Year: 2010

Ruth Proft Dannehl, professor emeritus of nursing at Gustavus Adolphus College, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 21 at the age of 92.

Kevin Mumford, a professor in the University of Iowa’s Department of History and African-American Studies, will give a free public lecture at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 11 at Gustavus Adolphus College.

Gustavus Adolphus College will celebrate its Homecoming Week Sept. 20-25. The week will feature many traditional events such as alumni reunions, a homecoming parade, music concerts, coronation, a dodgeball tournament, athletic events, and much more.

The Gustavus Adolphus College football team improved to 1-1 on the season with a 29-0 victory over Northwestern College on Saturday, Sept. 18 at Hollingsworth Field.

The nationally ranked Gustavus Adolphus College forensics team has announced its schedule for the 2010-11 season.

The Reverend Dr. Darrell Jodock, professor of religion and the Drell and Adeline Bernhardson Distinguished Professor in Lutheran Studies, has announced that he will retire, effective August 31, 2011.

The Gustavus Adolphus College Equestrian Team will host its first ever competition on Sept. 25-26 at Charles Yahnke Farms in Le Sueur, Minn. The two-day competition will feature approximately 150 individual riders from 11 different schools from around the region.

The National Science Foundation recently awarded Gustavus Adolphus College a $253,150 academic research infrastructure grant to support the College’s physics department. The grant will be used to upgrade several physics research laboratories in the basement of F.W. Olin Hall for Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science.