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Latest News
New Director of Community Service and Service Learning Joins Gustavus
Last Week
Gustavus Adolphus College welcomes Jeffrey Rathlef as its new Director of Community Service and Service Learning. Rathlef began his new duties Tuesday, July 1.
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General News
Gustavus to Host National Youth Sports Program
Plans are underway for Gustavus Adolphus College to again host the National Youth Sports Program (NYSP), which will take place from July 7 through July 26, 2008.
Gustavus Launches New Website for Alumni
On Tuesday July 1, 2008, Gustavus Adolphus College launched a new state-of-the-art alumni website at gustavus.edu/alumni. The site includes a variety of new features that allow the College’s more than 25,000 alumni to interact with each other as well as to receive information from their alma mater relevant to their own interests.
Ohle Officially Takes Office as College’s 15th President
Tuesday, July 1 officially marks the beginning of Jack R. Ohle’s tenure as the 15th president of Gustavus Adolphus College. Ohle replaces James L. Peterson, who retired after serving as president of the College since July 2003.
Gustavus Student Competes at Olympic Trials
Gustavus Adolphus College student athlete Lisa Brown capped off an exciting track and field season by finishing 13th in the javelin throw at the United States Olympic Track and Field Trials at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., on Saturday, June 28.
Athletics News
Men’s Soccer Players Malmquist and Stewart-Franzen Gaining Experience in Premier Development League
Gustavus men’s soccer players Max Malmquist and Flynn Stewart-Franzen are spending their summer vacation in Salt Lake City, Utah playing soccer for the Ogden Outlaws of the Premier Development League (PDL). The Outlaws defeated the Brigham Young Cougars 2-1 on the Fourth of July and Stewart-Franzen tied the score at 1-1 with a goal in the 56th minute.
Kimbra Kosak and Rachel Roberg Named NGCA All-American Scholars
The National Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar Team was recently announced with a total of 56 Division III women’s collegiate golfers, including Kimbra Kosak and Rachel Roberg of Gustavus, recognized with this prestigious honor. The criteria for selection to the All-American Scholar Team includes a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.50 and student-athletes must have competed in at least 66% of the college’s regularly scheduled competitive rounds during the year.
Athletic Department Hosts Women’s Athletics Golf Outing
The Gustavus Adolphus College Athletic Department recently hosted its sixth annual Women’s Athletics Golf Outing on Monday, June 16 at the Le Sueur Country Club in Le Sueur, Minn. Sixty-five participants competed in the four-person golf scramble that raised funds for Gustavus women’s athletics. Event winners included the first place team of Mike, Pat, Steve, and Terri Carroll, who won the event with a score of 63.
Chaska Cubs Sponsor MIAC Night on July 16
The Chaska Cubs baseball team is sponsoring MIAC night when the squad faces the Austin Athletics on July 16 at 7:30 pm. Any fan wearing clothing from a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) institution will be admitted free of charge. Stiftungfest burgers will also be served. Several members of the Cubs played their collegiate baseball in the MIAC including two from Gustavus - Greg Lane, who is a current student, and Ben Elko, who graduated in 2005.
Fine Arts News
Lutheran Summer Music Returns to Gustavus
Lutheran Summer Music, a four-week summer music training program founded in 1982, returns to the Gustavus Adolphus College campus June 23 - July 20. More than 150 young musicians and an outstanding faculty of artists and musicians from across the United States will take part in this intensive educational session and present more than 20 recitals and concerts on the campus during the course of the month.
Gustavus Wind Orchestra Presents Season Finale at Christ Chapel
The Gustavus Wind Orchestra and Conductor Douglas Nimmo will present the Gustavus Adolphus College Department of Music’s Season Finale on Saturday, May 31 at 8:00 p.m. The finale concert, scheduled as part of the College’s annual Commencement festivities is free and open to the public and will be performed in Christ Chapel.
Gustavus Theatre/Dance Presents Season Finale of Student Work
The Department of Theatre & Dance at Gustavus Adolphus College is pleased to present a series of performances to conclude the Spring 2008 semester. Under the guiding hands of the faculty, majors and non-majors alike have taken independent strides in creating their own inspired works in theatre and dance. Performances have already begun, so act fast to take advantage of the opportunities that remain.
Compositions Recital, Cirque de les Ridicule, Set for Sunday
Michele Gillman, an instructor in the Department of Music at Gustavus Adolphus College, will lead a cast of faculty members, students, alumns and friends in a recital of new compositions, Cirque de les Ridicule, Sunday, May 18. This performance includes performances and works by Gillman, Gustavus alumnus Paul Fraser, Jeffrey Kowalkowski, Paul Tierney, Phillip Cooke and Justin Merritt and begins at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday in Jussi Bjorling Recital Hall on the Gustavus campus. It is free and open to the public.
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Jun 5 to Aug Aug 12 | Tennis and Life Camps |
| Tomorrow 8 am to 3 pm | Law Enforcement Exercise |
| Jul 13 10:30–11:30 am | LSM Faculty Ensemble Recital: Movere Woodwind Quintet |
| 8–9 pm | LSM Faculty Artist Recital |
| Jul 14 8:30 am to 1 pm | Summer Snapshot |
| 8–9 pm | LSM Festival of Hymns |
| Jul 16 8–9 pm | LSM Student Chamber Recital |
| Jul 17 7–9 pm | LSM Festival Band Concert |
| Jul 18 7–9 pm | LSM Festival Choir Concert |
| Jul 19 1 am to 2 pm | LSM Festival Jazz Ensemble Recital |
| 10–11 am | LSM Collegium Musicum Recital |
| 2:30–3:30 pm | LSM Student Organ Recital |
| 7–9 pm | LSM Festival Orchestra Concert |
| Jul 20 9:00–9:30 am | LSm Festival Brass |
| 9:30–10 am | Pre-service Music: LSM Messerli Scholars |
