Alumni News - Concordia University

It’s all about
Value
CONTENTS
Winter 2005
Volume 82 #2
Broadcaster
(COVER)
What a value!
Highlighted in the
Broadcaster five years
ago, several graduates
discuss the value of their
Concordia University,
Nebraska education.
Some describe it as a
springboard for their life,
family and career.
Editor
Dan Oetting ’87
Graphic Designer
Lisa Nickolite
Writers
Jason Wostrel
Lucas Mohrman
Dan Oetting ’87
Copy Editor
Monique Peetz
Alumni News
Lynne Kumm
Jan Koopman CO ’69, GR ’75
Photographer
Dan Oetting ’87
Vice President for
Institutional Advancement
Pete Kenow ’88
Interim Director of
Marketing & Communication
Dr. Jean Jones
The Broadcaster is published by the
Marketing & Communication Office,
Concordia University, 800 N. Columbia
Avenue, Seward, Neb. Owned and operated by The Lutheran Church–Missouri
Synod.
COVER STORY
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Katrina Feature
Faculty
The Plum Creek Children’s Literacy Festival
brought over 5,000 to campus to meet today’s top
children’s authors. Professor Janell Uffelman has
pioneered this event for the past decade.
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Campus Scene
Students
Athletics
Alumni
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President Emeritus
shares book at
homecoming.
President’s Report
Blessings & Heartfelt Dedication President Friedrich
gives update on giving trends and campus needs, and thanks
Concordia supporters for their generosity.
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
BOARD OF REGENTS
Rev. Dr. David Block, Omaha, Neb.
Rev. Dr. Brian Friedrich, Seward, Neb.
William Hartmann, Seward, Neb.
Dr. Vance Hinrichs, Lincoln, Neb.
Virginia Hughes, Seward, Neb.
A. William Kernen, Omaha, Neb.
Dr. Frederick A. Ohlde, Hortonville, Wis.
Dr. Ronald Pfeiffer, Memphis, Tenn.
Larry Rathe, Sterling, Neb.
Rev. Gerald Roggow, Enid, Okla.
Cynthia Scheer, Edina, Minn.
Dr. Andrew Smith, Dallas, Texas
Rev. Russell Sommerfeld, Seward, Neb.
Stanley Wehling, Pleasant Dale, Neb.
CORRECTIONS Two members of the
1951 football team, Harold Brockberg
and Edward Brockmann, were not listed
in the last issue of the Broadcaster. We
regret the error. The wrong yearbook
photo of Mark Meyer, son of Henry and
Velda Meyer, appeared in the last issue
of the Broadcaster. We apologize for the
error. A picture of the correct Mark Meyer
is available online at:
www.cune.edu/broadcaster
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
It’s all about
Value
in 1963 andrew smith graduated from concordia. In 2005
Andy began his service to Concordia as a regent of the university.
Between 1963 and 2005, God used Andy in many ways: teacher in
Lutheran and public schools, corporate executive, husband, father,
son, brother, grandfather and Christian layperson.
Andy has traveled the world, met with national and
international leaders, bought and sold companies, led a Fortune
500 company, forgotten more about Abraham Lincoln and the
Civil War than most will ever know, inspired employees and
enjoyed life and family.
Recently, Andy shared with me the value of his Concordia
education. He said, “When I think of my sons and the higher
education they received, I realize they received an outstanding
academic education. However, when I compare the education
they received to the education I received at Concordia there is a
tremendous difference. I received a life-changing education. I wish
they had too.”
With so much discussion of the cost of education, it’s wonderful
to hear a lesson of its incredible, sometimes inestimable value.
With Andy, I believe the greatest value of a Concordia education
is the life-changing impact it has on the lives of our students and
upon the lives of those who are touched by our alumni.
I can think of nothing more valuable than the work we do to
prepare students to lead and serve in the church and world. The
articles about alumni Scott Schmieding and Ron Royuk in this
edition of the Broadcaster are inspiring stories of persons whose
lives have been changed by catastrophic circumstances. Yet the
circumstances have given them incredible opportunities to live,
witness and proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ.
As we continue to provide our students the best Lutheran,
Christian education possible, please join us in thanking God
for all He is doing to provide a life-changing education for our
students. Please support us with prayers, gifts and words of
encouragement as together we work to make a life-changing
education available to the current generation of Andrew Smiths.
Sincerely,
Brian L. Friedrich
President and CEO
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FEATURE
Rev. Scott Schmieding ‘87 stands inside
the barren sanctuar y of Lutheran
Church of the Pines in Waveland,
Miss. Everything inside the church was
destroyed by six foot flood waters.
After the Storm
After the Storm: Lessons of faith on the Gulf Coast
Ron Royuk HS ‘59 CO ’63, principal
at Lutheran High School in Metairie,
La., was able to assess damage to the
school early in September 2006.
Destruction caused by Hurricane
Katrina in Slidell, La. The path of
destruction is over 150 miles wide.
Thirty-eight LCMS Southern District
congregations and 13 Lutheran schools
experienced damage or destruction
from Katrina.
Rev. Scott Schmieding ‘87 and Vicar Eric
Hiner ‘02 of Trinity Lutheran Church
in Baton Rouge stand next to the pile
of carpet and pews that they helped
remove from the flooded sanctuary
of Lutheran Church of the Pines in
Waveland, Miss. The church had more
than six feet of water in it.
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on sunday, aug. 28, rev. scott schmieding ´87 was
putting things away in his storage shed, clearing his yard
of anything that might be blown away by Hurricane
Katrina. He was not frightened, just being prudent. As
senior pastor at Trinity Lutheran in Baton Rouge, La.,
he had led his congregation in worship that morning as
usual. The threat of big storms, even hurricanes, is a part
of life when you live near the Gulf Coast. News reports
had Hurricane Katrina on the way, but it was not a time
to panic.
Ron Royuk HS ‘59 CO ‘63, principal at Lutheran
High School in Metairie, La., a suburb of New Orleans,
also made what seemed to be routine preparations for
a hurricane. “In this area we are used to seeing tropical
storms develop,” said Royuk. “You keep an eye on them
and you sort of learn to take it in stride.”
Hurricane Ivan had made a similar threat to the region
just the year before and, thanks to a turn in the storm
before landfall, New Orleans and Baton Rouge received
only light damage. Seeing the approach of the storm and
wanting to be cautious, Royuk called off two days of
classes in advance. Rev. Schmieding welcomed children
and staff from the New Orleans-based Bethlehem
Children’s Center to stay in the gymnasium, just as they
had last year when Ivan threatened.
Unlike Ivan, however, Hurricane Katrina delivered.
Katrina was a monstrous Category 5 hurricane before it
made its Louisiana landfall. Estimates put the damage
costs over $100 billion and the number of dead in the
hundreds. With the breach of several New Orleans levees,
the storm leveraged its damage even further, flooding
much of the city and turning hundreds of thousands of
her citizens into refugees.
Some of the 70 new students who enrolled at
Baton Rouge Lutheran School after Hurricane
Katrina. Gordon Schamber ‘73 is principal.
LHS’s two-day break from classes turned into 24 lost
school days. The school did not re-open until Oct. 3.
Hurricane winds severely damaged the school’s roof and
pushed in exterior walls, exposing classrooms. The LHS
building also suffered water damage—not from flooding
like one might expect but because of rain that blew into
the building horizontally during the storm.
Royuk relocated to an office and housing provided by
friends at Concordia Lutheran High School in Tomball,
Texas, and started the process of gathering information
and contacting his scattered students and staff. Cell
phones turned out to be the key technology that still
linked together the dislocated students and staff. “Some
students were so gregarious that they had had cell phone
numbers of up to half of the student body in their
phones,” said Royuk. “Well, what a blessing that turned
out to be!”
Schmieding, in the meantime, had been able to
weather the storm at home with his family. Some 60
miles west of New Orleans, Baton Rouge had come
through it all relatively well. About half of the city had
temporarily lost power, but, unlike New Orleans, it was
functioning. The city’s population swelled by nearly
50 percent as refugees arrived. Schmieding and Trinity
Lutheran Church and School faced a surge of a different
kind since they were in an obvious position to help.
Trinity Baton Rouge attended to evacuees and those
displaced, offering free schooling and meals for any
displaced Lutheran students from New Orleans. Also
the LCMS Southern District Office moved to Baton
Rouge, to a house on property that Trinity planned to
use for expansion. “Chainsaw brigades” were sent out to
the churches and others in need of assistance. Displaced
families found refuge through the church, in some cases
literally taking sanctuary in the sanctuary. As LCMS
volunteers streamed in from the rest of the United States,
Associate Pastor Dave Buss helped guide them to where
they were needed.
Schmieding found lessons of faith in the experience.
“Our enrollment had been down a bit this year and we
had been disappointed by that. We had been praying,
‘God, please send us new students.’ We had no idea
our prayer would be answered in this way.” The school’s
offer of free tuition and meals brought in 70 displaced
students.
“We organized, but we did not have a plan,” said
Schmieding. “We worked as a team and simply went
forward taking steps of faith, making it up as we went,
playing it by ear, and sharing the hope of Jesus in both
tangible and spiritual ways.”
Schmieding describes being on the front lines of the
relief efforts as overwhelming—both because of the
unbelievable scale of the destruction and because of
the incredible national response and opportunity for
ministry. “Personally, I think I did more ministry in two
weeks after Katrina than I do on average for five years of
ministry,” he explained.
Royuk, whose own home was flooded, sees the blessing
amidst the destruction as well. Much has already been
done to help, but in reality the school and its students
and staff are on a long-term road to recovery. “I keep
telling everyone that God promised us that if we love
Him, all things work together for good. Sometimes that’s
hard to hang on to, but I keep encouraging people—God
can do it!”
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VALUE FEATURE
It’s all about
Value
several members of concordia´s class of 2000 were
featured in a Broadcaster article shortly before their
graduation. At that time, they said they were “on a
mission” to share their strong commitment to our Lord
and make a difference in the lives of others. More than
five years later, their dedication to this ideal continues to
shine brightly.
In recent interviews, the graduates said that their
time at Concordia was an extremely valuable experience
because of the high-quality, personalized education
that prepared them for their calling, the moral and
ethical values that were reinforced, the extra-curricular
activities that were readily available, and the Christian
relationships they developed.
Lisa (Zielke) Hubbard
Lisa (Zielke) Hubbard
said a parental nudge led her
to a Concordia visit. “My
mom actually ‘made’ me visit
Concordia during my senior
year of high school. I had a
few friends from our church
attending and they showed me around, introduced me to
people...and the rest is history.”
Attending a Christian college was extremely important
for Hubbard, and in her professional life she has been
“flexible, knowing that I would run with whatever the
Lord brought my way.” So far the Lord has led her to
serve as a missionary and teacher in Hungary, a teacher
and master’s degree student at Concordia Seminary in St.
Louis, and a teacher in Wisconsin.
“While my education and experience in Seward served
as a springboard for my career and life, what I value
most about my time at Concordia are the relationships
I developed with faculty, staff and students. Some of my
best friends and most prized mentors come from my time
in Seward.”
Lisa and her husband Brad live in Schofield, Wis.,
where Brad serves as associate pastor at Mount Olive
Lutheran Church. The couple is anxiously awaiting the
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birth of their first child, due in December.
Marty and Christin (Maxson) Senechal
By the time they graduated from Concordia in 2000,
Marty and Christin had been married for more than
two years. The couple got reacquainted at a kindergarten
reunion in Colorado Springs and found they were both
attending Concordia, and then fell in love.
Marty and Christin both came to Concordia
because of its respected teaching program, the Christcentered education it offered and because each of their
parents attended Concordia and spoke highly of their
experiences. They now serve as teachers in Omaha, Marty
teaching high school social studies at Concordia Lutheran
Junior/Senior High School, and Christin teaching fourth
grade at Bread of Life Lutheran School.
Christin said she tries to emulate a number of her
Concordia professors, especially Associate Professors
of Education Dr. Janell Uffelman and Dr. Rebecca
Fisher, and Emeritus Professor of Music, Dr. David
Held. “They treated all of their students so well and also
had a contagious enthusiasm that I try to reflect to my
students.”
Both Marty and Christin were involved in Concordia
Singers. Christin was also editor of the Tower and
Marty ran on the track team, an experience that he says
“has proven extremely valuable during my high school
coaching career.” Marty is a basketball and track coach
at Concordia in Omaha, while Christin is his assistant
coach on the basketball team.
Recently the Senechals started work toward their
master’s degrees at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
They are proud parents of one, a black and white
miniature dachshund, Snoopy.
David Battaglia
David Battaglia graduated
from Concordia in 2000
with a double major in
math and chemistry. He
then spent the next four
years on fellowships at the
Spirited Teaching
Omaha teachers Marty and Christin (Maxson)
Senechal are using Concordia education in their
classrooms. They credit their Concordia professors
for their contagious enthusiasm for teaching.
University of Arkansas, from which he earned a doctorate
in physical chemistry in December 2004. Battaglia
now works at Nanomaterial and Nanofabrication
Laboratories (NN-Labs), a corporation that manufactures
and produces semiconductor metal and magnetic
nanoparticles. He has had seven works published and
earned two patents.
Battaglia says the four years he spent at Concordia
“better equipped me morally to be a better scientist and
person.” He says there is a pervasive feeling inside the
scientific community that scientists are too smart to have
faith in God. Battaglia continues to embrace his faith and
has now become the youngest elder in the history of his
congregation, St. John Lutheran in Fayetteville, Ark.
Battaglia’s time on Concordia’s campus was
“dominated” by extra-curricular activities, including
seasons on the baseball diamond. He credits activities
outside the chemistry lab as being a very important part
of his education.
Battaglia followed the path blazed by his parents,
sisters and cousins, all of whom attended Concordia.
David and his wife, Tara, were married in the summer
of 2004.
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FACULTY
Help
comes on
four legs
Dr. Ashby and Sadie
visit hurricane
survivors in Texas
Faculty & Staff Notes
Concordia kicked off the 112th academic year
at opening service on Aug. 21. New faculty
and staff installed included: Mark Anschutz,
resident artist for the Center for Liturgical
Art; Paul Berkbigler, assistant professor of
art; Cynthia Busha, freshman advisor; Molly
Engel, admission counselor; Rayphael Foreman, instructional technology center coordinator; Rob Giesbrecht, director of career services and head women’s soccer coach; J. Scott
Hoffman, instructor in health and human
performance and football offensive coordinator; Kendra Hoops, graduate assistant in
forensics; Jennifer Janousek, instructor in
health and human performance; Dr. John
Jurchen, assistant professor of chemistry; Dr.
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dr. lisa ashby, associate professor of english at
Concordia, traveled in early October with her black lab
Sadie to Texas Red Cross shelters and FEMA emergency
operations centers to interact with relief workers, hurricane survivors and military personnel.
“Animals provide a bridge for us to offer comfort and
assistance to individuals who have been through a crisis,”
said Ashby. Sadie and Ashby’s trip was organized through
Noah’s Canine Crisis Response Team from Nebraska and
Animal Assisted Crisis Response (AACR), a non-profit
organization based in Eugene, Ore.
The Texas trip lasted from Oct. 1-9. While there Ashby
encountered firefighters from New Mexico, EMTs from
Michigan and Humane Society volunteers from Maine.
“Anyone you could think of was down there trying to
help. It was really encouraging,”
She left heartened by the way people were cooperating
to rebuild their lives and optimistic about her four-legged
partner in crisis response.
“Overall, I was very proud of Sadie. We’re a young
team and this was our first time out for emergency
work,” she said. “I saw the trip as something my dog and
I can both offer back to the world.”
Kristin Jurchen, assistant professor of chemistry and chemical hygiene officer; Kristine
Kuhn, assistant professor of general studies;
Janice Mickle, adjunct professor of education
and Omaha Public School project coordinator;
Rachel Miller, head volleyball coach; Mary
Oldenburg, director of student activities and
student life education; Judith Ripke, assistant
professor of education and director of early
childhood education; Thaddeus Warren, assistant professor of education in DCE program;
Vance Winter, instructor in health and human
performance, assistant equipment manager and
football linebacker coach.
Dr. Colleen Baade presented a paper entitled
“Dos siglos de música y fiesta en los monasterios femeninos de Toledo” (“Two Centu-
–Robert Stewart ’02
Story originally published in the Seward County
Independent, www.sewardindependent.com
ries of Music and Festival in Toledo’s Female
Monasteries”) at the Sixth Annual International Festival of Spanish Keyboard Music in
September. The site of the conference is the
historic Benedictine Convent of San Pedro de
las Dueñas, founded in the year 1048.
