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Wartburg College expands graduate options with two new master's degrees in health and human performance
Wartburg College will launch two new online graduate programs in health and human performance - a Master of Science in sport science and data analytics and a Master of Science in high performance - beginning fall 2025. The programs, which build on t...
Dec 5, 2024, 10:23am EST
Wartburg receives $2.3 million gift to bolster Knight's Experience Fund
Wartburg College has received a $2.3 million gift to help grow a new endowed fund that will offset the cost of experiential learning opportunities for all Wartburg students. John Sauer, a 1978 graduate in business and accounting, was a faithful Wartbu...
Oct 28, 2024, 11:56am EDT
Wartburg joins other schools in approving Iowa Private Transfer Guarantee
Wartburg College has joined 18 other private, nonprofit colleges and universities across the state in approving the Iowa Private Transfer Guarantee admission agreement with Iowa community colleges. Through this agreement, students who are pursuing an ...
Oct 24, 2024, 2:50pm EDT
Wartburg College secures $150,000 grant to support Knight's Experience Fund
A $150,000 R.J. McElroy Trust challenge grant will ensure that even more Wartburg College students will have the opportunity to engage in an immersive learning experience while earning their undergraduate degree. The grant was awarded in support of th...
Oct 22, 2024, 4:56pm EDT
Wartburg to host concert organist Spritzer
Wartburg College will host guest organist Damin Spritzer at 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, in the Wartburg Chapel. The concert is free and open to the public. Spritzer is an associate professor of organ at the University of Oklahoma and the artist-in-reside...
Sep 16, 2024, 8:00am EDT
Wartburg College secures $185,000 grant to transform classroom technology
Wartburg College is the recipient of a $185,000 grant from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust that will help transform technology in more than 60 classrooms and advance the college's vision of becoming a fully wireless campus by 2030. The five-year in...
Aug 14, 2024, 10:43am EDT
Wartburg Community Symphony conductor finalist for American Prize
Rebecca Nederhiser, conductor of the Wartburg Community Symphony, is a finalist for the American Prize - Vytautas Marijosius Memorial Award in Orchestral Programming. Nederhiser submitted the symphony's February 2023 performance, "Music Takes Flight,"...
Jul 11, 2024, 4:56pm EDT
Wartburg College recognized for developing leaders for public purpose
Wartburg College was one of only 25 schools nationwide and the only one in Iowa to earn a Carnegie Elective Classification for Leadership for Public Purpose. The classification acknowledges colleges and universities that have committed to campuswide e...
Jun 14, 2024, 11:17am EDT
Gabu awarded $10,000 Davis Projects for Peace grant
A Wartburg College student's plan to empower individuals living with HIV/AIDS in South Sudan received a $10,000 grant from the Davis Projects for Peace program. Boboya Gabu, a sophomore in public health, will travel to the Greater Mundri community in ...
May 24, 2024, 11:23am EDT
McGuigan, Waheed selected as student speakers at Wartburg Commencement on May 26
Megan McGuigan of Story City and Rahima Waheed of Karachi, Pakistan, will deliver the student messages at the Wartburg College Commencement on Sunday, May 26. Based on nominations from their peers and in consultation with faculty and staff, Wartburg C...
May 9, 2024, 10:50am EDT