Opera Creation with Prairie Creek Community School
The Northfield News covered the 2020 iteration of “Opera Creation: Civic Engagement” course led by Dale Kruse (Music). They partner with the Prairie Creek Community School students and teachers to create a brand new opera during January Term. This year the opera’s theme was, “Who is Prairie Creek?”
Researching Green German Practices
Seth Peabody, Visiting Assistant Professor in German, convened a session at the 2019 German Studies Association on “Sustainability and German Studies: From Ecocriticism to Community Engagement.” Here is his reflection paper on the course and its impact that was shared to participants.
Documenting Reception through the Rural Immigration Network
Rural Immigration Network by Kathy Tegtmeyer Pak – “RIN allows community builders to learn from others like themselves, creating an online network that stretches across geographic distances and highlights efforts to empower and support immigrant newcomers in rural areas.”
Political Research about Elections
“Experienced Legislator or Career Politician?” by Professors Christopher Chapp and Dan Hofrenning and students Aidan Zielske (’18) and Tyler Benning (’17) article was published in the 2017 book Conventional Wisdom, Parties, and Broken Barriers in the 2016 Election, edited by Jennifer C. Lucas, Christopher J Galdieri, and Tauna Starbuck Sisco. The article was informed by work completed in two of Christopher’s ACE courses from the Fall 2016.
Warming Up Way Park with Color
The Way Park Warming House – Art students in Michon Weeks’ course Projects in Public Art painted the warming house for a local ice rink. They also participated in a public event at the same park, the Pumpkin Festival, held on October 25, 2014. St. Olaf students hosted a pop-up gallery in the warming house where community members of all ages congregated to create and share art. Read more about the project in this Northfield News article.