Dr. Jeffrey Blersch’s first CD, “Resounding Alleluias,” was released in September. To
celebrate the release, Blersch performed a recital
and hymn festival as part of the Lincoln Organ
Showcase concert series. He also performed a
hymn festival at St. Peter Lutheran Church in
Eastpointe, Mich., in October. The festival featured Blersch’s compositions and arrangements
and included a mass choir of over 100 members
from area church choirs as well as the concert
choir from Lutheran High in Westlake, Mich.
Emly Hartmann, a sophomore studying elementary
education, assists at the Festival. No other
Concordia event brings as many people to campus
as the Plum Creek Children’s Literacy Festival.
Nearly 40 percent of attendees this year were also
first-time visitors to the Concordia campus.
A celebration of reading and writing
“When children see an author or illustrator, the entire book
comes alive for them,” said Dr. Janell Uffelman, associate
professor of education at Concordia and director of the Plum
Creek Children’s Literacy Festival. “Children see themselves as
readers and writers as a result.”
Concordia’s Plum Creek Children’s Literacy Festival
provides a lively corrective to such thoughts. The festival,
bursting with activity and enjoyment, gives thousands
of children a chance each year to see some of America’s
finest children’s books authors and to participate in
activities inspired by reading. A literacy conference for
adults is the capstone for the festival, offering K-12
teachers and administrators from Nebraska and around
the nation a chance to learn from a field of literacy
experts and children’s books authors.
This year marked the tenth year of the festival. When
it started it was a one-day, one-author event serving
about 200 people; it has since grown to three days and
welcomes about 5,500 participants from 60 schools. The
reputation of the event is also spreading among authors
and illustrators, and the festival is booking its presenters
several years in advance.
Dozens of current and former Concordia professors
take part in planning and staffing the event. Concordia
students are also directly involved, including members
of Uffelman’s Foundations of Literacy course who lead
activities for children.
Uffelman, who has been festival leader since the event
began, credits a very dedicated committee, the addition
this year of Festival Coordinator Vikki Gremel, and a
group of faithful volunteers for the festival’s continued
success. “It’s a team effort,” said Uffelman. “Most
importantly, it is God blessing this festival. The growth of
this thing cannot logically be explained.”
Master’s literacy
programs available in
online and on-campus
format
The literacy festival and
undergraduate offerings at
Concordia are complemented by
a flourishing master’s program.
Concordia’s literacy master’s will
appeal to those vitally interested in literacy education,
such as regular classroom teachers and reading specialists.
Students in the graduate literacy program enroll in
courses taught through a combination of off-campus and
intensive on-campus learning experiences. Students in
the approximately 18 month program spend 13 days on
campus each summer to earn up to nine hours of credit.
Online courses are taught during the regular academic
year. For more information please call 1-800-535-5494,
ext. 7464, or visit: www.cune.edu/gradliteracy.
Dr. Robert D. Fiala, emeritus professor of history, has four photographs (of
Vietnam and Hong Kong) on exhibit at
the Chinese Culture Centre in Singapore
and one (of Japan) on exhibit at the
Bada Shoe Museum in Toronto. Fiala
has added a number of new essays and
photographs (on China and Laos) to his
Web site, Asian Historical Architecture
www.orientalarchitecture.com. The site
has more than 9,000 images, and many of
Fiala’s Asian photographs are circulating
(with and without permission) on other
Web sites.
of Leadership in Building Endowment at
Lutheran Colleges and Universities: A Case
Study Comparison of Three Lutheran Colleges
and Universities in the United States” and was
accepted at Capella University for the doctor
of philosophy degree in November.
President Brian Friedrich successfully
defended his dissertation titled “The Role
Shirley Liesener, director of development
operations and annual gifts, retired in October
Dr. Joseph Herl’s book, “Worship Wars in
Early Lutheranism: Choir, Congregation, and
Three Centuries of Conflict,” was awarded the
2005 Roland Bainton Prize of the SixteenthCentury Society and Conference (SCSC) for
outstanding book in the field of art history
and music. The SCSC is an international
scholarly society dedicated to studies in the
early modern era.
after 15 years of full-time service.
Professors William Wolfram and James
Bockelman exhibited works on paper at the
Haydon Art Center in Lincoln in October.
The exhibit, titled “Reductive Measures:
Works on Paper by Bockelman, Fontana,
and Wolfram,” featured images generated by
means of overdrawing, erasing, puncturing, or
sanding the paper surface.
The University Wind Ensemble, under the
direction of Dr. William Kuhn, associate
professor of music and chair of the music
department, released its first CD, “In the
Spring,” in October.
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CAMPUS SCENE
Students Annie Wood and Heidi
Graham perform a scene from
this year’s production, “All in
the Timing.”
“Roll out the barrel, we’ll have a barrel of fun”
annie wood of seward, neb., and heidi graham of
littleton, colo., break into a classic polka tune while
cooking for a funeral during “All in the Timing,” Concordia’s fall theatre production. Wood and Graham were
part of the cast for performances given Oct. 28-29.
“I’ve always been interested in the arts, and my time at
Concordia has allowed me to express my creativity,” said
Wood, a graphic design major who will graduate in May.
HOMECOMING 2005
The play, written by David Ives, gave Wood and others a
chance to display their comedic chops in a series of witty
and thought-proking one acts.
Concordia’s theatre department has three full length
shows each year. Since 1993 the department also has
been featured yearly in “Playbill,” a publication of Alpha
Psi Omega, the oldest national theatre honor society in
the country.
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At the Marxhausen
William Wolfram Retrospective
Jan. 9 - Feb. 3
Reception: Jan. 13, 6-8 p.m.; gallery talk at 7 p.m.
W illiam Wolfr am’s ret rospec t ive t r aces the
development of his artistic career over 50 years. Works
will include drawings on paper, acrylic paintings,
digital paintings and his recent book, “Regarding
the Cross.” In addition the exhibit will feature “Millie
and Her Friends,” a film he produced while earning a
master of fine arts degree.
(above) Nebr aska Gov. Dave
Heineman was on campus Oct.
19 to sign a proclamation making
November Read Aloud to a Child
Month for Nebraska.
The proclamation helped kick
off a literacy conference that
brought teachers together from
around the state. Several second
and third grade students from
Seward Elementary School were
also on hand to witness the
proclamation.
Floor competitions build community throughout school year
Tafarie Griffiths suited up to take part in a tube sumo tournament held
on campus in August. The sumo competition was the first event in a floor
competition series sponsored by the Student Life Office and Student
Activities Committee. Griffiths, representing the second floor of Timothy
Hall, won his first match. The series was created to help build community on
campus and will continue throughout the school year. An exhibition match
between President Brian Friedrich and Chaplain Bo Baumeister brought
some of the biggest cheers of the evening.
Development of the Figure in Children’s Art
Feb. 5 - March 3
Reception: Feb. 10, 6-8 p.m.; gallery talk at 7 p.m.
This exhibit of 64 artworks graphically traces the
development of object representations from the
scribbling stage to very sophisticated renderings.
The works are arranged in a sequence of five
developmental stages to show the ways maturing
children depict figures and objects. This exhibit has
been shown internationally and in many institutions
throughout the United States.
Underground Poster Design: Screen Prints by
Heads of State and Patent Pending Industries
March 13 - April 7
Reception: March 17, 6-8 p.m.;
gallery talk at 7 p.m.
Known for their witty and often informal design
approach, the posters, logos and bumper stickers
of Heads of State and Patent Pending Industries
have promoted such music industry clients as EMI
Parlophone, Capitol Records and Jade Tree Records,
as well as, such bands as R.E.M, Modest Mouse and
the Shins.
Annual Student Art Exhibition
April 9 - May 3
Reception: Sunday April 9, 1-4 p.m.;
awards presentation at 2 p.m.
A yearly highlight for the Department of Art, this
exhibit recognizes the best of Concordia’s art
students.
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Scenes from homecoming 2005
Concordia football matched up against an undefeated
Morningside squad for homecoming. It was a 44-7 loss
for the Bulldogs, but the game marked a turning point
for the team, as they went on to win the remaining three
games of the season. Events during the week included a
Wind Ensemble concert, variety show, and the coronation
of 1 King Ed Ferguson and Queen Rehema Kavugha. 2
Jason Phelps performs with his band Right Lane Vacant.
3 Janna Virus cheers on the bulldogs. 4 Peter
Baye, one of the variety show emcees, offered
a cautionary story about airline travel and
“what not to pack.” 5 The homecoming court
included (front row) Rehema Kavugha, Edwin
Ferguson, Molly Helmreich and Mary Boerger;
(back row) Andrew Walquist, Sarah Peregoy,
Lee Kothmann, Katie Maxson, Bo Graham and
John Rasmussen.
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STUDENTS
Student Notes
There are 525 DCEs serving in
congregations of the LCMS,
and well over a third are
Concordia alumni.
Director of Christian education
students begin year-long
internships
concordia dce student jonathan kopecky (above, left), began his internship this January at St. Luke Lutheran Church in Reno, Nev. He and five
other DCE students met with their congregational supervisors in a November
orientation day on Concordia’s campus. John Scheuermann, seated right, is
the director of Christian education at St. Luke.
DCE interns serve in congregations as the capstone to their DCE ministry
preparation. Concordia places DCE interns twice each year, in the summer
and winter. Currently Concordia’s DCE program has 17 interns serving congregations in 13 states.
In the winner’s circle
it was a joyous bus ride back to the hotel on the
night that the University A Cappella Choir took third
place in the folk song portion of the International
Competition for Choirs in Spittal an der Drau,
Austria. The choir would eventually earn third place
overall in the competition as well.
The July 2005 competition took place at the end
of a 24-day tour that took the choir to Germany, the
Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria and Italy.
Dr. Kurt von Kampen, conductor of the University
A Cappella Choir since 1998, was very pleased with
the efforts of the singers. “The students represented
their Lord, Concordia University and the United
States of America very well. They sang with great spirit
and musicality.
“I think we all learned so much from meeting new
people, seeing historical sites and performing with
some of the greatest choirs throughout Europe in the
Spittal competition.”
Studying Abroad: Exploring Shakespeare
country Three Concordia students–Juli
Hirsch, Tim Zum Hofe and Tom Craig–studied
in England during the fall semester. Their
travels included tours of Stratford-uponAvon and Warwick. The lower right photo is
of Warwick Castle, built in 1068, and said to
have been an inspiration for some of the great
castles in Shakespeare’s plays.
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Rehema Kavugha from Houston,
Texas, was crowned homecoming queen at the beginning of
homecoming festivities in October.
Kavugha is a senior completing a
degree in music education with a
K-12 endorsement. Ed Ferguson
of St. Louis, Mo., was crowned
Concordia’s homecoming king.
Ferguson is a senior pre-seminary
student and is working toward a
B.A. in history.
Hurricane Katrina’s destruction left
the Baton Rouge schools in desperate need of art supplies. Amber
Navarrette, a senior from Albuquerque, N.M., organized and oversaw the collection of art supplies
from students in the department of
art for the Baton Rouge schools.
Students in the following campus
groups, Red Cross, MissionMinded Students, Peer Educators
and Student Worship Committee, arranged a Bible drive for the
victims of Hurricane Katrina. The
students boxed up the materials and
sent them by way of the Orphan
Grain Train to the Gulf Coast.
Micah Chaffee, a junior from
Lincoln, Neb., and men’s soccer forward, earned second team honors in
the GPAC men’s soccer all-conference selection.
Senior Jennifer Davis of Lincoln,
Neb., and junior Brittany Tomsick
of Arvada, Colo., earned first team
accolades in the GPAC women’s
soccer all-conference selection.
Earning second team honors from
her defender position was senior
Rebecca Hiller of Lincoln, Neb.
Davis is the all-time career goal
scorer and has the most points in
Bulldog history.
Emily Wor th, a
junior DCE student,
collected donations
a t Co n c o r d i a ’s
homecoming
football game against
Morningside, Oct.
21. She and other
students are also
planning a relief
trip to Louisiana for
spring break 2006.
Concordia community responds to hurricane crisis,
Students raise more than $10,000 in their efforts
more than $10,000 has been raised to date at
Concordia, and the campus community continues to
respond to those afflicted by hurricanes in Louisiana,
Mississippi and Alabama. Student-led efforts began
almost immediately after Katrina hit, and what became
known as the Hurricane Relief Thinktank met weekly
during the fall to help develop and coordinate relief
efforts at Concordia.
Art supplies have been sent to the Gulf Coast,
hundreds of notes of prayer and encouragement were
gathered, 70 people donated blood, and more than 270
Bibles were collected. A relief trip organized by Mission
Minded Students, a Christian outreach organization on
campus, will travel to Metairie, La., during spring break,
March 5-11, 2006.
Prayer: Student groups have met every week to pray
for the people in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
RAs have led their floors in prayer, and prayer buckets
were set around campus to write names of specific people
to pray for.
Chapel collections: Chapel offerings for the second
week of September were designated for Trinity Lutheran
Church, Baton Rouge, La. Chapel collections were
$1,912.79 and a special donation of $1,500 was sent in
by Concordia supporters. The money went to assist with
housing and educating displaced children.
Pancake feed: Concordia’s food service, run by
Chartwell’s Education Dining Services, hosted a pancake
feed that raised $1,000. These funds were designated for
Trinity Lutheran Church in Baton Rouge, La.
Art supplies: Students of the Department of Art along
with the Concordia Bookstore collected and sent boxes of
art supplies to the schools in Baton Rouge, La.
Notes of prayer and encouragement: The Dance
Team and Student Worship Committee joined together
and gave the community opportunity to write notes of
encouragement to victims. More than 230 notes were
written.
Bible collection: Presidents of Campus Red Cross,
Mission Minded Students, Peer Educators and Student
Worship Committee collected more than 270 Bibles. The
Bibles, notes of encouragement inside, were sent to Open
Door Mission in Omaha, which is hosting hurricane-displaced families, and via the Orphan Grain Train (OGT)
to the Gulf Coast.
CPH Warehouse Sale: Over 50 students volunteered
their time at the book sale. Proceeds from sale were
$1,050. Thrivent matched the funds raised up to $1,300.
These matched dollars were sent to the OGT where
$2,684 was matched again by LCMS World Relief.
The Octet: Eight students performed a benefit concert
and raised $334. This money was added to the proceeds
from the CPH warehouse sale and sent to OGT.
Canine Crisis Response Team: Dr. Lisa Ashby along
with her dog Sadie worked in Texas as a therapy dog team
with a Canine Crisis Response Team from Nebraska.
NAIA support: The Athletic Department dedicated
the admission fee for a football game to be sent to five
NAIA schools that were hit by the hurricane. Men’s CClub gave support by donating money as well. A total of
$1,000 was raised.
Blood donations: Members of the Pre-Sem Club
sponsored a blood drive during homecoming week,
where more than 70 students participated.
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ATHLETICS
First-year
coaches
Coaches
Succeed
In succeed
First Year
the concordia athletic
department welcomed two
new faces to the staff this fall.
Rachel Miller stepped in as the
head volleyball coach while Rob
Giesbrecht took the reigns of
the women’s soccer program.
“It was exciting to add
Rachel and Rob to our athletic
staff,” Athletic Director Grant
Schmidt said. “Rachel is second
to no one in her work ethic,
preparation and dedication.
Rob comes with a proven
record of developing successful
soccer programs.”
Rob Giesbrecht, new head women’s
soccer coach, led the Bulldogs to
their best GPAC record.
Under the guidance of Giesbrecht, the women’s soccer team
finished the 2005 campaign
with the most GPAC wins in
school history (7) and hosted a
GPAC postseason soccer game
for the first time at Concordia.
Overall, the Bulldogs finished
9-8-2 with a record of 7-3-1 in
the GPAC.
“I am proud of each of the
girls on our team—they played
their hearts out,” said Giesbrecht. “Hopefully we learn
from this experience (GPAC
playoffs) and move on. I am
already looking forward to next
season.”
Giesbrecht, a native of
Abbotsford, British Columbia,
came to Concordia with an
impressive coaching resume
that included serving as an
assistant coach for the women’s
14
soccer program at Trinity Western from 1999-2005. In 2004,
Trinity Western claimed the
Canadian Interuniversity Sports
(CIS) National Championship.
The CIS is the highest level of
university athletics in Canada.
He also served as head coach of
the Fraser Valley Action Football Club, a women’s Pacific
Coast Soccer League team.
Miller also found success
in her first year at the helm
as the volleyball team opened
the season a school-best 18-0.
During that span the Bulldogs were champions at three
tournaments. At season’s end
the Bulldogs were 24-11 overall
(9-7 GPAC).
“The team has accomplished
many of the goals we set at
the beginning of the season,”
said Miller. “I know I have
much to learn about coaching
but I am blessed to be able to
share my passion for volleyball,
along with my faith with the
young women who come to
Concordia.”
