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Wartburg
College Profile
Wartburg College is a fully
accredited four-year, coeducational liberal arts college of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. It is dedicated to challenging
and nurturing students for lives of leadership and service as a
spirited expression of their faith and learning. The college celebrated
its 150th anniversary in 2002. Wartburg ranks as Iowa's top comprehensive
college in U.S. News & World Report's 2007 edition of America's
Best Colleges. It is included in Best Midwestern Colleges, a publication
of The Princeton Review and is one of 200 colleges in Peterson's
Top Colleges for Sciences.
THE FACULTY
Approximately 107 full-time faculty members are involved in the
important tasks of teaching students and engaging in scholarly and
creative activity. The student-faculty ratio is 12:1, and the average
class size is 21. Faculty members are expected to be effective classroom
teachers interested in students as individuals; scholars or artists
who continue to develop professionally; and professional educators
open to new ideas in curriculum development and pedagogy. We actively
seek candidates who have appreciation and understanding of the church-related
liberal arts college. The teaching load for full-time faculty is
seven courses per academic year: three in Fall Term, three in Winter
Term, and one in May Term.
BENEFITS
Faculty members receive an excellent benefits package, including
TIAA-CREF retirement, family health and dental insurance, a personal
travel account, tuition remission for spouses and children, and
access to college events at low or no cost.
FACILITIES
The 118-acre Wartburg campus includes more than 30 buildings, many
of which are connected by a system of skyways and covered walkways.
Old Main, built in 1880 and renovated in 1986, is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places. The college has opened 11
new facilities since 1990. The most recent are:
• The Science Center (2004), which doubled the number of classrooms
and laboratories available for the sciences and mathematics and
includes the Platte Observatory on the northwest edge of the campus.
• Saemann Student Center (2004), which includes McCaskey Lyceum,
a performance venue utilized by the theatre program and a variety
of campus events.
• Walston-Hoover Stadium and outdoor athletic complex (2002),
which includes a Field Turf playing field and all-weather track.
Campaign Wartburg,
which concluded in 2006, exceeded a goal $88 million for the endowment,
the Annual Fund, new facilities, and special projects. The Wartburg-Waverly
Sports and Wellness Center, scheduled to open in Fall 2007, will
provide all-new indoor athletic facilities and a comprehensive wellness
center to serve the campus and the Waverly area community.
Students have access
to open-access and departmental computing clusters throughout the
campus. Classrooms and residence hall rooms are connected to the
campus-wide network, and users can access file servers to distribute
assignments, use e-mail, and browse Internet resources, including
the library's online public access catalog.
CURRICULUM
The Wartburg Plan of Essential Education is designed to create liberally
educated, ethically minded citizens for the 21st century. The plan
emphasizes thinking strategies, reasoning skills, fundamental literacies,
faith and reflection, health and wellness, and a capstone course.
It encompasses inquiry studies courses with a broad range of topics,
interdisciplinary course work, and a unique set of interconnected
courses. In the hiring process, preference is given to candidates
who express a willingness to teach in and develop curricula for
the Wartburg Plan.
STUDENTS
Wartburg's enrollment has experienced significant growth over the
past decade, growing from 1.467 in 1997 to a 2007 enrollment of
1,769, including students from 23 states 36 countries. U.S. students
of color and international students comprise 12 percent of the student
body. The majority of students come from Iowa with significant numbers
also from Minnesota, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Thirty-six percent
of the entering class in 2006 graduated in the top 10 percent of
their high school classes, and the average ACT at entrance was 24.
Of students who list a religious preference, 37 percent are Lutheran.
WAVERLY
A community of 9,000 residents, Waverly is located in northeast
Iowa, 20 minutes from the Waterloo-Cedar Falls metropolitan area,
which has a combined population of more than 100,000. Waverly is
known statewide for its progressive businesses and industries and
high quality of life. The college and the community are mutually
supportive, and Waverly employers have demonstrated a strong commitment
to helping spouses of new faculty members find suitable employment.
A four-lane highway connects Waverly to the Waterloo Airport, which
is served by Northwest Airlines and offers connections to Minneapolis/St.
Paul. The Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids is a 90-minute drive
from Waverly and offers a wider range of airlines, including United,
American, and Northwest, with connections through Chicago, St. Louis,
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