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Orange pride for life
 As an active volunteer with the
Wartburg Alumni Association, I have been afforded the opportunity to learn a great deal about a place that I thought
I knew very well.
Just like you, my professional and
personal life keeps me very busy and doesn’t allow me to review the
information I receive as thoroughly as
I would like. My involvement in WAA
has allowed me to see my alma mater in
a whole new light, and I am very proud of
what I have learned.
One of the many things that WAA has discovered is that our alumni take great pride in their alma mater and want the value of their degree to increase. To that end, we heard very clearly that our alumni want to hear and see how Wartburg is contributing to the global community. In addition, they want to not only know where our Wartburg sports teams rank nationally but also where our academic programs are ranked throughout the world. For instance, did you know that Wartburg is ranked as one of the top liberal arts colleges in the country?!?
Please visit www.wartburg.edu/alumni on a regular basis to see the exciting things that are happening at your
alma mater.
In an effort to provide our alumni with information about the exciting initiatives taking place at Wartburg, you will receive an e-mail two times per year from me titled “Orange Pride.”
In it, I will attempt to highlight some items we should know and take great pride in communicating to others.
We need each of our 17,500 alumni around the world to be vocal ambassadors for Wartburg College and indicate our pride in being a Knight! Being a Knight is unique and a moniker we should take great pride in.
WAA provides funding to support student recruitment and scholarships. I have had the opportunity to meet some amazing faculty who are doing cutting edge teaching and research. WAA has become more visible on campus, and through that involvement I have met many wonderful, outstanding students as well. As alumni, we should be very proud of the caliber of student attending Wartburg; the value of our degrees increases daily!
As WAA president, I interact with alumni
throughout the world. Each individual, through their own success, brings recognition to our
college. Be a proud Knight and
make sure each person
you come in contact
with knows that
you bleed
Orange and Black!
-Ed Engelbrecht, '82
President, Wartburg Alumni Association
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Alumni
Citations to be awarded at
Homecoming 2007
 Randy Brubaker '80
Johnston, Iowa
Randy is managing editor of the Des Moines Register, where he manages a 200-person newsroom. He has worked at the Register since 1988 and previously served as digital editor, news editor, sports editor and news assignment editor. As a student, he edited the Wartburg Trumpet.
Robert Gremmels '54 of Waverly, Iowa, was a nominator and recruited Randy to attend Wartburg. In his nomination, Gremmels wrote, “Through the years, Randy Brubaker has been one of Wartburg's most active and supportive alumni. Even before his graduation, he assisted with important recruiting publications. On numerous occasions he has returned to the campus to assist with programs and to speak at classes and convocations. Just last year he served on a convocation panel dealing with the First Amendment. He is always available when we need him.”
Other nominators included Rachel Riensche '80 of Edina, Minn.; Suzanne Behnke '97 of Des Moines, Iowa; and Randall Schroeder '82 of Waverly, Iowa.
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 Ed
Droste '49
Waverly, Iowa
Ed retired in 1986 as president of Waverly Publishing Company, now Colorfx. Prior to attending Wartburg, he served 27 months in the 17 Airborne and 82nd Airborne during World War II and was discharged in October 1945. At Wartburg, Ed lettered in basketball, baseball and golf. He transferred to Iowa State University in Ames and completed his degree.
Of being nominated, Ed said, “It is truly an honor and very meaningful to me to receive this honor. Especially so,
because I grew up on the campus. I was a “Kraut Hill” kid back in the 1930s, along with the Heists, Engelbrechts, Wiederanders, Neumanns, Swensens (and others).”
Nominated by John E. Meyer, Donald Koehn, Bill Engelbrecht '48 and Al Bahlmann '57, all of Waverly, and Dr. Robert Rubenow '54 of Lenox, Ill. |
 Sandra Wendland '73
Stevens Point, Wis.
Sandra is an associate in ministry and director of Christian Education at Trinity Lutheran Church.
Among her nominators was Dr. Walter “Chip” Bouzard, professor of religion. In his nomination, he wrote, “Sandra has
devoted her life to service to the church—quietly and without fanfare—living a life of leadership and service as a spirited expression of her faith and learning. In the 30-plus years since her graduation, she has represented her alma mater well —so well, in fact, that two of her daughters were inspired to attend and graduate from Wartburg.”
Sandra's husband, Allan '73, and daughters Kristin
'00 and Melissa '03 are Wartburg alumni. Her other nominators
were the Rev. Kenneth Knutson of Blaine, Minn., a former
co-worker, and Joan Johnson of Stevens Point. |
 Stretching
our resources in the 21st Century
In our everyday
lives, each of us tries to squeeze a little bit more out
of the budget or stretch our resources a bit further,
whether it's at home or work.
That might
mean buying a smaller car that gets better gas mileage,
eating at a buffet to get more for our dollar or attending
that "one day only" sale to get the best buy.
The point is, everyone strives to make the best use of
their resources as possible, and the Wartburg Alumni Association
is no different.
The primary
mission of the Wartburg Alumni Association is to connect
the Wartburg family "forever." The main way
for us to keep our alumni connected is through communication.
As you can imagine, that is an expensive proposition with
17,500 alumni. Our goal is to engage more constituents
in the life of Wartburg while at the same time providing
value to our alumni.
We very much
appreciate the support we receive from our alumni around
the world and want to ask for your help, but not by asking
for money. We need your help in becoming a more efficient
organization through the use of modern technology to deliver
our communications that keep you connected. In today's
world, technology allows us to deliver information to
you more rapidly and in a more cost-effective manner.
WAA asks that you provide us with a valid e-mail address
to help us reduce printing and postage costs. This will
allow us, through reallocation of funds, to provide more
programs and services to our alumni. I also ask that you
become a regular visitor to www.wartburg.edu/alumni so
you remain current on all of the exciting things taking
place at Wartburg and how WAA connects individuals through
the Wartburg network on a daily basis.
I promise you that
we will be wise and appreciative stewards of the information
you provide us. My pledge to you is that if you will assist
us and entrust us with your e-mail address, we will do
our best to provide you useful and pertinent information.
If at any point in time you feel there are certain types
of communications you don't want to receive, just contact
us. We will code your file to reflect your personal desires.
Our motive is to provide you with information that allows
you in your own personal manner to either stay connected
or get reconnected to the Wartburg network. As director,
I am charged with doing that in the most efficient manner
possible, but we need your help. We currently have about
10,000 e-mail addresses of our 17,500 alumni. If you have
an e-mail address and haven't provided it to us, please
do so.
Be Orange!
-J. Todd Coleman
Director of Alumni and Parent Programs
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