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Zempel named associate dean for interdisciplinary, general studies

Nancy J. Ashmore
August 5, 2002

Solveig Zempel
Zempel
On Aug. 2, St. Olaf Provost and Dean of the College James May named Professor of Norwegian Solveig Zempel as associate dean for interdisciplinary and general studies, effective immediately. Zempel, the chair of the Norwegian Department and director of Nordic studies, is a 1969 graduate of St. Olaf who began teaching at the college in 1976. She has taught in the General Education curriculum, interdisciplinary programs, Nordic studies, women's studies and the Great Conversation program, an integrated sequence of five courses that introduces students to the major epochs of Western tradition. Zempel also has served on a number of major college committees and on the college's Senior Administrative Leadership Team, where she was a faculty representative.

Contact David Gonnerman at 507-786-3315 or gonnermd@stolaf.edu.