by dorer | Sep 13, 2019 | Work blog
Summary: This summer our department proposed and carried out a project entitled “Diversifying Intermediate Norwegian Language Curriculum Workshop”. We gathered eleven instructors of Norwegian in the US, Canada and Norway for two weeks of curriculum development and...
by dorer | Jan 29, 2019 | Work blog
I present to you, the 2019 Oslo Internship Reflection Seminar Students. If you would like to read more about this program, read this post. Andrew Jeon ‘21 Majors: Computer Science, Economics Concentration: Nordic Studies Internship: Kandu (Norsk Data Ungdom) Kandu is...
by dorer | Jan 29, 2019 | Work blog
When I became department chair three and a half years ago, I spent significant time reflecting on areas our department had not yet fully explored or developed. I also spent time examining how we might align these to St. Olaf College’s Strategic Plan, specifically in...
by dorer | Mar 9, 2017 | Work blog
This interim, I had the pleasure of teaching a Directed Undergraduate Research (DUR) course for linguistics. It was an intensive 1 month of researching how students in NOR 111 (first semester Norwegian). Working together with me were 5 students, all Linguistics...
by dorer | Feb 12, 2015 | Work blog
The Modern Language Association of America (MLA) released a comprehensive study this month entitled Enrollments in Languages Other Than English in United States Institutions of Higher Education, Fall 2013. Their first paragraph summarizes the project well: SINCE...