Students walk to hunched over with backpacks and dreams too big to shoulder. Bicyclists whisk by, then someone on a longboard. At Knutson, the cyclists lock up their bikes. The longboarder shelves the board in a rack and does the same. Last year, current senior Samuel Olson headed the Student Government Association’s Student Services Committee…
White walls. White tables. White chairs. White bar. White mugs. White light. Vinyl of Rolling Stones plays, coffee machines whirr, conversations flutter. A family walks in, dad leading the way with an “I believe in Fargo” shirt as his wife and young daughter follow. Co-owner Tim Griffin stands in front of the iPad register, smiling…
Megan Shelden shares her study abroad experience When deciding on a college, most teenagers focus on factors like tuition, available majors, and graduation rates. When Megan Shelden selected Concordia, she had her eye on one thing: the school’s extensive study abroad program. “I just knew, ever since I was in high school, that I really…
After 21 years of teaching journalism at Concordia, Catherine McMullen won’t be moving very far away. Her new office in Academy will keeps its doors open as she continues to advise the staff of The Concordian, and work on writing projects of her own. McMullen has discovered, inspired and mentored dozens of budding careers during…
The scent of damp earth and growing things catches in your nostrils, circulated by the fans that hum at both ends of the new structure. April sunlight filters through the dual-ply plastic that puckers and billows in the wind, rattling like a snake: spring has come early to the high tunnel. “[The season] has been…
David Boggs walked into his watercolor class with tea in hand, humming. “One week,” he said, grinning. “One week left people.” Boggs, professor of painting, is “looking forward to retirement on a daily basis” and he makes sure to let his students know. After 31 years of teaching at Concordia, Boggs is finishing up his…
Cory Aragon, Associate Professor in Concordia’s Philosophy Department, is leaving at the end of the academic year for a position in California. Aragon’s new job is at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, also known as Cal Poly Pomona. Aragon has taught at Concordia for three years. He replaced retired professor Gregg Muilenberg in 2013. In…
“My biggest inspiration is definitely my track family. That’s my teammates, my coaches, and all of my supporters who show up at the most important meets I have. Even in an individual sport you need that encouragement. There’ll be times when I have a lot of self doubt about what I can achieve on the…
Connie Jones sits at her desk staring at her computer screen. Her office is open; glass walls letting her overlook the second floor of the library. Her office is surrounded by children’s and young adult literature. These are books that education students use for their class projects, clinicals and student-teaching experiences. A student walks in…
One step. That is all that separates Tayler Klimek from the inner ring of desks — the fishbowl — where small-group discussion is taking place in a large-group setting. It might as well be a mile. In fishbowl discussions, only people in the middle ring of desks can talk. Everyone else on the outside cannot…