Concordia College Research Articles

Aging and Loving: Christian Faith and Sexuality in Later LifeJames M.Child's, Jr.Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2021. 150 pp. ISBN: 978‐1‐5064‐6641‐5 (paper); 978‐1‐5064‐6642‐2 (eBook). $21.00.

DialogEarly View BOOK REVIEW Aging and Loving: Christian Faith and Sexuality in Later Life , James M. Child's, Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2021. 150 pp. ISBN: 978-1-5064-6641-5 (paper); 978-1-5064-6642-2 (eBook). $21.00. Ernest L. Simmons, Corresponding Author Ernest L. Simmons [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0003-3588-841X Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, USA Correspondence Ernest L. Simmons, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN 56562, USA. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author Ernest L. Simmons, Corresponding Author Ernest L. Simmons [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0003-3588-841X Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, USA Correspondence Ernest L. Simmons, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN 56562, USA. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author First published: 14 February 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/dial.12784Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Early ViewOnline Version of Record before inclusion in an issue RelatedInformation

Pandemic Scholars Circle: Deepening Community during Isolation

Pandemic Scholars Circle: Deepening Community during Isolation

N.T.Wright (2020). God and the pandemic: A Christian reflection on the coronavirus and its aftermath (76 pp.). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. $10.59, ISBN 978‐0‐310‐12080‐3 (paper), ISBN 978‐0‐310‐12081‐0 (ebook)

DialogVolume 60, Issue 4 p. 433-434 BOOK REVIEW N.T., Wright (2020). God and the pandemic: A Christian reflection on the coronavirus and its aftermath (76 pp.). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. $10.59, ISBN 978-0-310-12080-3 (paper), ISBN 978-0-310-12081-0 (ebook) Ernest L. Simmons, Corresponding Author Ernest L. Simmons [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0003-3588-841X Department of Religion, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, USA Correspondence Ernest L. Simmons, Department of Religion, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN 56562, USA. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author Ernest L. Simmons, Corresponding Author Ernest L. Simmons [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0003-3588-841X Department of Religion, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, USA Correspondence Ernest L. Simmons, Department of Religion, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN 56562, USA. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author First published: 06 July 2021 https://doi.org/10.1111/dial.12681Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume60, Issue4December 2021Pages 433-434 RelatedInformation

