Wartburg Advocates seek to identify, recruit and equip Wartburg alumni and friends to serve as volunteer representatives of, and advocates for, Wartburg in their local communities – congregations, schools, businesses and local communities. Wartburg Advocates help build and maintain a strong relationship between Wartburg and members’ communities in many ways:

• Encourage youth in your community, school or church who are looking at colleges to consider Wartburg
• Encourage youth in your community, school or church to visit Wartburg for special events such as: Jr. High Event, Senior High Event, or Christmas with Wartburg
• Encourage high school juniors to attend Wartburg’s Junior Visit Day in April
• Encourage alumni to bring a student to Wartburg’s College Prep 101 weekend held each July
• Talk with your pastor about inviting an admissions or church relations representative to come to your church to talk about Wartburg
• Encourage high school students to attend Iowa Private College Week in August, or a Lutheran College Fair
• Volunteer to interview at one of the scholarship days
• Send a list of high school sophomores and juniors to the Admissions Office
• Post and distribute admissions literature in appropriate places – youth rooms, college information centers, career centers, church bulleting boards, and other places that would be appropriate
• Invite a Wartburg music ensemble to Perform in their community
• Represent Wartburg at a college fair
• Provide internships or mentor a student through the Orange Connection or KnightNet
• Encourage your congregation to participate in the EPIC program