Program Award Winners!

Congratulations to the Residence Life Student Staff Program Award winners for Session 1!

There were lots of great programs across campus.... but these programs were selected as some of the best this session.

Best All-Hall Programs of the Session

• Amanda Kreun & Megan Makeever (Mohn) - "The Paula Abdul Dance Moves 80s Work-out Video" (Healthy habits)
• Anna Fulton, Andrew Belsaas & Dan Anderson (Ellingson) - "Carniv-ELL!"
• Erik Burton, Lauren Bartelt & John Broadway (Ellingson) - "Thirsty Thursday" alcohol education program.

Best Bulletin Boards of the Session

• Eliza Snortland (Larson) - "Northfield Flooding information and resources"
• Maria Ward & Jackie Scott (Kildahl) - "What does Julia Child have to do with espionage?"
• Kayla Gronli & Dana Goetsch (Hill Kitt) - "The Human Puzzle"

Best Elective Programs of the Session

• Andrew Belsaas & Zac Rakke (Ellingson) - "Sexual Health Scavenger Hunt"

Sophomore Leadership Institute

The Sophomore Leadership Institute started at St.Olaf this fall and the group has had a great first month of meetings!

The Sophomore Leadership Institute - or "SLI" - is a group of 16 sophomores interested in developing and enhancing leadership skills and talking about issues around student leadership. The group meets formally about once a month.

September's meeting was focused on defining leadership and talking about what it means to be a sophomore and a student leader at St.Olaf. October will be devoted to working with the Center for Experiential Learning on personality traits of leaders, as well as exploring civic engagement possibilities and ways to incorporate others sophomores into what the group is doing.

The 2010 (and first EVER) Sophomore Leadership Institute group...

Front row (L to R): Lauren Kramer, Patricia Garcia, Patrick Faunillan, Kari Swanson, Serena Xiong, Rachel Pauley.

Middle row (L to R): Elizabeth Harness, Mackenzie Wolter, Hannah Burson, Alisha Kasparec, Kong Vang, Sarah Moon.

Back row (L to R): Ashley Menzel, Ben Olsen.

Not pictured: Emily King and Maia Selkow.