Extraordinary People, Extraordinary Place

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  • Service Rings True

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    Service to others occurs throughout the year at Gustavus, and at Christmastime several service traditions help make the holiday season a little brighter for others.

  • Cold Weather Stirs Up Justice

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    A common purpose for student-led organizations and clubs at Gustavus is to make a difference. Actions Supporting All People (ASAP) is one student organization that aspires to make a positive impact on campus and also on the larger society.

  • Music Builds Togetherness

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    It has been a decades-long tradition at Gustavus to bring together and honor talented high school instrumentalists in the annual Gustavus Honor Band Festival.

  • Students Aid in Flood Relief

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    As a part of the First Term Seminar “Are We Consumers or Are We Citizens,” 14 Gustavus students traveled to Winona, Minn., Saturday, Oct. 27 to lend a helping hand with flood clean-up efforts.

  • Dancing Benefits the United Way

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    A standing room only crowd of students, faculty, and St. Peter community members filled the Gustavus Adolphus College ballroom Friday, Nov. 2 to watch Gustavus students and faculty/staff members swing dance to raise money for St. Peter United Way.

  • Forensics Team Builds on Success

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    The forensics season is barely a month old and already the team is in need of a larger trophy case. Within two weeks time, head coach Kristopher Kracht’s team placed first in three different tournaments.

  • Faith Expressed in Celebration

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    Each year during the season of Advent the Gustavus community celebrates its Christian and Lutheran heritage through the annual Christmas in Christ Chapel.

  • Social Justice Theatre in India

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    Giant puppets. Monsoon storms. Children yelling on rooftops. Thirty goblin costumes. Social justice. Not chaos, but the experience of two Gustavus students spending a summer month teaching social justice theatre to youth in India.

  • Student Groups Serve

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    Throughout the year students and student organizations coordinate and participate in service projects and during October some unique traditions occur.

  • Service Award Winners

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    On behalf of the Gustavus Adolphus College Association of Congregations (GACAC), President Jim Peterson will present the 2007 Service Award during daily chapel at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 30 to Donn H. Escher ’50 and Ellen Ruiters ’97.