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As the nation heard that Curiosity had successfully traveled 354 mil- lion miles to land on Mars Aug. 6, Mitchell Campion, a student at Con- cordia College, Moorhead, Minn., was studying iron oxide and Mars magnetization with Thelma Berquó, visiting assistant professor of phys- ics. They are trying to produce a particular iron oxide that may exist on the surface of Mars and could be “useful for magnetic media stor- age—like hard drives,” Campion said. “It would also fill in the holes
in certain archeological material ....” In related news, Concordia physics professor Heidi Manning is working with a NASA team studying the data sent by the Curiosity rover.
PRESIDENT
The Board of Regents and its Presi- dential Search Committee invite nominations for and expressions of interest in the position of tenth presi- dent of Luther College. An excep- tional opportunity to lead one of the top 100 liberal arts colleges in the nation, the position becomes avail- able as President Richard L. Torg- erson leaves office after 14 years of extraordinary leadership and service.
Additional information about Luther, the many leadership agendas for the next president, and the appli- cation process may be found at www.
luther.edu/presidentialsearch. Per- sons interested in engaging as can- didates are encouraged to review these materials before submitting credentials.
Nominations and expressions of interest may be forwarded to: Ms. Sandy Lee and
Mr. Paul Torgerson, Co-Chairs, Presidential Search Committee Luther College
Lutherpres@agbsearch.com
Luther College is an equal opportunity employer and encourages the candidacies of women and persons of color.
Five students at California Lutheran, Thousand Oaks, spent five days in August living with Salvadoran immi- grants and volunteering for service organizations in Los Angeles during the university’s first urban service immersion for incoming students. They explored justice issues involv- ing youth, hunger, economic develop- ment and worker justice. To organize the immersion, CLU administrators worked with New City Parish, a coali- tion of nine ELCA congregations in the Los Angeles area that focuses on holistic ministries and social outreach.
Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minn., is ranked third in the U.S. among bachelor-only degree grant- ing institutions whose alumni went on to earn a doctorate in physics from 2001 to 2010, according to National Science Foundation data. With 26 alumni earning doctorates in that time period, Gustavus was second only to Harvey Mudd College, Clare- mont, Calif. (58) and Reed College, Portland, Ore. (39).
Green is the word at Muhlenberg Col- lege, Allentown, Pa., where students, faculty and staff are coming together
around a new office of campus sus- tainability, which seeks to creatively integrate this issue into the aca- demic curriculum and across campus facilities.
Gerald R. McDermott, Jordan-Trexler Professor of Religion at Roanoke Col- lege, Salem, Va., co-taught “Church and State: Religion in the Young American Republic,” a July 29-Aug. 4 seminar at Princeton [N.J.] Univer- sity for professors of history, politics and law. Sponsored by the Center on Religion and the Constitution at Princeton’s Witherspoon Institute, the seminar explored the interaction of religion and political life in the early American republic. Students included nine assistant professors from around the country, selected through a com- petitive process.
The Greening Churches project at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, offers free help for local congrega- tions seeking to “green the church.” Project interns Cally Mabry, a junior environmental studies and history major, and Kristi Holmberg, who received her Bachelor of Arts in reli- gion in 2012, spent the summer serv- ing in nine northern Iowa congrega- tions with projects on sustainability and environmental stewardship. As part of their internship, Holmberg and Mabry wrote Cultivating Hope: A Greening Churches Guide.
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