A number of students across campus who have studied abroad in places such as Brazil, Thailand, and Korea have taken it upon themselves to maintain their language skills through the development of their own language tables and unofficial classes.

St. Olaf Professor of Religion and Philosophy Edmund Santurri recently participated in a panel discussion with CNN commentator David Gergen during a conference at Harvard Divinity School. Santurri spoke about religious appeals in public policy debate.

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.

"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?"

Students from across the Midwest will converge on Regents Hall this weekend as the St. Olaf Mock Trial Team hosts its first home contest since its inception two years ago.

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.

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.

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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

The St. Olaf women's cross country and men's cross country teams have received bids to the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championship that will run Nov. 21 in Highland Hills, Ohio.

When giants in the computer industry put out a call last year for a new style of computing education, faculty member Dick Brown scored a $200,000 grant from the NSF that puts him in the vanguard creating a curriculum for a new era.

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.

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.

The afternoon conference "A Second Genesis? Evolution on Earth and Beyond" will feature three speakers who will discuss evolution on and off earth.

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.

A chance encounter left Herb Hildebrandt, a University of Michigan emeritus professor who has spent decades pursuing research in Asia, so impressed with the quality of Asian studies at St. Olaf that he and his wife, Delores, recently established a scholarship fund on campus.

St. Olaf Professor Emeritus Richard Fehner died Nov. 5. His classes focused on 16th- through 18th-century British literature, but also included American fiction and Native American literature. He taught at St. Olaf for 37 years.

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.

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.

The St. Olaf men's soccer and volleyball teams each earned at-large bids to their respective NCAA Division III tournaments Monday.

Professor of Economics David Schodt, director of the St. Olaf Center for Innovation in the Liberal Arts, is this year's recipient of the Stewart Bellman Award for Exemplary Leadership for the Advancement of College Teaching and Learning.

The Bergen Woodwind Quintet, a leading Scandinavian chamber music group, will perform at St. Olaf and conduct masterclasses this week.

Kenny Zimmerman '06 has experienced mentoring as a carefree seventh grader, an involved St. Olaf student, and a working adult. Now he is giving back by serving as St. Olaf's GEAR UP academic advisor and a role model for younger students.

The volleyball and men's soccer teams each scored weekend wins that will advance the teams to conference playoffs.