http://www.stolaf.edu/news News and updates from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. en-us (c)2009 St. Olaf College John Schantzen '10 says the key to his success — earning top honors in football and track and field while double majoring in biology and chemistry, and being accepted into multiple medical schools — is in the balance he achieves with the support of a liberal arts community. http://www.stolaf.edu/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsDetails&id=4776 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT The St. Olaf College Archives has published Reminiscences, the memoir of Elise Ytterboe, wife of Professor H. T. Ytterboe. The memoir is the first in a projected series of short archival publications about St. Olaf history. http://www.stolaf.edu/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsShorts#4778 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT "Um Ya Ya," proclaimed Audubon Magazine blogger Lynne Peeples '02 when she learned about Regents Hall's LEED platinum status. But she was also a bit jealous: "Why didn't I get to take 'Environmental Policy and Regulation' in a building topped with a green roof?" http://www.stolaf.edu/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=InThePress#4777 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT Listen to two interviews that Anton Armstrong '78, conductor of the St. Olaf Choir, recently had with the Sounds Choral program on New Jersey-based classical music station WWFM. http://www.stolaf.edu/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=InThePress#4775 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT A Star Tribune editorial says St. Olaf's "stunning" LEED platinum-designated Regents Hall "sets the energy-saving bar for future Minnesota academic buildings high indeed." http://www.stolaf.edu/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=InThePress#4773 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT For a story about what recent college graduates can do to find employment, St. Paul Pioneer Press writer Joseph Lindberg spoke with Pat Smith, director of the St. Olaf Center for Experiential Learning. http://www.stolaf.edu/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=InThePress#4774 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT St. Olaf had the largest number of students participating in study abroad opportunities among all baccalaureate institutions in the nation, according to the Open Doors 2009 report. http://www.stolaf.edu/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsShorts#4771 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT Looking well into the future, St. Olaf Professor of Political Science Dan Hofrenning predicted on Twin Cities Public Television's Almanac show that Gov. Tim Pawlenty will be the Republican presidential nominee in 2012. http://www.stolaf.edu/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=InThePress#4772 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT St. Olaf Associate Professor of Economics Mark Pernecky and Thomas Richter '05 have co-authored an article that was recently accepted for publication in the journal Forum for Social Economics. http://www.stolaf.edu/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=FacAchieve#4770 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT St. Olaf College's Regents Hall of Natural and Mathematical Sciences has earned platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design rating system. It is the largest academic facility in the nation to earn the prestigious rating. http://www.stolaf.edu/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsDetails&id=4767 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT As part of St. Olaf's current academic theme of Migration, a sociologist and representatives of three Twin Cities religious communities will address the topics of migration, freedom, and religion in the United States during a panel discussion. http://www.stolaf.edu/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsShorts#4766 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT World-renowned limnologist and ecologist Steve Carpenter, a member of the National Academy of Sciences and director of the Center for Limnology in Madison, Wis. -- and one of the most cited ecologists in the field -- will visit St. Olaf Nov. 16-18. http://www.stolaf.edu/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsShorts#4764 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT Kathryn M. Lohre '99 has been elected the President Elect of the National Council of Churches by the NCC Governing Board. She will be the second youngest president of the organization. http://www.stolaf.edu/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsShorts#4763 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT Jennifer Kramm '10 used a Phillips scholarship to design a program for at-risk local students. “The most important thing I’ve learned is that this type of work has to be something that comes out of the community, not something I decide the community needs,” she says. http://www.stolaf.edu/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsDetails&id=4761 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT The afternoon conference "A Second Genesis? Evolution on Earth and Beyond" will feature three speakers who will discuss evolution on and off earth. http://www.stolaf.edu/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsShorts#4765 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT