New Makerspace Interweaves Technology with Art Curriculum
Just beyond the circulation desk in Klinck Memorial Library lies a brand-new space that is anticipated to be open for select classes this semester. Loaded with sewing machines, 3D printers, computerized cutting plotters, and an engraver, the Makerspace…
Pitching Led the Way for a Special Season for the Cougars
The Cougars pitching in the 2025 season played a major role in the resurgence of CUC baseball. The Cougars finished third place in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference, a conference they used to dominate before Covid. During the 2010s, Concordia…
CUC Adds New Athletic Director and Two New Head Coaches
CUC athletics saw major changes this summer, with new leaders in the positions of athletic director, head baseball coach, and head cross-country coach. John Jaramillo took over from the previous athletic director, Janet Wolbert, who had served in that…
Emmy-Winner Paul Walter Hauser Looks Back on His Time at CUC
Before he was an Emmy Award-winning actor, Paul Walter Hauser was a student at Concordia University Chicago. Hauser, who appeared this summer in the films Fantastic Four: First Steps and The Naked Gun, attended CUC from January of 2008 to May of 2009.…
What Pulls Comics Writers and Artists to Chicago?
Chicago’s best-known nickname is The Second City. The moniker was coined by A.J. Liebling, a writer for The New Yorker magazine, who used the nickname to put down Chicago. However, if there is one area in which Chicago is no longer playing second fiddle…
Longtime Orchestra and Choir Conductor Named Distinguished Professor
For music professor Maurice Boyer, teaching and conducting has always been about more than notes on a staff. He has shaped students’ lives through his instruction, passing on his fervent love of music. That passion is now recognized with CUC’s…
Turning Lemons into LemonAid: Community Comes Together for 9/11 Memorial, Charity Event
The sounds of live music and the occasional cowbell drifted down the 700 block of Bonnie Brae on Thursday. Bicycles littered front lawns as children and teens flocked to a festive event, where volunteers served cotton candy, popcorn, and of course,…
Students Face Dorm Issues Amidst Housing Staff Vacancies
During the fall of 2024, junior Lily Seifferlein studied abroad in Cambridge, England. Because of her time off-campus, her housing application for the spring semester was separate from the one most of the student body had filled out the previous spring. …
Where Does the Student Activity Fee Go?
If you are an undergraduate student here at Concordia University Chicago, you pay $178 to the “student activity fee” as part of your billing and tuition. As of fall 2024 there were 1,185 undergraduate students, according to the CUC website.…
Records Keep Falling for CUC Track and Field
As CUC track and field athletes enter the outdoor season, they look to build on their highly successful indoor season where the Cougars broke five indoor records, including a conference record. “The records are proof we are doing all the right things.…