Author: Matt Thomas ’00
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Rasmussen’s Black Aperture is National Book Award Finalist
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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.
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Networking Events Bring Students and Alumni Together
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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.
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Daniel Venn ’15: Making a Difference in South America
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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.
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Toni Calasanti to Give “Age Matters” Talk on Tuesday
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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.
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One Alumna’s Winding Road to Yale Medical School
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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.
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Gustavus Announces New Pricing Plan Information
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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…
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Homecoming Weekend 2013
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It’s Homecoming Weekend at Gustavus Adolphus College and that means reunions, athletic events, and other activities for current students and alumni.
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Nobel Conference Presenter on MPR Monday
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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.
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Gustavus to Dedicate Christ Chapel Memorial Garden on Sunday
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Gustavus Adolphus College will officially dedicate the Christ Chapel Memorial Garden, a newly constructed space that includes a columbarium just to the east of Christ Chapel, during a ceremony at 11:30 a.m. following the Homecoming Worship Service on Sunday, Sept. 29.
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Website Ranks Gustavus Faculty in Top 20 Nationwide
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Earlier this week the website RateMyProfessors.com released its list of the 25 colleges and universities across the nation that have the best professors. Gustavus, which came in at number 16 on the list, was the only Minnesota school included, and joined schools such as Duke University, Stanford University, Cornell University, and Washington University in St.…