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Tag: St. Olaf College

Macalester, St. Olaf warned about misleading financial-aid language

Alex Friedrich February 6, 2014, 10:48 AM Feb 6, 2014
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This week, Macalester and St. Olaf colleges made U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings’ (D-Md) list of 111 colleges that were breaking federal financial-aid regulations. The schools on the list apparently weren’t being clear with students about financial-aid requirements. They led many applicants to believe it was necessary to complete an extra form and pay a fee Read more →

Carleton and St. Olaf profs moonlight as musicians

Alex Friedrich January 10, 2014, 2:43 PM Jan 10, 2014
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Remember when I wrote recently about how old Northfield rivals Carleton College and St. Olaf College would be teaming up for some projects soon? Looks like it’s already happening in the music scene.

Northfield signCarleton and St. Olaf will soon work together on college courses

Alex Friedrich December 26, 2013, 1:23 PM Dec 26, 2013
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Northfield sign

Northfield’s old rivals — St. Olaf College and Carleton College — are teaming up to save costs. A $1.4 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will have them jointly run some areas of their information technology, administration — even academic programming. St. Olaf President David Anderson said sharing some college operations would be Read more →

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The scariest reading ever of a children’s book. (Thanks, St. Olaf.)

Alex Friedrich October 31, 2013, 3:46 PM Oct 31, 2013
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The internet is creeping out over the reading that St. Olaf College‘s writer in residence, Benjamin Percy, has given to the classic children’s book, Goodnight Moon. You can listen to the audio on the website of Gray Wolf Press, which says: Bedtime stories are supposed to settle the mind and calm the nerves. Benjamin Percy’s Read more →

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A St. Olaf musical interlude

Alex Friedrich September 13, 2013, 1:03 PM Sep 13, 2013
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Yep. Just as I remembered.

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Why St. Olaf is the 23rd healthiest college in the U.S.

Alex Friedrich April 30, 2013, 12:25 PM Apr 30, 2013
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Another dining award for St. Olaf College — Its food has put the college on The 25 Healthiest Colleges in the U.S. list by Greatist.com, which also made USA Today. Although the ranking cited other colleges’ fitness facilities and initiatives, it was apparently the chow that earned Oles 23rd place: St. Olaf’s food service program Read more →

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What does St. Olaf's Goldberg win say about STEM ed?

Alex Friedrich April 2, 2012, 10:30 AM Apr 2, 2012
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I don’t usually post much on college competitions, because there are so many of them. But this (Lafayette, Ind.,) Journal & Courier piece on St. Olaf College winning the national Rube Goldberg Machine Contest intrigued me. (The contest is named after the engineer-cartoonist who became famous for his drawings of complex machines that do simple Read more →

Student Life

What Oles do when snow turns to rain

Alex Friedrich March 1, 2012, 11:35 AM Mar 1, 2012
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Looks like someone is taking the weird winter weather to heart. From St. Olaf College‘s Facebook site: So that ‘pretty snow’ earlier this week actually turned into rain. Quite a bit of it, in fact, leaving first-year students Michael Mayer, Brian Craig, and David Brendan Johnson no choice but to take the plunge.

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Why it's not easy to be green — at least with some things

Alex Friedrich January 13, 2012, 1:47 PM Jan 13, 2012
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Those Oles must love their college. I’m still getting e-mail about my visit to St. Olaf last month. My little piece on the chicken wrap at the Lion’s Cage also seems to have touched a minor environmental nerve, judging from feedback I’ve received. (After seeing so much environmental consciousness at the school, at the time Read more →

What St. Olaf College's Christmas card slideshow looks like

Alex Friedrich December 23, 2011, 9:03 AM Dec 23, 2011
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Another gem by the college. To view its holiday slideshow, click here or on the image above. Are any other colleges in Minnesota putting out slideshows or videos for the season?

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