Day: March 27, 2026
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Faculty Spotlight: John Clemons
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John Clemons (Music) has been named Director of Bands and Assistant Professor of Music following a national search. After serving as a visiting professor for the 2025-26 academic year, Clemons will continue as conductor of the Gustavus Wind Orchestra and Gustavus Wind Symphony in 2026-27 and beyond.
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Faculty Spotlight: Marcia Bunge
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Marcia Bunge (Religion) was the inaugural speaker for the new Bi-annual Berryman Lecture Series hosted by the international Center for the Theology of Childhood and made possible by the Lilly Endowment, Inc. The online lecture was entitled “Honoring Children’s Full Humanity: Jerome Berryman’s Sacred Gift, Our Shared Calling” and attracted participants from North and South…
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Faculty Spotlight: Colleen Stockmann
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Colleen Stockmann (Art and Art History) was named as one of the 2026-27 M. C. Lang Fellows in Book History, Bibliography, and Humanities Teaching with Historical Sources by Rare Book School (RBS) based at the University of Virginia. Stockmann is also presenting “Tree Grief: Living Material Culture for Mourning in the U.S., 1540–1920” for the…
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Faculty Spotlight: Glenn Kranking
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Glenn Kranking (History and Scandinavian Studies) lectured at the University of Tartu (Estonia), hosted by the Department of Scandinavian Studies and the Nordic Council of Ministers’ Nordic Cafe, titled “European Minorities: Reflections on Minorities by way of the Estonian-Swedes.” He was also a featured speaker at the Estonian National Museum’s 3-day conference on the Estonian-Swedes,…
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Faculty Spotlight: Brenda Kelly
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Brenda Kelly (Provost’s Office, Chemistry & Biology) has been named the next President at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minn. The College of St. Scholastica’s announcement is available online.