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spring 2006 volume 82 no. 3
moving beyond expectations
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Concordians in London
Te Gene Hunter
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Broadcaster

spring 2006 volume 82 no. 3
Te Broadcaster is published
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Contents
Concordians in London 4
The Gene Hunter 6
More Than a Sunday 8
Faculty 10
Campus Scene 12
Students 14
Athletics 16
Alumni 18
Planned Gifts Report 22
On the cover: Scientist Dr. Carl Langefeld 83, subject of this issues
Te Gene Hunter feature. Beneath his image are three photographs
taken at St. Johns Lutheran Church and School in Platte County, Neb.
Te congregation and its strong connections to Concordia University,
Nebraska are the focus of the More Tan a Sunday feature.
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mission
vision
values
Concordia is a Christ-centered learning community for students
preparing to be dynamic servant leaders in the church and world.
Concordia University, Nebraska will be recognized as a model
for Christ-like, servant leadership in a diverse, contemporary culture
and be among the leading regional liberal arts universities in its class.
Christ-centered Learning Environment, Excellence, Service,
Partnerships, A Spirit of Community
Have you ever received more than you expected? Some
years ago a dear friend, Gerhard Gus Kamprath told
me a wonderful story of a Nebraska farmer who when
asked to give a gift of $2,500 to a fundraising campaign,
responded: Tats not really what I had in mind. Te
farmer then proceeded to give Gus a gift of $25,000 for
the campaign. Wow! What a thrilling surprise!
When you think of Concordia graduates, what do
you expect? Tis issue of the Broadcaster tells some
surprising stories.
Would you expect a Concordia University, Nebraska
alumnus to be a world class scientist working to nd
genes that pre-dispose humans to diseases such as
diabetes and lupus?
Would you expect to nd several young Concordia
University, Nebraska alumni living and doing graduate
study in London?
Would you expect to nd a Concordia University,
Nebraska alumnus in a rural congregation sending most
of the seniors in his youth group to Concordia
to prepare for service in the church?
Before coming to Concordia University, Nebraska and
getting to know our students and alumni these things were
far beyond my expectations. But not any more!
Concordias 20,000 alumni live, serve and work in
every state in the Union and on six of the worlds continents. By Gods grace and with His blessing they continue
to exceed expectations. But that should not come as a surprise because the faculty, sta and community
of Concordia day after day and year after year seek to nurture, encourage, teach and empower students for lives
of service to the church and world.
Concordia University, Nebraska is moving beyond the expectations of many. Read on to learn just how that
is taking place. As we do, we do not do so alone. We do so through the blessings of our gracious God and the
marvelous support of friends and alumni like you.
Tank you for all you do to help us move beyond expectations!
Brian L. Friedrich
President and , Concordia University, Nebraska
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Tey were simple directions to follow: Get to Oak
Hill College from Heathrow Airport by taking the
Piccadilly line train north to Southgate, then take
the No. 98 bus to the college.
So we just hopped on the rst 98 we saw, which
goes the other way, with all our luggage, said Ang
(Onstine 04) Harris, one of the Concordia students
who studied in London in 2002.
Of course later on we realized we could have just
walked to Oak Hill, she added.
Ang navigated her way safely through that
semester abroad and, after graduating, returned to
England and married an Oak Hill classmate. I met
her and two other 2004 grads, Noah Jeppson and
Sean Reynolds, while in London last fall, which is
called autumn over here, and we have since made
our own Concordia niche. Noah and Sean had both
found work, and I am in a masters degree program
in media and communications management at
Middlesex University, which is so close to the edge
of London that traveling any further north would
take you to farm ground.
Weve lived here long enough to start missing
some things in America and to appreciate what
living in a new culture reveals, big and small. We
wouldnt have thought wed miss the full-sized
refrigerators of American kitchens, for example,
or how blessedly slow and relatively thoughtful
the legislative processes are in the States. I will never
again undervalue the genius of either.
You can travel several hundreds of miles in the
middle of the u.s. and not nd too many variations
in landscape and culture. And we can trade jokes
about Huskers or granola-eating folks on the
West Coast, but the basic culture of Nebraska and
California isnt far apart.
Travel just a little in the u.k. and you nd some
dramatic dierences. Te point was made for Sean,
Noah and me on a roadtrip to Wales, one of the
many weekend adventures weve undertaken.
Now just think, guys, Sean said to us as he drove
up to our lodge at the edge of the Brecon Beacons
National Park. We took o from the other side
of the island after work today, and now were in a
completely dierent culture, where they speak a
completely dierent language!
Wales gave us quite an adventure to seize:
mountains, glacial reservoirs, waterfalls, sheep,
castles and Welsh people. And adventure, my
friends, is exactly what we were looking for.
Whenever we asked locals about good places
to hike they told us all the places that were too
dangerous for us to go because we were mere
American touristsand then we went there.
On a trek to see local waterfalls, we did get lost
along the way and ended up walking through an
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Kenny Kahl (front) and Noah Jeppson (back) behind a waterfall at Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales.
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o-duty logging operation. We actually saw the sign
that had a small engraved map of the path we were
supposed to take, but for some reason decided it was
just some strange Celtic symbol and walked on by.
After wandering the forest for a whilewhich we
knew was very stupid with no map but did anyway
we heard the roar of the waterfall and found our way
back on the path, a path we soon after abandoned
anyway to see if we could venture behind the falls
without getting wet. We couldnt. For the rest of the
day, our clothes were a little bit heavier because of all
the souvenir water we picked up there.
Wales was a treat. Not only did it bring us closer,
but it provided a nice break from the city for a
weekend to have American guy time together.
Our small group was especially close on
Tanksgiving Day, which in any other place in the
world, of course, is just like any other Tursday.
Concordias ties to Oak Hill helped save the day
for us. To help the British students better understand
what it was about, Oak Hill held a Tanksgiving
Day feast, preceded by a student-led worship service
that included a small theatrical production called
A Tanksgiving Day Carol, which portrayed
Tanksgiving past, present and future in the same
manner as Dickens famous A Christmas Carol.
We also had our own, more traditional,
Tanksgiving feast the next day in Noah and Seans
small at. Everything had something wrong with it.
None of us had ever prepared such a dinner, but we
pulled through thanks to a combination of Noahs
planning skills and the rest of our guests bravery as
we did things to food wed never done before and ate
things that may or may not have been delicious.
Picture seven young people preparing their own
Tanksgiving dinner in a kitchen less than half the
size of the average Concordia dorm room. We had to
rotate dishes on the stovetop just to keep everything
cooking and warm. Te turkey barely t in the oven
and, not that the turkey minded, but we cooked
it upside down. We had quite a debate over which
side was the top of the turkey, but, after trying
unsuccessfully to carve the bird through its ribs in the
back, we gured it out.
By the time dinner was ready to be served, we
had carrot and potato peelings, bits of green beans,
cranberry sauce and various other unidentiable but
colorful foods on almost every surface of the kitchen.
We didnt get many of the culinary particulars right,
but it was a little bit of home.
Little things like thatevery wrong turn and
adventureremind us of why we decided to explore
the world long before we set foot in our new city.
It also taught us to nd home wherever we go.

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Sean Reynolds, Noah Jeppson, Karen Friedrich 05 (right) and
Kira Baldinger 05 (bottom).
Top: Reynolds and Jeppson welcomed members from a 2005
Concordia study tour to their apartment: Mindy Siddell 05,
Kristin Lee 05, Baldinger and Friedrich. Above: Jeppson, Kahl
and Reynolds at Caerphilly Castle in Caerphilly, Wales.