Hildegard of Bingen by Honey Meconi

Reviewed by: Hildegard of Bingen by Honey Meconi Michelle Urberg Hildegard of Bingen. By Honey Meconi. (Women Composers.) Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2018. [xiii, 157 p. ISBN 9780252033155 (hardcover), $99; ISBN 9780252083679 (paperback), $21.95; ISBN 9780252050725 (e-book), price varies.] Figures, list of works, notes, bibliography, discography, index. I remember my introduction to Saint Hildegard (1098–1197) during an undergraduate class with Roy Hammerling at Concordia College. In addition to Hildegard of Bingen, class included readings on a number of other important female figures in the history of Western Christianity, including Saint Bridget (Birgitta) of Sweden, whose monastic order and music later became the focus of my dissertation. I distinctly remember that Hildegard was depicted as larger than life in her vita by the monks Gottfried and Theoderic (The Life of the Holy Hildegard, trans. James McGrath [Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1995]), and her own writings described vibrant visionary experiences in detail, notable to me because music or instruments (trumpets especially) appeared in many places (Secrets of God: Writings of Hildegard of Bingen, trans. Sabina Flanagan [Boston: Shambhala, 1996]). Finally, Barbara Newman's influential volume on Hildegard, Voice of the Living Light: Hildegard of Bingen [End Page 440] and Her World (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998), helped organize my impression of Hildegard's writings. Nevertheless, I wish this book had been available back then as a scholarly complement to the primary and secondary sources we read in that class. Hildegard of Bingen by Honey Meconi—part biography, part history of Hildegard's musical output, and part introduction to liturgical practice in medieval monasteries—appears in the Women Composers series, which aims to publish books that are readable and a convenient reference. Indeed, Hildegard of Bingen is readable for students and those meeting Hildegard for the first time, serves as a convenient reference for experienced scholars or performers, and effectively establishes Hildegard as the notable composer of her milieu. Meconi's biography of Hildegard is compact, comprising ten short chapters in 150 pages. The first six chapters chronicle Hildegard's life, with a careful look at how music was ever present for Hildegard during her life and in her writings. Chapter 7 examines how Hildegard's life and music were transcribed, printed, and disseminated following her death. Chapters 8 through 10 take a close look at the extant manuscripts that contain her music as well as the scope of her musical output. A list of Hildegard's works, endnotes, a short reference bibliography of works about Hildegard, and a brief list of key recordings of Hildegard's music follow the main chapters. While the bibliography, notes, and discography are not complete, they do admirably to introduce or to reintroduce Hildegard to readers. One of the great strengths of this volume is how it juxtaposes manuscript evidence that helps scholars build a biography and musical history of Hildegard's life with the historiographical circumstances that made it possible to write Hildegard's history. I genuinely enjoyed reading Meconi's music-infused biography of Hildegard in the first six chapters; chapter 7 then narrates a few key choices that made it possible for this Hildegard biography and others to take form. Meconi attributes much of the twentieth-century interest in Hildegard to the refounding of the monastery at Rupertsberg and the transcriptions of her Scivias (the allegorical visions and apocalyptic prophecies) and the Ordo Virtutum (the allegorical morality play) by the nuns of the Abtei St. Hildegard in Eibingen, Germany (pp. 79, 81). Furthermore, chapter 7 shows that the sequence of decisions made by printers, scholars, musicians, and monastics to keep Hildegard's visions and compositions circulating occurred gradually over centuries, and these decisions helped documents survive (pp. 77, 79). Soon after her death, for example, biographers and William of Auxerre championed her cause (p. 76). The printed word was instrumental in rejuvenating interest in Hildegard later in the sixteenth century when several printings of her mystical text the Scivias, her medical treatise Physica, and her letters appeared. These constituted the primary published works of Hildegard until the nineteenth century (p. 78), with the appearance of the first modern editions by Charles Daremberg and F. A. Reuss (S. Hildegardis Abbatissae...

A response to the proposed ELCA inter‐religious policy statement

AbstractIn this solicited essay, an undergraduate Interfaith Scholar and Interfaith Studies minor at Concordia College responds to the ELCA proposed interreligious policy statement. In this essay, I will contend that the policy statement beautifully articulates our Lutheran commitment to accompany our neighbors by envisioning a world in which God celebrates all forms of diversity. Moreover, by framing our vocation in the context of relational theology, the document lays the groundwork for mutual understanding that prioritizes service to the neighbor over proselytization.

Designing Online Help Desk System for Colleges

Owing to the difficulties that are faced by staff in transferring information/data, unwilling attitude of some Concordia College staff when checking their students’ information, fragile nature of students’ information, and difficulties parent encountered when checking their wards information, coupled with time wasted in manual processing of students’ information, this project aimed at developing an Online Help Desk system to checkmate the difficulties parent and staff encounter when trying to check for information about Concordia College and its students/wards. The system development methodology adopted for this research was Structured System Analysis and Design Methodology. Flowchart, use-case diagram, database design and entity-relationship model were used to define the system design. PHP, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap Frontend Framework, jQuery and MySQL were the technologies used in implementation of the new system. The new developed system is achieving the aim of this study. It was recommended that Concordia College, Yola should increase the awareness level of the existence of this system, other schools should also adopt this type of system to enable easy information dissemination to parents/guardians of prospective students, and that future researchers in this field should consider developing mobile versions of this kind of system, to facilitate accessibility and use by various stakeholders.

Should There Be Leadership Programs Reserved For Nurses?

Should There Be Leadership Programs Reserved For Nurses?

