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Students present their projects on Scholar’s Day

Scholars Days 2025: Celebrating achievement and community

Felicia Sedbrook, Editor May 7, 2025

  Thursday, April 24 and Friday, April 25 was a celebration of Scholars Days 2025 at Viterbo University showcasing the culmination of a year's worth of hard work, research, and passion. Students across...

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Viterbo SGA welcomes new and returning student leadership

Helen Riddle, Freelance Writer May 7, 2025

The Viterbo Student Government Association has been hard at work making positive changes for the university while also running an election schoolwide. Electing new candidates for next year’s staff on...

Current Lumen staff members recreate the photo from 1954 that appears on the wall behind them. From left to right: Heidi Kloostra, Megan Carey, Jackie Herbers, Lindsay Koza, Ava Stoekly, Olivia Gochenaur, and Helen Riddle.

Lumen celebrates 70th anniversary

Sailor Zarecki, Campus Life Editor May 7, 2025

This year, Lumen’s current staff members, former staff members, and readers celebrate that Lumen has turned 70 years old. Lumen, Viterbo’s newspaper, was founded in 1954 by Sr. Celestine Cepress, who...

Students tour Peru

Learning to give by receiving – 3986 miles from home

Alia Jeffords, Freelance Writer May 7, 2025

I wasn’t supposed to go to Casa Hogar, yet within a week and a half I found myself 3,986 miles from home. The mission trip to Casa Hogar Juan Pablo II in Lurín, Peru, had been buzzing through Campus...

Students tour Thailand

Going to Thailand: Expanding cultural awareness and opportunities

Megan Carey, Freelance Writer May 7, 2025

Since joining Viterbo University in the fall of 2020, nursing professor Lin Rauch has made a lasting impression on her students. This May, she is further advancing her commitment to global education by...

DEI Stays at Viterbo University

DEI Stays at Viterbo University

Lindsay Koza, Assistant Editor April 7, 2025

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are words that have become ingrained in society and help everyone understand each other. Diversity is a fact of the world, as everyone is different from their neighbor...

Magnify Retreat on their last day

Magnify Retreat Builds Student Faith Community

Alia Jeffords, Freelance Writer April 7, 2025

Six weeks prior to Campus Ministry’s Magnify Retreat, the planning team was preparing for a special weekend event, designed to foster community, prayer, and personal relaxation. The excitement was palpable...

Students at Night at the Slopes

VU Students Ski the Slopes

Megan Carey, Freelance Writer April 7, 2025

Whether you're a seasoned skier or someone who has never step foot in boots before, Viterbo University hosts Night on the Slopes, held February 2025 this year, which provides students the opportunity to...

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Student Town Hall Addresses Key Concerns

Felicia Sedbrook, Editor March 3, 2025

The student town hall at Viterbo University met January 28 in the Brophy Center to   provide a platform for students and faculty to engage in critical discussions about financial stability, student retention,...

Threads to Thrive empowers students through professional attire

Felicia Sedbrook, Editor December 2, 2024

Launched in September 2024, Threads to Thrive is a project designed to provide students with the clothing and confidence they need to succeed in professional settings, such as interviews, presentations,...

What losing staff means to students

Lindsay Koza, Assistant Editor December 2, 2024

Editor’s Note: This is a developing story, and the Lumen is working to obtain additional information for future articles.     On Tuesday, November 12, 2024, President Trietley sent an email...

Service Saturdays make a difference

Alia Jeffords, Freelance Writer December 2, 2024

The students asked to dedicate half of a beloved Saturday toward hard manual labor every month they deserve to know why. With values like service and stewardship, how does Viterbo lead by example and live...

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