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Wartburg College is a selective four-year liberal arts college of the Lutheran Church (ELCA), internationally recognized for community engagement. The college offers more than 50 academic majors and preprofessional and certificate programs leading to the bachelor's degree.

Wartburg College is dedicated to challenging and nurturing students for lives of leadership and service as a spirited expression of their faith and learning.

Learn more at www.wartburg.edu. 

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Wartburg College is a selective four-year liberal arts college of the Lutheran Church (ELCA), internationally recognized for community engagement. The college offers more than 50 academic majors and preprofessional and certificate programs leading to the bachelor's degree.

Wartburg College is dedicated to challenging and nurturing students for lives of leadership and service as a spirited expression of their faith and learning.

Learn more at www.wartburg.edu. 

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Three Wartburg College students awarded competitive Gilman scholarships

Three Wartburg College students were awarded Gilman International Scholarships that helped offset their costs while studying abroad. Mckenna Schaufenbuel and Allison Taylor spent May Term in the Netherlands and Germany, and Mikaela Kime studied in the Bahamas.
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Scholarship - Jun 2

Wartburg's Knutson receives ELCA Fund for Leaders scholarship

Recent Wartburg College graduate Nathaniel Knutson received the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Fund for Leaders Direct Full-Tuition Scholarship.
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Scholarship - 2024 Jun 6

Goetz, Schriever selected as student speakers at Wartburg Commencement on May 24

Brandon Goetz of White Bear Lake, Minnesota, and Lennon Schriever of Ogden will deliver the student messages at the Wartburg College Commencement on Saturday, May 24.
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Achievement (Other) - May 20

KWAR, Knight Vision take home 13 IBNA awards

Wartburg College student media won 13 awards at the Iowa Broadcast News Association's annual conference in April.
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Achievement (Other) - May 2

Wartburg students accepted into the Teacher Education Program

Ten Wartburg College students were accepted into the college's Teacher Education Program.
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Accepted - May 20

Wartburg student accepted into the Teacher Education Program

Jaiden Thomsen was accepted into the Wartburg College Teacher Education Program.
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Accepted - Apr 11

Wartburg seniors to show documentary on RICE Day

Five seniors at Wartburg College will showcase their documentary, "The Uncharted Battle: Life with Mitochondrial Disease," at Wartburg's RICE Day on April 10, 2025, at 2:30 p.m., in Neumann Auditorium. The documentary tells Jace Smith's story. Smith was a Waverly resident who tragically lost his life to mitochondrial disease in 2016 at the age of 13.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - Mar 26

Wartburg students win ICMA awards

Twenty-three Wartburg College students and recent graduates were recognized for their work with student media at the annual Iowa College Media Association Awards.
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Student Competition - Feb 10

Four Wartburg students receive excellence awards at 67th ADAI Exhibition

Four Wartburg College students' creations were recognized at the Art Directors Association of Iowa's 67th annual Design Exhibition in Des Moines at the beginning of April.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - May 12

Wartburg students win ICMA awards

Twenty-nine Wartburg College students and recent graduates were recognized for their work with student media at the annual Iowa College Media Association Awards. KWAR, the student-run radio station, received the Audio Excellence of the Year Award.
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Student Competition - 2024 Feb 28

554 Wartburg students named to Fall Term Dean's List

Wartburg College has recognized 554 students who were named to the 2024 Fall Term Dean's List.
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Dean's List - Jan 13

466 Wartburg students named to Winter/May Term Dean's List

Wartburg College has recognized 466 students who were named the 2024 Winter/May Term Dean's List.
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Dean's List - 2024 Jun 7

Wartburg students inducted into Kappa Delta Pi honor society

Thirteen Wartburg College students were inducted into the Kappa Delta Pi honor society on Nov. 21, 2024.
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Honor Society - 2024 Dec 13

Wartburg inducts 22 into Phi Eta Sigma honor society

The Wartburg College chapter of the Phi Eta Sigma first-year honor society recently inducted 22 new members.
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Honor Society - 2023 Oct 26

211 Wartburg College students receive diplomas

Wartburg College awarded dipolomas to 211 students during Spring Commencement on Sunday, May 26.
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Graduation - 2024 Jul 25

58 Wartburg College students receive diplomas

Wartburg College awarded dipolomas to 58 students during December Commencement on Sunday, Dec. 10.
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Graduation - 2024 Jan 23

Wartburg students' research discovery published in national microbiology journal

A group of Wartburg students had their research discovery published in the American Society of Microbiology Journal.
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Research / Grant - 2024 May 20

KWAR, Knight Vision win IBNA awards

Wartburg College student media won 11 awards at the Iowa Broadcast News Association's annual conference in April.
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Academic competition - 2024 May 3

Wartburg student media honored with IBNA awards

Wartburg College student media garnered seven first-place awards at the Iowa Broadcast News Association annual conference held Saturday, April 29, at the Prairie Meadows Conference Center in Altoona.
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Academic competition - 2023 May 9

Wartburg students, faculty present at National Science Teaching Association conference

Seven Wartburg College students and one faculty member recently presented their research at the National Science Teaching Association National Conference on Science Education in Denver, Colorado.
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Research / Grant - 2024 Apr 18

Saint Elizabeth Week award recipients announced

Four Wartburg College students and a staff member were honored for their commitment to service as part of the school's annual Saint Elizabeth Week celebration.
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Community Service - 2023 Nov 20

Wartburg student receives grant for project to end period poverty in Zambia

A Wartburg College student has received a $10,000 Projects for Peace grant to carry out a summer humanitarian effort teaching young girls in Lusaka, Zambia how to make and sanitize reusable menstrual pads.
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Community Service - 2023 Jun 12

Wartburg students attend leadership symposium at Air Force Academy

Four Wartburg College students recently attended the National Character and Leadership Symposium hosted by the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo.
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Leadership - 2023 Apr 11

Wartburg students place second at Leadership Challenge Event

A team of Wartburg College students took second place in the College Division at the Washburn University Leadership Challenge Event on March 3-4. The students also received the Emerging Leader Award, which honors the best performance of a collegiate team that has participated in the event for less than two years.
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Academic Award - 2022 Mar 10

92 Wartburg student-athletes named Academic All-Conference

Ninety-two Wartburg College fall sport student-athletes were named to the American Rivers Conference 2022 All-Academic Team.
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Sports - 2022 Dec 7
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