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Words of Wisdom
“Gustavus, by almost any measure, strikes this observer as an outstanding college. Nearly everything about it bespeaks of a commitment to excellence.” Axel Steuer as quoted in the Gustavian Weekly, September 13,1991
Words of Wisdom
“Gustavus Adolphus College is a learning community, rooted in its Swedish traditions and the Lutheran faith, committed to excellence in all it does, and determined to ensure justice and fairness through lives of leadership and service.” President Jack R. Ohle, 2008 Inaugural Address
Words of Wisdom
“Student protest finally found its way to the Gustavus campus last weekend, subversive though it was. Picking Parents Weekend as the most opportune time to complain to “influential persons” about something, this time the already overworked food system, some subversive (or subversives) painted the following sign on the front of the stadium: “Parents, Help!!! GA […]
Words of Wisdom
“I guess what I’m trying to say is that, despite all of the things I don’t like about Gustavus, I feel proud to be a part of the bubble. […] Whether it’s the faculty and friends or the famed mission statement, I feel that the $17,000 odd dollars I now owe to the government was […]
Words of Wisdom
“I guess what I’m saying is that, for better or for worse, it’s not possible to escape the unique environment that Gustavus presents. If you’re here then you’ve already been changed by it. Complain all you want about the quirks that make this place what it is: there’s nothing more to do than embrace the […]
Sunday-Funday Gustie Thoughts
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Words of Wisdom
“As you entered you read on the marble slab above the door the name given to this institution―’Gustavus Adolphus College of the Swedish Lutheran Church.’ There is a whole confession of faith in that name. Gustavus Adolphus is a name that shines like a star of the first magnitude with a resplendent luster in the […]
Words of Wisdom
“As you entered you read on the marble slab above the door the name given to this institution―’Gustavus Adolphus College of the Swedish Lutheran Church.’ There is a whole confession of faith in that name. Gustavus Adolphus is a name that shines like a star of the first magnitude with a resplendent luster in the […]
Words of Wisdom
“The road lies forward now! We must honor the past by investing our energies in larger dreams and by giving ourselves to larger attainments…” -Dr. Edgar A. Carlson, Oct. 31, 1944, Quarterly
Words of Wisdom
“A College is both what it has been and what it hopes to be. It is fruit and seed. It is the product of the planting and watering of other generations―their faith and dedication, their effort and insight, their hopes and dreams; and it is the potential of greater fruitfulness, larger service and more fateful […]