News

Year: 2016

  • Karl Satterlund ’19 Awarded Swedish Language Scholarship

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    Gustavus first-year student Karl Satterlund was recently awarded a Swedish Language Scholarship by the Swedish Council of America (SCA). The award will help Satterlund study in Sweden for a semester next spring.

  • Where Minnesota Gusties Work

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    Healthcare, education, government, finance, big brands—we’re there. Gusties are everywhere. But we are in some places more than others. One of those places is Minnesota (obviously). Minnesota Gusties are working hard to make Minnesota’s economy one of the healthiest in the nation. As a state, Minnesota has more Fortune 500 companies per capita than any other, so…

  • Rev. John D. Hogenson ’81 Receives GACAC Covenant Award

    Rev. John D. Hogenson ’81 Receives GACAC Covenant Award

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    The award was presented at the annual business meeting of the Gustavus Association of Congregations.

  • Remembering Ellery Peterson ’49

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    Ellery Olof Peterson ’49, a professor emeritus of accounting who taught at Gustavus for 35 years, passed away on November 18, 2015. Peterson had a long history of service and giving to the College beyond his professorship. He set up a scholarship endowment with his first wife, Aileen, and worked with alumni to set up endowments.…

  • Mary Joos Wins Swenson-Bunn Teaching Award

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    Mary Joos, program director and clinical education coordinator of the Gustavus Adolphus College Athletic Training Program, has been awarded the 2016 Swenson-Bunn Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence.

  • Shine: Kendra Frey

    Shine: Kendra Frey

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    (Shine profiles celebrate members of the Gustavus community who are shining examples of one of the Gustavus core values.) Music and science. Concertmaster in the symphony orchestra. Genetic tagger of yeast proteins using fluorescent markers. Soloist in the Gustavus Symphony Orchestra’s season finale. Seven semesters of Russian. “I’m conversational,” she says. It seems impossible that an undergrad…

  • Second Annual Gustie Entrepreneur Cup Set for Saturday

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    The Gustavus Adolphus College Department of Economics and Management is hosting its second annual Gustie Entrepreneur Cup on Saturday, May 14 in Beck Academic Hall.

  • Reginald Penner ’83 Helps Lead a Nanowire Discovery

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    A California-based research group led by Reginald Penner ’83 has made an important discovery in nanowire technology that could revolutionize our battery-powered devices.

  • Gustie Math and Science Majors Take Top Competition Honors

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    A team of Gustavus Adolphus College math and science majors placed higher than any other liberal arts college in the nation in a recent international math competition.

  • Griffin Reed ’16 Receives Glenn T. Seaborg Award

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    Gustavus senior Griffin Reed has been named the 2016 winner of the Glenn T. Seaborg Science Award by the Swedish Council of America. The award will allow him to travel to Sweden in December for the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony.