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Official account of Loras College – Iowa’s first college & the second Catholic college west of the Mississippi. #LorasCollege | #GoDuhawks | #LearnServeLead
Joined July 2008
What makes Loras College a top choice? 🤔. From cutting-edge academics and hands-on opportunities, to an inclusive community and vibrant college experience… discover why we stand out! ➡️ #LorasCollege #LearnServeLead #GoDuhawks
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The Loras College community offers our deepest condolences and prayers to the family and loved ones of our beloved alumnus, Greg Gumbel (‘67). Once a Duhawk, always a Duhawk. 𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟔-𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 💜🦅💛. #LorasCollege #GoDuhawks #OnceADuhawk #AlwaysADuhawk
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The Loras College Board of Regents has announced a five-year extension of President Jim Collins’ contract making him the longest serving president of the school. Read more: #LorasCollege
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Congratulations to the Women’s Track & Field Program as they claim the first NCAA Team National Championship in Loras College History!. #Loras #GoDuhawks #d3tf @LorasTrack
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Son. Father. Friend. Colleague. Leader. First Citizen. Congratulations to our President, Jim Collins ('84) on his selection as this year's Telegraph Herald First Citizen!. 🔗:
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📸 For the second consecutive year, Loras College was designated as one of America’s Top 200 Most Loved College/Universities as cited by Forbes Magazine. #Loras
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As you prepare for your Christmas festivities, take a walk through the winter wonderland that is Loras College. #Loras
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Loras College assures high school students who are disciplined for peacefully protesting, will not suffer any implications regarding admission acceptance. We join hundreds of colleges and universities across the country in supporting the right to have your voice heard.
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It’s great to see our beloved alumnus Greg Gumbel ’67 back on the mic hosting March Madness from the CBS desk. Nobody does it better than Greg!. #LorasCollege #GoDuhawks
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📹: On behalf of the Loras College community, we wish you and your family a prayerful Advent, happy holidays, a blessed Christmas and a wonderful new year.
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Congrats to 3rd-ranked @DuhawkWrestling on their first-ever conference title, taking down 27-time defending champion Wartburg tonight in Waverly. #goduhawks #Loras.
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Deputy Kylian Lally (‘18) responded to a call of a man who had collapsed and performed CPR, resulting in the man regaining consciousness. // .
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Special thanks to our friends at Digital Designs in Dubuque for helping transform this space in the Alumni Campus Center! . #LorasCollege #GoDuhawks
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📷 Thank you for everything you have done for Loras and what you will do in the future to support Loras.
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#CommittedToMore National titles. Way to run it back, @LorasTrack Women’s team! Congrats on your second consecutive NCAA National Championship! @LorasAthletics #Loras
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"The best part of working at Loras is working with the athletes. They make this place special. We have good kids who understand what hard work is, and strive to get better every day.". Josh Edwards - Director of Strength & Conditioning
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Final Four Bound 💜💛🦅.
FINAL FOUR BOUND! The Duhawks defeat UW - La Crosse in PKS - Savannah Johnson put the ball in the net for the winning PK! The Duhawks are headed to Greensboro! #GoDuhawks
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DU WHAT? 🦅🥇. #GoDuhawks.
Congratulations to @LorasTrack for winning the women's team title at the 2024 @NCAADIII Indoor Track & Field Championship!
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CARES Lab Awarded Grant to Enhance Cancer Survivorship Programming. “From my perspective, his work not only adds to the scientific knowledge of the role of exercise in cancer care, it provides a direct benefit to the wellbeing of our patients.". 🔗 ❖
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“Being a part of Loras is like another family. The people you get to be involved with will change your life. You can’t understand it until you have been a part of it. The opportunities we get every day are endless.”. Carl Tebon – Head Baseball Coach
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What’s a Kohawk? 🤔👀 #DUWHAT. ARC Championship… here we come! Congrats @DuhawkMBB and @DuhawkWBB ! 🏀 #GoDuhawks
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Loras College is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Doyle, J.D. ('91) as president-elect of the institution: Please join us in welcoming Mike back to the Loras community! 👏. #LorasCollege #GoDuhawks #LearnServeLead
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Incredible Saturday for @LorasAthletics! . • @LorasWSoccer and @LorasMSoccer were crowned @AmerRiversConf Tournament champs. • @LorasCollegeFB earned a 69-6 Senior Day win. • @DuhawkWBB and @DuhawkWrestling turned in dominating season-opening performances!. #GoDuhawks
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Happy Thanksgiving from our Loras College Family to yours! May your holiday be filled with love and gratitude. #Loras
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😃 Happiness happens when you choose #Loras! Have a Happy National Happiness Happens Day & Month. Reply below with your happiest Loras image. #GoDuhawks #HappinessHappens 😁😎😍
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Is 2️⃣1️⃣ your lucky number? Then today is your lucky Day!. At 9:21 tonight, we will be living in the 21st minute of the 21st hour on the 21st day of the 21st year of the 21st Century. 🤯. #Loras #21 | @LorasAthletics
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Delayed, but not denied. Class of 2020 gets their day! . A well-deserved Commencement ceremony!. #LorasTogether
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Mother Nature has apparently decided to dress up Fall as Winter for Halloween. 🍁🍂❄️🌨️
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“The family atmosphere that Loras exudes is what makes this campus special. It starts with the people, there's a conservative effort by all to see that these young minds are transformed here, to take on anything that life will throw at them.”. Darrian Hugger - Campus Security
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Congratulations to Head Coach Matt Jones ('05) and the entire program. Women's Track & Field claims the first NCAA Team National Championship in Loras' history!. #GoDuhawks #DuhawksRising #d3tf.
The Loras College Duhawks are the 2019 @NCAADIII Women's Outdoor Track & Field National Champions! // #GoDuhawks #d3tf // @THsportsfeed @AWongKCRG @KCRG_Sports @KWWL @USTFCCCA
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From our Loras College family to yours, Merry Christmas!
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Unforgettable friends. Unforgettable memories. Sending off another class of Duhawks that will continue to craft their stories! 🎓. #LorasCollege #GoDuhawks #Classof2022
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On behalf of the entire Loras Community, we send blessings and best wishes as we celebrate Easter. May you feel your faith renewed and your heart made new with the hope Easter brings. #LorasCollege
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Introducing the newest NCAA National Champion in Loras’ history. Kassie Rosenbum (‘21)!.
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Join us in congratulating Father William Joensen, Ph.D., on his naming as the Bishop-Elect for the Diocese of Des Moines!. Pope Francis named Joensen the 10th bishop for the diocese following the retirement of Bishop Pates, who had served the Des Moines diocese since 2008.
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Say goodbye to those grueling treks up Loras Blvd! 👋. Over the long weekend, we installed the brand new “Loras Lift” - a convenient chairlift to transport you from Hoffmann Hall all the way up to Keane Hall’s doorstep. No more dreading that uphill battle between classes… just
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Then-Senator John F. Kennedy gave the Loras College commencement speech for the class of 1956. #LorasMoments |
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VICTORY! Congrats @LorasWSoccer! On to the national tournament. #GoDuhawks.
W⚽️: @LorasAthletics WINS in penalty kicks to earn the @AmerRiversConf AQ to the @NCAADIII Tournament! . #rollriversWSOC
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Loras, a special place with special people, creating memories to last a lifetime. 💜💛. “They’re my best friends, they’re my roommates, they get me through everything. Just to be able to celebrate with them is an amazing feeling.” - Savannah Johnson.
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IT’S A GREAT DAY TO BE A DUHAWK 🦅. #GoDuhawks.
YOUR DUHAWKS ARE A-R-C TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN PROGRAM HISTORY! #GoDuhawks.
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President Collins received a heartfelt message from Greg Gumbel’s (‘67) daughter, expressing her gratitude to the Loras community for the overwhelming love, support, and prayers following the passing of her beloved father. She also shared that @NFLonCBS will be honoring him.
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With the sports world mostly on pause, #SeniorNight continues to thank you. @notthefakeSVP honors more incredible performances from high school and college athletes 👏
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The reigning back-to-back outdoor champs claim their first-ever indoor team national title. Congrats @LorasTrack! #GoDuhawks.
🏆 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 🏆. Congratulations to @LorasTrack for winning the women's team title at the 2022 @NCAADIII Indoor Track & Field Championships in Winston-Salem, North Carolina!
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📹: A great cap to the weekend of fun and celebration! Congratulations Class of 2019! 🎓🎓🎓. #Loras
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"He made you feel special"."A father figure"."One of the best talents of any generation". The NFL Today remembers a former host and a beloved colleague, the legendary Greg Gumbel.
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#repost.・・・.Michael McDevitt ‘21 is a Sport Management major and a member of the football team. He spent the summer gaining experience in his major as an intern at Soldier Field. We are looking forward to welcoming Michael and the football team back to campus next week!
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Congrats to both the @LorasDuhawksXC Men’s and Women’s teams for earning at-large bids to @NCAADIII Nationals! Teams will compete on Nov. 13 in East Lansing, Michigan. #GoDuhawks
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At approximately 7:30am, a portion of the retaining wall on Loras Parkway collapsed. Currently, emergency and construction personnel are on scene and assisting us with the immediate inspection of the affected area.
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On June 3, 1956, then-Senator John F. Kennedy received an honorary degree from Loras College and gave the commencement address in the Fieldhouse (Source: Loras College Archives) . #Loras
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How SWEET it is‼️ @DuhawkWBB on their way to the Round of 16 in the @NCAADIII Tournament! #goduhawks.
