Twenty Wartburg College international students will assist a Waverly nonprofit organization while celebrating the Davis United World Colleges’ 50^th anniversary.

The students will repaint the Cedar Valley Friends of the Family shelter in Waverly Saturday, Sept. 29. The project includes five bedrooms and three bathrooms, as well as kitchen, dining, living and play rooms, and, time permitting, hallways and the entry.

“We chose this service project as a way to celebrate our 50th anniversary by giving back to the community,” said Neo Maraisane, a second-year student majoring in mathematics and engineering science from Lesotho in southern Africa. “We selected Cedar Valley Friends of the Family because they needed quite a number of people for their project.”

The Wartburg students are in the Davis UWC Scholars program initiated by philanthropist Shelby M.C. Davis and his wife, Gale. It contributes as much as $20,000 per year in need-based aid toward the students’ education at one of its 94 partner U.S. colleges and universities.

Wartburg, which had 42 Davis Scholars on campus in 2011-12, has been a partner college since 2007. The Davis program currently supports 4,230 scholars from 146 countries.

The first United World College opened in South Wales in 1962, bringing together high school students from around the world. The program now has 13 two-year campuses on five continents, educating students — 40,000 all told — from 180 countries who have matriculated to U.S. colleges and universities. 

Twenty Wartburg College international students will assist a Waverly nonprofit organization while celebrating the Davis United World Colleges’ 50^th anniversary.

The students will repaint the Cedar Valley Friends of the Family shelter in Waverly Saturday, Sept. 29. The project includes five bedrooms and three bathrooms, as well as kitchen, dining, living and play rooms, and, time permitting, hallways and the entry.

“We chose this service project as a way to celebrate our 50th anniversary by giving back to the community,” said Neo Maraisane, a second-year student majoring in mathematics and engineering science from Lesotho in southern Africa. “We selected Cedar Valley Friends of the Family because they needed quite a number of people for their project.”

The Wartburg students are in the Davis UWC Scholars program initiated by philanthropist Shelby M.C. Davis and his wife, Gale. It contributes as much as $20,000 per year in need-based aid toward the students’ education at one of its 94 partner U.S. colleges and universities.

Wartburg, which had 42 Davis Scholars on campus in 2011-12, has been a partner college since 2007. The Davis program currently supports 4,230 scholars from 146 countries.

The first United World College opened in South Wales in 1962, bringing together high school students from around the world. The program now has 13 two-year campuses on five continents, educating students — 40,000 all told — from 180 countries who have matriculated to U.S. colleges and universities. 

Twenty Wartburg College international students will assist a Waverly nonprofit organization while celebrating the Davis United World Colleges’ 50^th anniversary.

The students will repaint the Cedar Valley Friends of the Family shelter in Waverly Saturday, Sept. 29. The project includes five bedrooms and three bathrooms, as well as kitchen, dining, living and play rooms, and, time permitting, hallways and the entry.

“We chose this service project as a way to celebrate our 50th anniversary by giving back to the community,” said Neo Maraisane, a second-year student majoring in mathematics and engineering science from Lesotho in southern Africa. “We selected Cedar Valley Friends of the Family because they needed quite a number of people for their project.”

The Wartburg students are in the Davis UWC Scholars program initiated by philanthropist Shelby M.C. Davis and his wife, Gale. It contributes as much as $20,000 per year in need-based aid toward the students’ education at one of its 94 partner U.S. colleges and universities.

Wartburg, which had 42 Davis Scholars on campus in 2011-12, has been a partner college since 2007. The Davis program currently supports 4,230 scholars from 146 countries.

The first United World College opened in South Wales in 1962, bringing together high school students from around the world. The program now has 13 two-year campuses on five continents, educating students — 40,000 all told — from 180 countries who have matriculated to U.S. colleges and universities.