A free children’s theatre production takes the stage for two shows Saturday, Nov. 21, at 1 and 4 p.m. in Hansen Theatre in MSUM’s Roland Dille Center for the Arts. Based on African folk tales, “Anansi!” is appropriate for all young children. Related events include featuring live animals form the Red River Zoo at 2…
One of the most important pieces of public art in Fargo-Moorhead’s history is headed for conservation. The iconic Sodbuster sculpture, which stood on the corner of Broadway and Main Avenue in Fargo for 20 years, will be conserved and reinstalled at the new Fargo City Hall Civic Plaza. “Twenty years of heat and cold, sun…
Concordia students are collaborating with the Fargo Moorhead Pride Collective and Community Center to put on a “Take Pride in Your Health Day” event this Saturday. The event aims to promote health education for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) individuals and their allies in the community. It will feature various health-related events including…
Next year, Cobbers in the Concordia Band will have a chance to break down barriers with music in the 2016 May international band tour to Spain. Dr. Peter Haberman, director of bands and conductor of the Concordia Band, has a local connection with a former student who now lives in Lliria, Spain, near Valencia. The…
2015 Peace Scholars will represent Concordia in Norway; first time overseas for both Peace Scholars will learn logistics of peace across the globe. President Craft declared Alex Gray and Matthew Lillehaugen as Concordia’s 2015 Peace Scholars on February 20, 2015; these two students have already begun to fulfill their title only a couple weeks after…
HILT visits California, D.C. This year, two High Impact Leadership trips set off to their destinations over spring break. One trip went to Washington D.C. to learn about environmental policy, while the other went to California to learn about sustainable agriculture and organic farming. Both groups came back filled with knowledge, ready to implement change…
Philosophy Colloquium addresses body image woes Students leaned forward in their desks, faces scrunched in deep thought. Professors scratched their head, then scribbled a note down as Dr. Michelle Lelwica, religion professor, talked about her research on how and why humans depict their bodies. Buck, her dog, sauntered around the room–sniffing out the cookies and…
In honor of the 42nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade – the Supreme Court Case that declared anti-abortion laws unconstitutional – North Dakota State University held a screening of Obvious Child, a film about a woman receiving an abortion, on Jan. 22. Afterward, a panel of students from NDSU, MSUM and Concordia conducted a discussion…
Concordia College is the premier sponsor of this year’s Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference on April 8-11. More than 13,000 writers will fill the Minneapolis Convention Center accompanied by more than 2,000 presenters and 700 booths at the book fair. As the main sponsor, Concordia hopes to offer free registration for Concordia students….
Moorhead Mayor plans to revive city for students Mayor Del Rae Williams plans to revive Moorhead by reconstructing the downtown area and the mall, getting college students more involved within the community. Williams was inaugurated this past January. She said one of the main reasons of why she ran was because of the attitude of…