Gustavus Adolphus Gusties

Gustavus Adolphus College

Motto	E Caelo Nobis Vires
Motto in English	Strength Comes To Us From Heaven
Type	Private liberal arts
Established	1862
Affiliation	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Endowment	$142.7 million (2016)
President	Rebecca M. Bergman
Academic staff	170 full-time
Students	2,450
Location	St. Peter, Minnesota, United States
Campus	1.38 km2 (0.53 sq mi) or 138 ha (340 acres)
Colors	Black and Gold
Nickname	"Golden Gusties"
Affiliations	MIAC
Mascot	"Gus" the Lion
Website	gustavus.edu

Gustavus Adolphus College (/ɡəsˈteɪvəs/ gəs-TAY-vəs) is a private, coeducational liberal arts college. A four-year, residential institution, Gustavus Adolphus College was founded in 1862 by Swedish Americans and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. To this day the school retains Swedish and Lutheran heritage. The premier event on campus is the annual Nobel Conference, which features Nobel Laureates and other scholars explaining their expertise to a general audience. In 2015, U.S. News & World Report ranked Gustavus as the 64th best liberal arts college in the United States. The college is ranked No. 38 for liberal arts colleges on Payscale's 2016-17 list of highest-paid graduates. 

The predecessor to the college was founded in 1862 as a Lutheran parochial school in Red Wing by Eric Norelius. The school offered classes for grade school children and collegiate courses were not offered until nearly a decade later, however, the college utilizes this older date as the year it was founded. Originally named Minnesota Elementarskola (elementary school in Swedish), it moved the following year to East Union, an unincorporated town in Dahlgren Township. In 1865, on the 1,000th anniversary of the death of St. Ansgar, known as the " of the North", the institution was renamed and incorporated as St. Ansgar's Academy.