July 29, 2010

David Preus, Ph.D., a 1943 graduate of Luther College, was one of five distinguished alumni of Lutheran Colleges who were recognized with the Going Viking Award on June 23 by Minneapolis-based Norway House as part of its annual Midtsommer Celebration.  Read more...

July 29, 2010

Amy Weldon, Luther assistant professor of English, has been selected as a co-recipient of the $1,000 Bevel Summers Award given by Shenandoah for her piece of nonfiction, "The Odd Girls: Flannery O'Connor and Me" included in the journal's 60th anniversary double issue, "A Tribute to Flannery O'Connor."  Read more...

July 21, 2010

Creative writers will gather, present readings of their work and lead discussions about writing and the writer's life at "The Vibrant Word: A Lutheran Festival of Writing," Oct. 29-31 at Luther College.  Read more...

July 19, 2010

Luther College, in partnership with Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, has received a grant of $119,898 from the National Historical Publication and Records Commission (NHPRC) for a project designed to survey and make accessible significant Norwegian-American records housed at the two institutions.  Read more...

July 19, 2010

Luther College President Richard Torgerson has announced the appointment of Susan K. Sorlien of Bonita Springs, Fla., to the Luther Board of Regents. Sorlien, a retired executive of Sears, Roebuck and Co., will join the college's governing board at its October meeting.  Read more...

July 19, 2010

Luther College President Richard Torgerson has announced the appointment of Diane L. (Baum) Thormodsgard of Plymouth, Minn., to the Luther Board of Regents. Thormodsgard, retired vice chairman of Wealth Management and Securities Services for U.S. Bank, will join the college's governing board at its October meeting.  Read more...

July 19, 2010

Luther College President Richard Torgerson has announced the appointment of Enwei Xie of Beijing, China, to the Luther Board of Regents. Xie, an information technology leader in cloud computing systems, applications and software, is the chief cloud computing strategist and a general manager with Microsoft China's Greater China Region operations.  Read more...

July 15, 2010

Luther College senior Kiflu Arega Tesfaye has received a $2,000 scholarship from the Vincent L. Hawkinson Foundation for Peace and Justice. Hawkinson Scholarships are awarded each fall to undergraduate or graduate students who have completed a specific peace and justice project.  Read more...

July 12, 2010

Laura Peterson, Luther College assistant professor of environmental studies, is the co-author of "Tropical Ocean Temperatures Over the Past 3.5 Million Years," a research paper published in the June 18 issue of the journal Science.  Read more...

July 12, 2010

On an early June day, Jodi Enos-Berlage, Ph.D., Luther College professor of biology, and two Luther students are hiking waist-high in weeds looking for old paths giving access to Dry Run Creek near Decorah.  Read more...

July 2, 2010

The Weston Noble Alumni Choir will experience a European tour redux with a Minnesota twist in 2010. The choir's Twin Cities reunion will be followed by a tour of Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic.  Read more...

July 2, 2010

Olga Rinco, Luther assistant professor of chemistry, has received a two-year Grow Iowa Values Fund (GIVF) research grant for $40,000 to support her research on a low-cost, effective detection method for chemical pollutants in water systems.  Read more...