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Rachel Olsen
… Image Rachel Olsen Director of Education & Engagement Rachel Olsen joined the Willa Cather Foundation as a tour guide in …
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Meet Our New Director of Education & Engagement: Rachel Olsen
… and engagement and, in this capacity, she will lead educational programing, site tour initiatives, and public … she is not getting to know visitors or working on educator resources, Rachel enjoys volunteering and spending time with … for meeting visitors and students who come to Red Cloud to learn about Cather. What are the highlights of your job …
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71st Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference
… and institutional affiliation, should be submitted to Rachel Olsen, Director of Education and Engagement, via the Spring … will be sent by mid-March. Questions may be submitted to Rachel Olsen or Tim Bintrim, Academic Advisor of the 2026 …
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Echoes of the Archbishop
… Cather’s Death Comes for the Archbishop and The Professor’s House , as well as a host of selected outside readings, in … sites All taxes, tips, and gratuities for tour guides and housekeeping We encourage participants to organize dinners … Comes for the Archbishop, by Willa Cather The Professor’s House, by Willa Cather. Regardless of edition, read “Tom …
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Annotations from the Archives: Teaching with Primary Sources
… examine primary sources Annotations from the Archives: Teaching with Primary Sources September 9, 2025 The collections and archives at the National Willa Cather Center have always, since our founding, played … and students to imagine the settings of Cather’s many works set in Red Cloud. Our archival materials, from letters …
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Short Stories
Short Stories If you are an educator and would like to contribute a lesson plan or activity based on teaching Willa Cather in your classroom, please contact director of education and engagement Rachel Olsen, at rolsen@willacather.org . As always, the …
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School Field Trips
… Not sure how to get started planning your visit? Contact Rachel Olsen, director of education and engagement at rolsen@willacather.org to help you schedule your field trip. …
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70th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference
… Image Cather's House: Examining Built and Natural Environments in Her Work … they must contend with.” – Jane Smiley The Professor’s House and My Ántonia will share the spotlight at the … part of the NEA’s Big Read Initiative while The Professor’s House , Cather’s midlife masterpiece, turns one hundred. …
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NWCC Launches NEH-Funded Digital Projects
… tools has been on our list of goals for years," said Tracy Tucker, education director and archivist at the National … digital learning." With few guests onsite in Red Cloud, Tucker and education coordinator Rachel Olsen were able to …
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Red Cloud Opera House
… the arrival of traveling productions such as The Bohemian Girl and The Mikado . As Cather herself put it, "Only real …
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