Provost

Month: October 2024

  • Faculty Spotlight: Blake Couey

    Faculty Spotlight: Blake Couey

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    Blake Couey (Religion) wrote the introduction, annotations, and excursuses for the book of Isaiah in the new Westminster Study Bible (Westminster John Knox Press, 2024). This study Bible is intended for use in liberal arts classes, and the invited contributors are biblical scholars who teach undergraduate institutions.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Marcia Bunge

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    Marcia J. Bunge (Religion) co-wrote an op-ed with seven leading scholars… from the USA and Germany, which was published in German’s leading newspaper, DIE ZEIT, on October 17. The statement warns against the misuse of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (a Lutheran theologian who challenged the Nazi regime and was executed in 1945) to promote political violence and…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Ursula Lindqvist

    Faculty Spotlight: Ursula Lindqvist

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    Ursula Lindqvist (Scandinavian Studies) published an op-ed “A Path Toward Reconciliation and Healing at Gustavus Adolphus College,” in the Minnesota Star Tribune. The article discusses her research into Dakota Native People’s and white settler history in the Saint Peter/Mankato area.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Lai Sze Tso

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    Lai Sze Tso (Sociology and Anthropology) has been appointed to serve as on the Education Board of the American Public Health Association, one of the largest public health non-profits in the U.S.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Marcia Bunge

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    Marcia J. Bunge (Religion) gave a lecture on child protection at the University of Erfurt, Germany, in June, and she joined scholars and practitioners from diverse disciplines and over 75 countries at the annual conference of the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect in Uppsala, Sweden, in August.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Hayley Russell

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    Hayley Russell (Health and Exercise Science) was interviewed for a Minnesota Star Tribune story on coping with post-marathon feelings.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Kathleen Keller

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    Kathleen Keller (History) presented a paper titled “Black, French, and Living in Occupied France” at a conference on Global Black Studies at Boston College on October 3, 2024.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Denis Crnkovic

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    Denis Crnković (Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, retired) is continuing his role as consultant to The Cellar Press at The Grand Center for the Arts in New Ulm, conducting a hands-on seminar in advanced letterpress history and printing techniques in September 2024.