February 2008
Key Leadership Changes Announced
The Business Affairs and Development divisions made changes at the turn of the calendar year. President Pamela Jolicoeur divided the responsibilities of the vice president for Business Affairs into two positions to better oversee the growing complexity of the business affairs portfolio.
Werner Golling now serves as vice president for Operations and Linda Brown, formerly vice president for Development, serves as vice president for Finance and Treasurer. Eric Johnson took lead of Development, now renamed Advancement.
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No Ordinary Jo(seph)
If you want to experience a high-energy musical with strong vocal performances and crowd-pleasing comedic chaos, check out Brendan Bujold '05 in the lead role of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" playing now through March 15 on the main stage at Chanhassen (Minn.) Dinner Theatres.
"What I try to bring is a naiveté to Joseph - he is such an innocent character," says Bujold. "Every show there are different emotions that he goes through." Full Story...
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 Concordia Gears Up for Nobel Peace Prize Forum
Plans are fully underway for the 20th Annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum March 7-8 on Concordia's campus. Students, faculty and staff from five colleges, along with members of the Fargo-Moorhead community, are expected at the event, which will explore the theme of "Striving for Peace: Investing in Community."
The forum will feature the work of 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank, which was also a co-recipient of the prize. Full Story...
Celebrating Cobber Couples
College is the place to discover all kinds of new friendships. And for some it might be the place they met Miss or Mr. "Right" - that one extra special person you plan to spend many Valentine's Days with in the future. Concordia has about 3,000 Cobber couples - Cobbers who married other Concordia students.
For Clay '50 and Bonnie ( Larson) '50 Brady their courtship had a striking beginning. Clay spotted Bonnie at a concert after he returned with the Concert Choir from the 1949 choir trip to Norway. Bonnie had just transferred to Concordia and may have been a bit surprised when Clay showed up in the library and asked her if she'd like to go bowling one afternoon. She said yes and they took the bus to the bowling alley for their first date. The Bradys have been married for 55 years. Full Story...
 
Students Debate Slavery on King Day Observance
Many Concordia faculty and staff have vivid memories from the late 1950s and 1960s of watching nightly news broadcasts of police wielding truncheons, water cannons and attack dogs against crowds of African-Americans who in a were marching in the South for the right to vote and to end racial discrimination through nonviolent means.
For most of today's students the Civil Rights Movement is an abstract, academic exercise, something learned in classrooms and from books.
So it was somewhat surprising for them during the campus observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan. 21, to come to terms with civil rights by "debating" whether the United States should apologize for slavery. Full Story...
It Matters to You
Throwing Your Own Carnival Party
 From the colorful Mardi Gras beads in New Orleans, to the lavish masquerades in Venice, Italy, to the elaborate parades in Nice, France, it seems that every culture has its own take on pre-Lenten celebrations.
Whether it is called Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras or Carnival, what they all have in common is an emphasis on fun. In fact, with a name derived from the words "farewell to the flesh," it is all about indulging a little before entering a 40-day stint of meatless Fridays.
Some say it began with an ancient Greek celebration honoring Dionysus, the god of wine, others credit the Roman solstice festival Saturnalia with the idea. The Roman Catholic Church later modified the celebrations into a festival leading up to Ash Wednesday, which quickly evolved into a wild celebration of pleasure before the fasting of Lent. Full story...
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Brazil Exploration Seminar has family connection
The nursing Exploration Seminar led by Dr. Linda Scott connects with her family's longstanding work in Brazil's missionary field.
Scott will take five nursing and one pre-med student to Brazil for 11 days of travel and in-depth study of the country's healthcare system. They will stay for several days at Camp Moriah, a retreat center near the Lutheran church established by Scott's aunt and uncle, the Rev. Ray and Ruth Holter of Duluth, Minn.
While staying there, the students will work alongside the camp's physician, Dr. Sidney Schlossmacher, who will lead the students to personal examinations of facilities and conditions of rural health clinics and nearby hospitals. This is Scott's third trip with students to Brazil, and she finds the many personal connections she has made makes a difference with what the students are able to see and experience firsthand. Full story...
Coffee Conversations
Coffee consumes the minds of people around the world. Whether you are buying it at your favorite coffee shop or selling beans from the harvest, it's an important world commodity. Kera Halvorson '09, a social work major from Belgrade, Minn., learned first-hand how important the coffee market is to growers through a program sponsored by Lutheran World Relief. Full story...
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World's Greatest Explorer Leaves Mark at Concordia
 Roald Amundsen, famous for being the first explorer to reach the South Pole, came to Fargo in 1927 to give a lecture about his adventures. This lecture left a unique mark on Concordia.
Captain Amundsen was born on July 16, 1872, in Borge, Norway. Graduating with honors from Christiania University, Amundsen decided to pursue his dreams of exploration. To do so, Amundsen relied on the wealth from his deceased parents, who had been successful in the shipping business.
Amundsen's success began in 1905 when he made the first successful voyage around the northern coast of North America via the Northwest Passage. By 1909, Amundsen had set his sights on the North Pole. Those plans were defeated after the North Pole was reached by another explorer. Amundsen then decided to pursue the South Pole, which he discovered in 1911. Despite these successes, "the Last Viking," as Amundsen was called, never gave up on his dreams of seeing the North Pole. He tried four times to accomplish his aim but did not have success until he came to America for a lecture tour to earn income for his expeditions. While the lecture tour did not prove as successful as he had hoped, Amundsen did meet Lincoln Ellsworth who provided financial assistance for Amundsen to accomplish his ambitions. Full story... |
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