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Plus, Homecoming, Alumni Referral, Nobel, FYRE, and Alumni Idea Competition
Plus, Homecoming, Alumni Referral, Nobel, FYRE, and Alumni Idea Competition
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Welcome Gustavus Class of 2020
Welcome, Class of 2020 Students are back on the Hill 
Gustavus Adolphus College welcomed the class of 2020 on Friday, Sept. 2 — a clear, temperate, sunny day— with move-in help from the football team, photo opportunities and an ice cream social hosted by the Alumni Association, and wonderful programming from Student Life, the Office of the Chaplains, the Gustie Greeters and President Bergman.
The new first-year class boasts an average high school grade point average of 3.61 and an average ACT score of 27. Twenty percent graduated high school with a 4.0 or higher. There are fourth-generation Gusties among them, and there are those who are the first in their families to attend college.
The new students hail from 35 states and 13 countries. For the next four years, all will call Gustavus home. From here forward they will be Gusties for a lifetime.
See the photos from Move In Day
Homecoming - The Great Gustie Gathering October 1, 2016
Homecoming – The Great Gustie Gathering 2016 
Enjoy fresh Gustie-owned Auntie Wendy's kettle corn, the All-Gustie Lunch (children under 18 eat free) and live music from 80's cover band "Retrofit".  For the kids and kids at heart, a photo booth, petting zoo and inflatables will be set up in the Family Fun Zone.  We will once again offer a beer garden connected to the Homecoming Tent proudly serving Bent Paddle Brewery beer and the award-winning wine from the local Chankaska Creek Winery from Kasota, MN.
Get the Homecoming all-inclusive pass now!
Registration includes an all-inclusive pass for breakfast and lunch, Alumni College, the Family Fun Zone, a football game ticket, Gustavus swag item, and entrance into the "5th Quarter" entertainment. Children under the age of 18 eat and celebrate with us for free. Reunion admission prices vary depending on the class activities.

Alumni Referral Scholarship
Every alumnus/a of Gustavus should have received a packet in the mail inviting you to nominate students for our new Alumni Referral Scholarship. Please help us seek out and encourage high school seniors to apply to Gustavus and carry on the Gustie legacy!


Refer a High School Senior (or two) and share the Gustavus experience
Nobel Conference 52: Tickets on sale now
Nobel Conference 2016   “In Search of Economic Balance”
Tickets are on sale now for Nobel Conference 52 taking place September 27 & 28. The transition to a world economy has created tradeoffs that often polarize economists and policy makers. This year’s conference brings together internationally renowned economists and scholars to interpret current conditions and future economic prospects.The event will also be livestreamed and archived. For more information and to order tickets, go to gustavus.edu/nobelconference.
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What I Did This Summer: First-Year Research Experience
Each year, Gustavus Adolphus College’s First-Year Research Experience (FYRE) pairs talented rising sophomores with hands-on opportunities in the natural sciences and mathematics. 
Learn what Ben Rorem ’19 (photographed left) and others were up to this summer.
Learn More about FYRE
Gustie Entrepenuer Cup Alumni Idea Competition
Have a great idea but no time and intent to develop it? Share it with our eager, aspiring entrepreneurs! Students taking the Entrepreneurship Seminar this fall will evaluate submitted ideas and will decide the winner. Some might even decide to develop them for the 2017 Gustie Entrepreneur Cup (May 13, 2017).

Send your elevator pitch by September 15th (about 100 words) to entrepreneurship@gustavus.edu. We’ll let you know who won by mid-October. 
Send your elevator pitch now