St. Olaf College

Services

Basic

nonremedial tutoring, placement service, health service, health insurance, other

Counseling

minority student, career, personal, academic, older student, psychological, birth control, religious

Career

on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training, other

Campus Safety

24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)

Campus Life

Housing

Overview

• The school offers housing for students.
• 96% of students live in school housing.
• The school will provide assistance for off-campus housing

Types of housing available

• 13% of housing units are Singles.
• 82% of housing units are Doubles.
• 3% of housing units are Triples.
• 2% of of housing units are some other type.
• In total, there are 28 housing buildings.

Room Accessories

• 0% of rooms are equipped with sprinkler systems.
• 100% of rooms are equipped with fire alarms.
• 100% are equipped with high-speed internet connections.

Extracurricular

• 80% of students remain on campus over the weekends, on average.
• Alcohol is not permitted on campus.
• Popular events on campus: Homecoming, Christmas Fest, Wellstock, Black History Month, President’s Ball
• Student activities: choral groups, concert band, dance, drama/theater, jazz band, literary magazine, music ensembles, musical theater, opera, pep band, radio station, student government, student newspaper, student film society, symphony orchestra, television station, yearbook
• In total, there are about 112 organizations on campus.
• Honor societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Kappa Delta, Beta Beta Beta, Epsilon Alpha Sigma, Eta Sigma Phi, Omicron Delta Epsilon, Phi Alpha Theta, Pi Delta Phi, Pi Kappa Lambda, Pi Sigma Alpha, Psi Chi, Sigma Pi Sigma, Sigma Theta Tau, Theta Alpha Phi, Theta Alpha Kappa, Blue Key, Dobro Slovo, Senior Women’s Honor
• Religious organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Bahai Club, Canterbury Fellowship, CARE ministry, Catholic Students Association, Christian Activities Network, Christian Outreach, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, Jewish Student Organization, L’abri Lectures, SELAH, Student Congregation, Thursday Night Bible Study, T-shirt chapel
• International organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Asian Cultures Association, Cultural Union for Black Expression, Harambe, Hmong Culture Outreach, International Students Organization, Korean Culture Association, Muslim Student Association, Presente, Russian Choir, Russian Club, Taiko Drumming Group, Talking Circle
• Other organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Habitat for Humanity, College Democrats, Kung Fu Club, Privateers, Society of Creative Anachronism, Taekwondo Club, St. Olaf Swing Club, St. Olaf Cancer Connection, Alpha Phi Omega, Puzzled Club, St. Olaf’s EMT’s, Peace and Justice Resource Network, GLOW, SARN, St. Olaf Environmental Coalition, St. Olaf Trailblazing Biking Club, Scared Scriptless, Students Global Aids Campaign
• Student papers: (Appears as submitted by school) The Manitou Messenger-weekly; The Pickle-twice a semester; The Reed-once a year; The Quarry-once a year

Travel

• Nearest airport(s) (distance in miles): Minneapolis / St. Paul (35)
• Nearest train(s) (distance in miles): Red Wing (25)
• Nearest bus-station(s) (distance in miles): Travel Center/ I-35 Freeway (7)
• Public transportation does not serve the campus.
• Not all students are permitted to have cars on campus.
• 27% of students have a car on campus

Employment

• School employment is not available.
• Freshman are not discouraged from working.

• There are 0 fraternities
• 0 fraternity houses
• 0% of students are fraternity members
• There are 0 sororities
• 0 sorority houses
• 0% of students are sorority members.

ROTC

• Army ROTC: Not offered
• Navy ROTC: Not offered
• Airforce ROTC: Not offered

Additional Policies

class attendance policies set by individual instructors, honor code, hazing prohibited