Welcome to the home page of the
Office of the Provost and Dean of the College
The Provost and Dean of the College facilitates and oversees the academic program and those who, with their diverse skills and expertise, support teaching and learning at St. Olaf College. The St. Olaf faculty is organized into five Faculties: Fine Arts, Humanities, Interdisciplinary and General Studies, Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and Social Sciences.
This website provides information, forms, and useful links for faculty members, department chairs and program directors, and other academic professionals. This site also provides links to information pertaining to the major faculty governance bodies, including the Faculty Meeting; the Curriculum, Faculty Governance, Faculty Life, and Tenure and Promotion Committees; and the Academic Leadership group. AAAs can find useful information and forms here.
The office of the Provost and Dean of the College is supported by the following people:
Kathee Hanscom: Executive Assistant to the Provost, hanscom@stolaf.edu
Phyllis Larson: Assistant Provost, Associate Dean for Interdisciplinary & General Studies,
larsonph@stolaf.edu
Marci Sortor: Provost & Dean of the College, sortor@stolaf.edu
Suzan Wegner: Budget Analyst, wegners@stolaf.edu
Samantha Zempel: Faculty Data Coordinator, zempels@stolaf.edu
Dean’s Council:
Mary Cisar, Registrar & Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs
Mary Griep, Associate Dean of Fine Arts
Dana Gross, Associate Dean of Interdisciplinary & General Studies
Dan Hofrenning, Associate Dean of Social Sciences
Matt Richey, Associate Dean for the Faculty of Natural Science & Mathematics
Corliss Swain, Associate Dean for Humanities

Strategic Plan: Strategy 1
Academic Innovation Fund & Mutual Interest Lunches
Deadlines: Oct. 15 & March 15
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2012-13
Academic Year Theme
“Innovation in the Liberal Arts”
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Spring Mellby Lecture
Dan Dressen, Associate Dean for Fine Arts
"Tone, Text and Musico-poetic Synthesis"
April 2, 2013
7:30 p.m.
Urness Recital Hall
Reception to follow in CHM105
Reception Room
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Honors Day
Friday, May 3, 2013
10:10 a.m. Boe Chapel
Guest Speaker: Howard Thorsheim, Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience
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2012/13 Boldt Chair
John Barbour
2013 Martin Marty Chair
Darrell Jodock

