By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 11/1/2020 - 6 minute read
Dr. Reyes Gauna, Ed.D. ’18, grew up working in the orchards near Lodi, picking cherries and other fruit alongside his parents who were emigrants from Mexico. Recently, Gauna earned his doctorate in education from Concordia University Irvine and now serves as a public school district superintendent near Stockton. His inspiring story has been featured on CBS News and many local news outlets.
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By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 11/1/2020 - 8 minute read
Concordia University Irvine President Michael Thomas delivered the State of the University Address to the Concordia community on October 7, 2020. The address has been excerpted and edited below.
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By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 11/1/2020 - 5 minute read
When triplets Avery, Cash and Adyson Casteel were scouting colleges to attend, they came to the same conclusion: they wanted to attend Concordia University Irvine together.
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By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 11/1/2020 - 3 minute read
Recent graduate Justin Winn, MBA ’20, has served on active duty with the U.S. Army for nearly 15 years, rising from an entry-level position as a helicopter mechanic to become a commissioned officer specializing in human resources. When Winn got the opportunity to pursue a graduate degree, he chose to come to Concordia Irvine to earn his MBA.
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By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 11/1/2020 - 3 minute read
CUI alumnus Jon-Thomas (J.T.) Royston ’15 is helping give voice to the world’s conversation on racial injustice through film, acting as a producer in the 2020 film Black Boys. The project is a tribute to young black men and boys in America that honors his upbringing.
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By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 11/1/2020 - 3 minute read
When CUI shut down its campus and sent everyone home in March, it left the future of the campus’s biggest scholarship fundraiser — the Gala of Stars — in suspense.
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By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 11/1/2020 - 2 minute read
Concordia University Irvine has launched a dual associate of arts in business administration: accounting program in conjunction with Zhejiang Financial College (ZFC) in Hangzhou, China, starting this fall. The program already numbers 75 students.
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By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 11/1/2020 - 1 minute read
CUI is in final preparations to launch a BS in engineering with an emphasis on entrepreneurship beginning Fall 2021. The degree is intended to prepare students for a variety of engineering fields or for graduate study in a related field.
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By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 7/21/2020 - 7 minute read
In the former lumber town of Navajo, New Mexico, CUI cross-cultural ministry graduate Tim Norton and his family minister to people of the Navajo Nation in the midst of high poverty, social problems and great cultural and natural beauty. With the help of CUI teams and interns, Norton leads the people of Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church as they bring the restoring message of the gospel to the reservation.
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By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 3/1/2020 - 9 minute read
Dr. Michael Thomas experienced a spiritual renewal as he was finishing high school which led him from the small Montana logging town where he grew up into a career in Lutheran higher education. Dr. Thomas became the fifth president of Concordia University Irvine in January.
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