St. Olaf Magazine
St. Olaf Magazine won seven "Excellence Awards" at the 12th annual Minnesota Magazine & Publications Association (2008), including Gold Awards for Overall Excellence, Overall Best Design, Best Feature Article and Best Use of Visuals/Photography; Silver Awards for Best Single Topic Issue and writing; and a Bronze Award for photography.  St. Olaf Magazine also received a Gold Award for Best Alumni/Institution Magazine in the 2008 Pride of CASE V Awards Program.


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

Spring 2009

The First Word
From President David R. Anderson '74

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

On the Hill

Ole Athletics

St. Olaf Honors Its Retiring Faculty Members
By Suzy Frisch, Linnae Stole '10, Carole Leigh Engblom

 

St. Olaf Q&A

A Love of Language
Assistant Professor of English Jennifer Kwon Dobbs is sharing her experience and love of writing with St. Olaf students.
By Anna Stevens '10

 

Game Changer

Thousands of hours spent building a machine that took 239 steps to change a light bulb paid off for a group of St. Olaf students when they won the national Rube Goldberg Machine Contest.
By Kari Vanderveen

 

A Classic

St. Olaf Provost and Classics Professor Jim May is a Renaissance man shaped by Ohio steel towns, Grecian seas, and the Minnesota prairie.
By Kim Ode

 

Business at Hand

St. Olaf College's Mayo Innovation Scholars are tackling real-world problems at the interface of science and business.
By Marla Hill Holt '88

 

The Advocate

Alison Feigh '00 has been tackling the problem of missing and exploited children for more than a decade.
By J.Trout Lowen

 

Mathematical Symmetry

Thanks to Professor Kay Smith, St. Olaf math students have become more aware of the art and symmetry that exists all over campus.
By Mara Kumagai Fink '11

 

Alumni News

Conducting Energy
A long-standing collaboration provides role models for you musicians.
By Amy Boxrud '89

 

Advancing the Mission

Don Nelson '50: Giving with Passon and Purpose.
By Suzy Frisch

 

Partner with St. Olaf

The 2009 Senior Campaign strives to reach its giving goal.
By Kirstin Fawcett '09

 

Cooking up Memories

A look at St. Olaf College's culinary history.
By Jeff Sauve