Protecting
Her Culture
JUNE
16, 2009 — For her senior project, Whitney White
'09 made a video collection of interviews with tribal
elders of the Prairie Island Indian Community. "I'm helping
to preserve our identity as a people," she says. More»
MPR
story profiles St. Olaf TRiO student
MAY 15, 2009 — "Less than half of students of color
graduate from high school on time," reports St. Olaf
student Mara Kumagai Fink '11 in a recent Minnesota Public
Radio story. "Of those who go on to a Minnesota college,
the gap in graduate rates between whites and minorities is
15 percent." Fink
notes that the federal TRiO program is working to improve
these statistics as she profiles fellow student Tenzin
Choerap '10 and his journey from India to St. Olaf.
More
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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. More
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March
25, 2009 —Ian Peppel '12 attended Policy
Seminar in Washingon, DC and is pictured here with Congressman
Jim Oberstar (Minnesota's 8th Congressional District). Policy
Seminar enables participants to represent the interests of low-income,
first-generation, and disabled students in the policy arena.
Nesting
Ground
Building on the success of St.
Olaf College's TRiO Programs, students interested in
biology, mathematics and chemistry get an extra boost from the
National Science Foundation STEM Initiative. Read
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