Category: Excellence

The Hillstrom Museum of Art is currently presenting “Rodin: In His Own Words, Selections from the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Foundation.” The exhibit runs through Tuesday, April 22.

On April 7, the Gustavus Eta chapter of Phi Beta Kappa celebrates its 25th anniversary. The special anniversary event is being held on the exact date the prestigious honor society chapter was founded at Gustavus in 1983.

The athletic programs at Gustavus Adolphus College have a rich and successful history that continues to be added upon today, however, the college has held on firmly to the idea that its student-athletes are students first and athletes second.

Gustavus Adolphus College has recently been notified that it is one of 14 colleges and universities to be selected for a grant from the Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program.

The Gustavus Adolphus College Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Warren Friesen, is currently in the middle of a 15-day (Jan. 18—Feb.1) international concert tour of China.

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.

Student summer research projects were highlighted at the Fall Research Symposium, held on Friday, Sept. 7, in Nobel Hall of Science.

The College held its first Summer Speech Institute Aug. 5-10. The six-day institute offered intense forensics training in the areas of oral interpretation of literature, public address, and extemporaneous speaking.

The USA National Bandy Team won its second consecutive B-Pool Gold Medal Championship at the 2007 World Bandy Championships in Kemerovo, Russia.

The Gustavus forensics team collected 30 individual awards at the 23rd Minnesota Collegiate Forensics Association (MCFA) State Championships.