Author: Matt Thomas ’00

Three members of the Gustavus Adolphus College community were honored during the Friday, Nov. 2 daily chapel service as recipients of the College’s annual outstanding employee awards. The awards are given out in conjunction with Founders Day, which recognizes the dedication of Old Main on Oct. 31, 1876.

Three members of the Gustavus Adolphus College community will be honored during the Friday, Nov. 2 daily chapel service at 10 a.m. as recipients of the College’s annual outstanding employee awards. The awards will be given out in conjunction with Founders Day, which recognizes the dedication of Old Main on Oct. 31, 1876.

The average class size at Gustavus Adolphus College is 15, but some academic courses at the College find a way to influence and educate a broader audience. That is certainly the case with the 2012 January Interim Experience course “Commemorating Controversy: The U.S.-Dakota War of 1862”.

If Antonio Herbert ’13 of Kissimee, Florida, ever wondered if his decision to attend Gustavus Adolphus College en route to a professional music career was the right one, the summer of 2012 affirmed his decision.

Ana Luisa Fajer, Consul of Mexico who is based in St. Paul, will speak publicly at Gustavus Adolphus College at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24. Fajer’s presentation is titled “A Bonding Between Two Nations: Myths and Challenges of Mexican Immigration in Minnesota,” and will take place in room 127 of Confer Hall.

The annual Building Bridges Conference at Gustavus Adolphus College was recently honored as the recipient of the Minnesota College Professional Association’s Voice of Inclusion Award. The award recognizes initiatives or individuals who serve Minnesota higher education by creating exemplary environments of inclusion for students, employees, and institutions.

Former Swedish politician, economist, and governor Ingemar Eliasson will give Gustavus Adolphus College’s annual Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25 in Alumni Hall, located on the upper level of the O.J. Johnson Student Union.

Tickets for the 40th annual Christmas in Christ Chapel celebration at Gustavus Adolphus College will go on sale to the general public at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 16. This year’s celebration will be held Nov. 30-Dec. 2 and is titled Jubilee: Proclaiming the Year of the Lord’s Favor.

Nearly 5,000 people attended the 48th Nobel Conference, titled Our Global Ocean, on Oct. 2-3, but for those who were unable to attend in person or watch via live streaming, all eight presentations are now archived online on the College’s You Tube page.

Watch video, view photographs and link to media coverage from Friday, Oct. 5, when Gustavus Adolphus College welcomed Their Majesties King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden to campus. The day included a Festival Worship Service, the dedication of the Sesquicentennial Plaza, and concurrent seminars on environmental sustainability and protecting and supporting the…