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Many dream about hearing the words “lights, camera, action” shouted daily at their job. This summer, for Laurie Van Peursem of Stewartville,Minn., a senior at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, that dream has come true.

Kristin Heumann of Chandler, Ariz., a junior physical education major at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, is serving as a summer intern at the Grand Canyon State Games in Tempe.

Four theatre majors are honing their stage craft in selective summer internships with professional companys, including the world-reknowned Santa Fe Opera.

Communication professor Jamey Durham is gaining practical experience in independent filmmaking, spending quality time with his family and seeking to influence children for Christ—all while making a movie in Orange City this summer.

Northwestern's women’s soccer team is ministering in San José, Costa Rica, the third Raider team to be involved in mission projects this summer.

Jesse Scherer, a business administration major with a criminal justice career concentration, spent nine summer weeks interning with the Woodbury County Sheriff's Department in Sioux City, Iowa.

Daniel Berntson, an English and philosophy major, held one of 18 selective summer internships with the National Endowment for the Humanities in Washington, D.C.

Michael Holm, a senior mathematics major, is spending his summer participating in a Research Experience for Undergraduates program at the University of Akron.

Dr. Ann Lundberg, associate professor of English, gave a presentation at the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment conference in Eugene, Ore., in June.

Northwestern College and 28 other private colleges are participating in Iowa Private College Week, Aug. 1–5. All prospective students who visit Northwestern's campus that week will have their application fees waived—and get a kickin’ new NWC T-shirt.