Dear Old Hill: The Story of Manitou Heights, The Campus Of St. Olaf College

Dear Old Hill: The Story of Manitou Heights, The Campus Of St. Olaf College (signed)


signed by the author: Joseph M ShawPublisher: St. Olaf College - stated First Printing (1992)
ISBN-10: 0962293121ISBN-13: 9780962293122
Paperback: 327 pages5.55 x 8.55 inches

The story of the St. Olaf campus is about property and buildings, but also about the people who have enriched the history of the College.
------------------------St. Olaf College is a private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota. The school was founded in 1874 by a group of Norwegian-American pastors and farmers led by Pastor Bernt Julius Muus. The college is named after the King and the Patron Saint Olaf II of Norway and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The college was visited by King Olav in 1987 and King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway in 2011.

As of 2017, the college enrolled 3,035 undergraduate students and 256 faculty. The campus, including its 325-acre natural lands, lies 2 miles west of the city of Northfield, Minnesota; Northfield is also the home of its neighbor and friendly rival Carleton College. Between 1995 and 2020, 154 St. Olaf graduates were named Fulbright Scholars and 35 received Goldwater Scholarships. Of the nation's baccalaureate colleges, St. Olaf ranks 12th in the number of graduates who have gone on to earn doctorate degrees.