Around the Quad
Innovation and excellence
As I write this, there is much conversation around the country about President Obama鈥檚 challenge to colleges and universities to stem tuition increases and make higher education more accessible… more >
Sabo public policy symposium
Augsburg’s annual Sabo Symposium modeled constructive debate in addressing some of the contentious issues surrounding K-12 integration funding in Minnesota. The panel included Peter Swanson and Scott… more >
On politics and informed citizens
BY PAUL C. PRIBBENOW, PRESIDENT The creation of the Sabo Center for Citizenship and Learning a few years ago allowed us a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the life and work… more >
Education off the main road
As I write these words for the summer issue of the Augsburg Now鈥攚hich includes stories illustrating Augsburg’s vision of educating global citizens鈥擨 am in Oslo, Norway… more >
First graduates of Augsburg’s Doctor of Nursing Practice program
Back Row [L to R]: Kristin McHale ’08 MAN; Susan Loushin ’03 BSN, ’06 MAN; Mary Ann Kinney ’04 MAN; Kaija Freborg Sivongsay ’08 MAN… more >
Conflict and learning
By Paul C. Pribbenow As I write this column, there are reports from far and near of conflicts in the world that reflect fundamental questions about our values and aspirations… more >
Welcome home to Augsburg!
By Paul C. Pribbenow We celebrated Homecoming this year in grand fashion, welcoming more than 1,000 alumni, families, and friends at events during the week. I am mindful of… more >
A new mission statement and Commission Augsburg
By聽 Paul C. Pribbenow Over the past two years, the Augsburg community has been engaged in a lively and rich conversation about our character and identity. Augsburg last modified its… more >
Multiply your mind by giving it away
As this issue of Augsburg Now illustrates, the Augsburg community is engaged in many efforts and initiatives that are best characterized as innovative鈥攐r 鈥渙ut-of-the-box,鈥� as they… more >
Advent Vespers keeps growing at 30 years
By Betsey Norgard In 1980, Augsburg Choir director Larry Fleming鈥檚 vision for the first Advent Vespers was unlike any other. Among many holiday performances, Augsburg鈥檚 program would offer… more >
Augsburg鈥檚 first travel to Egypt
By Mohamed Sallam, Director of the Pan-Afrikan Center and instructor in the Departments of Sociology and History As a child, I spent most of my summers in Egypt. When… more >
Two new regents elected to board
The Augsburg Corporation, at its annual meeting in September, elected two new members to the Board of Regents and re-elected six others. Elected to a four-year term on… more >
Ever Cat Fuels opens in Isanti
What began as a student research project in a Science Hall laboratory made another step toward changing how fuel will be produced in the future when Ever Cat Fuels held… more >
Mayor meets with students
After returning from New Zealand last summer, Richmond Appleton 鈥�09 was so enthusiastic that he wrote a letter to Minneapolis mayor R.T. Rybak. Appleton was in New Zealand for… more >
Augsburg keeps going green
Sustainability Awareness Month September on campus not only included the beginning of fall classes, but a month-long series of events and activities designed to raise awareness and change habits… more >