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Adding to her list of distinguished awards, Loras College women’s cross country and track and field alumna Audrey Miller (’20) has been named the Chi Alpha Sigma Scholar Female Athlete of the Year by the national honor society for student-athletes. Miller becomes the first recipient from Loras and the second female honoree for the organization after the inception of the awards during the 2018-19 academic year.
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Loras College Professor of English Andy Auge (’78) looks back on a lifelong relationship with Loras. He reflects on his memories his father, legendary Loras professor Tom Auge, including his fathers words from a time of social unrest in the late 1960s. Auge also shares tales of his own path to a distinguished career of his own at his alma mater.
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Lifelong Duhawk Don Freymann (’61) joins the podcast to discuss his memories as a student at Loras, the large number of infuencial facutly and staff who helped shape his life and his 32-year career in the Advancement Office.
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Brian Kallback (’02), assistant professor of finance, provides an overview of the financial planning & wealth management program, including a preview of how classes will look in the upcoming academic year. Jamie McDonald (’01) joins the conversation and they both discuss the state of the industry amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and the opportunities available to both Loras students and graduates.
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“We put our all into it because we really wanted people to have that feeling of connection. And, personally, it was the most fulfilling part of our week because everything else had come to a screeching halt and this was a way to use the gifts that we have been given.”
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Loras Athletics Hall of Fame member and winningest women’s tennis coach in Division III history Pat Flanagan (’63) shares his memories of his time as student, teacher and coach at Loras. From intramurals to wrestling to tennis, Flanagan shares his coaching philosophy and looks back on memorable events and students.
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“Audrey was the most positive athlete I have ever coached,” said cross country head coach Bob Schultz. “She lived in the moment better than anyone and sincerely enjoyed her success, yet was always humble in victory. In addition to all of that, she was a tremendous role model to her teammates–loving and caring for each one like no one I have met before or since.”
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“Iowa has the opportunity to dramatically lead the effort to knit our divided country back together. We can do so by honoring that other man named George, that man who was born under slavery but who, uplifted by Iowa State, overcame the barriers of racism to become a hero of our state.”
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Through our readings, discussions, and cultural conversations, the global pandemic also brought to light some cultural factors that can otherwise go unnoticed, such as the prevalence and treatment of the elderly, the distribution of population in urban and rural centers, the number of families living in inter-generational homes, the number of people living in nursing homes, beliefs in modern science, and the general health and lifestyle practices of the overall population.
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The reactions of different countries and cultures to the global pandemic provided an important case study in cross-cultural psychology. Technology provided my class the opportunity to learn in real-time and connect what they are learning in the course to what is happening in the world around them.
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