Category: Honors & Awards
Luther also remained ranked as one of the nation’s top liberal arts colleges and remained the second-highest ranked liberal arts college in Iowa.
“Receiving [the Weston Noble Award] inspires me to keep improving my service to Luther College and to the world,” said Juan Tony Guzmán, director of the jazz program and professor of music at Luther College. “I was close to Mr. Noble since I came to the United States in 1988. Like many others, I benefited from his wisdom, generosity, kindness and humor.”
McGee also received the Kuh Family “Positively Luther” Award.
Luther College announced that 268 students graduated in the spring of 2025.
Kellen DeKok, Lydia Gruenwald, Alexia Murano and Cassandra Norton were selected to be teaching assistants.
Luther College is one of a select group of private liberal arts colleges in the United States with a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.
The Young Alumni Award recognizes the outstanding achievements of Luther alumni in their vocation or avocation who have graduated in the last 15 years.
“I feel honored that my classmates picked me,” said Kaasa, a double major in elementary education and Nordic Studies.
Their papers examined an exciting array of works, from Virginia Woolf to Sudanese author Leila Aboulela to a popular HBO series.
The Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa recognizes Steves’ promotion of the value of travel as an educational tool for the last 40 years.