Many Gusties of many ages riding on a wagon.
Community

Class notes, Spring 2025

by  Stephanie Ash

64 | Jane Chelgren McFadden,Groveport, OH, is the choir accompanist and assistant organist at Chris

5 medical professionals work together in surgical scrubs
Great Reads

The Way to Treat People

by  Gustavus Staff

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

Five cool college students stand in front of a turn-of-the-century college building on the Gustavus Adolphus College campus
Great Reads

First-Gen Students On Their Roads to College

by  Stephanie Ash

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

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.

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

“Why I Do What I Do”

by  Gustavus Staff

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

Several Gusties sit on a couch in a tasteful living room
Community

Gusties Gather, Fall 2024

by  Stephanie Ash

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

Several teachers wearing Gustavus Adolphus College gear gather with Gustavus flags
Community

Gusties Gather, Spring 2024

by  Gustavus Staff

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

A young man smiling with a camera in his hands with a soccer game going on in the background.
Shine

SHINE: Isaac Bui ’24

by  Stephanie Ash

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

A Gustavus college basketball players frames up a shot surrounded by the opposing team.
Shine

SHINE: Adam Biewen ’25

by  Gustavus Staff

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

Pictured is Jillian Hiscock sitting in her bar laughing.
Great Reads

Serving Up Disruption

by  Gustavus Staff

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

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.

Great Reads

“I will not be the last.”

by  Gustavus Staff

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
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.