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Apr
20
2006
Northwestern students serving as translators for hospital open house
Six Northwestern students will serve as translators when Orange City Health System holds an open house for its new hospital and clinic.
Apr
20
2006
Biology faculty and students to present research
Two Northwestern biology professors and five students will present results of their research at the annual meeting of the Iowa Academy of Science in Storm Lake April 21–22.
Michael Andres, a member of Northwestern's religion faculty since 1998, has earned his doctoral degree and been promoted to associate professor.
Apr
12
2006
Northwestern appoints De Jong to VP position
Ron De Jong, associate vice president of development, has been appointed to the new role of vice president for external relations.
Apr
11
2006
Kinsinger presents paper on Colonial religion
Dr. Mitch Kinsinger presented a paper at the Upper Midwest regional meeting of the American Academy of Religion, held at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minn., on March 31.
Eight incoming freshmen—from Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota—have been selected to receive Norman Vincent Peale Scholarships. Each student will receive a total of $48,000 over four years at NWC from the prestigious scholarship.
Dr. Joonna Trapp, associate professor of English, chaired a sub-section of scholars working on a bibliography for eventual publication on the web.
Northwestern education students spend time off campus each day. What these students are doing is incredibly important: they venture into the community and give their time to help someone else out.
Sarah Yoder '02, a rhetoric graduate student at Texas Christian University, has been awarded funding to conduct dissertation research in Wales.
Mar
24
2006
Prof and student present papers at conference
Dr. Michael Avery, assistant professor of business and economics, and senior Emily Hennager of Ames, Iowa, presented papers at the Midwest Business Administration Association conference held from March 15–17 in Chicago.