Author: Matt Thomas ’00

Looking for a way to celebrate Valentine’s Day with your special someone? Join the Friends of Linnaeus Arboretum for dinner, dancing, and live music by The Echo’s from 7-11 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14 in Alumni Hall.

The Gustavus Music Showcase on Sunday, March 25, will feature the Gustavus Choir, the Gustavus Symphony Orchestra, the Gustavus Wind Orchestra, and the Gustavus Jazz Lab Band in a 2 p.m. performance at Ted Mann Concert Hall in Minneapolis.

Four Gustavus Adolphus College students will display and explain their undergraduate research at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul on Wednesday, Feb. 22, as part of the annual Private College Scholars at the Capitol program.

Craig Nordquist, a 2011 graduate of Gustavus Adolphus College, will be representing the Minnesota Twins organization when the MLB Network airs a new trivia-based game show this week called “Baseball IQ.”

Dr. Jackson Katz, internationally known for his groundbreaking work in gender violence prevention education in schools, the sports culture, and the military, will deliver the 2012 Moe Lecture in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 14 in Alumni Hall. Katz’s lecture is titled “The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women…

The Rev. Justin Lind-Ayres, a 1999 graduate of Gustavus Adolphus College, will deliver the College’s annual “Transfiguration Talks” on Feb. 20-21, during daily chapel services at 10 a.m. Rev. Lind-Ayres’ talks are titled “Clouded Vision” (Feb. 20) and “Be Afraid” (Feb. 21) and will center around the text in Mark 9:2-9.

Reverend Carl O. Nelson became the first recipient of the Gustavus Medal when the honor was bestowed upon him by President Jack R. Ohle during a ceremony in late December.

Gustavus Adolphus College has named Laura Burnett-Kurie the new head coach of its women’s soccer program. Burnett-Kurie, a 2008 graduate of Hobart and William Smith Colleges (N.Y.), is replacing Mike Stehlik, who resigned at the conclusion of the 2011 season after serving as the head coach of the women’s soccer program for 22 years.

When Gustavus Adolphus College received a $1 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) in the fall of 2008, one of the proposed initiatives was to intentionally provide more scientific research opportunities for first-year students. The departments of biology and chemistry have achieved that goal by offering unique research-based courses during the College’s…

Stephan Koplowitz, an award-winning director and choreographer internationally known for his work on the concert stage and for creating original site-specific multi-media works, will be in residence at Gustavus Adolphus College periodically during the next three months.