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St. Olaf College ranks No. 1 in students who study abroad DECEMBER 29, 2006 — A leader in international education, St. Olaf College retains its position as the number-one baccalaureate institution in the United States in the number of students who studied abroad in 2004-05. British magazine profiles Anton Armstrong Armstrong DECEMBER 28, 2006 — London-based Choir & Organ magazine has profiled St. Olaf Choir Conductor Anton Armstrong '78 in its January/February 2007 issue. Alumna teaches service learning to Northfield students DECEMBER 28, 2006 — Sarah Swan McDonald '91, a social studies instructor at Northfield High School, is teaching her students how to help their community. Regent encourages faith-based values in business DECEMBER 20, 2006 — Bruce Nicholson '68, chairman, president and CEO of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and member of the St. Olaf Board of Regents, imparts some advice about incorporating faith-based values into daily business practices. Katrina-survivor alumnus returns home to rebuild DECEMBER 19, 2006 — Nearly 16 months after Hurricane Katrina devastated his home, city and family, Robert Green '77 has returned to his Tennessee Street property in New Orleans to rebuild. St. Olaf 'treehuggers' featured on KARE 11 Bakko DECEMBER 18, 2006 — St. Olaf Professor of Biology Gene Bakko, who also is curator of the college's extensive spread of natural lands, has rightfully gained a reputation as an educator -- to all ages -- about all elements of the natural environment. And for years he's been teaching St. Olaf students to help him spread the word about ecology. NBC affiliate KARE 11's Minnesota Bound program came to campus this fall to learn more... Business magazine cites St. Olaf for smart way to save money DECEMBER 17, 2006 — In a list of 101 "smart-revenue generators" and other money-saving ideas, University Business magazine cites St. Olaf for its efforts to offer phone services to neighboring Carleton College and the Northfield hospital. "St. Olaf College (Minn.) leaders found a way to cut out a utility bill, offer a service to the greater community, and earn some revenue at the same time," says the article in the December 2006 issue of the magazine. "Staff were already handling maintenance, wire pulling, and other phone system work. Starting their own phone company seemed like a logical next step." The magazine notes that St. Olaf saves upwards of $15,000 a month with the service, noting the college's ability "to sell dial-tone, long-distance, cable, and internet service throughout the area. It's the only local service providing a fiber optic network directly to businesses." Santurri's essay inspires exchange in religious journal Santurri DECEMBER 15, 2006 — Professor of Religion and Philosophy Edmund Santurri's essay "Global Justice After the Fall: Christian Realism and the 'Law of Peoples'" has inspired an ongoing conversation in The Journal of Religious Ethics. Undergraduate Scholars Program encourages future professors Berrio DECEMBER 12, 2006 — St. Olaf's Undergraduate Scholars Program, conceived by Dean of Community life and Diversity Eida Berrio, provides a unique opportunity for students of diversity to begin thinking about careers in teaching at loberal arts colleges. Alumnus featured in article on conversion and faith DECEMBER 12, 2006 — St. Olaf alumnus Stefan Plambeck '85 is featured in a recent article about faith and individuals who choose to convert as adults. New art exhibit opens in Flaten Art Museum DECEMBER 10, 2006 — "New Ways and Means" featuring paintings by Christine Conley, and photography and paintings by Michael Hopkins, will be on exibit in Flaten Art Museum in Dittmann Center through Dec. 10. Both artists use traditional media and materials in new ways. The museum hours are MTWF 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Th 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and weekends 2 to 5 p.m. The gallery will be closed over Thanksgiving break, Nov. 22 to Nov. 26. Senior dance majors to present their work DECEMBER 8, 2006 — Senior dance majors will show their work, both choreography and performance, in a concert titled "89 minutes," at 7:30 p.m. in Kelsey Theater. This senior project is required for a dance major in conjunction with the senior dance seminar. Additional dancers were chosen through an audition process earlier this year. The concert is free and open to the public. St. Olaf students to perform opera buffa DECEMBER 8, 2006 — Beautiful singing and comical carryings-on mark the Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart opera "La Finta Giardiniera," that will be performed by St. Olaf students. The opera will be given Friday through Monday at 7 p.m. in Christiansen Hall of Music, Urness Recital Hall. This production is presented as part of a 'new' and permanent three-production Lyric Theatre season by the Music Department. The 2006-07 season will also include the