By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 6/21/2021 - 3 minute read
Dr. Gabriela Espinosa — a Yale-trained biomedical engineer, lifelong Christian and member of The Lutheran Church- Missouri Synod (LCMS) since 2008 — has been hired as Concordia University Irvine’s first director of engineering.
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By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 6/21/2021 - 6 minute read
In early 2020, Concordia University Irvine faculty member Erin Nelson was on maternity leave and itching to start a new research project, amidst diaper-changing and the round-the-clock care that comes with raising two small children, one a newborn. Dr. Nelson has a strong background in interpersonal communications in the healthcare arena, and when the unprecedented public health lockdowns began, she felt an urgency to dive in and study what was happening in society.
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By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 6/21/2021 - 3 minute read
Students from Concordia University Irvine, Pepperdine University and Fresno Pacific University (FPU) presented original research based on core texts and great books to faculty and peers in an online conference in February. The conference was organized by Dr. C.J. Armstrong, a professor in the History department and Christ College, and director of the CUI Honors Program, and faculty members from Pepperdine and FPU. All three universities are members of the Association of Core Texts and Courses (ACTC), which promotes the use of core texts and great books in college curricula. CUI provost Scott Ashmon serves on the ACTC board.
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By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 6/21/2021 - 2 minute read
A team of four CUI Healthcare Administration graduate students participated for the first time in the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) Statewide College Bowl. ACHE is a professional society for healthcare leaders providing career development, education, networking and board certification in healthcare management for 48,000 members worldwide.
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By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 6/21/2021 - 6 minute read
Julia Avila ’21, a liberal studies major and musical theatre minor, had acted in every musical and play at Concordia University Irvine in her three years as an undergraduate. But coming into the 2020-21 school year, because of COVID restrictions placed by the state and county, she thought her acting career at Concordia University Irvine might have ended prematurely.
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By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 3/27/2021 - 8 minute read
It may have been God’s timing, but in many ways it didn’t feel perfect when Crystal Rosenthal ’02, MCAA ’07, was named CUI interim athletic director the very month (March 2020) that the world went into Covid lockdowns. But with Rosenthal, a self-described “diehard Concordia loyalist,” at the helm, the athletic department’s response and strategy helped CUI set the standard for operating sports programs safely during a season of restrictions.
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By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 3/22/2021 - 8 minute read
When the opportunity came to name rooms in the newly-built Borland-Manske Center, retired Los Angeles City firefighter Mark Howell and his wife Lauri chose to honor numerous people who contributed to their faith and love of music.
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By Magazine Editorial Team
Posted on 3/22/2021 - 13 minute read
Concordia University Irvine has completed a comprehensive fundraising campaign, raising over $100 million for student scholarships, campus improvements, athletics, the endowment, and academic program support of all kinds. It represents a major milestone in the University’s history — and an achievement which defied most expectations.
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