Head Coach Rachel Miller opened
her first season as head coach with
18 consecutive wins.
Miller is no stranger to
Bulldog volleyball as she was
a four-year letterwinner for
Concordia. She also brought
ample coaching experience,
having served as a club volleyball coach for the past seven
years. The past two years she
coached Nebraska ONE, one of
the premier club teams in the
state.
Andrew Walquist and Luka Thor
compete at the Griak Invite.
Both earned All-America status
at the national meet.
Bulldogs return to nationals
the bulldogs have been to
the national championship
meet so regularly that the
date for the national meet seems
more like an appointment in
their schedule than the hardearned destination that it is.
On this trip to the big race,
the women’s squad finished in
sixth place overall, and the men
took 11th. Two Concordia runners, Luka Thor and Andrew
Walquist, also earned All-America honors.
“The performances at nationals were great,” said Dr. Kregg
Einspahr, head coach. “Overall
I thought the men and women
had wonderful seasons.”
Running in his first NAIA
National Championship meet,
Thor crossed the finish line in
sixth place overall, with a time
of 24:49.05. Thor’s finish tied
the best by a Bulldog runner at
the NAIA Championship meet
in school history. In addition,
he is the first male freshman to
earn cross country All-America
honors for Concordia.
“Luka ran a tremendous
race,” Einspahr said. “He and
Andrew have typically run
together throughout races and
they did the same this weekend. Andrew is a leader and he
really helped Luka throughout
the year. They are two amazing
competitors and just all around
good guys.”
Walquist placed 12th overall
crossing tape in 25:02.25.
This marks the third time that
Walquist has been an NAIA
All-American. He is only the
second male Concordia runner
to earn the honor three times.
For the women, who were
one point shy of taking fifth
place, Jacquelyn Dibbern led
the way finishing in 41st place
overall. Freshman Renae Fowler
finished in 44th and Micah
Dubbs 52nd.
“To lose the runners that we
did last year and turn around
and place sixth at nationals is
great,” Einspahr added. “The
women did a good job of getting out early and that is a key
at this meet.”
This marked the 12th consecutive year that the women’s
team has competed at the
NAIA Championships. During
that span they have finished no
lower than 18th as a team, and
in the six previous years the
Bulldogs have had four national
runner-up finishes.
For the men it was the sixth
year in a row, and eight out of the
last ten, that they participated at
the NAIA Championships.
Women’s golf
The Concordia women’s golf team
wrapped up its season at the GPAC
Championship Meet finishing in
11th place.
Concordia posted its best 36-hole
score of the season (884) in the final
meet. Head Coach Carl Everts was
optimistic, as the team did accomplish
one primary goal, posting a team
score.
Freshman Natalie Swanda led the
Bulldogs, carding a 208, for 44th
place. It was the fifth meet out of
seven that Swanda paced Concordia.
“We improved this last meet,” added
Everts. “But there is still much work to
be done before next fall’s season.”
Men’s soccer
The men’s soccer team finished the
year 6-12-0 overall (3-8 GPAC). It
was a record that easily could have
been reversed as Concordia lost seven
games by one goal and played in five
overtime games.
“I can’t say enough about the effort
from the guys every time out,” said
Head Coach Art Busha. “To lose so
many close games was frustrating. But
we will build on our experiences for
next year.”
Seven different Bulldogs earned
all-conference honors, with junior
Micah Chaffee being named to the
second-team.
Football
It was a new look for the Bulldogs
during the 2005 campaign as two
new coordinators were on the sidelines. Scott Hoffman took over the
offensive coordinator position while
Steve Sirek returned to the staff as
defensive coordinator.
The Bulldogs faced a tough
challenge to start the season as the
University of Sioux Falls, ranked No.
3 in the NAIA at the time, came to
Seward. Concordia held its own,
leading after three quarters, before
falling 14-7. Concordia evened its
record at 1-1 defeating Hastings College 31-17. The Bulldogs then went
on a skid that saw them lose five in
a row, including four games by a
combined 20 points.
Concordia closed out the season
strong, winning three straight over
Doane, Nebraska Wesleyan and
Dakota Wesleyan.
The Bulldogs finished the season
4-6 overall (4-6 GPAC).
Jennifer Davis beats
her defender down
the field against York
College. Davis helped
lead the Bulldogs to a
GPAC Tournament
appearance in 2005.
Davis sets school records in senior season
jennifer davis, a senior from lincoln, neb., climbed to the top of the
Concordia women’s soccer career stat
charts in two categories during the 2005
season. She is now the all-time career
scorer in school history with 88 goals and
also has 206 points (goals and assists),
the most ever at Concordia.
“It is a blessing having a player with
Jen’s character on our team,” said Head
Coach Rob Geisbrecht.
“She is committed to the team, loves
her teammates and pursues excellence in
all she does.”
Davis scored the 65th goal of her
career against William Penn to tie previous record holder Angela Krueger, a 2002
graduate. In Concordia’s next contest
versus Ottawa, she found the back of
the net at the 56:49 mark, becoming the
all-time leading goal scorer in Bulldog
history.
In 2005 Davis scored 24 goals and
had eight assists on her way to first team
all-conference honors. It was the most
goals for Davis in one season, as she
scored 23 goals her freshman year, 23 as
a sophomore and 18 as a junior. During
the 2003 season Davis was named the
Co-GPAC/Scheels Player of the Year.
“Jen is a special player who possesses a
great balance of aggression and composure,” added Giesbrecht. “She works
incredibly hard, has great pace and can
finish. Jen was a vital player on our team
and will be missed next year.”
In addition to scoring goals, Davis
has also had her share of assists. Coming
into the season she had 19 on her career.
Her goal against Jamestown (ND) tied
her, again with Krueger, for tops on the
point chart at 155. Points are calculated by adding goals, which received a
value of two plus assists, which count as
one. Three minutes later, her assist on
teammate Gentri Brown’s goal put her
atop the career points category for the
Bulldogs.
Although her soccer career is finished,
her athletic career for the Bulldogs is not.
Davis is also a member of the Concordia
softball team, where last year she was an
honorable mention GPAC selection.
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ATHLETICS/ALUMNI
Former Bulldogs join Hall of Fame
1 9 5 1 Fo o t b a l l Te a m Re e s e
Abbe, Arthur Albrecht, Glenn
Baumann, Walter Beck, Wallace
Bostelmann, Loren Brackenhoff,
Paul Brill, Harold Brockberg,
Edward Brockmann, Wesley
Broderius, Carl Carstens, Omar
Dittmer, Conrad Dorr, Floyd
Duesing, Weldon Endorf, Carl
Everts, Donald Firnhaber, Gerald
Freudenburg, Robert Gaede,
Hollis Gordon, Larr y Keiser,
Paul Koehnke, Charles Krutz,
Jesse Kunkel, Lyle Kurth, Eugene
Oetting, Donald Pape, Herbert
Peter, Philip Rulon, John Seevers,
Richard Stevens, Donald Wall,
Paul Walther, Richard Walther,
Gordon Wendling, Roger Wendt,
Marlin Zobel, Richard Zwick and
Head Coach Herbert Meyer.
concordia inducted four individuals and one
team into the Concordia Athletic Hall of Fame as a
part of Concordia’s annual homecoming activities. In
addition to being honored at a ceremony on Friday
night the inductees were also recognized during halftime of the Concordia-Morningside football game.
The Athletic Hall of Fame was established in
1994 to pay tribute and give recognition to former
athletes, coaches, teams and others who have made
exceptional contributions to the athletic programs at
Concordia. Honorees also exemplify the Christian
principles to which Concordia adheres. The 2005
inductees included the following:
Concordia’s 1951 FOOTBALL TEAM compiled
a record of 7-1, the best in Nebraska, and they were
champions of Central Church Conference title.
OMAR DITTMER, Orlando, Fla., compiled an
impressive 19 letters while competing in high school and collegiate
athletics between 1946 and 1954 at
Concordia. A multi-sport athlete,
he lettered in basketball, football
and track and field. He played in
the first all-Concordia basketball
tournament (CIT) and the Apple Bowl, the highlight
of high school football in Nebraska.
PHYLLIS LUEDDERS
MOL, Flint, Mich., made an
impact in all three of the sports
she played. A 1979 graduate,
she still holds the school record
(145’9”) in the javelin.
As a pitcher for the softball
team, she was an MVP during each season she
played. On the volleyball court she served as team
captain.
SIDNEY
MINES, a 1980
graduate currently residing
in Brisbane,
Australia, was
one of the top
scorers and
rebounders
for the men’s
basketball team
during his time
at Concordia.
He was also a
team MVP and an NAIA All-District selection.
Mines went on to play professionally in Australia
until 2002. While playing for the Generals of the
Australian Basketball League he set a single-game
club record of 76 points and 37 rebounds.
TRICIA KINDLE PINNEO,
Rising City, Neb., averaged 11.5
points and 4.6 assists during her
career on the hardwood. She also
earned all-conference, all-district
and NAIA All-American honors.
Pinneo, a 1994 Concordia
grad, shot over 40 percent from
the field as a guard and led the team in assists each
year of her illustrious career.
Meyer reaches 100-win milestone
Head Football Coach Courtney
Meyer roams the sideline at Bulldog
Stadium. Meyer eclipsed the 100win mark in September 2005.
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with the concordia football team´s win over
Hastings College on Sept. 17, Head Coach Courtney
Meyer picked up his 100th collegiate football victory.
“It’s more a product of time than anything,” said
a humble coach Meyer. “I actually have an average
record. More important than wins and losses is being
able to be a part of the player’s life in a Christian
environment. ”
Overall Meyer is 103-116-1. During his 16 years
as head coach at Concordia University, Nebraska he
has compiled a record of 68-97-1.
Coach Meyer was named Great Plains Athletic
Conference (GPAC) Coach of the Year in 2001 after
guiding the Bulldogs to a 10-2 finish and a share of
the GPAC championship. Concordia advanced to
the quarterfinals of the NAIA championship playoffs
during that season.
He also was the Nebraska-Iowa Athletic Confer-
ence (NIAC) Co-Coach of the Year in 1999 after
Concordia turned in its first winning record since
1987. The 1965 Concordia graduate served as
president of the NAIA Football Coaches Association
in 2000 as well as serving on the ethics committee of
the American Football Coaches Association.
Before becoming head coach Meyer served as
defensive coordinator for the Bulldogs from 1977
until 1984. He then took the head coaching position
at Concordia University, Mequon, Wis., for six years.
While at Mequon he had a record of 35-19. He
then returned to Seward to take over the helm of the
Bulldog football program.
Meyer holds a master’s degree in physical education from Southeast Missouri State University. He
and his wife Connie have three children.
Alumni Awards celebrate the best of Concordia
CHURCH WORKER ALUM
NUS OF THE YEAR Hugh
McGhghy of Warsaw, Mo., has
served the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod since 1949, spending
more than 20 years as both a teacher
and pastor. He is a 1965 graduate of Concordia.
LIFETIME SERVICE AWARD
Fritzie Juergensen of Seward
taught Sunday school and served
as a member of the Concordia
Guild, Tower Guild and Lutheran
Women’s Missionary League. She
has also served as head of the St.
John Prayer Chain since its inception in 1982.
LIFETIME SERVICE AWARD
Norma Meyer of Seward has been
active in service to the LCMS for
the past 78 years. She was a member
of the Young Women’s League from
1946-62 and has served on the
Ladies Aid since 1963.
HONORARY ALUMNI
AWARD Mark and Suzanne
Kolterman of Seward manage the
Jones National Bank & Trust Co.
insurance and investment department in Seward. Mark is a past
member of the Concordia Board
of Regents and a past president of Concordia Foundation, Inc. Suzanne offers her time to the Madonna
Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation Board in Lincoln.
YOUNG ALUMNUS AWARD Christina Hergenrader has written four novels
of the Novel Devotions Series.
She earned the Houston area
Lutheran School’s Teacher of the
Year in 2002. Hergenrader is a
1996 graduate of Concordia.
CHURCH LEADERSHIP IN
OUTREACH AWARD Moses
Ngirailab serves as a math professor at Concordia College in
Selma, Ala., and also as a men’s
and women’s basketball coach at
the college. Ngirailab is a 1981
graduate of Concordia.
LAY WORKER ALUMNUS OF
THE YEAR AWARD Dr. Edwin
Gerler Jr. has spent nearly 40 years
of service and leadership in education. He was selected as the 1991-92
Oustanding Teacher in the college of
education and psychology at North
Carolina State University, and he
has been selected for membership
in the North Carolina State University Academy
of Outstanding Teachers. He is a 1967 graduate of
Concordia.
FRIENDS OF CONCORDIA
AWARD Lloyd and Ann Pooker
both served six years on Concordia’s Alumni Council. Ann was
the first-ever member to serve a
two-year term as president of the
council, while Lloyd spent one
year in that capacity. The couple has been actively
involved with the St. Louis Chapter of the alumni,
has helped organize events and provided support for
choir and athletic events in the St. Louis area. Lloyd
and Ann are 1970 graduates of Concordia.
MISSION AND MINISTRY
AWARD Mark and Ruth
Kempff have served in Venezuela and Panama since 1975.
Mark has served in missions
with the LCMS World Mission
program, while Ruth was instrumental in forming
a daycare and preschool program in Venezuela and
now supports training programs in Panama. Mark is
a 1974 graduate of Concordia.
In Servant for Jesus’ Sake,
Dr. Theophil (Ted) Janzow,
Concordia president from
1963 to 1977, draws on
fascinating stories of his
life, beginning with his
childhood in Minnesota
and continuing through
his life as a servant of God.
During the homecoming
weekend, Janzow signed
copies of his autobiography
in the Janzow Campus
Center, the Concordia
building that bears his
name.
With humor, gratitude
and faith, Janzow writes
about his start on a tiny
Minnesota farm and his
unusual confirmation. He
continues with a description
of his experiences as a
servant, including his roles
as LCMS district president,
college president, seminary
president and pastor of
several congregations. In
addition to providing a
glimpse of a remarkable
life, the book also offers
an enlightening view of
Concordia’s recent past
and Janzow’s service there.
The book is now available
through the Concordia
B o o k s t o r e ( w w w.
cunebookstore.edu).
Alumni and friends Oklahoma tour reservations due
concordia has announced a bus tour March 10-12, 2006, to Oklahoma that will feature a concert by the
University A Cappella Choir and the sights of Oklahoma City. The tour agenda includes an evening in Oklahoma City’s historic Bricktown area, admission to the National Cowboy Hall of Fame Museum, the Oklahoma
City National Memorial, a dinner and reception with President Brian Friedrich and local alumni, and an A Cappella concert performance at Messiah Lutheran Church. All meals, bus transportation, and two nights lodging at
a hotel are included in the tour package offered by Concordia. The tour package is $449/person for a doubleoccupancy and $549/person for a single-occupancy booking. Reservations and a $100 deposit are required by
Jan. 30. Contact the Alumni Office for more information at 800-535-5494, ext. 7240.
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ALUMNI
Alumni News
1940s
Louis Eberhard ’46 of Brighton,
Colo., was surprised and honored
to receive the Kiwanian of the
Year (2004 -2005) award from
the Brighton Kiwanis Club in
September.
Cathy Ficken HS ’67 Miller of
Seward, Neb., was elected vice
chair of the Nebraska Planning
Council on Developmental Disabilities in August.
Philip HS ’64 CO ’68 and
Carolyn Haworth ’69 Hedemann
both teach at Sekolah Pelita
Harapan School in Lippo
Karawaci, Indonesia.
1950s
1970s
Richard ’55
and Meta
Grulke ’53
Schempf of
Clarkson,
Mich., celebrated their 50th
wedding anniversary. They have
served for over 40 years in full-time
educational ministries at LCMS
congregations in Michigan and
continue their service as volunteers
at their church and in LCMS’s
Harvesters for Christ evangelism
program.
Dr. Mary Hilgendorf CO ’74 GR
’90 has accepted the position of
Director of the Women’s Leadership Institute at Concordia University Wisconsin. She also serves
as chair of the Elementary/Middle
Education Department at CUW.
Edward Schmidt HS ’54 CO ’58
and Ellen Friesen of Kirkwood, Mo.,
were united in marriage July 16.
Twins Thomas Ernst ’75 of Manchester, Mo., and Timothy Ernst ’75
of St. Joseph, Mich., have each completed 30 years of teaching in LCMS
schools. Sister Beverly Brueggemann
is also a Lutheran teacher.
Peggy Westfall ’77 Baxter is the
church information center manager
for The Lutheran Church–Missouri
Synod International Center. Peg
and husband Don reside in Fenton,
Mo.
