2008 Woodie Awards
A recent study published in the "Journal of the American Medical Association" revealed that 1 in 4 American girls between the ages of 14 and 19 has a sexually transmitted disease, totaling more than three million teens nationwide. Rita Audlehelm, director of health services, read the article about the study soon after it came out.
One week after presidential candidate Barack Obama (D-Ill.) denounced controversial comments by his longtime pastor, Jeremiah Wright, supporters at Simpson are defending their decision to award Wright the first-ever Carver Medal earlier this year. "Regrets? No regrets," John Fuller, spokesman for the college told the Des Moines Register last week.
Due to the current national financial market triggered by sub-prime lending, Iowa Student Loan is lacking funds from private lending partners to provide Partnership Loans. As a result, ISL will not offer the option for the 2008-2009 school year for all Iowa students.
There will be a number of new faces in the faculty next year in a variety of departments. Those joining the faculty include Tracy Lucht, Communications Studies; Heidi Feller, Mathematics; Clinton Meyer, Biology; Mike Eckerty, Instrumental Music; Kate Lerseth, Education; and Emily Skow, Psychology.