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Dr. Juyeon Kang, an award-winning concert artist and professor of music at Northwestern College, will present a faculty piano recital in Christ Chapel on Saturday, Feb. 25, at 7:30 p.m.

Northwestern College senior theatre major Sierra Tumbleson was awarded first place in the dramaturgy category at the Region Five Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) in Des Moines Jan. 22 to 28.

Dr. Michael Kugler, professor of history at Northwestern College, served as editor of a newly published book, “Into the Jungle! A Boy’s Comic Strip History of World War II.” The book features comic strips hand-drawn by Kugler’s father in the 1940s.

Northwestern College’s 2022 graduates have achieved a 99% placement rate, with 83% employed and 16% in grad school within six months of graduation.

Northwestern congratulates the 436 students who qualified for the Dean’s List for the fall 2022 semester. Of them, 284 students earned a GPA of 3.75 or higher and are considered Collegiate Scholars.

Northwestern College will hold its sixth annual Day of Giving on Thursday, Feb. 9. Titled AllNDay, the event is designed to encourage alumni and friends of the college to be “all in” with their support for Northwestern.

The Northwestern College theatre department will present American playwright Lauren Gunderson’s “Silent Sky” Feb. 17, 18, 23, 24 and 25 in the Allen Black Box Theatre. The show will begin at 7:30 each of those evenings; there will also be a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday, Feb. 18.

Northwestern College’s Master of Education program has received recent high rankings from U.S. News & World Report and OnlineMastersDegrees.org.

A festival celebrating the diversity of people and cultures represented on the Northwestern College campus is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 4, beginning at 5 p.m. The event is open to the public as well as to members of the NWC community.

The Northwestern College theatre department’s production of “Life is a Dream” has been selected for presentation at the Region Five Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) in Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 22–28.