Student earns scholarship, celebrates success of summer camp in Nepal
October 1, 2009 - St. Olaf student Subhash Ghimire ’10 set out this summer to establish a camp in rural Nepal for children impacted by the country’s decade-long civil war, but he didn’t stop there. In addition to managing a 16-member team and 42 children during a successful six-week camp, he created a scholarship fund, established a library, and launched a foundation to support youth movements.

Retreat opens privilege topic
October 1, 2009 - Three years ago, with the help of the Center for Experiential Learning (CEL), students launched a retreat to address issues of inequality, how St. Olaf students are privileged compared to others and how individuals can transform their privilege into social justice.

Innovations spawned from internship
October 1, 2009 - This past summer was the inaugural one of a new program for St. Olaf students called the Johnson Social Innovation Summer Internship. The program gives students the opportuntiy to address social problems in the Twin Cities or Northfield.

Northfield civics excite
September 25, 2009
Many St. Olaf students love the various possibilities the community of Northfield offers. Last Thursday, students gathered in Viking Theater to hear about numerous opportunities to become active in the Northfield area.

Tee Ball
September, 2009 - issue of Mpls. St. Paul Magazine
“Traditional artists usually abhor transitioning to commercial art. But Saman Bemel Benrud, 22, is not a traditional artist. His medium is the T-shirt. "T-shirts are an art form," he says. "They're a way of expressing yourself to the world, so you have to get behind whatever is on your shirt."

Working with at-risk youth provides lessons about social change
September 18, 2009 - As an intern for the Leaders for Social Change program this summer, I partnered with an after-school program that provides free summer programming for youth at-risk for graduating from high school. Students are “at-risk” if they are part of the special education program, learned English as a second language and/or have low incomes.

Scholarship winner hopes 'Hip-Hop' will benefit local youth
April 24, 2009 - St. Olaf student Andrew Wilson '11 has been named a Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation Scholar for 2009-10 and 2010-11. Wilson was one of only six private college students selected this year to receive the $15,650 scholarship that he will use to launch a community outreach project titled "Hip-Hop Anonymous."

Alumni share global careers
April 17, 2009 - Each year the college sends 800 students abroad, and more than two-thirds of its students study abroad before graduating. St. Olaf also ranks as one of the top 20 small colleges and universities in the nation in the number of graduates who serve in the Peace Corps.

Center battles dismal job market via networking
April 10, 2009 - It’s no secret that in the faltering economy, it’s becoming tougher and tougher for students and graduates to find work and internships. However, St. Olaf proves to be dedicated to the cause of helping students find opportunities, primarily through the Center of Experiential Learning.

Civic-minded courses unite communities
March 20, 2009 - Beginning in September, students taking classes in a variety of departments faced a revamped curriculum, opening the doors to civic engagement and a newfound appreciation for Northfield.

Student earns grant to establish program in Nepal
March 20, 2009 - A grant from the Davis Projects for Peace initiative will enable St. Olaf student Subhash Ghimire '10 to return to the remote village in western Nepal where he was born to organize a six-week summer camp for children impacted by the country's caste system and decade-long civil war.

Deal or No Deal?
February 2, 2009 - Professionals are trading their know-how for the ingenuity (and, to a certain extent, free labor) of interns from Northfield’s two colleges. The results of those
partnerships have already led to such accomplishments as transforming discarded steel breadboxes into women’s breastplate armor. And there is promise that another trade could result in two new Web sites that would help boost the careers of local ceramic artists and rock stars.

Academic Civic Engagement program enables St. Olaf students to help local organizations, businesses
Winter 2009 - Last fall St. Olaf economics instructor Sian Muir split her marketing class students into eight teams of four students, matching each team with a local organization. The students then helped the organizations develop real, usable marketing plans. "They did the legwork that would have teaken us a year to do and did it in two-and-a-half months," says Hayes Scriven, executive director for the Northfield Historical Society.

Solveig Hagen, a biology major at St. Olaf College, has studied abroad three times. The secret to her success: “you need to make it your own, and make it right for you.” For one of Hagen’s experiences, this meant making a home for herself in Valparaíso, Chile. She stayed in one city, with one family, at one university for six months.

Software provides new way to prepare for job, grad school interviews
October 6, 2008 - St. Olaf students can now improve their interviewing skills without ever leaving the privacy of their dorm rooms by using InterviewStream, an interview preparation software program made available by the Center for Experiential Learning (CEL).

September 26, 2008 - Visiting professor Greg Dees adresses students interested in solving social problems with business ventures. Dees credits social innovation and social enterprise as the two main components of social entrepreneurship.