Student designed, student planned, and student lead, the High Impact Leadership Trips have been transforming the Cobber learning experience for years. Every spring break, a small group of Concordia students heads off on a social justice based adventure that will both shape their views on the world, and give them an experience that will last…
In less than a week, Concordia’s theater season will continue, taking the audience on a journey through family struggles and self discovery. Neil Simon’s award winning script “Brighton Beach Memoirs” has some big shoes to fill, but this seven member cast is ready to take on the task. Set in Brooklyn, New York in 1937…
Journalist David Brooks speaks at Concordia The United States of America is at a threshold moment; Americans are striving to discern what it means to be a citizen of this nation. In this unpredictable time of change David Brooks comes to Concordia College to grapple with these meaningful questions at the President’s Seminar. President William…
A winter carnival filled with frosty and chilly events After Christmas, spring seems a long way off and many are experiencing the winter blues. Instead of complaining about the cold and loads of snow, Fargo-Moorhead has partnered to help bring life and fun into this January season through the festival, The Frostival. The Frostival, an…
Concordia College has landed on a number of lists in recent years, including “21 Coldest Colleges in the Country” and “Top 10 Strangest Mascots.” This fall, the Cobbers rolled all the way to a top twenty spot on a ranking of the most engaged U.S. colleges and universities. The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College…
In light of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Dr. Rene Clausen and Dr. Roy Hammerling collaborated to honor the passionate stories of this section of the Bible. According to Clausen, Concordia wanted to celebrate the 500th anniversary and they commissioned him to compose a major work for the anniversary. The piece is set to…
Cobbers reach out of the Concordia bubble to give a helping hand A string of orange garland lines the door to Churches United for the Homeless, while grinning Jack-o-Lanterns cling to the windows. Inside, plastic pumpkins and cardboard turkeys line up on coffee tables and bookshelves to greet visitors. The shelter’s lobby is festive, but…
This May, Bruce Vieweg will ask that you excuse his intrusion to your day one last time. Vieweg, whose emails, bow ties and Monopoly Man moustache have become as symbolic of the Concordia spirit as Kernel Cobb himself, has announced his intention to retire at the end of the academic year. “Trust me when I say…
Winona LaDuke speaks on indigenous people, environment and the seventh generation On the morning of Monday, Oct. 17, Winona LaDuke stood alongside the hundreds who had gathered at the Standing Rock Sioux reservation to protest construction of the controversial 1,172-mile Dakota Access oil pipeline. That night, she stood before a full audience in the Concordia…
“College age women are twice as likely to be sexually assaulted than robbed” says the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network on statistics of campus sexual violence. For this reason, on the evening of Oct. 13, the Women’s and Gender Studies department at Concordia hosted a documentary screening and talkback featuring the film “It Was…