| APR30 | Seniors receive Faculty Honors | Seniors receive Faculty HonorsGraduating seniors Kyle Blankers and Laura Jacobson received Faculty Honors at the college’s Honors Convocation on April 29. |
| APR30 | Faculty awarded grants for summer scholarship | Faculty awarded grants for summer scholarshipNorthwestern College Scholarship Grants were awarded to 11 NWC professors to fund their scholarship and research during the summer of 2008. |
| APR30 |  | Psychology professor receives NWC teaching awardDr. Laird Edman, professor of psychology, has been named this year’s recipient of the Northwestern Teaching Excellence Award. |
| APR25 | Daumer speaks at conferences | Daumer speaks at conferencesDr. Ruth Daumer, associate professor and chairperson of the department of nursing, has been a presenter at two recent scholarly conferences. |
| APR25 | Psychology major wins award at social science conference | Psychology major wins award at social science conferenceFor the second year in a row, a Northwestern psychology major has been honored for presenting the best student paper at the Siouxland Undergraduate Social Science Research Conference. |
| APR25 | Student wins award at history conference | Student wins award at history conferenceA Northwestern junior was honored for presenting the best paper in media history at the University of South Dakota Student History Conference on April 24. |
| APR24 | NWC to award 281 diplomas May 10 | NWC to award 281 diplomas May 10Northwestern will award Bachelor of Arts degrees to 281 students during commencement on May 10. |
| APR24 | Twenty-two students to participate in summer missions | Twenty-two students to participate in summer missionsTwenty-two Northwestern students will spend their summer on short-term mission experiences in 14 different countries as members of the college’s Summer of Service team. |
| APR24 | Young contributes book chapter | Young contributes book chapterDr. Dan Young, associate professor of political science, contributed a chapter to a recently published book. |
| APR24 | Professor to direct new feature film | Professor to direct new feature filmJamey Durham, assistant professor of communications, will direct a new movie that will be shot in the Orange City area this summer. |
| APR23 | Professor's movie premieres | Professor's movie premieresAdjunct professor Mike Anderson wrote and directed a new independent film, "Dave's 16th," which premieres in Orange City April 25-May 1. |
| APR22 | Author to speak at Northwestern | Author to speak at NorthwesternJoey Earl Horstman, a 1987 Northwestern alumnus and author of “Praise, Anxiety and Other Symptoms of Grace,” will visit NWC April 30 and May 1. |
| APR19 | Northwestern mourns the death of Bob Reynen | Northwestern mourns the death of Bob ReynenBob Reynen, director of church relations, died on April 19 after suffering from brain cancer. |
| APR18 |  | Keith wins national awardDon Keith, general manager of Northwestern's Sodexo Campus Services, has been named a Sodexo Hero of Everyday Life for 2008. Keith and seven other national winners are being honored for investing their time, talent and spirit in the ongoing fight against hunger. |
| APR18 |  | MercyMe to headline RiseFest on June 21Rise Ministries and Northwestern College will co-sponsor the fourth annual RiseFest on June 21 with several Christian bands, an extreme sports area, Kids Zone, seminars and speaker Rob Roozeboom. |
| APR17 | Chamber ensembles to present concert | Chamber ensembles to present concertNorthwestern’s Brass Quintet and String Quartet will perform a wide variety of music at a concert on May 2. |
| APR17 | NWC pays tribute to longtime employees | NWC pays tribute to longtime employeesNorthwestern honored 54 longtime employees at the college’s Spring Recognition Banquet. |
| APR17 |  | Meyer receives staff recognition awardBrenda Meyer, academic affairs assistant, was named the 2008 recipient of the Staff Recognition for Inspirational Service Award at the Spring Recognition Banquet on April 15. |
| APR11 | Trustees authorize continued planning for residence hall | Trustees authorize continued planning for residence hallNorthwestern's Board of Trustees voted to continue with planning for a proposed new residence hall at its spring meeting. |
| APR11 | Students participate in singing competition | Students participate in singing competitionThree NWC students competed in the National Association of Teachers of Singing Lewis and Clark spring auditions. |
| APR10 | Band and Symphonette to perform | Band and Symphonette to performNorthwestern’s Symphonic Band and Symphonette will perform a wide variety of music at a concert on April 25. |
| APR10 | Oratorio Chorus and NWC choir to perform | Oratorio Chorus and NWC choir to performThe Sioux County Oratorio Chorus and Northwestern's A cappella Choir will team to perform Mozart’s "Requiem" on Saturday, April 26, at 7:30 p.m. in Christ Chapel. |
| APR4 | NWC to hold ceremony for nursing students | NWC to hold ceremony for nursing studentsSeventeen Northwestern nursing students will formalize their commitment to practice Christ-centered nursing during the department’s second annual Christian Commitment to Professional Nursing Ceremony, to be held April 19. |
| APR3 | Incoming students win Peale Scholarships | Incoming students win Peale ScholarshipsTen incoming freshmen—from Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota—have been selected to receive Norman Vincent Peale Scholarships. |
| APR3 | Instrumentalists to perform student recital | Instrumentalists to perform student recitalSenior Jenna Teerink of Worthington, Minn., and junior Kayla Driesen of Rock Valley, Iowa, will present a joint instrumental recital on April 15. |
| APR3 | Tim Brown to speak | Tim Brown to speakThe Rev. Dr. Timothy Brown, the newly appointed president of Western Theological Seminary, will speak at Northwestern April 21 and 22. |
