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ADVISORY: 250 children with disabilities play
November 18 at Augsburg Sports Extravaganza

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15th annual event welcomes students from more than 25 Minnesota schools

(MINNEAPOLIS)鈥� Augsburg College physical education and exercise science students will use聽knowledge gained in the classroom to deliver smiles to more than 250聽grade-school and middle-school children who will聽be聽at the 15th Annual Sports Extravaganza, a one-day event through which children with physical, cognitive and learning disabilities play on campus.

The success of Sports Extravaganza, slated for聽November 18, hinges upon the participation of Augsburg students. Together, students and faculty members create activity stations in the Augsburg Athletics dome and then assist children with each activity.

鈥淎ugsburg students take what they鈥檝e learned in the classroom and then go out and do this event,鈥� said Carol Enke, Sports Extravaganza director and Augsburg College HPE instructor. 鈥淭he young students come to campus, and they help [Augsburg] students grow.鈥�

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ELCA scholarship recipient Sarah Abendanon is interviewed by
The Lutheran

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The LutheranAugsburg College student and Suriname citizen聽Sarah Abendanon聽was interviewed for an article in The Lutheran, the magazine of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The story detailed a scholarship program for women leaders from the 鈥済lobal south,鈥� which is comprised of Africa, Central and Latin America, and most of Asia.

Noticing a lack educational access for women in these areas, the ELCA Churchwide Assembly voted in 2013 to raise $4 million over a five-year period in order to provide scholarships for 200 women.

“My religion professor asks what we think about our readings and encourages different points of view. In Suriname schools, what the teacher says goes,鈥� Abendanon explained.

As far as the outdoor climate, Abendanon has prepared for winter by purchasing a large winter coat. 鈥淏ring it on!鈥� she said in the article.

Read: Women of purpose – ELCA scholarships prepare emerging leaders from the 鈥榞lobal south鈥� on The Lutheran site.

Juventino Meza ’11 pens commentary for MinnPost

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MinnPostMinnPost recently published a commentary by Augsburg College alumnus Juventino Meza ’11 on聽trends regarding Latinos and education in Minnesota.

Meza聽is a founding member of NAVIGATE MN, a聽leadership development program for immigrant young adults, and received the聽Ohtli Award聽in 2013, which is the Mexican government’s highest recognition for a civilian Mexican living outside Mexico.

In the commentary, Meza outlined how an increasing proportion聽of Latinos in聽Minnesota’s demographic makeup calls for changes in educational instruction and administration.

Read the story, “,” on the MinnPost website.

Muna Mohamed ’16 and Jennifer Weber ’11 support girls in sports, appear in Star Tribune

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Minneapolis Star Tribune础耻驳驳颈别蝉听Muna Mohamed ’16 and Jennifer Weber ’11聽each play an important role in supporting Minneapolis girls’ efforts to stay fit and active. The two women coach basketball teams that play as part of the Girls Initiative in Recreation and Leisurely Sports program at the Brian Coyle Community Center in Augsburg College’s Cedar-Riverside neighborhood.

The Star Tribune recently featured the work of Mohamed and Weber in a story on how the GIRLS program worked with community members and University of Minnesota employees to design and sew culturally sensitive activewear for Muslim girls to use during their practices and games.

Read “” on the Star Tribune website.

Anderson and Grewe add to conversation on gender equity

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MinnPostAugsburg College staff members聽Margaret Anderson, program coordinator for the Center for Global Education and Experience, and Michael Grewe ’12 MSW, director of LGBTQIA support services, spoke with MinnPost media issues reporter Brian Lambert to discuss what Caitlyn Jenner’s Vanity Fair cover means for transgender people in Minnesota.

Grewe noted that media frenzy resulting from Jenner’s gender transition could provide “a way to talk about important issues like access to affordable health care, housing and equal employment鈥� for all people.

Read the article,聽聽on the MinnPost website.

Tommy Redae ’09 MBA shines in Star Tribune article

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Minneapolis Star TribuneAugsburg College alumnus Tommy Redae ’09 MBA was featured in a recent Star Tribune story on Wells Fargo’s successful practices in the area of聽diversity in hiring. Redae described how mentors and networking meetings with business leaders have influenced his career positively.

Visit the Star Tribune website to read, “.”

Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin ’03 discusses ‘agripreneur’
program in MinnPost

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MinnPostIn a recent special report examining the prospects and challenges for non-metro counties in Minnesota, Augsburg College alumnus Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin ’03 discussed economic shifts and new opportunities for agriculture in southeastern Minnesota.

In the report, which was commissioned by聽The McKnight Foundation and republished by MinnPost, Haslett-Marroquin explained聽the ways in which Latino immigrant families are reinventing the notion of the family farm in Rice and Dakota counties.

Haslett-Marroquin聽co-founded the successful Peace Coffee company and today leads the Main Street Project, an initiative seeking to develop “a prototype for agriculture that will chart a course toward prosperity for Latino immigrant families, boost local economies and provide healthier, tastier food that people of all incomes can afford,” according to the article聽.

MPR talks with Dean Gort about Auggie Plan

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MPRLogoIn late May, officials from Augsburg College and Minneapolis Community and Technical College launched the Auggie Plan, a guaranteed pathway to a four-year degree for MCTC students who earn a certain GPA and who follow a particular path at MCTC. 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’s story,听“,”聽which included an interview with Amy Strohmeier Gort, dean of arts and sciences.

KARE 11 features Urban Debate’s Somali Debate Initiative

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kareMinnesota’s first-ever Somali Debate Initiative got underway on May 27 when middle- and high-school students from Minneapolis and St. Paul schools discussed the topic of remittances to Somalia. The initiative, part of the College’s successful Minnesota Urban Debate League, was developed in partnership with members of the Somali community. Learn more about the program in the KARE 11 story, , and聽that features MnUDL staff members Amy Cram-Helwich, executive director of MNUDL, Awale Osman ’15, community outreach intern,聽and students.