Shower Days and the Concordia Guild
The Great Depression of the 1930s and the accompanying drought in Alberta had a severe financial effect on the decade-old Concordia. Everyone at the college…
Stories
Concordia and Co-Education
After Concordia opened in 1921, three female students enrolled in 1925, four in 1927, seven in 1928, twelve in 1929, and nine in 1930. To…
Building a Permanent Campus
by Natasha Eklund By 1925, enrollment had grown to 65 students and it was deemed time for Concordia to move out of its temporary…
Dr. Albert H. Schwermann, Concordia’s First President
Dr. Albert Schwermann was instrumental in establishing and developing Concordia College. He served as Concordia’s first president for 33 years, and also as an instructor…
Dr. Schwermann’s Homesteading and Missionary Work Before Concordia
In 1913, Dr. Albert Schwermann, a recent graduate of Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, began his missionary work in the Mellowdale area north of…
