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Gustavus Announces New ‘Make Your Life Count’ Website and Facebook Page

Deirdre Rosenfeld — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:46:14 +0000

Gustavus has created a new “Make Your Life Count” website that includes a variety of feature stories exemplifying the College’s new brand position launched last month. The stories celebrate Gustavus students, alumni, faculty, staff, programs, events, and organizations. The website may be accessed from the Gustavus homepage by clicking on the “Make Your Life Count” brandline (in the upper right hand corner) or by visiting makeyourlifecount.blog.gustavus.edu. The Make Your Life Count stories are also posted on a new Facebook page. Consider becoming a fan or even sharing your own Gustavus story. When new feature stories are published, they will be communicated on the Gustavus News Twitter and you may also subscribe (on the Make Your Life Count website) to receive e-mail updates. To submit a Make Your Life Count story suggestion, click on the “Submit your story” link or e-mail the Gustavus Office of Marketing and Communication at marketing@gustavus.edu. Contact Stacia Vogel (stacia@gustavus.edu, x6395) with comments or questions.

Gustavus Career Center Announces New Health Profession Resources

Deirdre Rosenfeld — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:04:11 +0000

It is with great pleasure that we announce a new partnership between Gustavus and the University of Minnesota Health Careers Center. For the first time, our students will have access to FREE e-learning tools for career exploration on health careers from the University of Minnesota.

Our students will be able to access these learning experiences without charge. Students can chart their individualized learning skills by engaging in some of their unique products. Please read the following information and let us know if you have any questions.

Who is the Health Careers Center?

The Health Careers Center has a unique mission of helping students prepare for application to a health professional program. They have created a series of online, non-credit short courses/workshops, designed to help students with those stressful moments through the application process of applying to a health professional program. To learn more about the Health Careers Center, look here: www.healthcareers.umn.edu.

Short Course Overview

Our career center has contracted with the Health Careers Center for this academic year to provide the following online opportunities:

Personal Statements for a Health Program
Interviewing Skills for a Health Program
Planning for Medical School

The short courses are available on the Gustavus Career Center home page by clinking on

Health Online Short Courses or going directly to the following link http://www.healthcareers.umn.edu/shortcourses/gustavus/

Questions

Thanks,

Heather Banks

Gustavus Career Center

hbanks@gustavus.edu

507-933-7523

Gustavus Family Weekend Survey

Deirdre Rosenfeld — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:53:15 +0000

Please take a moment and fill out the evaluation below so that we may continue to expand and improve Family/Homecoming Weekend at Gustavus. Only one evaluation per family is necessary. Thank you in advance for your willingness to respond!

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=0lkWr3z_2fyBNizKNJJMtuiw_3d_3d

November 12: Student Wellness Seminar for Parents

Deirdre Rosenfeld — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:15:41 +0000

Nov. 12: The Three Pillars of Student Wellness
A Thrivent Parent Seminar

7-9:00 p.m. (appetizer reception 5:45-6:45 p.m.)
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Corporate Center
625 4th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55415

Parking is available in the Thrivent lot off 5th Ave and 6th Street.

Join local Thrivent Financial offices for a valuable and relevant seminar for the parents of first year college students. The evening will consist of a panel of three guest speakers with backgrounds in family or youth medicine/psychology, including a medical doctor, a psychologist, and a pastor. Speakers will inform parents on how to recognize signs, ask the right questions, and know where to turn for help on issues facing college students.

For more information and/or to register, please call
(952) 400-0553 or email popevents@thrivent.com

The Student Rhythm at Gustavus in November

Deirdre Rosenfeld — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:57:43 +0000

Staying healthy can be a challenge for college students, especially during November. The first round of colds and flu hitting campus, the emotional stress of mid-term exams/grades, and irregular sleep and eating schedules all converge. Student schedules are full with academic and extra-curricular activities, including many exams and papers that will be due before Thanksgiving. Roommate challenges become more clear. Juniors and seniors are applying for internships, jobs, and graduate school. Mid-term grades are available to students on the Web, which often prompts renewed focus on studying. Students can also feel excitement and/or anxiety about going home for Thanksgiving. Finally, financial stress may hit with the coming of the holiday season.

Meal Plan

Deirdre Rosenfeld — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:56:55 +0000

Most students are on one of the meal plans offered by the Dining Service. Although students at times perceive meal costs to be high, Gustavus has the lowest-cost food prices among Minnesota private colleges and is also ranked as one of the top programs for food quality and selection in the country. The Dining Service provides a guideline for each plan so students may determine if they are on pace with their use of the meal plan. The Dining Service is always open to suggestions for new entrees or ways to support the dietary needs of the students. Information is available online at http://gustavus.edu/diningservices/.

Choosing Classes

Deirdre Rosenfeld — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:55:45 +0000

November is the time students select classes for January Term and Spring Semester. Students prepare in advance for their meetings with their advisors by reviewing their degree audits which show them their progress toward their degrees, major and general education requirements yet to be met, and total number of courses completed so far. This review also gives them a chance to consider academic planning, determining if there’s time for study abroad or semester or summer internships. Students will meet with staff in the Advising Center, Career Center, the Center for Vocational Reflection, and other faculty members so that when they meet with their advisor for approval to register, they are bringing thoughtful ideas to the conversation. Also, a number of departments offer information sessions about their major and what their graduates are doing following graduation. In addition to talking with advisors and campus resources about how to think about spring courses, this meeting time with advisors is timely in that mid-term grades are out, and the deadline for withdrawing from a course is still a few days off. It’s a valuable check-in time to see how advisees are doing. First-year students’ professors in the First Term Seminar program are their advisors until they are ready to declare their major anytime after the fall semester. First-year students in Curriculum II have one of their CII professors as their advisors until they’re ready to declare their major anytime after the fall semester.

Gustavus Residence Halls Closed During Break

Deirdre Rosenfeld — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:51:27 +0000

The halls are closed during the Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Spring Break periods. Students who are not able to leave campus for the breaks due to the distance to their homes may be housed in the on-campus hostel with permission from the Residential Life Office.

Halls close for Thanksgiving Recess at 9 a.m. – Nov. 25

Halls re-open from Thanksgiving Recess at noon – Nov. 29

Halls close for semester break at 9 a.m. – Dec. 22

Halls re-open from semester break at noon – Jan. 3

Health Care Career Explorations

Deirdre Rosenfeld — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:50:31 +0000

The Gustavus Career Center is looking for professionals in the health care field to host students for January Interim Career Explorations. This January 2010 is a difficult year with H1N1 and shadowing opportunities in hospitals and clinics are limited. If you are in the health care field and would be able and willing to potentially host a Gustavus student for this January or a future January please email Heather in the Career Center at hbanks@gac.edu.

Details:
Students earn one academic credit for January term career exploration
30 hours per week for the month of January
Interim 2010 dates: Jan. 4 – Jan. 29

Commission Gustavus 150 Report

Deirdre Rosenfeld — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:48:45 +0000

Hundreds of faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends joined together to generate recommendations to manifest the College’s Strategic Plan through the Commission Gustavus 150 process. We invite you to review two important documents available on the Commission website. The first document, “Report of Commission Gustavus 150,” explains the Commission process and includes all the recommendations made by the Commission’s eight task forces to carry forward the College’s Strategic Plan. The second, “Strategic Framework,” presents the recommendations, consolidated, categorized, and prioritized by the Gustavus Board of Trustees. Commission Gustavus 150 is an exciting, dynamic process, and we should all expect to see substantial progress regarding the specific recommendations in both the short term and, as importantly, over the next ten years.