Walking through the atrium last week, Concordia students took advantage of a unique opportunity to create their own pieces of art. Bottles of acrylic paint, a cup of dirty water, used paintbrushes, scraps of fabric and an old novel sat on the table before them. The students were given funny-shaped puzzle pieces of wood to…
Thursday, Student Government Association will present their 2014-2015 student activity fee proposal to the Budget Planning Committee. If the proposal is passed, budget cuts will be made to some campus organizations because of income projections for the upcoming year. The SAF is a portion of tuition that goes toward funding student organizations and events on…
Students donate twelve times more funds than last year Concordia students got involved in Fill the Dome for the second time by raising more than $500 and donating about 300 canned food items. Fill the Dome is an annual food drive led by Fargo-Moorhead high school students to raise money and food donations for the…
To step into Concordia’s plumbing department is to step into a foreign culture where the language spoken is one of acronyms like HVAC and the typical attire includes steel-toed boots. Small, plastic drawers colored with different shades of blue line two walls from top to bottom, each with a faded label designating its contents. A…
What is the optimal size for Concordia? Administrators at Concordia are currently discussing this question, which encompasses student enrollment and the amount of faculty, administrative personnel and support staff that will be the most beneficial to the goals of the college. “The college as a whole and the students who come here will best thrive…
Carol cheered on the Cobbers at the home game against St. Olaf on Sept. 21 with Kathy Benson, Concordia’s Health Center Director, and their friends. “We were high fiving and singing the (school) song and carrying on,” Benson said. When the game ended, Carol said she was feeling dizzy and faint, so Benson, a certified…
Sophomores have an opportunity this spring to go on a retreat that will address such topics as vocation, career and leadership. The retreat will take place in the heavily forested Salolampi, Concordia’s Finnish Language Village in Bemidji, Minn. Associate Dean Dr. Lisa Sethre-Hofstad and Director of Student Leadership and Services Chelle Lyons Hanson are teaming…
Newly elected freshman class representatives Josh Mackner and Sara Juntunen and newly elected sophomore class representative Alex Gray are excited about the opportunities they will have to serve their classes this year. “I’ve been looking forward to running all summer,” Gray said. Class representatives are required to serve on either the Student Involvement Council or…
Campus Ministry Commission, or CMC, is reintroducing Congregation Exploration this semester. This service helps students find home churches in the Fargo-Moorhead area. CMC Co-Commissioner Erica Jossund said it is important that students find a church they can call home when they are at school. “Concordia offers a lot of great opportunities to get involved in…
Members of Student Government Association got into a heated discussion at their first Forum meeting Sept. 5. The source of the debate was the Special Projects and Initiatives Fund, called SPIF, a large sum of money that is available to students for projects and events on campus. “The SPIF is one of the most powerful…