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Sep
20
2005
Garage sale raises $3,700 for hurricane relief
More than $3,700 was raised for the American Red Cross’ hurricane relief efforts at the Northwestern all-campus garage sale on Sept. 16 and 17.
Two new vice presidents joined Northwestern’s leadership team during the summer. Dr. John Brogan, a member of Northwestern’s religion faculty since 1997, is serving as vice president for student development. Dr. Jasper Lesage, dean of social sciences at Dordt College since 1990, is serving as vice president for academic affairs.
Sep
09
2005
Northwestern to honor three during Homecoming
Northwestern will honor three distinguished alumni on Friday, Sept. 30, during the college’s Homecoming festivities.
Sep
03
2005
Northwestern mobilizes to help hurricane victims
Northwestern officials have expressed a desire to help college students displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Contact the registrar’s office, 712-707-7145, for more information.
Aug
24
2005
Smallbones selected for endowed professorship
Dr. Jackie Smallbones, professor of religion and Christian education, has been appointed to the Marvin and Jerene DeWitt Endowed Religion Professorship.
Nine new full-time faculty members at Northwestern are preparing for the Aug. 23 start of the fall semester.
Several Northwestern staff members are in new roles as the fall semester approaches.
Northwestern students will notice some significant improvements in facilities thanks to projects completed by the maintenance department during the summer.
Aug
18
2005
Northwestern unveils new visual identity system
Northwestern has developed a new logo and wordmark to represent the college on publications, letterhead, the website, and throughout the campus.
Mike Wallinga, instructor in computer science, successfully defended his master’s thesis, “A Web-Based Meta-Tool for Bioinformatics Data Mining Tools” at the University of South Dakota and received a master’s degree in computer science in July.