http://gustavus.edu/alumni/email_search/index.cfm?pr=gac_newsletter A monthly newsletter of Gustavus and alumni news and events. Alumni en-us Copyright 2008, Gustavus Adolphus College, All Rights Reserved. 60 Fri, 09 May 2008 22:41:56 GMT Fri, 09 May 2008 22:41:56 GMT http://gustavus.edu/xml/logo.gif http://gustavus.edu http://gustavus.edu/alumni/email_search/current.cfm#685 http://gustavus.edu/alumni/email_search/current.cfm#685 The Board of Trustees of Gustavus has elected Jack R. Ohle to be the College's 15th president. Ohle, currently the president of Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, will succeed Jim Peterson, who is retiring after serving as president of the College since July 2003. Ohle will take office July 1, 2008. For more information, go to New President. http://gustavus.edu/alumni/email_search/current.cfm#686 http://gustavus.edu/alumni/email_search/current.cfm#686 Gustavus will honor Claude Brew, professor of English; Bill Heidcamp, professor of biology; Kathie Martin, inter-library loan manager; Gregory Mason, professor of English; and Lawrence Potts, professor of chemistry, upon their retirement and other faculty and administrators for their years of service at a May 22 banquet on campus. For a complete list of honorees, go to Retirees. Drop someone you know a note of thanks for their service to Gustavus! http://gustavus.edu/alumni/email_search/current.cfm#687 http://gustavus.edu/alumni/email_search/current.cfm#687 A full weekend of activities is scheduled on campus May 30-31. The Office of Alumni Relations welcomes alumni from the classes of 1963 and 1958 and those in the 50 Year Club (graduates more than 50 years out). Alumni may enjoy activities such as a chapel service, educational seminars including a lecture by Pulitzer Prize winner James McPherson '58, author of Battle Cry of Freedom, and the Alumni Awards Banquet as well as plenty of opportunity to connect with classmates and friends. Commencement is scheduled for Sunday, June 1, on Hollingsworth Field. For more information, call the Office of Alumni Relations at 800/847-8437. http://gustavus.edu/alumni/email_search/current.cfm#688 http://gustavus.edu/alumni/email_search/current.cfm#688 Gusties around the world are called to gather on Sunday, Sept. 28. The Alumni Board is designating this day as a day to intentionally connect with other Gusties. Want to do more to be connected with Gustavus? Sign up to host a Gusties Gather! event for your neighborhood or with your friends. To learn more about Gusties Gather! go to Gusties Gather!. http://gustavus.edu/alumni/email_search/current.cfm#689 http://gustavus.edu/alumni/email_search/current.cfm#689 Gustavus has recently been awarded $1 million for science education over the next four years from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) in Chevy Chase, Md. The award will support a variety of programs that seek to transform the first-year student experience in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) disciplines — particularly through collaboration between the departments of biology and chemistry. For more information, go to Science Grant. http://gustavus.edu/alumni/email_search/current.cfm#690 http://gustavus.edu/alumni/email_search/current.cfm#690 In April, Gustavus celebrated its 25th anniversary as a Phi Beta Kappa institution. Phi Beta Kappa began during colonial times, in 1776, when its members secretly met to discuss revolution against the British throne. It was the first Greek society founded in the United States and today remains the most prestigious of scholarly organizations. Out of the nearly 5,000 colleges and universities in the country, only about 300 are authorized to host a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. The application process for a chapter charter is long and tedious. The national board looks at a college's ratio of Ph.D. faculty members, test scores, endowment, and the number of books in the library, among other things. A team then comes to do a physical inspection of the campus. Gustavus applied five times before it was recommended for a chapter. After a year of planning, Gustavus members were first initiated in 1983. For more information, go to Phi Beta Kappa. http://gustavus.edu/alumni/email_search/current.cfm#691 http://gustavus.edu/alumni/email_search/current.cfm#691 