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Patrick Hargon, director of the writing center, and student assistants meet to discuss the best techniques for helping writers at Concordia.
"Keep on a-marchin', keep on a-talkin'"

Performances of The Meeting, a play depicting an imaginary meeting between Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X are part of Black History Month activities at Concordia. SEE ALSO
Year of the dog at CIT

Bulldog fans revel at the annual Concordia Invitational Tournament. CIT is one of the oldest continuous basketball tournaments and a cherished tradition among the competing schools. CIT 2012 PHOTOS
Better reach

Concordia's total student enrollment number for 2011-12 is the largest in its 118 year history. Concordia has seen increases in each of the last five years. SEE ALSO
They play basketball pretty well too

Concordia's womens basketball team, ranked No. 5 in NAIA Div. II, helps fans learn a new dance. Earlier in the evening they made their mark in Bulldog athletic history by defeating an NCAA Div. I team. STORY
Ready, set, teach

Teacher education students in their professional semester spent a week in orientation before beginning their first student teaching assignments. PHOTOS
Knots and trials

Learning to tie a bowline knot with no coaching on your progress is no easy task. Members of HHP 273, Motor Learning, took the challenge to see what affect feedback has on learning a sequence of movements.
On the lookout

Most Concordia students will return Sunday, Jan. 8, for the second semester of classes. Concordia's wrestling and basketball teams, however, are already back and competing. CHECK SCHEDULE
Merry Christmas

Blessings of the season! Offices at Concordia will be closed from Dec. 23 to Jan. 2. Classes resume Jan. 9. ONLINE CHRISTMAS CARD
Finals brew

Adam Tanney gets in a last review before an exam in PSY 324 Psychology of Exceptionality. Finals week at Concordia lasts until Dec. 15. Residence halls will close the following day for Christmas break.
Return of the strings

Concordia's newest musical ensemble, the Concordia University Chamber Orchestra, has performed a pair of concerts this fall. READ MORE
Always in the running

The women's cross country squad qualified to run at nationals this year, marking the 17th time in 18 years that they've earned that honor. The Bulldogs finished the championship race in 17th place as a team. READ MORE
God bless us, every one!

Caitlynn Schwehn speaks to the cast of A Christmas Carol after a dress rehearsal. Schwehn wrote an adaptation of the Charles Dickens novella and directed the play this month at Concordia. MORE
A Ph.D. pipeline

When it comes to successfully sending graduates on to Ph.D. programs, Concordia was ranked third nationally in the 2011 Washington Monthly College Rankings, baccalaureate college category.
Bulldog homecoming

Alumni helped fill the stands to cheer on the Bulldogs and were reacquainted with all things Concordia over homecoming weekend, Oct. 7-9. MORE
Nifty top fifty

Concordia was named to the Washington Monthly “Top 50 Baccalaureate Colleges” list for 2011. Based on its overall score, Concordia University, Nebraska was also the highest ranked of all schools in the Concordia University System in any category. MORE
In the hands of Corita

Advertising slogans, biblical phrases, newspaper pages and the pointed words of a social activist were turned into works of art by Corita Kent. A Concordia exhibit of her work will run through Sept. 30. MORE
Welcome to Concordia

Rev. Dr. Brian Friedrich, university president, welcomed to campus new students and their parents Friday, Aug. 19. A weekend full of moving into residence halls and orientation was capped by the opening worship service held Sunday, Aug. 21. Year 118 begins
The Bulldogs are back

Several fall sports teams are on campus for preseason camps. New students are the next to arrive. They will begin Weekend of Welcome orientation activities Aug. 19. Weekend of Welcome
Take a stroll

Words and pictures can only tell so much. Prospective students and parents are welcome to have a closer look at campus by arranging a visit. SCHEDULE A VISIT
Concentration

April Niederklein concentrates a mixture during her Organic Chemistry lab with the help of a heated sand bath. Read more about NATURAL SCIENCES at Concordia.
Ready for launch

Students in Concordia's Director of Christian Education program begin year long internships around the country this summer. They met recently with their future colleagues to discuss the work they'll do. MORE PHOTOS
Summer in session

It may still feel like spring outside, but summer courses are fully underway. Students are keeping busy with classes that pack an entire semester of work into a few weeks. SEE ALSO
To praise as far as we wander

Commencement was held at the newly renamed Walz Human Performance Complex on May 7. Former Concordia president Rev. Dr. Orville Walz gave the main address. VIDEO PHOTOS
Fill my heart with song

Backed by Concordia's Jazz Band, vocalist Nayanna Holley sings Fly Me to the Moon at Concordia's 2011 JazzFest. The concert was part of the Jones Fine Art Series. PHOTOS
Canvas, paper, pixels and stone

Family and friends filled the Marxhausen Gallery for the opening reception of the Student Art Exhibit April 17. Concordia's Department of Art announced awards and scholarship recipients at the show. SEE ALSO
Concordia, the final frontier

Team Frizzle made its antennaed debut at the the opening ceremony for Spring Weekend, one of the least serious and most anticipated student events of the year. PHOTOS
Bach in the house

Jennette Morrison works on the challenging pedal runs and rapid scales of Prelude and Fugue in D Major by J.S. Bach in preparation for her senior recital and an honor recital this spring. SEE ALSO
My strength, my song in the night

Byron Dow sings at Praise, a student-led gathering that meets in Weller Hall on Wednesday evenings to share devotional messages, Scripture and music.
Let's start with Leo

The finer points of Piaget, Vygotsky and other child development theorists would have to wait. Prof. Annette Oliver's Early Childhood Foundations class started with a reading of Leo the Late Bloomer. SEE ALSO
Come a little closer

Don Robson gathers his Drawing II class closer to observe details of the student piece up for critique. SEE ALSO
Hardcourt firsts

In January, Concordia hosted the inaugural Lutheran Invitational Tournament for high schools. It also marked the first time the four Nebraska LCMS high schools faced each other in a basketball tournament. SEE ALSO
Back to class

Concordia began the second semester of its 117th academic year on Monday, Jan. 10.
Pirates, anyone?

Megan Heidemann as Mabel argues with Daniel Miller playing the role of the pirate king in Pirates of Penzance. SEE ALSO
A space of her own

Studio artists at Concordia like Rachel Ahlers, a junior from Pierce, Neb. , can find elbowroom for their art in the lower level of Brommer Art Center. “It makes it a lot easier to get personal work done,” said Ahlers about her corner of the studio. SEE ALSO
Call it a pick-two

Heath Broekemeier netted Concordia two points when he ran back a late fourth quarter interception in Concordia's game against the Chargers of Briar Cliff. The pick-off came on a two-point try by the Chargers and secured the win for the Bulldogs. SEE ALSO