Living On vs. Off Campus
Here at Concordia University Chicago we don’t have the luxury of having a ton of different housing options to choose from. There are no fraternity houses, on campus student apartments, or even off campus apartments owned by the school. A Concordia…
Defending more than the endzone.
Heavy breathing. Hands patting shoulders and tapping helmets. A bead of sweat rolls down the face of middle linebacker number 47. His mission had once again been completed, as he helped prevent the other team from scoring, and defended his team’s end…
Men’s Soccer Welcomes Peter Munro
Among the six new additions to the Concordia University Chicago men’s soccer team for 2017, perhaps the most intriguing is junior transfer Peter Munro. Munro comes to CUC from St. Joseph’s College in Rensselaer, Indiana after financial challenges forced…
Thomas McNamara – CUC’s Talented Cross-Country Athlete
If you ever see a shirtless man running shirtless around campus with cool socks, split shorts and a determined look on his face, chances are that’s sophomore Thomas McNamara. Running is in McNamara’s DNA. He first ran the sport competitively in the sixth…
The Boy with a Big Heart
Every athlete’s worst nightmare is getting an enlarged heart. This is exactly what happened to college basketball player Daeshaun Credit. One night while sleeping Daeshaun woke out of his sleep because of chest pains. Leaving him confused and scared…
First Generation Students at CUC
Many undergraduate students are first generation students. There is a total of 1,211 undergraduate students at CUC. Out of those students, 609 of them are first generation students. Most undergraduate students come from lower income families. In 2013 a…
Stephen Brooks Speaks Entrepreneurial Speaker Series
CEO and founder of The Pop Up retail stores, Stephen Brooks, brought life to a lecture hall on a Thursday evening on the Sept. 21st at Concordia University Chicago. What can sometimes be a drowsy and tiresome end to a long day for students became…
The Collective: Fall Preview
The Collective fall season of shows is fast approaching and some great entertainment is going to be performed for all. The opening show of the 2017-18 season is Wittenberg, written by David Davalos and directed by Andrew Pederson. The show revolves…
Group President, Paul Sternlieb, kicks off Global Speaker Series hosted by College of Business
A Fortune 500 business executive kicked off the Global Speaker Series event on September 18th at Concordia University-Chicago. It took place in Krentz 120 with around 30 students and faculty members. Paul Sternlieb, Group President, Global Cooking at…
CUC Lends a helping hand
Concordia University Chicago has partnered with Lutheran Church Charities to raise money for those affected by Hurricanes Harvey & Irma. By doing so, Dean Jeff Hynes put together a ten-day relief table drop-off called Care Cards. At the drop-off…