2 THE CONCORDIAN theconcordian.org • November 14, 2019 NEWS eLearning site created by Clever ` Mukori '17 now up and running

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Last year, Clever Mukori’s THE CONCORDIAN Learn or Teach website was still in the planning and designing phas- Address es. Now, the website is live and 901 8th St. S. FPO 214 ready for use. Moorhead, MN 56562 Mukori is a 2017 Concordia graduate with degrees in chem- istry and biology. He was born Email in Zimbabwe and was fortunate [email protected] enough to be enrolled in good schools, unlike some of his friends and cousins. Although this gave Website him the passion for education and theconcordian.org as he grew up and moved to differ- ent parts of the world, he realized there were education challenges Editor in Chief everywhere. Annie Weier Since 2013, he has had the idea of using eLearning technology to News Editor solve the problem of accessibility Andrea Tedrick in education. “It certainly has been an evo- Opinion Editor lution. Like all business ideas, Josh Fuller they’re not shaped in a vacuum, Examples of how the website looks on different forms of technology. you come up with a concept and courses in the process of being as you interact with people and personal funds to start. an experiences blog. These com- made and will hopefully be out by Sports Editor maybe people whose problem you Mukori wanted the website to munication tools have one-on-one the end of the year. intend to solve. You get to under- include courses that are not only and group messaging abilities as “My goal is to create a platform stand their problem at a deeper traditional, but that do things in a well as a share feature that can that provides a community where Variety Editor level and your solution comes to fit unique manner. connect with external social media learners and educators can ex Andrew Rudser in more snuggly,” Mukori said. The website is an eLearning platforms. change ideas and skills. Whether He first had to educate himself platform that has two main func- “Whether you’re an influencer it’s an individual who’s got some Web Editor on the actual problem. He did so tions. Content creators can make in college, or just someone with skill under their belt who wants to Annie Weier by looking at research stats and courses through the website and some kind of crowd, maybe you share their knowledge with others coming to the conclusion that the sell it to learners. The main part have a business and you have cus- in exchange for some income or it’s Business Manager problem he was focusing on was of the business is that institutions, tomers where you can create con- a business which wants to improve Puthy Kun not changing. schools, or businesses can get a tent and sell to, anyone can make a the skill level of their employees, “I needed to come up with a dedicated domain through a sub- course really,” Mukori said. or it’s a college saying we want Advertising Manager private enterprise to deal with this scription and then are able to per- Now that his website is fully more practical orientated training Ahmed Seid problem,” Mukori said. sonalize it and conduct the learn- launched, his next step is for learn- where our students are engaging He realized in the creation of ing themselves. ers to take the two courses that are in discussions doing more practi- Advisor his website that it was not going to In other words, educators can up on the website so he can receive cal projects ,” Mukori said. Erin Hemme Froslie be a one-person job. He used the sell courses to learners, while shar- feedback and find ways to improve More information and ways to resources at Concordia, and they ing a percentage of total sales with them. sign up can be found at https:// provided support throughout the Learn or Teach. The two courses up right now learnorteach.com/, follow the process. The funding for the web- Included in the website are so- are $50 each but other course pric- project on Instagram @learn_or_ About Us site has been a struggle since the cial learning tools such as a dis es are up to the content creators. teach, or find it on Facebook by The purpose of The beginning, and he had to use his cussion board, a projects blog, and Currently, there are twenty searching Learn or Teach. Concordian is to affirm the mission of Concordia Col- lege by cultivating thought- ful and informed students, Impeachment witness: Ukranians faculty and staff through the awareness and discussion of college, local, national and world affairs. asked about hold up of aid Opinions expressed in The Concordian do not necessari- released its hold and the funds tant defense secretary. "And they have the congressional funds sud- ly reflect those of Concordia’s BY LISA MASCARO AND were sent to the ally. were trying to find ways to engage denly halted that way. The Penta- student body, faculty, staff or MARY CLARE JALONICK The impeachment inquiry is the President on this." gon was "concerned." administration. ASSOCIATED PRESS looking at whether Trump vio- Croft and Anderson testi- Cooper told investigators that lated his oath of office by holding