Archive for 2022

2022 Year in Review

The Gustavus Class of 2022 makes its way from Christ Chapel to the Commencement ceremony. The 2022 calendar year was actually a tale of two years. The first part was the second semester of a 2021-22 school year that saw the long-awaited emergence from the COVID-19 pandemic and its many aftereffects. The second was the […]

Cristina Sirbu ’24 Named 2022 St. Lucia

Gustavus sophomore Christina Sirbu ’24 was named this year's St. Lucia during the Dec. 8 festival in Christ Chapel.

Gustavus to Receive Grant to Expand STEM Inclusivity

The award will be supplemented with similar efforts for non-STEM programs.

Gustavus To Celebrate Annual Festival of St. Lucia

One sophomore woman will be crowned St. Lucia in the 82nd annual celebration.

Gustavus recognized for student voter participation

Building upon the school’s impressive track record of robust student voter participation, Gustavus has been recognized as one of 394 colleges nationwide recognized for its efforts to increase nonpartisan democratic engagement in the 2022 elections. The national ALL IN Most Engaged Campuses for College Student Voting campaign helps colleges and universities make intentional efforts to increase student […]

Gustavus Gears Up for Christmas in Christ Chapel

As the first snows of the year surround us, the Gustavus campus is lively with preparations for this year’s Christmas in Christ Chapel. While students, faculty, and staff put in the countless hours of rehearsal that this service requires – as they have for nearly 50 years – this is a time to reflect on […]

Gusties Raise $500K for First-Generation Students in One Evening 

First-generation Gusties Brenna Germscheid ’23, Anahi Rubalcava Ortiz ’23, and Cristina Sirbu ’24 with Gus In a welcome return to in-person philanthropy, A Royal Affair—the Gustie Gala raised more than $500,000 on Saturday, Nov. 12 to support scholarships for first-generation Gustavus students, and another $150,000 for the Gustavus Library Associates (GLA) Endowment Fund. The Folke […]

Meet Kong Yang ’23, Japanese Studies Major and Army Serviceman

Kong Yang on reconnaissance duty in Somalia, 2020. When Kong Yang was a high school senior in Maplewood, he began to think about ways to pay for college. Born in Thailand, he came to the Twin Cities with his family as a child and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2016. Around that time, his […]

NorthMarq Internship Opens Doors for Nduwayezu ’23

The senior international management major says that her internship taught her to “get connected and be daring.”

Mayo Clinic Fellowship Opens Doors to Passionate Gustie Researchers

Eight students spent ten weeks at one of the country’s leading medical research centers.