Luther College News
“Reacting to the Past†games are designed to create a fun and engaging way for students of all ages to understand foreign cultures and global citizenship. For her summer research project, Luther College senior Katrina Meyer of Mount Prospect, Illinois, created historically based role-playing simulations in order to stimulate and to engage students in the learning of modern languages.
Luther College junior Elisabeth do Rosário Vicente spent the summer as an intern at the Ministry of Planning and Finance in Timor-Leste in southeast Asia.
Luther College alumna Julia Curtis, class of 2017, spent the summer as a communications intern at Henkel, Corp. in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Luther College’s Norse Athletic Association invites the Decorah community to “The Upstairs” at TBocks Bar and Grill at noon Wednesday, Nov. 14, for the NAA Winter Sports Luncheon.
Discussing the connection between personal and social transformation, David Loy, professor, writer and teacher of Japanese Sanbo Zen Buddhism, will present his lecture “Transforming Self, Transforming World: Buddhism and Social Justice” at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8 in Valders Hall of Science, Room 206 on the Luther campus.
In conjunction with the Oneota Film Festival, a screening of the documentary “Happening: A Clean Energy Revolution,” will be shown at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, at the Lingonberry, 218 Water Street, Decorah, Iowa.
Working at the Sojourner shelter in Minnetonka, Minnesota, Luther senior Elena Dooley, spent her summer collaborating with volunteers and supporting victims of domestic abuse.
Luther College is hosting a Music Scholarship Audition Day Saturday, Nov. 10. Activities for the day are geared toward high school seniors interested in attending Luther.
Registration deadline is Sunday, Nov. 4; online registration is available at https://tinyurl.com/musicauditionday.
Drawing connections between America’s favorite pastime and morality and culture, Luther College Professor Emeritus John Moeller will present a lecture at 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, in the Mott Room of the Dahl Centennial Union on Luther’s campus.
Jimmy Hoke, visiting assistant professor of religion takes a look at Paul’s letters as he discusses queerness in the Roman world of the first century C.E. in his lecture at Luther College on Nov. 6.