Category: Features
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WARTBURG’S ACTUARIAL SCIENCE PROGRAM: A HIDDEN GEM
When most people think about science majors at Wartburg, they come up with programs such as chemistry or biology. However, there’s another major – the actuarial science major.
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GRIGSBY NAMED WARTBURG’S FIRST GRANT PRICE ENDOWED ARCHIVIST
Northwest Iowa native Kay Grigsby is the inaugural Grant Price Endowed Archivist at Wartburg College.
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DAVIS PROJECTS FOR PEACE TO CONTINUE AFTER HIATUS
Each year since 2007, Wartburg selects one project to submit for the Davis Projects for Peace. Davis Projects for Peace is an initiative for all undergraduate students. Participating schools must be a part of Davis United World College Scholars Program.
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COVID-19 CHALLENGES MAINTENANCE PROTOCOLS
Over the past year maintenance staff at Wartburg struggled to keep up with the demands brought on by COVID-19.
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AN INTRODUCTION TO AFROFUTURISM
Science fiction, especially in the United States, is a genre we all know. Everyone has either seen or heard of “Star Wars,” “Avengers” or “The Terminator,” and these are all nice, fun, comfortable franchises, but their connotation is much more broad than what meets the eye. We see these films as fun stories about heroes…
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WARTBURG EDUCATION MAJORS ADJUST ALONG WITH THEIR STUDENTS
Plexiglass dividers. Spaced-out desks. Sanitizing buckets in every corner. No touching allowed. This is the reality of an elementary school classroom during COVID-19.
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NEW COMPUTER SCIENCE CLUB INTRODUCED TO CAMPUS
Before coming to Wartburg from India, Tsering Tashi knew he wanted to start a club here that could benefit students who share the same passion as him. The second-year biology and neuroscience double-major is the club president and creator of the new computer science club.
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STUDENT AMBASSADORS ARRANGE FOR BETTER SEMESTER
Wartburg Public Health Ambassadors are now rewarding students for masking and social distancing on campus. This new student-led group focuses on providing health and safety information and activities for students to participate in during this unprecedented time.
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MARTY JOHNSON: RETURNING TO WARTBURG
No matter what path he followed, Marty Johnson always found his way back to Wartburg College. After setting foot on campus for the first time in 1979, he knew there would be a lifetime of memories to follow.
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DR. KAREN BLACK: FINDING HER PLACE AS WARTBURG MUSIC PROFESSOR
A love of music and passion for people drive Wartburg professor Dr. Karen Black.