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Star Tribune reports Augsburg鈥檚 transition to test-optional admissions

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The Star Tribune‘s聽Maura Lerner covered Augsburg’s new test-optional admissions policy.

鈥淭he change is designed to level the playing field for those without the money or time to get private tutors, take prep classes or take the exam multiple times,鈥� said Nate Gorr, interim vice president of Augsburg admissions, in the article. 鈥淚t’s also a recognition that standardized tests don’t always capture a student’s potential, and can discourage good candidates from applying to college.鈥�

Lerner noted that according to the National Center for Fair and Open Testing, many of the 274 test-optional colleges saw an increase in diversity without any loss in academic quality.

Read the full article at the website.

Andy Aoki appears on KSTP Ch. 5 Political Insider

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Andy Aoki, department chair of political science and Sabo fellow at 海角社区, recently appeared on KSTP’s Political Insider.

Aoki provided input on the tax bill, Gov. Mark Dayton’s emergency funding for public schools and more.

Watch the segment at the KSTP website.

 

 

Augsburg Mourns Campus Pastor Emeritus Dave Wold

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Augsburg Campus Pastor Emeritus Dave Wold passed away on Thursday, April 12. Following is the message sent this morning, Friday, April 13, from Augsburg President Paul C. Pribbenow.

Dear Friends,

It is with great sadness that I share the news that Pastor Dave Wold passed away last night. Pastor Dave served Augsburg for three decades — 1983 until he retired at the end of the 2012-13 academic year — and was named Campus Pastor Emeritus by the Augsburg Board of Regents in recognition for his many contributions to our campus life and faith community.

One of Pastor Dave鈥檚 gifts was that he knew everyone鈥檚 name. He knew each of us. It鈥檚 hard to imagine how he was able to personally connect with so many people, but he did, and the breadth of his pastoral care strengthened and supported generations of Auggies. He touched thousands of lives and is beloved by alumni and Augsburg community members around the world.

Pastor Dave was also quick witted and loved to craft words and music. I鈥檓 sure everyone who knew him can recall how he loved to share jokes as a way of engaging with people. He lent those talents for words and music to the leadership of our Advent Vespers services over the years. He also wrote hundreds of light-hearted parodies, using familiar tunes as a unique means of sharing messages about faith.

Of course, we all know Pastor Dave鈥檚 passion for athletics and for working with young people. He was director of youth ministries for the American Lutheran Church (prior to the formation of the ELCA), founded the Holy Hoops congregational basketball league, and supervised many intern pastors. And, while the number of athletic games and matches he announced may not be known, our memory of his distinct announcer voice will not fade.

Our prayers and sympathies go out to Cathy Wold, Dave鈥檚 wife, and his family. Pastor Dave was a fiercely committed husband, father, and grandfather. We will share information about memorial services once those plans are confirmed. This morning, those on campus are invited to gather in Hoversten Chapel following our daily chapel service (10:55 a.m.), for a brief time of remembrance, prayer, and song.

I was honored to work with Pastor Dave for seven years, to sing with him before many an athletic contest, and to have him as my pastor on campus.聽 I join Dave鈥檚 many friends and colleagues in mourning his death and the loss of a good and faithful servant.

Faithfully yours,

Paul

 

MinnPost features 鈥淎frican-Americans and the Commonwealth of Freedom鈥� by Augsburg’s Harry Boyte

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In a recent MinnPost article, Harry Boyte聽said that commonwealth was a way for聽ordinary citizens to develop authority for their claims to equality. The commonwealth vision of civic construction made possible the creation of churches, schools and colleges, women鈥檚 organizations like the Council of Negro Women and labor groups like the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, Boyte said.

