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Mortenson to Speak at Commencement greg mortenson

Greg Mortenson, author of "Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time," will speak at Concordia's Commencement on Sunday, April 29 in Memorial Auditorium.

Mortenson, a Montana resident who has spent the last few years building schools for impoverished communities in Pakistan and Afghanistan, attended Concordia from 1977 to 1979.

"Three Cups of Tea," co-authored by journalist David Oliver Relin, chronicles Mortenson's journey to promote peace and end terrorism through educating children in some of the most volatile war zones in the world. Today, he has created nearly 60 schools through his nonprofit organization Central Asia Institute, schools that are educating more than 24,000 children, including about 14,000 girls. He also founded Pennies For Peace, an organization encouraging children to sponsor penny drives at their schools to benefit children in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

"Three Cups of Tea" was a New York Times bestseller, a 2006 TIME Magazine Asian Book of the Year and a 2006 Pacific Northwest Bookseller's Association Book of the Year.

Commencement weekend will kickoff with the 10 a.m. Baccalaureate, which is open to the public, in Memorial Auditorium. Commencement begins at 2:30 p.m. and is a ticketed event, with each of the 512 graduates assured up to seven tickets for guests. Olson Forum will also be open during the event as an auxiliary seating area, with no tickets required.

Mortensen will give have a lecture and book signing at 7:30 p.m., Friday, April 27 in Birkeland Alumni Lounge.

Read more about Concordia Commencement 2007.

See the Spring 2007 issue of Concordia Magazine for a feature on Mortenson and his book.





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