Camp Darfur, an interactive awareness and education event that brings attention to genocide and the ongoing conflict in Darfur, Sudan, will be exhibited on Eckman Mall at Gustavus Adolphus College on Thursday, Sept. 4, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tickets are now on sale for the annual Christmas in Christ Chapel celebration at Gustavus Adolphus College. This year's celebration will be held Dec. 5-7 and is themed "Joyeux Noel: A Feast of French Music, Art, and Culture."

With a nod to a successful past season and with determination to continue the mission of confronting social justice issues on the stage, the Department of Theatre and Dance at Gustavus Adolphus College recently announced the 2008-09 Anderson Theatre schedule.

Gustavus Adolphus College Head Football Coach Jay Schoenebeck has announced that the 2008 season will be his final season as head coach.

Gustavus Adolphus College will begin its 147th academic year Tuesday, Sept. 2 when classes commence for the college's 2,600 full-time students. Approximately 635 first-year students are enrolled at Gustavus this fall.

Gustavus Adolphus College is once again ranked among the top 100 liberal arts colleges in the nation in U.S. News and World Report'sannual college rankings.

While a majority of Gustavus Adolphus College students will not return to campus until next week, many students who participate on fall athletic teams have already arrived in St. Peter.

Gustavus Adolphus College President Jack R. Ohle released a statement today regarding his decision to sign the Amethyst Initiative.

Gustavus is one of America's Best Colleges for 2008 according to a new Forbes.com ranking of colleges. The new report ranks 569 undergraduate institutions based on the quality of the education they provide and how much their students achieve.

Gustavus Adolphus College will again have a presence in the Education Building at the Minnesota State Fair. Make plans to stop and visit between 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Aug. 21-Sept. 1. Fairgoers on Friday, Aug. 22 will have the opportunity to meet President Jack R. Ohle and his wife Kris from 1-5 p.m. at the Gustavus booth.

Gustavus Adolphus College Assistant Professor of Chemistry Dwight Stoll has been selected to receive a prestigious Faculty Start-Up Award for 2008 from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation in New York.

The schedule for the 44th Nobel Conference at Gustavus Adolphus College on October 7-8 has been announced. The title of this year's conference is Who Were The First Humans?

Star Tribune columnist Nick Coleman recently chronicled a canoe trip taken by 2008 Gustavus graduate Matt Seiffert and his brother David that started in St. Peter and ended in Hudson Bay.

Gustavus Adolphus College will inaugurate Jack R. Ohle as its 15th president at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3 in Christ Chapel. The public is invited to celebrate this event along with a reception on Eckman Mall that will follow the ceremony.

Gustavus Adolphus College will introduce new, reusable take-out containers, called GustieWare, in the dining service when the fall semester begins in early September.

Gustavus Adolphus College and its nationally recognized speech team will host the second annual Summer Speech Institute (SSI) Aug. 3-9. This year's institute will bring 80 junior high and high school students to campus to hone their public speaking, research, analysis, interpretation, writing, and critical thinking skills.

The Gustavus Adolphus College Athletics Department has chosen nine individuals for induction into its Athletics Hall of Fame. The 2008 class will be inducted on Saturday, Oct. 25.

Gustavus Adolphus College is once again ranked a best college by The Princeton Review's college ranking guidebook for 2009 and has received special recognition for having the 10th best food of any college or university in the nation. This annual ranking is based solely on input from college students.

An original play written by Gustavus theatre professor Amy Seham and Gustavus senior Maggie Sotos will be performed five times between July 31 and Aug. 10 as part of the 11-day 2008 Minnesota Fringe Festival in Minneapolis. The play, titled "Maggie's Magical Cat & Other Catastrophes," includes a Gustavus and St. Peter cast.

Gustavus Adolphus College welcomes Deirdre Rosenfeld as its new Associate Dean of Students. Rosenfeld will begin her new duties on July 28.