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Wednesday, December 24, 2008
 
 
Friday, December 05, 2008
 
 
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
 
 
Monday, November 17, 2008
Luther plans response to nation’s economic downturn
President Richard Torgerson tells Luther faculty and staff that prudent financial decisions will allow college to thrive in time of economic challenges
 
 
Saturday, November 15, 2008
 
 
Saturday, November 15, 2008
 
 
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Norse men win third consecutive cross-country title
David McKay finishes second individually
 
 
Monday, November 03, 2008
Luther reduces campus carbon footprint by 15%
Sixth year of Luther carbon footprint data completed
 
 
Saturday, November 01, 2008
Luther to present ‘Square Stories’ theatre performances Nov. 7, 14, 15, 20, 22
Louis Jensen, Danish author of ‘Square Stories’ books, to speak Nov. 7
 
 
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Novelist Ethan Canin to speak on 'Fiction, Ethics, and Public Life' at Luther Oct. 29
College to host reception and book-signing with Iowa Writers’ Workshop faculty member
 
 
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Luther alumna Lorna Benson wins IRE Award
Minnesota Public Radio correspondent honored for top investigative work in journalism
 
 
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
 
 
Saturday, October 11, 2008
 
 
Saturday, October 11, 2008
 
 
Friday, October 10, 2008
Philosopher Avrum Stroll to lecture Oct. 16 on 'Is Life After Death Possible?'
First lecture in the Luther 2008-09 Philosophy Colloquium Series
 
 
Friday, October 10, 2008
 
 
Friday, October 10, 2008
Dedication of 'Meridian II' sculpture to be held Oct. 16
Sculpture located in front of Center for the Arts
 
 
Thursday, October 09, 2008
 
 
Sunday, October 05, 2008
 
 
Sunday, October 05, 2008
Jon Osorio, Hawaiian musician and composer, to vist Luther Oct. 8-12
Residency sponsored by Sense of Vocaton program
 
 
Friday, October 03, 2008
 
 
Friday, October 03, 2008
Luther selected to participate in climate-change initiative with Rocky Mountain Institute
One of only 12 colleges and universitites throughout nation selected
 
 
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
College to host Election 2008 panel discussion Oct. 30
Political scientists and economists to discuss presidential race
 
 
Friday, September 26, 2008
College to honor 17 alumni with Distinguished Service Awards
Awards to be presented at Homecoming ceremony Oct. 3
 
 
Friday, September 26, 2008
Two college employees receive staff excellence awards
Marty Berg, Janice Koenig honored at staff day
 
 
Friday, September 26, 2008
 
 
Friday, September 26, 2008
 
 
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
 
 
Monday, September 22, 2008
Eight to be inducted into Athletic Hall of Fame
Ceremony to be held Oct. 4 at Homecoming
 
 
Friday, September 19, 2008
 
 
Friday, September 19, 2008
Susan Dentzer to give Luther College Convocation Lecture
To speak on "The Future of Health Care Policy"
 
 
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
 
 
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Luther to host College Night for area high school students and parents
80 higher ed institutions represented at Thursday evening event
 
 
Friday, September 12, 2008
Medical ethics author Arthur Caplan to present Farwell Distinguished Lecture
Luther Center for Ethics and Public Life sponsors lecture, “A Prescription for Change: Health Care in America”
 
 
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
 
 
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Paula Meyer '76 named chair of Luther Board of Regents
Assumes duties at October board meeting
 
 
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Oen Fellowship guest lecturer David Domke to speak Sept. 17
To address role of religion in U.S. politics
 
 
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Lakota Sioux Indian Dance Theatre performs Sept. 27
Celebrating the culture of the Lakota people
 
 
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Capitol Steps to perform Sept. 13 in CFL
Center Stage Series brings political satirists to campus
 
 
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
 
 
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Luther President Torgerson presents State of the College address
Outlines goals of ‘Transformed by the Journey’ strategic plan for 2008-09 academic year
 
 
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Luther bestows academic honors on Deifelt, Martin-Schramm
Two to be honored at opening convocation Sept. 4
 
 
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Luther Upward Bound celebrates renewal
Education outreach program celebrates its restoration in 2008
 
