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Concordia Nebraska's Osten Observatory announces public viewing dates for 2025-2026
Concordia University, Nebraska's Osten Observatory has reopened following an extended closure for facility maintenance and repairs. A number of public viewing dates have been scheduled, but dates are subject to change based on weather and viewing oppor...
Aug 29, 2025, 4:18pm EDT
Concordia Nebraska begins 132nd academic year with evening worship service
Concordia University, Nebraska began the university's 132nd academic year with an evening worship service conducted on Sunday, August 24 St. John Lutheran Church in Seward. The service emphasized the university's theme Bible verse for the year, "contin...
Aug 29, 2025, 4:05pm EDT
Acts 1:8 fund and Romans 1:16 endowment support Concordia Nebraska's international mission trips
Concordia Nebraska offers many different international mission trips that allow faculty, staff and students to demonstrate God's love while serving the world and discovering different cultures. Past mission trips have included teaching English as a sec...
Aug 22, 2025, 3:06pm EDT
Concordia Nebraska seeks to serve Seward community following severe storm
Early in the morning on Saturday, August 9, 2025, the Concordia University, Nebraska campus was shrouded in darkness. Many of the university's student-athletes were asleep in dorms, having arrived over the past week for pre-season practices and team bu...
Aug 15, 2025, 11:21am EDT
Concordia Nebraska and Cattle Bank & Trust announce Van Vahle Endowed Faculty in Health Sciences position
Dr. Van Vahle is well known by many in the greater Seward area and beyond. A beloved member of the community, he served for decades as a family physician, and he and his wife Becky (Cattle) Vahle remain deeply involved in activities that bless the peop...
Aug 14, 2025, 11:34am EDT
Concordia Nebraska Board of Regents reappoints Dr. Bernard Bull to university presidency
Concordia University, Nebraska recently announced that the university's Board of Regents has reappointed Dr. Bernard Bull for a second five-year term at the university with the new title of President, Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and Director...
Aug 13, 2025, 11:43am EDT
Concordia Nebraska announces new and re-elected members of Board of Regents
Concordia University, Nebraska recently announced election results from The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS) Nebraska District Convention, which took place June 20-21, 2025 in Kearney, Nebraska. Rev. Richard L. Snow of Seward, Nebraska was ele...
Aug 8, 2025, 12:01pm EDT
Courtney and Connie Meyer scholarship endowment receives $75,000 matching gift opportunity
Last November, Courtney Meyer concluded his 54-year high school and collegiate football coaching career at the end of the Bulldogs' successful 2024 season. Those five-plus decades included 19 years as the head coach of Concordia Nebraska's program 1990...
Aug 6, 2025, 1:03pm EDT
Concordia Nebraska Assistant Professor of Education Dr. Drew Gerdes selected as first Lois Nielsen Endowed Faculty in Education position
Dr. Drew Gerdes has served as an early childhood teacher and administrator at schools in the United States and Asia for nearly three decades. A professional who loves to share and develop other educators, Gerdes is a sought-after speaker on a variety o...
Aug 5, 2025, 11:18am EDT
Concordia Nebraska to present Power of Story literacy event
On September 25, Concordia University, Nebraska will present The Power of Story: Strengthening Faith Through Literacy. This limited capacity event will feature special guests Peggy Kuethe and Lisa Clark from Concordia Publishing House and will include ...
Aug 4, 2025, 11:59am EDT