Year: 2011

As part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Jussi Bjorling, the Jussi Bjorling Society-USA, in cooperation with Gustavus Adolphus College, will present a concert in memory of the legendary Swedish tenor on Friday, June 24.

The 40-voice Minnesota All-State Lutheran Choir will perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 24 in Christ Chapel on the campus of Gustavus Adolphus College.

Doug Huff, Professor of Philosophy at Gustavus Adolphus College, was recently named the winner of the 2010 Hidden River Arts Playwrighting Award for his play A Far Shore.

Recent Gustavus Adolphus College graduates Sara Yungner, Katie Schenfeld, and Sam Frank have all earned a spot on the 2011 CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-America At-Large Team.

Bercom, Inc., a Chanhassen-based business started by 1979 Gustavus graduate Mark Bergman, was recently the focus of a June 5 Star Tribune story. Bergman’s son Chris ’05 and daughter Britta ’08 both work for the company, which manufactures and markets HANDy line of pails, cups and trays for professional and do-it-yourself painters, as well as…

Stacey Lindell, a 2000 graduate of Gustavus Adolphus College, is starring in the Minneapolis premiere of the Broadway musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. The show will be performed by the Minneapolis Musical Theatre (MMT), at the Illusion Theatre on the eighth floor of the Hennepin Center for the Arts, June 10-26.

For the second year in a row, the Gustavus track and field program has crowned a national champion in dramatic fashion.  This year, it is senior Janey Helland, who came from behind in the final event to win the NCAA Division III national title in the heptathlon, following last year’s dramatic finish by Max Hanson…

On Sunday, May 29, 2011, 587 seniors received their bachelor of arts degrees from Gustavus Adolphus College. Senior Phil Helt of Gladstone, Mo., delivered this year’s commencement address. Associate Professor of Nursing Barbara Zust received the 2011 Edgar M. Carlson Award for Distinguished Teaching.

Barbara Zust, Associate Professor of Nursing at Gustavus Adolphus College, received the 2011 Edgar M. Carlson Award for Distinguished Teaching during the College’s commencement exercises on Sunday, May 29.

Gustavus officials have decided as of 10:30 a.m. that today’s commencement ceremony will take place outside at Hollingsworth Field. Please continue to check the Gustavus website for updated information.