Augsburg College’s Rev. John Matthews, an adjunct faculty member at聽the Rochester location, was awarded the prestigious Charles H. Hackley Distinguished Lecture Award on May 8. Matthews is a founding member of the聽ELCA Consultative Panel for Lutheran-Jewish Relations whose work is part of a permanent display at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Read “” in Sun ThisWeek.
Albert Lea Tribune features recent Augsburg graduate
In a recent column for the Albert Lea Tribune, Matt Knutson highlighted his wife Sera’s graduation from Augsburg College as “an investment worth celebrating.” He noted how an education shapes people, prompting personal and professional growth. on the Albert Lea Tribune website.
Limerick Leader features The Augsburg Choir
During May, The Augsburg Choir will travel throughout Ireland as part of its聽triennial international tour. The Limerick Leader newspaper recently announced the group’s collaborative concert featuring the award-winning Limerick chamber choir聽Anc贸r at a historic cathedral. Read, “Acclaimed choirs join up for choral concert in St. Mary鈥檚” on the Limerick Leader website.
Joyce P. Miller talks with OR Today about Augsburg nursing programs, path from operating room to classroom
Joyce P. Miller, an assistant professor of nursing, was profiled in OR Today about her nearly 40-year career as a nurse, transition to the classroom, and work in diverse communities through the Health Commons projects. Miller, DNP, RN, shares in the story her perspective on transcultural nursing, actively listening to the needs of patients, the complexity of healthcare, and the importance of establishing rapport and trust with patients. Read “” in the online edition of OR Today.
Congratulations to the Class of 2014
At Commencement ceremonies on May 3-4, Augsburg College will honor more than 800 graduation candidates who intend to complete their undergraduate or graduate degree requirements before the end of the 2014 calendar year. 聽includes students studying in one of nine graduate degree programs or specializing in one of more than聽50 undergraduate majors offered at Augsburg. for event details and distinguished guest information.
Students who wish to notify their hometown newspapers of their achievement may do so at their discretion using Augsburg College’s official .
Dave Conrad responds to work-life balance question
In his latest Post-Bulletin聽column,聽Dave Conrad, assistant director of the Augsburg College MBA program in Rochester, responded to a reader’s question on work-life balance. Conrad offered six suggestions for how employees can achieve better harmony during the work week. To review his comments, read “Find the right work-life balance” on the Post-Bulletin website.
Jenni Lilledahl ’87 appears on KARE 11
Augsburg College alumna Jenni Lilledahl ’87 helped co-found聽Gilda’s Club Twin Cities, a new space where people living with cancer and their families can find social, emotional, and psychological support. Lilledahl serves as chair of the organization’s Board of Directors and also is the owner of Brave New Workshop, a Twin Cities-based comedy theater.聽Watch Lilledahl discuss Gilda’s Club on聽KARE 11 News.
Jeanne Boeh appears on TPT
On April 18, Augsburg College professor of economics聽Jeanne Boeh joined Star Tribune business columnist聽Lee Schafer and American Public Media correspondent Chris Farrell in a business panel discussion on Almanac, a Twin Cities Public Television (TPT) program. On the聽public affairs show,聽the panel discussed local and national economic issues ranging from the housing market and social security to employee compensation and inflation. Watch the segment on the TPT website.
Dave Conrad discusses leadership in Post-Bulletin
Dave Conrad, assistant director of the Augsburg College MBA program in Rochester, is a featured columnist for the Post-Bulletin. Conrad’s column responds to readers’ questions, and he recently outlined what employees seek from their management teams. Read 鈥淲hat people want in their leaders鈥� on the Post-Bulletin website.
Public invited to help write history of City of Minneapolis
Historyapolis uses social media, public to write first history of City since 1940
Minnesotans are invited to make history by taking part in the innovative Historyapolis Project which is using Facebook, Twitter, and the public to write the stories of the City of Minneapolis for an upcoming book.
鈥淭he citizens of our state are hungry for complex stories that will help them understand how Minneapolis became the wonderful, complex and contradictory place that it is,鈥� said Kirsten Delegard, founder of the Historyapolis Project and scholar-in-residence at Augsburg College. 鈥淭his project, the first to undertake the City鈥檚 history since 1940, will create a central clearinghouse where people can find a full story of our past.鈥� Continue reading “Public invited to help write history of City of Minneapolis”