Meet Senior Olivia Kohl

Senior Olivia Kohl of Springfield, Nebraska, is majoring in biology and minoring in chemistry at Concordia University, Nebraska. She plays soccer for the Bulldogs and is the president of the university’s Monarchs and More Conservation Club. 

Kohl said she chose to study at Concordia because she was very impressed with the science department and the professors. She said furthering her education and athletic career at a university that would nurture her relationship with God made Concordia an easy choice. 

“Concordia is very welcoming and possesses passionate faculty members and students! They create a ‘home away from home’ environment, and I always feel heard and respected,” she said. “My favorite thing about Concordia is the personal relationships I have been able to build with my fellow classmates, professors and teammates. I have made everlasting memories and connections.” 

She said her professors have helped her grow both personally and academically and that she can rely on them to guide her as she considers vocational goals and decisions about her future.   

“I feel like I have a strong foundation in abstract, rigorous topics that I will apply to in the future.” 

“The Concordia experience has helped me prepare for my future vocation by allowing me to get a glimpse of what graduate school will look like,” she said. “Based off my academic experiences, I feel like I have a strong foundation in abstract, rigorous topics that I will apply to in the future.”  

Following her time at Concordia Nebraska, Kohl intends to become a doctor of veterinary medicine to become a “doctor for God’s four-legged friends!”  

Her father, Shane, works as a pathologist and her mother, Jodi, is a foundation director and district coordinator for community schools. Her older sister, Averi, is a clinician nurse, and her little brother, Esten, is a senior in high school.  When she’s not in class or on the soccer field you’ll find Kohl fishing with friends and family, shopping or thrifting for clothes or drinking coffee and listening to music. 

“Concordia is helping me develop my faith by allowing me to have opportunities to strengthen my relationship with Him and to have open conversations pertaining to His Word with other students,” she added. 

The biology program at Concordia is a home for students who want to pursue their chosen vocation not for the sake of wealth, but for the sake of the Kingdom of God and the people He has placed here for us to serve. Classes and labs are taught by faculty with the highest degrees in the biological sciences who are committed to education and their students.