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 |
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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 |
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Norge
Norway offers its visitors an egalitarian society, adventurous
cuisine and some of the most beautiful scenery on earth.
By Carole Leigh Engblom |
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Oslo, Nordic City of
Light
Norway's capital city is far different from the Scandinavian
stereotype that Americans cherish.
By Karen Hansen '77 |
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Homestyle Cooking
A native of Iceland finds her home away from home amid St.
Olaf's Norwegian traditions.
By Iris Erlingsdottier Lee |
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Discovering
Norway
Fun facts enable travelers to learn more about the Land of
the Midnight Sun.
By Torild Homstad '71 |
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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 |
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Open Hearts, Open Minds
St. Olaf students experience cardiac research and surgery
at Emory University Medical School.
By Scott A. Briggs '88 |
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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 |
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POV
Pondering the origins of "Um Yah Yah."
By David Wee '61 |
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