Academic Excellence and Innovation Fund awards grant for mission trip leader training
Seward, NE (02/18/2025) — The Academic Excellence and Innovation Fund recently awarded Concordia Director of Global Opportunities Julie Hermann a grant for up to $21,000 to form a campus-based mission leader training series for members of Concordia's faculty and staff, as well as practical experiences for these interested members to prepare to lead a mission team.
Hermann is Concordia's Director of Global Opportunities. She runs the GO! Center, located in the basement of Thom Leadership and Education Center, where students can find resources to study, intern, take a mission trip or tour abroad. The grant money she received seeks to prepare members of the Concordia community to go out and spread the Gospel throughout the world.
"I've been working with campus trip leaders for years, always encouraging faculty and staff to consider leading study tours and mission experiences with classes, teams and student clubs," she said. "I'm excited to design and present a new training opportunity that would include an off-site trip so future campus leaders can experience first-hand the nuances and best practices of leading mission and travel experiences. Leaders who are excited and prepared to get out into the world will bring that energy to our Concordia students so more students can learn and grow in their understanding of the world around them."
About Concordia University, Nebraska
Concordia University, Nebraska, founded in 1894, is a fully accredited, coeducational university of The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod located in Seward, Nebraska, which currently serves more than 1,700 students. Concordia offers more than 100 undergraduate, graduate and professional programs in an excellent academic and Christ-centered community that equips men and women for lives of learning, service and leadership in the church and world. For more information, visit cune.edu.
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