Hi Everybody, and welcome back!
Having a blog is like having a pet: you have to pay it constant attention and treat it well. At least, that the case with our dog, Troy. My goal this year is to treat my Oleville blog as well as we treat Troy by keeping it up to date and relevant to students. I'll try to keep you up to date on issues before the College, the activities of the Board of Regents, and other big news. Your comments are welcome at any time. My email is anderson@stolaf.edu.
The week before new students arrived there was an Opening Banquet for staff and faculty of the college, and it's traditional for the President to make a "State of the College" address at the banquet. I did, and I invite you to read it because it lays out the key planning challenges facing us this year and in the near term. You can read the speech on my website. The URL is http://www.stolaf.edu/president/. When you get there, just click on the picture of a podium and you can read the Opening Banquet speech and any other ones archived there that may interest you.
By clicking on the picture of a suitcase you can see where I am when I'm not on campus. The picture of me with headphones (should have gotten the more expensive Bose ones) shows some of the music on my IPod, and the picture of a bookshelf shows what I've been reading.
I hope you find the speech interesting and that your semester is off to a great start. See you on campus.
David Anderson '74
