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Concordia University, Nebraska is a private, coeducational university in Seward, Nebraska, established in 1894. It is affiliated with the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod as one of its ten schools in the Concordia University System. The university is organized into three school—the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Education and the College of Graduate Studies. Degree completion and graduate programs are available online. ==History== Founded in 1894 as the Evangelische Lutherische Schulleherer Seminar, the university began as a preparatory teacher's school with its twelve students boarded, fed and taught in the same building by J. George Weller and his wife (now Founders Hall).〔http://www.cune.edu/about/history-concordia/〕 The surrounding community was supportive of a school in their midst, and did much to help the students with extra foodstuffs, funding and housing. The school granted its first teaching degrees in 1907. During World War I, the school faced anti-German sentiment, which caused the institution to change the language of all its classes to English. The college worked alongside the community to show their patriotism by constructing a flagpole. After the war, the school was accredited as a junior college and became co-ed in 1919. The first bachelor's degrees were awarded in 1940, and the school became an accredited four-year institution in the late 1940s. In 1959, Concordia became the first of the LCMS schools to be accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), which continues to accredit the university. Additional educational and housing facilities were added as the university grew and expanded its programs, including science labs, a large library and multiple residence halls. Business, art, science and health-related programs were added to the teaching and pre-seminary courses. Graduate programs were added in 1968. The college became part of the newly established Concordia University System in 1995, and became a university in 1998. In 1995, the college hosted the first annual Plum Creek Children's Literacy Festival. The festival now brings nearly 10,000 school-aged students to campus. It has included famous authors such as Lois Lowry, John R. Erickson and John Archambault.〔http://www.cune.edu/about/conferences-and-camps/plumcreek/〕 New facilities, including the Thom Leadership Education Center and a track-and-field and stadium complex, have been added in recent years. Jonathan Hall, the newest of its 11 residence halls, opened in 2006. The newest building at its is the Walz Human Performance Complex, which was dedicated in 2010. The current President of Concordia University, Nebraska is Rev. Dr. Brian L. Friedrich.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Concordia University (Nebraska)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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