The Tales that Began at St. Olaf
All through the final yr, we invited Oles to replicate on their St. Olaf experiences in honor of the faculty’s sesquicentennial. Alumni from a variety of sophistication years shared tales that vary from hilarious to poignant to inspiring. But all of them had one factor in frequent: the enduring impression {that a} St. Olaf schooling had on their life far past the Hill, from profession paths to relationships to an unwavering dedication to the frequent good.
Learn a few of these tales on the hyperlinks under. To take pleasure in extra Ole reflections, go to 150th.stolaf.edu.
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The 1946 soccer staff that gained the homecoming recreation versus Carleton. -
Dick Ensrud ’48 on campus within the fall of 1947 with Newell “Bud” Nelson ’49. -
John “The Tulsa Toe” Sibole ’49 kicks the soccer for St. Olaf in 1946. -
Dick Ensrud ’48 and Nathalie Peterson Ensrud ’49 on the steps of Rølvaag Memorial Library within the winter of 1948.
Fond reminiscences of a homecoming rivalry
Read the Reflection By Dick Ensrud ’48
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Viva Yang ’01 (backside, middle) at his commencement from his study-abroad program in Japan in 2000. -
Viva Yang ’01 in Osaka, Japan, throughout his study-abroad program. -
Viva Yang ’01 continues to be concerned with the St. Olaf neighborhood, serving because the inaugural chair of the faculty’s Hmong Alumni Community, which hosts occasions and works to attach Oles — each graduates and present college students — and construct neighborhood.
Connecting with my very own tradition via my faculty journey
Read the reflection by Viva Yang ’01
A profound connection to the previous in Thorson Corridor Room 125
Read the reflection by Sydney Mason Casey ’16
From research overseas to a Fulbright to a world profession
Read the reflection by Sara Padula ’11
The highly effective expertise of the inaugural girls’s cross nation staff
Read the reflection by Mären Schmidt DeLaitsch ’76
A path in analysis paved with mentorship from inspirational Oles
Read the reflection by Jonathan (Jon) Campbell ’00
The great thing about a life in concord
Read the reflection by Gail Hedblom Gallagher ’80
5 generations spanning 100 of St. Olaf’s 150 years
