Author: Matt Thomas ’00

Bercom, Inc., a Chanhassen-based business started by 1979 Gustavus graduate Mark Bergman, was recently the focus of a June 5 Star Tribune story. Bergman’s son Chris ’05 and daughter Britta ’08 both work for the company, which manufactures and markets HANDy line of pails, cups and trays for professional and do-it-yourself painters, as well as…

Stacey Lindell, a 2000 graduate of Gustavus Adolphus College, is starring in the Minneapolis premiere of the Broadway musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. The show will be performed by the Minneapolis Musical Theatre (MMT), at the Illusion Theatre on the eighth floor of the Hennepin Center for the Arts, June 10-26.

For the second year in a row, the Gustavus track and field program has crowned a national champion in dramatic fashion.  This year, it is senior Janey Helland, who came from behind in the final event to win the NCAA Division III national title in the heptathlon, following last year’s dramatic finish by Max Hanson…

On Sunday, May 29, 2011, 587 seniors received their bachelor of arts degrees from Gustavus Adolphus College. Senior Phil Helt of Gladstone, Mo., delivered this year’s commencement address. Associate Professor of Nursing Barbara Zust received the 2011 Edgar M. Carlson Award for Distinguished Teaching.

Barbara Zust, Associate Professor of Nursing at Gustavus Adolphus College, received the 2011 Edgar M. Carlson Award for Distinguished Teaching during the College’s commencement exercises on Sunday, May 29.

Gustavus officials have decided as of 10:30 a.m. that today’s commencement ceremony will take place outside at Hollingsworth Field. Please continue to check the Gustavus website for updated information.

The Gustavus football team will be traveling to Cancun, Mexico for a five-day trip that will combine football, service, and some fun. The team will depart Wednesday, May 25 and return Monday, May 30.

Star Tribune columnist and editorial writer Lori Sturdevant printed a piece on Monday, May 23 about former Gustavus Adolphus College President Dennis Johnson and his new book, Chaplain of the House: A Ministry of Prayer and Presence in the Minnesota House of Representatives.

At 2 p.m. Sunday, May 29, the class of 2011 will receive their bachelor of arts degrees from Gustavus Adolphus College during commencement exercises at Hollingsworth Field. As of 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Gustavus officials have decided that the ceremony will take place outside as originally planned.