Luther College News

The 2019 team wrestling camps at Luther College have come to a close. Directed by Luther Head Wrestling Coach, Dave Mitchell, the athletic camps have grown into some of the largest and most recognized in the Midwest.

Luther College faculty and students are closely examining how Freeport residents were affected by the 2016 floods in an effort to enhance flood resilience in the community.

Dan Davis, Luther College assistant professor of classics, is about to embark on an unforgettable mission. He is traveling to Chuuk Lagoon in the western Pacific in an effort to recover the remains of missing American WWII air crews.

Luther College professors and students are sharing their findings about flooding and encouraging community conversation in Freeport during a community meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 16, at Freeport Park. The meeting is intended to facilitate a conversation among Freeport community members on how to create a community that is resilient to future flooding.

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst is hosting a town hall meeting at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 2 in Valders Hall of Science Room 206 on the Luther College campus.

Luther College held commencement ceremonies for the class of 2019 at 9 a.m. Sunday, May 26, in Luther’s Carlson Stadium.

The Austrian-American Educational Commission has selected Luther College alumna Gabrielle Bruns to serve as a U.S. teaching assistant for the 2019-20 academic year.

Luther alumnus Chris Norton is returning to Decorah to speak about his new book, “The Seven Longest Yards.”

Vicar Amalia Vagts, a 1995 Luther graduate, is a candidate for word and sacrament ministry in the Northeastern Iowa Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran church in America (ELCA.) All candidates studying to become pastors in the ELCA complete a year of pastoral internship. Vagts’ internship is a collaboration between the Luther College student congregation with supervisor Pastor Anne Edison-Albright and two area congregations: Bethany Lutheran Church in Elkader, Iowa and Emanuel Lutheran Church in Strawberry Point, Iowa with supervisor Pastor Susan Friedrich.

Luther College’s spring 2019 Dean’s List includes 703 students; 73 first-years, 154 sophomores, 152 juniors and 324 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).