1960s
(above) Richard ’63 and Patricia Vickrey ’64 Daubendiek
celebrated 40 years of marriage on
June 13. They reside in Rochester,
N.Y., where Richard is a retired
chemist from Eastman Kodak and
Patricia is an elementary school
librarian.
Kenneth Albinger ’64 of Brisbane,
Australia, received his Ed.D. from
Griffith University, Brisbane,
in September. Ken serves the
Lutheran Church of Australia as a
member of the faculty of Australian
Lutheran College. He and his wife,
Audrey Jipp’63 Albinger, are the
proud grandparents of Kai, 4 and
Issac, 9 months.
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Karl Marxhausen HS ’73 CO
’78 of Carrollton, Mo., held an art
show at the Langworthy Gallery in
the Seward, Neb., Civic Center in
July and August.
Mark ’79 and Janice Wolters ’89
Meehl of Seward, Neb., give thanks
for the birth of healthy twin boys,
Seth Martin and Benjamin Paul,
on Nov. 9, 2004. Mark teaches at
Concordia University in Seward and
Jan is a part-time physical therapist
working with children in the Seward
area school districts.
David Wesche CO ’79 GR ’99
was ordained and installed as pastor
at All Saints Lutheran Church in
Blairsville, Ga., in July. His wife,
Sally, teaches third grade at Union
County Elementary School. They
have two children, Andy and Katie,
and reside in Blairsville.
1980s
Ralph Steele ’80 is in the process
of completing a doctorate degree in
mediation and conflict management at Oxford University in
Oxford, England.
Carol Olson ’81 of Hot Springs,
S.D., and Vern Hagedorn were
united in marriage July 9. Carol
teaches third through fifth grades
and is dean of students at Bethesda
Lutheran School, and Vern is the
superintendent of the Hot Springs
School District.
Kathy Schulke ’88 Irwin of
Dearborn Heights, Mich., was
promoted to senior associate librarian at the University of Michigan.
She is the current chair of the
management and administration
division of the Michigan Library
Association.
Lisa Kuske ’89
Moreno and
husband Mike of
Newport, R.I.,
celebrated the
birth of Ally Tena
on June 6. Ally has half siblings,
Andrew and Aurora, who live in
Nebraska. Lisa is a graduate student
at Rhode Island College, and
Mike is a teacher at the U.S. Navy
Chaplain’s school.
1990s
Johanna Eschmann ’91 of Eastpointe, Mich., received her master
of education degree from Central
Michigan University. Johanna
teaches third grade at St. Peter
Lutheran School.
Paul ’91 and Jennifer Behling ’90
Gierke of Billerica, Mass., rejoiced
at the birth of Sarah Nicole, Aug.
7. She joins siblings Michaela, 12;
Jacob, 8; Caleb, 6 and Ethan, 4.
Joel Helmer ’92 of Yale, Okla.,
received a Ph.D. in environmental
science from Oklahoma State University where he is an assistant professor in the geography department.
Tom ’92 and Rebecca Thurber
’96 Taylor of Fairmont, Minn.,
rejoiced at the birth of Jacob
Daniel on
Jan. 26. Tom
is athletic
director
and teacher
at Martin
Luther High School in Northrop
and Rebecca teaches early childhood family education in Granada.
Jennifer Loesel CO ’93 GR ’98
Lotz works part-time for Purdue
University in the college of education, and husband Matt works for
DuPont. They have two children,
Charles and David, and live in
West Lafayette, Ind.
Sara Suhler ’93 married Daniel
Deepe Dec. 10, 2003. They are
the proud parents of Noah Robert
born Oct. 2, 2004. The family
resides in Douglass, Kan.
Amanda Eberle ’94 and Morris
Hall were married Nov. 20, 2004.
Amanda teaches fourth grade at
Grace Lutheran School, and Morris
is a health physicist for SAIC.
The couple resides in Pocatello,
Idaho, with daughters Nicole, 16;
Annelise, 9 and Mikaila, 7.
Paul ’95 and Pamela Roth ’95
Eschmann of
Saginaw, Mich.,
are pleased to
announce the
birth of Caralyn
Rose, Feb. 23.
Paul received a
master’s degree
in administration and teaches math and choir
at Valley Lutheran High School.
Pam is a stay-at-home mom and is
working on a master’s degree.
Louis Hoffman ’95 of Colorado
Springs, Colo., is the acting dean of
faculty at the Colorado School of
Professional Psychology. His duties
include serving as editor-in-chief of
the school’s press and heading up a
Psy.D. program in spirituality and
psychological health.
Jonathan CO ’96 GR ’02 and Jill
Saunders ’00 Baumgartel reside in
Paullina, Iowa, where Jon is principal and seventh and eighth grade
teacher at Zion-St. John Lutheran
School. Jill is a stay-at-home mom.
They have two children, Kaleb, 3
and Micah, 19 months.
HOMECOMING
Scott White ’96, a firefighter/
EMT-B with Tualatin Valley Fire
and Rescue, has completed the
three month academy and is now
working on engine 66 in Beaverton. Scott and his wife, Patti, reside
in Forest Grove, Ore.
Bret ’97 and Stacey Eikmeier ’96
Walter of Las Vegas, Nev., rejoiced
at the birth of Rylan Joseph on
Oct. 8, 2004. He was welcomed
home by Brevin, 4. The couple
celebrated 10 years of marriage in
July. Bret is athletic director and
boy’s varsity basketball coach for
Faith Lutheran Jr./Sr. High School,
and Stacey is an associate financial
representative at Northwestern
Mutual Financial Network.
Susan Krohe ’98 and Wade Blakeley were united in marriage Aug.
20. Susan, Wade and daughter,
Arabella, live in Havana, Ill.
Harold CO ’98 GR ’04 and Beth
CO ’96 GR ’04
Royuk Pester
of Seward,
Neb., celebrated
the birth of Tara
Beth April 7.
Harold teaches
at Raymond Central High School
and coaches football at Concordia,
and Beth stays home with Tara and
teaches classes at Concordia.
David ’99 and Diane Wiese ’01
Beikmann of
Deshler, Neb.,
were blessed
by the birth of
Claire Lisette
Nov. 23, 2004.
David teaches
seventh and
eighth grade
at Deshler
Lutheran
School, and Diane is a stay-athome mom.
Ryan and Sheila
Cihal ’99 Douglas
of Salina, Kan.,
celebrated the
birth of Jace Joseph
June 22. He was
welcomed home by Kobe, 2.
Kyle ’99 and Kimberly Foss ’99
Heinemann of Ontario, Calif.,
announce the birth of Kaitlyn
Abigail Feb. 1,
2004. Kyle designs
in-house print
pieces for ESRI,
and Kimberly
teaches high school
math at Lutheran High School in
La Verne.
Jim and Kristy
Stark ’99 Knapp
of Madison,
Neb., celebrated
the birth of
Kenton James on
Aug. 17.
Christopher and Jana Prill ’99
Reiland of Irvine, Calif., rejoiced
in the birth of Benjamin Christopher on Aug. 18.
Sterling and
Misty Cousins
’99 Stinson
are pleased to
announce the
birth of Preston
Clark, Sept. 16. The family resides
in Alliance, Neb., where Misty is
a graphic designer and runs her
business, MILD Graphics, out of
her home, and Sterling is a BNSF
railway mechanic and welder.
2000s
Scott ’00 and Teckla Geyer ’00
Coerber recently moved to Fort
Collins, Colo., where Scott is
the director of discipleship at
Redeemer Lutheran Church.
Timothy Koehler ’01 and wife
Heidi of Lee’s Summit, Mo., rejoiced
at the birth of Avery Grace, Aug. 9.
Tim is a DCE at Beautiful Savior in
Lee’s Summit, and Heidi is a DCE at
Our Savior in Kansas City, Kan.
Kenneth Krings ’01 is a U.S.
Army combat medic and is serving
his second deployment in Iraq.
Kenneth married Tish Fisher July
10, 2004, and the couple resides in
Overland Park, Kan.
Heath Luehmann ’01 and Cristen
Liescheidt were united in marriage
July 29 and reside in Ballwin, Mo.
Melissa Tometich ’01, of Des
Moines, Iowa, graduated from
Iowa State
University with a
bachelor’s degree
in communication studies. She
and her husband,
John, celebrated the birth of
Samuel John on March 3.
Angela Flamion ’02 and Christopher Kaemmerer of Washington,
Mo., were united in marriage June
26. Angela teaches at Immanuel
Lutheran School, and Chris is a
financial planner.
Emily Kiebel ’02 of Englewood,
Colo., is a dedicated accounts manager for the international ocean
carrier, APL.
James
Whatley ’02
and Jennifer
Heupel ’03
were united
in marriage
May 27. The couple resides in
St. Louis , Mo., where James is
finishing his last year of studies at
Concordia Seminary.
Justin ’03 and
Heather Borgman ’01 Hoffman
of Albuquerque,
N.M., rejoiced
at the birth of
Rebecca Marie on Dec. 11, 2004.
Justin and Heather both teach at
Immanuel Lutheran School.
Scott Ash ’04 and wife
Monica of Lincoln,
Neb., celebrated the
birth of Eli Carter on
July 22.
Ryan Burger
’04 and Lisa
Kirsch ’04 of
Lincoln, Neb.,
exchanged wedding vows on
June 25. Ryan
is an auditor for
the State Auditor of Public Accounts, and Lisa is
teaching at Lincoln Lutheran.
Matthew Cario ’04 is a youth
director at Christ Lutheran
Church. Matt and his wife,
Meredith Vincent ’04 Cario,
reside in Yuma, Ariz.
Heather Hartman ’04 and William Bryan of Bellevue, Neb., were
married May 14th.
Daniel ’04 and Elizabeth Hellwig
’04 Meyer reside in Monticello,
Minn., where Daniel is DCE at
Lord of Glory Lutheran Church in
Elk River.
Mark
Samuels ’04
and Kari
Retzlaff ’03
were united in
marriage July
4. Mark is a
management
trainee for the Hertz Corporation,
and Kari is a fifth grade teacher at
Front Range Christian School. The
couple resides in Littleton, Colo.
Tanya Merezko ’04 of Westminster, Colo., is a graduate student
in biology at the University of
Colorado in Denver.
Amy Streuter CO ’04 GR ’05 and
Nolan Harms were united in marriage July 30 and reside in Lincoln,
Neb.
Bruce ’04 and Sarah Jurchen
’02 Wall reside in St. Louis, Mo.,
where Bruce is associate director of
the Mission Responders Network
with LCMS World Mission, and
Sarah works with relational ministries at St. John in Ellisville.
Laura Anderson ’05 of Vandalia,
Ohio, is the director of family
and youth ministries at St. John
Lutheran Church.
In Memoriam
Natalie Kohlmeier HS ’32 Kruse
Victor Krause ’46
Enno Klammer ’49
Margaret Mesenbring ’56 Bachmann
Dale Heckman ’66
Sarah Blomenberg ’82
Harold Reiss, a former Board of
Regents member
For further details log on to
www.cune.edu/alumni
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PRESIDENT’S REPORT
Blessings &
Heartfelt Dedication
O
ver the past 112 years Concordia has been blessed by the
strong relationship it shares with its alumni and friends. Those
many years of heartfelt dedication have filled our classrooms
with students, deepened and broadened our educational offerings, and enabled us to improve the campus in ways that will
serve us in this century and beyond. They have made us the
university we are today and helped chart the path to the university we will become.
Your trust and commitment is inspiring and, in no small
part, it is humbling as well. We give thanks for all of those who
enable us to equip students to serve church and world. For me
it has also been a great personal joy over the past months to
meet with many of you on campus and across the country.
One measure of an educational institution is the number of
students it serves. I am pleased to report that Concordia continues to grow and flourish. Our application rate this coming year
is up significantly and we continue on a trend towards greater
enrollment. Concordia is ranked again in the upper third of
colleges in the “top schools” Midwest-master’s category in U.S.
News & World Report’s rankings. And as noted regularly in the
Broadcaster, wonderful accomplishments have been achieved by
our music, arts, drama, athletic and other programs.
Another measure of an educational institution is its financial
status. I am pleased to share that Concordia is financially sound.
This was confirmed this past summer in our annual audit by
Virchow, Krause & Company. In a time when many institutions of higher education have struggled, Concordia remains on
firm ground.
Challenges remain, of course. We are working hard to keep
tuition costs affordable. Our endowment is growing, but it is
still at a level that is well below that of other schools our size.
Our campus is thoughtfully maintained–Concordia faculty and
staff are careful stewards–but there are parts of it that are in
significant need of improvement.
With your continued support we will meet these challenges
and advance the mission so dearly entrusted to us, to prepare
servant leaders for church and world.
Blessings,
Brian L. Friedrich
President & CEO
Concordia University, Nebraska
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Fellows of the
Weller Society
GIFTS OF $10,000 OR MORE
Anonymous (5)
Mr. Edward Amann
Andersen Foundation
Robert Bedacht Estate
Ms. Barbara Blanco
Rev. & Mrs. Charles W. Blanco
Mr. & Mrs. Earl Bohlen
Miss Rhoda Bredow
Inez Brown Estate
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Butterbrodt
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Cade
Cattle National Bank & Trust Co.
Concordia University Guild
Seward, Neb.
Concordia Guild Falls City
Chapter
Falls City, Neb.
Concordia Guild West Point
Chapter
West Point, Neb.
Mr. & Mrs. Justus Craemer
Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Dassow
Mrs. Judy Duda
Dr. & Mrs. Paul Dumke
Rupert Dunklau Foundation, Inc.
Education Quest
Walter Fadschild Estate
Fidelity Investments
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Friehe
Gainesville Community
Foundation
Growth Design Corporation
Irma Gruenwald Estate
Louise Hahn Estate
Hyacinth Harsch Estate
Mildred Harsch Estate
Mr. & Mrs. C. G. Holthus
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Hughes
Joeckel Enterprises, LTD.
Ms. Rogene Johnston
Jones National Bank & Trust Co.
Mrs. Paul Kaldahl
Mr. & Mrs. William Kernen
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Klammer
Mr. William Kloeber
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Knudten
Benjamin Kouhns Estate
Mrs. Irene Krause
Dr. & Mrs. Karl Kreft
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Harvey Lange
LCMS Foundation
Ms. Shirley Liesener
Mr. William Luebbe
Lutheran Community Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Charles McCourt
The Meinders Foundation
Vernon A. Meints Estate
August Meyer Estate
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Meyer
Lee Roy E. Meyer Estate
John and Esther Miller Estate
Mr. Lester Muller
Nebraska Independent College
Foundation
Marcus Nepermann Estate
Bernard R. Niewoehner Estate
Dr. & Mrs. Fred Ohlde
Omaha Community Foundation
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co.
Dr. William & Dr. Judith Preuss
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Rapp
Ms. Betty Reichert
Mr. & Mrs. Willard Richardson
Dr. & Mrs. John Roehrs
Mr. & Mrs. William Roehrs
Mr. Elmer Schardt
Ms. Cynthia Scheer
Mr. Frederick Schmid
Edward Steinbacher Estate
Dolora M. Stohs Estate
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Tanderup
Dr. & Mrs. Douglas Tewes
The LeRoy Thom, Jean Thom and
T-L Foundation, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. LeRoy Thom
Mrs. Iris Thom
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Mr. & Mrs. Del Toebben
Wake Charitable Foundation
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Orville Walz
Mr. & Mrs. L. K. Wolter
Sower
Association
GIFTS OF $5,000 TO $9,999
Anonymous (3)
Mr. Rex Becker
Mr. & Mrs. Cliff Berry
Mr. Earl Brandt
Cargill Inc.
ConocoPhillips Petroleum
Foundation
Mrs. Charles Diek
Dr. & Mrs. Rupert Dunklau
Ernest Endorf Estate
Dr. & Mrs. Carl Everts
Mrs. Beata Farner
Fountain of Life Lutheran
Sun City, Ariz.
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Brian Friedrich
Rev. & Mrs. Henry Friedrich
Dr. & Mrs. Edwin Gerler Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hahn
Verna L. Hahn Estate
Mrs. Faye Hall
Mr. & Mrs. Allen Heitschmidt
Hewlett-Packard Company
Dr. & Mrs. Vance Hinrichs
Mr. & Mrs. Clarence Hoffman
Mr. Milton Holtzen
Dr. Jeff & Dr. Erin Huebschman
Hughes Brothers, Inc.
Hunter & Oelke PC
IBM Corporation
Mr. & Mrs. G. E. Kamprath
Dr. & Mrs. Paul Kleine
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Knuth
Mrs. Loraine Kohlwey
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Kotil
Ms. Helen Kouhns
Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Lillich
Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Luebbe
Luther Memorial Lutheran Church
Tinton Falls, N.J.
