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Tuesday Trivia-Answered!
In what year did the Gustavus men’s soccer program have its first season of official conference play as part of the M.I.A.C (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)? C. 1969 In 1967, German Professor Horst Ludwig along with interested students started the team. In 1969, the first official year of conference play. Gustavus won the M.I.A.C. championship […]
Tuesday Trivia
In what year did the Gustavus men’s soccer program have its first season of official conference play as part of the M.I.A.C. (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)? A. 1934 B. 1957 C. 1969 D. 1978 The answer will be posted at 6:00P.M. CST
Blast from the Past
Two male students studying in their dorm at the turn of the 20th Century.
Factoid Friday!
Did you know… the first floor of Old Main is approximately 922 feet above sea level?
View from the Hill
Here is the 1972 Gustavus “Bees” women’s basketball team photograph. This picture includes: Connie Yealing, Tonya Mouw ’75, Carol Planteen Woltzen ’73, Roxy Swenson ’72, Janet Nietz McCarty ’73, Susan Gustafson Pikrallidas ’73, Chris Mathieu ’74, Coach Gretchen Koehler, Cathy Almen Nelson ’75, Kathy Nissen Goodrich ’73, Janet Larson ’74, Virginia ‘Jenny’ Caine ’73, and […]
Words of Wisdom
“In front of Old Main, on the grass across from Hello Walk, lies a mysterious rock that changes color every week or so. This colorful tradition has been splashed in the moonlight with hundreds of colors, mottos, and Greek letters. The noble bust in the mall, that of Gustavus Adolphus (commonly “Old Gus”), has also […]
Factoid Friday!
Did you know… in the 1890s, Monday was observed as the weekly holiday on campus (instead of Saturday). The goal was to discourage studying on Sundays, which was reserved for for religious observation. This changed during the OJ Johnson Administration in first part of the 20th century.
Words of Wisdom
“Much discussion prevails concerning the first Nobel Symposium, which is attracting several known Nobel Laureates and many local and not-so-local followers to our little hill. Apparent student interest is indicated by the demand for tickets required for certain lectures. Interest of faculty members, also involved in the present winter term session, is shown by certain […]
Tuesday Trivia
This week’s Tuesday Trivia question: The Nobel Conference was founded in 1965 and occurred in the month of January. In what year was the Nobel Conference moved from January to October? A. 1966 B.1975 C.1980 D. 1989 The answer will be posted at 6:00P.M. CST
View from the Hill
It was a full house in 2010 in the Lund Arena for the 46th annual Nobel Conference® “Making Food Good.” For two days, Gustavus was filled with high school students and other interested people who came to hear lectures and activities about the ethical, economic, and scientific ways we can truly make food good […]