St. Olaf News

Classics students take top honors in national contest

Three St. Olaf College classics students won top honors in the national Maurine Dallas Watkins Translation Contests. Grace Koch '15 won the Intermediate Greek category ...

 

Benjamin earns NEH grant for research

St. Olaf College Assistant Professor of Religion Mara Benjamin has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to fund the research for her current pr ...

 

Student receives Rotary Global Grant Scholarship

St. Olaf College student Lara Palmquist '13 has received a Rotary Global Grant Scholarship that will enable her to pursue a graduate degree at Uppsala University in Swede ...

 

Ole Thrift Shop combines entrepreneurship, sustainability

Combining the spirit of entrepreneurship with efforts to increase campus sustainability, a group of St. Olaf College students is using a grant from the Piper Center for V ...

 

Course led by retired justice brings law to life

During one class period, students talked with Justice David Stras about his time clerking for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his current position on the ...

 

Six students win Fulbrights

Six St. Olaf College students have been named Fulbright fellows for 2013-14. Three of the students will use their Fulbright awards to conduct research on topics rangin ...

 

Psychology students earn award for research

Three St. Olaf College students recently received an award from the Council on Undergraduate Research for their study of perceptual learning of cochlear implant simula ...

 

Lillehaugen earns Dave Hauck Award

St. Olaf cross country and track athlete Tim Lillehaugen '13, a four-time All-MIAC honoree, was named the college's Dave Hauck Award winner Monday evening. The honor is ...

 

Percy releases second novel to critical acclaim

St. Olaf College Writer in Residence Benjamin Percy recently released his second novel, Red Moon, to widespread critical acclaim. In Red Moon's alternative vision of Ame ...

 

Emerita faculty member Mary Ellen Ross dies

St. Olaf College Associate Professor Emerita of Psychology Mary Ellen Ross, 66, died May 5 at Three Links Care Center in Northfield, Minnesota. Ross came to St. Olaf in ...