Luther College

700 College Drive, Decorah, IA 52101-1045 -  View Map

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• Located in the small northeast Iowa town of Decorah, Luther College is an undergraduate liberal arts institution of about 2,600 students. The college is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Founded in 1861 by Norwegian immigrants, Luther offers more than 60 majors and preprofessional and certificate programs leading to the bachelor of arts degree. Its mission statement emphasizes faith, leadership, and community service. Luther College provides equal opportunity for all qualified persons in its educational programs and activities.
• Central to Luther's facilities is its beautiful 800-acre campus. Chief among the academic facilities is Preus Library, a superior small-college library containing more than 330,000 volumes. Modern, well-equipped laboratories in Valders Hall of Science are supplemented by several other science-teaching facilities on campus: a greenhouse, a live-animal center, a human anatomy lab, a natural history museum, and a psychology sleep laboratory. Luther College maintains radio station KWLC-AM, and the college's affiliate station, KLSE-FM, is part of the Minnesota Public Radio network.
• The Franklin W. Olin Building, completed in 1995, is a state-of-the-art academic facility which houses the departments of economics and business, mathematics, and computer science. The Center for Faith and Life (CFL) houses a 1,600-seat auditorium for the performing arts. Available for recreational use and for the physical education program are 12 outdoor tennis courts; an eight-lane, polyurethane, 400-meter track; a downhill ski area; numerous cross-country ski trails; and 15 acres of intramural fields.
• Profile last updated: 07/12/2011.

In the News:

• Luther alumni return for band, choir reunion (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
  posted on July 17, 2011 at 03:33:54 am
  DECORAH --- Hundreds of Luther College graduates will return to campus this month for the Weston Noble Alumni Choir reunion and the Luther All-Bands reunion.
• 911 call shows student seeking help before death (The Gazette)
  posted on July 14, 2011 at 05:09:12 pm
  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Police have released audio of a 911 call that shows a college student from Ghana seeking help before his death but struggling to tell a dispatcher where he was located. Authorities say Luther College student “Nabby” Baffour-Awuah died of hypothermia and exposure on Jan. 1 after being locked out of [...]
• 911 call shows student seeking help before death (Washington Examiner)
  posted on July 14, 2011 at 03:14:28 pm
  The Associated Press The Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa Police have released audio of a 911 call that shows a college student from Ghana seeking help before his death but struggling to tell a dispatcher where he was located. Authorities say Luther College student "Nabby" Baffour-Awuah died of hypothermia and exposure on Jan. 1 after being locked out of his dormitory following a night of ...
• 911 call shows Luther College student seeking help before death (Pioneer Press)
  posted on July 14, 2011 at 03:09:21 pm
  IOWA CITY, Iowa - A college student from Ghana sought help before his death by calling 911 but repeatedly struggled to tell a dispatcher specific information about his location, according to an audio recording of the call released this week.
• Sean Anderson receives Fulbright award (The New Ulm Journal)
  posted on June 28, 2011 at 05:13:48 am
  DECORAH, Iowa - Sean Anderson, a Luther College 2011 alumnus from New Ulm, has been named a recipient of the Fulbright award for 2011-12 from the Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.

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