Author: Matt Thomas ’00

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a Nigerian writer who burst onto the literary scene in 2003 with her debut novel Purple Hibiscus, will deliver the 2014 Moe Lecture in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies at 7 p.m. Monday, March 10 in Alumni Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public, and will also be live…

Sophomore Logan Boese recently sat down to talk about why the College’s core values are important to him as well as how he is growing as a person.

Gustavus Adolphus College alumnus Eric Butorac ’03 has advanced to the finals of the men’s doubles draw at the Australian Open, which is being played in Melbourne. Butorac and his doubles partner Raven Klaasen of South Africa advanced to the finals with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over the No. 8 seeded tandem of Daniel Nestor…

The 68-member Gustavus Adolphus College Wind Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Douglas Nimmo, will embark on a 16-day, five-country European concert tour from Jan. 22 to Feb. 7. After engaging in daily classes, intensive rehearsals, sectionals, and private practice over the last several weeks, members of the ensemble are ready for the exciting, fulfilling and life-changing…

Gustavus Adolphus College President Jack Ohle is pleased to announce that Dr. James Patrick Miller will join the faculty in September 2014 as the inaugural holder of the Douglas Nimmo Endowed Professor of the Gustavus Wind Orchestra. This new professorship was established by Raymond ’51 and Lorraine Lundquist in honor of Dr. Douglas Nimmo, the…

Gustavus Adolphus College will be open on Monday, January 6 for the first day of January Term. On-campus residents have received information via email from the director of residential life about date and time of residence hall openings. College officials will monitor weather conditions closely and communicate any relevant changes to students via email. We…

So much happens on a college campus in just a week’s time, so you can only imagine the number of noteworthy events that take place in a calendar year at Gustavus. Classes, research, lectures, concerts, recitals, exhibitions, athletic events, dedications, awards, scholarships, conferences, rankings, and more. The events and people featured in these stories contribute…

The 41st annual Christmas in Christ Chapel, Holy Wisdom, Holy Word: The Gates of Eden are Open, was presented on the Gustavus Adolphus College campus on Dec. 6-8. Now a number of radio stations throughout southern Minnesota and northern Iowa will broadcast the service on various dates and times during this Christmas season.