May 2011

Concordia Holds Commencement

Concordia presented nearly 600 degrees, including four Master of Education degrees, during its commencement ceremony Sunday, May 1, in Memorial Auditorium. Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar spoke at the ceremony.

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dovre.jpgThanking the Dovres

After serving and leading during a year of transition, Dr. Paul Dovre and Mardy Dovre received blessings from the campus community as they journey down a new path.

A crowd of students, faculty and staff gathered to thank them during the last chapel service before the academic year ends.

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Money for the Mind

To support student research, Concordia's Student Government Association introduced an award that will fund two summer research fellowships.

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Resilience in the Face of the Flood

Another year. Another flood. How does the Fargo-Moorhead community bounce back year after year?

Dr. Susan Cordes-Green, assistant professor of psychology, and her Disaster Psychology Research Team hope to find out. They recruited 1,000 flood volunteers to take a survey on community resilience.

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It Matters to You:

No Need to Weed

You can have your veggies and eat them too - without pulling up handfuls of weeds. Square-foot gardening, a concept first made popular by Mel Bartholomew in the 80s, is back in style. The method uses three by three foot raised beds to get a high yield of produce in a small space.

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Eye on Academics:

Considering Containment on the Moorhead Streets

The work of Centennial Scholars Lise Holte '11, Brainerd, Minn., and Ryan Wagner '11, Osakis, Minn., has gone from the streets of Moorhead to the state Capitol. They did research on containment with Dr. Dan Biebighauser last summer.

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Global Connections:

A Worldly Vision

There's much to celebrate as Concordia Language Villages marks a half century. Throughout its history, the program has balanced innovation with traditions and rituals. More importantly, it has embraced fun.

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Faith and Learning:

Mornings in Olin: Praise, Prayers and Passion

It may be an unlikely meeting place, but three times a week Cobbers meet near the blue recycling bins in the Olin Communications and Art building for a time of prayer, music and fellowship with one another.

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Noteworthy:

Daddy's Girl

Luke Karlgaard '03 wore a Cobber shirt as he welcomed his daughter, Sophia Ruth, into the world Aug. 23.

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Posts From the Past:

Acting Up: Dramatics in Concordia's First Century

In June 1919, Concordia graduates changed their typical senior festivities to involve a class play in addition to the class prophesy, sermon, valedictory and salutary.

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