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Concordia College Campus Chronicles
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May 2011
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Concordia Jazz Band heats up Selma Arts Festival
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Concordia Choir performs at Chapel
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Student Appreciation Food and Fun!
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ROTC Volunteers for Special Olympics
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April 2011
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Concordia College Campus is blessed with volunteers from St. Paul Lutheran and other churches in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin to renovate the oldest building on campus, Lynn Hall, named for the college's first president. Student members of track, soccer, spiritual life and student government groups joined the volunteers in fixing up the building.
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Upward Bound students get specialized seminars and computer classes during their twice monthly sessions on campus during the school year.
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March 2011
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Upward Bound Achievers Recognition Program 2011
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Christopher Brynestad
Associate Pastor at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Decatur, AL brought the Word to students during chapel March 16
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Concordia Wind Symphony from Nebraska performed on campus recently
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The Pickens sisters carry the Concordia sign in the Bridge Crossing re-enactment Sunday.
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Chaplain Wiggins imposes ashes on Freshman Kendrick Wright's forehead. |
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Reverend Jesse Jackson greets cadets and ROTC staff at the 46th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday" in Selma, AL.
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U.S. Congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis is welcomed to Brown Chapel by Concordia College-Selma ROTC cadets during the 46th anniversary of the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, AL. The cadets were invited by Congresswoman Terri Sewell, AL 7th Congressional District, to act as good will ambassadors to welcome the congressional delegation to Selma. Among the many guests were U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senator Tom Harkin, House Minority Whip Congressman Steny Hoyer, Assistant Minority Leader Congressman James E. Clyburn, and several other congressmen and civil rights leaders including the reverend Jessie Jackson. Over 3000 people attended the event.
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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is welcomed to Brown Chapel by Concordia ROTC cadets and staff. |
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Concordia welcomed the Choir from Concordia College-Bronx on March 1.
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February
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CCS celebrates Black History Month...
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CCS students, led by Asst. Registrar Felicia Gill, get a historic tour of Selma and its role in the Civil Rights movement.
Photos by Joshua Stewart |
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Rev. Edward and Marie Schroeder, missionary teachers of Dr. Tilahun Mendedo in Ethiopia |
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Revs. James McDaniels, Matthew Harrison and Tilahun Mendedo participate in the dedication of Christ Chapel on Concordia's campus Feb. 8. Members of the LCMS Black Clergy Caucus participated in the dedication, along with the LCMS SYnod President. The chapel, holding up the name of our Redeemer and Savior, is named for the first Lutheran church founded rural Alabama: Christ Lutheran, founded in Rosebud, AL by Rosa Young and Missionary Nils Baake in 1916. |
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Members of the LCMS Black Clergy Caucus met on the Concordia campus Feb. 8 - 11. Clergymen, above, are all graduates of Immanuel Seminary in North Carolina, that was closed in 1983. Rev. Aubrey J. Watson, Jr. delivered the message during student chapel on Wednesday. Rev. Perry McCullom's nephew attends CCS and is president of student activities. LCMS President Rev. Matthew Harrison attended the clergy meeting and spoke with pastors. Rev. Dr. Tilahun Mendedo gave him a copy of the Book of Concord in the Amharic language, a translation project he oversaw in Ethiopia through the Lutheran Heritage Foundation.
January
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New Campus Chaplain LaVaugh Wiggins and Deaconess Meseret Alemu Installed... |
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The Selma community came together this month to honor Dr. Tilahun Mendedo on the first anniversary of his presidency of Concordia College-Selma. The event drew businessmen and women, clergy, elected officials and educators to celebrate Dr. Mendedo's first year and look toward the future of the college.
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Judge Bob Armstrong and Lt. Col. Nicholas Britto congratulate Dr. Mendedo. |
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Educators from the community and DallasCounty attend the luncheon |
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Dr. Mendedo greets Catesby Jones of First Cahawba Bank, while Selma Times Journal Publisher Dennis Palmer and Chamber director look on. |
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Selma City Councilwoman Angela Benjamin gives Dr. Mendedo the proclamation from Selma Mayor George Evans. |
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Newly elected State Representative Darrio Melton greets Dr. Mendedo. |
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James Ware, Director of the Dallas County Department of Human Resources, introduces Dr. Mendedo |
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Dr. Mendedo meets Rectors Betsy and David Powell of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. |
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Rev. Dr. McNair Ramsey of CCS gives the invocation |
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Photos from New Student Orientation
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December
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Christmas Comes Early for High School Students in the Concordia College Upward Bound program. Eighty students from two counties come to the Concordia campus twice a month for a Saturday academic program geared at preparing first generation future college students and students whose families live in poverty to succeed in school. For the last session of 2010, students were treated to a pizza lunch, with Christmas cookies and candy, and gifts of backpacks, jackets and more. Mr. Ronnie Harrison directs the program.
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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Concordia.....our ROTC Cadet Harris rings the bell for Salvation Army gifts, students deck out the trees, and .....Snow!
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Concordia Freshman Emnet Muzeyen sings "Joy to the World" in her native language of Ethiopia for the Selma Times Journal website.
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The Rosa Young Woman's Center and Man Center sponsored a health fair for students, staff, faculty and the community for a variety of free health tests. The event was held in conjunction with World AIDS day. Information was provided on HIV detection and prevention and 19 balloons were released to remember those who have passed on due to AIDS.
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Concordia College joined the Christmas celebration in the city of Selma Saturday, Dec. 4. The Magnificent Marching Band caroled the crowds with Christmas songs; the ROTC color guard presented the flags.
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November
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Professional Development students from Mr. Glenn King's business class practiced etiquette, public speaking, and business acumen at a Buttonhole Breakfast at the historic St. James Hotel. Speaker Mrs. Alicia Summerville from Alabama Power gave advice on how to excel in the workplace.
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Campus Security Cooks Out for Students and Staff on Campus during the Thanksgiving holidays, including students from Puerto Rico and Trinidad.
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