Kenny Zimmerman '06 has experienced mentoring as a carefree seventh grader, an involved St. Olaf student, and a working adult. Now he is giving back by serving as St. Olaf's GEAR UP academic advisor and a role model for younger students.

Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants take on an important role on campus as they share a wealth of knowledge that includes political and social elements of their cultures. “Language and culture are inseparable,” says Chinese Assistant Yang Yang (right).

A $567,780 grant will bring St. Olaf an isotope ratio mass spectrometer — a powerful piece of equipment that will help bring student researchers and faculty members to the leading edge of environmental research.

St. Olaf Board of Regents Chair O. Jay Tomson '58 and his wife, Patricia McCarthy Tomson '59, have given $5 million for the renovation of St. Olaf's old science building. "This renovation will provide wonderful new academic space for the Education Department and foreign languages, including the World Languages Center," says Tomson.

St. Olaf College will award honorary degrees to Henry Oertelt, a Holocaust survivor and regular speaker on campus, and Roderic Camp, one of the most distinguished experts on Mexico in the United States, during a convocation ceremony Thursday, Oct. 15.

By the end of the camp that St. Olaf student Subhash Ghimire ’10 established in Nepal this summer, the children — most of whom had lost family members during that nation's civil war — were drawing pictures of birds instead of guns. “To me, that was the biggest achievement,” he says.

Matthew Rahaim has explored areas of study ranging from Indian classical music to medical anthropology, and now he'll share his cross-disciplinary knowledge with St. Olaf students as a visiting faculty member in both the music and Asian studies departments.

Kathryn Wylde '68, recently appointed to the New York Federal Reserve board, discusses her responsibilities, why it will take New York City longer to recover from the economic crisis than the rest of the country, and how St. Olaf prepared her for her career.

Assistant Professor of Biology Kevin Crisp recently received a $45,000 grant to study how dopamine affects the neurons in leech cells that trigger movement. He's hoping the research will help scientists better understand Parkinson's disease.

On Tuesday, Sept. 22, Professor of Theatre Karen Peterson Wilson ’77 will examine the opportunities theatre provides to raise important questions and discuss significant issues of how we live our lives in her Mellby Lecture, "Exit Pursued by Ethics."

Professor of Physics Bob Jacobel is one of 11 scientists who will take part in a five-year National Science Foundation-funded study of subglacial environments. The study will help determine how global warming is affecting Antarctic ice melt and sea-level changes.

Those eager to see St. Olaf College on the big screen can get a sneak peek with the trailer for Joel and Ethan Coen's new film, A Serious Man, that features several scenes shot on campus.

This year’s Constitution Day event at St. Olaf will be tied with the ongoing Abraham Lincoln bicentennial when Frank J. Williams, former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island, will present a public lecture on "Lincoln and the Constitution."

For the second consecutive year, St. Olaf College has been named among the Top 50 Best Liberal Arts Colleges by U.S. News. The 2010 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s "America's Best Colleges" ranks St. Olaf at 49 in their rating of the nation’s 266 liberal arts colleges.

St. Olaf Professor of Music Dan Dressen has long collected Nordic songs for St. Olaf’s music library, making a little-known repertoire available to singers. But with so many singers unfamiliar with the Norwegian language, Dressen has decided to create a Norwegian lyric diction guide.

When she took over as first-base coach for the Brockton Rox of Massachusetts this spring, Justine Siegal '98 became the first female coach in men's professional baseball. She discusses her love for the game, how players initially reacted to having a woman coach, and more.