Month: May 2010

Leila Brammer, Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Gustavus Adolphus College, received the 2010 Edgar M. Carlson Award for Distinguished Teaching during the College’s commencement exercises on Sunday, May 30.

Don Scheese, professor of English and environmental studies at Gustavus Adolphus College, has been awarded a Fulbright grant for the 2010-11 academic year. Scheese will teach courses in American Studies in the Ukraine in the spring of 2011 during his year-long sabbatical.

Gustavus Adolphus College is pleased to announce the hiring of six new tenure-track faculty members who will begin their teaching duties at the onset of the 2010-11 academic year.

Gustavus Adolphus College student-athletes Melissa Mackley, David Martinson, and Bri Radtke have been selected to receive postgraduate scholarships from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

The Gustavus Adolphus College women’s tennis team is set to take on defending National Champion Williams College in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division III Women’s Tennis Championship at 1 p.m. Central Time Tuesday, May 25 Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Gustavus Adolphus College senior Mary Cunningham has been chosen by a committee of faculty, staff, and students to speak at the College’s commencement ceremony Sunday, May 30. Cunningham will graduate with a degree in Communication Studies and History.

Gustavus Adolphus College Assistant Professor of Chemistry Brandy Russell has been accepted to attend the Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) Summer Leadership Institute for Early Career Faculty.

Peg O’Connor, professor of philosophy and gender, women, and sexuality studies, received the 2010 Faculty Scholarly Achievement Award in early May at the College’s Honors Day Convocation.

Gustavus Adolphus College junior Kristin Schwagerl will have the opportunity to work alongside noted paleoanthropologist and 2008 Nobel Conference lecturer Curtis Marean during the 2010 Fall Semester.