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By Magazine Editorial Team Posted on 3/1/2020 - 1 minute read
Tlaloc Venancio ’07 grew up in Veracruz, Mexico, and was working in the agricultural fields by the time he was eight. An older brother brought him to San Diego, and a high school coach recruited him to run cross country. His running talent opened a door for him to attend Concordia Irvine. This year, Tlaloc was inducted into Concordia’s Hall of Fame for track and field.
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By Magazine Editorial Team Posted on 3/1/2020 - 3 minute read
Brooke (Marino) Nicholson ’12, MCAA ’17 was relatively short to play volleyball at 5’10”, but was able to come in under the radar, rack up a number of personal awards and help her team win its first national championship. Brooke has been inducted into the Concordia Irvine Hall of Fame for women’s volleyball.
Alumni from across the country traveled back to campus on February 1, 2020, to reconnect and fellowship at Homecoming.
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.
By Magazine Editorial Team Posted on 7/1/2019 - 9 minute read
Miseker Abate immigrated with her family and theologian father from Ethiopia to Irvine and joined the Concordia University Irvine family. With a medical degree from UC Irvine and a master’s degree from Harvard, she now heads to Cornell for her surgical residency and plans for expanding medical access in Africa.
By Magazine Editorial Team Posted on 7/1/2019 - 6 minute read
Kaylie Housewright joined the first Townsend Institute cohort while starting an international nonprofit to support women who are victims of sex trafficking. That meant waking up at 6 a.m. Thailand time for her “evening” class, and persevering through daily thunderstorms and iffy Internet connections.
By Magazine Editorial Team Posted on 3/1/2019 - 7 minute read
Ryan Ellis ’03 helped the Eagles win their first men’s basketball national championship. Today, he is president of Travis Mathew, the hottest men's apparel brand for work and play.