The Association of Training Officers of Minnesota (ATOM) will honor Scott Harr, who served as chair of Concordia's Criminal Justice department from 2002-2008, when was called to his eternal home.

MinnPost.com's Book Club Club (BCC) has named Weird Minnesota, written by Concordia English professor Eric Dregni, as one of the Top 10 best-selling non-fiction books in Minnesota.

Concordia University will present a series of four free public lectures on the Dead Sea Scrolls beginning in February in conjunction with the exhibition coming to the Science Museum of Minnesota in March 2010.