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Factoid Friday: Origins of the Rock
Campus circa 1900. Photo courtesy of the Nicollet County Historical Society The Rock Story By the Swanson Family Gilbert L. Swanson ’42 Louise Johnson Swanson ’43 Susan Swanson Foster ’68 David Swanson ’69 Paul Swanson ’71 Tom Swanson ’73 As told by Susan On my morning walk from Valley View to the cafeteria for breakfast […]
View from the Hill
What’s that smell? If it smells like something has possibly died in the Nobel Hall of Science… it is from the blooming of the Amorphophallus Titanium, better know as a corpse flower and more specifically as Perry. The flower, named Perry, has now bloomed twice, once in 2007 and again in 2010 Perry has attracted […]
Words of Wisdom: Gustie Lingo Edition
The “Nic” – the Nicollet House, a popular downtown hangout. “Downtown” is reference to the the businesses down the hill in the five blocks of St. Peter that contain the majority of businesses. P-Ball- Referring to Presidents Ball, the annual semi-formal dance that takes place at a venue in the Twin Cities The Den- The […]
Sunday-Funday Gustie Thoughts
Did you study abroad during your time at Gustavus? Where did you go? What did you Study? What year?
Factoid Friday
In July of 1943, President Walter Lunden, secured a Navy V-12 program at Gustavus. V-12 programs were founded at 131 campuses across the nation to provide commissioned officers to the U.S. Navy during World War II. As the presidency of the college shifted to Edgar Carlson in 1944, the College was home to 388 Navy […]
View from the Hill
Gusties take learning to whole new places―literally. Daniel Jackson ’10 is pictured here volunteering in a hospital in Cusco, Peru. Service to others is at the core of Gustavus’s mission. Whether Gusties are traveling abroad or in St. Peter, students are always active helping others and learning from the experience.
Words of Wisdom
“I have discovered here in this little corner of Minnesota a place of great intellectual curiosity reaching into the future.” Dr. Jonas Salk, speaker at Nobel Conference XXVIII, “Immunity: The Battle Within,” October 1992