Luther College News

Combining his passions for social work and psychology, Luther College junior Daniel Dejapin spent the summer interning at the Department of Social Welfare and Development of the Philippines.

Fostering civil dialogue in the community, Luther College senior Elizabeth Wiebke spent the summer interning with the Frank Zeidler Center for Public Discussion in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Luther senior Jack Jagielski spent the summer interning in Rochester, Minnesota, at the Mayo Clinic Center for Sleep Medicine.

Luther College senior Megan Oliver spent the summer interning with Hälsa International in Togo, “a non-governmental organization based in West Africa that provides free access to education and health care to underprivileged children.”

The Luther College music department presents fall opera scenes performed by the Opera Workshop course, a class that allows for students from all majors to learn about and prepare scenes from operas of all different types.
Luther College’s Music Department will present a concert featuring Luther’s Wind and Percussion Ensemble and Varsity Band at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, in the Luther’s Center for Faith and Life, Main Hall.
This event is open to the public with no charge for admission.

As a way to celebrate and reflect on the Christmas message, Luther College presents “Every Voice in Concert Ring,” the 2018 production of “Christmas at Luther,” Thursday through Sunday, Nov. 29-Dec. 2, in the Center for Faith and Life on the Luther campus. This is the 37th season of “Christmas at Luther” performances.

Luther College junior Kristen Hansen spent the summer interning in Rochester, Minnesota, with the Jeremiah Program, a company that promotes “transforming families from poverty to prosperity two generations at a time.”

Studying the fish of Minnesota’s lakes, Luther senior Noah Amundson of Owatonna, Minnesota, spent the summer as a fisheries intern for the Minnesota DNR in Brainerd.

Engaging with both children and hospital patients, Luther College senior Tiwonge Chirwa of Lilongwe, Malawi, spent the summer as a health care coordinator at Camp Hiawatha and Camp Vermillion, and as an intern at Cook Hospital in Cook, Minnesota.