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Five Duhawks Earn Top Honors in FBLA-PBL State Competition

The Iowa & Minnesota Campus Compact announced that Loras College President Jim Collins (’84) will serve as Iowa Board Chair beginning July 1, 2020. Collins will help to continue the three-year strategic alliance between the two states and create a framework for increase commitment to equity. More

Kaminski

The Loras College Social Work Program announced Krystina Kaminski (’20) as recipient of the 2020 Jane Addams Award. Krystyna lives and breathes social justice and advocacy through her work on the Loras College Diversity committee, Loras Social Work Council, and as campus President of The Alliance. More

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

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 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

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 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

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