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  • Lang Wins 2023 Edgar M. Carlson Award

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    Associate Professor Martin Lang ’95, was named the 2023 winner of the Edgar M. Carlson Award for Distinguished Teaching at the Gustavus Adolphus commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 27. The award is the College’s highest honor for teaching excellence. Lang, who started teaching at Gustavus in 2005, works across the Communication Studies, Film and Media…

  • Gustavus Class of 2023 Celebrates Graduation Day

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    Photos from Gustavus Commencement Day 2023 can be found here. On a breezy, stellar spring day, the 544 members of the Gustavus Adolphus College Class of 2023 bade farewell to their college years before family, friends, faculty, staff, and special guests on Saturday, May 27. After congratulating the seniors for their many accomplishments, persistence, and…

  • Two Seniors to Give Gustavus Commencement Day Addresses

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    When the Gustavus Class of 2023 graduates on Saturday, May 27, two classmates will serve as honored presenters at the day’s ceremonies. Keely Schuck will give this year’s Baccalaureate address at 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. in Christ Chapel, and Mya Hillerud will be the senior class speaker during the Commencement ceremony, which starts at…

  • Class of 2023 To Celebrate Commencement May 27

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    The 544 students of the Gustavus Adolphus College Class of 2023 will graduate on Saturday, May 27, with an on-campus  commencement ceremony beginning at 1:45 p.m. on Hollingsworth Field. The majority of the graduates started at Gustavus in the fall of 2019, spending most of their first year on campus—living in residence halls with their…

  • A Special Graduation for One Gustavus Athlete

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    When the Gustavus Class of 2023 walks the stage this week at Commencement, one senior will be uniquely grateful to join her friends and classmates on Graduation Day. Heather Olinger ’23 has had a final semester unlike any other. It began in January when the Gustie women’s hockey player took a hit against St. Ben’s…

  • Joaquin Villanueva Wins 2023 Faculty Scholarly Achievement Award

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    Gustavus Adolphus College Associate Professor and Co-Chair of Environment Geography and Earth Sciences (EGE) Joaquin Villanueva received the 2023 Faculty Scholarly Achievement Award at the College’s annual Honors Day Convocation on Saturday, May 6.  The award is nominated by the Gustavus faculty and is the highest accolade a faculty member can achieve for distinguished scholarly…

  • Kate Aguilar Wins Swenson-Bunn Award

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    History Assistant Professor Kate Aguilar was presented with the Swenson-Bunn Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence during the Honors Day convocation on May 6. “I was very surprised when they first said my name,” Aguilar said. “I only heard ‘Kate’, and there are many wonderful Kates on our campus. And so I got pretty emotional pretty…

  • Gustavus Completes Record-Breaking Fundraising Campaign

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    Gustavus Adolphus College announced the successful completion of Show the World, the largest comprehensive fundraising campaign in the College’s history. At the annual Celebration of Philanthropy on Friday, May 12, the College announced that Show the World raised $228 million in new gifts and pledges toward major capital projects, endowed professorships and chairs, scholarship funds,…

  • Gustavus Sorority Helps Fight Childhood Cancer

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    A Gustavus sorority recently demonstrated how the College’s core values uplift the people who need them the most. On Sunday, April 23, the Theta Xi Gamma sorority hosted its annual brunch and silent auction for the Pinky Swear Foundation. A total of 161 guests attended and raised $11,456.98 for children who are battling cancer. Thetas were also recognized at…

  • How Hip-Hop Informs Philosophy at Gustavus

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    One of the main challenges for many liberal arts faculty in the 2020s is how to make classic, often ancient, wisdom and theories relevant to the modern world and the undergraduates who inhabit it. Gustavus assistant professor of Philosophy Jon Ivan Gill has accomplished this by infusing his field’s eons-old scholarship with contemporary elements such…