Fiscal Year Highlights 2013 JUNE
JULY
Gustavus announces that the Office of Institutional Advancement met its goal by raising more than $4.5 million for the annual fund during the previous fiscal year.
The book Gustavus: 150 Years of Images and Stories, celebrating the College’s Sesquicentennial, wins a Midwest Book Award in the Coffee Table Books category.
Kathi Tunheim, Ph.D., is named inaugural holder of the Board of Trustees Endowed Chair in Management and Leadership.
Alumna Kaitie O’Bryan ’10 is named a 2012 Knowles Science Teaching Foundation Fellow.
Gustavus records top 40 finish in the NACDA Director’s Cup for overall athletics excellence among NCAA Division III schools, finishing in 39th place out of 444 competing schools. Director of Human Resources Kirk Beyer receives Donald E. Dickason Award from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources.
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Rachel Oien ’13 is one of 12 students selected to participate in a National Science Foundation summer research experience for undergraduates at the Texas A&M University Soltis Center for Research and Education near the Monteverde Forest in Costa Rica. Zach Wagner ’13, Tara Selly ’13, Will Metcalf ’14, and Lance Erickson ’14 join Gustavus Professor of Geology and Environmental Studies Laura Triplett to study silica cycling in large western rivers. The group conducts its first fieldwork on the Platte River in Nebraska.
AUGUST
Former dean of students and advancement associate Bruce Gray ’61 writes a memoir about the College’s efforts to recruit black students from small towns in the South and urban centers in the North. Anna Eames ’13 competes in several swimming events at the Paralympic Games in London for Team USA and wins a silver medal in the 4x100 meter freestyle relay event. Gustavus announces release of new universal App geared toward prospective students. The class of 2016, made up of more than 715 students, arrives on campus for New Student Orientation.