Gustavus Adolphus College is a private liberal arts college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in St. Peter, Minnesota, United States. It is a coeducational, four-year, residential institution that was founded in 1862 by Swedish Americans. To this day the school closely identifies with its Swedish heritage, which has motivated the institution to develop a Scandinavian Studies program and ties to the Nobel Foundation. The premier event ...
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Gustavus Adolphus College is a private liberal arts college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in St. Peter, Minnesota, United States. It is a coeducational, four-year, residential institution that was founded in 1862 by Swedish Americans. To this day the school closely identifies with its Swedish heritage, which has motivated the institution to develop a Scandinavian Studies program and ties to the Nobel Foundation. The premier event on campus is the Nobel Conference, which features Nobel-Prize-winning speakers and other world-renowned scholars explaining their expertise to a general audience.
The college presents its mission as tied to the fact that it “is a church-related, residential liberal arts college firmly rooted in its Swedish and Lutheran heritage.” While the institution offers many majors, the school also presents itself as a place where “students are encouraged to work toward a just and peaceful world.” Many students are involved in volunteer work, and service...
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