Woodbury Resident Selected As Student Speaker for Concordia University Commencement

ST. PAUL, MINN. (05/19/2009)(readMedia)-- Concordia University, St. Paul student Robert Boyle of Woodbury, Minn., gave the farewell address to his fellow graduates during the University's commencement ceremony May 16, 2009, at 2 p.m., in the Gangelhoff Center on the Concordia campus. Boyle earned his Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree at Concordia.

Originally from Ames, Iowa, Robert Boyle has a strong focus on the environmental and cultural effects of globalization. For the past eight years he has worked with industrial environmental technologies for a global firm based in White Bear Lake, Minn. In that position he has traveled worldwide in his role as technical sales manager. His passion for sustainable business practices has remained intact throughout his academic and professional career.

University, St. Paul is a comprehensive, private university of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and one of 10 schools that comprise the Concordia University System. Established in 1893, Concordia offers more than 40 liberal arts majors, including business administration, education, fine arts, the sciences and church professions. Concordia is a regional leader in accelerated, cohort-delivered, undergraduate degree-completion and master's degrees in business administration, organizational management, criminal justice and human services. Concordia is the only private university in Minnesota to offer NCAA Division II athletics for men and women. On the web: www.csp.edu.

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