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Jacob Stern ’16: Balancing Science and Swimming
Determined. Team Player. Motivated. As a student-athlete in his senior year, Jacob Stern encompasses all of these qualities and more. By balancing academics with athletics, he's preparing for the next step towards medical school.
Senior Volleyball Players Kelle Nett and Becca Woodstra Prepare for Life off the Court
Gustavus Adolphus College volleyball players Kelle Nett and Becca Woodstra have been key ingredients in the Gustie volleyball team’s 2015 season. More than just athletes, both women spent the summer preparing to “go pro in something other than sports” after graduation.
Gustavus Student Receives $50,000 EPA Fellowship
Gustavus Adolphus College junior biology major Ethan Degner has been awarded a $50,000 Environmental Protection Agency Greater Research Opportunities (EPA GRO) Fellowship for Undergraduate Environmental Study. Degner was one of 30 fellowship recipients selected from throughout the nation.
Gustavus Senior Honored at Marine Bioscience Laboratory
Gustavus Adolphus College senior Rachel Dorr recently completed a ten-week research training program at the University of Florida Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience in St. Augustine, Florida. Dorr can now look forward to an all expense paid trip to the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society's annual meeting in Orlando, Nov. 1-4, as winner of the Laboratory's in-house competition.
Rare Corpse Flower Draws More than 7,000 Visitors
A Titan Arum or Amorphophallus titanum, otherwise known as a Corpse Flower, drew more than 7,000 visitors to the Gustavus Adolphus College Department of Biology's greenhouse during a four day period.
Rydell Professor Teaches, Lectures at Gustavus
Dr. Robert Gallo, the 2006 Rydell Distinguished Professor, teaches a seminar in virology as part of his residency at Gustavus Adolphus College.
Gustavus Student Receives Goldwater Scholarship
Gina Quiram, a Gustavus Adolphus College junior from St. Peter, Minn., has been awarded a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship for her studies in biology.