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Rick Clark, instructor in Spanish, has been named this year’s recipient of the Northwestern Teaching Excellence Award. He received a $1,500 check and a plaque at the college’s Honors Convocation on May 1.

Four Northwestern history majors spoke at the Student History Conference, sponsored by the Phi Alpha Theta history honors society at the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, on April 26.

Northwestern will award Bachelor of Arts degrees to 239 students during commencement Saturday, May 12.

Twenty-one NWC students will spend their summer on short-term mission experiences in 16 different countries as members of the college’s Summer of Service team.

Study abroad courses led by Northwestern faculty will take students to Russia and China this summer.

Efforts by Northwestern theatre faculty and students to restore ancient Israelite dramas from the Old Testament to worship were featured by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship in April.

Dr. Lyle Vander Werff, a member of Northwestern's religion faculty from 1967 until he retired in 1998, died on Monday, April 23.

Scott Simmelink, director of maintenance and operations, has been named the 2007 recipient of the college’s Staff Recognition for Inspirational Service Award.

Forty-two longtime Northwestern employees were honored at the college’s Spring Recognition Banquet on April 19.

Dr. Graham Lemke and Vonda Post, members of the business faculty, presented a paper and received an award at the Midwest American Accounting Association conference.