{"id":5447,"date":"2026-02-10T11:03:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/president\/?page_id=5447"},"modified":"2026-03-09T14:18:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T19:18:48","slug":"nasem","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/president\/nasem\/","title":{"rendered":"Envisioning a Bright Future for Rural Education in Minnesota"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection>\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__image_overlay panel panel-image_overlay site-section__bg--default\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"image-overlay\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--no-padding\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div role=\"img\" aria-label=\"The-National-Academies-Brand-Identity-Metaforce-cover\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/president\/files\/2026\/02\/The-National-Academies-Brand-Identity-Metaforce-cover.jpg');\" loading=\"lazy\"  class=\"site-section__bg-img site-section__bg-img--m-stack\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t@media all and ( min-width: 960px ) {\n\t\t\t#site-panel__image-overlay-69f2a38d4c8b3 {\n\t\t\t\theight: 500px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\n    \n\t<div id=\"site-panel__image-overlay-69f2a38d4c8b3\" class=\"site-panel__img-overlay-wrap site-panel__img-overlay--no-ribbon horz-center vert-middle\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__img-overlay-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content t-content--light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__desc\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-name=\"content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-autop\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-livetext\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5455\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/president\/nasem\/sto_national_academies-w2x\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/president\/files\/2026\/02\/sto_national_academies-w@2x.png\" data-orig-size=\"1031,157\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sto_national_academies w@2x\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/president\/files\/2026\/02\/sto_national_academies-w@2x-1024x156.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5455 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/president\/files\/2026\/02\/sto_national_academies-w@2x-1024x156.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"156\" \/><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--white\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none site-section__bg--white\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper \"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #211747; padding: 20px; border-radius: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<div class=\"gmail_default\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left; color: #ffffff; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><strong><b>Envisioning a Bright Future for Rural Education in Minnesota<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 500; color: #ffffff; font-size: 18px;\">At St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN<\/span><br \/>\n<\/b><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 720; padding: 5px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; border: 2px solid #f6c167; color: #f6c167; font-size: 18px; border-radius: 50px;\">March 13-14, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #211747; padding: 20px; border-radius: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<div class=\"gmail_default\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left; color: #595d9c; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><strong><b>Arrival Details<\/b><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left; color: #595d9c; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 500; color: #ffffff; font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Parking\/Arrival:<\/strong> Follow signs to Buntrock Commons. Visitor parking is located at the front of the Buntrock lot, closest to the building. If parking is full, you may park anywhere in the main lot, or any open space. <a href=\"https:\/\/map.stolaf.edu\/\">Campus map<\/a> for more detail.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left; color: #595d9c; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 500; color: #ffffff; font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Check-in<\/strong> opens at 3 p.m. in Buntrock Commons, Crossroads (ground level)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Calluna Sans'; font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Weather:<\/strong> March in Minnesota is known for its unpredictability. The weekend will be warm, before a quick snowfall starting mid-day Saturday. <\/span><a style=\"font-family: 'Calluna Sans'; font-size: 18px; background-color: #211747;\" href=\"https:\/\/weather.com\/weather\/tenday\/l\/965cbf7b2a54fc109e82aa7228466c0502f31003786e18cf8fc8b8810f9291a9\">Monitor for updates<\/a><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Calluna Sans'; font-size: 18px;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left; color: #595d9c; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 500; color: #ffffff; font-size: 18px;\">Talks are open to the public and walk-up registration is allowed.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #ffffff; border: 3px solid #211747; padding: 20px; border-radius: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<div class=\"gmail_default\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left; color: #211747; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><strong>Background<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 500; color: #211747; font-size: 18px;\">Working collaboratively with the National Academies, St. Olaf College will host a meeting March 13\u201314 to envision a bright future for rural education in Minnesota. The meeting will include speakers and panel discussions, as well as ample opportunities for attendees to network and reflect on the report and its recommendations as they relate to their own work. While all individuals with an interest in K-12 STEM education in rural areas are encouraged to attend, the primary audience includes those with responsibility for aspects of rural K-12 education both in and out of schools. We welcome state, district, and local administrators; museum, library, and extension services professionals; out-of-school program directors and educators; rural K-12 teachers; and professionals from rural community colleges and universities.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__imagetext panel panel-imagetext site-section__bg--light\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"imagetext\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--no-padding\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__no-gutters site-section__bg--gray site-panel__imgtxt-img-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<figure  class=\"c-image c-image--rect\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"STO_2018.10.17_Fall-Aerial-Photos_001 (3)\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/president\/files\/2023\/06\/STO_2018.10.17_Fall-Aerial-Photos_001-3-820x600.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1260px) 1260px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/president\/files\/2023\/06\/STO_2018.10.17_Fall-Aerial-Photos_001-3-520x300.jpg 520w, \nhttps:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/president\/files\/2023\/06\/STO_2018.10.17_Fall-Aerial-Photos_001-3-820x600.jpg 820w, \nhttps:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/president\/files\/2023\/06\/STO_2018.10.17_Fall-Aerial-Photos_001-3-1120x900.jpg 1120w\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col site-grid__col-safari-fix\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__imgtxt-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"c-text\">\n\n\t\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"c-text__desc t-content\" data-depth=\"0\" data-name=\"content\" data-autop=\"true\" data-livetext>\n\t\t\t<h3 style=\"color: #242121; margin-bottom: 25px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: bold; padding: 6px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; background-color: #211747; color: #ffffff; font-size: 25px; border-radius: 10px;\">Schedule of events<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The meeting will begin in the afternoon of Friday, March 13, with a keynote address focused on rural education, followed by networking and dinner. On Saturday, March 14, members of the reports authoring committee will provide information and facilitate reflection and conversation about how the reports recommendations can be implemented in a variety of rural settings. Attendees will leave with new colleagues from across Minnesota and ideas for improving rural STEM education and workforce development in their communities.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn--sm\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/president\/nasem\/schedule\/\">Schedule of Events<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--white\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none site-section__bg--white\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper \"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #ffffff; border: 3px solid #211747; padding: 20px; border-radius: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<div class=\"gmail_default\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left; color: #211747; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><strong>Travel Information<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: -10px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 500; color: #211747; font-size: 18px;\">Please find the link below for Fairfield by Marriott Inn &#038; Suites Northfield reservations. Reservation cutoff date is 3-10-2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; margin-bottom: -15px;\"><a class=\"btn btn--xs\" href=\"https:\/\/app.marriott.com\/reslink?id=1771261167402&#038;key=GRP&#038;app=resvlink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hotel Reservations<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; margin-bottom: -15px;\"><a class=\"btn btn--xs\" href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/B27LzpGQUuiHHbn26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Directions to Buntrock Commons<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #211747; padding: 20px; border-radius: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<div class=\"gmail_default\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left; color: #595d9c; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><strong><b>Questions?<\/b><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 500; color: #ffffff; font-size: 18px;\">If you have any questions, please contact:<br \/>\n<strong>St. Olaf College Events <\/strong><\/span><strong><b>\/\u00a0<\/b><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 500; color: #ffffff; font-size: 18px;\">events@stolaf.edu \/ 507-786-3031<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3511,"featured_media":5581,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page-full-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5447","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5447"}],"version-history":[{"count":60,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5620,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5447\/revisions\/5620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}