 
Friday, July 11, 2008
College announces two $1 million gifts
Gifts from Koebrick estates and David Carlson '85 to support endowments, fellowships, scholarships, and Sampson Hoffland Laboratories
 
 
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Iowa Smokefree Air Act bans smoking on Luther campus
Smoking will not be permitted on any and all Luther College property as of July 1
 
 
Friday, June 20, 2008
 
 
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Campus sandbagging efforts continue Wednesday, June 11
More rain expected Wednesday night and Thursday
 
 
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Luther campus open, college’s summer programs, events go on
Exception is cancelled Ultimate Frisbee Camp
 
 
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Physics professor Jeffrey Wilkerson named Janet Anderson Lecture Award winner
Will present a keynote lecture at Midstates Consortium for Mathematics and Science symposium at Washington University in St. Louis, Oct. 31-Nov. 2
 
 
Friday, May 30, 2008
Center Stage Series subscriptions now on sale
Ten professional performing arts groups to appear at Luther 2008-09
 
 
Friday, May 23, 2008
Professors Betts and Stanley collaborate on creation of Ioway documentary
lend archeological expertise to the documentary “Lost Nation: The Ioway”
 
 
Monday, May 19, 2008
Tami Magner '08 named first-team All-American
Waukon's Magner receives Louisville Slugger/ National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III honors
 
 
Saturday, May 10, 2008
 
 
Friday, May 09, 2008
College announces Steven Mark Anderson Scholarship winners
Awards announced at Student Support Services banquet
 
 
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Rob Larson to head college communications and marketing
To move from teaching in economics and business department to administrative post
 
 
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Brian Huinker named IIAC men's tennis coach of year
Third consecutive honor for Coach Huinker
 
 
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Ellissa Schmidt '08 awarded NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
29th Luther student-athlete to receive honor
 
 
Friday, April 25, 2008
 
 
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Nottingham’s Kate and David Juggins to receive Spirit of Luther Award at commencement May 18
Good neighbors honored for 20 years service and support to college’s study abroad program
 
 
Thursday, April 24, 2008
65 seniors inducted into Phi Beta Kappa
Alumni Barbara Fuller '72 and David Larson '69 also inducted
 
 
Thursday, April 17, 2008
 
 
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
 
 
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
 
 
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Faculty members Faldet and Kamm selected for Lutheran Academy of Scholars
Invited to 'Re-Imagining Ourselves and Others: Art, Religion, and Responsibility'
 
 
Monday, April 07, 2008
Malta Ambassador Miceli-Farrugia to speak April 20
Topic to be Malta and the European Union
 
 
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
 
 
Monday, March 31, 2008
Bunny McBride exhibits 'Heartland Ceramics' at Luther April 2-May 18
Exhibition in Wigley Gallery in Center for Arts
 
 
Monday, March 31, 2008
DVD of 'The Final Season' released April 15
Inspiring story of Norway, Iowa, baseball team and coach Kent Stock ’85
 
 
Friday, March 28, 2008
 
 
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
College to offer summer outdoor camps for youth
Two new focus camps added to ecology education Discovery Camps lineup for 2008
 
 
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Mark Kresowik to speak on 'Strategies of Community Organizing' April 2
Don Kemp Memorial Scholarship Lecture addresses local sustainability efforts
 
 
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Luther students win two Davis Projects for Peace grants
Seven Luther students to travel to El Salvador, Sudan to implement grass-roots projects for peace
 
 
Thursday, March 20, 2008
 
 
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Fred Horowitz to present Gerhard Marcks lecture on Josef Albers April 10
'From the Bauhaus to Black Mountain College to Yale: How Josef Albers Revolutionized Art Education in America'
 
 
Thursday, March 20, 2008
 
 
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
 
 
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
 
 
Monday, March 17, 2008
Norse women swim to 11th place at nationals
All five qualifiers earn All-American honors
 
 
Monday, March 17, 2008
 
 
Friday, March 14, 2008
 
 
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Michelle Lynn to perform in Marty’s April 4
Musician grew up in Monona, Iowa
 
