Concordia University, Nebraska

The University A Cappella Choir from Concordia University, Nebraska, will perform in Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, California, and Nevada during its annual spring tour March 6 through March 16. The choir will conclude the tour with two local-area concerts on Sunday, March 22 at 3 p.m., at Christ Lincoln Church in Lincoln and at 7 p.m., at St. John Lutheran Church in Seward.

Undergraduate and graduate degrees were awarded to 110 students in December 2019, following the fall semester at Concordia University, Nebraska.

Concordia University, Nebraska named 263 students to its honors list for the fall 2019 semester.

Christmas at Concordia weekend included three events as part of Concordia University, Nebraska's annual Christmas celebration: a community open house and Christmas tree lighting, four Christmas at Concordia concerts and the Scholarship Parade of Homes.

Concordia University theatre will perform its fall musical: A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, based on a novel by Roy Horniman, Nov. 1-3 and 9-10 in Weller Auditorium on Concordia's campus. Friday and Saturday shows begin at 7 p.m., and Sunday shows begin at 2 p.m.

Concordia University, Nebraska, will hold its Fall Honor Recital Tuesday, Oct. 29 at 7 p.m., in the Recital Hall of the Music Center on campus.

The University Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble of Concordia University, Nebraska, will perform its fall concert Tuesday, Oct. 22, at 7 p.m., in the Cattle Conference Room, located in the Janzow Campus Center on Concordia's campus. The concert is free and open to the public. The Symphonic Band will perform "Chorale and Alleluia" by Howard Hanson, "Vesuvius" by Frank Ticheli, "Battle Hymn of the Republic" arranged by Peter J. Wilhousky and "The High School Cadets March" by John Philip Sousa. The Wind Ensemble will perform "Rushmore" by Alfred Reed, "Watermelon Club" by Jen Bodewalt Lampe and "The Boys of Wexford March" by Sammy Nestico.

Twenty-eight students traveled abroad this summer to teach, study, or serve the global community. Students were building relationships with people in Alaska, Chile, China, Ethiopia, Greece, Peru, Poland, Scotland, Spain and Uruguay.

Concordia University, Nebraska's speech team is off to a strong start, with numerous students earning first-place finishes in the team's first two tournaments and one student already qualifying for the national tournament. The team participated in the Jackrabbit Joust at South Dakota State University Oct. 12-13, after it hosted the Bulldog Swing Speech Tournament Oct. 5-6.

Concordia University, Nebraska awarded 117 undergraduate and graduate degrees following the summer session in August 2019.

Concordia University, Nebraska named 258 students to its honors list for the spring 2019 semester. The top 25 percent of all undergraduate students who complete at least 12 credit hours on the traditional A-F grading scale qualify for the honors list.

Concordia University, Nebraska announced its May 2019 undergraduates who graduated with distinction or high distinction honors based on their academic achievements at Concordia Nebraska. The top 10 percent of students in each college have graduated with high distinction, and the next 15 percent in each college have graduated with distinction. A student must also have completed at least 64 credit hours at Concordia Nebraska to be eligible for graduation honors.

Concordia University, Nebraska, Vocal Jazz Choir will travel to Missouri, Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma for its performance tour May 5-12.

Concordia University, Nebraska held its 112th commencement Saturday, May 4, awarding undergraduate and graduate degrees to more than 300 May graduates.

Concordia University, Nebraska, honored graduating seniors who achieved outstanding academic accomplishments during their college career at its annual Academic Honors Reception Friday, May 3.

Concordia student newspaper, The Sower, won 12 awards at the 2019 Northern Plains Collegiate Media Association (NPCMA) Spring Conference and Golden Leaf Awards Luncheon April 13.

Concordia University, Nebraska's ninth annual Academic and Research Symposium featured 55 academic projects from a variety of disciplines presented by 57 students April 24 in the Thom Leadership Education Center on Concordia's campus.

The Department of Natural Sciences at Concordia University, Nebraska, recognized seven students for their exceptional work and contribution to the science department at its 18th annual awards banquet on Wednesday, April 10.

Concordia University, Nebraska's spring Jazzfest will take place at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 26 at Hillcrest Evangelical Free Church in Seward. Additionally, Concordia's Handbell Choir and Handbell Choir II will perform at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 28 in the Music Center's Recital Hall on Concordia's campus.

Ten seniors will showcase their work in the Bachelor of Fine Art Senior Thesis exhibition at Concordia University, Nebraska, April 14 through May 1 in the Marxhausen Gallery of Art.

Concordia University, Nebraska's Speech Team took home awards after competing in the National Christian College Forensics Invitational (NCCFI) at Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, Kansas, and in the American Forensic Association's National Individual Events Tournament (AFA-NIET) in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Concordia University, Nebraska's Cantamus Women's Choir and Concordia's Male Chorus will perform a joint spring concert at 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 14 at St. Gregory the Great Seminary in Seward.

Concordia University, Nebraska, will hold its Spring Composers Recital at 7 p.m., on Thursday, April 11 in the Recital Hall of the Music Center on campus.

The Concordia University Symphonic Band will perform its spring concert at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 9, in the Cattle Conference Room in the Janzow Campus Center on Concordia's campus.

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 March 31 through April 11.

The Concordia University, Nebraska Chamber Orchestra will hold their spring semester performance at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, in the Recital Hall of the Music Center on campus.

Students of Concordia University, Nebraska, will be performing two one-act plays during the annual One-Act Play Festival, running April 4-6. The festival begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Studio Theatre in the Music Center on campus.

Ten students from the Concordia University, Nebraska Speech Team have qualified to compete at this year's American Forensics Association National Individual Events Tournament (AFA-NIET), the National Forensic Association National Championship and the National Speech Championship on April 4-6.

Concordia University, Nebraska's Vocal Jazz Choir is set to perform their annual spring concert at 7 p.m. on Sunday, March 24 at Neutral Grounds located on Seward's downtown square.

The University A Cappella Choir from Concordia University, Nebraska, will travel to Iowa, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri for its annual spring tour March 27 through April 1. The choir will conclude the tour with two local-area concerts on Sunday, April 7 at 3 p.m. at First Plymouth Congregational Church in Lincoln and at 7 p.m. at St. John Lutheran Church in Seward.