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We are faithfully committed to our Christian mission to be the Great Commission University. We will continue to share the hope that is within us with each and every student we teach. And today the world is in desperate need of this hope. I visualize Concordia University as a comprehensive Lutheran university that is part of a 500-year-old tradition of educational excellence. We will become the premier Lutheran University of the West.
Featuring Dr. Michael Thomas, president of Concordia University Irvine, and Tyler Haase, president of ASCUI (Associated Students of Concordia University Irvine)
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By Magazine Editorial Team Posted on 3/1/2020 - 1 minute read
CUI’s theater program received yet another high honor from the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF), being invited to present the full show of Xanadu, a musical parody, at the organization’s regional showcase.
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By Magazine Editorial Team Posted on 3/1/2020 - 3 minute read
Dr. Shang Ik Moon, one of the pillars and founders of Concordia University Irvine, emigrated from Korea to the U.S. as a young man to study and discover his part in God’s work. Recently, the International Center at Concordia University Irvine was renamed the Moon International Center in honor of his lifelong contributions to the university in a myriad of ways.
Alumni from across the country traveled back to campus on February 1, 2020, to reconnect and fellowship at Homecoming.
The baseball field, dugouts and stands received a major upgrade thanks to an anonymous donation from a generous family. Work was completed just hours before the first pitch of the 2020 season.
By Magazine Editorial Team Posted on 9/1/2019 - 5 minute read
Veteran student John Gallegos spent much of his life in the Marine Corps, including a stint as Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney’s personal bodyguard.
By Magazine Editorial Team Posted on 9/1/2019 - 2 minute read
When 22,000 young people descended on Minneapolis as part of the 2019 National Youth Gathering, dozens, perhaps hundreds, of the event’s leaders and volunteers came from Concordia Irvine.
By Magazine Editorial Team Posted on 9/1/2019 - 4 minute read
Sam Gelberger ’10, MCAA ’13 loves coaching people to their highest potential. That includes the swimmers and water polo players in the swim club she owns and operates. And this past year it also included Concordia student Alexa Jorgenson ’21 whose career in real estate Sam is helping to launch.
As education shifts toward student-centered classrooms, CUI is modeling best practices for its future teachers by transforming some classrooms into highly-mobile, tech-enabled learning spaces.
By Magazine Editorial Team Posted on 9/1/2019 - 8 minute read
Associate professor Russell Mangum is also a full-time economist, giving expert testimony in high-profile cases of intellectual property infringement and anti-trust litigation for clients and companies as diverse as Microsoft, Monster Energy, Chipotle and Chicken of the Sea.