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For the second consecutive year, Northwestern College senior Jack MacGregor, a theatre major from Denison, Iowa, achieved a first-place finish at the Region Five Kennedy Center College American Theater Festival (KCACTF), held this year in Des Moines Jan. 19–25.

Northwestern College congratulates 524 students who earned a spot on the Academic Dean’s List for the fall 2024 semester.

Eight members of the Northwestern College Symphonic Band have been chosen to participate in the 2024–25 Iowa Collegiate Honor Band. The honor band, composed of the best college woodwind, brass and percussion students from throughout the state, will gather at Pella, Iowa, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1.

Northwestern College’s theatre department will present “The Little Prince” Feb. 21, 22, 26 and 27 in the DeWitt Theatre Arts Center’s England Proscenium Theatre. The show will begin at 7:30 each of those evenings; there will also be a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday, Feb. 22.

Mark Potter, former head men’s basketball coach at Newman University, will speak about mental health issues at Northwestern College Feb. 10–12.

Northwestern College will hold its annual Day of Giving on Thursday, Feb. 6. Titled AllNDay, the event is designed to encourage alumni and friends of the college to be “all in” with their support for Northwestern.

For the sixth year in a row, Northwestern College has set a spring enrollment record. This year’s number is 1,661, up from 1,603 last spring.

Northwestern College tied for 21st in the online bachelor’s degree program category and 77th in the online master's degree in education program category in U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 rankings.

Dr. Young-Ji Byon, the founding director of Northwestern College’s engineering program, has been selected for training to become an ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) program evaluator.

Northwestern College’s 2024 graduates achieved a 99.5% placement rate within six months of graduation. A survey of members of the class revealed that 80% are employed, 19% are in grad school, and 0.5% are either volunteering or not searching for a job.