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  • First-Term Seminars Aren’t Just Academic

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    Many colleges offer classes that help their first-year students get comfortable with the unfamiliar pace of higher education. Gustavus supplements this by utilizing the maturity and leadership qualities of our older students to make the first-year acclimation process even more comprehensive and fruitful. All new Gusties take a First-Term Seminar (FTS), small, discussion-based courses that…

  • 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…

  • Hecht Wins 2022 Edgar M. Carlson Award

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    The psychological science professor has been teaching and researching at Gustavus since 2010.