50 Years of Tennis & Life
Positive Attitude. Full Effort. Good Sportsmanship.
Community
Class Notes, Fall 2026
Jobs, moves, achievements, life changes, weddings, births, and more. News from Gusties.
Sports
Winners. Twice. Again
For the second year in a row, Gustavus has swept the MIAC All-Sports Trophy Competitions.
Gusties Gather
Gusties Gather Reunion Weekend 2026
Save the date for Reunion Weekend 2027 on June 4–6, 2027, which will welcome back classes ending in 2’s and 7’s.
On The Hill
Signature Experience Lets Students Who Study Away Dive Deeper
Study away as a Gustavus Signature Experience means encounters with new worlds intentionally framed to inform students’ future professional lives.
Great Reads
How Does Gustavus Use AI?
Professors Rachel Flynn (Library and Archives) and Guarionex Salivia (Computer Science) co-chair the AI Fellows, which shapes AI on campus.
Community
Gusties Gather: Fall 2026
Around the world, Gusties get together. Here are several. Do you have photos of your favorite Gusties gathering?
Great Reads
Teaching Students to Be Well
A student’s efficacy in dealing with the messiness of being a human being relates to their ability to live a productive, purposeful life.
Great Reads
20 Years of Public Discourse
The Communication Studies faculty reinvented a required public speaking course—into something AI can’t do.
Shine
SHINE: Jon Ivan Gill
Somewhere between Plato, the Bible, and MC Hammer is the heart of this philosopher-professor-artist.
Shine
SHINE: Pamela Conners
The interim Gustavus provost and dean of the college on truth, discourse, and what’s in students’ pockets.
Great Reads
The Inauguration of John Volin, President of Gustavus
On April 17, 2026, the college’s new president received the Presidential Rites of Installation.
Fine Arts
Mind, Music, Gusties
David Lim ’15 practices humanity and community through music and art.
Fine Arts
Outside with Words and Pictures
How writer/photographer Alex Messenger ’10 developed the skills to turn survival into story.
Community
Class Notes, Spring 2026
Jobs moves, new achievements, life changes, weddings, births, and more. News from Gusties.
Fine Arts
Embodying All of It
Comfort Dolo ’14 became Twin Cities legend Doris Hines. Gustavus liberal arts helped her connect across history.
Community
Gusties Gather Spring 2026
Around the world, Gusties get together. Here are several. Do you have photos of your favorite Gusties gathering?
On The Hill
HERITAGE: A Smörgåsbord of College History
Food has always been central to the Gustavus experience.
Shine
SHINE: Andrew Kendall ’15
From Chapel Choir's tenor section to that same choir’s conductor podium.
Great Reads
Onward, Despite
Lessons from Kathleen Grube ’24 on her 75-day canoe trip through an historic fur trade route.
Fine Arts
A Show About a Show They’ve Never Seen
Three actors in “Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play” prove its point.
Fine Arts
“Keep Going.”
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.
On The Hill
STEM and Fine Arts: Where Head Meets Heart
Four students heavily involved in both worlds on balancing the life and learning of the arts and the sciences.
Community
Two New Chaplains, Two Decades of CinCC
From a Proclaim meet-cute to presiding over CinCC: Gustavus Chaplains Alicia Blomquist Hilding ’08 and Ben Hilding ’09.
Fine Arts
“Food doesn’t just magically appear.”
Nora Birkholz ’27, Audrey Power Theisen ’25, and Chloë Rossow ’26 curated this Hillstrom Museum of Art exhibit.
Great Reads
A Story Bigger than an Internship
The Signature Experience (SigX) internship companion course offers a distinct advantage: personal reflection.
Community
Gusties Gather, Fall 2025
Around the world, Gusties get together. Here are several. Do you have photos of your favorite Gusties gathering? Email us!
Community
Distinguished Alum Krissa Skogen ’00
Skogen is Senior Scientist and Director of the Botanical Garden at the University of Vienna in Austria.
Community
Golden Anniversary Award Winner Charlie Kelley ’75
Kelley is Founder, Principal, and Senior Portfolio Manager at Compass Capital Management.
Community
First Decade Award Winner Samantha Banks ’15
Banks is an Autoimmune Neurology Fellow at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester.
Community
Distinguished Alum Rolf Olson ’93
Olson is Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Accra, Ghana.
Community
Distinguished Alum Virginia Caine ’73
She is an associate professor of medicine at Indiana University and the President of the National Medical Association.
Community
Distinguished Alum Nancy Egeberg Kukovich ’74
For more than a decade, Nancy Egeberg Kukovich ’74 has been CEO of Adelphoi.
Fine Arts
Double Major, Stained Glass
Studio Art and Computer Science double major Sam Teff ’27 is known around Gustavus for his stained glass creations
Shine
SHINE: Tobias Polley ’25
What does it mean to be a successful student at Gustavus? He asked. And in every way, Gustavus answered.
Shine
SHINE: Deb Swanberg
As the executive assistant in the Dean of Students Office, she sees students at their best—and most challenged.
On The Hill
Testing a Signature Experience Summer
This summer, the Gustavus Signature Experience (known as SigX) took flight.
Community
Legacy Families 2025
Move-In Day 2025 was extra bittersweet for these alumni and families who moved in a next generation of Gusties.
Community
A Brief History of Homecoming’s Royalty
It hasn’t always been a democratically elected monarchy.
Class Notes
Class Notes, Fall 2025
Jobs moves, new achievements, life changes, weddings, births, and more. News from Gusties.
Great Reads
INTRODUCING: Dr. John Volin, President of Gustavus Adolphus College
A new president and a refreshed curriculum that leans into the best of Gustavus liberal arts means a bright future for Gustavus students.
Community
From Gustavus, With Love
We asked. Gusties answered. A sample of well-wishes for President Bergman upon her retirement.