By Abigail Koenig The application for the 2026-2027 Homecoming Committee is open until January 30. The committee plans all student and alumni facing homecoming events on campus, starting in February. While they play very involved roles, the group emphasizes how rewarding the process is, and they pride themselves on being hardworking. Eden Weinhandl, a co-event coordinator, calls being a part of the committee one of the most fulfilling things she’s done in college. “I think it’s just…
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Uniting and Celebrating Cobbers: 2025 Homecoming Preview
By Abigail Koenig Concordia’s annual homecoming week offers a variety of Cobber-centered events that aim to build campus community within the student and local population. To kick off the festivities is the brand-new trivia night on Tuesday Sept. 30 in the Centrum beginning at 7:00 p.m. Teams of up to eight will have the chance…
Cobbers stomp the Saints at Homecoming football game
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Homecoming 2023 events round-up
Homecoming concert showcases flagship ensembles
My favorite part of homecoming has always been the homecoming concert. This concert brings together the three flagship ensembles of our music program and it reminds many alumni of the band, orchestra, and choir programs what it was like to be performing in Memorial Auditorium. The concert on Saturday, Sept. 29 was dominated by extremely…
Homecoming week brings crowning of Herberg and Belz
Homecoming brings together generations of alumni and current students for a busy week of events and celebration. It is a celebration of a shared cobber-ness and the love of community that Concordia brings to the Fargo Moorhead area. This year, homecoming greets Concordia’s campus on Monday, Sept. 24 and extends through Sunday, Sept. 30. Students,…
Game night to replace Harvest Ball
Be assured, Cobbers can leave their dresses and neckties in their dorms on Friday of homecoming weekend. In place of Concordia’s longstanding, traditional Harvest Ball, Campus Entertainment Committee and Homecoming Committee have teamed up to host a game night called “Bunco@ Conco.” Though the Harvest ball has been held for decades, Homecoming Chair Hayley Johnson…
Advancement Office restructures
Concordia’s Advancement Office has begun to restructure its staff with the elimination of a position, and more changes that will take effect Jan. 1. With the restructure of the department, the alumni office eliminated the position of Searle Swedlund, the former associate director of alumni relations. Swedlund, a Concordia alumnus, served the college for 14…
The appeal of the sweater
One week a year. They come out of hiding on Sunday evening and make their way around campus until the following Sunday afternoon. The maroon button-up sweaters have been worn by Concordia’s Homecoming Committee since 1989. With a break from them in 1991 to honor the school’s centennial, they returned in 1992 and have been…