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Scientist Carl Langefeld (83) rides to
work every day with his son Robert,
a kindergartner at St. Johns Lutheran
School in Winston-Salem, N.C. On a
typical commute they might discuss
bugs, how movies are made or the
adventures of superheroes. Robert
then takes in a day of nger painting
and stringing together vowels and
consonants. Roberts dad, meanwhile,
goes o on one of the biggest scientic
safaris of our time. Dads a gene hunter.
Gene hunters are the scientists who
look for genes that influence certain
genetic traits. In
Langefelds case,
hes on the hunt
f or genes t hat
predispose people
t o di s e a s e s or
conditions that lead
to a public health
burden: diabetes,
for exampl e, or
crippling autoimmune diseases like
lupus or juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
Langefeld does not wear a lab coat or look through
microscopes. His tools are calculus, statistics and
computers. Tey are smart enough not to let me in
a lab, he laughs, because Im sure Id destroy a lot
of expensive equipment. He and his eight-member
team at Wake Forest University Medical Center are
the numbers guys. Tey are the analytical muscle in
a search where the numbers and statistical puzzles are
dense and seemingly endless. Other teams provide
insights on molecules, catalog genes and lay up
huge databases of information. Langefelds team
uses the information to search the human genetic
code and unravel its mysteries.
Statistical genetics is a eld that barely existed when
Langefeld was a student at Concordia, but his double
majors of biology and mathematics put him on a track
that looks like he knew where he was headed from
early on. All that Langefeld knew for sure was that he
liked both mathematics and biology. He stayed on a
similar path during his early graduate work, earning
a masters degree in ecology and another in applied
statistics. He then pulled both areas together when
selecting his doctoral eld of biostatistics.
Te hunt
We are used to thinking of some diseases, like
emphysema, as being the result of a polluted
environment or, more likely, due to behavior like
smoking. But we also know that some people smoke
their whole lives and never get the disease. Why?
In part, genetics. Humans are born with built-in
susceptibilities and resistances. Genetics, behavior and
environment all interact
to cause disease. We also
know that some behaviors
greatly increase the odds of
getting a disease. Statistical
geneticists are getting better
and better at saying what
the odds are, and how
those odds change with the
presence of certain genes
and combinations of genes.
Te goal of a statistical
geneticist is to nd the
genes that help predict an
individuals genetic risk in light of the other known
risk factors. Once it is understood how these genes
work to increase risk, says Langefeld, then we
can use that information for novel early diagnostic
methods, new treatments tailored to that individual
with the disease and more eective preventative
interventions for those at increased risk.
With improved technology and techniques they are
able to take on increasingly dicult challenges. In
science right now, particularly in the area of genetics,
technology is causing such fundamental changes
the evolution of the technologies is incredible,
says Langefeld. Technologically what we were doing
ve years ago, were not really doing any more.
Te eld has evolved from the study of primarily
single gene disorders, like Huntingtons disease, in the
1980s to the study of complex genetic diseases
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Langefeld (center) expressed gratitude for his educational
roots at Concordia and his mentors Drs. Larry Matthews
(left), Joseph Gubanyi (right) and John Suhr
and Clarence Mertins (not pictured).
in the late 1990s. Instead of a search for a single
gene, one note in a genetic cacophony of 30,000
other notes, the search for complex genetic diseases
seeks out variations in the combinations of genes
that contribute to the risk of disease. Consider for
example that by the end of April, Langefelds team
will receive and begin analyzing approximately 1.25
billion genotypes (dna pattern at specic points
along the genome) as part of the International
Consortium on the Genetics of Systemic Lupus
Erythematosus. Add to that the layers of behavioral
and environmental inuence, and the permutations
grow almost beyond comprehension.
To date it has been very hard to nd these
genes, says Langefeld. But there have been
successes. Langefeld worked in collaboration with
Dr. Don Bowdens lab and other investigators at
Wake Forest and found evidence that ptpn1 on
chromosome 20 increases an individuals risk to
type 2 diabetes. In collaboration with Dr. Tim
Behrens lab at the University of Minnesota,
Langefeld and his team discovered that a single
nucleotide change in the ptpn22 gene increases
risk for systemic lupus erythematosusa chronic
autoimmune disease in which the immune system
attacks the persons organs and joints.
More long odds?
One of Langefelds closest collaborators these days
is another Concordia graduate, Tasha E. Fingerlin
(Obermueller 97). Interestingly, Fingerlin, daughter
of Dr. Stan 68 and Elizabeth hs 63 co 67
Obermueller, attended the same grade school, high
school, college and doctoral program as Langefeld.
Fingerlin is now a faculty member at the University
of Colorado studying type 2 diabetes. Langefeld
and Fingerlin are currently collaborating on a large
National Institutes of Health funded study to tease
out genetic eects on the intertwined trio of obesity,
heart disease and type 2 diabetes.
Tasha is a delightful and very bright person,
says Langefeld. Coupling that with our shared
faith and background makes the collaboration both
productive and fun. We are currently collaborating
on at least four papers.
Te future
Te advances in the eld are coming fast, and
Langefeld anticipates continued breakthroughs,
both in the technology to further research and
in the application of the ndings. Personalized
medicine, the promising approach to medicine that
applies an individuals genetic information
to treatment, will be the norm and it will be fairly
inexpensive. People will be able to tell if they need
to modify their diet, for example, because they have
found that they are genetically at a much higher risk
for type 2 diabetes. Teir doctors will also have a better
sense of which drugs or therapies will be more eective.
But with the power of that information comes
a brand new set of ethical questions and privacy
concerns as well. What if the genetic code points
to Parkinsons disease or senility? How should one
be told? At what age? What if employers demanded
to know the same information? Should the genetic
code of children be examined while they are still
in the womb?
Some estimate, says Langefeld, that within
10 years and for only $200 people will be able to
sequence their genome. Tats for an individual.
Tats whats coming. Langefelds caution is that,
as a society, we need to be ready. Its not a question
of if its going to happen, says the gene hunter.
Its going to happen.
Dr. Carl Langefeld was on campus Sept. 9, 2005, to speak
to Dr. Joseph Gubanyis Bio 208 Genetics class. After his
classroom visit, Langefeld spoke further with science students
about genetics, societal impact for gene hunting research and
careers in genetic research.
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Upper left: Annette Schult 74 Sonntag was in fth grade when she knew she wanted to be a Lutheran school teacher. Its been her career for over 30 years, 18 of which were
spent in Omaha as a teacher and principal, but this is her rst year at St. Johns. Upper right: Dawn Inselman 95 Beck grew up in the Columbus area and knew from an early
age that she wanted to be a teacher. I knew I wanted to teach kids about God, said Beck, and if I were in a public school I wouldnt be able to do that. Shes taught at St.
Johns for three years. Lower left and middle right: Rev. Brad Birtell. Lower right: Jane Gronau co 66 gr 78 teaches 15 students, in grades 68. In high school she knew, or
thought she knew, the one career she wasnt headed for, namely, being a teacher. As a senior she tagged along with a friend to visit Concordia Teachers College in Seward. Tat
just has to be the Holy Spirit at work, she says with a smile. She is now in her 39th year of teaching and being a school administrator. Her last 11 years have been at St. Johns.

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You have to want to go to St. Johns
Lutheran Church and School in
Platte County, Neb., to nd it. Like
many rural ministries, youre just not
likely to happen across it otherwise.
Twelve miles north of Columbus,
Neb., it lies on a central Nebraska
country road, which is paved, but
only for the mile stretch adjoining
the church and school.
And yet the ministries there
ourishas the seed that falls on
good ground in Christs parable
of the sower, it yields a harvest
more than was sown. Te number
of communicants has grown over
the past ten years, and Pastor Brad
Birtell 88 believes theyve also grown
spiritually stronger as a church body.
