Jeanne Boeh, economics professor at聽Augsburg College,聽was mentioned in an article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune about employee layoffs at Target headquarters in Minneapolis.
In light of the layoffs – a result of the closing of all Canadian Target stores – Boeh said there is hope for the close to 550 out-of-work employees.
“If you鈥檙e going to be laid off, now is a good time because jobs are picking back up,” she said.
To read the story, visit the Star Tribune news site.
Kevin Ehrman-Solberg ’14聽wrote an article for MinnPost about historical relics leftover from Minneapolis’ old mill system.
Ehrman-Solberg works for the Historyapolis Project, a Minneapolis-based organization dedicated to bringing the聽history of Minneapolis to life, in hopes that his work will build a sense of community.
The Historyapolis Project is housed in the history department at Augsburg College. The organization was made possible by a Historical and Cultural Heritage grant through the Minnesota Historical Society.
To , visit the MinnPost site.
Brittany Kuehn ’15 MPA聽was mentioned in the Duluth News Tribune due to her new position with St. Luke’s Cardiothoracic Surgery Associates.
Kuehn joined the organization – which is based in Bethlehem, Pa. – 聽as a physician assistant. She completed her bachelor’s degree in biology at St. Mary’s University of Minnesota in Winona and earned a master’s in physician assistant studies at Augsburg, which was the first college in Minnesota to offer a program of this type.
To , visit the Duluth News Tribune site.
The Minnesota Coalition of Women in Athletic Leadership, organizers of the Minnesota Girls and Women in Sports Day, recognized inspiring and influential leaders on February 4. Carol Enke, an Augsburg College health-physical education instructor, was honored聽at the event with the Marie Berg Award for Excellence in Education and later appeared on KSTP-TV in聽a story about the event.
Augsburg College alumna Caitlin (McDonald) Lietzau ’14 MSW was featured in the Lakeshore Weekly News as she joined the staff of Western Communities Action Network (WeCAN) in the role of聽food program coordinator. Lietzau is a licensed graduate social worker who received a master鈥檚 in social work with an emphasis on program development, policy, and administration. Learn more about her role in the story, “WeCAN has new addition.”
Professor Bridget Robinson-Riegler spoke with WCCO-TV about how humans recall their memories聽for the聽news station鈥檚 Good Question segment. Robinson-Riegler, who teaches in the College鈥檚 psychology聽department, explained to television viewers that its common for聽individuals to have mismemories. She commented that memories are not like tape recorders in that people聽replay them exactly as they happened. Instead, memories聽are reconstructed, so when the聽brain encodes memories, it聽encodes different pieces of different events.
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Augsburg College聽received an array of media coverage due to a $10 million donation made to the Center for Science, Business and Religion.
The donation will聽go toward naming a new building that聽will聽be used for the College’s biology, business, chemistry, computer science, math, physics, psychology, and religion programs.
Media coverage on the donation included聽the following:
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Augsburg College was mentioned in an article about the skyway systems in use on some college campuses.
In Minnesota, the skyway systems help students stay out of the elements聽whilst still enjoying聽the natural beauty that abounds.
To 聽and see a clip of Auggie Eagle聽enjoying a leisurely walk in an off-campus skyway, visit the Huffington Post聽site.
Augsburg College, along with the Kettering Foundation and the National Issues Forums Institute,聽organized a panel of government, business, and higher education leaders to discuss student preparedness.
The main issue on the agenda聽was the need for integrated learning in higher education – broadened skills such as聽critical thinking聽and problem solving –聽combined with career-specific聽training.
Read on the Chronicle of Higher Education’s site to learn more about the panel.
Eric Buffalohead, associate professor and chair of American Indian Studies at Augsburg College, was interviewed by Al Jazeera America for an article聽that was included as part of聽a series on聽Native American gangs.聽Buffalohead said that the role of gangs isn’t that different than the work of the American Indian Movement because both are about “protecting yourself in a culture of violence.” He also reflected on the interactions between gangs from different cultures.
