St. Olaf College in America was founded in December 1874. It has sent students to the place where Michael E. Bauman was a Lecturer and Tutor in Renaissance theology and Literature for eight years.
 Among the American colleges and universities that have sent students to CMRS are The University of Georgia, Elmhurst College, St. Mary's College of California, St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Olaf College, William Jewell College, Middlebury College. 
 It was founded in 1874 by a group of Norwegian-American immigrant pastors and farmers, led by Pastor Bernt Julius Muus. 
 He was for eight years Lecturer and Tutor in Renaissance theology and Literature at the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Oxford, where he also was Associate Dean of the Summer School. 
