The Luther College Book Shop will host a signing session with Luther graduate and author C.J. Boerger for his book "Chasing a Dream" from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 18, in the Luther College Book Shop in the Dahl Centennial Union.
Evan Mitchell, a Luther college junior from Melcher-Dallas, Iowa, has been named the recipient of the 2013-14 Alan R. and Sally J. Brudos Prize for Opera Performance at Luther College. Mitchell will present the Brudos Family Opera Prize recital during the 2013-14 academic year.
The unique and varied works of graduating Luther College art majors will be on display May 7-19 in the Kristen Wigley-Fleming Gallery in the Center for the Arts building on the Luther campus.
Luther College will celebrate Commencement at 10 a.m. Sunday, May 19, indoors in the Regents Center Main Gym. The ceremony is a ticketed event. Four tickets per graduate will be valid. Other attendees are invited to view the ceremony via large-screen, closed-circuit television in the Center for Faith and Life.
Luther College will hold a special program titled "14 Years of Mojo from the Get-go!" in honor of President Rick and Mrs. Judy Torgerson on Thursday, May 16. The main program will be held at 8 p.m. in the Main Hall of the Center for Faith and Life, followed by a reception at 9 p.m. in Bentdahl Commons. In the event of rain, the reception will be held in the lobby of the Dahl Centennial Union.
Richard Bernatz, Luther College professor of mathematics, had his article, "Flood Frequency Estimation by Neyman-Scott Rectangular Pulse Rainfall Model and TopModel," published in the Journal of the Iowa Academy of Sciences in Volume 118, Issue 104. The article is focused on portions of an on-going Luther project that collects and analyzes rainfall and runoff data for the Upper Iowa River.
Luther College will host "Three Elizabeths: An Imagining," a reading by Amy Weldon, Luther associate professor of English, at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 2, in the Franklin W. Olin Building, Room 102. The program is open to the public with no charge for admission.
The 28th annual Luther College Entrepreneurial Showcase was held Tuesday, March 19, in Luther College's Peace Dinning Room located in Decorah, Iowa. Since the initial program in 1986, the goal of the Entrepreneurial Showcase has been to serve as an annual forum for students, faculty, alumni and friends of Luther who are interested in and support entrepreneurship.
Luther will host the Lucille Stansberry Rosholt Distinction in Accompanying and Collaborative Keyboard Performance Scholarship recital Sunday, May 5 at 4 p.m. in the Noble Recital Hall of the Jenson-Noble Music Hall. The competition highlights the scope and importance of the accompanist's role and is open to Luther sophomore and junior pianists who have excelled in the art of collaborative performance.
Chingwel Mutombu, executive director and founder of First Step Initiative, has been named the recipient of the Luther College Young Alumni Award for 2013.
The Luther College Chamber Orchestra will present a mostly Bach program at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 4, in the Noble Recital Hall of the Jenson-Noble Hall of Music. Chamber Orchestra is conducted by Daniel Baldwin, professor of music and director of orchestras at the college.
"Orpheus in the Underworld," a parody of the classic Greek myth of music, love and loss, will be presented at 7:30 p.m. May 3-4 in the Main Hall of the Center for Faith and Life on the Luther Campus.