Faculty Senate plan to incorporate more integrative experiences in curriculum To embellish the Concordia ideology of BREW, faculty, administration and students have been devising a potential curriculum change that would push students outside the classroom several times throughout their academic career. At the Faculty Senate meeting on Sept. 21, faculty voted in favor of requiring…
Happy While She’s Gone,” a short narrative comedy created by students in the Film and Literature Core Capstone class taught by English professor Dr. Dawn Duncan, will be playing in the South Dakota Film Festival Sunday morning on Oct. 4 during the ninth session, which is the Family Friendly Day. The festival will take place…
Music Faculty and students react to changes in ensembles Concordia, a school in which one-third of the student body is involved in musical activities, has increased private lesson fees and implemented choir and band ensemble fees this year. For the Concordia Orchestra, the Concordia Choir and the Concordia Band, an ensemble fee of $175 per…
New majors and minors added to the course catalog This year, Concordia has added one new major, one new minor and two new concentrations to the mix. The new major is heritage and museum studies, data and analytics is now being offered as a minor and business majors may now add a concentration in agribusiness…
Students across a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds worked together to offer diversity and depth to the 2015 Faith, Reason and World Affairs Symposium, “China Rising: A New Global Order?” Student involvement in the symposium has increased so much from past years that Dr. Rebecca Moore, professor of political science and chair of the…
Construction has started on a solar high tunnel greenhouse, which will extend the growing season long enough for classrooms to be involved with Concordia’s garden project, according to Ken Foster, the chair of President William Craft’s sustainability council. “The main purpose [of the tunnel] is to provide educational opportunities for students,” Foster said. “There is…
The abundance of clubs on campus make it easy for students to find groups that they connect with. This year, the language clubs are broadening the cultural experience that is available to students, by promoting inter-club activities. Inter-club activities, events held for the collaboration of two or more clubs, that have been held in the…
The sprucing up of the new Jones and Ivers buildings has not yet begun, but the adjustments to accommodate the construction have been unpleasant for some students and faculty. Construction begins after Thanksgiving break, which means science professors must be finished with typical full-semester labs within Jones and Ivers by late November — an inconvenient…
Compelled to aid students with their career development on a larger scale, the Career Center has hired new professionals who have specialities within academic divisions, and has developed new initiatives to incorporate itself into the Concordia community to be a more accessible resource for students and faculty. By developing closer connections with faculty and increasing…
What if I do not like my roommate? How hard are classes going to be? What should I major in? These are some potential thoughts running through the heads of incoming freshmen. Luckily for freshmen, these thoughts will cease to exist anymore. The newly implemented First Year Transition program, an orientation extension within the inquiry…