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Visit the Gustavus Arboretum, open year-round with no admission fee. Coordinate a tour, find a map, and see Arb policies.

Stay connected with Gustavus through alumni events, class reunions, networking, and giving opportunities that celebrate your legacy and support future Gusties. Also find the form for the Referral Scholarship program to help recruit future Gusties.

Priscilla Briggs is a professor of Art & Art History, the advisor for the Film & Media Arts major, and supports the Film & Media Studies interdisciplinary program. Priscilla teaches Digital Photography, Video Art, Graphic Design, the Zines for Sustainability challenge seminar, and the Arts Now professional practice seminar for junior art majors. 

She enjoys teaching within the liberal arts mission of Gustavus and guiding students in their experience of the visual arts as both an intuitive and intellectual process that contributes to well-being and supports our curiosity as human beings. She enjoys collaborating with students and has led multiple faculty/student summer research projects.

Priscilla is a practicing artist who investigates the intersections of capitalism, identity, social justice and the environment through photography, collage and book-making. Her research has been supported by numerous grants, most notably the McKnight Foundation, the Puffin Foundation, and the Minnesota State Arts Board. Her work has been exhibited internationally at venues such as the Saatchi Gallery in London, the Landskrona Photo Salon in Sweden, the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul, the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, the Musei San Domenico in Forlì, Italy, and the Minneapolis Institute of Art. 

Her artist monograph, Impossible Is Nothing: China’s Theater of Consumerism, was published by Daylight Books. Many images from the book were created during artist residencies at the Chinese European Art Center in Xiamen and Art Channel in Beijing. Priscilla recently launched Rose Bramble Books, an artist zine/book platform. Her work has been featured in print and online publications such as European Photography Magazine, Newsweek Japan, Photo District News, Hyperallergic, L’oeil de la Photographie, Lenscratch, and F-Stop Magazine. Priscilla is a member of both Rosalux Gallery and the FotoMatter Collective.

Priscilla’s research has taken her near and far from the Badlands to China and India, but her travels began in her early twenties when she taught English in Tokyo and backpacked through Southeast Asia for two years. She has led travel courses in Thailand and Ireland. Wherever she goes, she looks for the nearest hiking trail.

We prepare aspiring music teachers for their careers through professional development, practical experience, and networking opportunities. We support you as you plan your successful career in music education.

We are flute players who explore ensemble music, develop technique, and share our music with others. 

We connect students with meaningful ways to help others have safe, affordable homes. Whether you’re interested in building, community service, or social justice, this club gives you a chance to make a real difference.

We are aiming to identify and develop activities, policy changes, and programs to advance social and racial justice on our campus and in the world.

You might not find many job listings for “philosopher,” but studying philosophy prepares you for almost any path in life. Whether you're interested in law, business, nursing, social work, or education, philosophy equips you with powerful, transferable skills—like critical thinking, argumentation, and problem-solving—that are valued in every field.

We engage students and the Saint Peter community through hands-on chemistry. We build lasting friendships within the chemistry department. Whether you're a chemistry major or curious, you'll find a place here! 

Get involved with one of the many student-led programs advancing inclusion, equity, and justice at Gustavus