The Svoboda Center for Civic Engagement is thrilled to host the end-of-year Civic Engagement Showcase on Friday, May 8 from 3:00-5:00 PM in Tomson Hall. Below is the program with times and locations. Heavy appetizers and refreshments will be served. We hope you can join us!
Welcome & Opening, 3:00-3:30 PM, Tomson 280
Posters & Artifacts, 3:30-5:00 PM, East Lantern
| NAME | TITLE |
| Samantha Anderson ’27, Anna Benson ’26, | Norway’s Thousand Year Jubilee at St. Olaf |
| Sonja Fish ’27, Mads Hockmuth ’27, | |
| Annie McMullen ’27 | |
| Alaina Bailly ’28, Kaspar Czuk ’26, | Music & Healing: Partnership With |
| Leo Goodwin ’27, Clara Smith ’26 | Northfield Hospital + Clinics |
| Andrew Baker ’26, Macy Larson ’28 | Preparing Pro Se: Navigating Immigration |
| Court without Legal Representation | |
| Ryan Brentner ’27, Madi Dinneen ’27, | Maternal Mental Health Policy |
| Betsy Kirkpatrick ’26 | Alternatives for Minnesota |
| Lola Buckley ’27, Zlata Krutova ’29, | Building Bridges in Care: |
| Evelina Shirokova ’28, Max Thomas ’26 | Russian Community in Nursing Care |
| Lila Coval ’28 | Earth Day Park Clean-Up |
| Isabelle Duran ’28, Tommy Etten ’27, | Lifting Voices Dementia Choir |
| Meredith Ivory ’27, Jenna Hartz ’27 | |
| Ariel Edwards ’26 | Oles X This is Me: Foster Care |
| Awareness Month Fair | |
| Diana Gutierrez ’27 | Food Packaging for Service Saturday |
| Francesca Hajj ’27 | Music Mentors |
| Emily Holden ’27, James Taylor ’27 | Indigenous Perspectives on the Commemoration |
| of a Government: From Norway to Minnesota | |
| Blanche Ineza ’28 | Bridging the Gap: Data-Driven |
| Solutions for Campus Food Insecurity | |
| Noah Jansen ’27, Cathal Mee ’27, | Expecting the Unexpected: Understanding |
| Siri Sagedahl ’26 | Dissonant Academic Performers to |
| Transform Student Outcomes | |
| Maren Miller ’27 | Vesterheim Norwegian-American |
| Museum Grant Proposal | |
| Alex Needham ’27 | NAHA Receiving Material from Luther Seminary |
| Aiyana Perry ’26 | St. Olaf Food Rescue Initiative: |
| Reducing Waste, Feeding Community | |
| Annie Rezac ’28 | Intergenerational Queer Dialogue |
| Palestina Thoele ’28 | Northfield Union of Youth Photo Capsule Project |
| Lauren Williams ’26 | Connecting Students with Downtown Northfield |
| Naomi Wetzel ’28 | Handling Sextortion |
Civic Engagement Shorts Presentations, 3:30-4:00 PM, Tomson 308
| NAME | TITLE |
| Elsa Priest ’28 | CBWS Birthday Party Supervisor |
| Liana Lopez ’27 | CBWS Environmental Film Festival Assistant |
| Adeline Johnson ’27 | St. Olaf Civil Discourse Association |
| Elle Davis ’26, Mason Schmidt, ’27, | RUSSN 372 Student-led Study Hours |
| Henry Schiller ’27 | |
| Molly Walker ’26 | The importance of non profit work |
| and business in healthcare | |
| Victor Ma ’26 | Supporting Project Friendship with Software |
ACE Presentations, 3:30-4:00 PM, Tomson 310
| NAME | TITLE |
| Sophia Matarrese ’27, Rowan Nordin ’27 | The Potential for Alternative Landscaping |
| (plus Ethan Martel ’27, Josaphine Nguyen ’27, | at Habitat for Humanity Homes |
| Quinn McCabe ’27) | |
| Ian DiMundo ’26, Jasper Menter ’27, | Intergenerational Connections at FiftyNorth |
| Auggie Whalstrom ’27 |
Community Based Research Presentations, 4:00-4:30 PM, Tomson 308
| NAME | TITLE |
| Aria Whalen ’26 | Greenvale Lone Oak Nature Area |
| Restoration Proposal | |
| Anna Grace ’26, Noah Braun (Economics), | Up Goes the Neighborhood: |
| Kulsoom Hisam (Economics) | The Impact of Upzoning on Housing |
| Prices and Neighborhood Composition |
Building Community Presentations, 4:30-5:00 PM, Tomson 308
| NAME | TITLE |
| Harry Schiller ’27, Mason Schmidt ’27 | Building Community among Russian Speakers |
| at St. Olaf | |
| Christine Whear ’26, Moisés Duarte ’27 | Cross Cultural Community Cohesion |
| through Song: Sabios Cantores | |
| Paige Wolfe ’28 | CBWS at the CAC Food Shelf and NCCC Childcare |