# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2019_S119
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

OFFICER, BOARD, AND COMMISSION REPORTS
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Our Concordia Foundation efforts and impact continues to grow. In addition to the significant capital
projects, like the 3 to PhD facility and the Hilken
Community Stadium, the Foundation continues
to raise more scholarship dollars than ever before.
Thanks to the generosity of our donors, we were able
to continue to assist the 97 percent of our students
who need tuition support.

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We are completing three years of a prestigious
multi-year Lilly Endowment grant and were invited
to resubmit, supporting faith formation for youth,
through our new EnVisionPDX interactive programming at the intersection of faith and pressing social
issues. Visit www.EnVisionPDX.com for more information. EnVisionPDX is an initiative of Concordia
Portland’s Art & Carol Wahlers Center for Applied
Lutheran Leadership (CALL).

Concordia University, Portland
Greetings, LCMS National Convention delegates and colleagues in Christ,
Concordia University-Portland continues to affirm and
seeks to live out its mission as a Lutheran university to prepare
leaders for the transformation of society, as we focus on our
core themes of Lutheran, Rigor, and Servant Leadership. The
university is pursuing new models for delivering on this mission, pursuing our Vision 2024, and adapting to current student
needs and marketplace realities.
This 2018–19 academic year, our campus theme was “All
In,” based on Matthew 22:37–39, as we seek to love God and
serve our neighbors. We strive to be “All In” as we live out the
LCMS National Convention theme “Joy:fully Lutheran: Rejoice, Pray, Give Thanks,” reminding us to “Rejoice always, pray
continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s
will for you in Christ Jesus” (1 Thess. 5:16–18).
Here are some highlights of God’s blessings these past few
years:
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As of today, our student enrollment is more than
6,000 worldwide on campus and online, and growing,
with a focus on developing caring professionals, in a
Lutheran intellectual tradition, focusing in four primary areas: education, health care, business, and law.
During 2013–15, our enrollment more than doubled,
dipping briefly in 2016, before continuing on an
upward trajectory. By God’s grace, the University
and its flagship programs, which seek and reach the
highest standards and accreditations, continues to attract students to a unique Lutheran higher education
experience.
Our board of regents continues to align and steward
God’s resources according to our mission and vision,
embedding our arts and sciences within the professional program areas and creating a new Luther
Center that will reach more intentionally across programs, curriculum, geographies, and congregations
to build upon our 113-year commitment to students,
community, and congregations throughout the
Pacific Northwest. Leadership in our religion faculty,
campus ministry, and Concordia’s Center for Applied
Lutheran Leadership continue to provide direction as
we live out our mission.
Our 3 to PhD community, now in its second year of
development, following the fall 2017 grand opening
of a new $48M facility for Concordia UniversityPortland’s College of Education and Faubion School
PK–8, is receiving national attention as a new model
to create safer, healthier, and more educated communities. The initiative is a public-private partnership
with Portland Public Schools’ Faubion School, Trillium Family Services, Kaiser Permanente, and Basics
Food Market. Learn more at www.3toPhD.org.
Concordia Athletics was successful in its three-year
process to move from NAIA to NCAA Division II
(GNAC Conference), in which we are now competing. Join us for an event! www.gocugo.com

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We are grateful for God’s many blessings and for the overwhelming support of our University friends, alumni, donors,
church partners, and community.
Thank you for your partnership in ministry and for being
such a valued part of our Concordia family! In His Service,
Johnnie R. Driessner, Interim President

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Concordia University, St. Paul
As an academic institution Concordia University, St. Paul,
is guided by three foundational statements:
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Mission: The mission of Concordia University, St.
Paul, a university of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, is to prepare students for thoughtful
and informed living, for dedicated service to God and
humanity, and for enlightened care of God’s creation,
all within the context of the Christian Gospel.

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Vision: The vision of Concordia University, St.
Paul is to be acknowledged as the leading Lutheran
university offering exceptional opportunities for students from all backgrounds who seek relevant career
preparation and a challenging academic experience
coupled with the insights of Lutheran theology.

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Promise to students: Concordia University, St. Paul
empowers you to discover and engage your purpose
for life, career, and service in a dynamic, multicultural, urban environment where Christ is honored,
all are welcome, and Lutheran convictions inform
intellectual inquiry and academic pursuits.

During the triennium, Concordia completed its second
comprehensive strategic planning process in the last six years.
The new five-year plan entitled Vision 2024 builds upon the successes of the previous plan. The new planning horizon is July
1, 2018, through June 30, 2023. Four strategic goals frame the
plan:
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Grow enrollment. During the last three years, total
enrollment grew by 15 percent, from 4,380 students
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