fied about the oversized reach of it was when Volker visited in Au- back the congressionally approved Trump lawyer into gust that he explained there was a Advertising WASHINGTON (AP) — The funds while he asked the new foreign policy on in un- "statement" that the Ukraine gov- Advertising deadline is view among the national secu- Ukraine President Volodymyr Zel- settling ways as he portrayed Zel- ernment could make to get the se- 5 p.m. the Sunday preced- rity officials was unanimous: Mili- enskiy for a favor— to investigate enskiy's new government as an curity money flowing. ing publication. Classified tary aid to Ukraine should not political rival Joe Biden's fam- "enemy" of Trump. It was the first she had heard of deadline is noon the Monday be stopped. But President Don- ily and the 2016 U.S. presidential Croft told investigators of her what is now the quid pro quo cen- preceding publication. Con- ald Trump's acting chief of staff election. "trepidation" of taking on the role tral to the impeachment inquiry — tact our advertising depart- thought otherwise. Transcripts of testimony from in spring of adviser to the special the administration's push for the ment by phone or at cordad@ As the aid was being blocked closed-door interviews with Croft envoy to Ukraine, , Ukraine government to investi- cord.edu. this summer, Ukraine officials and another Ukraine specialist because she worried that Giuliani gate Trump's political rivals as the began quietly asking the State De- at State, Christoper Anderson, as was influencing Trump to change funding was being withheld. partment about the holdup. The well as the Defense Department's U.S. policy toward the ally. "Somehow an effort that he was Subscriptions concern was clear for the young Laura Cooper, come as House She said she theorized that by engaged in to see if there was a Subscriptions are available democracy battling an aggressive Democrats are pushing ahead to "painting sort of Ukraine as being statement that the government of to the public for $25 per year. . this week's live public hearings. against Trump" it could help the Ukraine would make," she said, Distribution on campus is "If this were public in Ukraine Cooper told investigators that, president "distract from a narra- "that would somehow disavow any free and is funded in part by it would be seen as a reversal of in a series of July meetings at the tive" that Russia had interfered in interference in U.S. elections and the Student Activity Fee. our policy," said Catherine Croft, White House, she came to under- the 2016 U.S. election to help him. would commit to the prosecution the special adviser for Ukraine at stand that Trump's acting chief of Anderson, who held the special of any individuals involved in elec- State, who fielded the inquiries staff, , was hold- adviser role before Croft, said, "I tion interference." Corrections from the Ukrainians. ing up the military aid for the U.S. had the fear that if Giuliani's nar- Cooper described the Ukraine The Concordian strives to "This would be a really big ally. rative took hold, that the Ukrai- Security Assistance Initiative, say- publish accurate information. deal," she testified. "It would be a "There was just this issue of nian Government was an enemy ing it involved a range of items If you believe you see an er- really big deal in Ukraine, and an the White House chief of staff has of the President, then it would be such as night vision goggles, ve- ror, please notify the Con- expression of declining U.S. sup- conveyed that the president has very hard to have high-level en- hicles, sniper rifles and medical cordian by phone or by email. port for Ukraine." concerns about Ukraine," she said. gagement." equipment. Croft's remarks were among When she and others tried to He said Volker had warned "Security assistance is vital to the transcripts released Monday get an explanation, they found him, "Giuliani is not moving on helping the Ukrainians be able to Have a story idea? from the House impeachment in- none. to other issues, and so this might defend themselves," Cooper said. If you see news or hear quiry of President Donald Trump. "We did not get clarification," still be a problem for us moving Because Ukraine and Georgia news, send your tips to con- And they begin to chisel away she said. forward." are two "front-line states" facing [email protected]. at a key Republican defense of "My sense is that all of the se- Cooper said she and other aides Russian aggression, the U.S. need- Trump. Allies of the president say nior leaders of the U.S. national were asking questions about what ed to "shore up these countries' Trump did nothing wrong because security departments and agen- legal authority the White House abilities to defend themselves." the Ukrainians never knew the aid cies were all unified in their — in had to halt congressionally ap- "It's in our interest to deter was being delayed. their view that this assistance was proved aid for Ukraine. Russian aggression elsewhere Eventually, the White House essential," said Cooper, an assis- She said it was "unusual" to around the world," she said.