 
Saturday, March 08, 2008
 
 
Friday, March 07, 2008
Luther’s Philip Freeman collaborates on creation of St. Patrick DVD
Classics professor an expert on Ireland's patron saint
 
 
Thursday, March 06, 2008
National Review Online's Jonah Goldberg to speak on 'Liberal Fascism' March 11
Presentation based on Goldberg's book, 'Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning'
 
 
Thursday, March 06, 2008
Ashley Tekippe '08 named WBCA Scholarship Award winner
Senior one of two players nationwide to receive honor
 
 
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Women's cross-country team, runners receive All-Academic honors
Cerbin, Wobeter, Sell earn individual honors
 
 
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Men's cross-country team, runners receive All-Academic honors
Busche, Bruns, McKay and Johnson earn individual honors
 
 
Monday, March 03, 2008
Matthew Busche '07 named NCAA Postgraduate Scholar
28th Norse student-athlete to receive honor
 
 
Saturday, March 01, 2008
Music in the Shape of a Pear presents 2 events March 11
Colloquium with composer Forrest Pierce and performance by University of Kansas's New Music Ensemble
 
 
Friday, February 29, 2008
Garrett Kurth '03 elected to wrestling coaches' hall of fame
To be inducted prior to Division III national championships
 
 
Friday, February 29, 2008
 
 
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Persaud to lecture on confessional theology March 16
To speak on ‘Confessional Theology in a Religiously and Culturally Diverse Post-Modern World’
 
 
Monday, February 25, 2008
Marvin Slind co-edits Norwegian immigrant story
Historian teams with Gracia Grindal, former faculty member, to edit 'Linka’s Diary: A Norwegian Immigrant Story in Word and Sketches'
 
 
Friday, February 22, 2008
Luther to host 59th annual Dorian Band Festival Feb. 24-25
625 high school musicians to participate
 
 
Friday, February 22, 2008
College hosts Empty Bowls project March 16
Soup bowl fund-raiser to raise awareness, help fight hunger
 
 
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Center Stage presents 'Arthur LIVE!' Feb. 19
Marc Brown's Arthur the Aardvark stars in family presentation
 
 
Friday, February 15, 2008
Luther joins global effort to stop violence against women and girls
'Vagina Monologues to be presented Feb. 29-March 1
 
 
Thursday, February 14, 2008
 
 
Friday, February 08, 2008
Luther’s Murasaki Duo to perform recital Feb. 23
Performance by Miko Kominami, piano, and Eric Kutz, cello
 
 
Friday, February 08, 2008
Ethos Percussion Group to perform at Luther Feb. 28
Features Ghanaian gyil drum master Bernard Woma and Grammy-winning frame drummer Glen Velez
 
 
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Washington Monthly magazine editor Paul Glastris to speak March 18
'Mis-managing Excellence: Why everything you thought you knew about ‘America’s Best Colleges’ is wrong'
 
 
Thursday, February 07, 2008
 
 
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Environmental studies program to show energy conservation documentary film Feb. 19
'Kilowatt Ours: A Plan to Re-Energize America' to be shown in Olin
 
 
Monday, February 04, 2008
 
 
Friday, February 01, 2008
Pfeiffer to speak Feb. 12 on criminalization of mental illness
To focus on punitive ways society deals with mental illness
 
 
Friday, February 01, 2008
 
 
Monday, January 28, 2008
Luther to release carbon footprint study results Feb. 13
‘Striving for Sustainability’ presentation and discussion looks at college’s energy consumption
 
 
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Luther to host fifth annual Midwest Black History Conference Feb. 29
Register for ‘My Soul Looks Back: Music and Memory in the Black Experience’ events
 
 
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
‘Social Justice to Visual Jazz’ exhibit on display Feb. 4-March 20
Exhibit of paintings and prints by Richard Thomas at Luther College Center for Faith and Life
 
 
Friday, January 18, 2008
Education communications and marketing leader Clifford Lull to present spring convocation address Jan. 31
North Charles Street Design Organization president to speak on ethics in higher education
 
 
Friday, January 18, 2008
'Looking Back' exhibit to run Feb. 1-March 20
Features works from Luther Fine Arts Festivals
 
