St. Olaf Magazine

Spring 2005

St. Olaf Magazine won four awards at the annual Minnesota Magazine & Publications Association (MMPA) Publishing Excellence Awards, including Gold Awards for Overall Excellence, Overall Best Design, and Best Single Topic Issue (The Norway Issue), and a Silver Award for Best Special Supplement (Alumni World).

* MMPA Gold Award, Overall Excellence
* MMPA Gold Award, Overall Best Design
* MMPA Gold Award, Best Single Topic Issue
* MMPA Silver Award Award, Best Special Supplement

Fram Fram Christmenn Crossmenn

Reflections on St. Olaf College's early years show its Norwegian founders to be full of surprises.
By Joseph M. Shaw '49
 
Renaissance Man

For nearly 60 years, Reidar Dittman '47 has provided a living link to Norway and generations of St. Olaf students.
By Marc Hequet
 
Norge

Norway offers its visitors an egalitarian society, adventurous cuisine and some of the most beautiful scenery on earth.
By Carole Leigh Engblom
 
Oslo, Nordic City of Light

Norway's capital city is far different from the Scandinavian stereotype that Americans cherish.
By Karen Hansen '77
 
Homestyle Cooking

A native of Iceland finds her home away from home amid St. Olaf's Norwegian traditions.
By Iris Erlingsdottier Lee
 
Discovering Norway

Fun facts enable travelers to learn more about the Land of the Midnight Sun.
By Torild Homstad '71
 
Patriotic Celebration

In 1905, Norway's new status in the world community began with the dissolution of its union with Sweden.
By Odd S. Lovoll
 
Open Hearts, Open Minds

St. Olaf students experience cardiac research and surgery at Emory University Medical School.
By Scott A. Briggs '88
 
Farewell, Friends

After decades of service to St. Olaf College, nine faculty members are retiring.
By David C. Jewett '88, Mary S. Carlsen '77, Bryn Geffert '90, Karen Peterson Wilson '77, Gwendolyn Barnes-Karol, Anton Armstrong '78, Kay Sahlin, Vijay Mehrotra '86 and Dan Dressen
 
POV

Pondering the origins of "Um Yah Yah."
By David Wee '61