http://www.stolaf.edu/news News and updates from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. en-us (c)2012 St. Olaf College The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference has named Molly Erickson '13 its player of the year for women's golf, and Luke Benoit has been named the league's coach of the year.  http://www.stolaf.edu/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsDetails&id=5307 Tue, 15 May 2012 06:00:00 GMT Associate Professor of Music Christopher Atzinger recently received a $25,000 McKnight Fellowship for Performing Artists that will support two new recordings as well as tours in the U.S. and abroad. http://www.stolaf.edu/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsDetails&id=5306 Mon, 14 May 2012 06:00:00 GMT Psychology student Caroline Groth '12 took top honors for a research poster she recently presented at the Minnesota Academy of Science's Winchell Undergraduate Research Symposium. She also presented her research at the highly selective Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference earlier this year. http://www.stolaf.edu/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsDetails&id=5305 Fri, 11 May 2012 06:00:00 GMT This summer Josie Boyle '12 will travel to Russia and Esme Marie '14 to Tunisia as part of the U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship Program, which sends American students to intensive language institutes around the globe. http://www.stolaf.edu/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsDetails&id=5304 Wed, 09 May 2012 06:00:00 GMT Vanessa Kleckner '12 is the recipient of the Elite 89 award for the 2012 NCAA Division III Women's Golf Championships. Kleckner, a double major in biology and mathematics with a concentration in biomedical studies, currently carries a 3.98 GPA.  http://www.stolaf.edu/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsDetails&id=5303 Tue, 08 May 2012 06:00:00 GMT The St. Paul Pioneer Press begins its profile of St. Olaf faculty member Gordon Marino with two "surprising" facts: 1) the Wall Street Journal has a boxing writer and 2) he's a philosophy professor at St. Olaf. "The life of Gordon Marino has a lot of twists like that," writes Richard Chin. http://www.stolaf.edu/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsDetails&id=5302 Mon, 07 May 2012 06:00:00 GMT The BACCHUS Network recently recognized St. Olaf Wellness Center peer educator Anna Johanson '12 and coordinator Emily Virtue for their work in educating students about healthy lifestyles. http://www.stolaf.edu/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsDetails&id=5301 Thu, 03 May 2012 06:00:00 GMT Daniel Lohmann '12 was among a select group of American students awarded a scholarship from the Korea Foundation and the Council on International Educational Exchange to travel to South Korea for a short-term cultural exchange. http://www.stolaf.edu/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsDetails&id=5299 Wed, 02 May 2012 06:00:00 GMT Kateri Salk '12 recently received a three-year Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation, a prestigious award that she will use to continue her work in aquatic environmental studies. http://www.stolaf.edu/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsDetails&id=5300 Wed, 02 May 2012 06:00:00 GMT