The St. Olaf community and public are welcome to attend the fourth annual Grose LGBTQIA+ Lecture, hosted by the Taylor Center for Equity and Inclusion. Featuring a multi-religious panel, this series strives to highlight the religious diversity present in the lives of LGBTQIA+ people on campus and in the world, building on St. Olaf's "rooted […]
The Institute for Freedom and Community welcomes Matt Nelsen, an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami and a 2012 graduate of St. Olaf College. His work is focused on building a thriving multi-racial democracy in the United States. Nelson recently published The Color of Civics: Civic Education for a Multi-Racial Democracy […]
The St. Olaf Office of Admissions will be hosting the 3 College Counselor Tour alongside Carleton and Macalester College. Admissions will have morning programming available for Counselor Participants in Viking Theater, with a lunch to follow in Valhalla on Monday, October 6.
Saikrishana Prakash is the James Monroe Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia Law School and is author of The Living Presidency: An Originalist Argument Against Its Ever-Expanding Powers. Prakash will use this lens to reflect on the state of the American presidency and the separation of powers. This discussion is hosted by […]
The St. Olaf community is welcome to attend a screening of Moana (2016), an animated film directed by John Musker and Ron Clements, in celebration of AANHPI Heritage Month. This event is hosted by the Asian Conversations program. The film follows Moana, a brave and determined teenager who sets sail on a bold journey to […]
The Institute for Freedom & Community and The Lutheran Center are co-hosting “Learning to Disagree: A Conversation with John Inazu.” The talk is part of the IFC’s spring series, Democracy and Dialogue. It will be streamed and available for on-demand viewing online. John Inazu’s scholarship focuses on the First Amendment freedoms of speech, assembly, and religion, […]
Hsiang-Lin Shih, Associate Professor of Asian Studies, will present Fathers and Children: The Cao Family and the Early Medieval Chinese Court Poetry. "The parent–child relationship prescribed in the Analects of Confucius is so unique, and the grief for parents is so distinct from any other kind, that one who upholds the tradition may say, as […]
Welcome to the 2025 Ole Cup! Launched in 2014, the Ole Cup is an annual student entrepreneurial pitch competition open to all St. Olaf students. The Ole Cup helped launch successful businesses like JonnyPops, Teranga Strings, and the Ole Thrift Shop. The winner of the Ole Cup is awarded a $10,000 prize to help launch their […]
The 8th Annual James M. May Endowed Lecture in Classics will be delivered by Dr. Jon Solomon, Robert T. Novak Chair and Professor of Classics, Medieval Studies, and Media and Cinema Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. in Viking Theater. The lecture is free and open […]
The Institute for Freedom & Community is hosting “The Challenge of Police Reform,” a conversation with Michelle S. Phelps and Jake Monaghan. The talk is part of the IFC’s spring series, Democracy and Dialogue. It will be streamed and available for on-demand viewing online. Michelle S. Phelps is associate professor of sociology at the University of […]