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The Voice of Luther
In his deep radio voice, Bruce Larson recites the once-standard station break of KWLC: “You’re in tune to the radio voice of Luther College, KWLC, Decorah.” Larson, who is on staff as the station...
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Imagine Fellowships
If you had $5,000 to design a learning experience for yourself anywhere in the world, what would you do?This is the question posed to the 10 students that Luther selects as Imagine Fellows each year....
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2000–2009 / 2010–20162000Erin (Meyer) Bockoven-Troll of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is an intermediate accountant for Transamerica Life Insurance. Norah Bringer and Dave Wake live in Washington, D.C. She is an...
View ArticleClass Notes, 1938–1999
1938–1939 / 1950–1959 / 1960–1969 / 1970–1979 / 1980–1989 / 1990–19991938Minnard “Dusty” Hanson recently celebrated his 101st birthday in Burr Ridge, Ill. He sold his retail business of 44 years and...
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Somewhere behind the rainbow
In the understatement of the year, Molly Goodwin ’02 says, “It’s not a little job.” As production stage manager for the touring production of The Wizard of Oz, Goodwin is responsible for calling out...
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Studying Aztalan
This summer, like the three summers before it, Sissel Schroeder ’83 found herself digging trenches—methodical, razor-straight trenches from which dirt was excavated by shovel and Marshalltown trowel....
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Spurring student success
For nearly three decades, Rufus Glasper ’74 has held the catbird seat on evolving higher education trends in this country. As chancellor emeritus of Arizona’s Maricopa Community Colleges, one of the...
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Karibu Loo
Heading out the door for a run one evening in 2014, Michael Switzer ’10 called to wife Leah (Jensen) Switzer ’11, “I think we should move to Africa.”“I thought, What? Get back in here, you can’t leave...
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Lars-Erik Larson '10 gains traction with jazz quartet Mancrush
Anyone’s first question to jazz drummer Lars-Erik Larson ’10 might be: Why is your jazz quartet called Mancrush? Answer: It’s the name you give to a group of serious professional musicians as a joke;...
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On grammar “cops” and “criminals”
Last fall, Luther’s English Department hired Mike Garcia and his wife, Marie Drews ’02, to help with writing instruction and program development in Paideia and the first-year writing courses. Garcia...
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Going high-tech in Greece
If you think archeological work is all kneeling in a trench, brushing ancient dust off potsherds, think again. As Dan Davis, Luther assistant professor of classics, points out, digging up artifacts is...
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Jane (Greene) Hildebrand '74 retires after 31 years in coaching and Student Life
Jane (Greene) Hildebrand ’74 worked both parts of campus at Luther, as a coach in the Regents Center for 27 years and, for the past five years, as assistant dean for student life, up the hill in Dahl...
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Martin Luther restored to luster
The Martin Luther statue on campus is looking good after an extensive “rubdown” last spring. Years of corrosion have been scrubbed off and his warm brown patina restored.Conservators from Midwest Art...
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Violinist Namuun Tsend-Ayush '17 to debut at Carnegie Hall in December
Namuun Tsend-Ayush ’17 was among the first-place winners in the American Protégé International Concerto Competition last spring (college students/professional musician category). So on Dec. 18, two...
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Erdman Prize winners
The 31st annual Luther College Entrepreneurial Showcase was held Tuesday, April 26, in Dahl Centennial Union. Since 1986, the goal of the Entrepreneurial Showcase has been to provide an annual forum...
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The big difference endowments make
When Dennis ’64 and Suzanne Birkestrand gave $1.5 million to Luther to endow the Birkestrand Economics and Management Chair in spring 2016, it was a big deal, and we wanted to know more about the...
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Senior Snapshots
Asking “why” leads Pema Lama from isolation to global educationPema Lama left home at seven years old. “All I knew back then was that the only way to escape getting married at 12 was to become a nun,”...
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Learning through immersion
Erika Balk ’16 studied in Luther’s Malta Program in spring 2015. She shot this photo in Santorini, Greece, during spring break. “The white buildings clashed against the bright blue sky and were like...
View ArticleClass Notes, 2000–2015
2000–2009 / 2010–20152000Matthew Brant earned a master of theology degree from Dallas Theological Seminary. He is pastor at North Scott Baptist Church in Pardeeville, Wis.Chris Kjonaas is the associate...
View ArticleClass Notes, 1943–1999
1943–1949 / 1950–1959 / 1960–1969 / 1970–1979 / 1980–1989 / 1990–19991943Albert Nassen of Dallas celebrated 70 years of ordination last September.1952Harold Peterson sings in the ALC Celebration Choir...
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