WAVERLY, IA (04/15/2015)(readMedia)-- Paris White of Muscatine was recognized Thursday, April 9, as a top student in religion during the Wartburg College Excellence in Teaching and Scholarship Convocation.
The award honors students for their academic excellence, service to the department and attitude.
Wartburg, a four-year liberal arts college internationally recognized for community engagement, enrolls 1,661 students. Wartburg is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and named after the castle in Germany where Martin Luther took refuge disguised as a knight during the stormy days of the Reformation, while translating the Bible from Greek into German.