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 Wednesday, Sept. 20 | 6-9 p.m. | Campus Mall

Join MSUM, Concordia College, and Minnesota State Community and Technical College for our annual BBQ and rally on the MSUM Campus Mall on Wednesday, Sept. 20. This year, we celebrate the 45^th anniversary of Title IX, which guarantees every student the right to an education free from discrimination based on sex. 1 in 3 women and 1 in 6 men will experience intimate partner abuse, sexual violence, or stalking  in their lifetime. Do you #KnowyourIX?  Read the rest of this entry →

Erin Gillett, School of Teaching and Learning, and her colleague Susan Pierson Ellingson, Concordia College Department of Education, have published an article in the September/October issue of The Reading Teacher, a peer-reviewed journal of the International Literacy Association. Their article is titled, “How Will I KNow What My Students Need? Preparing Preservice Teachers to Use Running Records to Make Instructional Decisions.”

Thursday, Sept. 14 | 7:30 p.m. | Glasrud Auditorium

Faculty members of the School of Performing Arts are presenting a Faculty Recital Thursday, September 14, at 7:30 p.m. in Glasrud Auditorium in Weld Hall.

Performers are Terrie Manno, Kevin Priebe, Erynn Millard, David Ferreira, Tiana Grise, Earnest Lamb, Elise Nelson, Jenny Dufault, Stephen Sulich (Concordia College faculty member performing as a guest), Kevin Zepper (MSUM English faculty member performing as a guest), Tom Strait, Michael Krajewski and Allen Carter. The performance is free and open to the public, but a ticket is required.  Read the rest of this entry →

The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) President—and Concordia College Professor—Susan Larson advocates for undergraduate research in the Fargo Forum.

In “Undergraduate Research Opportunities Foster Creative and Innovative Thinkers,” an op-ed in the June 14 issue of Fargo’s newspaper The Forum, CUR president Susan Larson (Concordia College, MN) called attention to the contributions of undergraduate research to the nation and the skills that it builds in students.

Sunday, Jan. 22 | 4 p.m. | Christiansen Recital Hall

Sunday, Jan. 22 at 4 p.m., Dr. Jenny Dufault and Maestro Stephen Sulich will be performing in recital at Concordia College in the Christiansen Recital Hall. The performance includes works by Gershwin and spirituals by John Carter, also on the program are the “Four Last Songs” by Richard Strauss. The event is free and open to the public.

Aug. 15-18 | 8:15 a.m. – 5 p.m. | Concordia College Read the rest of this entry →

If your family is in need of dental care and, for any reason, is having difficulty obtaining care, help is available this summer! Hundreds of Minnesota and North Dakota dentists are volunteering at the fifth Mission of Mercy to be held in Moorhead on July 22-23, serving people in the Moorhead, Fargo and surrounding area.  Read the rest of this entry →

Ceramic artist and art Professor Brad Bachmeier was commissioned to create a monumental 10′ x 7′ relief sculpture to commemorate the life and legacy of Ron Offutt, a 1964 Concordia alumnus who donated a substantial gift for the Concordia College Ron Offutt Center for Business. Bachmeier’s charge was to visually interpret and tell the story of Offutt, who is the founder and chairman of R.D. Offutt Co. and oversees an eight-state farming enterprise covering 160,000 acres, the largest potato farm operation in the country. In addition, Offutt owns RDO Equipment Company, the largest network of John Deere construction and agricultural equipment dealerships in the country. Read the rest of this entry →

MSUM Physics & Astronomy Seminar Series Presents:

Magnetic Interaction of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles: Investigation of Synthetic And Biological Systems
Presented by Dr. Thelma Berquo
Assistant Professor
Concordia College

Friday, Jan. 25, 2013 Read the rest of this entry →

By: Marino Eccher, INFORUM

FARGO – When Kara Gravley-Stack started working at North Dakota State University, advertising the school’s gay and lesbian support services was a surefire way to draw criticism from anti-gay quarters.

“I’d get messages coming to me saying, ‘I can’t believe you’re supporting this,’ ” said Gravley-Stack, NDSU’s director of diversity initiative, “and other things I’d rather forget about.”

That was a little more than a decade ago – around the same time sidewalk chalkings for Coming Out Week were defaced with death threats, and anonymous fliers covered in swastikas and hate messages popped up on local campuses.

Today, despite that ugly past – and in some ways because of it – Fargo-Moorhead colleges and universities are vocal in positioning themselves as safe havens for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered students.

“We just feel like it’s so important to put ourselves out there in a very visible way that we are welcoming to all students,” said Donna Brown, associate vice president for diversity and inclusion at Minnesota State University Moorhead. Read the rest of this entry →

By: Erik Burgess, INFORUM

MOORHEAD – Parking restrictions won’t affect Concordia this academic year, the City Council decided Monday night, after university officials raised objections last week to three-hour parking zones.

