Waldorf University is pleased to announce this year’s inductees into the Alpha Chi Honor Society. Eleven students were inducted during a formal ceremony held at Waldorf University Saturday, Oct. 13. Alpha Chi honors those juniors and seniors with high academic achievement who use those gifts in service for others.

Waldorf University to host an artist reception for area photographer Chad Heggen on Thursday Oct. 25 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Waldorf University Gallery housed in the Campus Center located at 106 S. 6^thSt Forest City, Ia. 50436. An artist talk will begin at 7 p.m.

Waldorf University to host slam poet, Natasah T. Miller as part of the Fall Speaker Series on Monday Oct. 22 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Waldorf University Atrium at 106 S. 6 St. Forest City, IA. 50436. The event is free to the public.

Waldorf University Athletic Department and Student Life will host the “Be a Champion of Life” speaking event featuring Richard Jensen on Wednesday Oct. 24 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Boman Fine Arts Center located at 225 John K Hanson Dr. Forest City, Ia. The event is free to the public.

Waldorf University will now offer the English as a Second Language (ESL) endorsement as an option to Education students. The university was notified by the Iowa Department of Education on Oct. 5 that they had been approved to begin offering the ESL endorsement to students as one of several endorsements available within the Bachelor of Science in Education curriculum.

The Boman Fine Arts Center, located at 225 John K. Hanson Drive Forest City, Iowa, will host a grand opening on Monday Oct. 15. Invitation only events will begin at 4:30 p.m. and continue until 6:30 p.m. when the center will open to the public. A program of events is scheduled from 7-8 p.m. followed by public tours from 8-9 p.m. Media will have the opportunity to speak with organization committee members from 5:15-6:15 p.m.

Waldorf University to host poet Gabriel Gudding on Sept. 24. The event is a part of the Distinguished Visiting Authors Series sponsored by the Waldorf University English Department. The reading is free and open to the public from 7-8 p.m. in the Salveson Ballroom located at 106 S. Sixth St. Forest City, IA.

On Saturday Sept. 22, from 10 a.m. to noon roughly 100 Waldorf University volunteers will join together at Pilot Knob State Park to participate in the annual Iowa State Park Volunteer Day.

Tiffany Olson, Waldorf University Associate Professor of Communications, chosen as one of five finalists in the Jordan Wine Bottle Poster Contest: Bring the Le Tour de Melchior to Life.

This past summer, Waldorf University biology sophomore Jennet Hojanazarova, and Dr. Carol Fischer, biology faculty, participated in the Fostering Undergraduate Talent – Uniting Research and Education in Biomedicine (FUTURE) in Biomedicine Program at the University of Iowa where they spent the summer researching cleft lip/palate in the lab of Dr. Robert Cornell, a professor in Anatomy and Cellular Biology. Hojanazarova and Dr. Fischer spent two months working side by side at the laboratory bench. As members of the Cornell lab, they also participated in the lab’s weekly journal club, including taking their “turn” presenting their research and current state of knowledge in the field. Near the end of July, they each presented the results of their research to other program participants at the FUTURE in Biomedicine Research Symposium. Hojanazarova also presented a poster at the University-wide Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium along with about 160 other students from other University of Iowa departments.