The Carl B. Library is looking to add a new member to its staff after a year with the position of curriculum librarian vacant. According to student worker Mia Stranberg, the curriculum librarian is the all-knowing person who is supposed to be able to help students find what books and resources will be most effective…
Concordia’s nursing program is challenging and rewarding, and holds high expectations of the students involved. There are currently 42 students in the program. Of these, only one is chosen to receive the most prestigious award a nursing student can achieve, Nursing Student of the Year (SNOY). Elizabeth Viergutz, also known as Alaska by her peers…
What began as a cooperation between Linda James’s, assistant professor of nutrition and dietetics, Inquiry, “Food in the World,” and Joan Kopperud’s, English professor, IWC, “Food is Identity, Culture, and Conflict,” flourished into a campus-wide campaign that’s making a big impact. Kopperud’s students were inspired to begin a movement after the field research they performed…
With Valentine’s day happening in the beginning of February, expressing love is a common topic. To capitalize on that mood, many charities take part in Giving Hearts Day on Feb. 9. Giving Hearts Day is an online giving day where charities across North Dakota and western Minnesota receive donations through givingheartsday.org. All the charities involved…
On Thursday, Feb. 9, Concordia played host to New York Times columnist, author, and political and cultural commentator David Brooks as one of the 125th Anniversary President’s Seminars. Speaking to a nearly packed Memorial Auditorium, Brooks’ lecture was titled “Faith, Leadership, and the Arts of Citizenship.” Brooks was introduced by Dr. George Connell of the…
“‘Sawubona’ is a traditional isi-Zulu greeting that means, ‘I see you’. That’s the greeting: ‘I see you. Sawubona,’” said Jon Leiseth, Concordia’s Minister of Faith and Spirituality in Action, during Chapel on Monday morning, Feb. 6. That Chapel service kicked off Concordia’s annual celebration of World Interfaith Harmony Week. The World Interfaith Harmony Week was…
President William Craft has announced that effective on July 1, 2017, Concordia’s division of Student Affairs will be restructured into a broader and united organization named Student Development and Campus Life. All of the changes brought about are in congruence with Concordia’s strategic plan. In the past, student support has been separated across Student and…
This semester students are engaging religion in a new way thanks to a new course taught by Dr. Michelle Lelwica. Lelwica’s course, Religion and the Body, uses nontraditional pedagogy. Lelwica believes that having an emphasis on experiential learning will help students to view class readings and their own experiences in a different light. “When you…
The vocal department at Concordia is going to see a new face in their lineup come the fall of 2017. The department is preparing to begin the search to find a replacement for Dr. Jonathan Lasch, current assistant professor of voice. The faculty began to prepare for the application process when Dr. Lasch announced he…
In today’s political atmosphere, the role of gender is playing a more prominent role than ever before in national discussions. Keeping that in mind, this year’s gender expo will be more important than ever before. “Concordia’s Gender Matters Expo 2017: Now It’s Personal” will take place in the Centrum from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m….