Campus news
September, 2011
- Raina Belleau, a 2011 Minneapolis College of Art and Design graduate, created a massive sculpture from material she pulled from the Mississippi river this summer. With the sculpture, a mural project, and the redesign of the Fine Arts exhibition program, MCAD had a lot of fun at the State Fair this year.
- St. Catherine University Professor of English Geri Chavis, received the $10,000 Bonnie Jean Kelly and Joan Kelly Faculty Excellence Award. She teaches the practice of using poems, stories and creative writing to promote healing.
- On August 22, the College of Saint Benedict became the first college in Minnesota and the ninth in the nation to implement a water bottle policy that prohibits the sale or purchase of plain, plastic water bottles on campus.
- Saint John’s Abbey and University announced on Sept. 15 the historic completion of The Saint John’s Bible, the only handwritten and illuminated Bible commissioned by a Benedictine monastery since the advent of the printing press more than 500 years ago.
- St. Olaf College Professor of German LaVern Rippley and his wife, Barbara, a 29-year member of the library staff, are making a $2 million gift to the college that will be doubled by matching funds. The resulting scholarships will help students pay for international study.
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