Te small school at St. Johns, rebuilt
in 1989, is healthy. Te congregation,
looking for new ways to serve, is
considering a pre-school.
We are excited about what God
is going to do next in the lives of our
people and how He is going to work
in and through the congregation,
says Birtell. What I like about
it here is that our focus is not on
ourselves. Were looking out and
constantly asking: How can we
make the Kingdom of God bigger
than it is today?
Concordia, in particular, has
beneted from the eorts of this
congregation to support Lutheran,
Christ-centered education. Eight
students, roughly a quarter of
all graduates from St. Johns
over the past four years, are now
enrolled at Concordia. In fact, few
congregations in the nation have
more students at Concordia than St.
Johns. Te outlook for next year is
also encouraging: ve of the six high
school seniors in St. Johns youth
group have committed to enrolling
at Concordia.
It hasnt been a one-way street.
All of the church workers at St.
Johns, a pastor and three teachers,
are Concordia graduates. Rural
ministry, explains Birtell, means
being able to move quickly once
a challenge has been identied
and keeping focused on what is
important. We are equippers. We
equip our kids to serve, whether its
in church work or as a layperson. I
think thats how we see ourselfas
a launching point for the harvest.
When asked what makes it work
at St. Johns, Birtell stressed teamwork
and the links between St. Johns three
teachers, pastor and congregation.
We are not St. Johns Church, St.
Johns School, says Birtell. Teres
just St. Johns. Tats it.
Te relationships possible at St.
Johns also stand out. Birtell sees this
as a key to ministry in a rural parish.
Especially in rural parishes, its all
about relationships, says Birtell.
Its not hard to know someone
well at St. Johns. Its much harder
to hide. Students typically have
the same teacher for three or more
consecutive years, and no classroom
has more than 15 students. Birtell
is not only the lone pastor, hes also
the conrmation teacher, youth
minister, and, from third grade on,
the basketball coach.
Passing along as many students as
they do to Concordia ts naturally
with the ministries of St. Johns
and the relationships built there.
Concordia provides a Christian
environment, says Birtell. Hands
down, thats what we want and hope
for our kids. We want them to truly
know the joy of serving Christ. We
want them to stay connected.
Concordia Sunday information:
To nd out more about Concordia
Sunday and what your congregation
can do to spread the word about
Concordia, please visit
www.cune.edu
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ConcordiaSunday.
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Dr. Bruce Creed, director of international education, hosted
the second Concordia University System International Tink
Tank on campus on March 24 and 25. Te Tink Tank repre-
sents an ongoing eort to enhance the availability to all CUS
students of international missions and study abroad opportuni-
ties. All of the colleges in the Concordia system were repre-
sented at the Tink Tank, as was lcms World Mission. Guest
speakers included Concordia University, Nebraska graduate Dr.
Yun Luke Lu, founder of Golden Courage, International,
a mission to aids orphans in China.
Paul Berkbigler, assistant professor of art, has two works
included in Graphis: New Talent Design Annual 2005. Tis is a
premier international forum for new talent in graphic design.
Graphis presents exceptional work in international design,
advertising, illustration and photography.
Dr. Daniel Turber, dean of the college of arts and sciences
and professor of English, recently completed his 13th Annual
London and Europe Study Tour. His group of 25 visited liter-
ary and historical sites in England, Scotland, Germany and
the Netherlands. More than 300 students have traveled with
Turber over the years to these countries as well as Ireland and
Denmark. He will add a special European destination for next
years trip in late December 2006 and early January 2007.
Dr. William Kuhn, chair of the music department, was invited to
be a panelist and give a presentation on faculty work loads at the
81st annual National Association of Schools of Music meeting in
Boston Nov. 19-22, 2005 Kuhns focus was on adjunct faculty.
Lynn Soloway, professor of art, has been commissioned to
create a selection of adornments inspired by Illuminating the
Faculty notes
Dr. Joseph Herl, assistant professor of music, has
received national recognition for his book, Worship Wars
in Early Lutheranism: Choir, Congregation and Tree
Centuries of Conict (New York: Oxford University Press,
2004). Herls book, now in its third printing, was awarded
the 2005 Roland Bainton Prize of the Sixteenth Century
Society and Conference for outstanding book
in art history and music.
Dr. Herls true gift is that the book itself is both
scholarly and readable, says William Kuhn, Concordias
Department of Music chair. We, his colleagues in the
Department of Music, and his students are fortunate
to have him at Concordia. He is a blessing to us and
to the church-at-large.
Drawing on hundreds of liturgical documents,
contemporary accounts of services, books on church
music and other sources, Herl traces the path of music
and congregational song in the Lutheran church from
the Reformation to 1800, showing how it acquired its
reputation as the singing church.
In the centuries after its founding, in a debate that was
to have a strong impact on Johann Sebastian Bach and his
contemporaries, the Lutheran church was torn over a new
style of church music that many found more entertaining
than devotional. By the end of the 18th century, those
who were considered orthodox Lutherans were defending
the new liturgical style imported from Italy.
Herls interest was piqued while reading 16th century
Lutheran liturgies. He found greater prominence given
to the choir and less to the congregation than he had
expected. Tis was in the early 1990s. Herl spent the next
10 years researching and writing the book because he was
so surprised at the things he discovered. He knew he had
a lot of great anecdotes to work with, such as a pastor
being pelted with vegetables as he preached, but wasnt
certain he had a book for a while.
While Herl says he does see some parallels between
the early liturgical wars and current controversies
regarding contemporary liturgy, they are not exact.
Herl explained,
however, that
there is much to
be learned from
looking at church
history to see how
similar issues have
been treated.
Herl plans
to continue
searching through
historical liturgies
since many of the sources containing these
liturgies are largely unstudied. Id like to take
a look at them, he says.
Herl awarded Bainton prize for music history book
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Word, Te St. Johns Bible exhibition currently on display at
Te Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska. Her unique
adornments are located in the main museum shop and in the
special Scriveners Shop in the last gallery of the St. Johns Bible
display. Te exhibition continues through April 16, 2006. Te
informational Web site for the exhibit is www.joslyn.org.
Dr. Jerey Blersch, associate professor of music, will have his
third volume of hymn introductions and harmonizations and
his second volume of organ hymn-tune preludes, A Tou-
sand Voices, Volume 2, published by Concordia Publishing
House this spring. Blersch has also been named the editor of
ResourCenter, a column contained in Grace Notes, one of
the publications of the Association of Lutheran Church Musi-
cians. Te column is intended to give practical tips for church
musicians in planning and performing music in worship.
Dr. Mira Wiegmann, associate professor of theatre arts, served
on a three-person panel to select semi-nalists for the Irene
Ryan Acting Scholarship competition Jan. 23. Te competition
was held at the Region v Kennedy Center American College
Teatre Festival in Fargo, n.d. Tree of the four actors selected
went on to the nal round, and one was selected to perform at
the Kennedy Center in April.
Lynn Soloway, professor of art, and Dr. Bruce Creed,
associate professor of communication, conducted a
tour of London, Paris and the Normandy Coast last
summer. Tour members included Concordia students,
retired faculty and Seward, community members.
Te group visited historical sites and the premier art
galleries of London and Paris. Creed and Soloway plan
their next European tour for summer 2007.
William Wolfram has been an artist and
teacher of art for well over 40 years, but
he found it dicult to speak about a
retrospective exhibit of his work. First,
I dont like to talk about myself. It is
embarrassing, said Wolfram. Second,
I dont like to explain my paintings.
I agree with Picassos attitude when
he was asked to explain his Guernica.
He refused to do so. Wolframs
retrospective exhibition was on display
during January at the Marxhausen
Gallery of Art. He will retire from full-
time teaching at Concordia at the end
of this spring term.
