Emily Christensen

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554 Wartburg Students Named to Fall Term Dean's List

Jan 13, 2025 | rcreader.com | Emily Christensen |Michael Helke

WAVERLY, IOWA (January 13, 2025) — Wartburg College has recognized 554 students who were named to the 2024 Fall Term Dean's List. Those honored include:Austin Barta, of Bettendorf. Gavin Barta, of Bettendorf. Brooke Bloom, of De Witt. Delaney Coffman, of Eldridge. Landon Coleman, of Pleasant Valley. Brody Condon, of De Witt. Ryan Doyle, of Bettendorf. Ty Gardner, of LeClaire. Reagan Hassel, of LeClaire. Tyge Lyon, of Bettendorf. Seth Madden, of Eldridge. Dylan Marti, of Donahue. Robert Matera, of Davenport.
Wartburg Choir to perform special home concert as part of NWU Choir Tour

Jan 3, 2025 | wartburg.edu | Emily Christensen

The Wartburg Choir will perform with the Nebraska Wesleyan University Choir and Gold Standard Singers during a special concert at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10, in the Wartburg Chapel. The free concert is part of the Nebraska Wesleyan University 2025 Choir Tour. The NWU choir is led by Tom Trenney, a featured performer and conductor who served at Wartburg while Lee Nelson, the Wartburg Choir conductor, was on sabbatical in the fall of 2018.
Runchey to deliver student address at Wartburg College December Commencement

Dec 10, 2024 | wartburg.edu | Emily Christensen

Taylor Runchey, a senior from Ankeny, will deliver the student address at the Wartburg College December Commencement on Sunday, Dec. 15. Wartburg President Rebecca Ehretsman and the Senior Leadership Team chose Runchey, an elementary education major, to give remarks on behalf of the Class of 2024 at the ceremony beginning at 10:30 a.m. in Neumann Auditorium. The ceremony will be livestreamed at www.wartburg.edu/commencement. Runchey is a Regents Scholar and will graduate summa cum laude.
Wartburg College expands graduate options with two new master’s degrees in health and human performance

Dec 5, 2024 | wartburg.edu | Emily Christensen

Wartburg College will launch two new online graduate programs in health and human performance — a Master of Science in sport science and data analytics and a Master of Science in high performance — beginning fall 2025. The programs, which build on the college’s reputation for excellence in undergraduate health sciences programs and athletic dominance, will produce students ready to lead and serve in a variety of athletic and nonathletic venues.
Wartburg-Waverly Festival of Trees begins Dec. 2

Nov 20, 2024 | wartburg.edu | Emily Christensen

The Wartburg-Waverly Festival of Trees will brighten the halls of the Wartburg College Classroom Technology Center Dec. 2 through Dec. 10. The festival attracts thousands of guests, including those visiting the community for events such as Christmas with Wartburg.
Wartburg Players to present ‘Almost, Maine’

Nov 8, 2024 | wartburg.edu | Emily Christensen

The Wartburg Players’ fall production, “Almost, Maine,” will Nov. 8 and 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the McCaskey Lyceum in the Saemann Student Center. The show is free to Wartburg students who present a student ID. Tickets will be sold at the door for $10. Ticket sales and donations help support the student-led organization’s mission of making theatre accessible for students through a variety of shows, troupes and events.
Deputy Consul General Schulz to give annual Kleinfeld lecture at Wartburg

Nov 8, 2024 | wartburg.edu | Emily Christensen

Deputy Consul General Dirk Schulz will give the annual Kleinfeld Lecture in German History, Culture and Politics at 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 16 in McCaskey Lyceum on the Wartburg College campus. Schulz will discuss “Current Developments in German Politics – Domestic, International and Climate Issues in Focus.” The lecture will be preceded by an Alumni Panel from 4 to 5 p.m., also in McCaskey Lyceum. The events conclude the 10th anniversary celebration of Wartburg College’s German Institute.
Wartburg Players to present ‘Almost, Maine’

Nov 7, 2024 | wartburg.edu | Emily Christensen

The Wartburg Players’ fall production, “Almost, Maine,” will Nov. 8 and 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the McCaskey Lyceum in the Saemann Student Center. The show is free to Wartburg students who present a student ID. Tickets will be sold at the door for $10. Ticket sales and donations help support the student-led organization’s mission of making theatre accessible for students through a variety of shows, troupes and events.
Ticket sales begin Nov. 1 for 78th annual Christmas with Wartburg

Oct 29, 2024 | wartburg.edu | Emily Christensen

The 78th annual Christmas with Wartburg performance, “Hear the Angels Sing,” will showcase the talents of more than 300 student musicians at concerts Dec. 6-8 in West Des Moines and Waverly. Tickets sales begin Friday, Nov. 1, for shows Saturday, Dec. 7, at 3 and 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 8, at 3 p.m. in Wartburg College’s Neumann Auditorium, as well as a performance at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, at Lutheran Church of Hope in West Des Moines.
Wartburg to host second music faculty lecture commemorating endowed professorship

Oct 29, 2024 | wartburg.edu | Emily Christensen

Wartburg College’s Scott Muntefering and Lia Snead will present their research on two Iowa musicians and mentoring in music education as a part of a faculty lecture series commemorating 10 years of the Eugene and Ruth Weidler Drape Distinguished Professorship in Music Education. The lecture will begin at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, in Orchestra Hall in the Bachman Fine Arts Center on campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.