Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Saint Olaf College was founded in 1874 as a coeducational, residential, four-year private liberal arts college and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). St. Olaf has grown to over 3,000 students, and its academic divisions provide 38 Bachelor of Arts and four Bachelor of Music degree programs at the undergraduate level. This college offers pre-professional preparation in architecture, dentistry, engineering, law, medicine, pharmacy, social work, theology, and veterinary medicine. St. Olaf students, faculty and staff reside on its 345-acre campus, which is located in Northfield, Minnesota, 40 miles south of Minneapolis/St. Paul. St. Olaf, a four-year college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, provides an education committed to the liberal arts, rooted in the Christian Gospel, and incorporating a global perspective. In the conviction that life is more than a livelihood, it focuses on what is ultimately worthwhile and fosters the development of the whole person in mind, body, and spirit. Its website is at http://www.stolaf.edu. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.