Campus news
April, 2011
- St. Olaf College senior Rebecca Carlson didn't like maple syrup when she was growing up. But once she learned about the labor-intensive process used to make it, she just had to start tapping the college's maple trees.
- Carleton College seniors Matthew Fink, Adam Karas and Kai Knutson have earned three of the 40 fellowships from the Watson Foundation. Carleton was one of only three institutions nationwide to have three or more winners. Each fellow will receive $25,000 for 12 months of travel and exploration.
- The St Martin-in-the-Fields Church choir, London, will join College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University choral ensembles in concert on April 29, the same day as the Royal Wedding in London. St Martin-in-the-Fields is the royal parish church and their appearance at Saint John's is the first stop on their first-ever U.S. tour.
- Gustavus Adolphus College junior chemistry major, Steve Groskreutz of Faribault, Minn., is a 2011 recipient of a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. Groskreutz has been published in the Journal of Chromotography, and this summer he will be working in the laboratory of Professor Stephen Weber at the University of Pittsburgh.
- St. Catherine University is giving returned Peace Corps volunteers opportunities to utilize their talents here in the United States. As a new partner in the Peace Corps Fellows/USA program, St. Kate's will offer student fellowships to returned volunteers to pursue a Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership (MAOL).
- The University of St. Thomas men's basketball team recently won the NCAA Division III National Championship — a first for any school in the MIAC athletic conference.
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