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SUMMARY:The Iowa Vital Voices Project: Promoting Latino civic engagement\, political voice\, and community health
DESCRIPTION:The Iowa Vital Voices Project (IVVP) uplifts Latino voices and collects actionable data to advance civic engagement and health in Iowa. It is a partnership between the League of United Latin American Citizens of Iowa (LULAC—the nation’s oldest and largest Hispanic civil rights organization)\, and the University of Iowa and co-led by 3 principal investigators: Julianna Pacheco (University of Iowa\, Department of Political Science)\, Nicole Novak (University of Iowa\, Department of Community and Behavioral Health)\, and Nicholas Salazar (League of United Latin American Citizens of Iowa\, LULAC).\n\nOur project is heavily guided by a Community Advisory Board (CAB) of 8 LULAC leaders from 7 councils throughout the state of Iowa. LULAC leaders are intimately familiar with the landscape for civic engagement and voting rights in their specific communities and support their Latina/o and immigrant neighbors in becoming civically and politically engaged.\n\nOur research is focused on solutions to\, and remedies for\, policies that negatively impact community health for Latinos living in Iowa. We seek to better understand how political power (or lack thereof) contributes to health equity. We center voices from the Latinx community who are most affected by a lack of political representation. We envision an Iowa where all residents feel motivated and empowered to improve their communities\, to run for office\, and to be civically engaged\, regardless of race\, language\, or place of birth.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Panelists:\n\nNick Salazar currently serves as the president of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Council 371 in Muscatine\, Iowa. He is also the president of the board of the Diversity Service Center of Iowa\, an immigrant legal services organization in Muscatine. In addition to his community leadership\, Salazar works in Muscatine as a Supply Chain Manager at Kraft Heinz\, the same company his family members worked for when they moved to Iowa from Texas in the 1960s. Salazar’s nominators (for the award as an Iowa Public Health Hero\, an award that he received in 2025) wrote that he emerged as a public health leader during the COVID-19 pandemic\, when he and other LULAC leaders were some of the first Iowans to sound the alarm about risk to meatpacking workers who were classed as essential workers and continued working in close quarters with limited protections\, especially in the early days of the pandemic. Salazar and other LULAC leaders advocated for safer working conditions\, access to testing and vaccination\, and expanded access to pandemic relief resources. More recently\, he has worked with University of Iowa faculty members Nicole Novak and Julianna Pacheco on the Iowa Vital Voices Project\, a participatory action research project focused on civic engagement and political voice as a root determinant of health for Latinos in Iowa.\n\nNicole Novak is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Community and Behavioral Health at the University of Iowa College of Public Health. She holds a PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Michigan and a Master of Science degree in Medical Anthropology and Global Health Science from the University of Oxford\, where she studied as a Rhodes Scholar. She graduated from St. Olaf College with majors in Spanish\, Hispanic Studies and Environmental Studies. Novak has worked with numerous community organizations\, including the League of United Latin American Citizens of Iowa\, the Center for Worker Justice of Eastern Iowa\, the Prairielands Freedom Fund\, and California Latinas for Reproductive Justice\, to conduct research and public engagement related to community health\, immigration enforcement\, civil rights and reproductive justice.\n\nModerator: Professor Emily Carroll\, Department of Nursing and HealthFinders Collaborative
URL:https://wp.stolaf.edu/calendar/event/the-iowa-vital-voices-project-promoting-latino-civic-engagement-political-voice-and-community-health/
LOCATION:Tomson 280
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260313T160000
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SUMMARY:Envisioning a Bright Future for Rural Education in Minnesota - Opening Keynote
DESCRIPTION:Anthony Pipa\, Senior Fellow at the Center for Sustainable Development at Brookings\, will discuss prevailing rural narratives and myths at the National Academies of Science\, Engineering\, and Medicine conference. Highlighting assets of rural communities and educational institutions\, Pipa will provide context for changes to policies that affect rural areas. Nathan Grawe\, Professor of Economics at Carleton College\, will present research on changing demographics in the United States and their relation to higher education. Following opening presentations\, the speakers will have a moderated discussion with Eric Jolly\, former president of the Science Museum of Minnesota and recently retired from the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation. The session will end with audience questions. \n 
URL:https://wp.stolaf.edu/calendar/event/envisioning-a-bright-future-for-rural-education-in-minnesota-opening-keynote/
CATEGORIES:Academic Year
ORGANIZER;CN="college events":MAILTO:events@stolaf.edu
LOCATION:Tomson 280
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260219T113000
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SUMMARY:Post-Board Town Hall
DESCRIPTION:St. Olaf faculty and staff are welcome to join the Post-Board Town Hall\, an opportunity to review developments discussed at the most recent Board Meeting. The Post-Board Town Hall will be held in Tomson Hall 280 on February 19 from 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
URL:https://wp.stolaf.edu/calendar/event/post-board-town-hall-2/
CATEGORIES:Meetings/Workshops
LOCATION:Tomson 280
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SUMMARY:“The Great Abdication: How American Democracy Died” Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Steven Levitsky is the David Rockerfeller Professor of Latin American Studies and Professor of Government and Director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard and author of How Democracies Die and Tyranny of the Minority. Levitsky’s work draws on evidence from democracies around the world to evaluate the state of American Democracy.