Sugar Maples and Red Tree by Charles Beck

Charles Beck was born on January 23, 1923, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He attended Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, but his education was cut short due to the advent of World War II, in which he became a naval air pilot captain. After the war, Beck returned to Fergus Falls, where he worked as a sign painter and in 1960 he began teaching art at the Minnesota State Community and Technical College. He maintained a studio in his home until 2009, after which he commenced using a public gallery. After experiencing a stroke in 2013, he began painting trees from his new residence – Broen Memorial Home – a nursing home facility in Fergus Falls. Beck's detailed woodcut prints have become iconic and can be found in many museums and public displays throughout Minnesota. His wood cut technique relied on strong texture, clean lines, and minimalistic vision.1Lamb J. Iconic Rural Minn. Artist Charles Beck Dies at 94.http://www.westfargopioneer.com/news/4327547-iconic-rural-minn-artist-charles-beck-dies-94Date accessed: February 15, 2018Google Scholar He died on Tuesday, September 12, 2017, at the age of 94.1Lamb J. Iconic Rural Minn. Artist Charles Beck Dies at 94.http://www.westfargopioneer.com/news/4327547-iconic-rural-minn-artist-charles-beck-dies-94Date accessed: February 15, 2018Google Scholar Sugar Maples and Red Tree, both 22×31-inches, reflect the vibrant crimson and golden hues of traditional fall foliage in Minnesota. A favorite fall activity often includes scenic drives along rural roads to catch glimpses of such trees as those represented in Sugar Maples and Red Tree. Sugar Maples and Red Tree are located in the hallway access to the Generose Building of Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Marys Campus, Rochester, Minnesota.

Turn losing situation into academic, athletic success

When Ivan Marquez first arrived on the scene of the Concordia College New York athletics department, he knew he had his work cut out for him. As the school's new athletics director in 1995, he encountered “a disheveled organization and physical plant clearly exhibiting the results of not only being underfunded by industry standards, but perceived as underfunded, thus, treated as a nuisance and expected to fail, both by internal and external constituencies,” Marquez said.

Is Entomology on the MCAT?: Encouraging Less-Than-Enthusiastic Biology Majors to Become Excited About Insects

When I first started teaching introductory courses in biology and entomology at Concordia College, I was surprised by the disinterest many biology majors displayed toward organisms that were not human (with the possible exception of disease-causing organisms). The prevailing attitude seemed to be that if it wasn't covered on the MCAT, then it wasn't worthy of the student's time or effort to learn about it (e.g., Rivers 2006). As such, I tried to design my general entomology course with pre-med students in mind. However, even though I was trying to cater to the vast majority of biology majors interested in medicine, I still had a challenge getting students to enroll in entomology, even with a camping trip to the North Dakota Badlands. In those early years of my career, I designed the course to start with both internal and external anatomy. I then covered insect growth and development, insect senses and behavior, insect-plant interactions, predation, and other ecological aspects. The final quarter of the semester focused on applied entomology, with the majority of time covering medical aspects and forensic entomology. Students were required to make an insect collection to illustrate the diversity of insects that could be found in the northwest Minnesota region. However, this approach to entomology did not attract many students, and I cancelled class one semester due to low enrollment. After the cancellation of my class, I decided I needed …

