Q& C S P M AG A Z I N E Beyond your success on the baseball field, how did it become clear to you that you’d made the right college choice? L I P P I N COT T I really enjoyed the interactions I had with my professors right from the start. Trying to figure out exactly how to structure my courses in the coming years was easy with Math Professor Rob Krueger as my advisor. Also, Kirk Ingram (’09) was one of the seniors on the baseball team my freshman year who really took the time to make sure new players were taken care of. Then when I got into my major-based classes, there would be maybe five to seven other students enrolled in the course. Classes like that were great because we would basically just have a conversation with our professor for an hour, rather than listening to a lecture.
C S P M AG A Z I N E Do you feel that your Concordia education prepared you well for what’s next in your life? L I P P I N COT T Concordia gave me everything I need to succeed. As a student-athlete, you’re really able to grow and develop and cultivate relationships with other people, plus it teaches you a lot of leadership skills and time-management skills. And academically, I got a great education. I always enjoyed the finance projects assigned by Phillip Hampton. He was a great professor because he would give you real-world applications, and he would sit down and have a conversation with you about your career plans. Plus, it was Concordia connections that helped me land a job right out of college. I was able to network with an alumnus, Steve Rowan (’03), who hired me at Minneapolis Financial Group. I accepted a position as a financial advisor—they said they’d work with my schedule if I did get the opportunity to play professional baseball.”
RELEVANT LEARNING
What advice would you have for a high school senior who is thinking about attending Concordia? L I P P I N COT T I would tell the student that he/she might get lost in the shuffle at a larger state university. But with the small feel Concordia offers in the Twin Cities, no one gets lost in the shuffle. C S P M AG A Z I N E
Concordia students find countless opportunities to apply concepts they learn in class to real-
world challenges just as Bryan did, developing practical knowledge and abilities that are attractive to employers.
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