Luther College graduate, Joseph Keeley '20, has moved up from an alternate Fulbright award winner to a finalist.

Luther College graduates, Madeleine Flom-Staab and Annelise Myers will be serving as U.S. Teaching Assistants in Austria for the 2020-21 academic year.

Shannon Baker and Madeleine Flom-Staab, both class of 2020, have received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award.

The Austrian-American Educational Commission has selected Luther College alumna Gabrielle Bruns to serve as a U.S. teaching assistant for the 2019-20 academic year.

Alumnus Eric Schultz, class of 2009, reflects on how his time at Luther came full circle when he traveled to Spain recently and how his learning experience has continued past graduation.

Professors Kunkel and Hurley discuss ways Luther might further enrich our already amazing international studies courses.

David Thompson reflects on the similarities between learning and driving - and trusting young people to become independent.

The Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board has selected Ashley Heffernen, Luther College class of 2014, to receive a Fulbright award for the 2015-16 academic year.

The highly competitive Fulbright foreign scholarship award provides funds for a year's educational experience abroad, including travel, health insurance and a monthly stipend to cover living expenses.

The Luther College Balalaika Ensemble will perform in concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22, at Shirley Baker Commons on the Luther campus.

The concert is open to the public with no charge for admission.

Special guest vocalist is Ami Hall, Luther class of 1996, performing artist and educator from Littleton, Colorado.

Lydia and Andrea perform energetic traditional Nordic music on fiddle, 5-string fiddle, nyckelharpa, and voice on Monday, Oct 27, 2014 at 7:30pm at Vesterheim's Bethania Church, 113 N Mill Street, Decorah, Iowa.

Doors open at 7pm, $12 at the door, Luther students get in free with student ID.

More event info at vesterheim.org   More about Lydia and Andrea here. 

The Luther College Modern Languages, Literatures and Linguistics department is hosting a Spanish Talent Show with music, dancing, fun and prizes at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 18, in Marty's on the Luther campus.

Director of both the Russian Studies and Nordic Studies departments, Professor Laurie Iudin-Nelson's plate is full of international insight already, but that doesn't mean she's done learning. Laurie discusses the importance of continuing to study peace making and reconciliation efforts.

Do they speak French in Vietnam? Odd as it may sound, the answer is yes, more than five percent of the population speaks French. Learn more about Vietnam with Luther grad Kirsten Jacobson as she begins her journey teaching there this upcoming year. With her recently awarded Fulbright, she discusses the opportunity to immerse herself in a part of the world that is unknown to many.

A new book by two former Luther College faculty members details the story of the April 2008 immigration raid of a meat packing plant in Postville, Iowa, from the viewpoint of the undocumented workers. Authors Virginia Gibbs and Luz Maria Hernandez will read from their book, "Shattered Dreams: The Story of a Historic ICE Raid in the Words of the Detainees," at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2, in the F.W. Olin Building, Room 102, on the Luther College campus. A reception will follow.

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Luther College alumnae Rachel Barclay and Bianca Lutchen have each been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarship to Germany for the 2012-13 academic year.

Laurie Iudin-Nelson, Luther College professor of Russian Studies, was honored for 25 years of service at Concordia Language Villages in Bemidji, Minn., at a ceremony in July.