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01 Spring 09.3:Winter 03-04 MASTERS.1 2/4/09 8:12 PM Page 1 THE Gustavus Adolphus College Spring 2009 ustavus G QUARTERLY CULTURAL COMPETENCE STUDY &AWAY 01 Spring 09.4:Winter 03-04 MASTERS.1 2/18/09 8:58 AM Page 2 THE GUSTAVUS QUARTERLY GSpring 2009 • Vol. LXV, No. 2 Managing Editor Steven L. Waldhauser ’70 [email protected] Alumni Editors Randall M. Stuckey ’83 [email protected] Erin Holloway Wilken ’02 [email protected] Design Sharon Stevenson Stevenson Creative, LLC, Corvallis, Ore. [email protected] Contributing Writers Elizabeth Baer and Rebecca Taylor Fremo; Laura Behling; Kevin Byrne; Kari Clark ’91; Tim Kennedy ’82; Steven Mellema ’72; Donald Myers ’83; Carolyn O’Grady; Catherine Osterhaus ’09, Holly Andersen ’09, and Haley Prittinen ’10; Matt Thomas ’00; Thomas Young ’88 Contributing Photographers Anders Björling ’58; Robert Dunlap ’08; Bri an Fowler; Tor Johnnson; Brian O’Brien; Kevin Proescholdt; Tom Roster; Jake Seamans ’10 Articles and opinions presented in this magazine do not necessarily reflect the views of the editors or official policies of the College or its board of trustees. The Gustavus Quarterly (USPS 227-580) is published four times annually, in February, May, August, and November, by Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minn. Periodicals postage is paid at St. Peter, MN 56082, and additional mailing offices. It is mailed free of charge to alumni and friends of the College. Circulation is approximately 36,800. 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The Gustavus Quarterly is printed on Domtar Earthchoice paper (30% PCR and sustainable source certified by SmartWood) using soy-based inks and alternative solvents and wetting agents by the John Roberts Company, Minneapolis, an EPA Green Power Partner. 01 Spring 09.4:Winter 03-04 MASTERS.1 2/18/09 8:58 AM Page 3 THE Gustavus Adolphus College Spring 2009 ustavus G QUARTERLY CULTURAL COMPETENCE &STUDY 4 From the Editor AWAY 5 On the Hill 18 Calendar: What’s happening on campus 20 Cultural Competency Why it matters 36 Sports New football coach named ■ Women’s golf ON THE COVER team takes MIAC title ■ Individual honors Study away helps students find patterns and relationships 41 Legac y among fragmented worldviews, Johnson endowment supports Center for part of the journey toward Vocational Reflection ■ Taking advantage cultural competency. Photo of a gift annuity opportunity illustration by Sharon Stevenson; travel images courtesy the Center 43 Alumni News for International and Cultural Education. On these pages . Apple blossoms in Linnaeus Arboretum are a sure sign of spring. Photo by Anders Björling ’58 01 Spring 09.3:Winter 03-04 MASTERS.1 2/4/09 8:12 PM Page 4 From the Editor Gustavus Adolphus College Board of Trustees The Rev. Gary F. Anderson ’63 Director, Hackensack, Minn. Crossing Bridges – Connecting in Mission St. Paul Area Synod, ELCA Expanding the College’s boundaries The Rev. Jon V. Anderson Bishop, New Ulm, Minn. Southwestern Minnesota Synod, (ex officio) ELCA, Redwood Falls The Rev. Rodney L. Anderson Pastor, Eden Prairie, Minn. St. Andrew Lutheran Church When I was a student at Gustavus in the late ’60s, the idea of off- Thomas M. Annesley ’75, Ph.D. Professor of Pathology, Ann Arbor, Mich. University Hospital, University of Michigan campus study was just gaining momentum. Summer study tours had Al Annexstad Chair, President, and CEO, first been made available to Gustavus students nearly 20 years earlier, Excelsior, Minn. Federated Insurance, Owatonna Jake Seamans ’10 ’10 Seamans Jake Tracy L. Bahl ’84, M.B.A. Senior Adviser, through two programs that represent the roots of today’s well-organ- Greenwich, Conn. General Atlantic, N.Y. Warren Beck ’67 President, ized international program, but the summer months provided the only Greenwood, Minn. Gabbert & Beck, Inc., Edina feasible opportunity for travel abroad or off-campus study. Rebecca Bergman, Ph.D. Vice President of Science and Technology, North Oaks, Minn. Medtronic Incorporated, Minneapolis The Student Project for Amity among Nations (SPAN), Minnesota’s Mark Bernhardson ’71 City Manager, oldest study-abroad program, began offering study tours to students Bloomington, Minn. City of Bloomington The Rev. Stephen P. Blenkush ’80 Pastor, enrolled at Minnesota colleges and universities in 1947. Christianity Milaca, Minn. Zion Lutheran Church The Rev. Åke Bonnier Dean, professor George Forell led the first Gustavus group of six students on Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm Domkyrkoförsamling The Rev. Gordon A. Braatz, Ph.D. Pastor and Psychologist, Retired a SPAN summer trip in 1949. In 1953 the College’s own Bernadotte Minneapolis, Minn. Foundation provided financial support for the first Bernadotte European Study Tour (BEST), which David J. Carlson ’60, M.D. Physician, Retired Edina, Minn. involved about 20 students and their adviser, College treasurer C.E. Sjostrand. The BEST program of- The Rev. Kelly Chatman Pastor, fered a study tour for a mix of students and faculty every other summer from 1953 through 1963. Maplewood, Minn. Redeemer Lutheran Church, Minneapolis The Rev. Jerome King General Secretary, In 1963 Gustavus was among the first colleges and universities in the nation to adopt the 4–1–4 Del Pino ’68, Ph.D. General Board of Higher Education Franklin, Tenn and Ministry, curriculum—two semesters separated by a January Term during which students enrolled in only one The United Methodist Church, Nashville Ardena Flippen ’68, M.D., M.B.A. Physician class. The flexibility inherent in taking just one course allowed Gustavus faculty to propose January Chicago travel courses. By 1968, when an international programs office was added to the administration to The Rev. Brian Fragodt ‘81 Pastor, Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Andover, Minn. (ex officio) East Bethel, and handle the burgeoning interest, the departments of art, languages, theatre, biology, and economics President, Gustavus Adolphus College Association of Congregations had developed their own international travel courses or were coordinating with other 4–1–4 col- James H. Gale ’83, J.D. Attorney at Law leges. Education and religion courses offered domestic travel. Biology professor Ward Tanner led a Washington, D.C. (chair) The Rev. Tania K. Haber ’78 Senior Pastor, very popular “Tropical and Terrestrial Marine Biology” course that studied reef life in Puerto Rico. St. Louis Park, Minn. Westwood Lutheran Church The Rev. Paul L. Harrington Senior Pastor, Business professor Ellery Peterson ’49 annually took a group of business and economics majors to Rosemount, Minn. Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, Europe to study the workings of foreign economic systems. The Urban Church group attended ses- Apple Valley Pat K. Haugen ’70 Client Executive, sions of the Cook County Family Court in Chicago. Sioux Falls, S.D. IBM Global Services Alfred Henderson ’62, M.B.A. Business Executive, Retired I must admit that I didn’t take advantage of the opportunity to study away from campus during Chanhassen, Minn. George G. Hicks ’75, J.D. Managing Partner my years at Gustavus. However, I was part of the Gustavus Choir’s first international tour in the sum- Eden Prairie, Minn. Värde Partners, Inc., Minneapolis mer of 1967, a three-week concert tour of Sweden and Denmark followed by two weeks of independ- Thomas J. Hirsch ’64 Vice President, Edina, Minn. JEBCO Group, Inc., St. Paul ent travel, during which I headed for England and Scotland. While not a study tour in the sense of a Ronald A. Jones, M.B.A. Business Executive, Retired SPAN or BEST trip or any of the then-available January Term travel courses, it did serve to awaken Barrington, Ill. Linda Bailey Keefe ’69, M.B.A. Vice President, my curiosity about how the rest of the world lives. Atlanta, Ga. NAI Brannen Goddard Paul Koch ’87 Senior Vice President, Wealth Management Fast-forward to the 21st century. Opportunities for cross-cultural awakening through off-campus Plymouth, Minn. Smith Barney, Wayzata study abound, thanks in part to another great idea—the development of semester-long internation- The Rev. Daniel A. Kolander ’68 Senior Pastor, Marion, Iowa First Lutheran Church, Cedar Rapids al and domestic study programs. During the fall semester of 2008, 54 Gustavus students studied off- Jan Ledin Michaletz ’74 Past President, Edina, Minn. (ex officio) Gustavus Alumni Association campus in 22 countries (Argentina, Australia, Chile, China, Denmark, England, Germany, Ghana, Jack R. Ohle President, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Scotland, South Africa, South St. Peter, Minn. (ex officio) Gustavus Adolphus College Marilyn Olson Assistant Director for Colleges and Universities Korea, Sweden, and Tanzania, as well as the United States). During the January 2009 Interim, 150 Valparaiso, Ind. Division for Vocation and Education (ex officio) Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, students enrolled in Gustavus faculty-led off-campus study courses in 12 different countries. This Chicago Martha I. Penkhus Registered Nurse, Retired spring 61 students are studying off-campus in 18 countries, including Costa Rica, Jordan, and Mankato, Minn. Thailand, and seven others are completing full-year programs in five different countries. The Rev. Wayne Peterson ’77 Pastor, Plymouth, Minn. St. Barnabas Lutheran Church The Center for International and Cultural Education at Gustavus Adolphus College is now a criti- Beth Sparboe Schnell ’82 Chief Executive Officer, cal tool in helping to realize the College’s mission of being “a community of persons from diverse Corcoran, Minn.