Bill is a tremendous leader, visionary,
and catalyst to change. His art tells you
that. It develops from one surface and
idea, expands, only to be rened by
another, said Ken Schmidt, chair of
Concordias Department of Art. He is a
model colleague and mentor, constantly
rening his craft and looking for new
ways to use the gift of art.
Under Bills leadership the art
program and our students have grown
and earned national recognition and
many awards. Te retrospective was
a celebration of the work of a servant
leader. Bill may be ocially retiring,
but I look forward to his continued
involvement with the department, and
the Center for Liturgical Art.
Wolframs career at Concordia started
in 1960, and he served as department
chair for more than 30 years. Acclaimed
as an artist, his work has been featured
in dozens of juried exhibitions
throughout the United States.
He has created numerous public
murals, chancel designs, and other
liturgical art, preferring that his art
lives in places other than museums.
Concordias cross symbol, with multiple
layers of meaning, is Wolframs design.
He received the Mid-America National
Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
Grant in 1984. His recent focus on
digital design has led to the creation
of a series of crosses used in his book,
Regarding the Cross, recently published
by Concordias Center for Liturgical Art.
Wolfram retrospective displays a lifetime of artwork
For Wolfram, work displayed at the retrospective was as much about
teaching as it was about an artists work. An important motive
for production has been increasing my skills in formal composition
to aid in teaching, he said. Te two have been inseparable.
Teaching has been as important to me as art production.
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Seward businesswoman Trish Johnson received
Concordias Outstanding Woman in Business award
Wednesday, Feb. 8, at a luncheon in her honor at
the university. President Brian Friedrich and Katie
Bogenhagen, president of Concordias Students
In Free Enterprise chapter, gave remarks, and Pete
Kenow, Concordias vice president for institutional
advancement, made the presentation.
Trish Johnson is inspiring, said Kenow. She
has a lifetime of experience as a retailer and a heart
for service and the Seward community.
As the daughter of Sewards Harold and Claire
Davisson, original proprietors of House of Davisson
on Hillcrest Drive in Seward, Johnson grew up in the
family store. After 30 years of managing the Hillcrest
store, she has now opened Davisson Furniture Center
along Highway 15, south of Seward.
Her mother, who told her she could be anything she
wanted, also encouraged her education and business
ambitions. Growing up, my goal was to get my
degree and run the family store, Johnson said. My
mother told me that I needed a college education.
Johnson encourages young women seeking a
career in business to get the education they need,
to be passionate about what they do and to be
exible. Enjoy the journey, she added. In 15 or
20 years you may or may not be doing what you
trained for in college, but all your experiences are
preparation for the rest of your life.
Johnson currently serves as the president of
Seward Community Scholarship, an organization
dedicated to helping Seward High School graduates
go on to college. She is a member of the Seward
Unied Economic Development Corporation, a
countywide eort to improve job expansion and
business growth opportunities, and the Seward
Chamber of Commerce. Johnson is a member at
the United Methodist Church in Seward. She has
led Stephen Ministry eorts at the church and has
served as chair of its administrative council and in
other leadership roles. She also serves on an advisory
council for Seward County Habitat for Humanity
and is a volunteer for Foodnet, a statewide
organization to feed those in need.
Te yet-to-be-named residence hall is on pace to be ready for students in August. Concordia broke ground on
the project on Sept. 1, 2005, and the building was enclosed by February of this year. As quickly as walls were
raised for each level, the roughing in of plumbing and electrical work followed shortly behind.
Te plan for the building project is part of a broad campus housing upgrade which will include improvements
such as providing air-conditioning, suite-style accommodations and other enhancements.
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Sprinklers will be a thing of the past at Concordias
Bulldog Stadium. Concordia is installing a new
synthetic playing surface, Sprinturf.
Te university has considered the installation
of an articial surface on its outdoor athletic eld
for some time, said Concordia President Rev. Dr.
Brian Friedrich. We are excited to install a new
surface that will make Bulldog Stadium one of the
best multipurpose venues in the region.
Sprinturf Inc., based in Wayne, Penn., is one
of the leading U.S. manufacturers and installers
of synthetic turf products for landscaping, golf tees
and greens, recreational areas and full-size stadiums.
Facilities of the Philadelphia Eagles, Tennessee
Titans, University of Montana and Utah State
University all have Sprinturf surfaces.
Te benets the new eld surface provides
are many. It will allow nearly unlimited usage
for practices and games for our football and soccer
teams, access for intramural and recreational events
for the entire student body, and availability of a
tremendous venue for grade school, high school
and other teams in the area, added Friedrich.
In addition, it will allow us to be better stewards of
water resources and, in a brief period of time, it will
pay for itself through decreased costs for upkeep
and maintenance. It is also a rst step in the process
to prepare for the construction of the Health,
Human Performance and Athletic Center.
Rolling out the green carpet
Concordia received a $500,000 gift from
Chartwells, provider of Concordias food
service since 1996, for the universitys
On A Mission campaign. Te donation
is designated for the Health, Human
Performance and Athletic Center (hhpac).
Concordia is blessed by the tremendous
partnership we have had with Chartwells
for many years, said the Rev. Dr. Brian
Friedrich, Concordias president. Teir
deep commitment to our students and our
mission of preparing students to lead and
serve is again evident through their gift
for the Health, Human Performance and
Athletic Center. We are deeply thankful for
this wonderful gift and look forward to a
long and continued partnership with them.
Planning for the interior of hhpac is
underway. Te university has organized four
groups on campus to programmatically plan
for the arena, eldhouse, aquatic center and
the academic use of the facility.
Te facility will help to better provide an
excellent, holistic education for all students
and it will serve the community and region
as a state-of the-art venue for athletics. In
addition to oering an upgrade for athletic
contests, the hhpac will oer the necessary
space for year-round exercise and recreation
and the expansion of academic programs.

Chartwells gift
to aid Concordias
On A Mission campaign
Kevin Deans (center), a district manager for Chartwells
Higher Education Group, visited campus to present
the gift on behalf of Chartwells. It was accepted by Pete
Kenow (left), vice president for institutional advance-
ment at Concordia and the Rev. Dr. Brian Friedrich.
About 60 yards of Sprinturf were laid by Friday, Feb. 10.
Workers began with the northern edge of the interior of the eld
and worked south, adding ve yards each time a new section
was rolled out. One of the last steps of the installation included
embedding an all-rubber inll into the eld. More than 30,000
recycled tires were used, all triple-washed and screened.
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New study-abroad trips
available to Concordia students
by Christie Bowen
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Relief trips to Indonesia
and India in the works
Six students will travel to Indonesia in May for
a tsunami relief project in cooperation with the
Universitas Pelita Harapan (uph) in Jakarta,
Indonesia, and lcms educational missionary Dennis
Denow. Te students will help with a variety of
tasks, from picking up debris because the island is
still devastated, to working with teachers.
Te Concordia students taking part in the
two-week mission trip, dubbed Hearts to Serve,
include: Emily Norman, junior, Indianapolis, Ind.;
Edwin Ferguson, senior, Florissant, Mo.; Megan
Geu, sophomore, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Michael
Copp, freshman, Loveland, Colo.; Stacy Sprau,
senior, Blair, Neb.; and Tracie King, junior,
Newman Grove, Neb. Dr. Bruce Creed, director
of international education at Concordia, will serve
as their sponsor. Te students are now raising funds
for the trip. Readers may visit www.cune.edu/
heartstoserve to learn more.
