Year: 2011

For the second straight year, the Gustavus Adolphus College forensics team has earned a top 10 national ranking at the American Forensic Association’s National Individual Events Tournament (AFA-NIET).

Gustavus Adolphus College students and staff are encouraged to attend an open house for the new Center for Servant Leadership (CSL) from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 6. The CSL is located on the main floor of the O.J. Johnson Student Union.

The 24th annual convention of the Gustavus Adolphus College Association of Congregations will be held Saturday, April 9. Gustavus will host pastors and delegates from the more than 540 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America congregations from the state and across the country that are current member congregations of the association.

Gustavus Adolphus College junior ACS chemistry major Steve Groskreutz is the recipient of a 2011 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, the premier undergraduate award for students pursuing careers in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences, and engineering.

Gustavus Adolphus College has selected The Wolf at Twilight: An Indian Elder’s Journey through a Land of Ghosts and Shadows by Kent Nerburn as its Reading in Common book for the 2011-12 academic year.

The Gustavus Adolphus College Chemistry Club will host elementary students in grades one through six on Saturday, April 9 for the annual Science on Saturday event.

Minnesota poet and anthologist William Reichard will be at Gustavus Adolphus College April 6 to read from several of his works including his most recent book of poetry, Sin Eater. The reading will take place from 7-9 p.m. in the Interpretive Center, located on the grounds of the College’s Linnaeus Arboretum.

Minnesota natives Lise and Heid Erdrich will speak at the Gustavus Library Associates’ (GLA) Spring Author Day Tuesday, April 5 at the Edina Country Club.

The Gustavus Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Ruth Lin, is on an eight-day, four-state tour of the Midwest during the College’s spring break, March 26-April 2, 2011.