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  • <i>A Royal Affair </i>Online Auction Open for Bidding

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    Approximately 800 items that will be auctioned as part of this year’s A Royal Affair may now be viewed online. About 100 of the items are now available for online bidding between Oct. 18-25. The remaining 700 items will go to the highest bidder at the silent and live auctions during A Royal Affair Oct.…

  • LIRS President Deffenbaugh to Speak at Chapel

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    Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) President Ralston H. Deffenbaugh, Jr. will visit Gustavus Adolphus College on Monday, Oct. 29 and Tuesday, Oct. 30. Deffenbaugh will give the homily at daily chapel at 10 a.m. Oct. 29.

  • Advocate for the Homeless Sets Her Sights High

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    “Cathy ten Broeke’s job title clearly spells out the mighty boulder she’s supposed to push uphill in what seems a truly Sisyphean task: she’s the Minneapolis/Hennepin County Coordinator to End Homelessness,” writes Star Tribune reporter Mary Jane Smetanka about a 1991 alumna of Gustavus.

  • Thousands Convene for Homecoming Weekend

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    The hill was bustling with activity this past weekend as students, parents, staff, faculty, and alumni gathered on campus for an array of Homecoming and Family Weekend events, including class reunions, athletic events, educational seminars, and performances.

  • Student Exchange Signed Between Gustavus and Chinese College

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    Gustavus Adolphus College and United International College (UIC) in Zhu Hai, China, have entered into a four-year reciprocal student exchange program. Gustavus President Jim Peterson and UIC Executive Vice President Edmond Kwok signed the agreement at Gustavus on Oct. 2.

  • Gustavus Launches Presidential Search Website

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    When the 2007-08 academic year comes to a close, Gustavus Adolphus College President James L. Peterson will retire and the college will inaugurate its 15th president. A new website has been created to inform the Gustavus community about this important and detailed process.

  • New Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund Established

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    Walter L. Youngquist, a 1942 alumnus of Gustavus Adolphus College, recently made two separate gifts to the college totaling $500,000.

  • Gustavus Celebrates Homecoming

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    With fall comes Homecoming and Family Weekend. Celebrated Oct. 12-14, this year’s weekend of school spirit includes alumni reunions, a traditional homecoming parade, music concerts, workshop sessions for alumni and parents, athletic events, and more.

  • Price of Pollution

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    “Gustavus Adolphus College put a physicist, a geoscientist, an engineer and an economist all in the same room and asked them how to save the Earth’s environment. They all said: Put a price on carbon dioxide,” writes H.J. Cummins in a Star Tribune article about the 2007 Nobel Conference.

  • Chemistry Department Receives Major Instrumentation Gift

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    Bill Soderlund and Soderlund Village Drug of St. Peter recently made a major gift of $205,000 to the Department of Chemistry at Gustavus Adolphus College. The gift will enable the college to purchase a Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometer, to be used in instructional laboratories and faculty/student research projects.