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Your Life at Concordia
Welcome to Concordia-Moorhead's living and learning community.
For more than 100 years, Concordia has enjoyed a reputation for excellence
as a liberal arts college of the church. Here you will be challenged
to excel in an intellectually vibrant campus community where supportive
faculty and staff nurture your development of mind, body and spirit.
Concordia's strong liberal arts curriculum provides a breadth,
depth and appreciation of learning that prepares you to influence
the affairs of an ever-changing world.
At Concordia-Moorhead, you'll get to know the world in a personal
way. As a national leader in the number of students studying abroad,
Concordia offers powerful, firsthand learning experiences in places
such as China, England, France, Greece, Italy, Tanzania - just
about everywhere on the globe. These programs - designed for a
week, month, semester or academic year - will help you discover
cultural and career connections that put you worlds ahead in preparing
for life after college. Additionally, international students and students
of color enrich the quality of community on campus with their many
gifts and thoughtful perspectives. The world-renowned Concordia Language
Villages in the nearby North Woods of Bemidji, Minn., provides one-of-a-kind
language and culture immersion education experiences. Concordia's
distinctive and far-reaching emphasis on international learning broadens
your perspective as a thoughtful and informed global citizen.
Your learning options are abundant at Concordia-Moorhead, which offers
more than 55 majors, 30 teaching majors and 16 preprofessional programs
in 24 academic areas. More than 40 percent of students advance to
graduate programs; Concordia graduates' acceptance rate into
medical school is usually twice the national average, and 93 percent
of students applying to law schools are accepted. Also, Concordia
prepares more students for seminary than any other college of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Concordia students discover
their interests and get real-world experience through invaluable internships
offered by hundreds of employers in virtually every field. Graduates
of Concordia are versatile team players, outstanding leaders, excellent
communicators and problem-solvers.
Dynamic interaction between students and faculty is an integral part
of the classroom experience at Concordia-Moorhead, where matters of
faith, values and ethics come to focus through thoughtful and spirited
dialogue. As active scholars with a unique passion for classroom teaching,
faculty take a personal interest in helping you succeed. Interaction
with faculty may even include the opportunity to work side-by-side
with a professor on a fascinating joint research project. Many students
come to count on faculty as mentors - and friends - for life.
Concordia develops women and men of integrity who serve as leaders
in their professions, communities and churches. You will have the
chance to be actively involved in service learning projects that integrate
academic study with efforts to be agents of social change in the community - locally
and abroad. Concordia's vibrant Campus Ministry program encourages
spiritual growth through a variety of worship offerings and abundant
outreach opportunities, including one of the nation's largest
Habitat for Humanity chapters as well as Justice Journeys, which provide
unique travel experiences focusing on meaningful interaction with
people of faith from other cultures. Students are continually challenged
by faculty to examine and develop their own personal sense of ethical
responsibility. Concordia's Norman Lorentzsen Business Ethics
Series engages students, faculty and community leaders through poignant
dialogue concerning today's most challenging ethical issues.
There are many other exceptional student activities designed to enrich
your college experience. Many choose to participate in Concordia's
celebrated music program, which continues to build on its remarkable
tradition of excellence. The Concordia Christmas Concert, involving
nearly 500 student-musicians, attracts 20,000 people for sold-out
performances on campus and at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis. One-third
of all students participate in one or more of Concordia's 16
acclaimed performance ensembles, including the famed choirs, orchestras
and bands, which travel the United States annually and tour the world
frequently. Performance excellence is intricately linked with academic
learning to produce a refined blend of musical opportunities. Hundreds
of scholar-athletes choose to be in one or more of Concordia's
20 highly competitive men's and women's varsity sports
programs, which benefit from some of the finest small-college athletic
facilities in the upper Midwest. Concordia is also recognized nationally
for excellence in both speech and debate - consistently ranking among
the country's top 10 in competition alongside Harvard and many
other large universities; Concordia's mock trial team also enjoys
a national reputation. Similarly, many students also find prominent
roles in theater, student government and dozens of student organizations.
In all, students benefit from participation in more than 90 clubs
and organizations.
Your unique contributions to academic, social and spiritual life at
Concordia will be warmly welcomed and greatly valued by the campus
community. Prepare to experience excellence in all that you do here.
Your educational journey promises to be challenging and rewarding
- a four-year investment that pays dividends for a lifetime. |
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