June 19, 2015 CLASS NOTES

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1 Hello, Class of 1982! My name is Mark Streed. I am honored and pleased to be writing to you as our new Class Agent. Yes, the Corn Cob ( Fear the Ear! ) has been passed on by The Honorable Rodney Hanson, to whom we owe a debt of thanks for his years of outstanding work as Class Agent. You can read more about Rod in the Class Notes section. My wife, Mary Dorsey Streed ( 85) and I live in Eagan, Minnesota. Remarkably, we have both been working at our respective employers for 30 years (how could that be?!), me as a lawyer at the law firm of Meshbesher & Spence, Ltd. and Mary at Securian Financial in St. Paul. We are the proud parents of two sons and a daughter. Our daughter, Sarah, is working this second summer as a Spanish counselor at the Concordia Language Villages. Sarah previously attended CLV for nine years as a camper. She and her brother, David, attend St. Olaf. Our youngest, John, will be a junior at Eagan High School this fall so we have one final chance at having a Cobber kid. Our family enjoys spending as much time as we can at our cabin in Nisswa, Minnesota. I recently attended my 14 th Rolling Stones concert. A mid-life crisis led to a curious running obsession that resulted in eight marathons and 12 half-marathons. I am hopeful that more of you can provide me updates on your life and times so they can be incorporated into our Class Notes. Whenever you get the urge, please send an update at mstreed@meshbesher.com. I would really appreciate hearing from you. It is interesting to note that in 2014 our class had a 21.24% participation rate and gave Concordia $67,988. Both of those numbers compare very favorably to the classes five years on either side of the Class of 82. Since we graduated, the Class of 82 (some say the most remarkable class to ever graduate from Concordia) has given a little over $1 million! In 2016 Concordia will be celebrating its 125 th anniversary and, at our next reunion year (35 th!) in 2017, Concordia will be celebrating The Reformation s 500 th Anniversary. CLASS NOTES Our long-time Class Agent, Rod Hanson, deserves a loud thank you for a job well done. Rod was appointed a District Court judge by Governor Mark Dayton. He currently presides as judge in several western Minnesota county courtrooms. The biggest news for Rod and Deb (Van Pelt) Hanson is the fact that they are grandparents for the first time. After raising three beautiful daughters, Rod and Deb welcomed grandson Marek Krause into the world the end of May. Both of Marek s parents are Cobbers, so the legacy lives on. Leif Wallin is striving to become the next Garrison Keillor. He recently performed at Two Chairs Telling, a monthly story series at Bryant Lake Bowl in Minneapolis.

2 Page 2 His stories center on the foibles of learning foreign languages and included many anecdotes drawn from his experiences at Concordia Language Villages. Leif will be performing at the Minnesota Fringe Festival in a play about his adoption experience entitled Baby Lost; Family Found. Evelyn (Panula) Westan accepted a call in September, 2014 and is blessed to be the pastor at Evangelical Lutheran Church of Babbitt, Minnesota and Hope Lutheran Church in Embarrass, Minnesota. Evelyn is excited about being closer to the BWCA, her spiritual homeland. She and her husband have three sons, the middle one of which followed in his mother s footsteps and is attending Concordia. Heidi Herman-Wiens teaches music at Heritage Christian Academy in Overland Park, Kansas. She also teaches at her own Wiens Music Studio. Heidi has taught music in Kansas since earning her MME in 1986 from Wichita State. Heidi spends her summers volunteering at Camp Barnabas, a Christian camp for kids with special needs. Jean (Myrah) Eis and her husband, Randy, split their time between Aspen, Colorado and the LeSueur/Henderson, Minnesota area. Jean continues to work as a school social worker. She hopes to work just one more year before moving fulltime to Aspen. Jean is the proud mother of three adult children. Jenny (Julson) Gustafson is a Senior Business Analyst at Delta Airlines in Eagan, Minnesota. Her office is just three stop lights away from her home in beautiful Eagan. Her younger daughter, Ellen, graduated with honors from Eagan High School this spring. She plans to follow her older sister, Hanna, and attend college at the University of Wisconsin/Madison. A long-time fan of Hall & Oates, Jenny showed her rock n roll spirit by attending her first Rolling Stones concert on June 3 at TCF Stadium. Afterwards she was overheard saying, They could have used more cowbell. Renee (Halvorson) Anderson and her husband, Rand, say Greuzi! from Basel, Switzerland. Basel is in the northwest corner of Switzerland, bordering France and Germany. Renee enjoys the multi-cultural experiences, languages, and the beautiful countryside to bike and mountains to hike. Rand teaches humanities for grades 6 and 7 at the International School of Basel. Renee continues her work for Novartis, a large healthcare company, where she leads the Global Diversity and Inclusion efforts to help corporate leaders create an open, inclusive workplace and to better understand and serve the company s diverse patient populations. Renee often has to remind herself, I m not in Starbuck anymore. Todd Ellingson and his wife, Jennifer (Rusk) and their three daughters reside in Maple Grove, Minnesota. Todd is in his eighth year as a Risk Consultant with

