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Psychology Professor Bridget Robinson-Riegler talks to Star Tribune about memory and identity

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The Midway at the Minnesota State Fair. Photo: Tom Wallace, Star Tribune

The Star Tribune’s John Reinan talks with Augsburg Psychology Professor Bridget Robinson-Riegler about how the Great Minnesota Get-Together聽“not only entertains us, excites us and exhausts us 鈥� it makes us Minnesotans.”

鈥淥ur identity is formed by our memories. Traditions and rituals are very important in identifying who we are,鈥� said Robinson-Riegler, who specializes in the study of memory. 鈥淔amilies are based on shared experiences, and this is one of those shared experiences we have as a state. The State Fair becomes a collective experience. It gives us a sense of belonging, of togetherness.

鈥淭his is what we do as a state. It confirms our identity. It becomes who we are.鈥�

Recovery Campus magazine interviews StepUP鈥橲 Patrice Salmeri

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Pratice Salmeri on the coverAs Augsburg’s new executive director for recovery advancement,聽Patrice Salmeri will work to reduce stigma聽associated with substance use disorder recovery, inspire additional聽universities to provide recovery programs, and work with StepUP Program alumni, among other duties. Salmeri has led Augsburg’s pioneering StepUP Program for the past 15 years, and聽magazine featured Salmeri in a story聽about聽the transition to her new role and the current climate of recovery in higher education.

In the article, Salmeri explained that while she’ll miss daily interaction with StepUP students, she is truly “looking forward to focusing more attention on the alumni and the value they bring to our community as well as advocating on local, regional and national levels.”

 

 

 

Finance and Commerce highlights Augsburg’s Hagfors Center in private college construction update

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Exterior of the front of the Hagfors Center for Science, Business, and ReligionAugsburg College’s $73 million, 135,000-square-foot Norman and Evangeline Hagfors Center for Science, Business, and Religion is the largest construction project underway at Twin Cities private colleges and universities. 聽included details on the project’s scope, timeline, and funding in an article that outlined summer building and renovation projects on campuses across Minnesota.

Scheduled to open in January 2018, the Hagfors Center will be Augsburg’s聽newest and largest academic building. The facility — designed by Minneapolis-based HGA Architects — features a student-centered layout聽that will foster intersections among areas of study and encourage collaboration.聽As the noted, the Hagfors Center was the focus of a successful $50 million fundraising campaign that exceeded its goal.

Comprehensive聽project milestone information is available through weekly updates on the Hagfors Center website.

 

 

Dave Conrad: New leaders should learn to listen

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鈥淟eaders may get so wrapped up in making decisions they forget to just sit down and talk with their staff members,鈥� wrote聽Dave Conrad, Augsburg College鈥檚 assistant director of the Rochester MBA program, in his latest column for the Rochester Post-Bulletin.

A聽problem exists, according to Conrad, that new leaders can believe their first priority is to develop new game plans independently rather than to get to know staff members to聽solve problems collectively. Read Conrad鈥檚 column, 鈥淣ew leaders should learn to listen,”聽for tips on how to create an effective workplace communication system.

MPR talks with President Pribbenow about Auggie Plan

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Minnesota Public Radio logoThis month,聽officials from Augsburg College and Anoka-Ramsey Community College launched the Auggie Plan, a guaranteed pathway to a four-year degree for community college聽students who meet聽minimum聽GPA requirements and who complete general education coursework聽on their way to enrolling at聽Augsburg College.

Students in the program can take a range of liberal arts courses聽with the knowledge the courses will be accepted by Augsburg. Listen to Minnesota Public Radio鈥檚 story,听鈥�,鈥澛爓hich included an interview with President Paul Pribbenow.

Steve Wozniak event delights audiences, garners coverage in Star Tribune

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Steve Wozniak chatting on stage with Phil AdamoThe Minneapolis Star Tribune recently published an article covering Steve Wozniak鈥檚 Scholarship Weekend presentation at Augsburg College. Wozniak, a聽co-founder of Apple, Inc., spoke about innovation, creativity, and education in an increasingly connected world.

“My whole life has been teaching myself things that were not learned in school,” he told a packed auditorium. “More important than learning, more important than knowledge, is motivation.”

Wozniak’s comments centered primarily聽on the early days of his career at Apple and the importance of continually revisiting challenging tasks.

