This year's Convocation marked not only the beginning of an academic year, but also the beginning of a new campus theme, "Liberal Arts in Times of War."
The new Science Center began its three-story ascent over the summer. By the end of October, the building will be shrouded in limestone to match most other academic buildings on campus.
St. Olaf's farm is busy with harvest season this time of year. STOGROW, The St. Olaf Garden Research and Organic Works, is the local organic farm on campus. The farm is completely student-run.
Basil's Pizza reopened Wednesday, Sept. 12, after being closed for nearly one week following the unexpected death of 32-year-old Ioannis "John" Pitsavas, owner and operator of the pizzeria.
A St. Olaf tradition for well over thirty years, Week One allows new students to register for classes, become familiar with the campus, and get to know each other before upperclassmen arrive at the beginning of the school year.
On the southeast side of campus eighty-four years ago stood Hoyme Chapel—, a red brick building that took the shape of a Latin cross. Hoyme Chapel faced Old Main and poised as a symbol for religious education after the United Church re-adopted St. Olaf College in 1899.
