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The last few weeks of school are here. Students have anxiety about final exams and papers. Students who do not have other plans for the summer are busy finding summer employment. The reality of graduation brings mixed emotions for most seniors, sadness over leaving friends or relationships, anxiety about finding a job or starting graduate…

Baccalaureate and Commencement are Sunday, May 27. Each graduate received four tickets for one of the Baccalaureate services (at 9:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.) Seniors NEED a ticket. Commencement will be held on Hollingsworth Football Field at 2 p.m.. No tickets are necessary if Commencement is held outdoors, and families are welcome to invite as…

Gustavus sponsors a time of celebration and closure for the senior class in the days between the end of finals and Commencement. Senior Week events are planned by interested members of the senior class. Activities include a block party, Johnny Holm concert, Twins baseball game, Valley Fair, President’s banquet, spa day, golf tournament, boat cruise,…

The senior class will be posing for an all class photo on Saturday, May 26 following the Commencement Rehearsal. An 8×10 copy of this photo may be purchased for as a special keep sake at Senior Photo. Cost for the photo and mailing is $12.

Most students and parents find it to be an interesting transition if your college student is returning to live at home this summer. Students are accustomed to different freedoms while at college and many families have also adjusted to a routine without their college student. Talk with your student about expectations, both yours and theirs.…

Mary Morton has been named as provost and vice president for academic affairs, effective July 1, 2007. She will oversee academic programs and strategic planning for the College and be responsible for representing and advancing the College’s academic programs to internal and external constituencies. Morton holds a doctorate in biochemistry from Dartmouth Medical School and…

Gustavus will host social critic and author Barbara Ehrenreich, who wrote the best-selling book Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America (2001). The highlight of Ehrenreich’s visit will be a public lecture at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 24. To write Nickel and Dimed, she experienced firsthand the plight of millions of Americans who…

In celebration of the 300th anniversary of the birth of Carl Linnaeus, Gustavus will host its second Linnaeus Symposium, Linnaeus @ 300, on Wednesday, April 25, 2007. The daylong conference will feature presentations by ethnobotanists Mark Plotkin and Paul Alan Cox and Linnaean scholars Hans Odoo and Paula Robbins. The day will also include tours…

“Community Food Security” is the theme for this year’s Gustavus MAYDAY! Peace Conference, to be held on May 2. This is an annual conference, devoted to a topic relating to human rights and social justice. Among other events, the daylong conference will feature presentations from author Janet Poppendieck, who wrote Sweet Charity?: Emergency Food and…

Minnesota Education Job Fair — April 23