The conference Wartburg College competes in has a new name. The Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is now the American Rivers Conference referencing the Missouri and Mississippi rivers that surround the state of Iowa.
The announcement culminates discussions within the conference’s Presidents Council that began when the conference reached beyond its borders more than two years ago. The Iowa-based institutions Buena Vista University, Central College, Coe College, the University of Dubuque, Loras College, Luther College, Simpson College and Wartburg College welcomed Nebraska Wesleyan University of Lincoln on July 1, 2016. The conference has been around since 1922.