Augsburg alumna Jenny Kluznik ’13 MPA, a graduate of the physician’s assistant program, spoke with Mpls. St. Paul Magazine about her decision to return to college so she could join the fast-growing PA field. Kluznik, now an assistant professor in the program, talks about her decision to become a PA, why she picked Augsburg College, and shares advice for those considering going back to school. The profile of Kluznik was part of a longer story that explored education needs behind some of Minnesota’s fastest-growing careers. Read “.”
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The Pioneer Press article offers an overview of Clark’s debut novel and candid remarks regarding its writing and release.聽Read “” to learn more about “Sweetness #9.” Psychology Prof. Nancy Steblay spoke with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about the reliability of eyewitness identification of criminal suspects. Steblay, who is聽a leading national expert on eyewitness identification, told the paper that the practice of showing a witness one photo at a time is more reliable than having witnesses look at an array of photos at once. Steblay said that a sequential process, “although it’s not perfect, it’s far superior – significantly superior – to the simultaneous procedure” because the witness is forced to compare the memory of the suspect to a single photo. The end result, she said, is a more absolute judgment. Read “.” Augsburg Assistant Professor Stephan Eirik Clark has faced a slew of media since his debut novel, Sweetness #9, received the “Colbert Bump”聽on The Colbert Report. Edan Lepucki, also a debut novelist, mentioned Clark’s book during her interview by Stephen Colbert on his television show. The “Colbert Bump” is part of Colbert’s effort to raise awareness of and interest in new novels as part of Colbert’s frustration with Amazon. Since receiving the bump,聽Clark has garnered significant media attention for his reaction to garnering the bump and Clark also has been referenced in many other articles about the episode. In many instances, Augsburg College also has been mentioned since Clark is a faculty member for the Master of Fine Arts program.聽A small sampling of the coverage includes: Augsburg Assistant Professor Stephan Eirik Clark’s book聽Sweetness #9聽was mentioned on The Colbert Report聽as a debut novel that must聽be read. Stephen Colbert recently began a campaign to raise awareness of works聽by first-time novelists and that are published by independent booksellers. Clark’s book was singled out by author Edan Lepucki who was a guest on Colbert’s show. Clark teaches in Augsburg’s low-residency Master of Fine Arts program. Watch this segment of to see Clark’s novel mentioned. Lorna “Emmy” Her Many Horses ’15, an Augsburg graduate student, was featured on MPR News for her work on translating the Star Spangled Banner to the Lakota and Dakota languages. Her Many Horses, who聽grew up on a South Dakota Indian reservation聽and works for the Division of Indian Work,聽said reworking the national anthem was no easy task, “It was quite a process, figuring out what words we needed to make up,” she said. To of the song visit the MPR news site.
Andy Aoki answers WCCO ‘Good Question’ on ISIS
Professor Andy Aoki聽spoke with WCCO-TV about the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, known as ISIS, for the聽news station’s Good Question. Aoki, who teaches in the College’s political science department, explained to television viewers that ISIS is an extreme militant group that has been disavowed by Al Qaeda. He commented that this relatively young organization is rare, in part, because unlike most of history’s other horrific killers, this group isn’t trying to hide any of its actions. “It鈥檚 rare to find a group like this that鈥檚 not even embarrassed. Even the Nazis were denying some of the things they did. If you look at some of the most horrific killers the last 30 or 40 years, they鈥檝e got to be in the top 5 so far,”聽he told viewers. Watch聽“.”St. Paul Pioneer Press features Stephan Eirik Clark
Augsburg Assistant Professor Stephan Eirik Clark spoke with the St. Paul Pioneer Press about the surge of attention accompanying his new novel, “Sweetness #9,” and, in particular, its promotion聽on The Colbert Report television show. Dave Conrad: Communication strategies and change management
Augsburg College鈥檚 Dave Conrad, director of the Rochester MBA program, wrote in his most recent column for the Rochester Post-Bulletin about how communication strategies can help facilitate organizational transitions. Read 鈥淐ommunication is vital for change鈥� for insight into how good leaders can聽communicate well聽and ease employees’ anxieties.Nancy Steblay shares expertise on eyewitness identification
‘Colbert Bump’ creates media frenzy for Stephan Eirik Clark
Stephan Eirik Clark gets ‘Colbert Bump’ on The Colbert Report
Andy Aoki answers WCCO ‘Good Question’
Political Science Professor Andy Aoki spoke to WCCO’s John Lauritsen about whether economic sanctions are a strategy that governments can use to change behavior by others. Aoki told the “Good Question” reporter that actions by the United States to freeze assets of some Russian defense companies and to block financing of that country’s banks and energy companies could create enough pain over the long run that Russia will change its behavior. Watch the interview to聽hear more of Aoki’s perspective on sanctions against Russia and other countries.Dave Conrad: Good leaders focus on results
Augsburg College’s Dave Conrad, director of the Rochester MBA program, wrote in his most recent column for the Rochester Post-Bulletin about how good leaders should focus on results. Read “https://www.postbulletin.com/news/business/dave-conrad-good-leaders-focus-on-results-and-people/article_c9877a58-313f-527e-92ef-6d014a71da1d.html” href=”http://www.postbulletin.com/business/dave-conrad-good-leaders-focus-on-results-and-people/article_c9877a58-313f-527e-92ef-6d014a71da1d.html” target=”_blank”>Good Leaders Focus on Results” for insight into how good leaders can produce engaged employees.Augsburg grad student on MPR News