I had to admit, the whole thing sounded a bit like the beginning of a fairy tale.
Three months ago, I had a very particular image in my head of what an intern was supposed to look like: a frazzled, sleep-deprived 20-something juggling cups of coffee, fighting with jammed printers, and being at the beck and call of a demanding boss. I thought that an internship would amount to no more than a stress-filled summer, a bullet point on a resume, a necessary evil.
With nearly 30,000 students, Fargo-Moorhead is a booming college town growing by the day.
From positions in Dining Services to social media internships, Concordia offers a great variety of student employment options.
Concordia has many student organizations on campus, but what makes Dance Marathon special is their involvement in the Fargo-Moorhead community.
If you were to stand in a central location on Concordia’s campus – by the bell tower, in the Knutson Campus Center atrium – on a brisk February day, you would see dozens of Cobbers bedecked in beanies.
While many use spring break as a chance to visit home or take a vacation, Concordia students also have opportunities to use the time off from class to participate in service-learning trips. Five groups of Cobbers packed into vans and headed out across the country to spend their break building homes with Habitat for Humanity.
Most of us don’t get excited about the cold and darkness in the winter months. But if you dress warm and have the right attitude, winter can be pretty great, especially in Fargo-Moorhead.
In the country where people like to say they’re born with skis on their feet, winter is not something to be endured, but rather something to be enjoyed and embraced.