St. Olaf Magazine

Spring 2006

St. Olaf Magazine won six awards at the annual Minnesota Magazine & Publications Association (MMPA) Publishing Excellence Awards, including Gold Awards for Overall Best Design, Best Feature Article, Best Use of Visuals/Photography, Silver Awards for Best Single Topic Issue (Global Oles) and Best Special Supplement (Alumni World), and Bronze for Overall Excellence.

* MMPA Bronze Award, Overall Excellence
* MMPA Gold Award, Overall Best Design
* MMPA Gold Award, Best Feature Article
* MMPA Gold Award, Best Use of Visuals/Photography

Goodbye, Friends

Colleagues share personal thoughts on fous St. Olaf faculty who retire this year.
By Robert Entenmann, Timothy Mahr '78, David Nitz '73 and Paul Zorn
   
Coming Home

St. Olaf welcomes its 11th president, David R. Anderson: a scholar, an accomplished college administrator, a native Midwesterner and a fellow Ole.
By Amy Gage
   
Love Your Neighbor

* MMPA Gold Award, Best Use of Visuals/Photography
Students reflect on life-changing "Ole Spring Relief" experiences in Biloxi, Miss., and New Orleans.
By Eric Huseth '07, Rob Martin '06, Karl Olson '08, Ishanaa Rambachan '08, Thomas Rusert '06, Martha Schwehn '08, Tremaine Versteeg '07 and Victor Wong '08
   
On the Front Lines

* MMPA Gold Award, Best Feature Article
For half a century St. Olaf has produced outstanding nurses who exemplify the college's missions by taking a thoughful, holistic approach to healing.
By Carole Leigh Engblom
   
Nursing Now

Student nurses step up to meet healthcare challenges in the 21st century.
By Carole Leigh Engblom
   
Back to the Future

Times have changed since the Ole Store first opened its doors in 1889, but it remains a comfortable gathering place.
By Amy Gage
   
POV

Love. Love. Love.
By Charles Taliaferro
   
On The Hill
   
Portrait

Leif Knecht '73 stays close to his roots.
By Carl Schroeder '05
   
Manitou Perspectives

Passing the torch: A passion for St. Olaf still holds strong for Jeff '81 and Patrice Erickson '81.
By Suzy Frisch