Kierkegaard and the Paradox of Religious Diversity by George B. Connell

Reviewed by: Kierkegaard and the Paradox of Religious Diversity by George B. Connell Ronald F. Marshall Kierkegaard and the Paradox of Religious Diversity. By George B. Connell. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2016. xiii + 188 pp. Well–known Kierkegaard scholar, George Connell, professor at Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, has written a creative book on Kierkegaard and world religions. He concedes that Kierkegaard is a conservative Lutheran (52), but still ventures out to show what Kierkegaard “could and should have said” given the “full context of his commitments (178). This bold thesis—knowing better than Kierkegaard himself—goes against the view of another Concordia Kierkegaard scholar, Reidar Thomte (1902–1994), who scorned such critiques due to Kierkegaard’s “tremendous dialectic powers” (Kierkegaard’s Philosophy of Religion, 1949; reprint 2009). But Connell does not flinch (14). He feels free to move beyond Kierkegaard’s own formulations (16) because of the need to counter Danish right-wing political adaptations of his thought (18–21), and the terrorist threat since 9/11, which makes religiously driven violence so threatening (106, 121–125). Therefore he wants to move from confrontation—so common in Kierkegaard’s writings—to harmonious respect regarding world religions (8, 104, 181). He wants to purge from Kierkegaard’s writings whatever leads to such extremism and violence. But respect does not require endorsement in order to avoid “fomenting discord” (11). Respect allows the other points of view to have their say, and fosters a willingness to learn about them. But that can be done without believing what they say is true. That is what we have with the rejection in Romans 10:4 and the confirmation in Romans 9:4–5. Here there is no contradiction because what is confirmed is not salvific but secondary; and what is rejected is both salvific and primary. So the two go together—confirming what is [End Page 478] secondary and rejecting what is primary. This is Kierkegaard’s view; Connell’s view, that Christianity is a distinctive modulation of an underlying, shared, basic way of being in all religions (142), is not more commendable. Even so, Connell has written a masterful book. His grasp of the literature on world religions and Kierkegaard’s religious thought is well selected and arranged. A great illustration of that is his finely-tuned analysis of Kierkegaard’s concept of teleological suspension (142–51). While skipping the work of Mortensen (1996), Mulder (2005) and Giles (2008) on Kierkegaard and Buddhism, he carefully covers Judaism (48–66) and Confucianism (152–75). Even so, he is wrong to imagine that Kierkegaard would be surprised by his book (15, 153, 155). In his journals Kierkegaard notes that professors after him would try to cleanup his writings—which he deplores (JP 2:2232). He knew that spreading out Christianity to the masses (extensity) would dilute its intensity (JP 2:2056, 2:2640, 2:2994, 4:4490, 6:6907)—which is Connell’s aim (13, 21, 176). He also knew his writings would appear exaggerated—but not because of their formulations, but because of the lack of sinful desperation in his critics (JP 6:6709a). Connell knows this and steers clear of any severe sense of sin in his book (175). Because of that Connell would have done better to wrestle with Kierkegaard’s view from his discourses that we all suffer from lust of the eye that infatuates, the sweetness of revenge that seduces, anger that makes us unrelenting, and a cold heart that flees away (EUD 7). Finally, regarding the Epistle of James, Connell errs (66, 178) when trying to show the suppressed breadth of Kierkegaard’s material by skipping what Luther liked about his epistle of straw (Luther’s Works 2:159, 12:281, 13:140, 15:77, 19:47, 25:235, 27:37–38, 30:249, 259, 293, 31:91, 33:243, 37:370, 42:88, 44:298, 46:288, 51:71, 52:15). [End Page 479] Ronald F. Marshall First Lutheran Church of West Seattle, Seattle, Washington Copyright © 2016 Johns Hopkins University Press and Lutheran Quarterly, Inc

Academic integrity and community ties at a small, religious-affiliated liberal arts college

While the increased incidence of academic integrity violations in university classrooms has been well documented over the past several decades, inconsistent attention has been given to small liberal arts colleges in terms of both cheating practices and attitudes towards cheating. This study aims to address this disparity by focusing on academic integrity at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota; a small undergraduate institution with a strong church affiliation. We hypothesise that institutional practices and the small-college culture that are unique to smaller colleges like Concordia act to limit the incidence of academic integrity violations. Our case study makes use of data collected from two student surveys - one conducted in 2008, and a follow-up survey conducted in 2010. Variables representing a range of internal and external factors that contribute to cheating were incorporated into a regression model designed to measure the impact of contextual influences that are potentially unique to students at a small, church-affiliated liberal arts college. Given our findings, we conclude that the college would be wise to consider adopting a traditional honour code system.

Editorial, Volume 10(2)

Editorial, Volume 10(2)

Interview With Ninfa M. Saunders, DHA, RN, FACHE, President and CEO of Navicent Health

