Concordia provides an environment in which students and faculty work together to expand scientific understanding of God’s creation in the natural sciences department.
It is our mission to provide students with an understanding of science and prepare them for professions in science, science education and for future studies in science, health and medicine.
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 Accomplishing the primary mission of our university -- preparing servant leaders for the scientific community (through small classes led by caring faculty) -- perfectly describes the focus of Concordia's biology department."
Robert Brewer
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In brief from the Department of Natural sciences
[UPDATED 2007-12-12]
Dr. Joel Helmer collaborated with a colleague, Dr. Justin Q. Moss, from the University of Wyoming on a poster presentation titled "Integrating Agricultural Science into Middle School, High School, and Alternative School Science Curriculums." The presentation was made Nov. 5 in New Orleans at the 2007 International Annual Meetings of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), and the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA), which was held in New Orleans.
[UPDATED 2007-11-01]
Dr. Joel Helmer's Physical Geography/Geology class visited the Black Hills region during fall break for a rock collecting/physical geography tour. Photos from the tour are available online [MORE]
[UPDATED 2007-06-05]
Sarah Rehme, a 2006 graduate of Concordia, assisted this summer with the banding of four peregrine falcons that hatched in May atop the Nebraska State Capitol Building.
[UPDATED 2007-05-01]
Dr. John Jurchen, assistant professor of chemistry, co-authored a chapter in a book dealing with ultra-sensitive bioanalysis. New Frontiers in Ultrasensitive Bioanalysis: Advanced Analytical Chemistry Applications in Nanobiotechnology, Single Molecule Detection, and Single Cell Analysis was published by Wiley.
[UPDATED 2007-05-01]
Kristen Peters, Erin Eitzmann and Kimberly Acker were awarded scholarships by the Department of Natural Sciences.
