Category: Announcement
The Luther College Board of Regents announced the members of the presidential search committee who will lead the process to identify Luther College’s 11th president. In May, President Paula Carlson announced she will retire after the conclusion of the 2018-19 academic year.
Luther College President Paula Carlson gave her final State of the College Address Thursday, Aug. 23, in the Center for Faith and Life Main Hall on Luther’s campus. After welcoming faculty and staff to the Service of Dedication, President Carlson spoke on the completion of the current strategic plan and the launching of the new strategic plan, Inspired. Empowered. Engaged., gave updates on the enrollment and the budget, and closed with a thank you to the campus and community. Wendy Davidson, Luther Board of Regents Chair, also gave remarks on the legacy of Luther, today’s realities and a forecast of where Luther is heading.
Area musicians soon will have a new option for musical experiences. Luther College music and education students are opening the Luther College Community Music School, open to anyone in the Decorah area.
Luther College announces the induction of 37 seniors into the Luther chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa national academic honor society at a ceremony held this spring in the Center for Faith and Life on the Luther campus.
Move out week at Luther College was another success this year, with a 56 percent reduction of waste from the 2013 baseline.
Thanks to a grant from the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, Luther College’s Preus Library and the Winneshiek County Historical Society will make county newspapers more accessible to the public.
Thanks to a generous donation by lifetime conservation enthusiast Donald Nelson, the Luther College Land Stewardship Program has new longevity and stability. Nelson, who established the Donald H. Nelson Endowment, most recently donated $500,000 to Luther, with $40,000 set aside to create the Lionberger Preserve Wetland Restoration Project.
Luther College’s spring 2018 Dean’s List includes 732 students; 96 first-years, 135 sophomores, 184 juniors and 317 seniors. To be named to the Dean’s List, a student must earn a semester grade point average of 3.5 or better on a 4.0 scale and must complete at least 12 credit hours with 10 hours of conventional grades (A, B, C, D).
Paula J. Carlson, the 10th president of Luther College, has communicated to the Board of Regents her decision to retire from Luther College effective at the end of the 2018-19 academic year. As a result, the Board of Regents will initiate a search process in the coming months to identify President Carlson’s successor to begin serving Luther in the summer of 2019.
Luther College President Paula Carlson announced that Luther alumni Chris Gade and Chip Norris will join Luther’s Board of Regents.