 
Friday, January 18, 2008
 
 
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Luther professor Norma Hervey receives $170,000 NEH grant to support Holocaust study institute
'Multiple Perspectives on the Holocaust' to provide American teachers with greater understanding of Holocaust
 
 
Monday, January 14, 2008
Luther to host ‘Focus the Nation’ national teach-in on solutions to climate change
College's environmental studies program to host local sessions Jan. 31
 
 
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Luther College professor Kildegaard receives American Scandinavian Foundation grant
Grant to be used for translation project in Copenhagen, Denmark
 
 
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Luther College receives surprise $1 million gift from the Davis United World College Scholars Program
Gift to fund future Davis United World College scholarships on campus
 
 
Friday, January 04, 2008
Carol L. Adams to present Martin Luther King Day Lecture Jan. 21 at Luther College
Innovative human services director of Chicago Housing Authority to speak on crisis in public housing
 
 
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Luther College Symphony Orchestra tours Upper Midwest
Orchestra to perform in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin
 
 
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
ABC News NOW incorporates Luther College students' perspective throughout coverage of Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primaries
Students “talk back” to News NOW on their views about key national issues for the presidential elections
 
 
Friday, December 21, 2007
Nordic Choir to tour Jan. 19-Feb. 5
Tour includes concerts in Iowa, Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas
 
 
Friday, December 21, 2007
McKay brother/sister duo featured on CBS sports broadcast Dec. 29
Cross-country runners part of fall highlight show
 
 
Monday, December 17, 2007
Mike Durnin named head football coach
UW-La Crosse assistant succeeds Paul Hefty '86
 
 
Friday, December 14, 2007
Minnesota students featured in MPR story about caucuses
Caucuses provide 'once in a lifetime opportunity'
 
 
Friday, December 14, 2007
 
 
Friday, December 14, 2007
Students political activists Jake Rosholt, Grace Trimble interviewed by MPR
Student political party leaders' interview archived on MPR
 
 
Friday, December 14, 2007
Alumnus Adam Bohach named IIAC Male Scholar Athlete of Year
From the desk of Joshua Schroeder, Iowa Conference Director of Information
 
 
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Music department releases three new recordings
‘Christmas at Luther 2007,’ ‘Everlasting God,’‘The Culmination of an Extraordinary Career’ available on Luther website
 
 
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Tyler Sherden named to AFCA All-American Team
Senior back named as all-purpose player
 
 
Thursday, December 06, 2007
Norse tied for 25th in Director's Cup
Cross-country teams lead way
 
 
Monday, December 03, 2007
Iowa Public Televison to air 'Christmas at Luther' Dec. 9
2005 production to be broadcast in several markets
 
 
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Janet Dobyns '09, coach Yarrow Pasche receive postseason cross country honors
Duo receive Central Region athlete and coach of the year honors
 
 
Monday, November 19, 2007
Men place 8th at national cross country meet
Busche '08, McKay '09 named All Americans
 
 
Monday, November 19, 2007
Norse women 10th at cross country nationals
Dobyns '09 named All American with 5th-place finish
 
 
Friday, November 16, 2007
Gabby McNally '09 appears in 'Duck Farm No. 13'
Junior from Luana, Iowa, lands role in film
 
 
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Tyler Sherden '08 named to Aztec Bowl squad
Senior running back from Rochester, Minn., garners honor
 
 
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Rain garden brown bag set for Nov. 20 at noon
Inger Lamb, president of Iowa Prairie Network, to present
 
 
Saturday, November 10, 2007
 
 
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Men place second at cross country regional
Team to run at national meet Nov. 17
 
 
Friday, November 09, 2007
Arne Sorenson '80 named to board of regents
Marriott International executive to join board at February meeting
 
 
Thursday, November 08, 2007
 
 
Thursday, November 08, 2007
 
 
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Craig Mosher to speak on sustainablity collaborations Nov. 14
'College-Church-Community Collaborations for Sustainability: Caring for Creation' to be presented in Mott-Borlaug
 
 
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Regan Penaluna to speak on women's rights Nov. 15
'Fight for Women’s Rights? An early feminist on why rights won’t help women'
 
 
Monday, November 05, 2007