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Dr. Laird Edman led a one-day workshop on teaching and assessing critical thinking in the classroom for the faculty of the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at Iowa State University in October.

Dr. Michael Avery spoke at the October meeting of the Academy of International Business, Northeast chapter, in Smithfield, R.I.

For the third year in a row, several students are living in the Spanish House, part of Northwestern’s themed housing program.

An article by Dr. Ann Lundberg has been published in ATQ, a quarterly journal of 19th-century American literature and culture.

Deb Menning, instructor in English, received a Literacy Award from the Iowa Council of Teachers of English (ICTE) at the organization’s annual meeting in Cedar Rapids on Oct. 8.

“Scripture is a mirror. I want to help people see themselves in that mirror,” says Dr. Jackie Smallbones, associate professor of religion and Christian education.

The Northwestern College Board of Trustees, meeting on campus Oct. 4-5, authorized the college administration to move forward with the next step in planning for a new learning commons.

Dr. Laird Edman is working with two professors at the University of Minnesota on a test of critical thinking.

Jeff Barker, professor of theatre and speech and director of worship at Trinity Reformed Church in Orange City, Iowa, led three worship workshops on campus during September.

Dr. Carl Vandermeulen, professor of English and communication studies, is on sabbatical for the 2004–05 academic year.