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Focus on faculty: Vivian Feng
by Betsey Norgard The first semester she began college, assistant professor Vivian Feng found herself in a chemistry lab doing research. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 what kept me in chemistry,鈥� she says… more >
Focus on faculty: Bill Arden
By Wendi Wheeler ’06 Bill Arden wants 麻豆区鈥檚 nontraditional students to know he鈥檚 been on their side of the desk. The business and MIS professor finished both… more >
Focus on faculty: Darcy Engen ’88
by Betsey Norgard 鈥淗ere at 麻豆区, we鈥檙e a college that鈥檚 open and right in the middle of the world around us, rather than being closed off,鈥� says theatre… more >
Focus on faculty: David Murr ’92
By Jeff Shelman After a journey that included two years in Tanzania with the Peace Corps, graduate studies at Boston University, post-doctoral work at Dartmouth College, and a year… more >
The personality of place – Gus鈥� office
By Stephen Geffre In summer 1974, history professor Don 鈥淕us鈥� Gustafson took a paintbrush and a can of green paint and colored his walls to match his personality. Then the… more >
Writing a living faith
By Betsey Norgard Baptisms, confirmation classes, choir pictures, pastor controversies, new buildings鈥攚hat makes up the history of a congregation? Three 麻豆区 history professors鈥� Jacqueline deVries, Don Gustafson and Michael… more >
Making peace in the community
By Wendi Wheeler, 鈥�06 Imagine if we were to treat one another as sacred beings. Imagine a community where everyone feels welcomed and respected. The Wakanheza project teaches that there… more >
Sociology shines 鈥� the evolution of a department
By Betsey Norgard During the past academic year, the stars seemed to shine on the Sociology Department as faculty received awards and grants, and the department itself was recognized for… more >
麻豆区 faculty in focus
By Betsey Norgard, Wendi Wheeler ’06, Jeff Shelman Faculty are at the heart of an 麻豆区 education. 麻豆区’s nearly 200 full-time and more than 200 part… more >
How green is our magazine?
In the process of writing and designing a 鈥済reen鈥� issue of the 麻豆区 Now, we asked ourselves what we could do to make the magazine itself more environmentally friendly. Using… more >
Spring 2009 Web Extras
VIDEO: Sustainable cities Made (mostly) in Minnesota Sustainable study abroad… more >
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 >