world-premiere of the jazz opera Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum by composer James McKeel in January and The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan in the spring. Symposium addresses various aspects of Wal-Mart Fure-Slocum DECEMBER 7, 2006 — Students from Assistant Professor of History Eric Fure-Slocum's History 297 course, "Wal-Mart America," will present their original research in a symposium Thursday, Dec. 7. Students present research on Wal-Mart's imprint in Minnesota DECEMBER 7, 2006 — Students from History 297 will present their original research on Wal-Mart America's imprint in Minnesota and the Cannon River Watershed at 6 p.m. in the Sun and Gold Ballrooms. Topics range from "Organic Food Production: Co-op or Big Box" to "The Local Impact of Minnesota's First Wal-Mart." The event is free and open to the public. New hymnal arrives at St. Olaf DECEMBER 6, 2006 — Evangelical Lutheran Worship, the first new hymnal of the ELCA in nearly 30 years, arrived at Boe Chapel this week. St. Olaf's congregation and faculty played a big part in bringing the hymnal into being. Jim Heynen to give reading DECEMBER 5, 2006 — Associate Professor of English and author Jim Heynen will give a reading at 7 p.m. in Rolvaag Library 525. Best known for his short-stories about "the boys," Heynen has published as a writer of poems, novels, nonfiction and short fiction. Minnesota astronaut George Pinky Nelson took a taped collection of the stories for bedtime listening on his last space mission. Heynen's most recent collection The Boys' House was named Editors' Choice for Best Books in 2001. The reading is free and open to the public. Gisselman helms Christmas Carol once again Gisselman DECEMBER 4, 2006 — The Guthrie Theater has opened its new doors since last December, and perennially popular A Christmas Carol, under the direction of St. Olaf Theater Artist in Residence Gary Gisselman, is ready to be performed in the new space. Award-winning author Lise Lunge-Larsen to give book signing DECEMBER 3, 2006 — The St. Olaf Bookstore offers a booksigning by the award winning author Lise Lunge-Larsen. Noah's Mitten's: The Story of Felt, is an inventive and humorous book about the miracles that take place around us, even with the most ordinary things such as water and wool. Lunge-Larsen is also the author of Hidden Folk, The Race of the Birkebeiners, The Legend of the Ladyslipper and The Troll with No Heart in His Body. Merry Tuba Christmas to be presented at St. Olaf DECEMBER 2, 2006 — The eighth annual Merry Tuba Christmas will delight listeners with their holiday tunes at 3 p.m. in Buntrock Commons. Registration is open to anyone who plays the tuba, sousaphone, euphonium or baritone. Please call 646-3186 for more information. Eric Dregni to give book signing at St. Olaf College DECEMBER 2, 2006 — Creative writer Eric Dregni will give a book signing featuring his latest book Weird Minnesota: Your Travel Guide to Minnesota's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets in the St. Olaf Bookstore from 6 to 7 p.m. Some of his other creations are Minnesota Marvels, Midwest Marvels, Zamboni and Follies of Science to name a few. Kristin Anderson '06 heads to UAE on Fulbright Anderson DECEMBER 1, 2006 — "I love the excitement. I love to try new things, to be in new places," Kristin Anderson '06 recently told a Gaithersburg paper. "I want to get a clear image of what Islam is like, separate from the violence and the killing that we often see." Anderson's scholarship brings St. Olaf's 2005-06 Fulbright total to six, and perhaps provides some inspiration to this year's hopefuls. Annual Christmas Fest to take place beginning Nov. 30 DECEMBER 1, 2006 — "For God So Loves the World" is the theme of the 2006 Christmas Festival, an annual tradition at St. Olaf College since 1912. One of the oldest musical celebrations of Christmas in the United States, the festival will run this year from Thursday, Nov. 30, through Sunday, Dec. 3. It will be broadcast on public radio and Twin Cities Public Television. Ticket request forms for college alumni, donors and friends will be available in the September issue of St. Olaf Magazine. St. Olaf Bookstore features booksigning DECEMBER 1, 2006 — Images of Minnesota, past and present, are featured in Minnesota Yesterday & Today. Photographer Layne Kennedy and Greg Breining will be on hand for a book signing in the St. Olaf Bookstore from 6 to 7 p.m. The historic images, vintage postcards, brochures and such, along with photographs by some of the state's best photographers, give a visual insight into how Minnesota has changed. Bookstore to host authors, photographers during Festival Heynen DECEMBER 1, 2006 — Minnesota author and St. Olaf faculty member Jim Heynen is one of a number of authors and photographers that the St. Olaf Bookstore will host for book signings during Christmas Festival weekend. < November 2006 January 2007 >

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