Concordia University, Nebraska

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, 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

Christmas at Concordia weekend Dec. 4-6, 2015, included three events as part of Concordia University, Nebraska's annual Christmas celebration: Christmas at Concordia concerts, a community open house and the Scholarship Parade of Homes.

The annual winter JazzFest concert, celebrating the style of blues, jazz, and swing music, is Dec. 11, 2015, at 7 p.m. in Weller Hall auditorium at Concordia University, Nebraska in Seward.

The Concordia University, Nebraska Chamber Choir and Chamber Orchestra will hold their fall semester performance on Dec. 10, 2015, at 7 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Music Center on campus.

Music composed by Concordia University, Nebraska students will be featured in a recital on Nov. 18, 2015, at 7 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Music Center on campus.

Three teams of computer programming students from Concordia University, Nebraska competed in the annual Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) North Central North America Regional Programming Contest Oct. 31, 2015. Concordia's team called FFoD placed 39th out of the 223 teams at the event.

Three students from Concordia University, Nebraska received College Student of the Year awards at the Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE Nebraska) awards luncheon in Kearney, Nebraska, on Nov. 3, 2015.

Concordia will hold its Fall Honor Recital Nov. 11, 2015, at 7 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Music Center on campus.