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  • Series Introduction: Summer Reading and Escapes From the Religion Faculty

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    SJ Kessler

    What a beautiful and strange summer this has been! For those of us who stayed in Minnesota, our state has been gorgeous and hot, with lots of sunshine, long humid days, ten thousand mosquitoes per square foot, and big thunderstorms that roll down from Canada and make the leaves shimmer in the late morning light.…

  • S.2 E.1 Little Rock 1957 / Minneapolis 2020

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    Dr. Misti Harper, Visiting Assistant Professor of History at Gustavus, discusses the role of “respectability politics” among black women in the integration of Little Rock’s Central High School, the Minnesota context of Mr. George Floyd’s murder by police in Minneapolis 63 years later, and her undergraduate course on Prince. Season 2, Episode 1: Little Rock…

  • Parking Permits

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    achanson

    Vehicles on campus may park in any red or green permit space until August 24, when we ask all employees and returning students to park according to permit color.  Ticketing in the red and green permit areas then begins at 7am on the first day of classes in the Fall, Wednesday, September 2nd. Visitor parking…

  • Gustavus Announces Fall Semester Calendar Change

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    JJ Akin ’11

    Classes will begin one week early on September 2 and the College will transition to online course delivery after Thanksgiving.

  • 2019-2020 Student/Faculty Research was active in the Beck Hall HolmLab

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    amukamur

    Dr. Lucie Holmgreen, a clinical psychologist, conducts research that integrates clinical and social psychological approaches. She studies trauma and attachment (how we think, feel, and behave in close relationships) and is particularly interested in the emotional, cognitive, and behavioral reasons for the cyclical nature of trauma. A number of students collaborated with Dr. Holmgreen in…

  • S.1 E.10 “Unwanted”

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    Learning for Life @ Gustavus host Greg Kaster interviews immigration historian and author Maddalena Marinari.

  • S.1 E.9 The Chemistry Lab and the Alchemy of Student Growth

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    Gustavus chemistry professor and chromatography expert Dwight Stoll on working with students in his highly-regarded campus lab, facilitating their development as individuals and scientists, and enjoying the College’s newly renovated and expanded Nobel Hall for state-of-the-art science research and education in the 21st century. Season 1, Episode 9: The Chemistry Lab and the Alchemy of…

  • Parking Permits

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    achanson

    Vehicles on campus may park in any red or green permit space until August 31, when we ask all employees and returning students to park according to permit color.  Ticketing in the red and green permit areas then begins at 7am on the first day of classes in the Fall, Tuesday, September 8th. Visitor parking…

  • Student Research and Professional Development Opportunities occurred all year in Beck Hall!

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    amukamur

    Another student who took advantage of research opportunities in the Psychological Science Department this past academic year was Lauren Lowe.  Lauren worked closely with Dr. Kayla DeLorme and said of her initial experience working with her in the labs, “I did maternal rat behavior and studied stress transmission! I also did a lot of classwork…

  • S.1 E.8 “Shame Shame Shame”

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    Political theorist Jill Locke of the Gustavus political science department talks about her critique of “The Lament that Shame Is Dead” in her engaging and provocative book, Democracy and the Death of Shame (2016). Season 1, Episode 8: “Shame, Shame, Shame” Transcript: Greg Kaster: Learning for Life at Gustavus has produced by JJ Akin and…