A Year of Reflection and Connection
To mark the 150th anniversary of St. Olaf College, Oles gathered for a wide range of events throughout the year. Take a peek at just some of the ways we celebrated the sesquicentennial in these photographs by Steven Garcia ’20, Samuel Gwin ’25, Evan Pak ’19, Callista Robertson ’26, Enrico Tamayo ’25, and Michael Turner ’24.
St. Olaf Professor of Theater William Sonnega delivers the Opening Convocation address on September 5, 2024.
Oles march in Northfield’s Defeat of Jesse James Days parade in September 2024.
A trio of DJs gets Oles grooving at Reunion Weekend 2024.
Class of 1989 Oles gather in Boe Memorial Chapel during Reunion Weekend in June 2024.
In April, the St. Olaf Music Festival: Honoring 150 Years featured concerts by the St. Olaf Choir, St. Olaf Orchestra, St. Olaf Band, and St. Olaf Jazz Band at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis.
Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies Charles Umbanhowar Jr. leads a tour of the St. Olaf Natural Lands during Homecoming and Family Weekend in October 2024.
A crowd cheers on the Ole football team at the 2024 Homecoming Game.
St. Olaf hosted the exhibit Why Treaties Matter: Self Government in the Dakota and Ojibwe Nations in November 2024.
Flaten Art Museum Director Jane Becker Nelson ’04 gives Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon a tour of the Practicing Democracy: 150 Years of St. Olaf Student Civic Engagement exhibit in October 2024.
More than 300 alumni and friends of the college joined St. Olaf faculty and staff members at the Lumber Exchange Event Center in downtown Minneapolis for a Sesquicentennial Celebration on February 21.