According to the Star Tribune, “Looking back, Wozniak said part of his success came from simply forcing himself to put pencil to paper, over and over again.聽‘Creativity is a willingness to think very differently,’ he said. ‘Not knowing how to do something means sitting down to figure it out.'”

搁别补诲听 on the Star Tribune site.

Statement of support for students featured in Star Tribune

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This week, a statement from Augsburg College President Paul C. Pribbenow and Provost Karen Kaivola聽to students, faculty, and staff about Augsburg’s support of all students was part of a story in the Star Tribune about responses by higher education institutions to recent executive orders by U.S. President Donald J. Trump.

“We do not accept the intolerance which the new immigration policies promote. Augsburg鈥檚 history is rich with the contribution of individuals who came to America; indeed, founded by Norwegian immigrants, Augsburg has an immigrant sensibility and will stand firm in the face of threats to our community and our immigrant neighbors,” wrote the President and Provost.

“We will double down on our commitments to hospitality and justice, to supporting our students鈥� success and to keeping them safe. We will advocate at the state and federal level for policies that support all of our students.”

Read “Trump’s orders have U and Macalester presidents聽varying with views” on the Star Tribune site.

Read “Statement: President Pribbenow, Provost Kaivola on executive orders by President Donald J. Trump”聽on the News and Media site.

Star Tribune features partnership between church, Muslim nonprofit fostered by Campus Ministry

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Last Sunday, work by Campus Ministry and Sonja Hagander to connect Pastor Mike Matson ’06聽of Bethany Lutheran in the Seward Neighborhood with CAIR-MN, a nonprofit that supports our Muslim neighbors, was featured on the front page of the Metro section of the Star Tribune.

Hagander told the Star Tribune that partnerships such as that between Bethany and CAIR are聽crucial to building a multifaith community, something Augsburg College long has held a commitment to as a school of the Lutheran church.

Bethany, through Matson, and CAIR, via executive director Jaylani Hussein, are looking forward to continuing to grow their partnership.

Read: 鈥溾�� on the Star Tribune聽site.

KSTP鈥檚 Political Insider program features Andy Aoki

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Andy Aoki on set at KSTPThis week, Andy Aoki, department chair of political science and Sabo fellow at Augsburg College, was a featured analyst聽on Political Insider, a weekly news segment broadcast on KSTP.

Aoki joined Larry Jacobs, a University of Minnesota faculty member, and provided input on a variety of local and national political stories including Minnesota’s health care affordability issue and confirmation hearings for President Elect Donald Trump’s cabinet members.

Alumni trip to Germany featured in Star Tribune’s Protestant Reformation anniversary coverage

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Minneapolis Star Tribune - logoThis fall, Augsburg College hosted alumni, faculty, staff, and聽community members for聽an international travel experience聽that took participants to the Czech Republic聽and Germany, which is聽in the midst of a tourism boom聽accompanying the anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. The travelers visited聽Wittenberg, the long-time home of Reformation catalyst Martin Luther, and ventured to historic sites to learn about the origins of the Lutheran faith from Augsburg College Religion Department faculty members Hans Wiersma and Lori Brandt Hale.

Star Tribune reporter Jean Hopfensperger and photographer Jerry Holt accompanied the group to chronicle how Minnesotans are observing聽the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in the “Land of Luther” in addition to the “Land of 10,000 Lakes,” given that religious, arts, and cultural organizations across Minnesota are planning聽special events and exhibits to mark the occasion.

As Hopfensperger wrote, “Luther鈥檚 legacy is particularly deep in Minnesota, and not just because of his followers鈥� enduring embrace of hymn fests 鈥� often followed by Jell-O and hot dish. One in four residents trace their namesake faith to the monk from Wittenberg.”

In a Star Tribune story, Augsburg alumnae聽Carol Pfleiderer ’64 and聽Kathleen Johnson ’72聽described their excitement with聽the trip itinerary and the ways it reflects and builds upon their understanding of their faith.

The Rev. Mark Hanson ’68, the College’s Executive Director of the , was among other alumni quoted in the article. He described some of the ways the Lutheran church is using the Reformation anniversary to foster Lutheran-Catholic dialogue and to make the church accessible to all people.

Read, “” on the Star Tribune site.