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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 2/16/2024 - 11 minute read
As powerful tools like Chat GPT increasingly become part of the workforce- and classrooms- of America, the Concordia community is having an open and healthy dialogue about how AI can help produce wise, honorable, and cultivated citizens.
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By Magazine Editorial Team Posted on 2/16/2024 - 2 minute read
Fatima Nava, a senior, completed a summer internship with the Information Technology and Telecommunications (ITT) Department at the San Francisco Airport.
Concordia’s School of Business and Economics received the maximum re-accreditation from the International Accreditation Council of Business Education (IACBE) for the maximum possible period of seven years—a high-water mark for the 25-year program which has been built on a culture of continuous improvement.
In September, the U.S. Department of Education announced that Concordia would receive a third Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) grant, in the amount of $3 million over five years, beginning in October. The grant funds Concordia’s Valerosos y Curiosos (Courageous and Curious) project which will provide academic support and supplemental instruction for undergraduate Hispanic and low-income students, and all undergraduate students, in mathematics, engineering, and the natural sciences. The third grant brings total federal funding for HSI-related projects at Concordia to $1.8 million for the 2023-24 academic year, and a total of $9 million from 2022 to 2028.
By Magazine Editorial Team Posted on 2/16/2024 - 1 minute read
In related news, a project director for Concordia’s second, graduate-level HSI grant has been chosen: Timothy Young, who attended Concordia and is the son of a longtime Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod pastor in Southern California churches. He will oversee staff and programs related to the Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans (PPOHA) federal grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
Roger and Carol Burtner, longtime leaders in the Concordia community, left a legacy on campus by using part of their estate to fund an endowed professorship in Roger’s area of expertise: the physical sciences.
By Magazine Editorial Team Posted on 2/16/2024 - 5 minute read
Three Concordia Alumni from different parts of the country all found themselves working for the Children’s Hospital of Atlanta, and recently discovered that they share an alma mater.
By Magazine Editorial Team Posted on 2/16/2024 - 4 minute read
Caleb Karges ‘09, associate professor of history and political thought at Concordia, was named a Fulbright Scholar and is conducting research on prisoners or war at the Université Laval in Quebec City, Canada.
Posted on 11/1/2023 - 4 minute read
Jean-Enock Berus’19, MA ‘23 came to Concordia as an undergraduate from Port-au-Prince after the devastating earthquake of 2010 killed his father. His story since then is one of hope, ministry training, and new possibilities.