Celebration Weekend will conclude with commencement exercises for the Class of 2010 held on Manitou Field.

Twenty-eight current and retired St. Olaf faculty and staff continued a decades-old Memorial Day tradition Friday as they laid flowers at the graves and memorials of 277 St. Olaf employees.

The St. Olaf Class of 2014 is likely to be the largest and most diverse class that the college has ever seen, reports Vice President and Dean of Enrollment Michael Kyle '85.

Associate Professor of Religion James Hanson has been named to the Thrivent Fellows Program, an executive fellowship committed to growing the leadership of the agencies and institutions of the Lutheran Church.

A Minnesota Public Radio story that looks at how St. Olaf students are turning to alumni for career assistance and advice focuses on Ana Ashby '10 (right) and her success with the Career Network for Oles.

In 1991 two "shaken" students approached St. Olaf administrator Greg Kneser. "They proceeded to tell me a ghost story. A pretty good one," Kneser recently told the Star Tribune about the encounter that resulted in the creation of his unique "Ghost File."

"Our family didn't communicate about working on our reunion planning — it just happened," says Ruth Mandsager Hembre '61 about the fact that numerous family members are helping with a variety of class reunions.

Professor of Religion John Barbour has been published in a new book called Transformations at the Edge of the World: Forming Global Christians through the Study Abroad Experience.

Lighting up dollar bills? Bouncy balls going wild? Demonstrating how cabbage juice is an acid-base indicator? It's just a visit from the St. Olaf Chemistry Society.

NBC affiliate KARE 11 has posted a story about the annual "Broken Bat" game that this year ended in an 11–4 victory for the St. Olaf Band over the St. Olaf Orchestra.

St. Olaf has received more than $11,000 in grants to provide financial aid to high school students attending this summer's new Physics and Engineering Camp for Girls.

As part of a assignment for her Law, Politics, and Morality class, Annika Tohlen '11 has published her Op-Ed piece, "Why the 'tell-all generation' is cleaning up its act," in the Oregonian.

It's a good thing Chris Lomen '10 enjoys Rollerblading, because as the founder of Rolling to Rebuild he's got more than 4,000 miles ahead of him this summer.

Two St. Olaf students are gaining national recognition for their work on a National Science Foundation project that aims to make a complex computing strategy more accessible for undergraduates.

When Meg Granum ’11 visited relatives in Norway last summer, she was unprepared for the musical gift that was waiting for her.

Professor of History James Farrell is the recipient of this year's Gertrude Hilleboe Award for Faculty Involvement in Student Life.

Andrew Watt '11 won first prize and Jennifer Easler '10 received honorable mention in the 2010 Associated Colleges of the Midwest Nick Adams Short Story Contest.

"Assessment at the department level is a bit like living in Minnesota — it’s not always easy, but in the long run, it’s worth it," writes Jo Beld, director of evaluation and assessment at St. Olaf.

St. Olaf College's newly renovated old science center will be named in honor of O. Jay Tomson '58, chair of the board of regents, and his wife, Patricia McCarthy Tomson '59.

Four Westermeyer siblings — Chris '89, Tim '90, Rachel Wright '95, and Rebecca '98 — recently honored their mother and father by commissioning Tim Mahr '78 to write a piece of music for their parents' 70th birthdays.

St. Olaf seniors Shoshana Blank, Sarah Jacobson, Caitlin Marine, Alex Schmidt, and Maija Witte, plus Sarah Dorman '09, have been named Fulbright fellows for 2010–11.

Green Bikes, a new bike check-out program based in the library, aims to promote fitness and decrease car use while providing transportation for students.

Christian Van den Akker '11 studies Russian because he finds the country and its language "enticing." This summer he will get to experience that culture firsthand as the recipient of a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship.

An Earth Day service project that planted trees in the forest restoration area on the west side of campus drew student volunteers from across campus to put in a few hours of hard work on a Friday afternoon.

As one of the final events tied to St. Olaf’s current academic theme of “Migration,” the college will host an evening of music centered on the migration of popular music from Scandinavia to North America.