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We honor top leaders from fraternities and sororities who have shown strong dedication to good grades, community service, and the values of Greek life. This special honor society encourages members to keep developing their leadership skills and serving both campus and community.

We are a group that supports students from Latin American backgrounds and helps the whole campus learn about the many cultures, traditions, and issues of Latin America. We help students feel proud of their heritage and connect different cultural communities.

Donors are recognized through several societies based on their giving, such as the Black and Gold Society, Founders Society, and Gustavus Heritage Partnership.

Our Town is a play about the people of a small town in New Hampshire called Grover’s Corners.

Stay overnight at Gustavus: admitted students get paired with a host, participate in daily student life, and enjoy events and meals in residence halls. What to know.

Pamela K. Conners, PhD serves as interim Provost and Dean of the College. In this role, she collaborates with faculty and staff to ensure a transformative student experience defined by academic excellence and a vibrant campus life.

A member of the Gustavus community since 2011, Dr. Conners is Professor of Communication Studies, with a scholarly focus on rhetoric and public policy. She has taught courses such as Public Discourse, Community Advocacy, and Rhetorical Criticism. Her research examining how public discourse and deliberation function in a democracy has been published in Rhetoric & Public Affairs and Western Journal of Communication.

Dr. Conners has been recognized for her interdisciplinary work, such as integrating deliberative pedagogy into science courses, a project featured in the Journal of Chemical Education. Connecting theory to practice for students, she helped launch the Gustavus Public Deliberation & Dialogue program in 2018, through which students across campus engage in thoughtful discussion about critical issues of common concern.

Dr. Conners has held numerous leadership roles at Gustavus, including Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Dean of Faculty Development, Director of the John S. Kendall Center for Engaged Learning, and Director of Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, Creativity, and Dialogue.

Professor Pamela Kittelson enjoys collaborating with students and colleagues. Her teaching has focused on ecology, plant physiology, evolution and general biology. Over 35 undergraduates from her lab have examined how habitat fragmentation affects plant populations, specifically how genetic variation, herbivory and plant traits change with population size and isolation. Students in her lab have published or presented this work and built scientific skills in writing, experimental design and analysis. After graduation, her advisees and former research students excel in careers ranging from natural resource management to education, research, medicine, biotechnology, law, and scientific writing.

Dr. Kittelson is the director of the Gustavus Fellowships Office. She supports and encourages all undergraduates by helping them identify and apply for nationally competitive funding which furthers their goals while in college or as alumni. These organizations include the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, Critical Language Scholarship, National Science Foundation, and the Goldwater, Truman, Udall and Boren Scholarships.

She also serves as the Director of the Midstates Consortium for Math and Science, which is an organization that promotes excellence in STEM research and teaching. She organizes professional development programs for faculty and undergraduate students from ten liberal arts colleges and two research universities. Each year, she runs two undergraduate research conferences where Gustavus and other Consortium students present their research at the University of Chicago or Washington University in St. Louis.

As a first generation college graduate, Dr. Kittelson understands the importance of having a good mentor who encourages one’s education. She enjoys the advising and mentoring relationships she has built with Gusties over the years.

Pamela relishes opportunities to be in natural areas with students; she has led students on several travel and wilderness courses. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking, canoeing, going fast downhill on skis or a bike, and camping. She putters around in gardens, museums or while watching birds. Travel near and wide is treasured. She relaxes with good books or music and the company of friends.

We offer a chance to learn about African heritage, current issues affecting African and African American communities, and the rich cultural traditions that connect people of African descent around the world.