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Students create Northfield Arts Guild documentary
APRIL 29, 2009 — Stephen Anderson '09 and Rachel Woldum '09 teamed up with the Northfield Historical Society to produce a documentary titled The Northfield Arts Guild: 50 Years in the Making that will be shown on campus Thursday, April 30.

Ruby fields tuition questions in live Star Tribune forum
Ruby
APRIL 29, 2009 — Kathy Ruby, assistant vice president for enrollment and dean of student financial aid at St. Olaf, answered questions about paying for college recently during a live Star Tribune forum.

Is Bismarck 'The cradle of presidents?'
APRIL 27, 2009 — "At St. Olaf, four of the past 11 presidents of the Student Government Association have been from Bismarck," begins a recent story in the Bismarck Tribune. "Three of the students have been elected in the past six years."

St. Olaf announces Lilly Grant appointments
APRIL 24, 2009 — The Lilly Grant Program will enable 18 members of the St. Olaf community to reflect on vocation through a variety of appointments that range from ministering the student congregation on campus to serving refugees in Egypt.

St. Olaf announces two Fulbright fellows for 2009-10
APRIL 24, 2009 — Prestigious scholarships will allow St. Olaf seniors to conduct medical research: Sarah Hendrickson in India and Whitney Waters in Mexico. They are the college's 71st and 72nd Fulbright recipients since 1993.

Scholarship winner hopes 'Hip-Hop' will benefit local youth
APRIL 24, 2009 — Northfield native Andrew Wilson '11 will use a scholarship to launch "Hip-Hop Anonymous," a project that he says will "provide power and voice to area youth."

Student researchers partner with Minneapolis parenting program
APRIL 22, 2009 — St. Olaf seniors Eva Pesch and Betsy Volkman gained hands-on research experience through a partnership with the Minneapolis Teenage Pregnancy and Parenting Program while also providing young mothers with a digital parenting tool.

The game of (Ole) life
APRIL 22, 2009 — Life at St. Olaf has been photographed, videoed and written about, but can it be played? Aaron Heidgerken '09 thinks so.

Zempel to use Boldt Chair to connect St. Olaf's past, present
APRIL 20, 2009 — St. Olaf Professor of Norwegian Solveig Zempel '69 will use her appointment as the college's sixth Boldt Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities to address the academic theme year topic of Migration.

German students videoconference with award-winning filmmakers
APRIL 17, 2009 — St. Olaf Professor of German Karen Achberger and Carleton professor Julie Klassen are breaking ground by using technology that allows their classes to speak directly with such people as an Oscar-winning Austrian film director.

Archbishop installation features Ferguson hymn
Ferguson
APRIL 16, 2009 — The hymn "Jesus Christ Is Risen Today," arranged by St. Olaf faculty member John Ferguson, was featured during the ceremony that installed Timothy M. Dolan as archbishop of New York.

Great Con announces recipients of Johnson Award
APRIL 14, 2009 — Great Conversation faculty members honored Elizabeth Kerstein '11 and Stina Attebery '11 with the Johnson Award, a scholarship bestowed annually upon the students who best exemplify the ideals of the Great Conversation.

Marino tackles business ethics in Boston Globe
APRIL 13, 2009 — "Americans have developed an almost fetishistic taste for expert opinion," writes St. Olaf Professor of Philosophy Gordon Marino in the Boston Globe. "We have of late come to bow before experts on just about everything: sex, grief, diversity, and, of course, the economy." But, he wonders, where are the business ethicists?

Star Tribune features family that's 'rollin' in Oles'
APRIL 13, 2009 — The Yangs -- Sandy '09, Betty '10, Nou '11 and Kong '12 -- have put St. Olaf in the "extraordinary" position of simultaneously educating four siblings from one family, notes the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Sandy Yang first connected with the college through its TRiO program, which continues to provide support services for the siblings.

David Oppegaard '02 talks about 'Suicide Collectors'
APRIL 9, 2009 — David Oppegaard will visit campus April 15 to discuss his debut novel, The Suicide Collectors, which has been named a finalist for a Bram Stoker Award. He shares his thoughts on the novel's success, his advice for aspiring writers, and one thing he thinks every St. Olaf student should do.

Zempel selected to attend NEH institute on American immigration
Zempel
APRIL 8, 2009 — St. Olaf Professor of Norwegian Solveig Zempel will spend four weeks this summer at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., attending a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute titled "American Immigration Revisited."

One college, four siblings
APRIL 7, 2009 — Sandy '09, Betty '10, Nou '11 and Kong '12 Yang were each drawn to St. Olaf College for different reasons, but together the four siblings have created a home away from home. "We see each other a lot," Sandy says. "I feel like we can never have enough family time."

Farrell contributes to New York Times editorial blog
APRIL 6, 2009 — New York Times editors asked St. Olaf Professor of History James Farrell for his take on their blog post, "101 Uses for a Deserted Mall."

Video News: Students score with intramurals
APRIL 6, 2009 — Intramural sports are an important part of student life at St. Olaf. And with such choices as inner-tube water polo, dodgeball, kickball and broomball being offered alongside the more traditional soccer, volleyball and softball, there's something for just about everyone.

Alumni to discuss global careers
APRIL 3, 2009 — A group of alumni with careers that have taken them around the world will visit campus Monday, April 6, for a panel discussion and informational sessions on international careers. The "Oles Gone Global" event will feature alumni with careers ranging from medicine to global diplomacy to environmental policy.

Sociological success
APRIL 2, 2009 — At the Midwest Sociological Society's annual meeting this weekend, 25 St. Olaf students will present research they performed with the help of statistics consultants from the Center for Interdisciplinary Research.

MPR interviews Rube Goldberg team leaders
APRIL 1, 2009 — St. Olaf was the only liberal arts college in the national Rube Goldberg Machine Contest and the only school without an engineering program, which "made their 1st place finish all the more stunning," Minnesota Public Radio host Tom Crann noted in an interview with team leaders.