The Star Tribune previewed the 30th annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum, interviewing guest speaker and Nobel laureate Beatrice Fihn, executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.
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The September 14-15 forum at 海角社区 featured Nobel Peace Prize laureates who have navigated the paradoxes between conflict and reconciliation, between justice and forgiveness, between hope and fear. The event drew other听media coverage as well:
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The recent comeback of听the hit TV show 鈥淢urphy Brown鈥� stirred up some warm memories among fans after 20 years of being off the air.
So, why does nostalgia feel so good? WCCO’s听Heather Brown talked with听Bridget Robinson-Riegler, professor of psychology at 海角社区, about the psychology behind the feeling of nostalgia that certain past memories听make us feel.
鈥淲hen we are depressed, feeling alone, feeling angst-ridden, we turn to nostalgia because that makes us feel better,鈥澨齊obinson-Riegler told WCCO. “When we think back to our past, the neural substrates, the things responsible for how people construct memories of the past, are the same mechanisms by which people project about the future.
罢丑别听Pioneer Press听reported earlier this year about the trend of the 鈥�00s back in television.
Given the high demand for reboots, relaunches and remakes, Ross Raihala, of the Pioneer Press, interviewed Robinson-Riegler about what she describes as a 鈥渞eminiscence bump.鈥�
鈥淢ost memories come from age 10 to age 30 or so,鈥� said Robinson-Riegler, in the article. Many network executives are of an age where some of their most potent memories formed around the turn of the century, thus the oncoming tide of 鈥�00s throwbacks, she told the Pioneer Press.
Recent hit television revivals include “Trading Spaces,” “Will and Grace,” and “Queer Eye” and movie sequels such as “Super Troopers 2,” and “Incredibles 2.”
鈥淥ne of the main things nostalgia does is help people find meaning in life and to connect with other people,鈥� Robinson-Riegler said. 鈥淲hen you鈥檙e connected to other people, life has meaning. Nostalgia makes people feel protected, loved and happy. People even feel physically warmer.鈥�
Fifteen Auggies are paddling down the Mississippi River for 100 days while learning about history, politics, and the environment for 16 credits.
An experiential education is a trademark of an Augsburg education. “We do this because we think this is the best way to learn both about the Mississippi River and to learn in general about what’s going on out in the world,” said River Semester program director Joe Underhill, who will be teaching along the way.
For many students, this is their first time camping. “I’ve never听camped,听never canoed in my life. I’m nervous because it’s out of my comfort zone but I’m very excited to see what it’s going to be like”, student听Kristy Ornelas told KSTP.
This is Augsburg’s second River Semester. The first was in 2015.
Twin Cities PBS听featured retired Augsburg art professor Tara Sweeney’s collaborative “A to Z氓盲o” picture book project at the American Swedish Institute.
鈥淎 to Z氓盲枚,鈥� is a Swedish alphabet book that features paintings of objects and stories from the historic Swedish-American immigrant experience.
鈥淭he objects are the things that immigrants brought to Minnesota and I have to believe they were traveling pretty light. So they brought things that meant something to them and/or they were useful, so they鈥檙e loaded with stories.鈥� Sweeney told TPT’s Minnesota Original art series.
Sweeney听credits听her 25 years of service at Augsburg and its institutional mission for influencing her interest in developing a picture book that speaks to historic and contemporary immigrant experiences.
Jeanne Boeh,听professor of economics and business department chair at 海角社区,听recently spoke with WCCO about the rising cost of a college education.
Boeh noted that a college degree is still worth it.
鈥淚t is a different听experience听than it was 20 years ago. All the amenities have improved. There is more support for students. The dorms are better. The food is better. The kind of help students need is more available. All of that costs money,鈥� Boeh told reporter Angela Davis.
Kare 11’s Jana Shortal interviews听Marshall Steele, from Central High School,听and Sandy Bolton, from Roosevelt High School, about civil debate. Both students attended Augsburg’s Minnesota Urban Debate League summer camp, a program which provides resources and programming to support听competitive academic debate at Twin Cities high schools and middle schools.
How can emotion and civility co-exist? Shortal听asked. “Try to听understand听people’s points even听if there’s something you fundamentally disagree with,” Bolton said. “There are backgrounds that lead to people having opinions that are insensitive听but have听fundamental reasoning behind them that you have to understand in order to engage with them well.”
Mayors Jacob Frey and Melvin Carter at the debate. Photo by Andy Mannix – Star Tribune.
Jacob Frey and Melvin Carter, the new mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul, served as judges June 7 at the Minnesota Urban Debate League鈥檚 Great Education Debate at Augsburg.
Augsburg’s urban debate league听program provides resources and programming to support听competitive academic debate at Twin Cities high schools and middle schools. The goal is听to empower students through competitive academic debate to become engaged learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens who are effective advocates for themselves and their communities.
At the debate, four students presented arguments on the topic of investing in career technical education as an alternative to four-year college degrees. Both Frey and Carter gave tips and feedback to the participants.
鈥淵ou have mastered a skill that has largely been lost in American society, which is the ability to debate respectfully,鈥� Frey told the students.
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The Augsburg Education Department East African Student to Teacher program partnered with The Minnesota Education Equity Partnership to research and publish the report Somali Student Achievement in Minnesota听about the state’s largest East African diaspora community.
This report, which听was听released and discussed at a launch event in May at Augsburg, invites readers to consider and recommend innovative practices to strengthen academic achievement for Somali students and to guide educators across听Minnesota to better support Somali students and their families.
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Watch a Somali language听 about the Somali Student report launch here.
The Society for听Human Resource Management, the nation’s leading human resources organization, highlighted Augsburg’s strong commitment to transit and environmental stewardship.
Following a 2015 survey in which 78 percent of Augsburg employees said they drove alone to work, the university aimed to reduce those solo trips by 28 percent, which it eventually did, the article noted.
Last December鈥檚 federal tax legislation made changes to employers regarding commuting benefits, according to the Society for Human Resource Management.
“I don’t see it changing what 海角社区 does for our faculty and staff or our students, mainly because we have a strong commitment to both environmental stewardship and our community,” said Nicole Peterlin,听Augsburg鈥檚 human resources specialist.
See the full story on the Society for Human Resource Management here.
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt听reported about how Augsburg’s StepUp program has successfully helped students in recovery to graduate.
NBC’S Catie Beck talked with Neil King ’18 about the support StepUP provided him while he was a full-time student at Augsburg.
According to NBC, King began using drugs at age 14, and discovered Augsburg’s StepUp program four months into his recovery.听“I really learned to believe in myself, and my skills and capabilities,” said King, who is now heading to graduate school.
StepUp Program Director Tamarah Gehlen also was interviewed by NBC. “We always say that no one should have to choose between recovery and a college education.”
