森林城市, IA – 澳门网上博彩官方网站 and the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) announced Monday that Waldorf will join the GPAC as a full member beginning with the 2024-25 Academic Year.  GPAC专员科里·韦斯特拉说, 澳门网上博彩官方网站校长Robert Alsop, and Waldorf Director of 体育运动 Chad Gassman made the joint announcement to a standing room only crowd at Monday’s press conference at the 博曼美术中心 in Forest City.

The event will be covered by two of the local market’s major network affiliates: ABC/KAAL (Channel 6) and CBS/KIMT (Channel 3). 

澳门网上博彩官方网站发布会在KIOW 107现场直播.3 FM, included a question and answer session with television and radio journalists, 摄影师, 华德福师生, and a plethora of interested alumni and community members.  Attendees were greeted by uniformed members of the Warrior cheerleading squad and Waldorf’s official mascot, 华立克.

“This is a great day for the Great Plains Athletic Conference and our member institutions,韦斯特拉说。.  “We are excited to welcome 澳门网上博彩官方网站 to our conference as our 13th member.  Throughout the membership process we have been very impressed with the leadership of the university and are looking forward to having the Warriors join our league next year.”

“We are very excited to join the Great Plains Athletic Conference,” said President Alsop.  “The GPAC has a strong reputation for quality academics and stellar athletic competition.”

“These are exciting times for Waldorf 体育运动,” said Gassman.  “The GPAC has a great reputation of being first class, but also very challenging. The coaches and staff are looking forward to the opportunity to compete in this league.”

Waldorf offers 23 varsity sports and fully meets the sport offering requirements of the GPAC. Waldorf is currently an affiliate member of the GPAC for women’s and men’s soccer. 

关于澳门网上博彩官方网站

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成立于1903年, 澳门网上博彩官方网站是一所地区认可的大学, faith-based liberal arts university located in the heart of Forest City, 爱荷华州. Waldorf delivers engaging learning experiences through innovative residential and online instruction, 提供学生助理, bachelor’s and master’s degrees and certificates in the areas of business, 沟通, 刑事司法行政, 教育, 音乐, 心理学, 戏剧及其他.

2022年12月, 澳门网上博彩官方网站 finalized the transfer of ownership to the Waldorf Lutheran College 基金会. The change of ownership allows Waldorf to return to its private, faith-based, tax-exempt roots.

在澳门网上博彩官方网站, we believe that a truly well-rounded 教育 not only involves academic studies, 还有对艺术的参与, 体育及其他. Our vibrant campus is teeming with students from all across the world who have chosen Waldorf to help them achieve their 教育al goals.

Located in the north-central 爱荷华州 community of Forest City. 森林城市有人口4285人. 澳门网上博彩官方网站位于106 S. 6号街.

关于大平原运动大会(GPAC)

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The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) is an affiliated conference of the National Association of Intercollegiate 体育运动 (NAIA), 由13个私人组成, 内布拉斯加州的宗教学院和大学, 爱荷华州, 南达科他州和北达科他州. Originally founded in 1969 as the 内布拉斯加州 Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (NIAC), the league retains four of the six charter members - Concordia, 多恩, 黑斯廷斯, 和米德兰.

In 1992, the NIAC added Northwestern and became the 内布拉斯加州-爱荷华州 Athletic Conference. 八年后的2000-01学年，达科他卫斯理大学, Dordt, Mount Marty and Sioux Falls joined the conference which became the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC). Briar Cliff entered the league in 2002-03 and Morningside joined starting with the 2003-04 school year. In the summer of 2010 Dana College ceased operations (Member from 1969-2010) and in 2011 The University of Sioux Falls discontinued membership in the GPAC (Member from 2000-2011). 内布拉斯加州 Wesleyan discontinued membership in 2016 (Member from 1969-2016). In 2015-16 the GPAC added College of Saint Mary in Omaha, 内布拉斯加州, as a member. In 2018-19 the University of Jamestown in Jamestown, North Dakota, was added as a full-time member. 9月18日, 2023, 森林城市的澳门网上博彩官方网站, 爱荷华州, joined as the latest and 13th member of the league (starting with 2024-25).  The 13 current league members matches the largest the membership has been in the GPAC since our inception in 2000-01.

The GPAC sponsors 22 intercollegiate sports - nine for women, eleven for men, and cheer & dance as a co-ed offering - and awards an All-Sports Trophy based on the final league standings and conference meet results at the end of each school year.

The GPAC has 37 NAIA team National Champions since 2000-01 and boasts over 700 NAIA-Daktronics Scholar-Athletes annually along with numerous NAIA Scholar-Teams.

First and foremost, the GPAC remains committed to Academic and Athletic Excellence.

苏城的科里·韦斯特拉, 爱荷华州, GPAC委员和卢卡斯·莫尔曼是哥伦布的吗, 内布拉斯加州, is the GPAC Assistant Commissioner for Sports Information.