{"id":204,"date":"2023-06-26T13:15:53","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T18:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/?page_id=204"},"modified":"2026-06-13T15:25:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T20:25:49","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Header&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.6&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#d9d3c1&#8243; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;3_5,2_5&#8243; make_equal=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.6&#8243; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; min_height=&#8221;283.7px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.6&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.6&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#25261e&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Abril Fatface||||||||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#25261e&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;110px&#8221; header_line_height=&#8221;0.9em&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;Abril Fatface||||||||&#8221; header_2_font_size=&#8221;56px&#8221; header_2_line_height=&#8221;1.1em&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;right&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|20px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; text_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; text_font_size_phone=&#8221;14px&#8221; text_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; text_line_height_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; text_line_height_phone=&#8221;1.6em&#8221; text_line_height_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; header_font_size_tablet=&#8221;54px&#8221; header_font_size_phone=&#8221;34px&#8221; header_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; header_2_font_size_tablet=&#8221;36px&#8221; header_2_font_size_phone=&#8221;24px&#8221; header_2_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>2023-24 TEAM<\/h1>\n<p>The preliminary version of this digital exhibit was designed and constructed in summer 2023 by three St. Olaf College student researchers Xiaoyang Hu, Anneke Shiller and Natalie Wilson with mentoring from project initiator Prof. Amanda Randall. 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