鈥淚n a time of eroding faith in democracy and looming threats to the commons, from schools, colleges, and libraries to water resources, coastal areas, and public parks, remembering the commonwealth and the tasks of civic repair can generate the hope we need,” said Boyte, in the article. “The commonwealth vision makes democracy a way of life, not simply a trip to the ballot box, and puts citizens back in as its agents and architects.鈥�

Boyte is a Senior Scholar in Public Work Philosophy at the Sabo Center for Democracy and Citizenship at 海角社区. He is the architect of the center鈥檚 public work approach to civic engagement and democracy, and the creator of Public Achievement.

In the 1960s, he worked for the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., as a field secretary with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference during the Civil Rights Movement,聽where he聽learned about the commonwealth and the claims from civic construction.

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Mike Sime talks with Paul Douglas on WCCO Radio about the start and success of the StepUP庐 program.

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Mike Sime, Augsburg StepUP庐 program advisory board chair, talked with Paul Douglas on WCCO Radio Friday about the program’s foundation, success, and work to support other institutions in establishing recovery programs. Douglas called StepUP庐 a revolutionary program, as it currently is the largest聽residential聽collegian聽recovery program in the U.S. The program is dedicated to聽students聽in recovery from drug of alcohol abuse and provides a sober聽living聽environment聽and聽counseling.

“I look at it as a parent. If you have a聽student聽who is newly in recovery, has been sober and now you think about sending them off to college, that聽would聽be my worst nightmare, so to have a safe and supportive environment that they can come to that is clean and sober with other students, it really makes sense and creates an unique聽environment,鈥� expressed Mike about the importance of having such program.

The program began after a student in recovery shared聽his聽need for a sober environment, explained Mike. The student expressed that his experience would have been easier if he had a community who was also in recovery with him. Augsburg made the commitment to develop StepUP庐聽and through it, the program has helped over 750 students in 20 years.

 

Listen to the full story beginning at 16:40 on the聽Paul and Jordana Show website.

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.

 

 

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.

 

The New York Times features interfaith work at Augsburg College

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Fardosa Hassan
Fardosa Hassan ’12

Award-winning author, columnist, and professor聽Samuel Freedman featured five Augsburg College community members in a commentary for The New York Times’ On Religion section.聽The piece, “,” highlighted the work of Muslim Student Program Associate and Chaplain Fardosa Hassan ’12.聽

As Freedman reported, Hassan is among dozens of chaplains on college and university campuses across the U.S. to “play a vital dual role: helping Muslim students feel welcome, and introducing Islam to non-Muslims.”

This work, according to Hassan, has the potential to assist students during their college days and positively influence聽individuals’聽lives long after聽graduation.

鈥淢y role is to help students negotiate this multifaith, diverse environment,鈥� Hassan explained to Freedman. 鈥淚鈥檓 going to give them a tool for when they go out of this institution, so they know how to be respectful of others. A lot of times, people are afraid even to ask the questions of people who are different. So I say, begin with friendship. Start by saying hello.鈥�

In his聽column, Freedman acknowledges that interfaith conversations are meaningful and necessary not only on Augsburg’s campus but also just beyond its borders in Minneapolis.

Augsburg “is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in聽America and has traditionally attracted the vast majority of its students from white Protestant denominations,” he writes. “Yet its campus directly abuts the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood that is the epicenter of Minnesota鈥檚 population of 31,500 Somali Muslims. Perhaps nowhere else in the United States does a hockey rink sit so close to a halal meat market.”

While Augsburg has been a collaborative neighborhood partner for many years, President Paul Pribbenow has deepened that commitment in an effort to help the College fulfill its calling to foster conversations between聽the diverse residents of聽its vibrant community.

The story touches on interactions between Hassan and Augsburg College students whom聽Hassan has helped reflect on their spirituality聽to consider how it shapes their interpretations of the world. In this role, Hassan partners with聽College Pastor and Director of Ministries聽Sonja Hagander聽in individually supporting students as they navigate highs and lows, challenges and opportunities, faith and even their final exams.

Person-to-person efforts, according to Hassan, are at the heart聽of her聽work.