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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
Pema Lama, Jenna Johnson, Laura Proescholdt, Fred Scaife, Blaise Schaeffer, Catherine Lewis, Sheldon Smith, Jesse Hitz GraffAsking “why” leads Pema Lama from isolation to global educationPema Lama...
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After the D.C. Semester
Luther’s Washington Semester—a study-away program with a four-day-a-week internship at its core—offers many students their first real taste of working in government. Through interning with members of...
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2000–2009 / 2010–20162000Ben Johnson is a financial consultant for Stonebridge Group at Thrivent Financial in Bloomington, Minn.Nicole (Ryerson) Lemke is the first-time homebuyer program manager for...
View ArticleClass Notes, 1959–1999
1959 / 1960–1969 / 1970–1979 / 1980–1989 / 1990–19991959Milt Kramer of Manchester, Iowa, was inducted into the Iowa League of Cities Hall of Fame at the group’s annual meeting in Des Moines. Kramer is...
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Second Shot
Reid Wilson ’10 makes it sound simple. He and wife Kelsey (Anderson) Wilson ’11 had a rescue dog with a broken leg who would want to go hunting again. They also had friends who used to hunt before...
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Communicating with autism
Twelve-year-old Matteo Musso has a lot to say, but until 18 months ago, he had little means to communicate his thoughts, insights, and ideas. Matteo is autistic and, in his case, has difficulty...
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Navigating race in a different country
Akosua Frimpong ’03, who majored in English, has been teaching at Royal Primary Academy in Jakarta, Indonesia, since September 2015. In October 2016, she wrote a first-person article about her...
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Math on canvas
Emily Lynch Victory ’06 is a rising star in the art world, but make no mistake: math is her first love. This is evident in her stunning large-scale paintings, each of which requires hours upon hours of...
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7 takeaways from the 2016 Luther College Writers Festival
In September Luther hosted its fourth writers festival. Authors who spoke on the craft of writing were of the literary caliber for which one rolls out the red carpet.New York Times bestselling...
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On the power and mystery of water
Nancy K. Barry, professor of English and current Jones Professor in the Humanities, delivered this sermon during chapel in the Center for Faith and Life just five days after Luther student Bjorn...
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Brothers on and off the field
The camaraderie was especially high on the Luther men’s soccer team last fall, and if the family culture of the team seemed particularly strong, you could credit the unusual number of brothers on the...
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Internship program connects students, alumni, applied learning
Physics major Caleb Anderson ’17 spent January 2016 interning at Asylum Research in Santa Barbara, Calif. He learned how the company makes atomic-force microscopes and gained familiarity with the...
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Homecoming 2016 awards
Distinguished Service Awards / Music Awards / Athletic AwardsDistinguished Service AwardsDr. Rolf Brekken ’91A leading cancer biology researcher at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center,...
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“What could top this?”
Weston Noble ’43 died Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016, in Decorah at the age of 94. He had joined Luther’s music faculty in 1948, serving as conductor of Concert Band from 1948 to 1973 and Nordic Choir from...
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Limb Lab lends a hand
You have to start somewhereOne thing to know about Rachel Stoddard ’17 is that she’s driven. She graduated with an exercise physiology major in December in only five semesters. She plans to earn a...
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