Creed will also accompany nine students to
southern India to work with Lutheran Hour
Ministries in Chennai and with three Bethania
Kids orphanages in Chennai and Nagercoil.Te
Concordia students traveling to India are Nicole
Neumann, sophomore, Owasso, Okla.; Stephanie
Roehrig, sophomore, Jamesport, N.Y.; Ben Riley,
sophomore, Aiea, Hawaii; Sarah Wickland,
sophomore, Bonner Springs, Kan.; Robert Maessen,
senior, Wildwood, Mo.; Leigh Ann Darneal,
sophomore, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Amy Byer,
junior, Calverton, N.Y.; Chris Eken, sophomore,
Friend, Neb.; and Mary Boerger, senior, Austin,
Texas. Readers may visit www.cune.edu/bethania to
learn more about the trip and the students eorts to
raise funds to do their mission work.
Starting in fall 2006 Concordia will oer students
new opportunities to study abroad. Te university
has begun working with aha International,
an academic exchange program based at the
University of Oregon.
Athens, Greece, is one of several cities around the world that
Concordia students can now locate for studies overseas.
Tey are an accredited program that has been operating
successfully for 25 years, said Dr. Bruce Creed,
Concordias director of international education.
Te aha International program will oer students
the chance to travel to countries such as England,
Germany, Italy, Spain and Austria. Students will
be placed with a host family, and will study and
participate in service learning projects with their
professors and other students from the United States.
aha classes are held in a central location in each city
where the students are staying.
Creed says that the curriculum is much broader
than the one oered in the past, giving students the
opportunity to take courses in literature, politics,
theater, history and art.
Te classes oered will be more tailored to the
students program, said Creed. It is more of a
humanities based curriculum.
Te cost to study abroad will vary depending on
the country the student selects for study. Creed said
a semester in London will cost approximately the
same as a semester at Concordia in Seward.
Its a great chance for students who really want
to study abroad, said Creed. Philosophically, if you
feel like you should get out and see the world, this is
a ne way to get a great education while you travel.
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Concordians to Teatre Festival
Eight students from Concordia attended the Region V
Kennedy Center American College Teatre Festival
in Fargo, N.D., Jan. 22-26. Josh Miller, senior,
Helena, Mont.; competed in the Critics Institute.
Jillian Behmlander, sophomore, Rock Falls, Ill.; Matt
Wait, freshman, Brownsburg, Ind.; Andrew Schultz,
freshman, Houston, Texas, and Elizabeth Mueller,
senior, Fulton, Mo., competed in the Irene Ryan
Audition. Luke Weidner, sophomore, Aurora, Colo.
and Jon Ross, sophomore, Clinton, Iowa, contributed
to the 24-hour new play festival by providing set and
stage lighting for a student written play.
Angie Russell takes the stand
Forensics team takes third
in debate at state tournament
Jess Kuhl (below) helped lead the forensics team
to third place in the debate sweeps of the Nebraska
Intercollegiate Forensics Association (nifa)
tournament. It is Kuhls fourth year with the team
and her second as a team co-captain. She has been
in the winners circle numerous times in her four
years with the team and last year notched a state
championship in parliamentary debate with team
co-captain and fellow senior Eric Wallace.
Te team is very supportive, said Kuhl, a
graphic design major from Sioux Falls, S.D. Im
close to all the members. We dont just compete
against each other; we have fun together.
Te team has competed in nine tournaments
this year and will wrap up the season with a trip
to Arkansas for the National Christian College
Forensics Association Tournament and to Oregon
for the National Parliamentary Debate Association
Tournament. Te team is co-directed by graduate
assistant Kendra Hoops and Dr. Renea Gernant,
professor of communication at Concordia.
Te upperclassmen on the team, said Hoops,
especially seniors Eric Wallace, Jess Kuhl and Sarah
Lippens, have given a lot of their time
and energy to the team this past year and have
been rather successful, both as competitors and
in passing on their knowledge of speech and
debate to the underclassmen. We are very proud
For 10 days in February, the Concordia Singers had a
new conductor keeping them in sync. Senior Angela
Russell swung the baton while Dr. Jerey Blersch, the
choirs regular director, recovered from gall bladder
surgery. Russells stretch as conductor included all of the
choirs practice sessions during Blerschs recovery and
leading the Singers at Concordias Feb. 8 chapel service.
Dr. Kurt von Kampen, A Cappella conductor,
gave Russell high marks. Angie ranks as one of the
top music students Ive instructed in my 23 years
of teaching, said von Kampen. She has great
professional potential in both singing and conducting.
Russell will graduate in December 2007 with
bachelors degrees in music education and voice.
Her plans now are to attend graduate school to
study voice, specically opera singing. Operatic
vocal music has earned Russell recent acclaim. In
January she participated in the Nebraska District
Metropolitan Opera Audition and received the Gary
Jones Memorial Award, a $250 award given to a rst-
time participant.
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assists. He nished his career as a Bulldog with 1,406
points 781 rebounds.
Ziegler, a junior, joined
the 1,000-point club within
three minutes of Beck.
With 999 points, Ziegler
drilled his third triple of the
game, putting him at 1,002
points on his career. Ziegler
was the leading scorer for
the Bulldogs the last two
seasons, nishing this year
with 600 points. With one season left to play, he
has 1,484 career points.
On Dec. 18, 2005, Concordias Head Womens
Basketball Coach Todd Voss notched his 100th
career collegiate win. Te Bulldogs defeated
Notre Dame de Namur, 63-46, at the Hoop N
Surf Classic held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Voss
was presented a plaque commemorating the
accomplishment following the Bulldogs victory
over Dakota Wesleyan on Jan. 21.
Voss is in his fourth year as head coach at
Concordia. Trough his rst three complete
seasons, he compiled a record of 95-15 with
three consecutive naia Division ii National
Championship Tournament appearances,
including two trips to the seminals (2003,
2005). Currently he has a record of 108-31 with a
career winning percentage of .776.
Voss has several other entries in the record
books. During his rst season as head coach he
led Concordia to a no. 1 national ranking, the
2003 Great Plains Athletic Conference (gpac)
Championship and a school-best 36-2 record. As
a result, he was voted the 2003 gpac Coach of the
Year. He was also named the Lincoln Journal Star
state college coach of the year in 2005.
Te womens basketball program also earned an
unprecedented sixth consecutive naia academic
national championship as awarded by the
Womens Basketball Coaches Association (wbca).
No other school at any level has duplicated this
accomplishment. Tree of the six years were
under Voss guidance.
Voss gets win 100
Two Concordia mens basketball players, Scott Beck
and Jon Ziegler, joined the 1,000-point club within
minutes of each other in a game against Nebraska
Wesleyan on Nov. 22, 2005.
Beck, a senior, went over
the 1000-point plateau on
a layup with 4:35 remaining
in the rst half. He was
six points shy of the mark
heading into the contest and
nished the night with 12
points. For his career, Beck
had a per-game average 11.5
points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.6
Andrew Walquists three rst-place nishes at the
conference track meet Feb. 26 scored 30 of Concordias
115 team points for the men. His outstanding
contribution helped put the team in third place and
garnered Walquist honors as Hau Mid-America
Sports/gpac Mens Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the
Year. Walquist won individual titles in the 1,000-meter
run (2:30.40), the mile (4:15.45) and the 3,000 (8:41.84).
In his last race of the day, the 3,000, he also set a gpac
meet record.
Andrew had a day to remember in being named the
gpac Mens Outstanding Performer at the championship
meet, said Head Coach Dr. Kregg Einspahr. For him
to win three distance events in the span of four hours or
so and set a new meet record is amazing. Tat kind of
performance doesnt come around too often.
Te indoor track and eld season wraps up at the
naia National Championships in Johnson City, Tenn.
Twenty-eight Bulldogs will compete individually or on
one of the Bulldogs four relay teams. Going into the
meet Nick Suing has the fourth fastest time in the 600.
Concordia will have a strong presence in the pole
vault where four women (Michelle Anderson, Lindsey
Aurich, Erin Eitzman and Amanda Fosler) and two men
(Dusty Morehead, Luke Meyers) will be competing.
