Students no longer required to choose a concentration This year, the communication studies department has restructured the requirements for the communication studies major. The department made these changes to reduce the stress of having to pick a concentration. In the past system, students had to choose one of four specific concentrations: mass media, organizational communication, public…
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Creator of Lay’s Oven Baked Potato Crisps comes to Concordia
Creator will teach students how to find their passions On Oct. 31, Dr. Jeffrey Stamp, the chief storyteller at Bold Thinking Inc. and creator of Lay’s Oven Baked Potato Crisps, will host a visioning workshop at Concordia for high school and college students. The workshop is designed to teach people how to think boldly and…
Edible landscaping: Established and expanding
The raspberries outside of Olin are not just there for looks, they are also available for students to pick and eat as a part of an edible landscape initiative, a strategy to incorporate food-producing plants within Concordia’s landscaping for the benefit of students. Last fall, during the 2014 Faith, Reason and World Affairs Symposium, a…
COBBikes have a home
Flat tire? No problem. Loose bolt? Easy fix. A bike shelter for COBBikes with a fix-it station for everybody’s use was installed outside of Knutson Campus Center this summer. The shelter was made to house the bicycles and to act as a landmark for where they are located. COBBikes is a bike share program that…
Emergency operations, evacuation plan
“The Concordia Emergency Operations Plan utilizes the National Incident Management System and Incident Command System template to manage all college emergencies. The design of this plan is intended to be easily understood and incorporated by every member of the campus community. A copy of the plan is available at the Campus Public Safety Office or…
BlueLight app could increase security for students walking alone
Assault. Theft. Harassment. These are only a few worries that came to the minds of several Concordia students when asked what scared them about walking back to or across campus at night. BlueLight is a mobile app seeking to improve safety for college students by allowing them easier access to help in case of an…
BREW takes on a new level
Faculty Senate plan to incorporate more integrative experiences in curriculum To embellish the Concordia ideology of BREW, faculty, administration and students have been devising a potential curriculum change that would push students outside the classroom several times throughout their academic career. At the Faculty Senate meeting on Sept. 21, faculty voted in favor of requiring…
Student-made film chosen for South Dakota Film Festival
Happy While She’s Gone,” a short narrative comedy created by students in the Film and Literature Core Capstone class taught by English professor Dr. Dawn Duncan, will be playing in the South Dakota Film Festival Sunday morning on Oct. 4 during the ninth session, which is the Family Friendly Day. The festival will take place…
New music fees, no class credit
Music Faculty and students react to changes in ensembles Concordia, a school in which one-third of the student body is involved in musical activities, has increased private lesson fees and implemented choir and band ensemble fees this year. For the Concordia Orchestra, the Concordia Choir and the Concordia Band, an ensemble fee of $175 per…
‘It fits perfectly into what I want to do’
New majors and minors added to the course catalog This year, Concordia has added one new major, one new minor and two new concentrations to the mix. The new major is heritage and museum studies, data and analytics is now being offered as a minor and business majors may now add a concentration in agribusiness…







