Teaching Down Under
For Heidi Michel ’12, Wayzata, Minn., professors at Concordia played a big part in helping her dreams come true. Michel wanted to study in New Zealand, but was afraid she wouldn’t be able to fit the...
View ArticleInvestment Club Offers Real-World Experience
Concordia’s newest organization is not a club – it’s an investment. Thanks to a generous gift from Steve Scheel, CEO and chairman of Scheels, students will have a chance to make real investments in the...
View ArticleLaugh Well, Live Well
Need a good laugh? Doing so may help you weather disagreements. Use of benevolent humor in conflict leads to greater relationship satisfaction, says student researcher Britney Johnson ’12, Chaska,...
View ArticleA Take on Risk
Registering for Dr. Dawn Duncan’s “Film and Literature” class definitely exceeded students’ expectations. They had no idea they would become filmmakers themselves. None of the 22 students were film...
View ArticleTransforming Teaching
When Rebecca Sheldon ’06 first started looking for a master’s program, she was discouraged. It seemed like her only option was to study Spanish literature – something that wouldn’t help her teach...
View ArticleClearly Called
Living by faith could easily be Nathalie Fida Lassang’s life motto. God has provided everything she’s needed to practice medicine in Cameroon. Fida Lassang received a full Global Mission Scholarship...
View ArticleEarly Edition Editor
When Regan Whitney ’14, Breckenridge, Minn., applied to write for Concordia’s student newspaper at the end of her freshman year, she didn’t know the first thing about journalism. Just more than a year...
View ArticleOpen for Business
The Grant Center, new home to the Offutt School of Business, opened its doors for classes this semester. We’ve put together a slideshow from around the building, highlighting the state-of-the-art...
View ArticleReligion and the Internet: Huffington Post Editor to Speak at Concordia
Concordia’s Forum on Faith and Life welcomes the Rev. Paul Raushenbush to campus to speak about religion, interfaith and the Internet. Raushenbush met with a small group of faculty, staff and students...
View ArticleCurating Creations: From Classroom to Real World
It’s one thing to learn about creating and curating works of art. It’s a completely different experience to actually do it. Students from an intermediate ceramics course and a capstone class created...
View ArticleConcordia College Global Service: Learning in Santorini
Concordia students are taking to the dogs this summer on a Greek island – and learning from the experience. The goal is for students to live responsible engagement by “owning” one of the pressing...
View ArticleSeeing the World Through the Eyes of Others
Volunteering at a Lutheran AIDS ministry in Soweto, South Africa, gave a group of Concordia students a personal view into global challenges. The 23 students participated in a religion, sociology and...
View ArticleBREWing Good: Concordia Spring Break 2014
Exploring interpersonal communication in London, partnering with Habitat for Humanity to build homes in Texas, studying economic sustainability in Florida and learning about justice in Mexico are just...
View ArticleAuthors on Concordia Campus for National Book Award Event
Concordia College hosted the ninth annual National Book Awards at Concordia on March 27. Featured authors were National Book Award finalists Rachel Kushner and Wendy Lower. Kushner, the 2013 National...
View ArticleAlumni Teach CSTA Classes for a Day
The communication studies and theatre art department at Concordia took alumni networking to a new level. CSTA alumni were invited to come back to campus and teach classes on Oct. 11 and 12. Alumni from...
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