The director of Dining Services for the past 24 and a half years, Debra Lee Ross, is retiring this coming January. During her time at Concordia, Lee Ross’ main goal as the director of Dining Services has been to create a positive work environment for everyone involved. She explained the importance of using the golden…
Tuesday morning, 608 students registered for classes. This marked the first day of registration, and the credit-based registration schedule first established last spring has been operating as it should, according to Bruce Vieweg, chief information officer of the college. The system splits each registration day into two groups determined by the amount of credits that…
Concordia College is up for accreditation this year, undergoing thorough internal and external evaluation to determine its legitimacy as an institution. The college has been continuously accredited since 1927. Accreditation is the process that allows a college to grant diplomas. A team of evaluators comes to campus and observes for three days then writes up…
The “Ask an Atheist” panel gave area residents a chance to discuss the reasoning behind choosing to follow no religion. Concordia’s Secular Club held the panel on campus last Sunday in an effort to increase dialogue and decrease negative connotations surrounding the topic. The Secular Club held the panel as one of their first larger…
Concordia students say they experienced the paranormal world when a psychic visited before mid-semester break. Christopher Moon, a self-proclaimed psychic medium and paranormal researcher, came to campus Oct. 15 to explain to students his work and take them on a ghost hunt. Moon began the adventure by giving a presentation in the Centrum. He gave…
What is the optimal size for Concordia? Administrators at Concordia are currently discussing this question, which encompasses student enrollment and the amount of faculty, administrative personnel and support staff that will be the most beneficial to the goals of the college. “The college as a whole and the students who come here will best thrive…
Philosophical discussion was a campus priority Oct. 16 with the first inaugural Carus Lecture. The Carus Lectureship was created in recognition of the funds given by Alwin C. Carus and M. Elizabeth Carus to the college. Dr. Jonathan Lear of the University of Chicago presented the talk “To Become Human Does Not Come That Easily,”…
As a third grader, George Halvorson sat in his elementary school library crying because he had finished all the books on the shelves. Halvorson, a Concordia 1968 alumnus that graduated after just three years, was the CEO of the largest healthcare corporation in the United States. He returned last week to receive the 2013 Alumni…
(Note: names marked with a * have been changed to preserve a source’s anonymity) Jonathan*, a Concordia sophomore, recalls that his first experience at a college dance was not entirely what he expected, due to an incident that occurred at last year’s Theme Dance. Jonathan said he attended the dance to socialize and “meet women.”…
Carol cheered on the Cobbers at the home game against St. Olaf on Sept. 21 with Kathy Benson, Concordia’s Health Center Director, and their friends. “We were high fiving and singing the (school) song and carrying on,” Benson said. When the game ended, Carol said she was feeling dizzy and faint, so Benson, a certified…