Concordia University, Nebraska

Concordia University, Nebraska's trap and skeet team competed at a collegiate event for the first time as a full squad Sept. 27-28.

This year's presidential scholars, recipients of its top financial award, are recognized as incoming students with outstanding academic performance, high test results and well-rounded extracurricular activities.

One hundred thirty-three undergraduate and graduate degrees were awarded to students completing course work at Concordia University, Nebraska in August.

Twelve Concordia Nebraska students will teach English and American culture to students in grades kindergarten through eighth in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China, this summer.

Four Concordia students will join a team from St. John Lutheran Church in Seward on a mission trip June 20-28 to Akiachak, Alaska, to minister among the Yupik people through leading children in Bible camps and basketball camps focused on the theme "Jesus is the Light of the World."

Six theater students from Concordia University, Nebraska traveled on a study tour through the United States and Canada May 12-26.

Concordia University, Nebraska sent six students on the university's first mission trip to Ghana May 11-31 where the group worked with children in Lutheran schools and provided worship opportunities.

Eight students in a global health class at Concordia University, Nebraska are visiting Belize on a nine-day medical mission trip May 26-June 3.

Concordia University, Nebraska announced its May 2014 graduates who graduated with distinction or high distinction honors based on their academic achievements at Concordia Nebraska.

Concordia University, Nebraska named 223 students to its honors list for the spring 2014 semester. The top 25 percent of all undergraduate students who complete at least 12 credit hours qualify for the honors list.

Concordia University, Nebraska inducted three students on May 9 into the Mu Beta chapter of Gamma Theta Upsilon, an international geographic honor society.

Concordia University, Nebraska, awarded more than 240 degrees to May graduates during its 2014 commencement ceremony.

Concordia University, Nebraska, honors graduating seniors who have outstanding academic achievements at its annual Academic Honors Reception.

The Nebraska Omega Lambda chapter of Alpha Psi Omega, a national theater honor society, inducted five new members this spring. The society recognizes student involvement in theater arts programs.

Concordia University, Nebraska recently inducted four students into the Iota Nu chapter of Pi Kappa Lambda. The students were inducted into the national music honor society at the university's spring honor recital.

The Department of Natural Sciences at Concordia University, Nebraska recognized exceptional work and contribution to the science department at its 13th annual awards banquet. Graduating seniors were also honored at the banquet.

Bells will ring and the music will swing in three spring concerts at Concordia University, Nebraska: University Concert Band and Brass Ensemble, Spring JazzFest and Handbell Choir and Handbell Choir II.

The 11th annual O'Keefe Elevator Company Art Show features work by 23 Concordia University, Nebraska artists. The show, sponsored by the Nebraska Independent College Foundation, awards $2,000 in cash prizes to participating artists through funds given by the O'Keefe Elevator Company in Omaha.

A team from Concordia University, Nebraska competed in the third annual Lutheran Church Extension Fund National Student Marketing Competition April 4 in St. Louis, Mo. This was the university's first time entering the competition.

Thirteen senior artists have work on display in the Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Thesis exhibition at Concordia University, Nebraska.

Music will fill the air this spring as four ensembles from Concordia University, Nebraska perform end-of-the-semester concerts: Male Chorus, Women's Chorale, University Concert Band and Brass Ensemble.

Twenty-two students in the Concordia University, Nebraska art department received scholarship endowments as part of Concordia's annual student art show.

A student-led drama, "The Gospel Mime," tells the Easter story through a theatrical production at Concordia University, Nebraska.

Six short plays are part of the annual One-Act Play Festival at Concordia University, Nebraska Thursday, April 10, through Saturday, April 12, in the Music Center's Studio Theater.

The 16-voice Chamber Choir from Concordia University, Nebraska embarks on a 10-day tour of the upper western United States May 10-19. Tour stops include churches and schools in Iowa, South Dakota, Montana and Wyoming.

The University Symphonic Band performs seven concerts at churches and schools during its 2014 tour. The tour is throughout Missouri and Illinois April 3-6 and at St. John Lutheran Church in the band's hometown of Seward, Neb., April 13.

Emotions rise as the Concordia University, Nebraska theater department presents "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams.

Audiences will enjoy 24 hours of laughs as Concordia University, Nebraska's IMPROVables comedy troupe takes the stage for its annual IMPROV-a-thon. The troupe recently released its cast list for the event, which will provide students and the community with 24 consecutive hours of improvisational comedy and serve as a clothing drive for the People's City Mission in Lincoln, Neb.

The semiannual honor recital at Concordia University, Nebraska will showcase the vocal and instrumental talents of 10 student musicians. Musicians are chosen to perform based on auditions judged by music department faculty.

The University A Cappella Choir will celebrate its 75th anniversary with an 11-day tour of the Southwest United States March 6-16. The choir will perform at 10 churches and schools in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, California and Nevada and will then conclude its tour with two special concerts in Nebraska on March 23.