News

Year: 2016

  • Rare Corpse Flower Nearing Bloom at Gustavus

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    Gustavus Adolphus College’s corpse flower, affectionately known as “Perry,” is expected to bloom in the next week to 10 days. The inflorescence marks the fourth time the plant has bloomed in the past nine years.

  • Commencement Recap: 587 Graduates Receive Degrees

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    Five hundred eighty-seven Gustavus Adolphus College students received their bachelor’s degrees during a 2 p.m. ceremony on Sunday, May 29.

  • Eric Carlson Receives Edgar M. Carlson Award for Distinguished Teaching

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    Gustavus Adolphus College Professor of History Eric Carlson received the 2016 Edgar M. Carlson Award for Distinguished Teaching at the College’s commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 29.

  • My Gustavus: Ben Brueshoff ’05

    My Gustavus: Ben Brueshoff ’05

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    (My Gustavus profiles showcase an alum telling his or her Gustavus story.) “The 9/11 terrorist attacks happened the fall I started, just days after freshman orientation.” My parents are alums. They met in the Co-Ed laundry room. Growing up I heard stories about Gustavus, and I helped do some of the tornado cleanup when I was a sophomore…

  • 2016 Commencement Set for Sunday, May 29

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    Gustavus Adolphus College will conclude its 154th academic year with the 2016 commencement exercises at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 29 at Hollingsworth Field.

  • Senior Delaney Sweet Selected as 2016 Commencement Speaker

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    Senior English major Delaney Sweet has been chosen to serve as the commencement speaker on Sunday, May 29, when the Class of 2016 graduates at Hollingsworth Field.

  • Shine: Eric Dugdale

    Shine: Eric Dugdale

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    (Shine profiles celebrate members of the Gustavus community who are shining examples of one of the Gustavus core values.) How do we learn empathy? The short answer is from trying to understand the feelings of others. The long answer is worth a lifetime of reflection. Few would answer, “from the Greek tragedies.” But classics professor…

  • Happy Graduation, From the Top of Old Main

    Happy Graduation, From the Top of Old Main

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    “The young people that found and shall find inexhaustible treasures here, shall exhort their friends to come, seek, and find what they need for a happy life.”—Lars Lundgren, class of 1890 Somewhere in Gustavus history, prior to 1920, it is May and it is 12:30 p.m. Commencement will begin soon. For the graduating seniors of…

  • Shine: Siri Erickson

    Shine: Siri Erickson

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    (Shine profiles celebrate members of the Gustavus community who are shining examples of one of the Gustavus core values.) “I was going to be a scientist.” But when Gustavus chaplain Siri Erickson took an undergraduate course at Carleton College titled “Women in Religion” with Sister Rosemary Rader, a Benedictine nun, everything changed. She ended up…

  • Dwight Stoll Receives 2016 Faculty Scholarly Achievement Award

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    Gustavus Associate Professor of Chemistry Dwight Stoll has been named the recipient of the 2016 Faculty Scholarly Achievement Award. The award was presented at the College’s annual Honor’s Day Convocation on Saturday, May 7.