While enrollment is down, athletic recruitment numbers remain stable so far for the 2013-2014 school year. Concordia’s Athletic Department prides themselves on their highly personable approach when it comes to recruiting new athletes and attributes this to their success. “Every year we go out and give it our best shot,” Athletic Director Rich Glas, said….
According to the cast members of “Vinegar Tom,” this is a play about witches with no witches at all. The play “Vinegar Tom” was written by Caryl Churchill in 1976, but it is set in 17th century England. The show has strong feminist themes, which director Jen Thomas is excited to bring out and give…
Fargo native and Concordia freshman Jenna Wawers has known about the Fargo Star competition for years. This year her parents encouraged her to audition by submitting a YouTube video. Wawers agreed. For her audition, Wawers sang “Valerie” by Amy Winehouse. “It’s my go-to song. It was nice and upbeat and that’s what I gravitate towards,”…
The Student Government Association handed over control to the new president, vice-president and cabinet on April 1. The new members are getting settled in their roles and are starting initiatives for next year. Two of the new members Director of Communications Jordan Elton and Event and Programs Commissioner Michael Chambers are joining the SGA team…
While the calendars may say that it’s spring, winter weather conditions persist at Concordia. For the tennis, baseball and softball teams, this has meant a change of schedule. Non-stop snow and sleet have left all three teams practicing indoors and canceling games. Despite having to share Memorial’s courts with baseball and softball, senior tennis player…
Press Release Concordia College speech competitors placed fifteenth in the overall school competition at the American Forensic Association’s National Individual Events tournament hosted April 5-8 by Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson, Kan. A total of 80 institutions qualified students for the national tournament. Thirteen Concordia students qualified for the national tournament, and two students won…
Zach Lipp, Christoffer Birch-Jensen, Matt Gantz and Levi Bachmeier signed up for the Startup Weekend event expecting 54 hours of serious work committed to ideas that would significantly influence the community. Once they arrived, they witnessed something else. Startup Weekend, a nonprofit initiative that promotes entrepreneurship, came to Fargo on March 8 for the weekend…
Seven out of the last eight years Kayse Kruschke, a 2009 Concordia graduate, has returned to the Concordia campus for one thing— the Game-A-Thon. Kruschke was not alone. Nearly 25 alumni that came back for last weekend’s annual Game-a-thon sponsored by the gaming club. During her freshman year, her husband, Peter, introduced her to the…
“Anything else, Miss Missy?” the stage manager asked as she looked up at the director sitting in a middle row of the audience. The director didn’t need any more tasks completed from her stage manager before their Sunday night dress rehearsal began. After checking the progress of some of the actors in the dressing room…
Women’s soccer head coach Dan Weiler stepped down on March 5 after 11 seasons with the program. Weiler has accepted a head coaching position at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Va. When Weiler came to Concordia College in 2002, he was the assistant coach for the women’s soccer team. After a couple of years,…