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Academic Presence in the Face of Adversity

As adult learners take on the challenge of returning to school to complete a degree or pursue a higher degree, lessons learned through the turmoil of the past few months provide important tools for the challenge that lies ahead.

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Academic Patience in the Face of Adversity

Successful athletic coaches often insist that as much or more learning and growth comes through challenges and losses than comes through wins and championships. While we endure and recover from the COVID-19 circumstance, may each of us reflect, learn, and grow through the challenges brought on by these unusual events.

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Announcing CUW’s spring 2020 candidates for graduation

Congratulations to our spring 2020 graduates! You have adapted with grit and grace during this remarkable moment in history., and now it's time to mark your moment.

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Academic Grit in the Face of Adversity

In every aspect of life, including faith, family, career, and education, there are those of us who embrace the challenge rather than those who fear the challenge or possibly delay or avoid the challenge altogether. Concordia University Wisconsin inspires students to “Live Uncommon,” which includes how one faces adversity.

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COVID 19 Business Sustainability: Employee Engagement and Retainment (Part 1 of 3)

In 2007, Will Smith starred in a movie called I am Legend. The story talked about a virus that impacted the whole world and infected millions. Will Smith, who was immune, along with his four-legged friend, worked to discover a cure. Ironically what we once thought was sci-fiction, we are now in part living. We don’t have the hostile mutants, but we do have a global workforce and economy impacted by a virus that is difficult to contain.

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Zoom Into Online Teaching: A free, live demo of a valuable teaching resource for educators

Are you suddenly teaching (or contemplating teaching) an online class that used to be done face to face?

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Training Transfer: Importance of Trust

As our organizations become leaner, our training and development teams have to be more innovative on how training is delivered. No matter how hard you try, a portion of the learners will only remember a small part of what is covered, unless we determine better ways to engage each learner in the learning process. Sometimes what is needed is not always better technology, but often it is just taking the time to build stronger relationships.

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Building a Culture of Employee Engagement

Have you ever walked into an organization and said, WOW! This place is amazing, and I want to be part of this team. If so, what about their culture influenced your level of interest? Maybe you found that their work environment inspired creativity. Perhaps it was the way you noticed employees interacting with each other, or maybe it was even the way individuals seemed self-motivated and engaged with their work. When we look at the impact of organizational culture, we find that culture stands out as a driving factor that influences engaged and innovative organizations.

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New bill extends similar GI bill benefits to Wisconsin’s private and independent colleges

After eight years of active duty in the U.S. Air Force, Moriah White is on her way to graduating with a double major in Social Work and Human Behavior and Development from Concordia University Wisconsin.

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Students Find their Passion in CUW’s Accelerated Social Work Program

Concordia's Accelerated Social Work program allows students with busy schedules and family life to finish their Bachelor's degree and pursue a profession helping those most in need.

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