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Speaking of Simpson

Sep 25, 2019

Simpson College recently was named Iowa's best online college, and No. 15 nationally, by EDSmart. So Instructional Designer Manda Gibson stops by to talk about growing online prograsm at Simpson. It takes a lot of work for Simpson faculty and staff to convert face-to-face courses to online versions, and it take a new...


Sep 18, 2019

Simpson is celebrating First Amendment Week this week — Sept. 16-20 — and Freedom Forum COO Gene Policinski came to campus to deliver the Constitution Day Lecture on Sept. 17 to 150 faculty, students and staff in Hubbell Hall. Policinski's talk was titled 'The Future of the First Amendment,' and he noted that it's...


Sep 12, 2019

How can college students make better use of their capacities to learn? How can college professors provide the best possible learning experiences? Terry Doyle, an emeritus professor at Ferris State University in Michigan, took on those questions during a Sept. 4 convocation presentation at Simpson. More than 200...


Sep 4, 2019

Simpson officially opens the new academic year with its annual All-College Convocation, held Aug. 28 at Smith Chapel. The event includes an opening invocation from the Rev. Mara Bailey, the college chaplain; musical performance from the Simpson College Choir; greetings and introductions from Academic Dean...