Concordia College held a press conference to release new information about the much anticipated naming of the School of Business and details about the plan for the new addition to the college. Students, faculty, administrators and Fargo-Moorhead area journalists filled the standing room-only Morrie Jones Conference Center on Sept. 23 to learn that the school…
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How to ace that job interview
After years of working on impressive resumes, it is easy to overlook the importance of learning how to impress in person, and at the “Interviewing Skills that Lead to Offers” workshop, Concordia Career Center’s Assistant Director Sue Zern helped students prepare. There are major deal-breakers and key tips for interviewing for jobs, internships, and graduate…
Fresh Variety
Hand-made breads, organic butternut squash and fresh-picked golden cherry tomatoes were a few of the items sold at the Farmer’s Market in the Knutson Center Atrium last Tuesday evening. The four vendors ranged from Cobbers to a Fargo restaurant. Fresh vegetables were the order of the day, but vendors had different foods for different tastes….
A surprise beneath the soil
While working on updating and expanding the parking lot by the Jake Christensen Stadium, contractors, engineers and college administrators had a startling discovery: a large but unknown number of preserved trees buried beneath the soil. There are a few different theories about how the trees were buried deep in the ground. Larry Papenfuss, athletics director…
Brown goes green with a high-tech water fountain
Brown Hall hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sept. 14 to celebrate the addition of a new water fountain. However, it’s not just your average water fountain. This water fountain is high-tech. The Elkay EZH2O is an up-to-date bottle filling station that reduces dependency on plastic water bottle. According to its Web site, elkayusa.com, the EZH2O…
Comings and goings
It’s still the beginning of the school year, and as you look around campus it’s easy to tell who the freshmen are. They’re the ones wandering around the bell tower aimlessly, looking lost, forgetting that if they use the glass doors in Anderson Commons the alarm will go off, or staring at the washing machine…
Pres. Dovre returns
Interim president Dr. Paul Dovre is no stranger to Concordia College. Dovre was president of Concordia for 24 years, and has served as interim president once before. While the circumstances of his return are tragic, he said, the campus has been welcoming and encouraging. “The strength of the community is so apparent in so many…
President Jolicoeur’s lasting impact
The campus community continues to mourn the loss of President Pamela Jolicoeur who passed away on June 9, 2010, from a stroke. Students, staff and faculty members are taking their time grieving over her leadership and genuineness. Jolicoeur’s memory is kept alive by reminiscing about her life and the humungous impact she had on the…
A guide to 2010’s Family Weekend
“Family Fun Since 1891” That’s the theme for this year’s Family Weekend, an annual tradition at Concordia College where families are invited to come visit their much-missed Cobbers and see what they’ve been up to for the past few weeks. This year, Family Weekend is being held September 17-19. But while Family Weekend itself isn’t…
Clubs: Friends forever, or just a semester?
Hope Krusemark and Lydia Griffin, both sophomores, remember feeling awkward the first time they met their Orientation club, a group of people they had seen only moments before. That feeling weakened as they introduced themselves as Happy Hope and Lyrical Lydia in an adjective-driven name game. “I still put the adjective to the name,” Griffin…