As the majority of seniors prepare for full-time careers or graduate school, three are packing their bags for ten months abroad after receiving Fulbright fellowships. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program provides grants for individually designed study or research projects for English Teaching Assistant Programs. Jenna Scarborough, Oliver Reitan and Ruth Peterson received the award this…
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Post-grad plans: seniors to teach in China
As graduation day approaches, many seniors are making important decisions regarding their future plans. Some graduates will be entering the workforce, and others will be going onto graduate school. A handful of Concordia students, however, will be preparing for their year-long internships working in Zhuhai, China, at the United International College. Four of these students…
Swim season ends with bang
As winter teams near the end of their seasons, they hold an end goal of championships in mind. While the Cobber women’s swim and dive team may not have come out of their season with a championship, they sure did finish with a bang. At their final meet, the MIAC Championship, the Cobbers placed ninth…
Women’s soccer team makes the most of what they have
Year after year it seems as if the women’s soccer program has a superb team and season record all-around. But as everyone knows, people graduate and leave the team looking to fill the holes that are left. Although sometimes, the new team dynamic just isn’t the same and neither is the season, the teams just…
Volleyball team rebuilds with just two seniors
School is all about learning new things, but for the volleyball team the learning doesn’t stop in the classroom. Once they have finished their classes for the day and put away their textbooks, they step onto the court and continuously learn how to play together. While every year brings a graduating class, the volleyball squad…
Seniors experience registration troubles
Some seniors have found that courses for their major or minor — courses they need to graduate on time — won’t be offered when they need them most. If students cannot take the necessary courses their senior year, they have choices to make: take courses at one of the other tri-colleges, do an independent study,…
Scarf boy gives thanks and wisdom
To the many people that have made it count all these four years Well, this is it. The moment I have been simultaneously wishing for and dreading since I was 12 years old and my brother left for college. This is the end. On May 4, 2014 I will — hopefully — walk across a…
Students perform at Eventide
Anne Nash had an idea. What if music students from Concordia could perform for area residents at the Eventide senior living community in a low-stress environment? Even better, what if students could perform for Eventide residents while learning management skills as well? This month, Concordia music students performed at Eventide and have another performance planned…