Dustin Nelson will compete in the weight throw where
he set new school record (57-9.5) earlier in this season.
Walquist paces indoor track
Head Coach Todd Voss
keeps a watchful eye
on the court
as the Bulldogs compete
at the Concordia Invitational
Tournament. Voss added another
CIT title, his fourth,
and collegiate win
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Each year the team that has
won the previous Concordia
Invitational Tournament (cit)
is responsible for bringing the
traveling trophies back to the
annual event. Usually that means
the Bulldogs just end up boxing
up the trophies, getting them
out at the event for a photo, and
hauling them back home again.
Tis year only one of the trophies
returned to Seward. Te women
captured their 11th consecutive
title, and the men fell short in the
championship game to Concordia
University, Ann Arbor.
In the opening round of the
tournament both Bulldog teams
had to overcome second-half
decits to pick up a win. Against
River Forest the women had a
lead at half before the Cougars
turned the tables on the Bulldogs,
to take a 12-point lead with 7:31
left in the game.
Junior Jon Ziegler, who was
named to the all-tournament
team, scored 23 of his game
high 32 points in the rst half as
the as the Bulldogs came from
behind to defeat Mequon, 80-71
in the opening round of cit. Te
Bulldogs sealed the win at the
charity stripe converting 11 times in
the nal 1:50.
In the mens title game Ann
Arbor shot 52 percent from the
oor, including 6 of 8 from
beyond the arc, as they defeated
the Bulldogs. Te loss stopped a
seven year reign as cit champions
for the Bulldogs. It was the rst
cit title for the Cardinals of Ann
Arbor under the guidance of
Head Coach Ben Limback, who
won three titles as a player for the
Bulldogs in the 90s.
On the womens side of the
tournament the Bulldogs put
together a complete game and
team eort for a 70-57 win over
Wisconsin in the championship
game. With the win the Bulldogs
have 11 consecutive cit titles.
Te Bulldogs trailed only
briey as the Falcons took a lead
of two points on three occasions.
Domina nailed a three-pointer to
give the Bulldogs a 7-6 advantage
and they never looked back.
After the Falcons battled
back to cut the lead to one, the
Bulldogs scored eight points in
a matter of 59 seconds to bump
the lead up to seven. Melissa
Tinkham scored ve points
during the run.
Our post defense was
excellent in the title game, said
Voss. Jessica, Jenni and Libby
played great.
Libby Hirssig, Jenni Lovegrove
and Domina all had multiple
steals in the rst frame, including
four by Domina.
Te Bulldog oense continued
to thrive in the second half as
the Bulldogs scored on ve of
their rst seven possessions.
Stichka buried a three to give the
Bulldogs a 19-point lead with
15:44 remaining. Te biggest lead
of the night for Bulldogs was 22.
Lovegrove nished the game
with a double-double (16 points,
10 rebounds) and added four
steals, but Stichka, who had 17
points, led the Bulldogs in scoring
for the second straight night. For
her eorts Stichka was named
the tournaments most valuable
player. Domina was named to the
all-tournament team.
Trough the fall sports season Concordia had 20 athletes as
2005 naia-Daktronics All-America Scholar-Athletes. Last year
the Bulldogs led the Great Plains Athletic Conference with
55 total Scholar-Athletes.
In order to be recognized as a naia Daktronics Scholar-
Athlete, individuals must carry a cumulative grade-point
average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and be a junior or above in
academic standing. Tose receiving the honor include:
Volleyball
Karin Krieger, Phoenix, Ariz., Senior
Jessica Otte, Denver, Colo., Senior
Courtney Rosendahl, Columbus, Neb., Senior
Jodi Vakoc, Verdigre, Neb., Senior
Football
Jacob Bauer, Lame Deer, Mont., Senior
Seth Clemmer, Lena, Miss., Senior
Ben Deutschman, North Platte, Neb., Junior
Matt Egger, Galva, Iowa, Junior
Kyle Fittje, Columbus, Neb., Junior
Aaron Wisroth, Saratoga, Wyo., Senior
Cross Country
Micah Dubbs, Wood River, Neb., Senior
Jennifer Henderson, Anaheim, Calif., Senior
Hilary Powell, Columbus, Neb., Junior
Kyle Johnson, Seward, Neb., Junior
Jake Schmidt, Hickman, Neb., Junior
Andrew Walquist, Albuquerque, N.M., Senior
Womens Soccer
Liesl Barz, San Antonio, Texas, Senior
Sarah Schmidt, Hickman, Neb., Senior
Mens Soccer
Richard Schwartz, Westminster, Colo., Junior
Paul White, Wichita, Kan., Senior
Womens basketball continues cit reign,
men take loss to Ann Arbor
Members of the Bulldog womens
basketball team pose for a photo
with the Concordia Invitational
(CIT) championship trophy.
The Bulldogs won their 11th
consecutive CIT title with a
70-57 victory over host school
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I am happy to report that
more and more alumni are
planning to return for their
reunion weekends (find a
complete listing of these
reunions at right). What a
wonderful trend. Is one of your
reunion years coming soon?
Let us help you reconnect!
Te alumni oce sta is
ready to help you develop your reunion
plans and get the word out to classmates.
Call 800-535-5494, ext. 7240, or
e-mail alumni@cune.edu to begin the
process. We will help you put together a
schedule customized for your class: tours
of the Seward area, a special worship
experience, a celebration with faculty
and sta, dining with the president.
Many classes also mark their anniversary
reunions with special class gift eorts.
We can help you with that as well.
One of the joys of my job is to see
alumni reconnect with the campus, to
watch them as they take tours of new
buildings and share the excitement once
again with what is happening here. By
far, though, its my great privilege to see
them renew relationships with their
classmates and thoroughly enjoy each
others company. Reunions may be
brief moments in time, but those
renewed relationships continue far
into the future.
Your Alumni Director,
Jan Koopman
Dear Alumni and Friends of Concordia,
Concordias Wind Ensemble will perform in some
of Chinas major concert halls in May of 2007.
Te alumni oce is planning a companion tour
of China for our alumni and friends of Concordia.
Te itinerary includes the cities of Beijing, Xian,
Guilin, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Hong Kong.
Concordia President Brian Friedrich and First
Lady Laurie Friedrich will host, along with Jan
Koopman, director of alumni and university
relations. Te tour oers at least two occasions to hear
the University Wind Ensemble in concert halls and
participants are also welcome to take in the assembly
performances at Concordia International School
in Shanghai and Hong Kong International School
(hkis). Prior to coming to Concordia, Dr. William
Kuhn, director of the Wind Ensemble, served at
hkis and tour participants will also be privileged to
share his unique insights and memories of China.
Departure for Beijing is scheduled for Tursday,
May 10, 2007, with return from Hong Kong
scheduled for Monday, May 28. During this 18-day,
fully escorted tour, includes all inland transportation
in China via air or motor-coach, all meals,
admissions, tours, 4-star hotel accommodations,
folk art performances and more. Based on
double occupancy, with additional cost for single
accommodations, this outstanding opportunity is
oered at $4,400 per person. Space is limited and
early reservations are encouraged. Reservation
and initial payment are due Oct. 1, 2006.
Complete tour itinerary, travel information, cost
inclusions

and exclusions are available by contacting the
alumni oce at ChinaTour@cune.edu or call 800-535-
5494, ext. 7240, for brochure and reservation materials.

Alumni and friends China tour set for May 2007
Join Us in China
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notes
Te special focus for the Sept. 29-Oct. 1
homecoming celebration is an all-
instrumental reunion. Bands are one
of the earliest extra-curricular activities
in the schools history, and to celebrate
their decades of contributions to the
university, alumni members of past
concert bands, handbell choirs, and
orchestras are invited to return for
homecoming and take part in an
alumni instrumental concert.

