Issue #28
April 17, 2014

 
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The Luther College Nordic Choir will perform both at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 26, in the Normandale Lutheran Church of Edina, Minn., and at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 27, in Benson Great Hall at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minn. The 7 p.m. performance on Saturday at Normandale Lutheran Church will feature different music from the Nordic Choir's 2014 tour concert. The concert also features a chamber orchestra and the Concert Choir from Edina High School. Read more...

 
 
After a year-long commitment from more than 500 people, the Luther College Dance Marathon raised a total of $38,612.01 to send to the University of Iowa Children's Hospital. Dance Marathon is a nationwide movement involving college and high school students at more than 150 schools across the country. Students spend a year raising funds and interacting with children's hospital patients and families. Read more...
 
 

Professors and students at Luther College and Lafayette College are investigating southern hemisphere climate change over the last six million years to better understand key linkages and feedbacks within Earth's climate system. The project is funded through a $135,235 grant from the National Science Foundation awarded in June 2013 to Laura Peterson, Luther College assistant professor of environmental studies and chemistry, and a similarly funded grant awarded to collaborator Kira Lawrence, associate professor of geology at Lafayette College. The research will continue through 2016. Read more...

 
 

The annual BTQ Talent Show, sponsored by Luther College's Diversity Center and the Beta Theta Omega (BTQ), a women's leadership and service group, will feature student talent at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 26, in the Main Hall of the Center for Faith and Life on the Luther campus.  Read more...

 
Featured Photos

This week's photos include the Dance Marathon, Cathedral Choir and Collegiate Chorale homecoming concerts and the Norse Relays . View photos

 
Featured Video
 

Check out the Luther College Visual Media's "Born a Norse-Music." It just goes to show that some people are born a Norse.  View video