Year: 2011

Chapel Talk: Gustavus Adolphus Day November 7, 2011 Today we remember Gustav II Adolf – king of Sweden from 1611-1632 and namesake of our college. Yesterday, November 6, marked the 379th anniversary of his death on a battlefield in Lützen, Germany during the Thirty Years’ War. Since his death, numerous individuals have created mythical images…

The History Department invites the Gustavus community to this year’s Senior Honors Presentations.  May 10, 4:30 p.m. in SSC 101.    Fascinating research by the following: Val McCluskey:  “The Oneida and Bishop Hill Communities: Defining Utopianism” Claire Sagstuen:  “Russian Persecution of the Baltic Lutherans in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries and the Use of Religious…