University of Dubuque News

Regarding the Dec. 5 article 'Probable Program Cuts Worry ISU Students': The description of tenure 'a lifetime protection against being terminated without just cause' is incorrect.

Dubuque-area institutions of higher education and a top Port of Dubuque attraction are among several Iowa organizations and programs that would share more than $9.3 million in federal money.

The Iowa Conference wrestling dual between the Loras College Duhawks and the University of Dubuque Spartans scheduled for 7 p.m. tonight in the Graber Sports Center at Loras has been postponed because of the storm and poor travel conditions.

The Jackson County Historical Society inducted four citizens into the Jackson County Hall of Fame at its annual Heritage Dinner in November.

The University of Dubuque will hold its annual Christmas on the Quad celebration at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Dec.

Twenty-five University of Dubuque students are traveling for nine days throughout England as part of this school year's Art and Culture England study tour.

Tiara Walz. She graduated from University of Dubuque. Tiara Walz has lived out of her vehicle and in hotel rooms since she graduated from college in May.

Flutist Hannah Eby, of Dubuque, will perform a solo Monday, Nov. 30, at the Dubuque Youth Ensembles' event.

Rather belatedly, I discovered a Nov. 10 news article by Leslie Scanlon of The Presbyterian Outlook about Mark Achtemeier, a professor of theology at the University of Dubuque Theological School, and his change of views about gay marriage and ordination of gays in the Presbyterian Church .

Honkamp Krueger & Co., P.C. announced the following: Connie Beaver was elected to the board of directors.

Federal aviation officials say a cabin door opened on a single-engine airplane owned by the University of Dubuque before it crashed in Cassville, Wis.

Photo by: George Kochaniec, Jr. ORG XMIT: NY704 This photo taken Oct. 20, 2009 shows Carl Drews singing bass during The Boulder Messiah Chorale practice at First United Methodist Church in Boulder,Colorado. Carl Drews still remembers the first time he heard the "Hallelujah" chorus.

A preliminary report indicates the doors opened in-flight before the plane went down, killing a student and critically injuring another.

Samuel Peni was consecrated a bishop of the Episcopal Church in Sudan for the newly formed Diocese of Nzara.

Walter Soboleff has done a lot in his 100-plus years on Earth, but his family's gift of a cruise through the Panama Canal is something new.

The Clarke College Wind Ensemble will present a musical tribute to area veterans at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov.

SINSINAWA, Wis. -- The 18th annual Messiah Concert will be 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, in the Queen of the Rosary Chapel at Sinsinawa Mound.

McDonald's global chief diversity director Patricia Sowell Harris has faced some challenges in her role.

The University of Dubuque's Department of Natural and Applied Sciences received a $5,000 grant from the Alliant Energy Foundation to support students' field research and transportation expenses.

With a handful of parking tickets to help prove his point, Lance Knabel asked the Dubuque City Council to consider changing parking on his block of University Avenue, across from the University of Dubuque, from No Student Parking to Residential.