WAVERLY, IOWA (June 14, 2024) — Wartburg College was one of only 25 schools nationwide and the only one in Iowa to earn a Carnegie Elective Classification for Leadership for Public Purpose.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (June 13, 2024) — Forty-six students at Augustana College recently were inducted into the college's Phi Beta Kappa chapter. This national academic honor society recognizes scholarly achievement, character, integrity, and independence of mind. Members are elected by faculty. Election is less a reward for past success than a recognition of exceptional promise for future growth and achievement.

Students honored at the induction ceremony include:

IOWA CITY, IOWA (June 13, 2024) — Mitchell Winterlin of Iowa City, Iowa, is one of ten students from the University of Iowa (UI) — all hailing from hometowns in Iowa — have been granted a prestigious Benjamin A Gilman International Scholarship, which awards the recipient up to $5,000 to study abroad.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (June 13, 2024) — The Black Box Theatre will be holding auditions for the US premiere of The Truth, described as a “brilliantly cruel comedy of the hypocrices [sic] which hold society together.”

Written by Florian Zeller and translated by Christopher Hampton, the production will be presented August 16-31.