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Northwestern has developed a new logo and wordmark to represent the college on publications, letterhead, the website, and throughout the campus.

Mike Wallinga, instructor in computer science, successfully defended his master’s thesis, “A Web-Based Meta-Tool for Bioinformatics Data Mining Tools” at the University of South Dakota and received a master’s degree in computer science in July.

MaryLou Wielenga, lecturer in music, was an instructor at Pipe Organ Encounter, a camp sponsored by the South Dakota chapter of the American Guild of Organists.

Dr. Scott Monsma, associate professor of sociology, gave a presentation at the annual summer conference of the Association of Christians Teaching Sociology in Wheaton, Ill.

Projects and programs that were important to late Maurice residents Charlie and Cordelia Boyd will continue to benefit from their generosity, thanks to gifts from the Boyds’ estate.

This summer, Jill Bowman is learning that everyone knows someone whose life has been interrupted by cancer, and that each of them has a story. Bowman, a junior biology-health professions major at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, is working to fight cancer behind the scenes in her work as a summer fellow at Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse, Wis.

Melinda Jansen of Newton, Iowa, has found a way to incorporate her love for science and a summer job. Jansen, a junior at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, is participating in the Research for Undergraduates program at the University of Memphis in Tennessee.

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.