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ON THE HILL
New plans call for doubling the size of the current Lund Center. This includes a quadruple increase in cardio, workout, and weightlifting space, plus 60,000 square feet of allseason fieldhouse.
LOOKING AT THE NEXT LUND
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Way, way back there was the Myrum Fieldhouse, a Quonset hut that sat just north of Uhler Hall and west of Sorensen Hall. Its claims to fame were its tremendous size and a floor engineered to be forgiving on players’ knees; the Minneapolis Lakers even played there. But it sure wasn’t fancy. The track inside was literally dirt. Then came a slew of much-needed and much-loved athletic facilities: Lund Arena. Lund Center. Hollingsworth Field. The Swanson Tennis Center.
Now, 36 year later, we’re headed back to Lund Center. The building that was once the toast of the MIAC (see page 26) no longer meets today’s demand for fitness and wellness activities for all campus communities, as well as the growth of majors in health and exercise science. Gustavus is due—and ready—for a Lund Center expansion and renovation. “First and foremost, it will enhance the College’s commitment to wellness and wellbeing,” says Tom Brown, director of intercollegiate athletics. “It will help us continue to attract outstanding students to Gustavus.” Indeed, many prospective students note that their high schools have better weight room and exercise facilities than those at Lund. A redo will also create more functional, flexible spaces. Particularly with health and exercise science majors and elective courses, “The increased space and state-ofthe-art facilities will aid the great academic work that takes place here,” says Brown.
Expansion and renovation of Lund will also improve facilities for club sports and intramural programs. For varsity athletics, it will create top-caliber facilities for teams as they pursue excellence, which is (as the rouser goes) our custom. “This project will honor our great traditions while creating an even greater Gustavus experience for future generations of Gusties,” says Brown. Donors have already committed more than $30 million toward the $60 million fundraising goal. There is more to go. “It will be the continued partnership of our generous alumni and friends that will enable us to deliver this project on time for our students,” says Thomas W. Young ’88, vice president for advancement. The goal: continued fundraising success that will enable the new Lund Center to open in the fall of 2024.
NOBEL CONFERENCE 56 CANCER IN THE AGE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY Oct. 6 and 7, 2020 | gustavus.edu/nobel
What causes cancer? What are the biological mechanisms that cause cancer cells to grow? How can our own immune system protect against a disease that originates from our cells? Researchers have made great strides in understanding both the progression of cancer and the ways in which an individual’s immune system responds to it. Their findings have led to the development of cancer therapies that can strategically target cancer cells, with the result that persons undergoing the treatments experience fewer side effects than they would with traditional chemotherapy. The complexity of these biological drugs allows for their specificity and greater effectiveness, but also makes them very expensive to develop, produce and administer. Advances in treatment also increase the number of individuals living with cancer raising questions about how to most effectively support patients in the long-term following diagnosis. Nobel Conference 56 will explore the science of these new cancer treatments, and address the structural and societal factors that influence who will have access to these life-saving treatments.
EXPERTS WILL INCLUDE:
Bissan Al-Lazikani Head of data science, Institute for Cancer Research
Carl June Director, Center for Cellular Immunotherapies and Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, University of Pennsylvania
James Thomas Executive vice president and global head of Biotherapeutics; president of U.S. operations, Just-Evotec Biologics
Suzanne Chambers Dean of faculty, Health, University of Technology Sydney
Chanita Hughes-Halbert Associate dean, assessment and evaluation; professor, psychiatry and behavioral sciences, Medical University of South Carolina
Charles Sawyers Chair, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Kathryn Schmitz Professor, public health sciences and behavioral research, Penn State Cancer Institute TICKETS ON SALE NOW at gustavus.edu/nobel Two-day reserved seating: $120 (includes lunch buffets) Single-day reserved seating: $80 Two-day general seating: $75 Single-day general seating: $50 (lunch buffets can be purchased) Closing banquet: $30
Elmyr de Hory (1906-1976), Portrait of Mark Forgy, c.1973, oil on canvas, 36 x 28 inches, collection of Mark Forgy
THE SECRET WORLD OF ART FORGER ELMYR DE HORY: HIS PORTRAITURE ON IBIZA The Hillstrom Museum of Art features work by the notorious forger, from the collection of his friend and protégé. He made a career of faking it—hundreds of paintings and drawings done in the style of modern masters like Picasso, Henri Matisse, and Amedeo Modigliani— that went on to be accepted into museums and prominent collections around the world. It is believed that many are still unrecognized as fakes. Elmer de Hory has been a source of fascination, inspiring journalists, authors, and filmmakers, including the memoir The Forger’s Apprentice: Life with the World’s Most Notorious Artist, by de Hory’s close friend and protégé, Mark Forgy. Forgy has lent all of the artworks in the exhibition, which focuses on de Hory’s portraiture. Most of the works have never been shown before.
A lecture by de Hory’s biographer and heir Mark Forgy will be held March 22 in Bjorling Recital Hall, 3:30 p.m. The lecture is free and open to the public.
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March 25 + March 27 Out of Scandinavia | Taikon—The Untold story of a Roma Freedom Fighter Film Screening and Lecture, Cec Eckhoff Alumni Hall, 5:30 p.m. screening, 7 p.m. lecture; on March 27 there is a lecture at the American Swedish Institute
Out of Scandinavia artist-inresidence Lawen Mohtadi is a documentary filmmaker, author, journalist, and publisher in Sweden. Her documentary encapsulates the story of Katarina Taikon, a Swedish activist who fought for the rights of the Roma people.
March 10 Moe Lecture | It’s All a Border: Reporting and Representation in the Margins, lecture by Aura Bogado, Cec Eckhoff Alumni Hall, 7 p.m., free and livestreamed
Investigative reporter Aura Bogado will talk about the challenges of reporting on immigration. Her work focuses on children in federal custody held in contracted shelters, residential treatment centers, and secret facilities. April 29 MAYDAY! Peace Conference Voices of Change: Our Generation of Student Activism featuring Jaclyn Corin, co-founder of March for Our Lives, Christ Chapel, 10 a.m., free and livestreamed; at lunch, learn more about the history of student activism with a presentation by history professor Greg Kaster titled Kent, Parkland, and the History of SocialJustice Student Activism in the United States, Alumni Hall, $20; stay for the panel and audience discussion about how people working for social change can sustain the work, C. Charles Jackson Campus Center, 1:30 p.m.
On February 14, 2018, Jaclyn Corin’s life changed forever after a massive school shooting took the lives of 17 students and faculty at her school, Marjory Stoneham Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Since then, Corin has helped unite more than 2 million people in 900 marches around the world.
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Amount raised at A Royal Affair, the biennial Gustie fundraising gala. It set a record for giving, surpassing the 2017 gala by more than $100,000. For more opportunities to give, see page 31.
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10:00 a.m. Time for Reflection
—Donzaleigh Abernathy on growing up with “Uncle Martin” at the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Lecture. She is the daughter of civil rights activist Rev. Dr. Ralph David and Mrs. Juanita Jones Abernathy. Her father spoke at Gustavus 45 years ago.
