According to the student census report released on Sept. 10, located on Concordia’s Institutional Effectiveness page, the number of fulltime students at Concordia has dropped by 207 since last year – from 2,332 students to 2,125 students. The number of fulltime students at Concordia follows a two -year downward trend, but is expected to stabilize…
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…
Professors talk about student feedback At the end of each semester, professors read evaluations completed by students who have taken their classes. Professors look at the averages of both the numerical scores they are given and the comments that students leave. The comments section proves to be the most helpful in informing professors about how…
The Ready Set. Chiddy Bang. Last Weekend. Break from studying. Friends. Summer weather. Hearts pumping. Insides vibrating. Screaming. Laughing. Singing. Parties. Memories. Last times. Let loose. Cornstock 2015. Also, drinks. Cornstock, a CEC-sponsored concert held every year the last weekend before finals, is meant for students to enjoy their last weekend at Concordia before finals…
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…
As administrators give details to faculty and staff, students left in the dark Faculty and staff streamed into the Centrum Wednesday afternoon with only one goal in mind: Find out the budget plans for next year. But as the clock struck 4 p.m. and the last of the faculty and staff walked into the packed…
Press Release This semester a group of Concordia students became filmmakers. For the Film & Literature Core Capstone taught by English professor Dawn Duncan, juniors and seniors were tasked with the responsibility to create a 12-20 minute film adapted from literature. Three groups of seven or eight members created three short films, including a sci-fi…
Standing behind a lectern in a church more than 300 hundred years old, Jonathan Clark reaches down to retrieve a book dating back to the late 17 century. He is in Bietigheim, Germany filming a segment for the TLC television show “Who Do You Think You Are?” Clark hands the book to Josh Groban, American…
Over 50 Concordia students and faculty attended the AWP conference in Minneapolis last weekend along with numerous English alum, as Concordia was the premier sponsor. Editor, author and Concordia Professor Scott Olsen said Concordia discovered two years ago that the conference was coming to Minneapolis. He said we had a choice: the college could have…
Some seniors have found that courses for their major or minor — courses they need to graduate on time — won’t be offered when they need them most. If students cannot take the necessary courses their senior year, they have choices to make: take courses at one of the other tri-colleges, do an independent study,…