Ninfa M. Saunders, DHA, RN, FACHE, is president and CEO of Navicent Health, formerly known as Central Georgia Health System and the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon. Previously, she was president and chief operating officer (COO) of Virtua Health in southern New Jersey. From 1995 to 2002, she was COO of Dekalb Medical Center in Decatur, Georgia, and from 1980 to 1993 was director of nursing resources at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. From 1974 to 1980, she held various positions at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, New Jersey.Dr. Saunders has served on the Governor's Georgia Cancer Coalition and holds academic appointments as dean's professor at the Mayers School of Business, as distinguished faculty at Emory University, and as an associate professor at Rutgers University. She is a Fellow of ACHE and serves on the board of directors for the American Hospital Association as the chair of the Institute for Diversity in Health Management. She also has served on the board of the American Heart Association.Awarded the 2011 Woman of Distinction award from the New Jersey Go Red for Women public awareness campaign from the American Heart Association, Dr. Saunders was also honored with the 2012 American Red Cross Citizenship and Good Neighbor award for her dedicated service to healthcare. The 2013 recipient of the Georgia Diversity Council's Most Powerful and Influential Woman award, she was most recently named the 2014 CEO of the Year by the Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals.Dr. Saunders earned her doctorate in healthcare administration from the Medical University of South Carolina, an MBA degree from Emory University, an MSN degree from Rutgers University, and a BSN degree from Concordia College in Manila, Philippines. She holds a Black Belt in Six Sigma from the University of Michigan College of Engineering.Dr. O'Connor: Reflecting on the differences between the job of CEO and that of COO, how should a COO best prepare to become a CEO? What do you see as the most important behavioral competency a CEO needs to possess in order to succeed in today's healthcare environment?Dr. Saunders: When I think about our work as leaders in healthcare, I think about three simple yet comprehensive aspects: strategy, operations, and people-with people being the most important. A COO should focus on all three, but his or her main job is to translate the strategy of the organization as defined by the CEO into an implementable, workable framework. In other words, the work of the COO is translation and execution. How should the strategy be executed? What areas need to be modified and strengthened? Once these questions have been answered, the COO and CEO must be prepared to reframe the tactics and approach to meet the expected outcomes for the organization.A CEO is also closely involved with the areas of strategy, operations, and people, but here is the difference: The CEO must have the ability to put concepts together, such as the organization's vision and how it relates to the mission, the community served, and the people surrounding him or her, and to develop a model that integrates all of these variables into a platform of strategic imperatives that can be translated into the organization for implementation. Equally important is that, as those tenets cascade to the employee base and to the community and are brought back to the CEO through various avenues, such as the COO, the C-suite, employees, the community, or patients, the CEO must constantly be willing to adjust and recalibrate. This recalibration requires flexibility to ensure that the organizational agenda is relevant. CEOs have the best job, and also one of the most challenging jobs, in the healthcare organization. They are in charge, and while at the helm they must demonstrate operational competencies to achieve process integration and success. Some of those competencies include (1) building a guiding coalition to assess the strategic imperatives that you have planned for the organization; (2) gaining credibility; and (3) advancing a common understanding of what it is you are doing, why you are doing it, and what the value proposition is for all key stakeholders. …

"Research on Workplace Spirituality, Religion and Ethics: Diverse Perspectives"

As the literature continues to grow linking spirituality and religion to organizational outcomes such as organizational commitment, team performance, employee wellbeing and ethical behavior, there is still need to add to the depth and breadth of empirical studies. The four studies in this presenter symposium add to the literature by linking religion and spirituality to organizational outcomes. The first study explores the linkages between spiritual climate and organizational learning in teams. The second study discusses employees’ perceptions of workplace chaplaincy and connects it to employee wellbeing, organizational commitment and job satisfaction. The third study relates Islamic religiosity to ethical judgments. The fourth study explores the links between the concept of workplace spirituality and corporate ethics as described by business leaders. Together, the studies provide linkages between workplace spirituality and religion with business ethics, employee engagement, job satisfaction, employee wellbeing and organizational learning. The studies offer diverse perspectives, and consider spirituality and religion as an element of diversity in organizations. The Effect of Islamic Religiosity on Ethical Judgments: A Behavioral Business Ethics Approach Presenter: Faisal Ali Alshehri; The U. of Manchester The Suits Care About Us: Employee Experiences and Perceptions of Workplace Chaplaincy Presenter: David W. Miller; Princeton U. Presenter: Faith Wambura Ngunjiri; Concordia College An Exploratory Study of Workplace Spirituality and Corporate Ethics Presenter: Maureen L. Mackenzie; Molloy College Spirituality Climate and its Impact on Learning in Teams Presenter: Ashish Pandey; Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Presenter: Rajen K Gupta; Management Development Institute

Media Review: Commitment to Musical Excellence: The 75 Year History of the Gustavus Choir

