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A Career in Caring
Ellen Clusiau '19 dreamed of being a military nurse since high school. This past spring, she decided to apply for the Navy Nurse Candidate Program. After a rigorous five-month application process and a lot of waiting, she was notified that her dream had come true.
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How God and Concordia Led Me to Nepal
Life is wild. I never imagined my small-town Minnesotan self would end up in Nepal, embracing a new culture and relying on God and my college experience to guide me.
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This is Dr. Tess Varner
Once a southerner, Dr. Tess Varner purchased new warm clothes and made the trek up to Minnesota to teach philosophy at Concordia College. She quickly made herself at home, just a short walk from campus.
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Designed for Global Engagement
From working at the Concordia Language Villages, to traveling to Rwanda and Tanzania, and even running the weekly campus newspaper, Malat has used her unique skills and creative drive to make the most of her four years at Concordia.
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Best Friends to Best Nurses
In their 10th year of friendship, best friends Lauren Orson ’17 and Emily Honl ’17 have felt the “call to nursing” – and know it’s what they are meant to do.
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From Home to Hong Kong Through Healthcare
Tyler Pederson ’17 grew up just 6 miles from campus. He always planned on moving away for college, but says there was something unique about the academic rigor and athletics at Concordia that really appealed to him.
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Discovering the Researcher in Me
My student research journey began freshman year in Dr. Bryan Luther’s “SciFi Cinema: Filming the Future” inquiry seminar.
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Protecting History
Jenna Collins ’16 applied both of her majors, heritage and museum studies and history, toward an internship at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.
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Data for Good
Becoming responsibly engaged in the world (BREW) is a value that Concordia students learn to apply in various ways during their time at college.
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Concordia Builds Community With Story Exchange
“The biggest failure is the failure of your imagination.”