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Large Puppets Enliven Children’s Play
When theatre professor Tony Vezner decided to direct a children’s play involving two large puppets — a penguin and a monkey — he contacted good…
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Stellar Singer Launches Career From Concordia
Kaitlyn Bills ’25 — stage name: Kaity B — came to Concordia University Irvine with “huge dreams of being a singer-songwriter, artist, and producer,” and…
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Rio Nakasone ’17: Beauty by Design
Rio Nakasone ’17 was born and raised in Japan by fashion designers who owned a chain of women’s clothing stores. At Concordia University Irvine, he…
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Alex Guebert ’11: Ringing Success
Alex Guebert ’11 is becoming a national name in handbell composition and conducting — a field he studied intensively at Concordia Irvine.
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Hannah Welter ’10: Creating Visual Worlds
Hannah Welter ’10, a set and costume designer, has graced Disneyland park, online TV shows and Concordia University Irvine’s theatre productions. But until she came…
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Autonomy in Nursing and Why It Matters
Autonomy in nursing is the independent actions nurses take to provide care and meet patients’ needs, as well as the influence they have over organizational…
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Hannah Welter ’10: Creating Visual Worlds
Hannah Welter ’10, a set and costume designer, has graced Disneyland park, online TV shows and Concordia University Irvine’s theatre productions. But until she came…
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Autonomy in Nursing and Why It Matters
Autonomy in nursing is the independent actions nurses take to provide care and meet patients’ needs, as well as the influence they have over organizational…
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From the President – Winter 2025
Often, when people hear the word “theology,” images are conjured of professors in tweed jackets hovering over academic books in a poorly-lit room.
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From the President – Fall 2024
As our nation faces deepening electoral divisions, Concordia University Irvine upholds its Lutheran tradition of fostering wise, honorable, and cultivated citizens through civil discourse. President…
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From the President – Summer 2024
President Michael Thomas discusses Vision 2025, a building initiative to enhance Concordia University Irvine’s Turtle Rock campus, including renovations to the CU Center and new…
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From The President – Spring 2024
Concordia Magazine emphasizes Concordia University Irvine’s commitment to shaping students into wise, honorable, and cultivated citizens who serve society and the church. Readers are invited…
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From The President – Fall 2023
Dr. Michael Thomas introduces Alum Lilly Niccum ̓2, discussing how Concordia’s value of higher education set her up for success and how Concordia helps students…
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‘Lamb of Sacrifice’ – A Theological Reflection by Rev. Dr. Robert Kolb
In my first year of preaching, Good Shepherd Sunday gave me the occasion to use a bit of information that I had picked up from…
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‘It is Finished’ A Theological Reflection
The words “it is finished” may be uttered as a postlude, a sigh, a song of relief that the suffering has come to an end,…
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‘Broken for Our Brokenness’ – A Theological Reflection by Rev. Dr. Robert Kolb
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall (trying to climb to new heights, where no Dumpty had ever gone before, despite the “no sitting on this…