3 Page 3 Marsh & McLennan Agency. He works with middle-market companies for their business insurance needs. Todd was previously employed at Medtronic (where he was constantly traveling across the country) and is very much enjoying his career change, which allows him more time with his family. Todd enjoys getting out for a round of golf and attending concerts at the Minnesota Zoo where he is often seen flicking his lighter and requesting Freebird. Campus Update As many of you may have heard, this is a time of transition with regards to our budget. New enrollment strategies are being developed to ensure the vitality of this college. We are investing our resources in people, our newly designed career initiative and integrated learning. In order to do this, we must focus, innovate, and build. With focus we are directing college resources where they will best enable us to flourish, drawing in where we need to in staffing and operational costs, so that we can concentrate on our greatest strengths. We have reduced staffing and operating expenses in areas of less demand in order to have resources for innovation and growth. We innovate by fashioning the Concordia experience for all students in a way that enhances their capacity for innovation, rigor and risk in a highly fluid economy and in a world that needs them to be agile of mind and generous of soul. Here we would place the integrative learning, career readiness, and vocation/spiritual practice initiatives, each of which is authentic for Concordia and highly distinctive, if not singular. We build by creating and putting into practice new programming that increases academic range and the appeal to new students. Here we would place the new finance major, data analytics minor, heritage and museum studies major that builds off our Mellon digital humanities grant, and master s in dietetics leadership. In addition, we are building our endowment to its highest level and have begun the planned renovation of our science facilities. Finally, please note the extraordinary expression of faith in Concordia revealed this year in the record breaking giving to the college by our regents, graduates, faculty, staff and friends. This is a challenging time in higher education: we know that, and we know that it is through faith and action that we guide Concordia to thrive. Renovating Science Facilities The College will begin renovating our science buildings Jones and Ivers in the coming year. The Board of Regents has approved the project. Construction documents will be prepared this summer. Total project cost is $45 million with a scheduled finish date of July 2017.

4 Page 4 Project includes totally gutting of Ivers and extensively remodeling Jones. Features include updated mechanical systems, flexible classrooms, t-search labs (teaching/research labs), larger faculty offices, and social and informal learning spaces. Buildings will have lots of light and open space like the Offutt School of Business. New Hires Karl A. Stumo was selected as Concordia s Vice President for Enrollment and Marketing. He will begin his service on June 1, Karl is a 1992 Cobber who began his career as a Concordia admission counselor. He spent most of his career at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Wash. o As Cobber Alumni, we can help welcome him and ensure the bright future of Concordia by continuously sharing our Cobber experiences with youth in our communities. In addition to telling students about the college, please tell the college about potential students by completing the Refer a Cobber form online at ConcordiaCollege.edu/refer. Carly M. Nelson, Class of 1996, began as the Executive Director of the Career Initiative on April 1. Ms. Nelson comes to Concordia from Microsoft, where she was the Partner Services Global Go to Market Program Manager. The Concordia Career Initiative was developed to create an innovative and creative plan of career readiness for our students, grounded in the context of a twenty-first century liberal arts education and the Lutheran concept of vocation. Linda Soderberg, Administrative Assistant for Alumni Relations, retired after 29 years of dedicated service in the Advancement Division. Linda had acquired many different nametags a testament to the multiple roles she held over the years. Monica Stensland, formerly a Gift Accountant in Advancement Services, has taken Linda s position. She is a mother of four, including one current Cobber. Dr. Greg Cant, dean of Offutt School of Business, has been named the dean of the Business School and Professor of Management at Montclair State University, New Jersey. He will continue his role at Concordia through the end of June. The search is in progress to find the second dean of the business school with the goal of placing someone by fall. Music The Concordia Choir will travel to the Northeast U.S. Feb. 19 Mar. 6, 2016 during its National Tour. They will also perform at the newly renovated Ordway Theater in St. Paul, Minn. on Feb. 13 as part of their pre-tour. The Concordia Orchestra is headed to Colorado for their fall tour Oct. 31 Nov. 8.

