Students and faculty say farewell: Concordia honors the Crafts at event
Concordia College celebrated the legacy of President William Craft and Anne Craft Thursday evening as they approach retirement at the end of the year. The Crafts were recognized in a ceremony in the Centrum that saw faculty, students, and the surrounding community fill seats in order to thank the pairContinue Reading
Achieve program set to go into effect next semester
Every semester, college students face the same horror: textbook shopping. Some students spend hundreds of dollars on books alone. Concordia College is taking steps to combat that. Next fall, Concordia is launching the Achieve Program. This program allows Concordia students to get all of their course materials for a flatContinue Reading
Career Center celebrates internship awareness month
During the month of April, the Career Center at Concordia College is celebrating National Internship Awareness Month. The Career Center wants to emphasize the importance of completing an internship to appeal to employers after graduation. Jill Wenger, associate director of the Career Center, has been managing employer relations and aidingContinue Reading
Annual percussion day hosted by retiring percussion professor
On April 1, 2023, David Eyler hosted his last Percussion Day at Concordia College. This 31-year annual event hosts prospective students from local high schools, current students, and a vast array of alumni all coming together to support percussion day activities and Eyler’s last year at Concordia College before retirement.Continue Reading
Award-winning authors speak at Concordia
Concordia College kicked off its first ever author-in-residence program with a panel discussion featuring science writers Ed Yong and Suzanne Simard. Yong, a Pulitzer Prize winning writer for The Atlantic, appeared on the panel to speak about his book An Immense World. Yong’s work explores the different senses animals experienceContinue Reading
Land of 10,000 lakes and 1,000,000 potholes
As the Midwest shifts away from winter and into the later stages of March, there is more that Concordia students can be expecting besides warmer weather and potential floods – potholes. Throughout the winter season, teams of snowplow drivers worked continuously to clear the roads and parking lots of iceContinue Reading
Fargo film festival at the theater and Concordia
For years, movies have successfully transported their audiences to various different dimensions and universes. There are stories to explore, characters to meet and root for, and people to connect with that share a similar passion for cinematic storytelling. From the dark tones of “A Dire Strait” (directed by Liang-Chun Lin)Continue Reading
Concordia honors the Islam holy month of Ramadan
Ramadan Kareem, a whole month of not eating or drinking from dawn to dusk and one of Islam’s holiest months, is coming to Concordia College on March 22nd. Muslims all over the world avoid drinking water, eating, arguing, getting angry, losing patience, and many other moral and behavioral condemnationsContinue Reading
Justice and sustainability at the core: new curriculum changes set for Fall 2023
In 2019, a group of students hosted a protest advocating for changes to the curriculum. Concordia faculty and staff has been working to meet the needs suggested by students and will be implementing these changes in Fall 2023. These changes will affect all future students of Concordia and will affectContinue Reading
Spring break 2023 PEAK trips
Traveling to a country outside of the United States can sound like a dream come true to any college student; however, there’s often a large workload and responsibility that comes with postsecondary education. College administrators and professors are constantly looking for ways to make education for their students more fruitfulContinue Reading