Author: Matt Thomas ’00
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Class Reacts to the Past Through Role Playing
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Gustavus Adolphus College students in Alisa Rosenthal’s January Interim Experience course are using unique role-playing games through a program called Reacting to the Past to debate things such as social changes in early 20th century New York City and the development of India as an independent nation in the post-World War II era.
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Daniel Sellers ’06: Ensuring All Kids Receive the Education They Deserve
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Daniel Sellers ’06 took his sociology and anthropology degree from Gustavus and had a transformational experience with Teach For America. Now Sellers is trying to eliminate the achievement gap in Minnesota schools as the Executive Director of the non-profit MinnCan.
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Kevin Gover to Give Sunday’s Lefler Lecture
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Kevin Gover, Director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), will present this year’s Herbert and Mary Jane Lefler Lecture at Gustavus Adolphus College at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27 in Alumni Hall.
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Student-Faculty Collaboration: Ian Shay ’13 and Angelique Dwyer
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Students and faculty members at Gustavus Adolphus College are collaborating on scholarly research more so than ever before. One current example is senior Ian Shay ’13 and professor Angelique Dwyer, who are in the middle of a research project on Mexican singer-songwriter Lila Downs.
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Kelly Broady ’11: From Gustavus to Stanford
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Kelly Broady ’11 was a standout student in the Biology Department at Gustavus Adolphus College and is now pursuing a master’s degree in human genetics and genetic counseling at Stanford University. Broady completed an independent research project and a senior honors thesis at Gustavus to gain valuable experience in her future professional field.
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Dr. Cathy J. Cohen to Give Martin Luther King Memorial Lecture
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Dr. Cathy J. Cohen, one of the nation’s leading scholars of race and politics, will give the 2013 Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Lecture at Gustavus Adolphus College at 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 21 in Christ Chapel.
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Hillstrom Museum of Art Commemorates Dakota Mass Execution of 1862
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The Hillstrom Museum of Art at Gustavus Adolphus College will unveil the exhibition Hena Uŋkiksuyapi: In Commemoration of the Dakota Mass Execution of 1862 on Monday, Dec. 17 during an opening reception from 7 to 9 p.m. The exhibition will remain on view at the Museum through Feb. 8, 2013.
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Minnesota Public Radio Features Irma Marquez Trapero ’12
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Minnesota Public Radio and reporter Jennifer Vogel recently sat down with Gustavus Adolphus College graduate Irma Marquez Trapero to discuss her life journey and the barriers she has faced as an undocumented person. Marquez Trapero graduated from Gustavus in 2012 with a degree in political science.
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Colette Brandt ’09: Living Her Dream in Alaska
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Colette Brandt ’09 arrived at Gustavus Adolphus College in the fall of 2005, took full advantage of the liberal arts experience, majored in mathematics with a minor in environmental studies, and is now living her dream as a successful environmental scientist in Alaska.
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Gustavus to Hold Hispanic Film Festival in the Spring
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The Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at Gustavus Adolphus College will hold its first ever Hispanic Film Festival over the course of five weeks in February and March of 2013. The film festival is the result of grant money received from PRAGDA, a film distribution company funded by Spain’s Ministry of Culture.