Colleges
The 2010 season wrapped up for the Carleton College synchronized swimming team this weekend at the U.S. Collegiate Championships. The Knights tied for 16th out of 21 teams, ranking ahead of squads from institutions such as Boston University, Colorado State University, and Penn State University.
Sophomore Simone Childs-Walker earned All-America honors for the second consecutive year with her third-place finish in the 5,000-meter run at the 2010 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships. Her performance came one day after teammate Clare Franco placed 16th in the 400 meter dash at the meet hosted by DePauw University.
GREEN CASTLE, Ind. - St. Olaf senior pole vaulter Amie Fillmore was ninth at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday afternoon.
GREEN CASTLE, Ind. - St. Olaf senior John Schantzen won shot put with a school record 17.37-meter effort at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday afternoon.
A compelling photographic exhibit at The Hideaway Coffeehouse & Wine Bar in downtown Northfield features the work of Carleton College sophomore Anushka Patel (India). Entitled "New Perspectives, New Possibilities," the exhibit is the culmination of a collaboration between the Northfield-based non-profit Children's Culture Connection and ASHA, a community health and development society dedicated to improving the lives of the urban poor of Delhi, India. On Thursday, March 18 from 6 to 8 pm, The Hideaway will host a special reception for Patel and others involved in the project. This event is free and open to the public.
Who knew that dispensing hand sanitizer could take 17 steps? This year’s Rube Goldberg team — hoping to repeat last year's victory — has created a machine that uses chemistry, physics, geometry, music, and computer programming to complete the task.
As seniors prepare to enter a tough job market, St. Olaf is launching a networking program that will connect students with St. Olaf alumni and parents. Kirsten Cahoon '98, senior associate director of career connections, hopes the program will "create lasting and sustained relationships."
Carleton alumnus Flavian Brown ’09 has been selected to receive the 2010 Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). Each of the five Gilliam fellows receives $44,000 in graduate school support annually for up to five years to help move the fellow toward a career in science research and teaching. Gilliam Fellows are described by HHMI past-president Thomas Cech as “exceptional young people with enormous potential and a burning desire to do biomedical research.” HHMI chooses the Fellows, according to Peter J. Bruns, HHMI vice president for grants and special programs, “not only for their potential as scientists but also for their potential as leaders who are concerned about diversity.”
ROSEMOUNT, Minn. - UW-Stout swept the St. Olaf College softball team 12-4 and 7-4 at the Irish Sports Dome on Thursday afternoon.
The Carleton College women’s golf team remains ranked 19th in the latest National Golf Coaches Association(NGCA)/Golf World Division III coaches poll. The Knights, who ended the fall season ranked 20th, were also 19th in the first poll of the spring season. They'll open the season a week from Friday at the seventh annual Jekyll Island Collegiate in Jekyll Island, Ga., against a field that features eight other nationally-ranked squads.
The Knights picked up their first win of the season while splitting a doubleheader against Luther College. The Norse took the first game 13-3, but the Knights fought back in the second game to prevail 3-2.
Carleton’s Information Technology Services (ITS) department is sponsoring a personal and home electronics equipment recycling day on Saturday, March 20 from 9 a.m. – 12 noon. The event’s partner, Material Processing Corporation (MPC), allows local residents to recycle personal and/or home computing equipment for a small fee. MPC will have a large truck available for local residents to drop their items in the parking lot south of Laird Stadium, which sits adjacent to Highway 19.
For the third time over the past four years, a team of St. Olaf math students — Nathan Clement ’10, Mathew Deram '11, and Vladimir Sotirov '12 — has come out on top at the annual Konhauser Problemfest.
Associate Professor of Psychology Shelly Dickinson and Brandon Fritz '10 are researching how alcohol affects the brain — specifically what the correlation might be between early consumption and addiction.
For the second straight year, Simone Childs-Walker and Clare Franco qualified for the NCAA Division III Indoor National Championships to be held on March 12th and 13th at the James A. Hollensteiner Track at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - First year Anders Dzurak threw five scoreless innings in a 4-0 St. Olaf win in the second game of a non-conference baseball doubleheader split with UW-Stevens Point on Tuesday night at Mall of America Field. UW-Stevens Point won the first game 13-5.
Three members of the Carleton College swimming and diving teams have qualified for the 2010 NCAA Division III Championships to be held March 17-20 at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center in Minneapolis. From the women’s team, junior Kale Zicafoose and first-year Sophie Pilhofer will compete, while junior diver Eric Brenner will represent the men’s team.
SUNDAY RIVER, Maine - The St. Olaf men's alpine ski team finished eighth at the United States Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association Championships and combined with the Oles' nordic teams to win the associations President's Cup.
SUNDAY RIVER, Maine - The St. Olaf women's alpine ski team was ninth at the United States Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association Championships while teaming up with the men's team and nordic teams to win the association's President's Cup.
St. Olaf College will award honorary degrees to Marjorie Jobson, a South African human rights activist, and Joe Dowling, longtime artistic director of the Guthrie Theater, during a convocation ceremony Thursday. In addition, Jobson will present a lecture later that day about post-apartheid South Africa.
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