{"id":5269,"date":"2026-07-09T10:30:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T15:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/?page_id=5269"},"modified":"2026-07-28T11:30:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T16:30:56","slug":"sydney-hugdahl","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/sydney-hugdahl\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney Hugdahl"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_post_title et_pb_post_title_0 et_pb_bg_layout_light  et_pb_text_align_left\"   >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_title_container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_testimonial et_pb_testimonial_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode clearfix  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module et_pb_testimonial_no_image\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1702\/2026\/07\/DSC4806.jpg')\" class=\"et_pb_testimonial_portrait\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_description_inner\"><div class=\"et_pb_testimonial_content\"><p>The first thing that caught my eye regarding this project was the time period. The world was in a very dynamic time, with shifts in politics, culture, technology all happening at the same moment. I wanted to see how real people handled these changes, and what their lives looked like. The focus on personal narratives allowed me to explore many different aspects of this time period.<\/p>\n<p>My experience working on the Ruta Kramins-Bly page allowed me to give voice to the lived experiences in the camps, along with her journey afterwards. The Kramins family was one of the many impacted by the work of the LWF-SR, and their presence is quietly recorded in stacks of documents, waiting to be told again.<\/p>\n<p>I was able to continue this experience when researching Astrid and Ivar Ivask. Both of these people were influential within St. Olaf and beyond it. Their connection to St. Olaf and Northfield is deep and lasting, yet was largely unexplored by scholars. I was able to see how the assistance of the LWF-SR created a network of incredible individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Through my focus on individual experiences and legacies, I started recognizing patterns in who the LWF-SR was helping: families, intellectuals, and more. The challenges page was where I was able to explore the patterns I had noticed and gain insight into the importance of the LWF-SR's work. The people that were left behind, considered unimportant, or a burden, were the ones I wanted to understand. The LWF-SR saw these people, left adrift in the larger immigration machine, and stepped forward to ensure their care and health.<\/p>\n<p>These stories, while generally separate, allowed me to explore a narrative of compassion, community, and trust in a time of lost and sadness.<\/p>\n<p>Sydney Hugdahl<\/p>\n<p>To contact me go to my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sydney-hugdahl-502968388\/\">Linkedin.<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_testimonial_author\">Sydney Hugdahl, July 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"et_pb_testimonial_meta\"><span class=\"et_pb_testimonial_position\">CURI 2026 Researcher<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5721,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5269","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5269"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6008,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5269\/revisions\/6008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/lwf-refugee-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}