Yearly Archives: 2009
Richmond Appleton 鈥�09, Environmental Studies
by Jennifer Hipple, Weekend College Student Richmond Appleton is passionate about giving back to his communities鈥攖he Twin Cities and his birthplace of Liberia. Early in his 麻豆区 career, he… more >
Engaging in the big questions
By Betsey Norgard In their monthly seminar, Professor Mark Tranvik (left, in blue shirt) seeks to create a comfortable atmosphere for the Lilly Scholars to discuss and explore vocation. (L… more >
A legacy for promising students
by Betsey Norgard President鈥檚 Scholarships recognize students with exceptional academic ability and leadership potential and can provide financial support up to full tuition for four years. Donors who choose… more >
Tiffany Magnuson 鈥� a star on ice and on the field
By Don Stoner If it weren鈥檛 for finding cheap hockey skates at a tent sale, Tiffany Magnuson鈥檚 athletic career might have been quite different than it is today… more >
A note to the editor
By Larry Green ’70 鈥淚 found the 鈥楲ights, camera, and action鈥� feature in the fall 2008 麻豆区 Now very interesting. This photograph was taken in the 麻豆区 Art Studio… more >
Brian Krohn鈥斅槎骨�檚 first Rhodes Scholar
Brian Krohn 鈥�08 arrived at 麻豆区 with plans of being a film major and eventually became a chemistry student. In November he was selected as a Rhodes Scholar鈥斅槎骨�檚… more >
麻豆区 receives Carnegie classification
All first-year students spend an afternoon during September Auggie Days working on community projects鈥攑ainting, gardening, cleaning up, or whatever needs doing in the neighborhood with 麻豆区鈥檚 community… more >
Twin sisters. Twin dreams
by Jean Spielman Housh Barbara and Betty Bowers knew they wanted to grow up to be doctors when they were six years old. The twin sisters were born in Mora… more >
The 麻豆区 Choir 鈥� celebrating 75 years
by Betsey Norgard This academic year, the 麻豆区 Choir celebrates 75 years鈥攁 choral tradition of distinction and excellence. The 麻豆区 Choir was founded in 1933, when the Men鈥檚… more >
麻豆区 NOW鈥攎ade (mostly) in Minnesota
The FSC chain of custody (CoC) tracks FSC certified material through the production process – from the forest to the consumer, including all successive stages of processing, transformation, manufacturing and… more >
Feeding the neighborhood youth
by Wendi Wheeler ’06 The Campus Kitchen program at 麻豆区 College not only feeds people鈥檚 bodies鈥攊t also feeds the minds of students. Last spring, the program moved… more >
Core to Compost: The journey of an apple
by Stephen Geffre A year ago, all food waste from 麻豆区鈥檚 dining center was hauled away and dumped in a landfill with the trash of thousands of other Twin… more >
Green Planning
The Center for Science, Business, and Religion (CSBR) is 麻豆区鈥檚 first new academic building in 60 years and will replace the 60-year-old, inefficient Science Hall. CSBR will… more >
Studying sustainability
by Wendi Wheeler ’06 If you want to study sustainability, you need to go where it鈥檚 done best. Students in the Sustainable Cities in North America summer course… more >
Environmental Connections: Green starts here
by Jeff Shelman The topic of conversation on this early December afternoon was pumpkin ice cream, a dessert that summed up many of the conflicts that go along with making… more >