This dedicated team of faith-filled students is on-hand to help guide and advise their fellow students, and help them grow in Christ during their time here on campus.
What is a Faith Associate?
Is it their Christian care and concern for their neighbor? Their persistent friendliness to make sure new students are adapting and thriving at college? The Bible studies, devotions, and social programs they host in the dorms? Indeed, Faith Associates at Concordia are all of these things, and that’s just for starters. For the students who get to live with them and see the energy and love they pour into their community, Faith Associates are some of the exceptional people who make Concordia a place like no other.
— Rev. Jonathon Bakker, CUW Campus Pastor
Though their work is focused primarily in the residence halls, any student is welcome to approach a Faith Associate in matters of faith on campus. To help make them easy to recognize, let’s meet them now!
Jenna Mundt (’26) | Kansas City, MO
- Major: Nursing
- Bible Verse: Isaiah 55:8-9 | “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “Far as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
- Fun Fact: “I have roasted marshmallows on molten lava!”
- Find Me In: Katharine 202
James Pape (’25) | Belgium, Wisconsin
- Major: Applied Theology/Pre-Seminary Studies
- Find Me In: Chemnitz 202A
- Bible Verse: Isaiah 43:1 | But now, this is what the Lord says—
he who created you, Jacob,
he who formed you, Israel:
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
I have summoned you by name; you are mine.” - Fun Fact: “I met Lutheran Christian rapper Flame this summer!”
Ally Moreno (’27) | Norfolk, Nebraska
- Major: Director of Church Ministries
- Bible Verse: Jeremiah 29:11 | “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
- Fun Fact: “I was born in Rhode Island!”
- Find Me In: Katharine 108
Paige Taylor (’27) | Indianapolis, Indiana
- Major: Elementary Education with a Minor in Theatre
- Favorite Concordia Memory (so far): “Meeting so many amazing people through classes, theatre, Haven, and my roommates!”
- Fun Fact: “I have two dogs at home and their names are Potato and Casserole!”
- Find Me In: Chemnitz 322A
Luke Heinkel (’27) | Brookfield, Wisconsin
- Major: Biomedical Science
- Bible Verse: Ephesians 2:8-10 | For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
- Favorite CUW Memory (so far): “The spring break trip down to Arizona for baseball last year!”
- Find Me In: 5th Floor Chemnitz, Boys
Zach Wendland (’27) | Green Bay, Wisconsin
- Major: Pre-Seminary
- Bible Verse: Jeremiah 29:11-13 | “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.”
- Favorite CUW Memory (so far): “Learning how to juggle instead of studying for finals!”
- Find Me In: Wittenberg 119
Jane Michael (’27) | Athens, Georgia
- Major: Music Education
- Favorite CUW Memory (so far): “Band tour in Spain! It was such a unique experience traveling to another country and performing there, and it was a wonderful way to build relationships within the band.”
- Fun Fact: “I have never had a pet!”
- Find Me In: Wartburg 111A
Carolina Qualmann (’26) | Crossville, TN
- Major: Speech Pathology
- Bible Verse: 2 Corinthians 12:9 | But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
- Fun Fact: “I can sing my ABCs backwards!”
- Find Me In: Chemnitz 522
Jacob Miller (’27) | Crown Point, Indiana
- Major: Lutheran Elementary Education
- Bible Verse: Galatians 2:20 | “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”
- Fun Fact: “I have ridden a camel!”
- Find Me In: Wittenberg 118
Cheree Peters (’25) | Fort St. John BC, Canada
- Major: Interior Architecture & Design
- Favorite Spot on Campus: “The beach or anywhere on the bluff!”
- Fun Fact: “I’ve been face to face with three bears!”
- Find Me In: Wartburg 013
Rachel Lingsch (’25) | Naples, FL
- Major: Director of Church Ministries
- Bible Verse: Revelation 17:14 | “They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of Lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.“
- Fun Fact: “I got engaged this summer!”
- Find Me In: Wittenberg 019
Mikayla Dolan (’26) | Appleton, WI
- Major: Psychology and Social Work
- Bible Verse: Joshua 1:9 | “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.“
- Fun Fact: “I am a handler for Runner, one of the CUW comfort dogs, and love to work with him to inspire comfort in others!”
- Find Me In: Augsburg 214
Noelle Dolan (’26) | Plymouth, MN
- Major: Interior Architecture & Design
- Bible Verse: Ecclesiastes 3:11 | He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.
- Favorite CUW Memory (so far): “Going on tour with Kammerchor twice now. Singing to the glory of God while also traveling and building relationships with such genuine people has been so special.”
- Find Me In: Wittenberg 071
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Concordia University Wisconsin is a Lutheran higher education community committed to helping students develop in mind, body, and spirit for service to Christ in the Church and the world. For more information about student ministries on campus, click the link below.