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Concordia Speech Team ramps up for Nationals with special showcase

Eighteen nationally-ranked speakers from the Concordia University, Nebraska Speech Team will perform speeches in a showcase titled "Night Before Nationals" at 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 12. Attendees will watch forensics performances by students who ...

Mar 29, 2018, 3:19pm EDT

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Concordia students lead annual One-Act Play Festival

Students of Concordia University, Nebraska, will be performing six one-act plays during the annual One-Act Play Festival, running April 5-7. The festival begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Studio Theatre in the Music Center on campus. This year's directors ...

Mar 23, 2018, 11:03am EDT

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Ten Concordia University students serve on Habitat for Humanity trip

Ten students from Concordia University, Nebraska spent their spring break serving in Colorado on a Habitat for Humanity trip, along with two Seward County Habitat volunteers. The students stayed and worked in Woodland Park, Colorado with the Brush w...

Mar 23, 2018, 9:47am EDT

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Corrected: Concordia theater department presents "Older Days"

NOTE CORRECTED LOCATION: Concordia University, Nebraska, will present "Older Days," at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 23; Saturday, March 24; and 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 25 at the Olde Glory Theatre, 348 Jackson Avenue, Seward, Nebraska. The play is...

Mar 16, 2018, 11:56am EDT

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University Wind Ensemble performs spring concert

The University Wind Ensemble of Concordia University, Nebraska, will perform its spring concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 25, at St. John Lutheran Church in Seward, Nebraska. The Wind Ensemble will be performing the concert as the final performance...

Mar 8, 2018, 10:06am EST

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Joan Tanderup to be named outstanding woman in business by Concordia University

Joan Tanderup of Seward, Nebraska, will be honored as the 2018 Outstanding Woman in Business on March 20, 2018, by Concordia University, Nebraska at the 15th annual Women in Business luncheon. The luncheon, hosted by Concordia and its Phi Beta Lambd...

Mar 8, 2018, 9:59am EST

Dylan Teut to speak at International Literacy Conference in Austin

Dylan Teut, professor of Education at Concordia University, Nebraska, will lead a discussion panel on "Putting Books to Work" as part of the 2018 International Literacy Conference's Children's Literature Day. Teut's session will focus on early reade...

Mar 8, 2018, 9:54am EST

Concordia University announces Concordia University, Nebraska alumnus as new provost

Concordia University, Nebraska president Brian Friedrich announced Dr. Tim Preuss, formerly of Seward, has accepted the call to serve as the next provost of the university and will begin his duties on July 2, 2018. "It is with great joy and deligh...

Mar 1, 2018, 10:27am EST

Concordia Speech Team finishes second in state championship meet

Concordia University, Nebraska's Speech Team recently competed in the Nebraska Intercollegiate Forensics Association (NIFA) State Championship and placed second in their division. The tournament took place at the University of Nebraska, Kearney, on ...

Mar 1, 2018, 10:24am EST

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The Moon, the Orion nebula, and a cluster of stars to be viewed at Osten Observatory Public Observing

The Moon and the Orion nebula will be among the objects visible for public observing each night March 19-22 from 8 to 9:30 p.m. at the Osten Observatory near Concordia University, Nebraska's campus. "The Moon is always spectacular to see through a t...

Mar 1, 2018, 10:22am EST

About Concordia University, Nebraska

Concordia University, Nebraska, founded in 1894, is a fully accredited, coeducational university located in Seward, Nebraska, which currently serves more than 2,500 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.