Concordia University, Nebraska

Concordia University, Nebraska has named 21 students to receive the President's Scholarship, the highest financial honor available for the 2016-2017 school year. The scholarship acknowledges freshmen with excellent academic performance, combined with extracurricular involvement and high test score achievements.

Concordia University, Nebraska named 247 students to its honors list for the spring 2016 semester. The top 25 percent of all undergraduate students who complete at least 12 credit hours qualify for the honors list.

Nine students from Concordia University, Nebraska served on a mission trip in Amatilan, Guatemala, May 10-17, 2016, in association with the Central American Lutheran Mission Society. The students were accompanied by President Rev. Dr. Brian Friedrich and Director of Global Opportunities Julie Johnston Hermann.

Concordia University, Nebraska announces its May 2016 undergraduates who graduated with distinction or high distinction honors based on their academic achievements at Concordia Nebraska.

Concordia University, Nebraska held its 109th commencement on Saturday, May 7, 2016. The university awarded undergraduate or graduate degrees to 353 graduates in May 2016. Graduates receiving a degree in December 2015, May 2016 or August 2016 were invited to participate in the ceremony. Colonel Eric J. Teegerstrom of Firth, Nebraska, presented the commencement address, and Concordia presented additional honorary awards and degrees.

Concordia University, Nebraska, honored graduating seniors who achieved outstanding academic accomplishments during their college career at its annual Academic Honors Reception on May 6, 2016.

The Department of Natural Sciences at Concordia University, Nebraska recognized outstanding work and contributions to the science department at its 15th annual awards banquet on Wednesday, April 20, 2016.

Four students from Concordia University, Nebraska took part in the fifth annual Lutheran Church Extension Fund national marketing competition April 15, 2016, in St. Louis, Missouri.

The best of Concordia University, Nebraska students' artwork earned top awards and scholarships for their creators during the annual Student Art Show in April 2016.

The best of Concordia University, Nebraska students' artwork, as judged by Concordia's full-time art faculty, are on display at the Marxhausen Gallery of Art from April 17 through May 4, 2016.

The Concordia University, Nebraska health and human performance honor society, Phi Epsilon Kappa, inducted three students on April 17, 2016.

Concordia University, Nebraska's spring Jazzfest will take place April 29, 2016, at 7 p.m. at Hillcrest Evangelical Church in Seward, Nebraska. The Concordia Handbell Choir and Handbell Choir II will perform May 1, 2016, at 3 p.m. in the Music Center's Recital Hall on Concordia's campus.

Thirty-eight students presented 36 academic projects from a variety of disciplines at Concordia University, Nebraska's sixth Annual Academic and Research Symposium on April 11, 2016.

Music composed by Concordia University, Nebraska students will be featured in a recital on April 20, 2016, at 7 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Music Center on campus.

The semiannual honor recital at Concordia University, Nebraska will showcase the vocal and instrumental talents of 12 student musicians. The recital will begin at 7 p.m. on April 14, 2016, in the Music Center Recital Hall. The concert is free, and the public is invited to attend.

The University Symphonic Band of Concordia University, Nebraska will perform its spring concert April 19, 2016, at 7 p.m. at St. John Lutheran Church in Seward, Nebraska.

Broadway at the Boulders is a new, family-friendly outdoor concert benefitting New Vision Renewable Energy. The performance features Concordia University, Nebraska's University A Cappella Choir, Brass Ensemble and student solos and duets. The 7 p.m. concert will be on the Holthus Family Plaza outside Janzow Campus Center April 17, 2016. The event is free, and the public is invited to attend.

The Concordia University, Nebraska Chamber Choir will be performing assemblies and concerts in Fremont and Omaha, Nebraska, and Irvine, La Mesa, Lake Forest, Bakersfield and Long Beach, California, on its annual tour during the week of May 7-15, 2016.

Concordia University, Nebraska's Brass Ensemble will perform its spring concert on April 15, 2016, at 7 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Music Building on campus.

Students of Concordia University, Nebraska will be performing five one-act plays that cover a range of genres including comedy and drama during the annual One-Act Play Festival, running April 7-9, 2016.

Nine seniors will showcase their work in the Bachelor of Fine Art Senior Thesis exhibition at Concordia University, Nebraska. The show will begin on April 3, 2016, in the Marxhausen Gallery of Art. An opening reception will be in the gallery on Sunday, April 10, 2016, from 1 to 4 p.m. A gallery talk with the featured students will take place at 2 p.m. The exhibition will run through April 15.

The Concordia University, Nebraska forensics team members won three national championships and multiple finalist and semifinalist awards, as well as a second place Individual Events Sweepstakes overall, for Division III schools in the 19th annual National Christian College Forensics Invitational at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, California, March 5-7, 2016.

Students of Concordia University, Nebraska will perform Craig Sodaro's "Murder by the Book" Friday, Feb. 26, 2016, and Saturday, Feb. 27, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 28, at 2 p.m. Each of the performances will be presented in the Black Box Studio Theatre in the lower level of the Music Building on campus.

Concordia University, Nebraska's University A Cappella Choir will travel to Colorado, Idaho, South Dakota, Oregon and Montana from March 2-13, 2016, for its annual concert tour.

The Concordia University, Nebraska University Symphonic Band will perform for the students, faculty and staff at its four Lutheran high school partner schools in Nebraska, as well as for the community in Seward, Nebraska, in mid-February. The concert at St. John Lutheran Church in Seward, Nebraska, is free and open to the public on Feb. 21, 2016, at 3 p.m.

Concordia University, Nebraska recently hosted two annual forensics tournaments for both college and high school speakers. The Sleet and Snow Swing Invitational Jan.16-17, 2016, brought in dozens of speakers from 10 colleges representing five states. The CUNE High School Speech Classic on Jan. 23, 2016, brought nearly 200 high school speakers from 17 high schools to Concordia.

Undergraduate and graduate degrees were awarded to 102 students in December 2015 at Concordia University, Nebraska in Seward.

Dr. Daniel Thurber, professor of English at Concordia University, Nebraska, hosted his 22nd study tour of Europe for students from Dec. 26, 2015, to Jan. 9, 2016. This year's trip includes travels to Dublin, Ireland, London, England, and Copenhagen, Denmark.

Concordia named 260 students to its honors list for the fall 2015 semester.

A total of 39 Concordia University, Nebraska representatives received Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete recognition for the fall of 2015. The NAIA acknowledges fall scholar-athletes in the sports of cross country, football, soccer and volleyball.