‘community engagement’ Category
Entrepreneurial Innovation Center
The Entrepreneurial Innovation Center is a new center on campus where students will be able to learn about entrepreneurship and thrive with their ideas. Katie Boone, director of the Center, sees room for the growth of entrepreneurship on campus and is excited to see what this year brings, along with the interactions she is going […]
Join the GAC Mentoring Program Today by Stella Hadjiyanis ’21
How it All Started The GAC Mentoring Program has been flourishing non-stop since 2009 when it all began. This powerful program connects current Gustie students with a working Gustie Alum with similar career interests. The opportunity to network while gaining career development advice and create a tight-knit relationship has been very beneficial for hundreds of […]
The last Seattle day, by Luke Holzerland
Our last day in the wonderful city of Seattle was full of lasting memories and invaluable learning. We started off our final day with a visit to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in the Seattle Center. We were graciously connected with the Gates Foundation through a Gustie Alumni by the name of Kaitlyn McElrath, […]
What makes your work impactful? Seattle reflections by Liv Peterson
Today was filled with three site visits, creativity to the max, and inspirational people. We started the day off with the City of Seattle’s development team and our very own Gustie Alumni Nate Torgelson ‘88 who works on Seattle’s building sustainability efforts. We also had the opportunity to chat with three employees working on arts […]
Innovating on a massive scale: Boeing and the future of planes by Tian Hedstrom
On Monday morning our group woke up early to take an Uber up to the headquarters of Boeing, the world’s largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners and defense, space and security systems. The company supports airlines in the U.S., as well as allied government customers in 150 countries, holding the single largest […]
Nobel Conference 2016 is coming!
You may have noticed—people’s income levels vary wildly, and that gap is getting much, much wider. Income inequality as a newsworthy phenomenon has become a routine topic of discussion and is the cornerstone of Gustavus’s Nobel Conference 2016, “In Search of Economic Balance.” By any measure, the ‘haves’ and the ‘have nots’ are getting further […]
‘Tis the season.. for community-based learning project wrap ups
Nope—not presents or Christmas trees—but final presentations for the projects our Management students have been working on all semester. Gusties in Organizational Behavior clearly took their community partnerships seriously when they presented to their clients on Thursday, the City of St. Peter’s Administrator Todd Prafke and Finance Director Paula O’Connell. Students’ projects included revamping the […]