A young man in two stages of his life, as a college student and as a young professional.
Fine Arts

Mind, Music, Gusties

by  Stephanie Ash

David Lim ’15 practices humanity and community through music and art.

Two photos of the same man, one with a camera when he is in his 20s, one in a chair when he is in his 30s
Fine Arts

Outside with Words and Pictures

by  Stephanie Ash

How writer/photographer Alex Messenger ’10 developed the skills to turn survival into story.

A cast of players in Don't Miss Doris Hines at the Minnesota History Theatre
Fine Arts

Embodying All of It

by  Stephanie Ash

Comfort Dolo ’14 became Twin Cities legend Doris Hines. Gustavus liberal arts helped her connect across history.

A group of college students around a campfire in 1930s
On The Hill

HERITAGE: A Smörgåsbord of College History

by  Stephanie Ash

Food has always been central to the Gustavus experience.

Three college students laughing in a theater.
Fine Arts

A Show About a Show They’ve Never Seen

by  Moraya Patsy

Three actors in “Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play” prove its point.

A collection of photos of Dennie Gordon with Hollywood Stars
Fine Arts

“Keep Going.”

by  Stephanie Ash

Pioneering director Dennie Gordon ’74 on the professors, opportunities, and big break she got from Gustavus—and what she’s gone on to make with it.

Four different students active in their artistic mediums.
On The Hill

STEM and Fine Arts: Where Head Meets Heart

by  Moraya Patsy

Four students heavily involved in both worlds on balancing the life and learning of the arts and the sciences.

Three college-aged women stand around a staged opulent feast in an art gallery.
Fine Arts

“Food doesn’t just magically appear.” 

by  Stephanie Ash

Nora Birkholz ’27, Audrey Power Theisen ’25, and Chloë Rossow ’26 curated this Hillstrom Museum of Art exhibit.

A large jazz ensemble plays in a beautiful concert hall.
Fine Arts

Ireland and Scotland + GSO and GJazz

by  Stephanie Ash

Two ensembles. Three countries. So many firsts.

Studio Art and Computer Science double major Sam Teff ’27. He is known around Gustavus for his stained glass creations
Fine Arts

Double Major, Stained Glass

by  Moraya Patsy

Studio Art and Computer Science double major Sam Teff ’27 is known around Gustavus for his stained glass creations

A student and a professor work with a pipette in a lab.
On The Hill

Testing a Signature Experience Summer

by  Stephanie Ash

This summer, the Gustavus Signature Experience (known as SigX) took flight.

A hand holds up a phone with the Gustavus website on it, on a college campus in the fall.
On The Hill

A New Gustavus.edu Experience

by  Stephanie Ash

Gustavus.edu's reboot is a transformative step forward.

a man and women siting on the floor in a building
On The Hill

President’s Ball Through the Years

by  Anna Deike

P-Ball has been a campus tradition since 1985.

On The Hill

Introducing: Gustavus Signature Experience

by  Stephanie Ash

Or, as students and faculty alike call it, SigX.

Ella examines a plant
On The Hill

Starting the Fyre Early

by  Gustavus Staff

The First-Year Research Experience Program gives students in the natural sciences and math fields the opportunity to conduct undergraduate research early in their college career.

A 1970s era black man with a mustache and cool pointy shirt collar gestures while speaking.
On The Hill

Heritage: The Peace Studies Origin Story

by  Gustavus Staff

How Civil Rights legend Bernard LaFayette, Jr. helped make justice a Gustavus core value.

A leap to tag misses in a game of men's intramural softball
On The Hill

Heritage: Intramural, Extra Fun

by  Gustavus Staff

To call it “recreational competition” is to be oxymoronic. Some intramural fun throughout the years.

Students hanging out in a new weight room with black and gold equipment.
Sports

Living into Lund

by  Stephanie Ash

Two years after the Grand Opening of Phase One of the Lund Center Expansion and Renovation, an update.

A group of photos of previous college presidents, current president Rebecca Bergman, and a space for a new photo.
On The Hill

Position Available: College President

by  Stephanie Ash

What does it take to be President of Gustavus Adolphus College? Here's what we're looking for.

The bas relief sculpture reminiscent of DaVinci's Vetruvian Man on the side of the Nobel Hall of Science, with a bed of prairie flowers and blue sky and clouds reflected in the background.
On The Hill

Little Prairies on the College

by  Stephanie Ash

Here's what's up—and what's going to come up in the future—on the South Mall.

professors standing in front of a wall of books, Dwight Stoll, Betsy Byers, Yurie Hong, Valerie Walker, and Kate Knutson
On The Hill

The Profs Leading Us Through

by  Stephanie Ash

The Faculty Leadership Task Force responded quickly to marketplace needs and made student-centered improvements to the curriculum.

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On The Hill

Rain, Lightning, Thunder 

by  Gustavus Staff

Kalpulli Tlaloctecuhtli means “the supreme energy of the rain, lightning and thunder.”