Archive for 2013Page 5
Gustavus Named a Top 50 Liberal Arts College Value by Kiplinger’s
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance has included Gustavus Adolphus College on its list of the country’s best values in private colleges. Kiplinger’s annual list, which was released Thursday, Oct. 17, ranks the top 100 private universities and 100 liberal arts colleges. Gustavus was named the 47th best value in the country among liberal arts colleges.
Rasmussen’s Black Aperture is National Book Award Finalist
Visiting Professor of English and 1998 Gustavus graduate Matt Rasmussen has been named one of five finalists for the National Book Award in Poetry for his debut collection of poems titled Black Aperture.
Networking Events Bring Students and Alumni Together
Gustavus Adolphus College is going to great lengths to ensure that students leave the College with the ability to find a job based on what they know as well as who they know. Networking events in the Twin Cities are one example of how the College is helping to connect current students with alumni professionals.
Daniel Venn ’15: Making a Difference in South America
Since transferring to Gustavus as a sophomore in 2011, Daniel Venn '15 has developed a passion for teaching English to students in South America. The secondary education major spent this past summer in Ecuador and is currently in the middle of a three month stint in the Galapagos Islands.
Toni Calasanti to Give “Age Matters” Talk on Tuesday
Toni Calasanti, a professor of sociology at Virginia Tech University, will give a talk titled "Age Matters" at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8 in Beck Hall Room 101. Calasanti's visit to campus is sponsored by the departments of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies and Economics and Management and is free and open to the public.
One Alumna’s Winding Road to Yale Medical School
Zainab Jaji '13 grew up more than 6,000 miles away from Gustavus Adolphus College in Lagos, Nigeria. She earned her undergraduate degree in biochemistry and molecular biology and is now in her first year of medical school at Yale University.
Gustavus Announces New Pricing Plan Information
The Gustavus Adolphus College Board of Trustees is announcing a strategy to address what has become a national conversation about the rising costs of higher education. In setting tuition, room and board for first-year and returning students for the 2014-15 academic year, the College is introducing a new pricing plan that will tie the increases to a three-year rolling average of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which presently calculates at 2.3 percent.
Homecoming Weekend 2013
It's Homecoming Weekend at Gustavus Adolphus College and that means reunions, athletic events, and other activities for current students and alumni.
Nobel Conference Presenter on MPR Monday
Dr. Sylvester James Gates Jr., one of eight presenters at the upcoming 49th annual Nobel Conference, will appear on Minnesota Public Radio's show The Daily Circuit with host Kerri Miller during the 10 a.m. hour Monday, Sept. 30.
Nobel Concert Dark Energy Set for Tuesday
Continuing its long tradition of connecting music on the campus to the theme of the annual Nobel Conference, the Department of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College is pleased to present a faculty trio and the music of Johannes Brahms and Dmitri Shostakovich in the 2013 Nobel Conference Concert, “Dark Energy.” The faculty piano trio of violinist Jill Olson Moser, cellist Sharon Mautner-Rodgers and pianist Yumiko Oshima-Ryan will present the concert in Christ Chapel on Tuesday, October 1, beginning at 8:15 p.m.