Year: 2007

  • Campus Energy Wars Bicycle Competition Feb. 28

    On Feb. 28, Gustavus students and staff will pedal stationary bicycles in competition to see who can pump the most energy into an electrical generator supplied by the Minnesota Department of Commerce. The event culminates Campus Energy Wars, a month-long competition among a dozen Minnesota colleges and universities. The Campus Energy Wars challenge is to…

  • Participate in Day at the Capitol

    Join hundreds of Minnesota private college and university financial aid supporters on March 8, 2007 to advocate for student financial aid at the Capitol.

  • Gustavus Hosts Family-Farm Documentarian

    Come and see a documentary series that explores the relationship people have with their family farms at Gustavus Adolphus College Feb. 19-20. The creator will lecture and present two short films.

  • Lunar New Year Celebration at Gustavus

    A Lunar New Year Celebration will be held at Gustavus at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23 in Alumni Hall, located in O.J. Johnson Student Union. Lunar New Year is celebrated annually in China, Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, and elsewhere. It is the most important and meaningful spiritual festival for people in these countries. As…

  • Gustavus Alumni Actors Return for The Cherry Orchard Performance

    Six professional alumni actors have returned to campus to perform in the College’s upcoming production, The Cherry Orchard. The classic play, written by Anton Chekhov, will be staged Thursday, Feb. 8-Feb. 11.

  • <i>Sweet Land</i> Author Will Weaver Visits

    A Unity in Community-St. Peter Reads event is fast approaching, so curl up with a warm blanket, sip some hot chocolate and start reading! This year’s Winter Read, a Unity in Community event, features Sweet Land author Will Weaver. His book is a compilation of selected and new stories and will be featured at the…

  • Robotics Tournament at Gustavus

    In conjunction with Gustavus Adolphus College’s January Interim Experience, the public is invited to attend a robotics tournament at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 25 in the Wallenburg Auditorium, located in the college’s Nobel Hall of Science.

  • Gustavus Highly Ranked for Studying Abroad

    Gustavus Adolphus College continues to be a leading institution for the number of students studying abroad, according to an annual ranking recently released by the Institute of International Education (IIE). Reaffirming the mission of giving students an international perspective, Gustavus was ranked in the Top 20 Baccalaureate Institutions list of the Institute’s Open Doors 2006…

  • Mixed Blood Presents <i>Jackie Robinson</i>

    Gustavus Adolphus College will host Mixed Blood Theatre for a presentation of Jackie Robinson, the acclaimed biography of the baseball legend, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18, in Björling Recital Hall. The show covers the life and career of the first African American in major league baseball.

  • IEX Underway at Gustavus

    With a theme focused on “Leadership,” Gustavus Adolphus College recently began its annual January Interim Experience, previously known as J-term.