A recent Chronicle of Higher Education story, "To Develop Student Entrepreneurs, Colleges Incubate Their Ideas," highlights how entrepreneurship is growing within higher education. One of the student entrepreneurs included in the article is Justin Volling '12, who currently is developing an e-commerce business.

The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference has named Molly Erickson '13 its player of the year for women's golf, and Luke Benoit has been named the league's coach of the year. 

Associate Professor of Music Christopher Atzinger recently received a $25,000 McKnight Fellowship for Performing Artists that will support two new recordings as well as tours in the U.S. and abroad.

Psychology student Caroline Groth '12 took top honors for a research poster she recently presented at the Minnesota Academy of Science's Winchell Undergraduate Research Symposium. She also presented her research at the highly selective Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference earlier this year.

This summer Josie Boyle '12 will travel to Russia and Esme Marie '14 to Tunisia as part of the U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship Program, which sends American students to intensive language institutes around the globe.

Vanessa Kleckner '12 is the recipient of the Elite 89 award for the 2012 NCAA Division III Women's Golf Championships. Kleckner, a double major in biology and mathematics with a concentration in biomedical studies, currently carries a 3.98 GPA. 

The St. Paul Pioneer Press begins its profile of St. Olaf faculty member Gordon Marino with two "surprising" facts: 1) the Wall Street Journal has a boxing writer and 2) he's a philosophy professor at St. Olaf. "The life of Gordon Marino has a lot of twists like that," writes Richard Chin.

The BACCHUS Network recently recognized St. Olaf Wellness Center peer educator Anna Johanson '12 and coordinator Emily Virtue for their work in educating students about healthy lifestyles.

Kateri Salk '12 recently received a three-year Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation, a prestigious award that she will use to continue her work in aquatic environmental studies.

Daniel Lohmann '12 was among a select group of American students awarded a scholarship from the Korea Foundation and the Council on International Educational Exchange to travel to South Korea for a short-term cultural exchange.

Ben Golden '12, Libby Porter '13, and Ben Olsen '13 showcased their theater design work at the regional United States Institute for Theatre Technology conference and earned scholarships to attend the national conference, while Ryan Evans '12 was one of three undergraduate students invited to showcase their work at the Mid-America Theatre Conference.

St. Olaf President David R. Anderson '74 has announced that Matthew Marohl has been called to serve as college pastor. Anderson says Marohl is a "gifted preacher, an inquiring intellect who welcomes the diversity of religious expression, and an experienced spiritual guide."

St. Olaf students are already making plans to return to Honduras next year following the success of the first Ole Global Medical Brigade, which provided health care to nearly 400 people in one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere.

Benjamin Keisling '13 and Sarah Ludwig '13 each earned a prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship for the 2012–13 academic year. They are among the 31 St. Olaf students who have been awarded the scholarship since 1995.

After internships with both NASA and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute, Bjorn Mellem '12 is more excited about the future of human space exploration than ever before — and he shared his vision for that future during this weekend's STO Talks.

St. Olaf Professor of Mathematics Paul Zorn, who also serves as president of the Mathematical Association of America, recently traveled to Kuwait and Bahrain to meet with students and faculty interested in how mathematics is taught at colleges in the United States.

This weekend 15 members of the St. Olaf community will deliver short, inspirational speeches about everything from modern dance to biomolecular science as part of STO Talks, a one-day conference inspired by the popular TED Talks.