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,…
Concordia College will officially have a license to serve alcohol on campus starting this summer. This news may lead Cobbers to believe in an upcoming campus bar, but this is not the case. Strict guidelines have been applied to the sale of alcohol on campus. Concordia will only be allowed to serve alcohol during the…
“A once friendly city turned angry and scared, shocking me to my core.” Instead of spending a semester in a country in more popular countries like Germany, Ireland, Norway or Japan, Hope Grigsby, once a bustling student at Concordia, immersed herself into one of the most controversial places for an American to travel in this…
Anand Gopal shares the stories of three Afghans – a Taliban commander, a US-backed warlord, and a village housewife in his book No Good Men Among the Living: America, The Taliban and the War through Afghan Eyes. In his book, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, Gopal shares the stories of people…
After a grueling Winter, the CobBikes have finally returned to their rack, and they will stay there for the rest of the semester – rain, shine or even snow. Dr. Ken Foster, chair of Concordia’s Sustainability Council, and Kim Haley, a Sustainability intern, said they have some plans in mind for the popular set of…
Before the adventure, the host families, the bus rides or the plane trip, many Concordia students must organize and plan for their study abroad classes. Each student approaches this differently. Some plan as much as possible beforehand; others take the trip as it comes and change their schedule as they go along. The process of…
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…
The most important news in higher education this week comes out of rural Virginia. Sweet Briar College, a historic women’s college, announced it would close over the summer. Liberal arts colleges across the country are stunned. I have no personal connection to Sweet Briar, but I feel compelled to review this story. Students across the…
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…