Early interest: If youve played
an instrument for Concordia and
think you can join us on campus
for homecoming, please ll out the
early sign-up form below. We also
need your help to contact as many
other Concordia instrumentalists as
possible. Contact those you know
and let them know about this years
homecoming focus and the chance
to play again on campus.
Heads up for homecoming 2006
:oos
Gerald Brommer 48 of Studio
City, Calif., had two paintings in
the California Art Club Gold Medal
Exhibition at the Pasadena Museum
of California Art during April. Te
Springeld Art Museum has added one
of Geralds paintings to its permanent
collection.
:o6os
Anthony Schkade co 63 gr 72 of
Lincoln, Neb., was nominated for the
Boss of the Year Award for the seventh
time by the University of Nebraska Oce
Personnel Association Nov. 8, 2005. He is
the assistant director of registration and
records for the University of Nebraska
Lincoln. Tony was selected as Coach of
the Day for the Nebraska vs. Kansas State
football game Nov. 12, 2005.
Brothers Ellwood Ziegler co 69 gr 73
and Robert Ziegler 75 developed Te
Educators Virtual Mentor, a Web-
based program that features video clips
of teachers exemplifying more than 50
specic teaching strategies. Te program
is intended to help teachers increase
eectiveness in the classroom.
:oos
Gene Meyer hs 70 co 74 was named
division manager of the specialty
products division of Jones-Hamilton Co.
He resides in Helena, Ala.
Clark Adams
64 coauthored
a book titled
Urban Wildlife
Management.
Tis is the rst
book of its kind
on the subject of
urban wildlife and
represents a synthesis of a large body of
literature encompassing the ecological,
cultural, economic and political
ramications of managing wildlife in
urban areas. He is a professor in the
department of wildlife and sheries
sciences at Texas A&M University. Clark
resides in College Station, Texas, and
was a professor at Concordia University,
Nebraska from 196671.
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All-Instrumental Reunion Registration
Attendee Information
TH REUNION Class of 1956
College and High School, May 46, 2006
High School, Aug. 56, 2006
TH REUNION Class of 1966
High School, June 911, 2006
HOMECOMING & ALUMNI WEEKEND
Honored Year Reunions,
Sept. 29Oct. 1, 2006
TH REUNION Class of 1946*
TH REUNION Class of 1966*
TH REUNION Class of 1981
TH REUNION Class of 1986
TH REUNION Class of 1996
TH REUNION Class of 2001
*College and High School
Registration due July
Name Class Year
Name Class Year
Attendees are: Alumni Family of Student
Friend Prospective Student
Address
Phone
E-mail
Special needs
Reunion practice times will be held throughout Friday and Saturday,
culminating with the All-Instrumental Concert Sunday afternoon.
At Concordia I participated in
(please note years):
Concert Band Orchestra
Handbells Other
Director(s):
At the reunion I would like to
perform with:
Concert Band, Instrument:
Handbells
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Jennifer McCrae 94 of St. Louis, Mo., received
a nursing degree from Barnes-Jewish College of
Nursing in December 2005. She is a registered
nurse in the pediatric intensive care unit at St.
Louis Childrens Hospital.
John and Stacy Mertins 94 Parker of Beavercreek,
Ohio, rejoiced at the birth of Riley Noel on Dec.
24, 2005.
Joel Wallschlaeger 94 and
Najwa Jarjour were united
in marriage on Sept. 3, 2005.
Joel is pastor of Our Savior
Lutheran Church, and Najwa
is an occupational therapist
with Piedmont Orthopaedics
of Te Orthopaedic Center
of Central Virginia.
Te couple resides in
Lynchburg, Va.
Jerey 96 and Amy Vogel 00 Meinz of Colorado
Springs, Colo., celebrated the birth of Julia Esther
on Oct. 7, 2005. She joins brother Gavin, 5 and
sister Jenna, 3. Je is director of youth ministries
at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, and Amy is a
stay-at-home mom.
Justin 98 and Nichole
Beckendorf 97 Hetz
celebrated the arrival of
their rst child, Katelyn
Elizabeth, on Sept.
19, 2005. Justin is vice
president of customer
service at Te Cattle
National Bank and Trust in
Seward, Neb., and Nichole is the communications
and events director for the lcms Nebraska District
O ce. Te family lives in Bee, Neb.
Miriam Gruber 99 married Kyle Murray on Nov.
5, 2005. Miriam teaches second grade at Christ
Lutheran in Little Rock, and Kyle is a parole o cer.
Te couple resides in Conway, Ark.
Joel and Christiane Fluegge 99
Johnson of Cheyenne, Wyo.,
were blessed by the birth of
Joshua Timothy on April 9,
2005. Joshua has two brothers,
and a sister in heaven.
Jason 99 and Amy Brassie
98 Hesman of Labadie,
Mo., rejoiced at the birth of
Andrew Jay on March 2, 2005.
He was welcomed home by
sister Shilee Noelle, 4. Jason
is a ight paramedic on the
transport team of St. Louis
Childrens Hospital, and Amy
is a stay-at-home mom.
Timothy Ernst 75 of St. Joseph, Mich.,
received leas Distinguished Elementary
Teacher of the Year Award. Tim teaches eighth
grade at Trinity Lutheran Church and School.
Diane Koppen 77
Rickard serves as
director of media
relations for Mercy
Ships International. She
is currently working
on public relations
surrounding the launch
of the worlds largest
non-governmental hospital ship. Te Mercy
Ship is expected to be commissioned from the
port of London in April 2006. Diane and her
husband, Pari, and son Aaron recently moved
to the United Kingdom.
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Brent Pohlman 88 of
LaVista, Neb., joined
Midwest Laboratories
and will be in charge of
market development.
Brent is also a part-time
instructor at Concordia
University, Nebraska.
Bradd and Rhonda
Beikmann 88 Stucky
of Fond du Lac, Wis.,
celebrated the birth of
Benjamin Ray on June 15,
2005. He and his sister,
Katie, 2 1
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2, play at home
with their mom, Rhonda,
and Bradd is a professor
at Marian College.
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Craig 91 and Celeste
Greiner 93 Cummins
of Alta, Iowa, are
pleased to announce
the birth of Sarah
Grace on Sept. 14,
2005. Sarah was
welcomed home by
siblings Kristine and
Matthew. Craig is pastor at St. Paul Lutheran
Church, and Celeste is a stay-at-home mom
and Creative Memories consultant.
Karol Bergdolt 93 and Kelly Bailey were united
in marriage on Oct. 20, 2004. Karol is a graphic
designer at Concordia Publishing House, and
Kelly is an attorney at the law rm of Al W.
Johnson. Te couple resides in St. Louis, Mo.
20 21 20 21
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Brady Gurganious 00 and
his wife Lark of Baltimore,
Md., celebrated the birth
of Noah Washington on
Nov. 4, 2004.
Brent Johnson 01 and Joy
Gehring 02 of Baltimore,
Md., exchanged wedding
vows June 18, 2005. Tey
both teach at Baltimore
Lutheran High School
where Brent is a history
teacher and coach,
and Joy is a literature/drama
teacher and directs plays.
Jason and Joanna
Koopman 02 Eden are
the proud parents of
Matthew Lane born on
Aug. 31, 2005, in Lincoln,
Neb. Te family will
relocate to the Chicago
area this spring for
Jasons work at River
Trails Tennis Center in
Arlington Heights. Joanna enjoys staying home
with Matthew.
