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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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Wartburg's Dunne receives Fulbright award to Taiwan

Wartburg College's Maeve Dunne was selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board for a Fulbright award to Taiwan through the program's English Teaching Assistant Program.
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Achievement (Other) - 2023 Jun 1

Longwe, Njus selected as student speakers at Wartburg Commencement on May 28

Joanna Longwe of Nairobi, Kenya, and Chandler Njus of Fredericksburg, Iowa, will deliver the student messages at the Wartburg College Commencement on Sunday, May 28.
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Achievement (Other) - 2023 May 23
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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
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Wartburg's Buchheim awarded R.J. McElroy Graduate Fellowship

Wartburg College senior Andrew Buchheim is one of two students to receive an R.J. McElroy Graduate Fellowship.
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Scholarship - 2023 May 2
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Wartburg junior Zelle receives ELCA physics scholarship for second year

Wartburg College junior Paul Zelle has been awarded a $5,000 Rossing Scholarship in Physics from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America for the second time in as many years.
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Scholarship - 2023 Apr 21

Nine Wartburg students presented research at National Conference for Undergraduate Research

Nine Wartburg College students presented their research at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research (NCUR) April 13-15 at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
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Research / Grant - 2023 Apr 20

Wartburg students accepted into the Teacher Education Program

Nine Wartburg College students were accepted into the college's Teacher Education Program.
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Accepted - 2023 Apr 14
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Wartburg students participate in Leadership Challenge Event

A team of Wartburg College students recently participated in the Washburn University Leadership Challenge Event.
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Academic competition - 2023 Apr 12
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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
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Hahn honored by Upper Midwest Emmy Foundation

Senior Henry Hahn is the recipient of the 2023 College AV All-Star from the Upper Midwest Emmy Foundation.
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Student Competition - 2023 Apr 6
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Ten Wartburg College seniors to be featured in annual art exhibit

Wartburg College's Senior Exhibit 2023 will showcase works from 10 students beginning Tuesday, April 4, in the Waldemar A. Schmidt Art Gallery.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2023 Apr 3

Wartburg students, recent graduates win ICMA awards

Thirty-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 - 2023 Mar 30

Wartburg students accepted into the Teacher Education Program

Nine Wartburg College students were accepted into the college's Teacher Education Program.
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Accepted - 2023 Mar 20
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Peterson presents research at national opera conference

Wartburg College senior Hanna Peterson presented her research on gender and sexuality within two modern operas at the National Opera Association's 2023 conference in Houston, Texas.
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Research / Grant - 2023 Feb 2
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474 Wartburg students named to Fall Term Dean's List

Wartburg College has recognized 474 students who were named to the 2022 Fall Term Dean's List.
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Dean's List - 2023 Jan 9
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Seven Wartburg College students awarded competitive Gilman scholarships

Seven Wartburg College students were awarded a Gilman International Scholarship that will help offset their costs while studying abroad.
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Scholarship - 2023 Jan 6

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

Wartburg students present at national conference for minorities in STEM

Wartburg seniors Carrington Bush and Joseline Robles Rosales recently presented their research at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists in Anaheim, Calif.
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Research / Grant - 2022 Dec 6
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St. George Quartet aids Wartburg professor, musician in conference presentation

The Wartburg College St. George String Quartet and Professor Rebecca Nederhiser shared techniques for arranging music for different ensembles during a presentation at the Iowa Music Educators Association conference.
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Achievement (Other) - 2022 Dec 20
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Wartburg students present phage research at microbiology association meeting

Three Wartburg College students presented their bacteriophage research at the American Society for Microbiology North Central Branch meeting in Grinnell. Juniors Zef Ngove and Chaitrali Reddy along with sophomore Gretchen Guetzlaff presented "Isolation, Characterization, and Host Range of Novel Microbacterium foliorum Bacteriophages."
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Research / Grant - 2022 Nov 18
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Wartburg professor, student present at early childhood education workshop

Wartburg College Professor Mike Bechtel and senior Ella Brase recently presented "Into the Wild: Teaching Core Subjects Through an Environmental Lens" at the Early Learning Fall Institute in Des Moines.
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Research / Grant - 2022 Nov 9
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Wartburg students present at MidBrains conference

Wartburg College students Pedro Martinez and Jenna Smuszkiewicz presented their research at the Midwest Regional Neuroscience Conference (MidBrains) in Eau Claire, Wis., on Oct. 22.
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Research / Grant - 2022 Nov 4
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Wartburg inducts 31 into Phi Eta Sigma honor society

The Wartburg College chapter of the Phi Eta Sigma first-year honor society recently inducted 31 new members.
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Honor Society - 2022 Oct 6

Wartburg students' research published in microbiology journal

Three Wartburg College students have had their research published in the American Society for Microbiology journal Microbiology Resource Announcements.
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Research / Grant - 2022 Oct 26

Wartburg students accepted into the Teacher Education Program

Fourteen Wartburg College students were accepted into the college's Teacher Education Program.
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Accepted - 2022 Oct 10
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Sarwar receives McElroy scholarship from Wartburg

Sameer Sarwar, a 2022 Cedar Falls High School graduate, is the recipient of Wartburg College's R.J. McElroy Minority Scholarship.
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Scholarship - 2022 Aug 22
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C.F. graduate receives McElroy Scholarship to Wartburg

Zander White, a 2022 Cedar Falls High School graduate, is the recipient of Wartburg College's R.J. McElroy Minority Scholarship for Waterloo/Cedar Falls Students.
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Scholarship - 2022 Aug 2
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Recent Wartburg graduate selected to illustrate children's book

Katie Duncan, a 2022 Wartburg College graduate, was selected to illustrate the winning children's book in the second annual Bushel of Stories writing contest organized by the Iowa Agricultural Literacy Foundation.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2022 Jul 13

Two Wartburg students present at education conference in Hawaii

Two Wartburg College students shared their research about remote learning at the 2022 Hawaii International Conference on Education.
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Research / Grant - 2022 Jul 11

Wartburg student presents literature review at education conference in Hawaii

Hanna Peterson, a rising senior at Wartburg College, shared a literature review at the 2022 Hawaii International Conference on Education.
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Research / Grant - 2022 Jul 11
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