Higher education
Linda Thomas and Jan Rippentrop delivered a TED-style talk about the school’s new curriculum.
Summer in Decorah, Iowa, is more than bike rides and Nordic Fest. It’s an ideal time for Luther College students and faculty to collaborate on undergraduate research proj- ects. Brooke Joyce, associate pro- fessor of music at Luther, worked with Pablo Gómez-Estévez, Class of 2017, who composed a piano suite based on a children’s book he wrote. The research culminated in an illus- trated book with a music CD. “It’s never too early to begin thinking of yourself as a professional, undertak- ing ambitious work that could have a major impact on the world,” Joyce said. See project summaries and vid-
eos at
www.luther.edu/academics/ high-impact-learning/research/ music.
In June, California Lutheran Univer- sity, Thousand Oaks, received $2.32 million from the estate of an alumna’s parents to advance programs in three fields that were important to the fam- ily: ministry, science and education. Darlene and Wilbert Carlson, who died in 2013 and 2014 at the ages of 84 and 85, respectively, left $1.4 mil- lion to establish an endowed chair in youth and family ministry, $584,700 toward the construction of a new sci- ence building, $300,000 for a sum- mer research program in chemistry and $40,000 for an endowed scholar- ship for aspiring teachers.
ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton received an honorary doctor of humanities degree and sent off 238 graduates this May at Thiel College, Greenville, Pa. Her address “Reli- gion vs. Reason?” made the case to the more than 2,000 attendees that religion and science aren’t mutually exclusive. Eaton encouraged students to “make the world a better place” and to spend their “lives lavishly in service to [their] neighbor.”
For the third consecutive year, Texas Lutheran University, Seguin, was listed with distinction on the Presi- dent’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. More than 850 students engaged in community ser- vice, logging nearly 34,000 volunteer hours during the 2014-15 academic
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