by Jesseca Ormond– Students and professionals from the Siouxland area recently came together for the Iowa Women Lead Change annual women’s conference. The conference was held February 15th at the Sioux City Convention Center. The theme for this year’s conference was Iowa Women and Men Lead Change – Better Together. Director of Iowa Economic Development Authority, Debi Durham, on…
by Jesseca Ormond–Morningside College hosted 37 high school bands during the 46th annual Jazz festival in February. Jazz Director Russ Nagel, described the purpose of the festival as educational. “Our purpose is to provide a great educational experience in jazz through experienced judges, guest artists and clinicians,” Nagel said. During the festival bands played a competition set for the judges. The…
by Maggie Ganley– As the current interdepartmental honors program fades away, plans for a future honors program are on the horizon. The interdepartmental honors program currently offered is being phased out and all of the current students in the program will be taught out. Recognizing the value in having an honors program available on campus, an…
by Maggie Ganley– Friday is Writing Day (FIWD) will be celebrating its 30th anniversary on campus this fall. Its existence came about as the result of an experiment and its presence on campus has been valued by faculty and students ever since. FIWD started out as an experiment by Dr. Marty Knepper and three other people…
by Jesseca Ormond – After a one-year hiatus, recycling has returned to the Morningside campus. During the pause, student groups such as the Morningside Student Government stepped up to collect and properly dispose of recyclable materials. Ashton Schweers, Student Government Director of Communications, said it was important to undergo this initiative because student government received…
by Alyssa Nehring–On February’s All Campus Event Day, while the upperclassmen took advantage of the opportunity to sleep in, freshmen were up and at Eppley Auditorium by 10 a.m. The freshman class spent the morning transitioning into their academic departments and meeting their academic advisors. Traditionally, students would transition and meet with their department advisor…
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