On Mondays at 4 p.m., the King Intercultural Center comes to life with chatter, and the aroma of brewing tea. Senior Jordan Lyseng and Karis Thompson, assistant director of Intercultural Affairs, busily refill cups and stop to talk with different groups discussing global and local issues and events. Groups stand and sit discussing different issues….
This year, senior Greg Clark has set in motion his idea for a campus publication that will present student perspectives on the topics of interfaith, being responsibly engaged in the world and equity. He has taken on this goal with juniors Matt Hansen and Ryan Mahon, both managing editors. English professor Dawn Duncan will serve as their adviser,…
Concordia increased its ties to China through an educational agreement with a university in Chongquing, China. On Nov. 2, Provost Mark Krejci and Vice President of Enrollment Steve Schuetz met with two delegates from the Sichuan International Studies University for a signing ceremony. This new agreement will allow SISU students to apply for Concordia enrollment….
It doesn’t take long for Cobbers to become acquainted with the term BREW. Becoming Responsibly Engaged in the World is one of the most prominent callings that Concordia instills into its students, and multiple student organizations have turned the week of Nov. 14-18 into just that. Making only its second debut on the Concordia College…
People were lining up outside Concordia College’s atrium doors Halloween night, but it wasn’t for the candy. James Carville and Mary Matalin werebmediated by radio talk show host and author Scott Hennen while they discussed their opposing political views in the Centrum on Oct. 31. The event proved to be of interest not only to…
Some students who spend time in the Maize might think about the fries they ordered or the Twins game on the flat screen or the printer jam that is causing them to be late for history class. When Alan Bjerga, a 1995 Concordia graduate and agriculture reporter for Bloomberg News, was on campus one year…
From a distance, it might have been mistaken for a wall of mud. But step closer and hear the hum of the sump pump hose, see the dismal brown yard once covered by green grass, and the contents of the mound become clearer. Piles of clothing. Ice skates. Car parts. Microwave manuals. A Kum &…
Clint Hill, retired Secret Service agent and 1954 graduate, returned to campus Wed., Oct. 12 for the first time in 50 years. In a public talk he detailed the events leading up to the 1962 assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Hill was assigned as the head of security for Jacqueline Kennedy and is credited…
This article was written by Kayla Culver, a contributing author for The Concordian. Last summer and last spring break, Concordia students traveled to Ecuador to volunteer at Case De Fe, an orphanage based in the Amazon jungle of Shell, Ecuador. Patti Sue Arnold is the director and founder of Casa De Fe. The orphanage is…
Local conservative political talk show host Chris Berg brought his program to Concordia when he broadcasted live from the Atrium last Thursday morning. Berg is a radio host from Fargo’s AM 1100 “The Flag,” and his stop at Concordia was part of a Fargo-Moorhead college tour. Berg’s Thursday morning show featured eight Cobbers who joined…