[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11680]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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               CONGRATULATIONS, GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE

  (Mr. WALZ of Minnesota asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WALZ of Minnesota. Madam Speaker, it is my honor to rise today to 
congratulate Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota, on 150 
years of academic excellence.
  For a century and a half, Gustavus Adolphus College has thrived as a 
prestigious and nationally recognized liberal arts college and 
cultivated the values of faith, service, justice, and community in its 
students. I have had the opportunity to see firsthand the many Gustavus 
students and graduates who live by the motto of the college: Make your 
life count.
  Gustavus students are bright, engaged, and my interaction with them 
leaves me feeling optimistic about the future. I am also lucky enough 
to be married to one of their alums.
  Every year, Gustavus hosts a unique and world-renowned science 
conference named after Alfred Nobel. The conference is dedicated to the 
ideals of Alfred Nobel as he professed in the final years of his life: 
international collaboration and science for the sake of improving our 
lives and progressing the human condition. This conference embodies 
what Gustavus is all about: pursuing academic excellence with the 
purpose of making it count.
  Gustavus can be proud of its 150 years, and I am confident that its 
tradition of excellence will continue to leave a profound mark on 
Minnesota and the world.

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