Jessica Westerhold 02 Olsen of Blair, Neb.,
began graduate study work in May 2005. She
is pursuing a master of science in education
degree with an endorsement in early childhood
education at the University of Nebraska at
Omaha. She is a full-time preschool teacher at
Growing in Grace Preeschool in Fort Calhoun.
Jerey Matzke 03 and
Airin Mesenbring 02
were united in marriage
on June 18, 2005. Te
couple resides in the
Minneapolis area where
Je is a city planner for
Prior Lake, Minn., and
Airin is a marketing
research analyst for the
SuperValu Corporation.
Eric Tietjen 03 and Stephanie Beberniss 04
were united in marriage Sept. 17, 2005. Eric is
employed by Pzer Inc., and Stephanie works
for mds Pharma Services. Te couple resides in
Lincoln, Neb.
Jay Winters 03, a vicar at First Lutheran Church
in Gainesville, Fla., took his college ministry
group, Anti-Gravity Campus Ministry, on a
service trip to New Orleans, La., where they
presented Christmas gifts to 70 children at St.
Paul Lutheran Church and School and helped
clean out the houses of parishioners aected by
the hurricane.
Matthew Cario 04 and Meredith Vincent 04
were married on June 17, 2005. Matt is a dce-
youth minister at Christ Lutheran Church, and
Meredith teaches rst grade for the Yuma Public
School District. Te couple resides in Yuma, Ariz.
David Larson 05 and
Heather Greseth 03
exchanged wedding
vows on June 25, 2005.
Te couple resides
in St. Louis, Mo.,
where David attends
Concordia Seminary
and Heather teaches
fourth grade at St. Paul
Lutheran in Des Peres.
Andrew gr 05 and
Karen Lase 99 Rohwer
of Kearney, Neb.,
rejoiced at the birth
of Sydney Ellen on
July 5, 2005. Andrew
is the director of
Christian education at
Holy Cross Lutheran
Church, and Karen
works part-time
as an rn in labor and delivery at Good
Samaritan Hospital.

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Friends of Concordia
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Frances Janzow
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gifts from the heart
Al Koepke
DIRECTOR OF
PLANNED GIFTS
hel p i ng now and f orever
Like many of you, I contribute annually to the Weller
Fund. Te Weller Fund is what the university lives on.
It includes those annual gifts Concordia relies on year
after year to cover scholarships, salaries, program costs
and countless other recurring expenses. Yes, these gifts
are truly gifts to live on, necessary and well-timed.
Teres another kind of timing to consider. Te
long term. Its smart and necessary, for example, to
eat a good breakfast. We feel the benefits of that
right away. For the long term, though, its the walk
we take after breakfast that extends the benefits
of our meal so greatly and long into the future.
Endowment works in a similar way for an institution
like Concordia, assuring health for the long term
and improving quality of life. Te Weller Fund and
the Concordia endowment both work to extend the
Christ-sharing mission of this place, helping now and
making sure the mission continues well into the future.
Together they make a great pair. And just as
exercise is a help to us immediately, the endowment
al so has an i mpact nowannual earni ngs
from the endowment support Concordia in
much the same way that the Weller Fund does.
from strength to strength
The need to grow Concordias endowment cannot
be understated. It currently stands at about $24
million, which is a great start, but well below what
an institution our size needs. One of the outcomes
of the current On A Mission campaign is to see the
endowment grow to $50 million as soon as possible.
Te best way to build endowment is through bequests.
Members of the Concordia Heritage Society understand
this. My bequest to Concordia is designated for our
endowment. Like many of you, I contribute annually
to the Weller Fund. My bequest to Concordia
ensures that my annual support will continue well
beyond my lifetime. I invite you to do the same.
Taking care of ones estate plan is one of the easiest
things to put o. I encourage you to take the rst step
and contact the Concordia Heritage Society. Please
contact us at 800-535-5494, ext. 7346, or by e-mail
at HeritageSociety@cune.edu.
Combi ne your l ove f or
Concordia with a gift plan that
makes sense for you today. I
would love to hear from you!
Alan R. Koepke
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Summer Program in the Visual Arts
Concordia University, Nebraska
June 19

23, 2006
For more information, please call 800-535-5494, ext. 7464, or e-mail SummerArts@cune.edu.
Brommer Art Center
Featuring ne artists Gerald Brommer 48,
Paul Berkbigler 99 and Kenneth Schmidt 67
Whether a professional artist or simply deeply
interested in art, explore and learn in an
engaging summer program in the visual arts.
Tis one-week program runs from 9 a.m.
4 p.m. each day, with optional gatherings
in the evenings for studio work, art lms
or casual discussions. Tese courses will be opportunities to expand your own
understanding and application of art, as well as network with fellow art educators,
artists, church and business professionals. Courses may be taken for credit, if desired.
Stained Papers & Collage Workshop Gerald Brommer
Tis class will emphasize color and design in a technique that will stir the creative
juices. Tis will truly be a dynamic and rewarding experience with artist, educator
and author, Mr. Brommer. He has written over 24 books on art. Brommer is
highly sought after for his information-packed and motivational workshops. It is a
special privilege to host him at Concordia. Artwork featured above is by Brommer.
Visual Communication Design Paul Berkbigler
Tis course is designed to train participants in utilizing good principles of visual
communication in crafting presentations. Te class will take place in the Brommer
Art Center computer lab. Berkbigler earned his mfa at Tyler School of Art, and
his work has been featured in the 2005 edition of Graphis New Talent Annual.
Currently, he is an assistant professor of art at Concordia.
Jewelry & Metalsmithing Workshop Kenneth Schmidt
Tis workshop will cover a diverse sampling of forming and surface embellishment
techniques for the creation of jewelry. Along with a sampler of textures and patinas,
students will nish several projects. Schmidt earned his mfa degree at Cranbrook
Academy of Art and has work in the permanent collections of the Detroit Institute
of Arts and the Cranbrook Art Museum. He currently chairs the Department of Art
at Concordia.
Te cost for a non-credit class is $265. We are currently seeking to oer these courses
for graduate credit in addition to undergraduate credit.
May
14 Final Exams
12 Mens Golf naia Region iii Meet,
Elkhorn, Neb.
2 University/Community Bandjcc Cattle
Conference Room, 7 p.m.
2 Chorale ConcertSt. John Lutheran Church,
8 p.m.immediately following u
/
c Band
Concert
2 Open HouseOsten Observatory, 9-10:30 p.m.
3 Annual Student Art Exhibition Closes
Marxhausen Gallery
46 Baseball gpacTournament, Sioux Falls, S.D.
46 Softball gpac Tournament, Hastings, Neb.
5 BaccalaureateSt. John Lutheran Church, 7:30 p.m.
6 CommencementGym, 8:30 a.m. & 11 a.m.
6 Track gpac Championship, Fremont, Neb., 11 a.m.
7 Tennis naia Regionals
July 26 Summer Term
1113 Baseball naia Region iii Tournament
113 Softball naia Region iii Tournament,
Sioux City, Iowa
12 Concordia Twilight Track Meet, 6 p.m.
14 Track Mid-States Open, Crete, Neb., Noon
1420 Mens Golf naia National Meet, Olathe, Kan.
1925 Softball naia Nationals, Decatur, Ala.
2628 Track naia Championships, Fresno, Calif.
June 2 Baseball naia World Series, Lewiston, Idaho
June
June 21 Early Childhood Education conference
July
7 Visit Day, 8:30 a.m.3 p.m.
May 26
May 8
Calendar
SUMMER CAMP OPPORTUNITIES
Concordia University oers
a variety of individual and
team camps for grade and high
school students. Opportunities
include a music camp and
numerous sports camps. Please
check out the oerings online at

or for more information e-mail
AthleticCamps@cune.edu
or MusicCamp@cune.edu.
www.cune.edu/SummerCamps