A recent article appearing in Edutopia, the George Lucas Educational Foundation magazine, cites both the benefits of learning another language as well as the compelling need for the U.S. to make multi-lingualism an educational priority. Excerpt: The Partnership for… […]

In 2007, Concordia Language Villages was proud and honored to be able to announce the Waldsee BioHaus, the first certified Passive House in North America, was nominated for two prestigious awards – in May the Transatlantic21 Association selected it in… […]

August 3 – 6 Concordia Language Villages hosted the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Oral Proficiency Interview workshop.  Fifty language educators from across the United States came to Bemidji to receive training in how to assess… […]

Jim and Donna Kovala (Aarne and Oona) of Osage, Minn. received their five-year medallions at Salolampi’s closing program for session IB 68, when they came to pick up three of their grandchildren.  Elle LaMere (Elli), Tess Kovala (Tiia), and August… […]