Year: 2009

The 45th annual Nobel Conference will begin on Tuesday, Oct. 6, but on Monday, Oct. 5, Nancy Rabalais, one of the presenters at this year’s conference will appear on Minnesota Public Radio’s Midday show.

Gustavus senior football player T.J. Ridley has been selected as one of 154 semifinalists for the 2009 William V. Campbell Trophy by the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame. Ridley is a biology major with a 3.95 grade point average.

Gustavus Adolphus College will host award-winning Swedish filmmaker Stefan Quinth on Monday, Oct. 12. Quinth and William Beyer, former education, collections, and programs director for the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis, will screen their new film “Pretty Much 100% Scandinavian,” at 7 p.m. in room 127 of Confer Hall.

Gustavus Adolphus College’s nationally ranked forensics team opened its 2009-10 tournament schedule with a strong showing at the first and second Mid-American Forensics League (MAFL) tournaments on Sept. 26-27 in Illinois.

Gustavus Adolphus College will kick-off its Homecoming Week festivities on Monday, Oct. 5 at 6 p.m. in the Evelyn Young Dining Room. Student organizations will participate in a window painting competition and the group Dim Light Shining will provide live music.

St. Peter musicians Michael and Bonnie Jorgensen will present a recital of voice and piano Sunday, Oct. 4, at Gustavus Adolphus College to celebrate the release of their new recording on compact disc, All The Old, Familiar Places. Sunday’s concert begins at 3:30 p.m. in Jussi Björling Recital Hall. Guest artists David Klee, flute and…

On Saturday, Sept. 26, the Hillstrom Museum of Art at Gustavus Adolphus College will participate in the fifth annual Museum Day, presented by Smithsonian magazine.

The Gustavus Adolphus College football team picked up its first victory of the season on Saturday, Sept. 19 with a 30-24 victory in two overtimes against Hamline University. The win gave head coach Peter Haugen his first collegiate victory and improved the team’s record to 1-1.

The 45th annual Nobel Conference at Gustavus Adolphus College, scheduled for Oct. 6-7, 2009, is titled H2O: Uncertain Resource and will focus on global issues surrounding water resources.

Sweden’s young guitarist Mattias Jacobsson will appear in concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19 at Gustavus Adolphus College’s Jussi Björling Recital Hall. Tickets for the event are $10 and are available at the door.