Katherine Ratliff from Kenmore, a student at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn., will pursue her academic studies at the University of Konstanz in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, for the spring semester through the Office of International and Off-Campus Studies at St. Olaf.
In accordance with its mission statement to “enhance students’ global perspective by helping them encounter and understand changes confronting our world in a context of global community,” St. Olaf College has a deep tradition of study abroad. From interdisciplinary study travel to language immersion, scientific research to hands-on to service learning, St. Olaf has offered strong study abroad programs since the 1960s.