Majors: Biology
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Jack: Wartburg taught me the importance of showing up every day
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Jack Crane transferred to Wartburg from North Iowa Area Community College and quickly found ways to make the most of his Wartburg experience.
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Alicia: ‘I felt invested after one visit’
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Name: Alicia MutasingwaHometown: Cedar Rapids, IowaMajor: Biology (Pre-Nursing) Why did you choose Wartburg: I chose Wartburg because I felt invested after one visit. What has been your favorite class: My favorite class was Philosophy, Faith and Reason with Dr. Helgevold. I enjoyed how we were able to develop our own reasoning techniques. I really learned…
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Kelly: Wartburg prepared me for nursing school
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Name: Kelly McClimonHometown: Mabel, Minn.Major: Biology (Pre-Nursing) Why did you choose Wartburg: I loved the small town feel. I wanted to be close to home, but I also wanted to know I could create a new family. I also knew that Wartburg would give me opportunities I wouldn’t get anywhere else. What has been your…
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Olivia: Med school acceptance rate drew me in, experiences kept me engaged
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Name: Olivia JanssHometown: Van Horne, IowaMajor: Biology (Pre-Med) What has been your favorite class: Pharmacology, Advanced Biochemistry, Human Cadaver. These were my favorites because of the course content and professors who taught them. They challenged and advanced my knowledge to know how the human body works biochemically and how medications and chemical agents interact with…
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Claire: ‘I want to make healthcare accessible to those who need it most’
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I knew that I made that right decision when choosing Wartburg when I realized that every teacher knew my name and formed a relationship with me.
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Ella: Wartburg offers small classes and big opportunities
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I chose Wartburg because of it’s location and remarkable STEM program. Being from Cedar Rapids, I wanted to remain close to my family, and Wartburg allowed me to do that while also giving me the opportunity to play collegiate volleyball.
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Wartburg students present at Winchell Undergraduate Research Symposium
Four Wartburg College students presented their research at the Winchell Undergraduate Research Symposium on April 25 at Bethel University. Grace Schuetz, a senior in neuroscience from Bettendorf, was selected to present an oral presentation on her research, “Kahweol Produces Cytotoxic Effects in U-87 MG and NIH/3T3 Cells.” Kahweol is a molecule found in Coffea arabica…
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Toering Peters presents genomic education research at Drosophila conference
Stephanie Toering Peters, a Wartburg College biology professor, presented “Building Bridges in Genomics Education: Regional Nodes as Catalysts for Distributed Faculty Collaboration” at the 2026 Genetics Society of America annual Drosophila Research Conference in Chicago on March 5. The Annual Drosophila Research Conference is the premier meeting for Drosophila researchers with as many as 1,000 presenters annually.…
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Ready for the worst
WARTBURG MAGAZINE | SPRING 2026 DIGITAL ISSUE Ready for the worst Physician and adventurer Natalie Bonthius ’17 is empowering people worldwide with wilderness medicine and survival training March 10, 2026 A bystander applies a tourniquet on a crash victim’s leg, stopping the bleed that doctors later say would have killed him before help arrived. A…
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Wartburg students present research at annual IINspire Conference
Seven Wartburg College students presented their research during the annual IINspire Conference held earlier this month in Cedar Falls. Sameer Sarwar presented his research “Avian green space usage at urban-rural interfaces,” which he conducted with fellow students Bridget Canfield and Claire Brown as well as David McCullough, a biology professor. Jalen Stovall presented on the “Effects of reduction…
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Students present at education conference in Des Moines
Elementary education students Kate Heithoff, Katie Hilton, Addison Phillips and Allie Schweitzberger presented Dr. Bechtel’s “Learning Through Biophilia by Incorporating Aquaponics” at the Iowa Agriculture in the Classroom Learning and Leadership Conference in Des Moines. They taught attendees how agriculture and aquaponics fit together and can be incorporated in the PK-12 classroom. The students filled…
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Owen Grover: From gridiron to med school
WARTBURG MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2025 ISSUE Owen Grover: From gridiron to med school Sept. 2, 2025 Anyone who has paid attention to Wartburg College football over the last three years will recognize the name Owen Grover ’24. During the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons, the linebacker racked up a list of accolades that culminated with being…