Bill Gates will be the featured speaker at Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn., April 27, 2013, as part of dedication festivities for the newly renovated Grant Center, home of the Offutt School of Business. Anyone wishing to view the live stream of the event should go to www.ConcordiaCollege.edu/live beginning at 10:30 am on Saturday, April 27.
Gates is co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He co-founded Microsoft in 1975, and left his full-time role with the organization in 2008 to focus on the foundation. Bill and Melinda Gates collaborate with grantee and partners to assist people around the world. In developing countries, the foundation focuses on improving people’s health by giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people—especially those with the fewest resources—have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life.
Gates, an entrepreneur and philanthropist, will discuss social entrepreneurship, an important element in the Offutt School of Business curriculum. “The imagination and philanthropic spirit that define the achievement and generosity of Bill Gates make him a splendid person to inaugurate the new home of Concordia’s Offutt School of Business, which expresses the innovative character of the College and its commitment to educating leaders dedicated to the common good,” says Concordia President William Craft.
The Offutt School of Business is an undergraduate business program grounded in the liberal arts and focused on four critical skills: global understanding, entrepreneurship, ethics and leadership. Built on a strong tradition that prepared leaders in the fields of healthcare management, accounting and economics, the Offutt School of Business offers majors in business, international business and accounting with concentrations in economics, finance, healthcare administration, marketing and organizational leadership.





In 1982, The International Theatre Institute introduced International Dance Day as a way to celebrate dance as an artistic expression that can cross geographic and political boundaries. Celebrated on April 29th to commemorate the birthday of Jean-Georges Noverre, creator of modern ballet, International Dance Day is a chance to bring people of the world together through dance.
Recently, The British Council, the United Kingdom’s international organization for cultural relations and educational opportunities, in association with market research company Ipsos and strategy and technology consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton, released a report citing the importance of intercultural skills in the workplace.
Vote for the 2013 International Day Song!
The International Day song is a long-standing tradition at the Language Villages. Each summer, we choose a new song and dance that all staff and villagers participating in International Day will learn.
Help us choose the song for Summer 2013! Listen to each of the songs below and vote for your favorite on Facebook. Voting concludes at 11:59 P.M. (CST) May 19, 2013.
Haven’t signed up? It’s not too late to register for Summer 2013.
1. Waipeipegu by Tim & We Ce Ca
2. Tusuy Kusun by Damaris
3. Inspirasi Sahabat by Kotak
4. Betra Lif by Páll Óskar
5. Somo Shampioni by Elitsa Todorova, Stoyan Yankulov