St. Olaf News

Term in Asia reunites student with grandparents
WEDNESDAY, JUL 23, 2008 — Mai Der Lee '09 was glad to be accepted for St. Olaf's Term in Asia program, and excited about the possibility of being reunited with the Thai grandparents she hadn't seen since she was a small child. "It was all luck," says Lee of the circumstances in which the reunion took place. "My heart was beating so hard. I was so nervous."


St. Olaf conference to feature worship, Chinese Christian art
FRIDAY, JUL 18, 2008 — In addition to gathering nationally recognized musicians, artists, scholars and theologians, this year's Conference on Worship, Theology and the Arts will feature an exhibit by Chinese artist He Qi. The exhibit and worship services will be open to the public.


Leblanc
Leblanc
Leblanc authors poetry book
THURSDAY, JUL 17, 2008 — "I always go into a book with a question," St. Olaf faculty member Diane Leblanc recently told the Northfield News. "I start writing because I want to figure something out. But I would hope that in reading it, readers aren't just following my process of discovery ... "


Qian performs in China
THURSDAY, JUL 10, 2008 — Throughout June St. Olaf faculty member Jun Qian performed two Western clarinet concertos for Chinese audiences and taught a master class for young Chinese clarinetists.


Peters
Peters
Ted Peters named Martin E. Marty Professor of Religion and the Academy
TUESDAY, JUL 8, 2008 — Ted Peters, a renowned author and scholar whose work focuses on the dialogue between theology and science, has been named the Martin E. Marty Professor of Religion and the Academy at St. Olaf.


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Summer research in Wisconsin

St. Olaf Professor of Physics Robert Jacobel recently supervised students doing research on Wisconsin's Diamond Lake, including Carleton student Jonathan Aronson (l) and St. Olaf student Karl Lapo '11. The two are using a magnetometer -- a device that makes sensitive measurements of the earth's magnetic field for locating geologic features within the earth's crust. Jacobel, an experienced Antarctic researcher, calls the summer exercise "a combination 'getaway' and team-building experience." Photo by Robert Jacobel.

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