Campus News

  • Gibson Receives Harlan–Peterson Award for Lifetime Achievement

    Gibson Receives Harlan–Peterson Award for Lifetime Achievement

    The State Historical Society of Iowa named Michael Gibson (MA '91) as the 2020 recipient of the William J. Petersen & Edgar R. Harlan Lifetime Achievement Award. The award is one of the most prestigious history honors bestowed in the state. More

  • Audrey Miller (’19) Awarded McElroy Graduate Fellowship

    Audrey Miller (’19) Awarded McElroy Graduate Fellowship

    Audrey Miller (’19) will a Ph.D. in Geochemistry/Planetary Sciences from the University California, Davis in Davis, California. Audrey received the R.J. McElroy Trust graduate fellowship that carries a stipend of up to $36,000 paid over three years. More

  • Loras Media Studies Garners More Accolades

    Loras Media Studies Garners More Accolades

    Loras College students earned six top honors with the Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association (MBJA) 2020 Eric Sevareid Awards. Nine Loars students were recognized by the MBJA for work completed in 2019. Three first place awards to Nate Kaiser, Pat Hunt, Dana Majerczyk, CJ Ponton, Asia Singleton, and Abby Paul. More

  • Keep Germs to Yourself: Lessons from the 1918 Influenza Epidemic

    Keep Germs to Yourself: Lessons from the 1918 Influenza Epidemic

    Kristin Anderson-Bricker, PhD and her students learn valuable lessons from the 1918 influenza epidemic. Through the Loras Experience, students gain an insight into the interests and expertise of Loras faculty. Discover what makes the learning experience at Loras special as different faculty share their knowledge and research with you. More

  • Loras Media Studies and Loras College Television Earn Top Regional Awards

    Loras Media Studies and Loras College Television Earn Top Regional Awards

    Loras College media studies students and LCTV earned top honors at the Upper Midwest Chapter National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) Upper Midwest Chapter/Foundation Student Production Awards. Loras students received five Crystal Pillar awards on the night and were nominated in eight categories. More

  • Pollock Earns Prize from Magma Poetry Competition

    Pollock Earns Prize from Magma Poetry Competition

    Jim Pollock, Ph.D., professor of English, has been awarded the £1000 ($1289) Editors’ Prize in the Magma Poetry Competition in London, UK. The poem, “Goose Neck Lamp,” will appear in an upcoming issue of Magma, a well-known British poetry journal. Pollock will travel to London to attend the Prize reading. More

  • Mallory Gardiner (’22) Appointed to Human Rights Commission

    Mallory Gardiner (’22) Appointed to Human Rights Commission

    Mallory Gardiner ('22) has been appointed to the Human Rights Commission. Mallory started her time here at Loras in 2018 and a member of the Civic Leader Program. Gardiner is a double major in International Studies and Politics. More

  • Hailey Schultz (’21) Honored as Newman Civic Fellow

    Hailey Schultz (’21) Honored as Newman Civic Fellow

    Loras College student Hailey Schultz ('21) has been selected as a Newman Civic Fellow by Campus Compact, a Boston-based non-profit organization working to advance the public purposes of higher education. More

  • Sarah Mueller (’19) to Be Published by plain china

    Sarah Mueller (’19) to Be Published by plain china

    Sarah Mueller ('19) will have two of her works republished in plain china, the national undergraduate literary journal associated with Virginia Commonwealth University. More

  • Loras Mock Trial Shines in New Orleans

    Loras Mock Trial Shines in New Orleans

    The Lora College Mock Trial team distinguished itself at the Big Easy Mock Trial Tournament in New Orleans. More

  • Loras Named a Top School for Financial Planning Degree

    Loras Named a Top School for Financial Planning Degree

    Loras College was listed as one of the top colleges and universities to offer financial planning programs according to the website Financial Planning. More

  • Peterson (’20) Earns Honors at Mock Trial Tournament

    Peterson (’20) Earns Honors at Mock Trial Tournament

    Anna Peterson('20) earned the championship trophy at the Peacemaker Mediation tournament, capping off a successful Loras Mock Trial team performance in Fairfield, Iowa on October 26. More