Entries tagged with ‘J-term’

Gustavus J-Term Highlights Experience and Experimentation

Students in the Identity, Resistance and Liberation in Cambodia and Vietnam J-Term class receive a lesson in cultural cuisine. With each new January comes the opportunity for the Gustavus community to depart from the standard semester class structures and calendar and take the month to try something different. J-Term is when students and faculty spend […]

January Term Reflections

Gustavus alumni who also serve as faculty and staff at the College reflect on their own January Term experiences.

Gusties Connect with Local Language Learners through Building Community Course

Students in Angelique Dwyer’s January class spent the month teaching, engaging, and building community with English language learners in Saint Peter and the surrounding area.

Hands-On Learning Results in New Online Literary Magazine

Students in English professor Baker Lawley’s January Interim class wasted no time getting down to business. From the first day of the course, the group would have just 20 class sessions to edit, publish, and launch the first issue of Razor Literary Magazine.

Vocation Theme for 2006 Interim Experience

The 2006 Interim Experience, formerly January Term, focuses on vocation. Each year a specific theme is chosen. Throughout the month-long term, students learn more about vocation through various activities in and out of the classroom.