# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2010_S90
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year, will be to prepare pharmacists as practitioners for rural and
urban Wisconsin.
• A state-of-the-art, $22 million residence hall was completed in
time for the 2008 spring semester. Coburg Residence Hall features
balconies on the third and fifth floors and houses over 350 students during the school year. It also played “home” to the National
Football League’s St. Louis Rams for their 2008 summer training
camp.
• A 25-year upward enrollment spiral continues, as 7,178 students
were enrolled at our main and satellite campuses at the beginning
of the 2009–10 academic year.
• Ground was broken in July 2009 for the $3.5 million Concordia
Center for Environmental Stewardship, which will afford both
graduate and undergraduate students the opportunity to study
aquatic life along the recently renovated, half-mile Lake Michigan
shoreline.
• Hall of fame baseball slugger Henry Aaron delivered an inspiring
commencement address to a packed field-house audience at the
May 2008 commencement.
• A Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree was added to the curriculum in fall 2008, with 16 students receiving their diplomas last
December. CUW is the only Wisconsin college/university offering
a DNP degree.
• Pro-Grass synthetic turf was installed on the football, soccer, and
softball fields during summer 2007, which played a big role in
attracting the St. Louis Rams’ training camp the following summer. Men’s and women’s lacrosse are the latest sports being offered,
starting this coming fall.
• The University introduced a new logo and tagline in 2009,
“Inspiration in Action,” following a comprehensive research study
that solicited opinions and perceptions of both internal and external
constituents, along with months of meetings with cross-department
committees and students. In addition to the cross on the logo are
the waters of Lake Michigan and the rays of the sun on the horizon; the tagline brings to life our mission and vision.
• Dr. Patrick T. Ferry, President, authored his first book, Faith in
the Freshman: A Story of Hopes and Hoops in 2009. The memoir
details his own freshman college experience and his son’s desire
as a college freshman to play Division I basketball while battling
diabetes.
• Concordia’s Lakeshore Environmental Enhancement and Education
Project was one of five finalists in the 2010 Outstanding Civil
Engineering Achievement (OCEA) competition. The annual award
recognizes the project that best illustrates superior civil engineering skills. Other finalists included the Sutong Bridge in Nantong
City, Jiangsu Province, China, and the Sound Transit Central Link
Light Rail in Seattle, Washington.
• A new Welcome Center was added to the south campus entrance,
along with a new west side entrance. Expansive landscaping and
classroom renovation has taken place on the 200-acre campus during the past two years.
Concordia University, Portland, OR—Charles Schlimpert, President

• The university entered a partnership with the LCMS Northwest
District to design and implement the Center for Applied Lutheran
Leadership (CALL), aimed at bringing the Christian faith and its
Lutheran expression to bear on regional opportunities.
• In only the third year of the program, Concordia University Portland
nursing graduates rank among the highest in the state of Oregon on
the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX).

• The Board of Regents approved a law school program as a branch
campus in Boise, ID, to open in fall 2011. Judge Cathy Silak, former supreme court justice for the state of Idaho, was chosen as the
school’s inaugural dean.
• Record enrollment for each of the past five years culminated in over
1,900 students in the fall semester of 2009.
• In July 2009, the university opened the George R. White Library
& Learning Center. The 74,000 sq. ft. center is the hub of the campus, with expanded library resources, classrooms, faculty offices,
community meeting spaces, important centers of learning, and a
coffee house.
• Concordia Place Apartments, a modern residence hall, was completed in August 2009. The 50,000-sq.-ft. building features 43
apartment-style units with kitchens and bathrooms. Common
spaces, bike storage, on-site parking, and other amenities make
the new residence hall a comfortable place to live and learn.
• Concordia University’s state-of-the art Throw Center (track and
field throwing events) is utilized by Olympic and Concordia student athletes for training. Inspired by Concordia’s throws coach,
Olympic gold medalist Mac Wilkins, the facility is one-of-a-kind
in the U.S. and engages youth from around the region as part of
Concordia’s ongoing commitment to the community.
• In February 2009, Concordia University was named to the U.S.
President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll
for exemplary service efforts and service to America’s communities. On average, Concordia University faculty, staff, and students
contribute more than 250,000 hours of practicum, internship, and
service learning hours per year, serving over 10,000 community
members, 5,000 of whom are youth.
• “Concordia University is at the head of the class for community
engagement. Concordia connects campus and community like
no other. It’s a place where students serve the community and, in
the process, become servant leaders” (Tom Potter, mayor, city of
Portland, 2005–8). Concordia now partners actively with almost
40 church and community organizations.
• Concordia hosted a number of very special national and international guests for the benefit of the university, its students, and the
surrounding communities. President Johnson-Sierlief (Liberia)
was the first visiting head of state to appear in Oregon in 2008.
Authors Greg Mortenson (Three Cups of Tea, Stones to Schools)
and Mitch Albom (Tuesdays with Morrie) also spoke to standingroom audiences.
Concordia University Chicago, River Forest, IL—John F. Johnson,
President

• Record-breaking enrollment each year of the past triennium culminated in a total enrollment of 5,049 students in fall 2009. The fall
freshman enrollment was the largest in the history of the institution.
• Since 2006, 13 new master’s-level programs and 6 new doctoral
programs have been launched. Examples of the new programs are
an MA in educational technology; an MA in Sports Leadership;
an MA in Religion (online program); an MBA in Not-for-Profit
Management; and a PhD in Educational Leadership.
• A College of Business, offering both undergraduate and graduate
degrees, was established in 2008. It becomes the fourth college
comprising the university.
• The university received a seven-year unconditional reaffirmation
of its accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission of the
North Central Association of Colleges and Universities, the official accrediting body of the institution.

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