“Concordia made their needs known,” Councilwoman Nancy Otto said Monday. “There’s not enough room on their campus for parking.”

However, the three-hour restrictions will go into effect on the streets surrounding Minnesota State University Moorhead beginning this academic year. Read the rest of this entry →

The Minnesota State University Moorhead Summer Cinema Series this year features four silent films from the 1920s, and a collection of Buster Keaton short films. The series runs Monday evenings from July 9 through July 30 at 7:30 p.m. in Weld Hall on the MSUM campus.

Founded in the mid-1970s by late MSUM film professors Ted Larson and Rusty Casselton, the series features retrospective showings of some of Hollywood’s greatest stars in popular motion pictures, as well as a few rare, seldom-seen movies. Each film is preceded by a short subject film or cartoon. Read the rest of this entry →

By: Wendy Reuer, INFORUM

MOORHEAD – Motorists looking to park on the street here near the campuses of Minnesota State University Moorhead and Concordia College will not be able to do so without the risk of being towed or ticketed.

The City Council unanimously passed a number of new parking regulations Monday, as well as a $51,630 budget adjustment to implement them.

The regulations are based on recommendations of a 2011 study that examined parking from Third Street South to 17th Street South between Fourth and 16th avenues south. Read the rest of this entry →

Winners of the 2012 North Dakota Professional Communicators (NDPC) College Communications Contest were recognized at the NDPC state conference held in April. More than 75 students and teams from seven North Dakota and western Minnesota schools participated in the annual competition. NDPC presented awards in 35 categories. MSUM students received 46 of the 91 awards (or nearly half!).

Participating institutions were: University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.; North Dakota State University, Fargo; Lake Region State College, Devils Lake.; Minot State University; Concordia College (Moorhead, Minn.); and Minnesota State University Moorhead. Read the rest of this entry →

On the evening of April 14, the Sigma Pi Sigma Honors Societies of MSUM and Concordia College held their annual induction ceremony for new members. To quote from the induction ceremony, “Sigma Pi Sigma exists to honor outstanding scholarship in physics, to encourage interest in physics among students at all levels; to promote an attitude of service within its members towards their fellow students, colleagues, and the public; and to provide a fellowship of persons who have excelled in physics.” Read the rest of this entry →

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Amy Sannes as Director of the Academic Support Center.  She will begin on April 16, 2012.  Amy has been the Director of the Academic Enhancement and Writing Center and Assistant to the Dean of Student Development at Concordia College in Moorhead since 1999.  She previously worked at MSU Moorhead with academic support programs, peer advising, First Year Experience, PSEO, and individual student counseling and advising. Read the rest of this entry →

The 23rd Annual Woodlands and High Plains Traditional Powwow sponsored by Concordia College; Minnesota State Community and Technical College; Minnesota State University Moorhead; and North Dakota State University will be held March 24, 2012, in the Bison Sports Arena on the NDSU campus in Fargo. This year’s theme is “Walk with Purpose.”

The powwow will feature many styles of dance and drum songs from the area tribes. The community will also enjoy the overall cultural experience, including the many vendors that will display and sell their wares and perhaps enjoy a delicious Indian taco. Read the rest of this entry →

Concordia College, Minnesota State University Moorhead and North Dakota State University are hosting a College Fair Monday, Sept. 19 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. in the Scheels Arena in Fargo.

More than 100 colleges, universities, community colleges and technical schools from around the region will be attending, including Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Montana and Wyoming.

The event is free and open to the public.

The 22nd annual Woodlands & High Plains Powwow will be held Saturday, March 5 at Concordia College Memorial Auditorium. Registration opens at 11 a.m. with doors open at 12:30 p.m. Admission is $3 adults, $@ youth (6-18), and free to children 5 and under and 55 and older. Concordia M-State, MSUM and NDSU students free with ID. For more information contact: Karis Thompson 218-299-4519 | kthomps6@cord.edu.

2011 WHPP Poster

A special screening of the film Off and Running will be held Thursday, February 17 at 7:30 p.m. in King Hall 110. Discussion will follow the screening with special guest Avery Klein-Cloud, Off and Running co-writer and star.

Off and Running is the story of Brooklyn teenager Avery, a track star with a bright future. She is the adopted African-American child of white Jewish lesbians. Her older brother is black and Puerto Rican, and her younger brother is Korean. Though it may not look typical, Avery’s household is like most American homes—until Avery writes to her birth mother. The response throws her into crisis. She struggles over her “true” identity, the circumstances of her adoption and her estrangement from black culture. When it seems as if her life is unraveling, Avery decides to pick up the pieces and make sense of her identity, with inspiring results.

Sponsored by MSUM departments of American Multicultural Studies, Film Studies and Women’s Studies with support from the Diversity Events Fund and Multicultural Affairs. Additional support from Concordia College Intercultural Affairs.