Visiting the Artists

Culture scout and Emmy Award winner Ian Grant ’91 on visiting Ukrainian artists and bringing current Gustie students along (virtually) for the ride.

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Legacy Gusties 2024

Move-In Day 2024 welcomed more than 30 legacy first-year Gusties—and welcomed back their alumni family members.

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SHINE: Henry Noma ’24

Through a Gustavus partnership with the Mayo Clinic's Surf Program, Henry Noma '24 is the future generation of scientists and academics.

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Starting the Fyre Early

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.

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The Way to Treat People

For Mayo Clinic Gustie anesthesiologists, what they learned at Gustavus is in line with how they treat people today.

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In Memoriam, Spring 2024

Gusties we've lost.

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Gustie Alumni Working in Sports

Gustavus liberal arts was a training camp for the careers of these Gustie alums from a variety of majors and fields.

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Class Notes, Spring 2024

Jobs moves, new achievements, life changes, weddings, births, and more. News from Gusties.

a Granlund sculpture of a woman-butterfly shown reaching toward a sunburst in a blue sky.

In Memoriam, Fall 2024

Gusties we've lost.

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First-Gen Students On Their Roads to College

The truth of it all: "In a way, it's a superpower.”

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Heritage: The Peace Studies Origin Story

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

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Heritage: Intramural, Extra Fun

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

Many from the Gustavus Class of 1984 gathered among wine casks.

Class Notes, Fall 2024

Jobs moves, new achievements, life changes, weddings, births, and more. News from Gusties.

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Wade in the Water

A poem from "Prof B" Phil Bryant ’73, who retired at the end of the 2023-2024 academic year.

Aryn Bell DeGrood standing with one leg on the beam, in the Gustavus Sponberg Gymnastics studio

“Why I Do What I Do”

Following her mom’s advice, Aryn Bell DeGrood ’09 transferred to Gustavus during her first year. Here how it flipped her life around.

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“It’s Made Me a Better Person.”

25 truths about Gustavus Women’s Hockey from Coach Mike Carroll, who’s been at it for 25 years.

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Gusties Gather, Fall 2024

Around the world, Gusties get together. Here are several. Do you have photos of your favorite Gusties gathering?

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Gusties Gather, Spring 2024

Around the world, Gusties get together. Here are several. Do you have photos of your favorite Gusties gathering?

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SHINE: Ro Sherden

Fiery attacks, heart-stopping rallies, and gnarly digs. That's Gustavus Volleyball under "Coach Ro."

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SHINE: Isaac Bui ’24

The small college experience, the Center for Career Development, and old-fashioned gumshoeing led this Gustavus grad to a Vikings internship.

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SHINE: Adam Biewen ’25

Any way you count it, this two-sport athlete's passion for stats has helped prepare him for what's next.

Pictured is Coach Tommy Valentini '02 standing on the he played on and coaches on today.

On One Perfect Match

As told by Tommy Valentini ’02, Steve Wilkinson Endowed Professor of Sports Ethics and Varsity Men’s Tennis Coach.

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Living into Lund

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

Pictured is Jillian Hiscock sitting in her bar laughing.

Serving Up Disruption

An essay from Jillian Hiscock ’05, who launched a Minneapolis bar solely devoted to women’s sports.

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Position Available: College President

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

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Little Prairies on the College

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

Five faculty and staff first-generation college students sit together on an orange couch

The Firsts That Came Before

These Five Gustavus faculty and staff know first hand what it’s like.

“I will not be the last.”

Pilar Gimenez Stier ’96 on her journey from teen immigrant to Minnesota’s First Latina Police Chief.

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

The Profs Leading Us Through

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

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Rain, Lightning, Thunder 

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