Context for Racial Justice

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    JJ Akin ’11

    Last spring, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic that forced Gustavus classes to transition to virtual delivery, history professor Greg Kaster partnered with the Office of Marketing and Communication to launch a new podcast, Learning for Life @ Gustavus. The podcast explores the intersections of liberal arts learning, current events, and real-world problem solving…

  • History Department DeNault Winners!

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    amukamur

    The History Department is pleased to announce the winners of the annual DeNault prize for outstanding essays in History. This year we are honoring three students who are all History majors. Lucy Dolan is a junior with a major in history and a minor in religion. She is being honored for her essay “Memory and…

  • March 2021 Meeting Minutes

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    amukamur

    PCDEI Full Council – Agenda  March 17, 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, Alexyx Guidry, Vidya Sivan, Corrie Odland, Anthony Bettendorf, Daniel Sellers, Corie Odland, Kinzee Salo, Frederick Smith, Kareem…

  • Select Sixteen

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    jpeter13

    We have our Select Sixteen! Please vote by Sunday night, March 21, to narrow down to our Elite 8. Thank you!  

  • Multifaith Musings: The Beauty of Sin

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    mbroida

    Hello all! My name is Lauren Williams, and I’m a freshman currently enrolled in The Day Course: Idea Development, ART-115, here at Gustavus. Over the semester, our class studies how contemporary artists understand and work with their materials, content, and subject inside a formal, conceptual, and cultural framework. We incorporate these ideas into four of…

  • Johnson Center Welcomes New Interns

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    ameyerho

    The Johnson Center is excited to announce the addition of five new student interns to our team this spring. Spanning grade levels, majors, and passions for environmental work, the new interns have been diving into Gustavus sustainability initiatives. Meet them below and learn more about how they are each advancing sustainability at Gustavus!  Alex Terpkosh…

  • Perro Bomba: : 5th Gustavus Latinx Film Festival

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    aadams3

    Despite being the directorial debut of Juan Cáceres, Perro bomba manages to present an  extremely compelling and nuanced look at the vulnerabilities experienced by Haitian immigrants  in Chile. The film follows Steevens, an established Haitian immigrant who, at first glance, seems  to be leading a reasonably comfortable life. He has friends, a job, a roof…

  • Celebrating Women’s History Month

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    ahulsebe

    Every month is Women’s History Month at the Library!  You can find resources on women’s history, struggles, and achievements throughout the Library. March was first recognized as Women’s History Month in the US in 1987.  International Women’s Day (March 8) is rooted in early 20th century labor movements and was recognized by the UN in…

  • S.8, E.7: “Learning More to Say More”

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    Learning for Life @ Gustavus host Greg Kaster interviews Gustavus religion professor and Bruce Gray Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Rodney A. Caruthers II.

  • S.8, E.6: “A Constant Kind of Puzzle”

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    Valerie Heider ’11 on her path from Honors History and Scandinavian Studies at Gustavus to a graduate degree and career in historic preservation, currently with the Minnesota Historical Society, where among the projects she manages is the National Historic Landmark Washburn-Crosby A Mill Complex in Minneapolis. Season 8, Episode 6: “A Constant Kind of Puzzle”…