Concordia College

Staff

Arland D. Jacobson Dr. Jacobson has a B.D. from Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary (now Luther Seminary) and a Ph.D. in New Testament from Claremont (Calif.) Graduate School. He also studied at the University of Chicago. He has taught religion at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and at Concordia College. In addition to his responsibility as Executive Director of F/M Communiversity, Jacobson is Executive Cirector of the CHARIS Ecumenical Center at Concordia College in Moorhead, MN.

Jacki Knapp-Raaen Jacki is the coordinator for F/M Communiversity. She has a B.A. in Business Administration from Concordia College.  In addition to her responsibilities as Coordinator of F/M Communiversity, Jacki is also the Coordinator for the CHARIS Ecumenical Center (also at Concordia College in Moorhead, MN).

Planning Committee

Jane Ahlin

Jane teaches in the English Dept., MSUM and is a regular contributor to The Forum daily newspaper.

Andrea Arendt PBVM
Sr. Andrea is director of the Presentation Prayer Center, Fargo,

a spiritual director and retreat facilitator.

Ron Ellingson

Ron has a B.A. from Valley City State University in history, English, French, and political science and also has graduate hours from NDSU in computer science and statistics.  He is currently working in research and development and system architecture for Agri ImaGIS TEchnologies, Inc. which provides remote-sensed imagery, mostly satellite, and software for the analysis of that imagery for farm management.

Jan Flack

Jan is director of Continuing Studies, Customized Education and Training at Minnesota State University Moorhead. Jan has a B.A. from St. Olaf and an M.A. from the University of Minnesota. Jan also helped start the program "College for Kids" and continues to organize that event each year.

 

Sheldon Green
Sheldon is the senior writer in the Office of Communications at Concordia College. He has been the editor of the Hazen (N.D.) Star weekly newspaper and North Dakota Horizons magazine and helped edit, design and photograph the five-volume North Dakota Centennial Book series. He is a graduate of the University of North Dakota (Grand Forks). He was a collaborator on the award-winning book, Magnificent Churches on the Prairie, published by the Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU.

John Helgeland

John is a professor of history at NDSU. He received his PhD from the University of Chicago. He currently serves on the NDSU Bush Ethics Committee. John also has received the Blue Key Distinguished Educator Award.

Theodore Kleiman
Ted is a physician at Dakota Clinic at Innovis in Fargo. He participates in numerous community committees.

David Myers

David taught courses in the philosophy of religion and world religions at Minnesota State University Moorhead. He is working on a book on religious diversity. Also, he is involved in promoting interfaith dialogue and inter-religious education in the Fargo-Moorhead community.

Karen Nitzkorski
Karen is a graduate of Hamline University, St. Paul, and currently works for the Moorhead Public School district as Moorhead Community Education's Program Coordinator. She also serves on the West Fargo School Board. See Moorhead Community Education for a listing of current courses.

Bonnie Peters
Bonnie is Resident & Public Relations Director at Riverview Place, a retirement center in Fargo. F/M Communiversity sponsors courses during the academic year. 
   
Helen Rudie

Helen is emeritus Librarian from the Concordia College Library.

She holds two masters' degrees, one in education from Minnesota State University-Moorhead and one in instructional media from Minnesota State University-Mankato. 

Dennis Staton

Dennis has practiced and taught psychiatry in Fargo-Moorhead since 1978.  He was a professor of psychiatry at UND for nearly 20 years and has authored or co-authored approximately 45 published articles, including two related to healthcare economics.