| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 62.47 |
| Liaison | Kara Holmstrom |
| Submission Date | March 3, 2017 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Luther College
IC-1: Institutional Boundary
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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N/A |
Maren
Beard Assistant Director, Campus Sustainability Center for Sustainable Communities |
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Institution type: Associate (i.e., short-cycle), Baccalaureate, Doctoral/Research, or Master's:
Baccalaureate
Institutional control (Public, Private for-profit, or Private non-profit):
Private non-profit
A brief description of the institution’s main campus and other aspects of the institutional boundary used to complete this report:
Decorah, the home of Luther College for 152 years, has a resident population of 8,500. It is the county seat of Winneshiek County, located at the junction of U.S. Highway 52 and State Highway 9. The Minnesota border lies 15 miles to the north. The Mississippi River lies 30 miles to the east.
The campus is built on the rolling wooded hills and rugged limestone cliffs of northeast Iowa's bluff country. The scenic Upper Iowa River flows through the lower portion of the 200-acre central campus. The college owns an additional 800 acres adjoining the central campus which are devoted to environmental research, biological and recreation.
Which of the following features are present on campus and which are included within the institutional boundary?:
| Present? | Included? | |
| Agricultural school | No | --- |
| Medical school | No | --- |
| Other professional school with labs and clinics (e.g. dental, nursing, pharmacy, public health, veterinary) | No | --- |
| Satellite campus | No | --- |
| Farm larger than 5 acres or 2 hectares | No | --- |
| Agricultural experiment station larger than 5 acres or 2 hectares | No | --- |
| Hospital | No | --- |
If there are features present that are not included within the boundary, provide:
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Optional Fields
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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