Month: July 2011

Gustavus Adolphus College was recently featured on KEYC-TV (Mankato) as it prepares to welcome its largest incoming class in the school’s history.

Learn more about Nobel Conference 47 presenter Vilayanur Ramachandran, who works at the Center for Brain and Cognition in the Psychology Department and Neurosciences Program at the University of California, San Diego.

Learn more about Nobel Conference 47 presenter Larry J. Young, who works at Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Emory University School of Medicine, and the Center for Behavioral Neuroscience in Atlanta, Georgia.

For some college students, summer is a time to reflect, refresh and relax. For others, like Gustavus senior Melissa Wygant, summer is a time to gain valuable career experience through a pair of internships.

On Wednesday, July 20, Provost and Dean of the College Mark J. Braun announced that Dr. Kevin Byrne had accepted the one-year position of Associate Provost and Dean of the Faculty at the College.

Gustavus Adolphus College placed 21st out of 435 NCAA Division III schools in the 2010-11 National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Directors’ Cup.

Gustavus Adolphus College has received a record number of deposits from incoming first-year students for the 2011-12 academic year and anticipates welcoming its largest first-year class since its founding in 1862.

Gustavus students Brandon Furey and Nick Atkins are taking part in a six-week internship as part of NASA’s Student Airborne Research Program.

2002 Gustavus alumna Jayne Sommers recently helped to organize a July 17 benefit that raised more than $21,000 for flood victims in Minot, North Dakota.

As the Gustavus Adolphus College forensics team continues to assert itself as a top 10 program in the country, the success and popularity of the College’s Summer Speech Institute continues to grow.