Dr. LeeRoy E. Meyer Ö
Mr. Wilfred Mueller
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Oppel
Mr. & Mrs. Les Pieper
Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Probasco
Mr. & Mrs. Don Rasmussen
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Riffel
Mr. & Mrs. Terry Saner
Mr. & Mrs. Waldemar Seefeldt
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Siepman
Mr. & Mrs. Roland Stelzer
Mr. & Mrs. James Thom
United Farmers Cooperative
Mrs. Otto Wiemer
Prof. & Mrs. William Wolfram
Associate’s Club
GIFTS OF $1,000 TO $4,999
Anonymous (6)
Mr. & Mrs. C. W. Allerheiligen
Andrews Van Lines, Inc.
ARAMARK Management Services
Ms. Karen Ard
Rev. & Mrs. Leonard Aurich
Balance Concord, Inc.
Mr. Kenneth Bartels
Mr. & Mrs. William Bartels
Mrs. Howard Barth
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Beck
Mr. Raymond Becker
Mrs. Alice Beethe
Mr. & Mrs. John Behrendt
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Beineke
Mr. & Mrs. Willard Bellin
Mr. B. J. Benne
Dennis and Charlyne Berens
Bereuter for Congress Committee
Drs. Marvin & Shirley Bergman
Gertrude Bergt Estate
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Berkbigler
Mr. & Mrs. Werner Blank
Mr. & Mrs. Clarence Blase
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Bliss
Mr. & Mrs. Duane Blobaum
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. David Block
Mr. & Mrs. John Blomenberg
Rev. Richard Boche
Boeing Company
Ms. Katherine Bolland
Mr. & Mrs. Delmar Borchers
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Brammeier
Mr. & Mrs. Kermit Brashear
Ms. Pauline Braun
Mr. & Mrs. Roland Bredehoft
Mr. & Mrs. J. D. Bridges
Dr. & Mrs. Gerald Brommer
Dr. & Mrs. Eugene Brott
Bryan LGH East
Mr. & Mrs. William Buckley
Mr. & Mrs. Art Busha
Carlson Companies Matching
Program
Cessna Foundation, Inc.
ChevronTexaco Matching Program
Mr. & Mrs. Winsor Cho
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Christman
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Classen
Dr. Doris Clatanoff & Mr. Duane
Clatanoff
Compass Group, USA Division
Cornerstone Bank
Mr. & Mrs. John Craemer
Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Craig-Meyer
Mrs. Beverly Creed
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Daake
Prof. & Mrs. Gilbert Daenzer
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel DeLoach, Jr.
Mr. Ronald Dittmar
Dr. & Mrs. Warren Doerfler
Mrs. Joan Doescher Schram
Drs. David & Grace Dolak
The John Duda Foundation
Dr. & Mrs. Jack Duensing
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Dunklau
Dr. & Mrs. Kent Einspahr
Dr. & Mrs. Kregg Einspahr
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Dearborn, Mich.
Mr. Ernest Endorf Ö
Mr. & Mrs. Marshall England
Mrs. Nancy English
Walter W. Erbach Estate
Mrs. Cornelius Esslinger
Ethel S. Abbott Charitable
Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. William Evans Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Ferguson
Mrs. Marie Finnigsmier
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Fliege
Ford Matching Gift Program
Miss Helen Fork Estate
Foundation of the Nebraska
Society of CPAs
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Francis
Dr. Jane Fryar
Mr. & Mrs. Ray Gard
Mr. & Mrs. David Geisler Sr.
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Gengenbach
Rev. & Mrs. Eugene Gierke
Dr. Eunice Goldgrabe
Mr. & Mrs. Merle Golnick
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Grabbert
Mr. Scott Grau
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Greene
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Greene
H & S Plumbing
Mr. & Mrs. Ray Hacker
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Hackmann
Rev. & Mrs. James Hansen
Dr. & Mrs. Vern Harnapp
Hartmann Construction Co.
Ms. Sandy Harvey
Mr. & Mrs. Herman Hebel Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Orlin Heck
Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Heider
Mr. & Mrs. Sam Hellbusch
Calvin G. Hemenway Estate
Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Herl
Dr. Herman Hiesterman
Rev. Joel Hiesterman
Dr. Mary Hilgendorf & Mr. Duane
Hilgendorf
Mr. Paul Hillmann
Miss Vaneta Hinrichs
Mrs. Carolyn Hoegemeyer
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Hoger
Mr. & Mrs. Dean Hollatz
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Holle
Dr. & Mrs. James Holste
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Paul Holtorf
Hormel Foods Corporation
Mr. Theodore Huebner
Mrs. Virginia Hughes
ITT Industries
Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Jacob
Mr. & Mrs. Orville Jacobs
Mr. & Mrs. K. Kirk Jamison
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Janzow
Jenkins Family Hope Lutheran
Scholarship Fund
Ms. Julie Johnston
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Jurkovich
Mr. & Mrs. Eldor Kaiser
Mrs. Waldemar Kamprath
Miss Bernice KasischkeÖ
Mr. & Mrs. Pete Kenow
Kingery Construction Company
Prof. Werner Klammer
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Klein
Mr. Robert Koehler
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Koeller
Ms. Shirley Koeneke
Mr. Paul H. Koenig
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Koepke
Mr. & Mrs. David Krenz
Mr. & Mrs. Ron Kuehn
Laabs Farm Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Laabs
Mr. Walter Lammers
Verna Lampe Estate
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Langevin
Paul & Sandy Lawin
Lexmark International, Inc.
Lincoln Community Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Edmund Lohmann
Mr. & Mrs. Alva Lohse
Mr. Theodore Luebbe
Lutheran Good Samaritan Society
Mr. & Mrs. Merlyn Lutter
Mr. & Mrs. Allan MacDonald
Mr. George Mack
Dr. & Mrs. Martin Maehr
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Massmann
Dr. & Mrs. Mark Meehl
Miss Marjorie Meier
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Meier
Mr. & Mrs. John Meinders
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Meinzen
Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Meyer
Dr. & Mrs. Roger Meyer
Mr. & Mrs. Roger A. Meyer
Dr. & Mrs. Stan Meyer
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Milbrath
Mr. & Mrs. James M. Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Philip Miller
Rev. Ray Mirly
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Moeller
Lois Ruth Molzahn Estate
Mr. Leslie Morris
Dr. Russell Mosemann
Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church
Fullerton, Neb.
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Mueller
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Muller
Nebraska State Reading Council
Nelnet, Inc.
Miss Cathy Nightlinger
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Nolting
Mr. & Mrs. E. Walt Nun
Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Oester
Dr. & Mrs. Larry Oetting
Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Ohlmann
Dr. & Mrs. Reuben Osten
Our Redeemer Lutheran Church
Staplehurst, Neb.
Mr. & Mrs. Curt Parkhurst
Rev. & Mrs. Clemens Pera
Peter Kiewit Foundation
Mr. Norman Petersen
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Peters
Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Pfeiffer
Mr. & Mrs. Russell Pflieger
Mrs. Helen Pingel
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Plamann
Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Pooker
Lydia Pralle Estate
Mr. Reuben Pralle
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Rakos
Rami’s Photography
Mr. & Mrs. George Regas
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Rehkop
LTC & Mrs. K. Luke Reiner
Resurrection Lutheran Church
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PRESIDENT’S REPORT
Santa Clara, Calif.
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Rinker
Mrs. Loretta Rodenburg
Rev. & Mrs. Gerald Roggow
Dr. & Mrs. Don Rohren
Mr. Richard Rossing
Mr. & Mrs. William Roundey
SBC Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Schafer
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Scheele
Mr. & Mrs. Arlan Schellhorn
Mr. & Mrs. Berne Schepman
Dr. & Mrs. Allan Schmidt
Mr. & Mrs. Dale Schmidt Sr.
Rev. & Mrs. Ralph Schmidt
Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Schoening
Mr. & Mrs. Jon Schumacher
Schumacher-Weiherman Family
Foundation
Senkbeil Family Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Shaw
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Sheldon
Shell Oil Company Foundation
Mr. Luther Skov & Dr. Londa
Borer-Skov
Mr. & Mrs. Lucas Smith Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Smothers
Rev. & Mrs. Russell Sommerfeld
Mrs. Joan Sothan
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Spitsnogle
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
Cedar Bluffs, Neb.
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Garner, Iowa
St. Peter Lutheran Church
Gresham, Neb.
Mrs. Paul Staebler
State Farm Companies Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Staub
Rev. Harold Stelzer
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Stiner Sr.
Dr. & Mrs. Frederick Strieter
Mr. & Mrs. Gale Suhr
Dr. & Mrs. Jack Swanson
Mr. & Mrs. Edgar Terrass
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Terry
Mr. & Mrs. Wilbur Tewes
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Thies
Mr. & Mrs. Don Thomas
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Tieman
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Timmerman
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald A.Tonniges
Tri-Co Community Foundation
Trinity Lutheran Church
Franktown, Colo.
Trinity Lutheran Church
Ponca, Neb.
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Troester
Dr. Janell Uffelman & Mr. Ron
Uffelman
Dr. Elizabeth Usher & Rev.
William Scar
Dr. & Mrs. Van Vahle
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Mr. & Mrs. Mike Vincent
Mr. & Mrs. Jon Von Rentzell
Mr. & Mrs. Wilmer Wagner
Mr. Max Wake
Mrs. Karen Warren
Mrs. Natalie Wehrman
Dr. John Weinhold
Mr. & Mrs. David Wenck
Mrs. Gordon Wendling
Wiebe Charitable Foundation
Mr. Arnold Wied
Dr. Mira Wiegmann & Prof.
Richard Wiegmann
Mrs. Jean Wiley
Dr. & Mrs. Walter Winters
Mr. Ward Wolfram
Mrs. Lucille Woodring
Mr. & Mrs. Rick Wright
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Young
Zion Lutheran Church
Beecher, Ill.
Mr. & Mrs. Glen Zobel
Builder’s Club
GIFTS OF $500 TO $999
Anonymous (5)
Mr. Bernhard Ahlschwede
Ameritas Life Insurance Co.
Mrs. Jeannie Anderson
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Aschbrenner
Miss Viola Bahls
Dr. Jennifer Baker & Mr. Paul
Baker
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Bartholomew
Ms. MaryAnn Basinski
Dr. & Mrs. Ernest Baughman
Dr. & Mrs. Rodney Becher
Mr. & Mrs. Harlan Becker
Becton Dickinson Foundation
Dr. & Mrs. Floyd Behrens
Mrs. Jacques Berger
Mr. & Mrs. Joel Bergmeyer
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Berlin
Mr. & Mrs. Clarence Berndt
Mr. & Mrs. James Blomenberg
Mr. & Mrs. Nelson Bock
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Boerger
Dr. & Mrs. Paul Boerger
Mr. & Mrs. John Boll
Booth-Newsom Broadcasting, Inc.
Miss Lillian Brandt
August Breyer Estate
Rev. & Mrs. Arthur Brinkmeyer
Mr. Brad Buerck
Roland and Claire Bunge
Mr. & Mrs. Marlin Burkey
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Burnham
Mr. & Mrs. James Canning
Mrs. Lana Cargill
Mr. & Mrs. Neal Castens
Mr. & Mrs. Jay Cattle
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Cloeter
Concordia Publishing House
Rev. Garry Dassow
Mr. & Mrs. John Davis
Mrs. Joe Divis
Dow Corning Corporation
Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Dubbe
Mr. & Mrs. Louis Eberhard
Anna Eickmann Estate
Miss Karla Einspahr
Emanuel Lutheran Church
Milbank, S.D.
Mr. & Mrs. Len Ermold
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Falk
Dr. & Mrs. Philip Fastenau
Mr. & Mrs. Dave Faszholz
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Ferrin
Miss Erlene Fett
Mr. & Mrs. Harry D. Fike
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Fillman
Mr. & Mrs. Rad Finch
First Data Card Services Group
Matching
Mr. & Mrs. Hubert Fischer
Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Fischer
Mr. & Mrs. Junior Fischer
Mr. & Mrs. Bernie Fortmeyer
Mr. & Mrs. Carl Franzen
Ms. Mildred Furness
Mr. & Mrs. Norbert Geidel
Mrs. William Geisler
GFWC Seward Women Club
Rev. & Mrs. Charles A. Gierke
Mr. & Mrs. Harlan Glanzer
Mr. & Mrs. John Glanzer
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Glawatz
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Glock
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Goings
Mr. & Mrs. Tommy Goldammer
Wilma E. Gosch Estate
Grace Lutheran Church
Platte Center, Neb.
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Grant
Mrs. Dara Greene Buckenbahl
Mr. Adam Greene
Mr. Martin Grotelueschen
Rev. & Mrs. Ralph Guetersloh
Mr. & Mrs. Don Hahn
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Hall
Mr. James Hardt
Mrs. Erwin Harmening
Mr. Wayne Harmening
Mr. & Mrs. Carl Hart
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hartmann
Mr. & Mrs. James Hartwig
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Hauser
Healthcare Services Group, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Iddo Heinicke
Mr. Orvil Heitmann
Ms. Esther Heitshusen
Miss Samantha Hellbusch
Mr. & Mrs. David Hemme
Mrs. Glo Hennig
Rev. & Mrs. Roger Henning
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Hensen Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Ben Herbrich
Dr.Ö & Mrs. Robert
Herpolsheimer
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald A. Hoffmann
Dr. & Mrs. LeeRoy Holtzen
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Huckfeldt
Dr. Timothy Huffman
Mrs. Elaine Hughes
Mr. Daniel Jarrett
Mr. & Mrs. David Jensen
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Jeppesen
Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. James Jordan
Dr. & Mrs. Mark Joyce
Mrs. Deborah Kadera
Mr. & Mrs. Hoon Kim
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Kirchner
Mr. & Mrs. Jared Kite
Mr. Friedrich Klaus
Mr. Ronald Knapp
Mr. & Mrs. George Kniep
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Kolterman
Dr. & Mrs. Bernard Korbitz
Mr. Bruce Korte
Mr. & Mrs. Al Koschmann
Mr. Gilbert KufahlÖ
Mr. & Mrs. David Kumm
Mrs. Jennifer Kunkel
Mr. & Mrs. David Lange
Mrs. Vera Lange
Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Langewisch
Mrs. Norman Langseth
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Larson
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Laughlin
Mr. & Mrs. Ranney Leek
Rev. & Mrs. Richard Lewer
Mr. & Mrs. Dan Lewis
Mr. & Mrs. Karl Lindeman
Mr. Arnold Luedders
Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Lukas
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Lukow
Lutheran Foundation of Texas
Mrs. Juanita Lutz
Marathon Oil Matching Gift
Program
Ms. Janette Marcus
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Martindale
Mr. & Mrs. Kirk Mattes
Mr. & Mrs. Ed Maycumber
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald McClellan
Dr. Tamara & Mr. Tracy McCue
McKinney Enterprises, Inc.
Memorial Health Care Systems
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Meyer
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Meyer
Dr. & Mrs. David Meyer
Mr. & Mrs. John Meyerhoff
Mrs. Letha Meyer
Mrs. Norma Meyer
Mrs. Ruth Meyer
Mr. & Mrs. John Michel
Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert Miesner
Modern Methods, Inc.
Mr.Ö & Mrs. Clarence Moses
Mr. Jack Mueller
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Mueller
Dr. & Mrs. Willis Mundt
Mr. & Mrs. Jay Musfeldt
Nebraska Eastern Reading Council
Nebraska Womens Amateur Golf
Association
Mr. Leonard Nelson
NSK Corporation
Rev. & Mrs. Louis Nuechterlein
Mrs. Elton Ohlman
Mrs. Helen Oldenkamp
Mr. & Mrs. Howard Olson
Omaha Nephrology, P.C.
Mr. & Mrs. Clemens Otten
Our Savior Lutheran Church
Newton, Iowa
Our Saviour Lutheran Church
Great Bend, Kan.
Pacific Hills Lutheran Church
Omaha, Neb.
Rev. & Mrs. J. Robert Paulson
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Perry
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Peters
Miss Meredith Peters
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Peters
Mr. & Mrs. William Peters
Mrs. Arnold Pfeiffer
Mr. & Mrs. Mike Pomerenke
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Pooker
Mr. & Mrs. Gerhardt Pralle
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Primeau
Dr. & Mrs. Mark Puls
Mr. Gene Quade
Ms. Eileen Ratcliff
Mr. & Mrs. Wilbur Rather
Mr. Richard Rathke
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Arkansas City, Kan.
