Archive for April, 2013Page 2
Ally Voss ’13 Receives Fulbright Grant to Spain
Gustavus Adolphus College senior Ally Voss ’13 has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship Grant to Spain for 2013. The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.
G.O.L.D. Program Helps Students Learn to Lead
Leadership is a process. Learning to be a leader and how to use your talents and skills for leadership takes understanding, practice, and perseverance. For junior education major Allie Kalkman, learning how to be a leader has become a way of life.
GACAC Launches Effort to Endow Director of Church Relations Position
The Gustavus Adolphus College Association of Congregations (GACAC) has launched an effort to generate funds to endow the position of Director of Church Relations, which is currently held by Grady St. Dennis '92.
GACAC Faith Conference Scheduled for Saturday
The Gustavus Adolphus College Association of Congregations (GACAC) 2012 Faith Conference, titled "Road to Reformation: Deepening Our Theological Roots" will take place Saturday, April 20 at the College.
Sam Vong Named Bruce Gray Postdoctoral Fellow
The Provost’s Office at Gustavus Adolphus College has announced that Sam C. Vong will join the College’s faculty beginning in the fall of 2013 as the College's first Bruce Gray Postdoctoral Fellow. Vong, who will earn his Ph.D. in history from Yale University this summer, will be based in the Gustavus History Department in Beck Academic Hall.
Cadi Kadlecek Named Outstanding New Forensic Coach at AFA-NIET
Cadi Kadlecek, Associate Director of the Forensics Program at Gustavus Adolphus College, was awarded the Outstanding New Forensic Coach Award at the American Forensic Association's National Individual Events Tournament (AFA-NIET), which was held April 5-8 in Hutchinson, Kansas.
Eric Eliason Named VP for Academic Affairs at Concordia
Professor of English, Dr. Eric Eliason, has been named dean of the college and vice president for Academic Affairs at Concordia College in Moorhead. Eliason joined the Gustavus faculty in 1989 and went on to serve in two different leadership positions in the Provost's Office.
Landmark Roe v. Wade Decision is Topic for MAYDAY! Peace Conference
Roe v. Wade, perhaps the most identifiable and debated Supreme Court decision in our country’s history, will be at the center of discussion at Gustavus Adolphus College’s 33rd annual MAYDAY! Peace Conference on Thursday, May 2. All events are free and open to the public.
Professor Peg O’Connor has Article Published in The New York Times
For the third time in the last 18 months, Gustavus Adolphus College Professor of Philosophy and Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Peg O’Connor has had an article published by The New York Times. The article, titled “The Light at the End of Suffering”, is part of a Times series called The Stone, which regularly features the writing of […]
Nicole Ektnitphong ’15 Named a Phillips Scholar
Gustavus Adolphus College sophomore Nicole Ektnitphong has been named a Jay and Rose Phillips Scholar for 2013-15. Ektnitphong, a native of Worthington, Minn., is a political science major with minors in peace studies and civic leadership.