The Institute for Freedom & Community is hosting "The Prospect for Peace: Palestinian and Israeli Public Opinion,” a conversation with Dahlia Scheindlin and Khalil Shikaki. The talk is part of the IFC's fall series, Democracy & Dialogue. Dr. Khalil Shikaki is a Professor of Political Science and director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and […]
Each month the Lutheran Center hosts a breakfast or lunch for staff and faculty featuring a St. Olaf staff or faculty member who responds to the question "What Nourishes You?" reflecting on the values, core commitments, relationships, faith, activism, and beyond that nourish and sustain us. There will be space for 10 people to join […]
Acclaimed Brazilian scholar, Lucas Lazzaretti, to present talk on Kierkegaard.
The Center for Innovation in the Liberal Arts (CILA) will host a keynote address by Professor of American History and Director of the Bright Institute at Knox College Cate Denial titled "A Pedagogy of Kindness: Teaching, Engaging, and Thriving in Higher Ed." All St. Olaf faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend the event […]
All St. Olaf staff are welcome to attend the November All-Staff Meeting on November 7 from 8:30-9:30 a.m in the Buntrock Ballrooms. Light breakfast items will be served.
Students, faculty, staff, and the community are invited to a Post-Election Living Room Conversation with Chris Chapp, Professor of Political Science and Morrison Family Director of the Institute for Freedom and Community, hosted by the Flaten Art Museum. This event is presented in conjunction with the Flaten Art Museum's exhibition "Practicing Democracy." Thursday, November […]
The St. Olaf community is welcome to attend a talk on Southern Minnesota as a Boarderland. Homesteading, war, and immigration all intersected in the southern plains of Minnesota in 1862. Just as immigrants flooded into Minnesota with the hopes of claiming up to 160 acres of land, the US-Dakota War broke out. This presentation will […]
All are welcome to attend, a conversation with Nina Katchadourian’s Monument to the Unelected, this hands-on event offers space to process thoughts, memories, and feelings about paths not chosen. Through reflection and sign-making, participants will consider large-scale political decisions as well as interpersonal ones. Hosted by students in Christina Spiker’s ART 282: Making Museums Matter. […]
Each month the Lutheran Center hosts a breakfast or lunch for staff and faculty featuring a St. Olaf staff or faculty member who responds to the question "What Nourishes You?" reflecting on the values, core commitments, relationships, faith, activism, and beyond that nourish and sustain us. There will be space for 12 people to join […]
All St. Olaf students are invited to attend the fall speaker event. The David and Karen Olson Family Studies Fall Speaker for 2024 will be Dr. Jill Fish. Dr. Jill Fish is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Macalester College. She is from the Tuscarora Nation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy of Western NY. Her teaching […]
All are invited to attend the event Housing For All: St. Olaf's Role in Local Living hosted by the Political Science department. In the context of rising housing costs, affordable housing has become a pressing issue for communities everywhere. Come listen to the students from Professor Thalhammer's Courageous Resistance course present research on local affordable […]
Students are welcome to attend Juliet Patterson’s ENVST 381 “Environmental Storytelling” Story Circle: The Environment and Our Democracy. Students will lead small group story circles in the Flaten Art Museum Living Room during the weeks following the election. Saturday, November 16, 2:30-4 p.m. Flaten Art Museum Living Room
Students are welcome to attend Juliet Patterson’s ENVST 381 “Environmental Storytelling” Story Circle: Climate Stories to Action. Students will lead small group story circles in the Flaten Art Museum Living Room during the weeks following the election. Thursday, November 21, 6:30-8 p.m. Flaten Art Museum Living Room
Students are welcome to attend Juliet Patterson’s ENVST 381 “Environmental Storytelling” Story Circle: Land Ownership and Stewardship in the United States. Students will lead small group story circles in the Flaten Art Museum Living Room during the weeks following the election. Sunday, November 24, 1-2:30 p.m. Flaten Art Museum Living Room