Congratulations to our 2023 Hall of Fame inductees, whose efforts and achievements have significantly impacted Concordia athletics on and off the playing field. Click here to see all of the Hall of Fame inductees.

• Alex Hoover ('08) - Baseball - Hoover was the 2008 WHAC Player of the Year; is a two-time member of the WHAC All-Conference Team and has the 6th-highest batting average in a season.
•  Kelly (Kennedy) Collins ('98) - Softball - Kennedy was a two-time NAIA All-Region Player and the 1998 WHAC Player of the Year. She was a WHAC First-Team All-Conference member while owning the 3rd-highest career batting average and having the 7th-most strikeouts in a career. 
• Tammy Sabourin ('87) - Women's Basketball / Track & Field - Sabourin currently has three top-10 career records for the basketball team, including 3rd in points per game, 5th in field goals made, and 8th in career points. She was also an NCCAA Scholar-Athlete in her final season while being a two-sport athlete.
•  Takari Johnson ('14) - Football - The first Football member in the Hall of Fame, Johnson was named an NAIA All-American in 2014. He is also a two-time MSFA Defensive Player of the Year and a three-time MSFA All-Conference member. He holds multiple defensive records including tackles, tackles for loss, sacks, and forced fumbles in a career.

It is that time again. As promised, we are making our second trip back to the Cleveland, OH, area for a Club 1963 gathering of alumni, families and friends of CUAA. Club 1963 raises financial support for the school's athletics.

We would love for you to join us for food, drinks and fellowship as we share and celebrate the many accomplishments we have experienced here in Ann Arbor. We will certainly share how our Lord has continued to bless our ministry over the last 10 years and some really exciting things that are currently happening and those that will be happening in the near future. We are extremely interested in your feedback and ideas for future Club 1963 events, celebrations and our recently-started newsletter.

We will be having drinks and heavy hors d’oeuvres at Panini’s, 23800 Detroit Road, Westlake, OH 44145, beginning at 6 pm on Thursday, August 17. Please let us know if you will be able to attend by RSVPing to Lonnie Pries at lonnie.pries@cuaa.edu, Chance Childers at chance.childers@cuaa.edu or Linda Sproul at linda.sproul@cuaa.edu by August 2. 

Thanks to the generosity of Ronald and Marvel Jones, our students continue to have state-of-the-art facilities to train for their professions. Last month, Concordia’s nursing students joined together with our occupational therapy students for our annual disaster simulation at Concordia’s North Building. To read more, click here.

Dr. Ryan Peterson, Vice President of Administration, was recently featured on FOX47 The Morning Blend, and spoke about how CUAA has reached record enrollment during statewide student declines. To learn more, click here.

CUAA is excited to be one of the approved Michigan educator preparation providers that support the development of new teachers through partnerships with school districts throughout the state. One of the ways that Concordia works with area schools is through the Future Proud Michigan Educator Grow Your Own grant program. School districts were eligible to apply for grant funding that would help cover the costs of certification for employees in their district who are interested in becoming certified teachers. Concordia would like to specifically congratulate three of our partnership districts who were recently awarded grant funding: Clawson Public Schools, Copper Island Academy, and Summit Academy North. To read more, click here.

Did you live on campus? Were you on the east side or the west side? Did you know that all of the east side res halls are New Testament names and the west side dorms are named after people from the Old Testament? Get to know the people behind the names by clicking here.

It was great to see so many alumni and students in Mackinac for the Michigan District High School Youth Gathering. Thank you to those that stopped by our booth for Concordia swag and conversation. If you missed an opportunity to engage with us, please don’t hesitate to reach out to the Office of Admissions!

Do you know a high school senior that is interested in Concordia? The application for admission is now open for seniors planning to enroll for the fall of 2024. The application is free and takes about 10 minutes to complete. The application can be found on our website at cuaa.edu/apply! For additional admission questions and information regarding Concordia, please contact Kyle Thoms at kyle.thoms@cuaa.edu

Pictured above, right: Our Concordia worship team participates in the mass gathering.

Each morning during the school year, our campus pastor, Randy Duncan, sends out an email full of inspirational thoughts, concepts to ponder, scripture, and prayer requests. We thought we would share some of his thoughts with you each month for us to contemplate.

Final thought: If you live for people's acceptance, you'll die from their rejection.