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St. Olaf Magazine Editor
Carole Leigh Engblom
507-786-3271
magazine@stolaf.edu

Fire & Ice
With the rise of global temperatures and unprecedented ice melt in the earth’s polar regions, thousands of scientists from 60 nations — including St. Olaf College faculty, students, and alumnus Knut Christianson ’05 — embark on a coordinated campaign of research that marks a new era in polar science. By David Hawley

St. Olaf Magazine Art Director
Don Bratland '87
Holmes Design
507-645-9118
don@holmesdesign.net

The Road to the Rhodes
St. Olaf seniors Nicole Novak and Ishanaa Rambachan will soon join an elite group of Rhodes scholars at the University of Oxford.
By J. Trout Lowen

 
Groundwater Guardian

Susan Seacrest ’75 turned her concern over the quality of local groundwater into a national groundwater campaign to educate policymakers, farmers, businesses and students about water pollution. Her efforts have flowed well beyond her Great Plains home to all quarters of the nation.
By Kim Ode

 

In Search of Landscapes Lost
Six St. Olaf summer research students and three St. Olaf faculty members retrace the 1838 expedition of French explorer Joseph Nicollet and botanist Charles Geyer. While the landscape of 1838 cannot be brought back to life, the issue remains of what to do with the future.
By Charlie Whittlesey '77

 
St. Olaf Q & A

For the past 50 years, Wes Pearson ’54 has taught students to see small — and think big.
By Patricia Grotts Kelly ’77

 
POV

Where Peace and Love and Hope Abide
By Pastor Bruce Benson

 

ON THE HILL
What do positrons do? Ask Rossing Physics Scholar Dan Endean ’09.
Buntrock Commons exemplifies sustainable living.
Ole athletes wrap up a successful season.
St. Olaf receives NSF S-STEM and McNair grants.

THE FIRST WORD
By David R. Anderson ’74