VÄLKOMMEN

FIRST AND FOREMOST.

When our professors apply for tenure, they prepare a document that details their work in four areas: teaching, scholarship, service to the College, and alignment with the College’s mission. When I read these documents, I am often moved to tears. I was so moved while reading this issue of the Quarterly. Our faculty are accomplished. That’s always clear. What is evident in this feature is so much more. Through it, you will see their intentionality, how deeply thoughtful they are about their work. Each brings their own uniqueness to our learning community, providing students a liberal arts education of breadth, depth, and variety, plus a tremendous level of authenticity, one of the hallmarks of the Gustie spirit.

Our college is filled with dedicated, creative, and passionate professors such as these, professors deeply invested in developing young people in their chosen disciplines and within the liberal arts. Our student-professor relationships carry transformative power, resulting in groundbreaking research, fulfilling careers, rich senses of self and purpose, and lives of leadership and service to the world (all also hallmarks of the Gustie spirit).

As alumni, I know each of you has a Gustavus professor who transformed your life—not just your intellectual one, but your life as a person in the world. From the Class of 1961 (and before!) to the Class of 2021, I have heard your stories of professors that changed the trajectory of your lives, who modeled for you how to integrate all aspects of a self, how to live a life of integrity.

In a rapidly changing world, the professor is even more important. Who helps students sift through information, process the world as it happens, ask questions and test potential answers? Who anchors students in core values and open dialogue?

The Gustavus professor does, and well. So well, in fact, our college is defined by it. Our mission states, “The College offers students of high aspiration and promise a liberal arts education of recognized excellence provided by faculty who embody the highest standards of teaching and scholarship.” The word “teaching” comes first. At Gustavus, the role of the professor is—first and foremost—to teach.

Our college is built on these remarkable teachers.

It will grow on it.

Yours in community,

Rebecca M. Bergman President, Gustavus Adolphus College

GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Scott P. Anderson ’89, MBA (chair), Head, Carlson Private Capital Industry Executive Council Catherine Asta ’75, JD, Attorney at Law Grayce Belvedere-Young, MBA, Founder and CEO, Lily Pad Consulting Rebecca M. Bergman (ex officio), President, Gustavus Adolphus College Suzanne F. Boda ’82, Retired Senior Vice President, Los Angeles, American Airlines Robert D. Brown, Jr. ’83, MA, MD, Staff Neurologist, Professor of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, and John T. and Lillian Matthews Professor of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic Kara K. Buckner ’97, President/Chief Strategy Officer, Fallon Worldwide, and Past President, Gustavus Alumni Association

Janette F. Concepcion, PhD, Clinical Psychologist, Concepcion Psychological Services Edward J. Drenttel ’81, JD, Attorney/Partner, Winthrop & Weinstine Bruce A. Edwards ’77, Retired CEO, DHL Global Supply Chain John O. Hallberg ’79, MBA, Retired CEO, Children’s Cancer Research Fund

John M. Harris ’92, PhD, Associate Director, Protiviti Mary Dee J. Hicks ’75, PhD, Retired Senior Vice President, Personnel Decisions International

The Rev. Alicia A. Hilding ’08, (ex officio) Co-pastor, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church; President, Gustavus Adolphus College Association of Congregations Keith N. Jackson ’89, JD, Assistant General Counsel, Aon

The Rev. Peter C. Johnson ’92, Pastor of Small Groups and Service at St. Andrew Lutheran Church

Paul R. Koch ’87, Retired Managing Director–Private Wealth Advisor, Senior Portfolio Manager, Koch Wealth Solutions, RBC Wealth Management Dennis A. Lind ’72, Chairman, Midwest Bank Group, Inc. Jan Lindman, MBA, Treasurer to the King, The Royal Court of Sweden The Rev. Dr. David J. Lose, Senior Pastor, Mount Olivet Lutheran Church

Gordon D. Mansergh ’84, MA, MEd, PhD, Senior Behavioral Scientist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (serving in a personal capacity) and Past President, Gustavus Alumni Association

Mikka S. McCracken ’09, Program Manager, WW CSPXT, Amazon

Jan Ledin Michaletz ’74, Past President, Gustavus Alumni Association

Thomas J. Mielke ’80, JD, Retired Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Kimberly-Clark Corporation Bradley S. Nuss ’97, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Nuss Truck & Equipment Marcia L. Page ’82, MBA, Founding Partner, Värde Partners

The Rev. Dr. Dee Pederson (ex officio), Bishop, Southwestern Minnesota Synod, ELCA The Rev. Dr. Dan. S. Poffenberger ’82, Senior Pastor, Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church Karl D. Self ’81, MBA, DDS, Associate Professor, University of Minnesota School of Dentistry Kent V. Stone ’08, MBA, Retired Vice Chairman, U.S. Bancorp The Rev. Heather Teune Wigdahl ’95, Senior Pastor, Our Savior’s Lutheran Church