Author: Matt Thomas ’00
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Rasmussen’s Black Aperture on National Book Award Longlist
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Visiting Professor of English and 1998 Gustavus Adolphus College graduate Matt Rasmussen has been named to the 2013 National Book Award Longlist for Poetry for his debut collection of poems titled Black Aperture. The list of 10 books was announced on Tuesday, Sept, 17 by the National Book Foundation.
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Five Recent Alumni Start Year of Service with Lutheran Volunteer Corps
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Five recent Gustavus Adolphus College graduates are among the 138 volunteers that recently began their year of service in 14 different cities across the country through Lutheran Volunteer Corps (LVC). Benjamin Batz ’12, Dan Burnett ’13, Elizabeth Logas ’13, and Ben Whalen ’13 are all serving in Minneapolis, while Brin Bailey ’13 is serving in…
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Nobel Conference Preview Lecture Features Professor S. James Gates
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As a prelude to the 49th annual Nobel Conference at Gustavus Adolphus College, Professor S. James Gates will deliver a talk titled “Symmetry and the Quincunx Nexus” at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20 in Alumni Hall, located on the upper level of the O.J. Johnson Student Union.
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Megan Wika ’14: Discovering a Career Path Through a Summer Internship
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Megan Wika ’14 completed a geographic information systems internship at Barr Engineering in Minneapolis this summer. The experience helped the geography and environmental studies double major to define her career path.
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Tracy Saunders ’10: From California to Gustavus to Washington, D.C.
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Tracy Saunders ’10 chose to make Gustavus Adolphus College her home for four years after growing up in California. Now she is enrolled in Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies and has a bright future ahead of her.
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Author Tori Murden McClure to Speak at Gustavus
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Author, Antarctic explorer, and current college president Tori Murden McClure will speak at Gustavus Adolphus College at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19 in Christ Chapel. Murden McClure is the author of A Pearl in the Storm, which is the College’s Reading in Common book for 2013-14 academic year.
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Gustavus Jumps Up in U.S. News Liberal Arts Rankings
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Gustavus Adolphus College moved up nine spots to No. 76 in this year’s list of Best National Liberal Arts Colleges put out by U.S. News & World Report. The rankings were made public online on Tuesday, September 10.
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O’Connor Published by New York Times and Psychology Today
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Gustavus Adolphus College Professor of Philosophy and Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Peg O’Connor recently had separate pieces published online by The New York Times and Psychology Today.
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New Chaplains Set to Deepen and Expand Daily Worship
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New Chaplains Siri C. Erickson and Brian E. Konkol joined the Gustavus community on August 1. Together, they are carefully discerning how the College will practice daily worship during the scheduled 10-10:20 a.m. chapel time beginning this Fall Semester.
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Tuesday Marks Beginning of 152nd Academic Year
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Gustavus Adolphus College will begin its 152nd academic year on Tuesday, Sept. 3, when classes commence for the College’s 2,500 full-time students. President Jack R. Ohle will welcome all students and staff back to campus at the College’s Opening Convocation at 10 a.m. on Tuesday in Christ Chapel.