Academics

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  • Jenesis Tompkins ’23 and Zachary Gbor ’23

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    “Meet the Leaders of Gustavus’s Pan African Student Organization – Listen to the Learning for Life Podcast” Jenesis Tompkins ’23 and Zachary Gbor ’23, co-presidents of the Pan African Student Organization (PASO) at Gustavus, talk about their backgrounds and interests when younger, how they found themselves, somewhat unexpectedly, attending Gustavus, being students of color there, the place…

  • Professor Blake Couey

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    “The Complicated and Poetic Bible – Listen to the Learning for Life Podcast” Gustavus Religion Professor Blake Couey talks about growing up working class in Georgia, his path from there to Princeton Theological Seminary and then Gustavus, his scholarship on the Hebrew Bible and the poetry of Isaiah in particular, the Bible’s complicated and even contradictory meanings…

  • Kate Dario

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    Kate Dario, class of 2024, talks about her background as an adoptee from India growing up in St. Paul, her path to Gustavus and her major in Communication Studies and minors in Art Administration and Theater Design and Technology, the campus Compassion Initiative which she organized, the Gustavus Adoption, Recognition, Community organization, her involvement in…

  • Benji Huff ’24

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    “Within Geography courses, we learn practical skills in jobs Geographers have, such as urban planning and GIS.” As a double major, Benji has found a sense of community within both the Geography and Religion departments. Benji has been able to combine these majors to start to develop a well-rounded understanding of how the world works,…

  • Conrad Oddoye ’20

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    “A last-minute collegiate track career, a musical score to finish, and then there was COVID.” Basketball got him to Gustavus from Alberta, Canada. But always there was music, which Oddoye had been playing since he was seven and composing since he was ten. “I was producing music in my room in Co-Ed,” he says, and…

  • Ty Moore ’12

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    “My mom said, ‘You’re going back. We worked too hard to get here.’” In the weeks after George Floyd was murdered, I spent a lot of time out in Minneapolis. I grew up on the north side. This is my city. I helped a friend clean up broken glass after his store was looted. I…

  • Allison Laux ’24

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    “When I enter an education class, I immediately feel like I belong with my peers and that my professor is there to help me learn to the best of my potential.” Allison was drawn to the Education Department due to the opportunities to “make a positive difference in the lives of children” and provide “a…