URL:https://wp.stolaf.edu/calendar/event/the-great-abdication-how-american-democracy-died-lecture/
CATEGORIES:Speakers/Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="College Events":MAILTO:events@stolaf.edu
LOCATION:Tomson 280
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251023T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251023T173000
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SUMMARY:The Norwegian Department’s 125th Anniversary Celebration: The Norwegian Discovery of America and the Creation of a Norway in America
DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to attend a lecture by Henrik Olav Mathiesen\, which addresses two key questions about Norwegians in America: why they came\, and how they balanced their unique culture with their developing American identity. By examining pre-emigration Norwegian society and how immigrants sought to belong as Norwegians in America\, Mathiesen will reveal how immigrants forged a new American identity through their unique cultural traditions. \nThe first 125 students will also receive a commemorative gift! \nMathiesen has spent years uncovering emigrant letters printed in the homeland press. He has also researched aspects of Norwegian American identity and belonging. In 2025\, he worked with the national Library of Norway to design the exhibition “Gone West: Dreaming of a Better Life in America.”
URL:https://wp.stolaf.edu/calendar/event/lecture-the-norwegian-discovery-of-america-and-the-creation-of-a-norway-in-america/
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LOCATION:Tomson 280
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SUMMARY:Post-Board Town Hall
DESCRIPTION:St. Olaf faculty and staff are welcome to join the Post-Board Town Hall\, an opportunity to review developments discussed at the most recent Board Meeting. The Post-Board Town Hall will be held in Tomson Hall 280 on October 23 from 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
URL:https://wp.stolaf.edu/calendar/event/post-board-town-hall/
CATEGORIES:Academic Year
ORGANIZER;CN="College Events":MAILTO:events@stolaf.edu
LOCATION:Tomson 280
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251008T160000
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SUMMARY:Lecture: Civic Engagement as a Liberal Art
DESCRIPTION:Richard Guarasci\, president emeritus of Wagner College\, and Grant Cornwell\, president emeritus of Rollins College\, will explore in conversation how higher education in general and colleges in specific are anchor institutions in American democracy.  Civic engagement is both an educational imperative and an ethical imperative\, where colleges need to be engaged with the communities that sustain them and that they\, in turn\, sustain. The St. Olaf community at large is invited to attend\, and stay for a reception to follow. 
URL:https://wp.stolaf.edu/calendar/event/civic-engagement-as-a-liberal-art/
CATEGORIES:Academic Year,Special Events/Celebrations
ORGANIZER;CN="college events":MAILTO:events@stolaf.edu
LOCATION:Tomson 280
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SUMMARY:Lecture: Building Rural Minnesota’s Future and the Role of STEM Education
DESCRIPTION:Faculty\, staff\, students\, and community members are invited to a talk with Eric Jolly where he will discuss how STEM shows up in rural areas broadly\, and how it has been a force for Minnesota’s rural communities in particular—bringing in both data and stories. He will then provide a high-level overview of the 2025 National Academies of Sciences\, Engineering\, and Medicine report on K-12 STEM Education and Workforce Development in Rural Areas.
URL:https://wp.stolaf.edu/calendar/event/lecture-building-rural-minnesotas-future-and-the-role-of-stem-education/
CATEGORIES:Academic Year
LOCATION:Tomson 280
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250922T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250922T203000
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SUMMARY:Fall Recruiting Showcase 2025
DESCRIPTION:All students are welcome to attend the Fall Recruiting Showcase hosted by the Piper Center. This is an event designed to help you learn about and make connections with key employers in a casual\, low-stakes environment.
URL:https://wp.stolaf.edu/calendar/event/fall-recruiting-showcase-2025/
CATEGORIES:Vocation and Career
ORGANIZER;CN="Piper Center":MAILTO:piper.center@stolaf.edu
LOCATION:Tomson 280
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250506T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250506T123000
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CREATED:20240821T022039Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250424T181732Z
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SUMMARY:Post-Board Town Hall
DESCRIPTION:St. Olaf Faculty and staff are welcome to join the Post-Board Town Hall\, where current conversations that happened at the most recent Board Meeting will be presented. The Post-Board Town Hall will be held in Tomson Hall 280 on May 6 from 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
URL:https://wp.stolaf.edu/calendar/event/post-board-town-hall-5/
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