Dr. & Mrs. Edward Reinke Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. Ralph Reinke
Types of Gifts
Mr. & Mrs. Lon Renner
Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Renzelman
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Rinne
Dr. & Mrs. Richard Rolfsmeier
Mr. & Mrs. Steven Rozek
Mr. & Mrs. Lambert Runge
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Salchow Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Reed Sander
Mr. Leonard Schardt
Mrs. Paul Schlichting
Mr. Fred Schmidt
Mr. & Mrs. Milton Schmidt
Mr. & Mrs. Ian Schonsheck
Ms. Linda Schroeder
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Schuessler
Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Schultz
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Schultz
Miss Janice Schulz
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Schwan
Mr. & Mrs. Ryne Seaman
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Seevers
Dr. & Mrs. John Seevers
Mrs. Neal Sell
Dr. & Mrs. Norman Sell
Seward Jr. Women’s Club
Seward Physical Therapy Service,
P.C.
Dr. & Mrs. Mark Sheldon
Sinclair Hille & Associates, Inc.
Dr. & Mrs. Elmer Smith
Dr. & Mrs. Steven Sparenberg
Mrs. June Spielman
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Concordia, Mo.
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Orchard, Neb.
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Steinbrueck
Mr. & Mrs. Chad Stepanek
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Stillahn
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Stonerook
Mr. Erwin Stork
Mr. & Mrs. Bradd Stucky
Mr. & Mrs. Cliff Stuewe
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Stults
Rev. & Mrs. Kenneth Sype
Mr. & Mrs. Wilbert Thee
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Thiel
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Seward Chapter
Mr. & Mrs. Allen Timm
Ms. Marcine Todd
Mrs. Robert Tonkinson
Dr. & Mrs. Paul Trautman
Trinity Lutheran Church
Foster, Neb.
Trinity Lutheran Church
Atchison, Kan.
Mr. Gerald Uhlig
Union Pacific Corporation
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Van Beek
Verizon Foundation
Dr. & Mrs.Ö Theodore von Fange
Wal-Mart Stores
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Walter
Dr. & Mrs. John Walther
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Webster Jr.
Mr.Ö & Mrs. Albert Wegehaupt
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Wehrs
Mr. & Mrs. Craig Wenzlick
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Werth
Dr. & Mrs. Dudley Wiest
Mr. & Mrs. Clare Wiltse II
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Witt
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Melvin Witt
Lt. Col. & Mrs. Theodore
Wolfram III
Mr. & Mrs. Glen Wolken
Mr. & Mrs. James Yagow
Mrs. Jo Young
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ziegler
Mrs. William Ziehr
William Zimmerman Estate
Zion Lutheran Church
Gwinner, N. Dak.
Zion Lutheran Church
Cologne, Minn.
Mr. Richard Zwemke
Dr. & Mrs. Richard Zwick
Leader’s
Association
GIFTS OF $250 TO $499
Anonymous (2)
Mr. Marvin Achterberg
Miss Velma Adam
Mr. & Mrs. Meredith Adkins
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Adkisson
Mr. & Mrs. Bob Affeldt
Ms. Doris Alberg
American Express Foundation
American Standard, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Andersen
Anheuser-Busch Company, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Erwin Aufdemberge
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Aupperle
Mr. Gerhardt Baer
Rev. & Mrs. Donald Bahr
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Balsters
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Balzer
Ms. Sandra Barber
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Bartels
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Bauer
Dr. & Mrs. R. C. Beethe
Mr. & Mrs. Karl Bergdolt
Mr. & Mrs. Waldemar Bergdolt
Miss Carolyn Bergt
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Bergt
Mr. & Mrs. M. Andrew Berkbigler
Mr. & Mrs. Duane Beune
Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth Bird
Mr. Les Lance & Ms. Linda BirkesLance
Mr. & Mrs. Ted Birkholz
Mr. & Mrs. David Birnbaum
Rev. & Mrs. Harold Block
Mr. Byron Bockelman
Mr. & Mrs. David Bode
Mr. & Mrs. Don Bohl
Mr. John Boldt
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Bonaldi
Mr. & Mrs. Terrence Boren
Mrs. Dale Bork
Dr. & Mrs. Ron Bork
Rev. & Mrs. Russell Bowder Jr.
Mrs. Hildegarde Boye
Rev. & Mrs. Bruce Brackman
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Brandt
Mr. Ralph Brauer
Mr. Richard Brehmer
Ms. Norma Brengman
Ms. Rebecca Brewer
Mr. & Mrs. Byron Brigham
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Brink
Mrs. John Brockshus
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Brockshus
Mrs. Leta Brunkhorst
Mr. & Mrs. John Bruns
Rev. & Mrs. Keith Brutlag
Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Buescher
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Burandt
Dr. & Mrs. Paul Burger
Mr. & Mrs. William Busacker
Rev. Gordon Bynum
Mrs. Rachel Carlow
Mr. & Mrs. Curt Cattau
Mr. & Mrs. Rollin Cattau
Chad Woolery & Associates, Inc.
Rev. & Mrs. Michael Chaffee
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Chapman
Ms. Rosalyn Chmelka
Christ Lutheran Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Waldo Cloeter
Dr. & Mrs. Gary Cooke
Mr. & Mrs. Martin Cordes
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Costley
Mr. & Mrs. Milt Cross
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Dahl
Mr. Carl Dantzler
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PRESIDENT’S REPORT
Total Giving By Source
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Delventhal
Mr. & Mrs. E. Paul Dieckhoff
Mrs. Eldred Dierker
Ms. Rene Dinkel
Mr. & Mrs. Darrell Dippon
Mr. & Mrs. LeRoy Dittmar
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Dittmer
Mr. & Mrs. Howard Doerr
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Dollase
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Drews
Rev. & Mrs. Paul Droegemueller
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Dubisar
Mr. & Mrs. James Duitsman
Rev. & Mrs. Lawrence Eatherton
Ms. Shirley Ebel
Mrs. Dorothy Ebner
Mr. John Ehlers
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Einem
Mr. & Mrs. Randy Einem
Dr. & Mrs. Glenn Einspahr
Mrs. Junior Einspahr
Mr. & Mrs. Kelvin Einspahr
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Eisenbraun
Mrs. Tedi Ellison
Emmaus Lutheran Church
Denver, Colo.
Mr. Dennis Engelbart
Mr. Lon Erwin
Rev. & Mrs. Duane Fahr
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Faszholz
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Fehlberg
Rev. & Mrs. Steven Fick
Mr. & Mrs. David Fitzpatrick
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Flory Jr.
Drs. Kenneth & Karen Follett
Mrs. Ervin Freudenburg
Mr. & Mrs. E. H. Friedemann
Mr. & Mrs. Earl Frieden
Mrs. Herman Friedrich
Mr. & Mrs. Rick Fritz
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Gaede
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Gaede
Mr. & Mrs. Aaron L. Gard
Mr. Gerald Geiselman
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Dr. & Mrs. Ralph Geisler
Mr. & Mrs. Dan Gengenbach
Mrs. Robert Genrich
Mr. & Mrs. Terry Gerdts
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Gesell
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Glanzer
Dr. & Mrs. Eldon Gleichman
Mr. Edgar Glockzien
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Gohl
Mr. & Mrs. Art Goldgrabe
Mrs. Hollis Gordon
Ms. Marilyn Gotsch
Rev. & Mrs. Arthur Graf
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Graft
Mr. & Mrs. Duane Grasz
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Grefe
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Grothaus
Mr. & Mrs. Vernon Guenther
Mrs. Alice Gunderson
Mr. Steven Haaff
Miss Lucile Hahn
Mrs. Ruth Hardt
Mr. Marvin Harmes
Rev. & Mrs. Elvin Harms
Dr. & Mrs. Delwyn Harnisch
Mr. Melvin Harnisch
Mr. Ray Harvie
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Hay
Mr. & Mrs. Ron Hayek
Mr. Leo Heidemann
Mr. & Mrs. Philip Heidemann
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Heidorn
Mr. & Mrs. Erich Helge
Ms. Jenna Hellbusch
Mr. & Mrs. F. Helmreich
Mr. & Mrs. Allen Helms
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Hencye
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Henning
Mr. & Mrs. James Herre
Mr. & Mrs. Gene Herzberg
Mrs. Enid Herzig
Dr. & Mrs. Guenther Herzog
Mr. & Mrs. Mel Hintz
Mr. & Mrs. David Hinz
Mr. & Mrs. Newell Hoback
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Hoerauf
Mr. Patrick Hofer
Mr. Steve Hoffschneider
Mr. & Mrs. Kyle Hollman
Mr. & Mrs. Glennis Holtmeier
Mr. DuWayne Holtzen
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Holz
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Holz
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hubner
Mr. & Mrs. Tim Huebschman
Mr. & Mrs. Clifford Hulse
Ms. Amanda Husberg
Ms. Cheryl Ingerslew
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Irmer
Mr. & Mrs. Vaughn Jaenike
Mr. & Mrs. Lyle Jensen
Joe’s Body Shop
Mr. & Mrs. Curtis Johnson
Mr. Richard Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Joyce
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Kalbfleisch
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Kammerlohr
Mr. & Mrs. Victor Kamprath
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Karcher
Dr. & Mrs. William Karpenko II
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Kasten
Mr. & Mrs. Elmer Kellner
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Kern
Mr. & Mrs. Victor Kesse Jr.
Mr. William Killion
Dr. & Mrs. John Kinworthy
Mr. & Mrs. Orville Kirchner
Mr. & Mrs. Wilfred Kirchner
Mr. & Mrs. Ray Kirke
Mr. & Mrs. David Kjergaard
Ms. Edna Kloeber
Mr. & Mrs. John Knight
Mrs. Dale Knop
Mrs. Donald Kolterman
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Kolzow
Mr. & Mrs. David Koopman
Dr. & Mrs.Ö Glenn Kraft
Dr. & Mrs. Michael Kramer
Mr. Arthur Krenz
Mr. Howard Krieser
Mr. & Mrs. Irvin Kroenke
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Krone
Mr. & Mrs. Ron Krueger
Mr. & Mrs. Dale Kruse
Dr. Jonathan & Mrs. June Laabs
Mr. Gerrod Lambrecht
Laminated Wood Systems
Mr. & Mrs. Brad Landon
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Langewisch
Mr. & Mrs. Virgil Leckband
Mr. & Mrs. Terry Lee
Dr. & Mrs. Vern Liermann
Mr. & Mrs. Robert List
Mr. & Mrs. William Lochmann
Mr. & Mrs. George Locke
Mrs. Jaqueline Loontjer
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Loveless
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Luebke
Mrs. Bernice Luedders
Mr. & Mrs. Anton Lutringer
Mr. & Mrs. David Lutz
Rev. & Mrs. Michael Lutz
Mr. & Mrs. Albert Maier
Mrs. Delmar Maier
Mr. & Mrs. Hersey Mangels
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Matten
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Matzen
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph McKinney
Mr. & Mrs. Lane McKown
Mr. Brian McNally
Mr. Donald Meier
Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Metzner
Mr. & Mrs. Delbert Meyer
Ms. Doris Meyer
Mr. & Mrs. Joel D. Meyer
Miss Kay Meyer
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Meyer
Ms. Susan Meyer
Mr. Darrell Douglas & Mrs. Lucy
Mickow-Douglas
Miss Dolores Mielke
Ms. Joyce Mikow
Mr. & Mrs. Rodney Millard
Mr. & Mrs. Calvin Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Dale Miller
Mrs. John Miller Jr.Ö
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Miller
Mr. & Mrs. John Moentmann
Rev. & Mrs. James Moll
Mr. & Mrs. Tim Moll
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Molzer
Glenn Mooberry Estate
Mr. & Mrs. Don Morner
Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church
Marysville, Kan.
Mt. Olive Lutheran Church
Omaha, Neb.
Mr. & Mrs. Hillard Mueller
Miss Kathleen Mueller
Mr. & Mrs. Lyle Mueller
Mr. & Mrs. Allen Mundt
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Nast
Nebraska Golf Association
Mr. & Mrs. Duane Nelson
Mrs. Bernard Niemann
Mrs. Raymond Niesen Ö
Ms. Arlene Norris
Ms. Linda Norton
Mr. Robert Nuttelman
Mr. & Mrs. Duane Nyen
Mr. & Mrs. Rick Oberheu
Dr. & Mrs. Stan Obermueller
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis O’Brien
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Oelke
Mr. & Mrs. Ervin Oellermann
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Offermann
Mr. Elmer Ohlmann
Mr. Melvin Olsen
Hon. & Mrs. Ernest Oppliger
Mr. & Mrs. Dale Orlowski
Mr. Harold Ostermann
Mr. & Mrs. George Ott
Mr. & Mrs. Matt Owens
Pac ‘N’ Save
Mrs. Janice Patschke
Pentair, Inc.
Rev. & Mrs. Victor Pera
Rev. & Mrs. John Petersen
Mrs. Karen Peters
Mr. Harold Peterson
Mr. & Mrs.Ö Victor Peter
Ms. Bernice Pfingsten
Rev. & Mrs. Paul Philp
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Pinkepank
Pioneer Hi-Bred International
Mr. Steve Plamann & Ms. Beth
Vosoba
Miss Barbara Polehna
Mrs. Harold Pooker
Rev. & Mrs. Mark Press
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Preston
Procter & Gamble Fund
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Prusak
Mr. & Mrs. Delmar Quade
Mrs. Bonnie Quesnel
Dr. & Mrs. Merle Radke
Sources of Income
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Ragoss
Mr. Harold Rathe
Dr. & Mrs. Rod Rathmann
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Atwood, Kan.
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Reeb
Rev. & Mrs. Dirk Reek
Miss Gloria Reese
Mr. & Mrs. John Rehberg
Ms. Rhonda Reimers
Mr. & Mrs. Clarence Rhode
Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Richert
Richters, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Rikkels
Mr. & Mrs. John Rittenhouse
Mr. Rodney Robison
Mr. & Mrs. Galen Roebke
Mr. & Mrs. Les Rolfsmeier
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Ronell
Mr. & Mrs. Roland Rosendahl
Mr. Paul Rosenthal
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Roth
Mr. & Mrs. Philip Roth
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Rottman
Mr. & Mrs. W. Albert Rubke
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Rugenstein
Mr. & Mrs. Noel Ruhter
Mr. & Mrs. Philip Rulon
Dr. & Mrs. Alan Runge
Mr. & Mrs. Vernon Ruschmeyer
Mrs. Dolores Sander
Dr. & Mrs. Neil Sandfort
Mrs. Wilma Sattelmeier
Mr. & Mrs. James Sauder
Ms. Janet Sauer
Ms. Margaret Schafer
Miss Helen Schamber
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Schaus
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Scheid
Mr. & Mrs. David Schernikau
Ms. Carolyn Schipporeit
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Schleef
Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Schleicher
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Schluckebier
Mr. & Mrs. Leroy Schmidt
Mr. & Mrs. Norbert Schmidt
Mrs. Katherine Schneider
Mr. & Mrs. John Schneller
Miss Ellen Schoenbeck
Mr. & Mrs. M. Daniel Schroeder
Mr. & Mrs. James Schroeder
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Schroeder
Mr. & Mrs. Geo. Schrotberger
Mrs. Lois Schuetz
Mr. & Mrs. Rodney Schulling
Mr. & Mrs. Don Schultz
Dr. Armin Schulz
Mr. & Mrs. LeRoy Schulz
Mr. & Mrs. William Schwab
Mr. Steven Schwartz
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Seboldt
Mr. & Mrs. Leroy Seim
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Selby
Mr. & Mrs. John Senechal
Seward County Treasurer
Seward Dairy Queen
Mr. Phillip Shelp
Silver Stone Group
Mr. & Mrs. Chris Simonsen
Dr. & Mrs. Neil Skov
Mrs. Ralph Skov
Rev. & Mrs. Richard Skov
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Clarence Snyder
St. John Lutheran Church
Paullina, Iowa
St. John Lutheran School
Seward, Neb.
St. John Women’s League
Topeka, Kan.
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Strasburg, Ill.
St. Paul Lutheran Church - Tilden
Meadow Grove, Neb.
St. Peter Lutheran Church
North Judson, Ind.
Mr. Robert Stach
Mr. & Mrs. Brent Stehlik
Miss Maxine Steil
Dr. & Mrs. Alan Steinbach
Mr. & Mrs. David Steinbacher
Ms. Mary Ann Steinbeck
Miss Leah Steinbronn
Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Steiner
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Steiner
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Stevens
Dr. & Mrs. Richard Stevens
Mr. & Mrs. Jim Stigge
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Stirtz
Dr. Martin Stork
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Strom
Mr. & Mrs. Ray Stuckwisch
Mr. & Mrs. John Stucky
Ms. Lucille Stuffing
Suhr & Lichty Insurance Agency
Dr. & Mrs. Donald Sylwester
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Sylwester
Rev. & Mrs. Harry R. Theiss
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Thomale Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Troy Thompson
Mr. & Mrs. Tyler Tiller
Mr. & Mrs. Willard Timmerman
Mr. & Mrs. Phil Troester
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Troester
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Tschopp
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Uecker
Dr. & Mrs. Gerald Uffelman
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Ungrodt
Miss Ruth UrbenÖ
Mrs. Gertrude Vahlkamp
Mrs. Doris Vander Hamm
Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Voelker
Mrs. Chris Vogel
Mrs. Leroy Vogel Sr.
