Saint Olaf College News

Written by MIKE LONGAECKER, Sometimes, stories just fade away. That bothers Whitney White especially when it happens at the Prairie Island Indian Community.

Doug Beussman's plan to get students interested in forensics worked so well that the St.

What does a trumpet player with a bachelor of arts degree in both music performance and composition, a self-created jazz combo, piano skills and orchestral experience do after college? That's no trick question for one college graduate: He travels to Malaysia.

Senator Al Franken was greeted by Eveleth residents during their Fourth of July parade.

Wha t: About 250 high school students will attend the All-State Choir Camp hosted by the University of North Texas College of Music.

When Tristan Cox needed a little help producing a marketing strategy for his local business, Snap Fitness, he turned to Jason Roys.

Trumpeter Jacob Dalager, son of Karl and Holly Dalager, will be performing a benefit recital at St.

WISCONSIN RAPIDS -- The works of central Wisconsin historian Malcolm Rosholt, out of print for more than a decade, have been digitized and are now available through McMillan Memorial Library's Web site at www.mcmillanlibrary.org/rosholt. Rosholt spent decades researching Wisconsin history, and his works are an important resource for students, ...

Chalk up another national ranking for Gustavus Adolphus College. In a study recently released by the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Gustavus earned a top-10 ranking for its graduation rate among institutions with similar levels of admissions selectivity.

They are part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's "Worship at the Center 2009" events said Scott Weidler, associate director for worship and music, ELCA Worship and Liturgical Services.

For many Twin Citians, summer in the Minneapolis area wouldn't be complete without going to a concert at Lake Harriet.

Call it subtraction by addition. St. Olaf College's new science building, the nearly 200,000 square-foot Regents Hall which opened in September 2008, helped the school win recognition for its energy efficiency, said Pete Sandberg, assistant vice president for facilities.

Submitted by David Gonnerman on Mon, 06/22/2009 - 9:43am. Business Xcel Energy has named St.

Olaf College. Construction will begin this summer and the hall will be ready for occupancy in the fall of 1910.

Jon V. Anderson was elected June 12 to a second term as bishop of the Southwestern Minnesota Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America .

Sightings of an aggressive coyote and her attack of a 12-week-old puppy forced St.

Elaine Ruth Nelson, age 89, of Northfield, died Sunday, June 14, 2009, in Northfield, surrounded by the love of her family, friends and caregivers.

Josh Hinnenkamp, the Northfield Union of Youth's executive director, plans to leave Northfield early this fall.

Anne D. Trebil of Albert Lea was awarded her bachelor of arts degree in arts management, magna cum laude, during 2009 spring commencement ceremonies at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.

Olaf College commencement occurred Tuesday, June 8, with BS degrees given to the 22 students who had taken the scientific course and BA degrees to the 16 who had taken the classical course.