5 Page 5 Plans are underway for The Concordia Band to tour Spain in the spring of Athletics Concordia was one of two teams in the conference to advance to post conference play in all four winter sports: men s and women s basketball, and men s and women s hockey. The wrestling team ranked in the top 10 nationwide for the entire season and nine athletes qualified for the NCAA National Tournament. After placing multiple MIAC championships and multiple All-American awards on the shelves, Cherae Reeves won the shot put at the NCAA National Indoor Meet to become the college's seventh individual national champion. The Baseball team won 26 games straight and is off to its best start since 1995, when Coach Coste was playing at Concordia. Concordia women s track and field moved into the top 20 in the Apr. 21 U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division III national rankings. Concordia women's soccer player Laura Prosinski from Billings, Mont. has been named a recipient of the prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship for the fall season. Prosinski is one of just 29 female NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship award winners in all of NCAA Division I, II and III. She is the only athlete from the MIAC to earn the award. Academics Concordia was named one of the top schools in the nation at the American Forensic Association National Individual Events Tournament (AFA-NIET) April 4-6 in Portland, Ore. More than 200 students from across the country competed. Student Olivia Gear (daughter of William and Debbie Gear, Appleton, Wis.) was awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program English Teaching Assistantship scholarship to Germany. USA Today highlighted the impressive work of two Concordia business students who traveled to Kazakhstan to present their marketing plan for KazBeef, a company flies in North Dakota cattle to grow its beef-producing herds. Our annual Celebration of Student Scholarship took place on Apr. 15. This daylong event highlights student research, scholarship, and creative experiences. Events included paper and poster presentations, music and theatre performances, an alumni panel and an awards reception. Concordia Language Villages ConcordiaLanguageVillages.org This summer, the Russian Language Village, Lesnoe Ozero, will celebrate 50 years of providing a language learning experience that encourages villagers to explore all

6 Page 6 things Russian. The official celebration will kick off on July 10 in St. Paul, Minn. and will continue in Bemidji, Minn. on July 11 with a visit to Lesnoe Ozero and an evening reception. Alumni Awards Called to Serve: On Nov. 16, Alumni Relations Director Eric Johnson traveled to Crookston s Trinity Lutheran Church to confer the first Called to Serve Award on Ardell Knudsvig 60. Ardell was honored for commitment to his community as evidenced by his long teaching and coaching career, his leadership in faith development at his church and through Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and his deep connections to the University of Minnesota Crookston in support of science education and research. The National Alumni Board met in Jan. to vote on the 2015 Alumni Achievement and Sent Forth Awards. Their purpose is to honor alumni who have distinguished themselves in their careers and service to others, thereby honoring The College. These individuals have profoundly influenced the affairs of the world through thought, word and deed. Alumni Achievement Award recipients must be alumni of a minimum of 20 years, while Sent Forth recipients are alumni of less than 20 years Alumni Achievement Award Recipients Paul Erickson 74 Dr. Craig Lambrecht 83 Dr. Alan Hopeman 42 Dr. Howard Nornes Sent Forth Recipients Kristi Rendahl 97 Michael Solberg 95 Loyal Cobber Program ConcordiaCollege.edu/loyalcobber Do you interact with Cobbers on social media? Are you wearing your ring? Then you just might be a Loyal Cobber. Being a Loyal Cobber is about staying involved and giving back to future students, feeling a connection and proudly sharing it with those around you. Let us know if you've taken these four steps and receive a prize! CONNECT: Stay Informed Verify/update your contact information online or by phone to stay connected. ENGAGE: Get Involved Participate in or host an event, mentor or provide a job shadow/intern experience for a student, volunteer on your Reunion Team or consider other ways to engage. SUPPORT: Make an Impact Give a gift of any size each year. Support student scholarships at Cord.edu/give or specific projects at CobbersGive.org.

7 Page 7 SHARE: Show Your Cobber Pride Wear your Cobber swag, interact with us on social media using #cordmn or tell your Concordia story to a potential Cobber. CobbersGive.org This summer, the launch of a crowdfunding website put Concordia on the cutting edge by offering alumni a new and interactive approach to philanthropy with a specific projectbased funding platform. CobbersGive allows you to support projects that you re passionate about and to see the results of your contributions. Project examples include undergraduate research, music or athletic needs, student initiatives and CLV improvements. Cobbers for Cobbers Concordia College provides an exceptional education that transforms lives and inspires students to BREW Become Responsibly Engaged in the World. With your support, we ll continue to do so for generations. The Concordia Annual Fund, driven by a missionmotivated and student-focused strategy, invites you to demonstrate Cobbers for Cobbers by fueling the tradition of giving to support students and enhance excellence. Annual gifts are immediately put to work where they re needed most to provide vital student scholarships and financial aid, academic programs, student services and general institutional support for the current fiscal year. Mark Streed 82 Class Agent