Senior Allison (Addie) Ryan has been granted a Fulbright Scholarship for the 2008-09 academic year. Ryan, a native of St. Paul, will take classes and research the effects of microfinance projects directed at women in Morocco. Ryan is the 12th Gustavus student since 1991 to be named a Fulbright scholar. Established in 1946, the Fulbright program aims to increase mutual understanding between people of the United States and other countries, through the exchange of people, knowledge, and skills. The program sends approximately 1,100 American scholars and professionals per year to more than 130 countries, where they lecture and conduct research in a variety of academic and professional fields. For more information, go to Fulbright Winner. http://gustavus.edu/alumni/email_search/current.cfm#692 http://gustavus.edu/alumni/email_search/current.cfm#692 The Gustavus Alumni Fund goal is to raise $1.95 million from 8,000 alumni donors by May 31. So far 6,100 alumni have contributed $1.5 million toward our goal. The Gustavus Board of Trustees has created a $50,000 challenge match for any gift to the Gustavus Alumni Fund from May 1 to May 25 to help achieve the goals. Take advantage of this 1:1 matching opportunity to DOUBLE YOUR GIFT by May 31, 2008 and make a difference in the education of current Gusties. For more information, please call the Gustavus Fund Office at 866-487-3863. http://gustavus.edu/alumni/email_search/current.cfm#693 http://gustavus.edu/alumni/email_search/current.cfm#693 Softball clinched a spot in the MIAC playoffs and Julie Mahre became the Gustavus career hits leader with 207 hits. The men's tennis team is the MIAC regular season and playoff champions and will be appearing in the NCAA tournament for the 15th consecutive year. The women's tennis team won its 17th consecutive MIAC Title. Junior Lisa Brown finished seventh in the javelin at the prestigious Drake Relays with a career best effort 156 feet, 5 inches; she was the only non-Division I competitor to finish in the top ten and broke her own school record by nearly two feet. Brown's mark of 156-5 is the best mark in Division III so far this outdoor season. For more athletic information, go to Athletics. http://gustavus.edu/alumni/email_search/current.cfm#694 http://gustavus.edu/alumni/email_search/current.cfm#694 Gustavus Library Associates proudly presents Minnesota political activist Arvonne Fraser as this spring's Author Day speaker at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 14, at the Edina Country Club. She will discuss her recently published memoir, She's No Lady: Politics, Family, and International Feminism. Fraser was heavily involved in the growing movement of American women to gain political influence and secure rights for themselves. She turned her skills to the international arena, as well, capping her dynamic career as U.S. ambassador to the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Her story will inspire and encourage anyone - male or female - who seeks a full personal and professional life. Reservations for the brunch and presentation at a cost of $20 can be made by calling the Gustavus Office of College Relations at 507-933-7520. http://gustavus.edu/alumni/email_search/current.cfm#695 http://gustavus.edu/alumni/email_search/current.cfm#695 Tim Kennedy, director of sports information at Gustavus, will share information about spring sports and being a student-athlete at Gustavus at this month's Gustie Breakfast. Join other Minneapolis/St. Paul area Gusties for a morning cup of coffee and breakfast while getting an update on Gustavus. The group meets the third Wednesday of each month.
Doubletree Hotel, Minneapolis-Park Place
Wednesday, May 21
8-9:30 a.m.
1500 Park Place Boulevard (Hwy. 394 & Hwy. 100)
Cost is $10 per person
Reserve a spot by calling Don Swanson '55 at 763-533-9083. http://gustavus.edu/alumni/email_search/current.cfm#696 http://gustavus.edu/alumni/email_search/current.cfm#696 Author Day with Arvonne Fraser — May 14
Gustie Breakfast — May 21, featuring Sports Information Director Tim Kennedy

Class Reunions for 50—Year Club, 1958, and 1963 — May 30 and 31
Commencement — June 1

For more information on alumni events, go to Alumni Events.
For more information on other college events, go to the Gustavus College Calendar.