One hallmark of the St. Olaf curriculum are Conversation programs, interdisciplinary team-taught explorations of significant problems, themes, and texts.  The college used a BT2P Program Development grant to integrate active citizenship into several Conversations, with special attention to learning in the sophomore year.  The project enabled faculty and staff from the college’s Piper Center for Vocation and Career to integrate civic, personal, and career development into sophomore-year Conversations.  It built on an earlier BT2P grant that encouraged faculty to integrate opportunities for civic and community-based learning into the curriculum.