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As we go on, we remember, all the times we had together. 💜💛. 🎓 Congrats to the Class of 2022! 🎓. #LorasCollege #GoDuhawks
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In these trying times when our world has been turned upside down, we’re asked to adapt and adjust to many things. Let this be a moment of hope and strength for our community and let us come together in a time we need it most. We are Duhawks! #LorasTogether . A THREAD ⤵️
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📸: Thank you, Sister Bernadine ('69) for your 40 years of service to the entire Loras community! . #Loras
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📹: Congratulations to our President, Jim Collins ('84), on his selection as this year's Telegraph Herald First Citizen. #Loras
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June 29th marks the 180th day of the calendar year. #LorasCollege celebrates its 180th year as an institution, opening its doors in 1839. Loras is the oldest Iowa college and second oldest catholic college west of the Mississippi. #GoDuhawks
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When someone says "Visiting Loras in the Fall isn't the best time" 🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩. #LorasCollege
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Loras College is ranked third among Iowa’s 34 private not-for-profit colleges according to MONEY Magazine’s 2019 Best Colleges For Your Money list. . #Loras
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“Once you get here, it can feel like you’re miles away.” ~ Zach Kemp ’22 | Near or far there’s one thing that’s undeniable, and that’s the sense of community you’ll find at #LorasCollege. #StayLocal. Learn more at
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Loras Hall (now Keane Hall) pictured during its construction in 1913. The building was designed by architect E.L. Masqueray who also designed Ireland Hall at the University of St. Thomas, the Cathedral of St. Paul (MN), and was the Chief of Design for the 1904 World’s Fair.
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Loras Athletic Training seniors have won the Iowa Annual Athletic Training Quiz Bowl! They have advanced to the Mid-American Athletic Trainers Association Conference in Tulsa, OK on March 29! This is the 3rd time in 4 years Loras has advanced to the regional competition!. #Loras
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Loras College Secures Accreditor Approval of Athletic Training Graduate Program. 📰: #Loras #MoreYou #highereducation
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Hope you all had as much fun at Homecoming as we did this year! Send us or tag us in your best pictures from this weekend to be featured on our page!. Don't forget to use #LorasHC
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We've got some big news! 📰. Loras College is thrilled to announce two groundbreaking partnerships that open new doors for our students. Loras students can earn both bachelor’s and law degrees in six years thanks to a new partnership with the @DrakeUniversity Law School! This.
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Spend today by honoring the selfless men and women of our military, who made the ultimate sacrifice so that we may enjoy freedom. Happy #MemorialDay
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#NotToBrag, but Loras College is Iowa’s first college. It was founded in 1839 by the Most Rev. Mathias Loras, first bishop of Dubuque.
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📹: Today we celebrated the dedication of the Finnegan Family Track. Thank you to Paul, Mary, and Alex for your continued support of Loras College Athletics. #Loras
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Congrats to @LorasWSoccer who heads to the Sweet Sixteen for the second-straight year! #GoDuhawks.
SWEET SIXTEEN BOUND!! What a battle for the Duhawks tonight, secured the W to move on in the NCAA Tournament! .#GoDuhawks
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As the world watches the 2024 Summer Olympics, we’re reminiscing about our own Greg Gumbel (‘67), who brought the 1996 Atlanta Games to life with his iconic commentary! 🎤. From the classrooms at Loras to the world stage, Greg’s voice has become synonymous with sports excellence,
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Friends, family & Duhawks. Honoring today with a giving spirit and among the ones we love. #HappyThanksgiving. #Loras
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Unstoppable! Congrats @LorasTrack! #GoDuhawks💜💛.
🏆 NATIONAL CHAMPS 🏆. Congratulations to @LorasTrack for winning the women's team title at the 2022 @NCAADIII Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The Duhawks become the fifth women's program to win three consecutive outdoor national titles.
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It's officially Move-In Day for our first-year Duhawks! We're excited to welcome them all to campus and hope they settle in quickly! #LorasCollege #GoDuhawks
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In 24 hours, we'll be celebrating the achivements and recognizing our Class of 2019! If you can't join us inside the Athletic & Wellness Center, know that you can watch the live stream from wherever you are!. 🖥
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On Friday evening, February 12, long-time Loras Registrar and beloved alumnus, Gerard “Bud” Noonan ’51, passed away peacefully. Please join the Loras community in offering our deepest sympathy and prayers for the entire Noonan family.
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Her THIRD national championship of the day (4x100, 100, 200)! Stand up and take a bow!.
She's done it! Gabby Noland completes the double in the 100m/200m, winning with a time of 23.44! Noland breaks the NCAA Division III Championship record, American Rivers Conference Record and Loras All-Time Record! // #GoDuhawks #d3tf
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