Mrs. Jan Von Seggern
Mr. & Mrs. LeMoyne Waak
Mrs. Mildred Wallace
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Walther
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Walther
Mr. & Mrs. David Waltz
Mr. Gregory Warneke
Mrs. William Wasmund
Mr. & Mrs. Jon Weerts
Mr. & Mrs. David Wegener
Mr. & Mrs. William Wegner
Mr. & Mrs. David Weinz
The Weitz Company, Inc.
Mrs. Evelyn Wellman
Ms. Elaine Wendt
Mr. & Mrs. Lewis White
Mr. & Mrs. Ed Wiesehan
Dr. John Willhardt
Mr. Lloyd Windfield
Mr. Ken Kasten & Mrs. Joycelyn
Wiseley Kline Kasten
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Wofford
Mr. Bill Wolfram Jr.
Mr. J. Paul Woodburn
World of Green, Inc.
Mrs. Hugh Wright
Ms. Janice Yung
Mr. Hua Zhang
Mr. Joseph E. Zimmerman
Zion Lutheran Church
Claflin, Kan.
Zion Lutheran Church
Plainview, Neb.
Mrs. Dona Zrust
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PRESIDENT’S REPORT
A Game
Plan for
Success
Concordia urged to act strategically
jon von rentzell ´87 was
one of the first graduates of
Concordia’s fledgling business
program in the late ’80s, and
he has since become one of its
most successful alums. Von
Rentzell is a vice president for
performance improvement at
Carlson Marketing, a privately
held, world-wide marketing
services firm. He is a 10-time
recipient of Carlson Sales
Achievement Award and has 18
years of experience in the areas
of marketing, sales, employee
performance and improving
brand loyalty. Based in Minneapolis, his global responsibilities
now have him jetting across the
continent and overseas several
times a year.
While at Concordia, Von
sider Concordia today. When
Rentzell went to the air for difit comes to recruiting, you
ferent reasons.
obviously can’t count
He was a
on everyone having a
quarterback for
relative already attendthe Bulldogs for
ing.”
four years and
He considers
threw for 3,991
Concordia’s planned
yards during his
Health, Human Percollege career.
formance and Athletics
He considered
Center (HHPAC) an
several conferimportant strategic step
ence schools
for the university:
before settling
on Concordia.
Jon Von Rentzell ‘87
Impact
“I already
“You can already see
had some natural ties there
what upgrading the stadium,
at Concordia. My sister and
track, art department and
brother were there,” said Von
education department facilities
Rentzell.
have done for the school. It has
“So my situation was a little
a tremendous positive impact
different than perhaps a lot of
on people and it moves forward
student-athletes who will conthe mission of Concordia.”
On A Mission $60M Campaign
The financial goal of On A Mission is to secure
$60 million in gifts and pledges for:
• Endowment–$30 million
• Weller Fund–$10 million for scholarship and operations
• Capital–$20 million for long-term debt elimination and
the Health, Human Performance and Athletics Center
To learn more about On A Mission please
visit www.cune.edu/OnAMission
26
Staying competitive
“I think that the HHPAC
will accelerate our ability to
serve in so many ways. This
facility will make us competitive—and strategically this is
something that I believe the
university needs to focus on.
This will finally put us on
par with other schools in our
conference with well-rounded
educational and human performance facilities.”
Whole person
“I’m glad that the university
is truly considering the education of the whole person—
mind, spirit and body. I’m very
proud of the commitment that
Concordia is making towards
the facilities that support this
balanced approach.”
Campaign progress as of
September 30, 2005
Three-Minute
Club
GIFTS OF $149 TO $249
Anonymous (1)
Mrs. Al Achterberg
AEGON Transamerica Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Arlen Ahlers
Mr. Bob Ahrens
Mrs. Irene Ahrens
Mr. & Mrs. William Allmen Jr.
Ms. Cheryl Allmen-Vinnedge
Alltel Communications
Rev.Ö & Mrs. Arlin Alpers
Mr. & Mrs. Leon Amey
Mr. John Andrea & Mrs. Christina
Ludwig-Andrea
Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Apetz
Mrs. Sherwood Armbrecht
Atkinson & Associates Insurance,
Inc.
Rev. & Mrs. Victor Atsinger
Dr. & Mrs. Ted Aufdemberge
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Baacke
Mrs. Karol Bailey
Ball Corporation
Mr. Louis Bamesberger
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Bangert
Rev. Keith Banwart Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Barger
Mr. & Mrs. Martin Barlau
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Bartels
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Barz
Rev. & Mrs. Marvin Barz
Mr. & Mrs. James Bass
Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Bassett
Mr. & Mrs. Oscar Bauer Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Lylas Bauman
Mrs. Viola Baumann
Rev. & Mrs. Wesley Baumeister
Mrs. Cynthia Beane
Mr. & Mrs. J. Mark Beaudean
Beautiful Savior LWML
Houston, Texas
Mr. & Mrs. Russ Beberniss
Mr. & Mrs. Tim Becker
Mr. Rickey Beltz
Congressman & Mrs. Douglas
Bereuter
Mr. Clarence Bergemann
Ms. Joan Bergman
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Bergmann
Mrs. Ardis Bergquist
Mr. Darwin Bettmann
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Biar
Mr. & Mrs. Ken Bickel
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Bittfield
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Blank
Mrs. Karen Blank
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Blatt
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Blevens
Mrs. Waldemar Bloch
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Blocker
Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert Bluhm
Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey Boche
Ms. Sandy Boehm
Dr. & Mrs. Charles Boettcher
Mrs. Sigmund Bohnet
Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Boll
Mr. & Mrs. John Book
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Bowin
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Bowser
Mr. & Mrs. Greg Bradford
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Brandt
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Brandt
Miss Kristina Brasher
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Brauer
Dr. & Mrs. William Braun
Mr. & Mrs. Steven Bray
Rev. & Mrs. Michael Breach
Mr. & Mrs. Erich Bredehoeft
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Bremer
Mr. Mark Bremer
Mrs. Carl Broders
Ms. Marian Brosig
Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Brott
Mr. & Mrs. James Bruening
Mr. & Mrs. Eldor Bruns
Mrs. Loralee Bruns
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Buchinger
Rev. & Mrs. David Bueltmann
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Buhr
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Bullock
Mrs. Howard Bunge
Mr. & Mrs. H. Eugene Burger
Rev. & Mrs. Charles Byer
Mr. & Mrs. Lee Carlson
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Caspersen
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Cholcher
Mrs. Frances Christensen
Ms. Carol Clark
Mr. & Mrs. Bryce Clausen
Mr. & Mrs. George Clear
Rev. & Mrs. Daniel Cloeter
Mr. & Mrs. Roy Coffman
Mrs. Ruth Colross
Mr. & Mrs. Andy Contreras
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Cordes
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Coslet
Mr. & Mrs. David Cox
Crete Glass Co.
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Dannehl
Mrs. Beulah Daugherty
Mr. & Mrs. Dale Davies
Mrs. Marjorie Davis
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Davis
Mr. & Mrs. Ron de la Motte
Mrs. Rose Detloff
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Dettling
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Paul Devantier
Rev. Robert Dibell
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Dieckhoff
Rev. & Mrs. John Diener
Mr. & Mrs. Omar Dittmer
Rev. & Mrs. David Dobbertien
Mr. & Mrs. Devin Doremus
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Doversberger
Mr. & Mrs. Matt Duchek
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Duns
Earnest Well Drilling, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Allen Eberle
Pastor & Mrs. David Ebs
Mr. & Mrs. George Eckhardt
Mr. & Mrs. James Edwards
Mr. & Mrs. Orville Eggert
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Eickmeier
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Einspahr
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
York, Neb.
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Emmons
Mr. & Mrs. Weldon Endorf
Mr. & Mrs. Brent Erickson
Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Erickson
Mr. & Mrs. Ernie Eulert
Farmers National Company
Mrs. P. H. Felten
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Fiala
Mr. & Mrs. Karl Fink
Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Finke
Rev. & Mrs. Stuart Firnhaber
Mr. & Mrs. Curtis Fischer
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Fischer
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Flandermeyer
Mr. Robert Foster Jr.
Mr. John Franck
Mr. & Mrs. Warren Frank
Ms. Deborah Frazier
Mrs. Daniel Frerking
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Allen Freudenburg
Mr. & Mrs. Merlin Frevert
Mr. & Mrs. Leroy Frey
Mr. Robert Friedrich
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Friedrich
Dr. Warren Friedrichs
Mr. Ellsworth Friehe
Mrs. Alice Fritz
Mrs. Elfrieda Frueh
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Fuchs
Mr. Gilbert Fugitt Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Fuqua
Col. & Mrs. Donald Gabe
Mr. & Mrs. Duane Gabriel
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Galusha
Rev. & Mrs. Leonhardt Gebhardt
Dr. & Mrs. Leon Gebhardt
Mr. & Mrs. David Geidel
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Geisler
Mr. & Mrs. Albert Gerber
Mr. & Mrs. Lenard Geres
Mr. & Mrs. Norman
Gerkensmeyer
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Germeroth
Mr. & Mrs. Darryl Giesselmann
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Glasnapp
Dr. Linn Erickson & Mrs. Brenda
Glenn Erickson
Mr. & Mrs. R. L. Gloy
Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Godemann
Mr. & Mrs. Loren Goehner
Rev. & Mrs. Jeremy Gorline
Gossin Agency, Inc.
Mrs. Madora Gotsch
Rev. & Mrs. David Graef
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Grass
Mr. & Mrs. Adelbert Grau
Mr. Thron Green
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Greig
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Grotelueschen
Mr. & Mrs. Kirk Grove
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Gruber
Ms. Victoria Grundmeier
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Gudgel
Mr. & Mrs. Gerhardt Gutz
Mr. & Mrs. Norlin Gutz
Rev. & Mrs. Mark Haas
Mr. & Mrs. Steven Haase
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Haesemeier
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hanewinckel
Mr. Alan Hans
Mr. & Mrs. Darren Hansen
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Harder
Mr. & Mrs. Renwood Hardies
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Harman
Mr. Mike Hartley
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Hartley
Mrs. Orville Hartman
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hartmann
Ms. Denese Hasz
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Hauschildt
Mr. & Mrs. Gaylon Heetland
Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Heibel
Mr. Marvin Heidenreich
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Heidorn
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Heidorn
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Heidtbrink
Dr. & Mrs. William Heinicke
Dr. & Mrs. David Held
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Held
Mr. & Mrs. David Helge
Dr. & Mrs. Erich Helge
Rev. & Mrs. Dwight Hellmers
Rev. & Mrs. Allen Hellwege
Rev. & Mrs. John Hellwege Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. J. Philip Hellwege
Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Helmer
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hentzen
Mr. & Mrs. Norm Herbst
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Hermann
Mrs. Evelyn Herzberg
Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Hesterman
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Hight
Mr. & Mrs. Don Hingst
Mr. & Mrs. John Hingst
Mr. & Mrs. W. John Hoener
Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Hoener
Hoffman Engineering Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Hofman
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Hofts
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Holle
Mr. & Mrs. Verlin Holle
Mr. & Mrs. Dean Holst
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Mrs. Lloyd Holsten
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Holste
Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Holtorf
Rev. & Mrs. Richard Holz
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hooper
Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Horn
Mrs. Michele Hosmon
Mr. & Mrs. Don Hough
Rev. & Mrs. Martin Hoyer
Mr. & Mrs. Jim Hubing
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Huebner
Dr. & Mrs. Raymond
Huebschman
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Huedepohl
Mr. & Mrs. Cliff Hunter
Mrs. Esther Imig
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Mr. & Mrs. David Irwin
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Jackson
Mr. Vincent Jacobson
Ms. Linda Janssen
Dr. & Mrs. Frederick Janzow
Dr. & Mrs. W. Theophil Janzow
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Jarrett
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Jass
Mr. & Mrs. Steven Jastram
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Jedele
Dr. Julius Jenkins
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Jenkins
Mrs. Irma Joern
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Joerns
Mr. & Mrs. Seth Johannsen
Mr. Kenneth Johnsen
Mr. & Mrs. Burrell Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. K. R. Johnson
Dr. & Mrs. Carl Jorgensen
Dr. & Mrs. Jim Juergensen
Rev. & Mrs. Arnold Jurchen
Mr. & Mrs. James Kamprath
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Kamprath
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Kard
Mr. Milton Kasper
Ms. Nadine Keck
Mrs. Lawrence Keiser Jr.
Rev. & Mrs. John Kelling
Mrs. Margaret Kelly
Mr. & Mrs. James Kelzer
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kemper II
Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Kerbel Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Kindle
Rev. & Mrs. Duane Kirchner
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Kitzmann
Knisley & Peery Construction, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. David Knock
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Koch
Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Kohlmeier
Mr. & Mrs. John Kosewick
Miss Phyllis Kraft
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Kral
Mrs. Lois Kramer
Mr. & Mrs. Elmer Krause
Mrs. L. E. Kreienkamp
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Mr. & Mrs. Loren Kreutz
Mr. & Mrs. Reuben Krieger
Mr. & Mrs. Kermit Krieser
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Kroger
Mr. Delbert Krueger
Rev. & Mrs. Thomas Krueger
Mr. & Mrs. Victor Kruse
Mr. & Mrs. Randall Kuchenbecker
Mr. & Mrs. John Kuehn
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Kuhlmann
Ms. Cindy Kuhn
Ms. Priscilla Paul Lacek
Mr. & Mrs. James Laddusaw
Rev. & Mrs. Donald Langhoff
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Langrehr
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Larsen
Dr. Priscilla Lawin
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Lawrence
Lee’s Refrigeration
Mrs. Arlo Lehmann
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Lelle
Mr. & Mrs. Ted Lewandowski
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Licking
Lincoln Turf and Tractor
Lindner Painting, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Don Lippert
Mr. & Mrs. Milton Lisius
Mr. & Mrs. John Lockhart
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Long
Mr. Paul Long
Mr. & Mrs. John Lottes
Mr. & Mrs. Howard Luehmann
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Luehrs
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Lukas
Rev. & Mrs. Edward Maas
Mr. & Mrs. Danny Magnus
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Malzahn
Rev. & Mrs. Warren Mandel
Mr. BeN.J.amin Markin
Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Marquardt
Mrs. Melvin Marschel
Ms. Patricia Marshall
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Martin
Mr. Matt Marty
Mr. & Mrs. Art Matasovsky
Mr. Donley Matthias
Mr. & Mrs. Malverne McGee
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel McMurtrie
Rev. & Mrs. Harlan Meier
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Melde Jr.
Mrs. Robert Melin
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Menzel
Merle’s Greenhouses, Inc.
Rev. & Mrs. Robert Merz
Mrs. Bernhardt Meschke
Messiah Lutheran Church
Valdosta, Ga.
Meyer Partners, LLC
Miss Catherine Meyer
Mr. & Mrs. Gene Meyer
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Meyer
Rev. & Mrs. Robert Meyer
Mr. Victor Meyer
Dr. & Mrs. Warren Meyer
Mr. & Mrs. Randy Meyr
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Michel
Mr. William Middlestadt
Mr. Elfred Miesner
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Miesner
Mr. & Mrs. Calvin Miller
Ms. Helen Miller
Mr. Douglas Murray & Ms. Joan
Miller-Murray
Miss Kathleen Mills
Ms. Ruth Modr
Ms. Marilyn Moehlenkamp
Mr. & Mrs. John Mohrhardt
Mr. & Mrs. David Moore
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Moore
Mr. & Mrs. Sid Moore
Dr. & Mrs. Russell Moulds
Rev. & Mrs. Tom Mroch
Mr. & Mrs. Vernon Muehl
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Mueller
Mr. & Mrs. Ruben Mueller
Mr. & Mrs. Tom Mueller
Mr. & Mrs. Miquel R. Munoz
Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert Naber
National Parliamentary Debate
Association
Mrs. Carol Nehrig Kell
Mr. & Mrs. Corey Nelson
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Nelson
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Neugebauer
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Neujahr
Mr. Paul Neukirch
Mrs. La Marr Newton
Dr. & Mrs. William Niebergall
Mr. & Mrs. Frederic Nitschke
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Nobis
Mr. & Mrs. Ramon Nolte
Mrs. Lucille Norem
Mr. Gary Norton
Mr. John Nuechterlein
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Ockander
Mr. Duane Oelschlaeger & Mrs.
