2019 Award Recipients
The Alumni Achievement Award
Karine Swensen Moe ’85
Provost and dean of the faculty at Macalester College.
Her leadership contributions at Macalester include restructuring its Institute for Global Citizenship to better integrate multiculturalism and inclusion into the institute’s programs. She has also led efforts to improve Macalester’s hiring of faculty of color, to develop an entrepreneurship program, and to build a new $32 million theater, dance, and classroom building.
The Board of Regents of St. Olaf College and the St. Olaf College Alumni Association, in recognition of outstanding achievements, bestow the St. Olaf Alumni Awards on those alumni whose accomplishments have brought honor to self and to the college; whose service and leadership have exemplified its ideals; and whose concern for St. Olaf has supported and strengthened its program.
The Alumni Awards serve several purposes
- To honor alumni who exemplify the fulfillment of the college mission
- To inspire students and alumni through alumni achievement and volunteer service
- To engage or re-engage alumni through the Alumni Awards process
- To exhibit and publicize the success of the college program as reflected by its alumni
- To encourage support of the college program from alumni and parents, through achievements of alumni that exemplify the strengths and benefits of St. Olaf’s liberal arts program
St. Olaf bestows the following awards
- Distinguished Alumni Award
- Alumni Achievement Award
- Outstanding Service Award
Award Details
Timeline
Nominations Due: January
Final Selection: May
Award Ceremony: Homecoming
Questions
Please email alum-office@stolaf.edu or call 888-865-6537.