Luther College News

Luther College is proud to announce the 2024-25 Center Stage Series, which annually presents outstanding performances to uplift, inspire and expand your world. Season tickets are available now for six exciting performances by international artists.

Surrounded by more than 90 prospective student-athletes and their families, Luther College current student-athletes broke a wall to mark the launch of construction on the $24 million Gerdin Fieldhouse for Athletics and Wellness.

Luther’s selection for membership in the FirstGen Forward Network was based on the college’s demonstrated commitment to improving experiences and advancing success for first-generation college students. 

Orçun Selçuk, assistant professor of political science at Luther College, recently published “The Authoritarian Divide: Populism, Propaganda, and Polarization,” which examines the relationship between populism and polarization through leaders in Turkey, Venezuela, and Ecuador. 

Luther students have uncovered a rich crop of knowledge about Iowa’s original environment, the tallgrass prairie – its plants, its pollinator populations, and its effect on water and soil erosion.

More than 600 middle and high school students took part in a variety of music and other programs during their time on Luther’s campus. 

An environmental studies class about household energy has turned into a practical energy-saving project for the Luther College campus, thanks to the generosity of two parents of Luther alumni.

Luther College announces that 259 students graduated in the spring of 2024. They were honored at the 2024 Commencement Ceremony on May 19. 

A rising senior majoring in history and minoring in museum studies, Hursh applied what she learned at Luther during a spring 2024 internship for the highest court in the U.S. 

A 2024 Luther graduate, Bilal will compete for Team USA, facing some of the best young powerlifters in the world, in the 2024 World University Powerlifting Championships in Tartu, Estonia, July 23–27.