Susan D. Rice
Dr. & Mrs. Eugene Oetting
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Oetting
Prof. & Mrs. Tim Ohlman
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Olsen
Mr. & Mrs. John Olson
Mr. & Mrs. Doyle Onnen
Dr. & Mrs. Charles Ore
Mr. & Mrs. Tobin Ortstadt
Mr. & Mrs. Franklin Otten
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Pankoke
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Parker
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Parton
Ms. Margo Pasha
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Paul
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Pauling
Mr. Arthur Paulus
Mr. & Mrs. Victor Peper
Mr. & Mrs. Spencer Peregoy
Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Peter
Mrs. Arlene Petersen
Mr. & Mrs. Fredrick Petersen
Dr. & Mrs. Richard Petersen
Mr. & Mrs. Howard Peterson
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Pfeifer
Mr. & Mrs. R. Charles Pflieger Jr.
Rev. & Mrs. Richard Pflieger Sr.
Rev. & Mrs. Ronald Pfluger
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Pike
Rev. & Mrs. Roland Pillack
Mr. & Mrs. Joel Pinnt
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Pitonyak
Mr. & Mrs. Monte Pitsch
Mr. & Mrs. Lance Pittack
Mr. & Mrs. James Polzin
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Poppe
Mrs. Ruth Poppe
Mr. Melvin Porth
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Powers
Mrs. Ruth Pralle
Mr. & Mrs. Harry Price
Mr. & Mrs. John Prim
Mrs. Eugene Prochnow
Mr. & Mrs. Jay Putman
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Radtke
Dr. Marjorie Raess
Mr. & Mrs. George Rakos
Ralston Girls’ Softball Association,
Inc.
Rev. & Mrs. Thomas Ramsey
Mrs. Shirley Rauscher
Mr. & Mrs. L. Wesley Rearick
Rev. & Mrs. David Reed
Dr. & Mrs. Paul Reith
RG Investments
Mrs. Lois Rice
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Richman
Mr. & Mrs. David Richterkessing
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Ring
Mr. & Mrs. Ken Roberts
Mr. & Mrs. Wilbert Robinson
Mrs. Bonnie Rodenberg
Mr. & Mrs. Leroy Rohr
Mrs. A. H. Rolfsmeier
Mr. & Mrs. Dave Rosendahl
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Rost
Mr. Allan Rowe & Ms. Heidi
Hennig-Rowe
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Royuk
Mrs. Dorothy Rude
Miss Sara Ruschmeyer
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Saalfeld
Sack Lumber Company
Ms. Mary Sandfort
Mr. & Mrs. William Sandman
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Sandor
Mr. & Mrs. James Sanft
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Sauer
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Schaaf
Rev. & Mrs. Robert Schaedel
Mr. Max Schamber
Mr. & Mrs. Bryan Scheel
Mrs. Sandra Schenck
General Scholarship
Fundraiser Eleven teams
participated in the sixth annual
Shoot At, which raised $10,000
for the general scholarship
fund. Participants had the
option to field or European
hunt in the morning, and
everyone participated in the
sporting clays competition
in the afternoon. This year’s
winning team included Van
Vahle, John Wood, Jason
Maple and Rick Edmonds. The
2006 Shoot At is scheduled for
Sept. 29.
Mr. Ralph Schinnerer
Mr. & Mrs. Elmer Schleif
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Schlicht
Mr. & Mrs. K. H. Schlichtemeier
Mr. & Mrs. Albert Schlichting
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Schluckbier
Schluckebier Financial Services,
Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Schlueter
Rev. & Mrs. John Schmid
Miss Beth Schmidt
Rev. & Mrs. Charles Schmidt
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Schmidt
Mrs. Elizabeth Schmidt
Rev. & Mrs. Eugene Schmidt
Rev. & Mrs. James Schmidt
Rev. Donald Schmiege
Ms. Janice Schneider
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Schneider
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Schnitker
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Schoenherr
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Schroeder
Rev. & Mrs. Wayne Schroeder
Ms. Carolyn Schuette
Mr. David Schultz
Ms. Jolene Schultz
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Schulze
Mr. & Mrs. Merle Schulz
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Schulz
Mrs. Judith Schumacher
Rev. & Mrs. Steven Schumacher
Mr. David Schutte
Mrs. Jean Selle
Mr. William Semlek
Seward Dental Clinic
Mr. & Mrs. William Sharpe
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Sherman
Mr. & Mrs. Marwan Siagian
Mrs. Ruth Sieck
Mr. & Mrs. Craig Sievert
Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Siffring
Ms. Laura Simon
Sitz Chiropractic Clinic
Mr. Devin Smith & Mrs. Michelle
Schroeder-Smith
Mrs. Hulda Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Roby Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Sneller
Mr. & Mrs. O. Dennis Sohn
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Sombke
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Spiva
Sports Express
St. James Lutheran Church
Lafayette, Ind.
St. John Lutheran Church
Alta, Iowa
St. Marks Lutheran Church
Milford, Ohio
St. Peter Lutheran Church
Orchard, Neb.
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Stacy
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Stadie
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Stamp
Mr. & Mrs. Allyn Steffens
Dr. Michael Stelmachowicz
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Stigge
Mr. & Mrs. Craig Stirtz
Mr. Jonathan Stohs
Ms. Annetta Stork
Mr. & Mrs. Bob Storm
Rev. & Mrs. Kim Stover
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Strassburg
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Strauch
Rev. & Mrs. Carl Streufert
Rev. Dr. Norbert & Dr. Eunice
Streufert
Mr. & Mrs. John Strutt
Mrs. Lois Struve
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Stuenkel
Mrs. Edgar Stuhr
Sen. Elaine Stuhr & Mr. Boyd
Stuhr
Mr. & Mrs. Garry Stuhr
Ms. Merrilee Sump
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Sunderman
Mr. & Mrs. Jim Sylwester
Mr. & Mrs. Tim Taube
Mr. & Mrs. David Teasley
Ms. Lynette Tegtmeier
Mrs. Arlene Teut
Ms. S. Kay Thaden-DeBoer
Mr. & Mrs. Chad Thies
Mr. & Mrs. Allen Thorp
Mrs. John Thorsen
3M Foundation, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. John Tiedemann
Mr. & Mrs. Rodney Tietz
Tower Guild
Trinity Lutheran Church
Blair, Neb.
Trinity Lutheran Church
Mc Farland, Kan.
Mr. & Mrs. Brett Turley
Ms. Diane Uhlig
Union Bank And Trust
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Urban
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Van Dorn
Mr. & Mrs. Leland Vette
Mr. & Mrs. Lee Vieselmeyer
Mr. Eric Vincent
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Voelker
Mr. & Mrs. Steven Wachs
Mr. & Mrs. Earl Wagner
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Wagner
Rev. & Mrs. Michael Wakeland
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Walker
Mrs. Miriam Wallinger
Rev. & Mrs. Randy Walquist
Dr. & Mrs. Paul Walther
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Ward
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Warneke
Rev. & Mrs. Paul Warnier
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Waterman
Mr. & Mrs. William Webb
Mr. & Mrs. Vernon Weber
Mrs. Deborah Wedde
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Weeder
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Wehling
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Weinrich
Miss Cheryl Anne Werner
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Werner
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Werner
Mr. Jonathan White
Dr. Janet Whitson & Rev. Craig
Whitson
Mr. & Mrs. James Widyn
Mr. Richard Will
Mr. Mike Willet
Dr. & Mrs. William Wilson
Rev. & Mrs. Richard Wolfram
Mr. & Mrs. Ted Wolfram IV
Mr. & Mrs. Clee Wolske
Mr. & Mrs. John Wood
Mr. & Mrs. Willis Wurdeman
Mr. & Mrs. Willard Wurm
Rev. & Mrs. William Zastrow
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Zieba
Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Zimmerman
The Zionetz LWML
Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Zoch
Mrs. Milton Zuehsow
Mr. Allen Zum HofeÖ
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GiftsHeart
from the
Stepping back, making a plan
marge (luhman) kertz ´70 remembers sitting at
the dinner table with her parents during her senior
year in high school and being asked by her parents if
she had considered Concordia in Seward. “That was
the planting of the seed,” said Marge. And that seed
took root. Within the next four
years of her life she would graduate with a degree in education
and music and also marry David
Kertz, an accountant, and her
husband of 35 years. Marjorie has
graciously provided their thoughts
on Concordia and planned giving
below.
individuals or organizations that they cared about.
3) To establish proper guardianship of your
children.
4) To avoid having the state make these important
decisions.
I especially
appreciated
taking classes
and studying in
a place where the
focus is centered
on being a servant for Christ
wherever our
future paths
would lead us.
–Marge Kertz ’70
Opportunity
“I especially appreciated taking
classes and studying in a place
where the focus is centered on
being a servant for Christ wherever our future paths would lead
us. As part of our estate planning,
we were interested in impacting
an organization that promoted
the values that we believe in. We,
Taking a step back
therefore, wanted to do something
“We had a will and we knew
Marge ’70 and David Kertz. “As part of our
it was time for it to be updated.
estate planning, we were interested in that would provide an opportuHowever, because we couldn’t
seeking an organization that promoted nity for youth to not only obtain
the values that we believe in. ... That is a higher education, but also be
find a copy of it, we decided to
why we chose Concordia to be a major exposed to Christian values and
take a step back, think outside
part of our estate planning.”
carry those values on to future
the box, and review what our true
generations. That is why we chose
goals and objectives were, and put
Concordia to be a major part of our estate planning.”
the document in place to carry out those goals and
objectives—and as David said, ‘Practice what he had
been preaching to his clients.’
What Marge and David Kertz have shared is
both wise counsel and a wonderful compliment to
Why plan?
Concordia. Please let us know if we can help you as
“My husband, David, is a CPA and was in public
you make plans for the future of your own estate.
accounting for more than 20 years. During that
For more information, contact the Office of Develtime he advised his clients to do estate planning for
opment at 800-535-5494, ext. 7346, or see our page
several reasons:
about estate planning on the Web at www.cune.
1) To minimize taxes.
edu/aboutwills/.
2) To help insure that one’s assets went to those
Al Koepke
DIRECTOR OF
PLANNED GIFTS
Gift Annuity Rates
Age
One Life
Two Life*
60
65
5.7%
6.0%
5.4%
5.6%
70
75
6.5%
7.1%
5.9%
6.3%
80
85
90
8.0%
9.5%
11.3%
6.9%
7.9%
9.3%
*rates vary depending on
age of second participant.
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JANUARY
4 W/M Basketball at Hastings, 6/8 p.m.
6-8 Concordia Classic Forensics
Tournament
7 W/M Basketball vs. Briar Cliff, 2/4 p.m.
9 Opening Service – St. John Lutheran,
9:30 a.m.
William Wolfram Retrospective Opens
– Marxhausen Gallery
10 Men’s Basketball at Dana, 7:30 p.m.
11 Women’s Basketball at Dana, 7:30 p.m.
13 Reception and Gallery Talk –
Marxhausen Gallery, 6-8 p.m.
14 Music Scholarship Auditions in Denver,
Colo.
W/M Basketball at Dordt, 2/4 p.m.
17 Women’s Basketball vs. Nebraska
Wesleyan, 7:30pm
18 Men’s Basketball vs. Nebraska
Wesleyan, 7:30 p.m.
20-22 Winter Weekend Activities
21 Music Scholarship Auditions in St.
Louis, Mo.
W/M Basketball vs. Dakota Wesleyan,
2/4 p.m.
24 Men’s Basketball vs. Midland, 7:30 p.m.
25 Women’s Basketball vs. Midland, 7:30
p.m.
27-28 M/W Basketball at CIT – Mequon, Wis.
28 Music Scholarship Auditions – Heine
Hall
29 PianoFOURte – Heine Hall, 3 p.m.
FEBRUARY
1 M/W Basketball at Briar Cliff, 4/6 p.m.
2-6 Chamber Choir Florida Tour
3 Visit Day, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
William Wolfram Retrospective Closes
– Marxhausen Gallery
4 Home School Forensics Tournament
W/M Basketball at Mount Marty, 2/4
p.m.
5 Development of the Figure in Children’s
Art Opens – Marxhausen Gallery
7 Men’s Basketball vs. Dana, 7:30 p.m.
8 Women’s Basketball vs. Dana, 7:30 p.m.
10 Reception and Gallery Talk –
Marxhausen Gallery, 6-8 p.m.
11 W/M Basketball vs. Hastings, 2/4 p.m.
12
Chamber Choir Home Concert – St.
John, 7:30 p.m.
14 Women’s Basketball at Midland, 7:30
p.m.
15 Men’s Basketball at Midland, 7:30 p.m.
17 Baseball at Missouri Baptist, Noon
17-19 Women’s C-Club Basketball
Tournament
Studio Play Performance – Studio
Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
18 Baseball at Missouri Baptist, Noon
W/M Basketball at Doane, 2/4 p.m.
19 Musical Arts Day – Lied Center Lincoln,
3:30 p.m.
23 Baseball at Peru, 1 p.m.
24-26 Studio Play Performances – Studio
Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
Men’s C-Club Basketball Tournament
25-26 Baseball at Mt. Mercy & Avila University
in Kansas City, Mo., 10 a.m./1 p.m.
28 Baseball vs. York, 1 p.m.
MARCH
2 Baseball at Bellevue, 2 p.m.
3 Development of the Figure in Children’s
Art Closes – Marxhausen Gallery
4 A Cappella Choir performing at Holland
Center for Performing Arts, Omaha
– ACDA Conference
Baseball at Friends University, 11 a.m.
4-12 Spring Break
A Cappella Texas Tour
7 Baseball at Texas Lutheran, 1 p.m.
9 Baseball at Trinity University, 7 p.m.
11 Baseball at Newman, 1 p.m.
12 Baseball at Baker, 1 p.m.
13 Underground Poster Design: Screen
Prints Opens – Marxhausen Gallery
14 Observatory Show – Osten
Observatory, 8-9:30 p.m.
17 Reception and Gallery Talk –
Marxhausen Gallery, 6-8 p.m.
18 A Cappella Home Concert – St. John,
7:30 p.m.
18-19 Baseball vs. Dakota St., 1 p.m.
21 Baseball vs. Peru, 3 p.m.
University/Community Band Concert
– Weller, 7:30 p.m.
23-26 Singers Tour to Kansas, Oklahoma &
Missouri
Non-Profit
Organization
U.S. Postage
Paid
Seward, Nebraska
Permit No. 4
A Fresh Look!
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Baseball vs. Northwestern, 5 p.m.
Church Worker Extravaganza
Baseball vs. Briar Cliff, 1 p.m.
Singer’s Home Concert–St. Gregory
Seminary, 7 p.m.
Festival I: One-Act Plays – Studio
Theatre, 7 p.m.
APRIL
1 Gathering of the Talents
Baseball at U. of Sioux Falls, 1 p.m.
Wind Ensemble Concert – Seward HS
Auditorium, 4 p.m.
1-2 Festival I: One-Act Plays – Studio
Theatre, 7 p.m.
2 Baseball at Mount Marty, 1 p.m.
4 Observatory Show – Osten
Observatory, 9-10:30 p.m.
7-10 Wind Ensemble Chicago and
Milwaukee Tour
7 Underground Poster Design: Screen
Print Closes – Marxhausen Gallery
7-9 Festival II One-Act Plays – Studio
Theatre, 7 p.m.
8 Visit Day, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Baseball vs. Nebraska Weslyan, 1 p.m.
9 Annual Student Art Exhibition,
Marxhausen Gallery, Opening
Reception, 1-4 p.m., Awards
Presentation, 2 p.m.
Baseball vs. Dana, 1 p.m.
11 Way of the Cross – Weller, 6:30-8 p.m.
13 Baseball vs. Doane, 4:30 p.m.
14-17 Easter Break
15 Baseball at Dakota Wesleyan, 1 p.m.
22 Baseball at Dordt, 1 p.m.
23 Baseball at Morningside, 1 p.m.
25 Honors Recital – Heine Hall, 7:30 p.m.
26 Athletic Banquet – JCC Cattle
Conference Room, 6:30 p.m.
Handbell Concert – Heine, 7:30 p.m.
27 Brass Ensemble Concert – Heine, 7:30
p.m.
28 Baseball at Midland, 4:30 p.m.
Jazz Band Concert – Heine, 7:30 p.m.
29 Baseball vs. Hastings, 1 p.m.
30 A Cappella & Singers Festival Chorus
– Lincoln, 3 p.m.
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