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Sunday-Funday Gustie Thoughts

Please share your comments below! Please include your class year!   What was your favorite study break during finals? What was your study ritual?  

Factoid Friday!

The first three-act play performed at Gustavus was called As the Clock Strikes it was performed at St. Peter High School on December 4th, 1935. The proceeds from the production were used to purchase equipment for the Little Theater. The Little Theater was a 360-seat theatre that was the predecessor to the Anderson Theatre in […]

View from the Hill

It is Saint Lucia Day at Gustavus Adolphus College! This is the St. Lucia Court of 1972.

Words of Wisdom

Where you worked, and played. Made friends and had the time of your life. A man literally walks through his years at G.A.-in autumn and spring to class, or to a show with time out here and there for a song or a girl, and with hopes of assorted types sustaining him. To learn, to […]

Tuesday Trivia: Answered!

Name this Gustie… She was the first female graduate of Augustana College  and became a longtime professor at Gustavus.  She is well remembered for her community Bible classes at First Lutheran in St. Peter and as a popular faculty member  on campus. C. Inez Rundstrom

Tuesday Trivia

This week’s Tuesday Trivia question: Name this Gustie… She was the first female graduate of Augustana College  and became a longtime professor at Gustavus.  She is well remembered for her community Bible classes at First Lutheran in St. Peter and as a faculty member  on campus. Is this person: A. Clara Swanson B. Hulda Magnusson […]

Blast from the Past!

Celebrating the Festival of St. Lucia is a 71-year old tradition here at Gustavus. This is the 1956 Lucia Court.

Sunday-Funday Gustie Thoughts

We want to hear your thoughts on being a Gustie! Share them with us below! No matter your faith tradition, how did your time at Gustavus shaped your faith? Who helped you along your spiritual journey?

Factoid Friday

The tradition of playing and singing O Come All Ye Faithful as  the closing hymn of Christmas in Christ Chapel is a favored tradition among Gusties. An arrangement specifically for Gustavus Adolphus College for Christmas in Christ Chapel was commissioned in 1976 and is performed each year. This is a picture of the performance from […]

View from the Hill

The 1973 Gustavus Bowling Team.