Campus news
October, 2011
- Bethel University Professor of Physics Emeritus Richard (Dick) Peterson has been named to the Minnesota Science and Technology Hall of Fame, which was created by the Minnesota High Tech Association and the Science Museum of Minnesota to honor individuals whose achievements in science and technology have made lasting contributions.
- Thousands of artworks from students and recent alumni will be for sale at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design Art Sale, Nov. 17-19. As the nation's largest college art sale, it has a reputation as the metro's top destination for affordable, appreciable artwork by leading-edge artists who are creating what's next.
- Architect Frank Gehry's famous Winton Guest House has opened on the University of St. Thomas campus in Owatonna, culminating a three-year effort to move the internationally acclaimed "sculpture" from the shores of Lake Minnetonka. View the story and video.
- Augsburg College hosted a visit by Norway's King Harald V and Queen Sonja. A peace pole was commissioned and dedicated to their majesties in honor of Augsburg's work with the Norwegian Nobel Institute on the Nobel Peace Prize Forum, the college's Norwegian heritage, and its relationship with the people of Norway. The King and Queen also visited St. Olaf College. See the round-up of media stories.
- The Huffington Post has named Macalester College to two of its college lists. "Colleges For Visionaries" is a list of nine colleges that "encourage young minds to flourish in unique ways," and "The New Ivy League: Unigo List" is a list of 11 colleges that "match the Ivies in terms of rigor and vigor."
- Seth Brown, a 2002 graduate of Saint John's University, a current graduate student in Educational Leadership at Concordia University, St. Paul, and an eighth grade math teacher at Wayzata West Middle School, was recently awarded the Milken Educator Award. The Milken Award includes a cash prize of $25,000. Brown plans to pay for graduate school and make a donation to the PTA.
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