Entries tagged with ‘St. Olaf’

St. Olaf redux

Regent’s Hall of Sciences On July 22, A second crew from Gustavus (including Margaret Bloch Qazi (biology), Mark Bjelland, and Anna Versluis (both of geology))  went to Northfield for a tour of St. Olaf’s Regent’s Hall of Sciences (previous).  They returned with a lot of ideas for our project.  Margaret summarized her observations in the […]

St. Olaf

Regents Hall Julie Bartley, Scott Bur, John Clementson, and Jim Dontje visited St. Olaf’s Regent’s Hall.  We discussed how they selected their architect, how the faculty worked with the architect, what kinds of things they wanted the building to “do.”  They looked for ways to encourage interdisciplinarity and facilitate modern pedagogies, among other things.  Here’s […]