Tag: community

  • COVID-19 Response Update | June 12, 2020

    TO: The Gustavus Community FROM: COVID-19 Response Leadership Team SUBJECT: COVID-19 Response Update DATE: June 12, 2020 This week, the College’s 12 COVID-19 Action Teams are completing the first draft of their preliminary recommendations for how to safely welcome students back to campus, which will be delivered to the COVID-19 Response Leadership Team and President’s…

  • Update: June 4, 2020

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    TO: The Gustavus Community FROM: President Bergman SUBJECT: Gustavus COVID-19 Response Update DATE: June 4, 2020 As we begin the summer, our COVID-19 Response Leadership and Action teams are hard at work preparing strategies and plans to have students safely living and learning on campus this fall. The membership of our 12 COVID-19 Response Action…

  • Reflecting and Looking Ahead | Student Message from President Bergman

    TO: Gustavus Students FROM: President Bergman SUBJECT: Reflecting and Looking Ahead DATE: May 26, 2020 You did it, Gusties! Today officially marks the last day of final exams, and with it, the completion of our academic year. It is my sincerest hope that when you reflect on this semester in the years to come, you…

  • Gustavus Preparedness Plan for Return to the Workplace

    TO: Gustavus Employees FROM: President Bergman SUBJECT: Gustavus Preparedness Plan for Return to the Workplace DATE: May 21, 2020 As the College develops strategies to welcome students back to campus this fall, detailed planning is necessary as we prepare for the majority of employees to return to on-campus work. While Minnesota’s “Stay at Home” order…

  • Gustavus COVID-19 Response Leadership Team

    TO: The Gustavus Community FROM: President Bergman SUBJECT: Gustavus COVID-19 Response Leadership Team DATE: May 19, 2020 Over the course of the last two months, even as we experienced great change and ongoing uncertainty, I have seen the best of the Gustavus community. Despite its challenges, our transition to online learning has provided opportunity for…

  • Minnesota “Stay Safe” Order and Campus Mask Guidelines

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    TO: Gustavus Employees and On-Campus Students FROM: President Bergman SUBJECT: Minnesota “Stay Safe” Order and Campus Mask Guidelines DATE: May 15, 2020 On Wednesday evening, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz announced that Minnesota is transitioning from our “Stay at Home” order to a new “Stay Safe” order as of Monday, May 18. While we celebrate this…

  • Fremo Wins 2020 Swenson-Bunn Memorial Teaching Award

    The Gustavus English professor was honored by students during the College’s virtual Honors Convocation.

  • Important Announcement Regarding Summer Activities

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    TO: The Gustavus Community FROM: President Bergman SUBJECT: Important Announcement Regarding Summer Activities DATE: May 5, 2020 Eight weeks ago our community was asked, almost overnight, to face a new reality. Our vision statement called us to boldly act on this great challenge of our time. Teaching and learning has taken place exclusively online instead…

  • Spring Semester Updates and Resources

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    TO: Gustavus Students FROM: President Bergman SUBJECT: Updates and Resources DATE: May 1, 2020 Dear Gusties, We have made it to May! The class tulip meadow is blossoming in the Linnaeus Arboretum and the crabapple trees outside Old Main promise to bloom shortly. With three weeks of online learning remaining, I know this is a…

  • Extension of Minnesota “Stay at Home” Order

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    TO: Gustavus Employees FROM: President Bergman SUBJECT: Extension of Minnesota “Stay at Home” Order DATE: April 30, 2020 As you may have heard, Governor Tim Walz announced this afternoon that Minnesota’s “Stay at Home” order will be extended for at least two more weeks (until May 18). The College is continuing to require that all…