By Abigail Koenig Makayla Anderson, a Cobber alumnus, has used what she has learned from her time at Concordia in her current internship at a marketing agency. During her time at Concordiacollege, she served as not only one of the captain star players for the basketball team, but also the editor-in-chief of the college’s newspaper, the Concordian. On the bus ride home after a…
By Abigail Koenig Concordia campus pastors Rev. Dave Adams and his wife, Rev. Kim Adams held their 7th annual blessing the animals chapel service on Thursday Oct. 2. The service was in honor of the upcoming feast of St. Francis of Assisi; the patron saint associated with patronage of animals and the environment. Pet owners…
By Lydia Schouten Performing in the homecoming talent show, Cobbcella, takes dedication, skill and confidence. Whether you are performing with a group of people like Dance Club or the band Last Minute Dream, or on your own like Colin Massah or Addie O’Konek, you must put in time preparing and have the passion for what…
By Jae Blondo Mya Heintzman Mya Heintzman is a South Dakotan psychology major on the pre-law track with a goal to go into family law. Heintzman ran on the platform of adding access to period products, increasing financial literacy in the student body, and better campus engagement. “I think it’s not only important that we…
By Saige Mattson MOORHEAD – After theater faculty shakeups last year, Concordia has brought in a new visiting assistant professor of theater, Jessica Chipman. Chipman, a playwright originally from Iowa, worked in the high school setting and directed theater in Minnesota before coming to Concordia to share her talents with students. “I started out as…
Concordia’s communications professor Darren Valenta, along with communications students Saige Mattson and Olivia Slyter, held a lecture titled “Drive Me to Doggy Daycare: Stand-up Comedy’s Impact on Suicidality Discourse,” on April 15 in Olin, where they presented their thorough research. They discussed how sensitive topics, like suicidality or the risk of suicide specifically, can be…
Grace Halvorson and Daniel Davies ended their terms as the President and Vice President of the Student Government Association (SGA) on the first Monday of April, when the term is slated to end according to the SGA Bylaws. Halvorson and Davies, both being in their last semesters at Concordia, reflected on the successful term that…
Moorhead– On the evening of April 2, 2025, the Student Environmental Alliance posted the following statement: “Concordia College is dissolving the Sustainability Office. The Student Environmental Alliance has and will continue to support sustainability across campus and within the Fargo-Moorhead area.” “SEA is disappointed to share that the Sustainability Office is being dissolved at the…
Andy Kocher is a fourth-year percussionist who performed Keiko Abe’s Prism Rhapsody for the Concordia Band’s spring tour. Kocher stumbled into the world of percussion in fifth grade where his teacher had him, and other students, trying musical instruments such as a trombone, saxophone, and percussion. However, Kocher was not given that choice after…
In the afternoon of Feb. 9, Livedalen Hall and the connected Normandy Building lost power and heat. In a Cobweb sent out by Lisa Sethre-Hofstad, Vice President for Student Development and Campus Life and Dallas Fossum, Director of Mugaas Plan Operations Center, the issue was due to a transformer losing functionality. “Livedalen residents were notified,…