The Vern R. Harnapp Family Fountain was dedicated at Concordia University, Nebraska on Saturday, October 4 during the university’s 2014 Homecoming and Alumni Reunion Weekend celebration. The fountain is the focal point of Concordia’s new plaza, an outdoor gathering space north of Janzow Campus Center. The plaza was dedicated by the university during a chapel worship service on October 27.
In recognition of the generosity of Dr. Vern and Ruth Harnapp, the plaza fountain has been named in honor of their Concordia lineage, spanning many generations. In their personal lives and together as a married couple, Vern and Ruth have demonstrated learning, service and leadership through their careers in education and nursing, expansive missionary work, volunteerism and gifts to support Concordia students and university projects.
Concordia University, Nebraska, founded in 1894, is a fully accredited, coeducational university located in Seward, Nebraska, that currently serves more than 2,300 students. Concordia offers more than 50 professional and liberal arts programs in an excellent academic and Christ-centered community that equips men and women for lives of learning, service and leadership in the church and world. For more information about Concordia University, Nebraska, visit cune.edu.