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Many Northwestern professors are taking advantage of the summer months to work on research projects. Eleven faculty members are conducting research with the aid of NWC funds.

Twenty-six Northwestern students are spending their summer on short-term mission experiences as members of the college’s Summer of Service (SOS) team.

Sixteen Northwestern students are currently studying in Mexico, led by Spanish instructor Piet Koene.

Dr. Jeff VanDerWerff, associate professor of political science, spoke at the biennial gathering of Christians in Political Science in Washington, D.C., in June.

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Jeannine Lovas, a 2004 writing & rhetoric and communications graduate, has been accepted to an exclusive writing workshop at Windbreak House, hosted by author Linda Hasselstrom on her ranch near Hermosa, S.D.

Northwestern has hired Dr. Ruth Dankanich Daumer, chairperson of the nursing department at Briar Cliff University since 2000, to direct the development of a planned new baccalaureate degree in nursing program.

Northwestern’s athletic training education program became accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs on May 23.

Northwestern’s Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team was named first runner-up in its league at the SIFE national contest in Kansas City, Mo., finishing among the top 40 teams out of 200 at the competition.

Four 2005 Northwestern College graduates received Faculty Honors at commencement ceremonies on May 14.