Concordia's 10th President: Dr. Pamela M. Jolicoeur
Pamela M. Jolicoeur assumed the presidency of Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn., in 2004. She came to Concordia following a 32-year career at California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, where she served as Provost and Dean of the Faculty from 1996 to 2004. She was a member of the sociology faculty from 1972 to 1993 and served as vice president for academic affairs from 1993-1996.
As president of Concordia College, Dr. Jolicoeur is sought out for her expertise in private higher education and her strong leadership in global education. She was one of a select group of American college presidents invited by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings to participate in a summit on international education. She was one of 30 college leaders from U.S. and Muslim majority countries invited by the Hollings Center to participate in a conference in Istanbul focused on the elements of a successful university, the development of the "American paradigm" of higher education, and ways to grow and strengthen exchanges between American and Muslim majority colleges and universities. In response to official invitations, Dr. Jolicoeur made a presentation at the Center for Health, Population and Development Seminar at the Independent University, Bangladesh and met with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus at the Grameen Bank Headquarters in Dhaka. She has been instrumental in establishing a student exchange program with the United International College in Zhuhai, China through the Minnesota Private College Council.
Dr. Jolicoeur serves on the boards of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, the Minnesota Private College Council, Minnesota Public Radio | American Public Media and the Greater Fargo-Moorhead Economic Development Corporation.
President Jolicoeur