Holdhusen, David. Commitment to Musical Excellence: The 75 Year History of Gustavus Choir. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011. xvi + 246 pp. Hardcover, list of illustrations, appendixes, bibliography, index. ISBN 978-1-4438-2670-9, $59.99. The Lutheran Choral School, long recognized for its contributions to American choral music, is in work of F. Melius Christiansen (1871-1955) and two of his sons, Olaf (1901-84) and Paul (1914-97). F. Melius Christiansen founded St. Olaf College Choir in early twentieth century and led ensemble until 1941, when Olaf became conductor. Paul Christiansen carried his family's passion for unaccompanied sacred choral music to Concordia College (Moorhead, Minnesota), where he conducted Concordia Choir for nearly five decades. The Christiansen family's musical ideas, teaching, and unwavering quest for musical excellence in choral music inspired and informed generations of music educators and music programs at Lutheran private colleges--including music program at Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, Minnesota). In Commitment to Musical Excellence: The 75 Year History of Gustavus Choir, David Holdhusen provides a detailed history of choir and outlines: 1) ensemble's conductors and performance history; 2) relationship between college, its mission, its choir, and external events that impacted choir's development; and 3) Gustavus Choir's strong links to, yet distinct identity within, Lutheran Choral School. Holdhusen presents a detailed examination of choir's five main eras, with each era distinguished by a different conductor. Following a recounting of official choral ensembles that preceded Gustavus Choir, earliest of which date to early 1880s, Holdhusen relates G. Adolph Nelson's founding of Gustavus Choir (then called Gustavus A Cappella Choir) in 1930. Holdhusen writes: It was Nelson's belief that Gustavus Adolphus College was lacking in a chorus of this nature and formation of this ensemble would revitalize interest in choral singing. His hope was to establish an ensemble similar to those at other Lutheran Colleges in area (18). During fall of 1932, Gustavus Adolphus College A Cappella Choir became a permanent offering, and choir's first concert performance occurred on March 15, 1933, at Calvary Lutheran Church (Minneapolis). Touring and radio broadcasts became a part of choir's tradition, even in these early years, and Nelson led choir until 1945. Following a two-year dormancy during WWII, second era of Gustavus Choir began with its rebirth under leadership of Swanson (1945-50) and Eugene Casselman (1950-54). Swanson, a graduate of St. Olaf College and student of F. Melius Christiansen, resumed touring tradition and supervised first of ensemble's numerous full-length recordings. Under Swanson's leadership, works of F. Melius Christiansen began to be programmed with increasing frequency: Wilbur Swanson reorganized a cappella choir, ... brought back choir's annual concert tour, and began annual Christmas concert tradition. Students and faculty recognized his musicianship and artistry, and appreciated expressiveness and warmth he brought to group (40). Some view Swanson's reestablishment of choir as a high-caliber a cappella choir as his most significant contribution to Gustavus. Eugene Casselman, a graduate of Westminster Choir College (Princeton, N.J.), singer, and performer, assumed directorship of choir in fall of 1950. During his four-year tenure, the choir gained wide recognition in music circles, and Casselman left an indelible mark on choir and instilled in students a passion they kept in their memories (44). Holdhusen considers Casselman as unique from previous directors in following ways: 1) he was not as rooted in Lutheran a cappella tradition; 2) he did not program music by F. …

Will the Institute of Medicine Report on the Future of Nursing Be a Good Thing for Nurse Practitioners?

Susan Apold, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, FAAN, is the founding dean of the Concordia College School of Nursing in Bronxville, NY, where she is also a professor. She is also an adult nurse practitioner in private practice in New Rochelle, NY, a member of the editorial board of the Journal for Nurse Practitioners, and past chairperson of the board of directors of the Nurse Practitioner Association of New York. Dr. Apold is director of policy and 2-time past president of the American College of Nurse Practitioners.

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Do Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants Do Things Differently?

Susan Apold, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, is the founding dean of the Concordia College School of Nursing in Bronxville, NY, where she is also a professor. Dr. Apold is a nurse practitioner in private practice, a member of the editorial board of the Journal for Nurse Practitioners, past president of the American College of Nurse Practitioners, and chairperson of the board of directors of the Nurse Practitioner Association of New York.

Establishment of a Neurochemistry Track under the New ACS Guidelines

The new guidelines put forth by the ACS for approved chemistry degrees provide departments with greater flexibility in designing their ACS majors. Under these guidelines, students receive foundational and in-depth chemistry training while allowing individual departments to use their creativity in developing a curriculum that best meets the needs of their students and plays to the strength of the department. The chemistry department at Concordia College has developed an ACS Neurochemistry track and shares how the program arose, some of the practical matters in developing it, and how it can be made to work well within a liberal arts college.