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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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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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The Twice-Exceptional Young Adult: A Mother’s Viewpoint on the Transition Process
Six years ago, I wrote on Perfecting the Practice about my family’s experience in K-12 with my Twice-Exceptional son. During the intervening years, he attended college,…
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Teachers Inspire the Next Generation of Teachers
Take a good look at the faces in your classroom. Will one of those bright-eyed students be a teacher or principal?
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Teachers, Don’t Ditch Social Media: Helpful Tips and A Parent’s Perspective
There is a divided stance between teachers when it comes to social media. Some teachers choose to avoid it altogether, while other teachers use it…
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Supporting Ukrainian and Other Refugee Students
The devastating images of the Russian invasion of Ukraine may appear distant as one watches the tragic scenes of war and hears the number of…
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Servant Leadership – A Perspective
The Mission of Concordia’s Servant Leadership Institute is to: Develop servant leaders.
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Preparing Pre-Service Teachers for Social Emotional Learning
In 1994, Daniel Goleman, Eileen Growald, and a team of dedicated professionals joined forces to address an aspect of human development missing from educational settings.
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Organizational Change in Theory and Practice
There are nearly as many theories of change as there are theories of leadership, ranging from anachronous armchair advice to pithy philosophical prescription.
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Mighty Metacognition
For nearly four decades, research has documented the importance of metacognition in the learning process, however little attention has been devoted to providing a means…
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Listen more, talk less.
There are so many lessons to learn as educational leaders, but the most important is always this…
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Lessons to Learn From Pac-Man
Complete transparency here… I did not like playing Pac-Man as a kid. I just wasn’t a fan of it at all. I know I am…