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Encyclopedia > Concordia University, Saint Paul

Concordia University is a liberal arts university located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. In the history of education, the seven liberal arts comprise two groups of studies, the trivium and the quadrivium. ... State capitol building in Saint Paul Saint Paul is the capital and second-largest city of the state of Minnesota in the United States. ...

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Overview

Concordia University was founded in 1893 and currently enrolls approximately 2,000 students, most of whom live on campus. 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...


The institution is an affiliate of the ten-member Concordia University System, which is operated by the second-largest Lutheran church body in the United States, the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS). The Concordia University System is a organization of ten colleges and universities throughout the United States operated by the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod. ... The Lutheran movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity by the original definition. ... Official cross symbol of the Missouri Synod The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS) is the second-largest Lutheran body in the United States. ...


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Athletics

The Concordia Goden Bears compete in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference is a College Athletic Conference which operates in the midwestern United States. ...


Men's Sports

Men's varsity teams include:

Baseball is a team sport, in which a fist-sized ball is thrown by a defensive player called a pitcher and hit by an offensive player called a batter with a round, smooth stick called a bat. ... Basketball Basketball is a ball sport in which two teams of five players each try to score points by throwing a ball through a hoop. ... US Armed Forces cross country meet Cross-country running is a sport in which teams of runners compete to complete a course over open or rough terrain before other teams. ... This article deals with the history and development of the different sports around the world known as football. For links to articles on each of those sports, please see the list in the Football today section of this article. ... Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events. ...

Women's Sports

Women's varsity sports are:

Basketball Basketball is a ball sport in which two teams of five players each try to score points by throwing a ball through a hoop. ... The term cross-country, when used by itself, can refer to: Cross-country running Cross-country skiing Cross-country equestrianism Cross-country or XC mountain biking Fell running also known as hill running and mountain running This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might... Golfer teeing off at the start of a hole Golf is an outdoor game where individual players or teams play a small ball into a hole using various clubs. ... The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. ... Softball is a team sport in which a ball, eleven to twelve inches in circumference, is thrown by a player called a pitcher and hit by an offensive player called a batter with a round, smooth stick called a bat. ... Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events. ... Volleyball is a popular sport where teams separated by a high net hit a ball back and forth between the teams. ...

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Concordia University, Saint Paul - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1715 words)
Concordia University was founded in 1893 and currently enrolls approximately 2,000 students, most of whom do not live on campus.
Concordia admitted its first class of female students in fall 1950, much to the delight of the young men on campus and to the dismay of coeducational opponents who predicted a significant drop in academic achievement.
Concordia University was the first private, four-year institution in the state of Minnesota to become a "laptop campus," providing a laptop computer to all full-time students.
Concordia University System - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (296 words)
The Concordia University System (CUS) is an organization of ten colleges and universities throughout the United States operated by the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS).
Concordia University College of Alberta and its Concordia Lutheran Seminary, Edmonton, were founded by the LCMS, but are now owned by the LC-C and are affiliated with the University of Alberta.
Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota is associated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and Concordia University in Montreal has roots in the Jesuits and YMCA; neither is associated with the Concordia System.
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