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Ready for blastoff
Chances are good that space tourism will one day be commonplace. When it is, chances are very good that everyday astronauts will travel to space in a rocket that a Luther grad helped design.Scott...
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Class Notes, 2000–2017
2000–2009 / 2010–20172000Katie (Aarestad) Fergus is owner and president of Medical Billing Services Iowa in Des Moines.Kim (Turner) and Kevin Frantz own Twin Cities Escape Rooms in Burnsville, Minn....
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1961–1969 / 1970–1979 / 1980–1989 / 1990–19991961Tom Haugen of Decorah was awarded the Karl L. King Distinguished Award by the Iowa Bandmasters Association. He was recognized for his 38 years as a band...
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Hothorpe reunion
They were refugees. World War II and the Cold War had driven most to Britain from Estonia, Latvia, Germany, Hungary, and Poland. They were also young people coming to Hothorpe Hall in England’s...
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Live at Luther
Excerpted from a post by Eric Ellingsen ’99 on Luther’s Ideas and Creations blog, shared and written by faculty, staff, and students, at luther.eduYou know that one friend? The one who is always on the...
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Meet Decorah's new mayor
Decorah’s new mayor, Lorraine (Carter) Borowski ’70, got the training she’ll need for the post through her 27-year career with the Decorah Public Library. She advanced through the ranks from library...
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But my Hamlet's left-handed!
His senior year at Luther, theatre major Mike Speck ’01 and three fellow students staged an independent production of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). “There are fake sword fights...
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Tackling big problems
Structural racism. Food insecurity. Long-term health care. Systemic change in these areas can feel intimidating, too large for one organization to tackle alone. But Ben Kofoed ’12 and Perran Wetzel V...
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Homecoming 2017 awards
Distinguished Service Awards / Music Awards / Athletic AwardsDistinguished Service AwardsSusan (Livingston) English ’82English is retired from the Northeast Iowa Agency on Aging, where she served in...
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Who is at the table?
A Q&A with Lisa Scott, interim dean of institutional equity and inclusionIn August Luther welcomed Lisa Scott, Luther’s first dean of institutional equity and inclusion. Scott comes most recently...
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The unicorn of study-abroad programs
Luther’s Earth and Environment in Italy semester is the unicorn of study-abroad programs: it combines science learning—already unusual in study-abroad programs—with arts and culture in a remote but...
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Creating while teaching
What does an artist’s practice look like when the artist is also a teacher? Graduates of Luther’s art education program, along with current students, will explore that topic during a spring exhibit and...
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