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Alumni board welcomes new members

cjohnson — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 16:06:14 +0000

The �� Alumni Board is an opportunity for alumni from all programs and class years to build relationships with each other and the university today. Members connect with institutional leaders, faculty, students, and staff to better understand and support Augsburg’s mission. We are excited to welcome the newest members to the board!

Learn more about the alumni board.

Dave Stevens ’90

Navid Amini ’19 MBA

Willie Giller ’19

Arianna Antone-Ramirez ’20

Berlynn Bitengo ’21

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Recently published Auggies, Spring–Summer 2021

Amanda Symes '09, '15 MFA — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 13:56:50 +0000

Augsburg alumni, faculty, and students have published literature and earned the public’s attention during the past year.

Lowell “A.L. Shane” Ziemann ’60—“Alex, Hank & Hawk: Cowboys, Gunmen & Road Agents: A Novel of the American West”
David Nash ’06—“The Man in the Pines,” a novel and soundtrack
Joshua Phillip Johnson ’17 MFA—“The Forever Sea,” a novel
Robby Steltz ’18 MFA—“Nellie,” a short play that earned second place in the Virginia State One Acts competition
Khadijo “JoJo” Abdi ’19 MFA—One of the main authors that participated in the first Somali Community Book Fair in Burnsville, Minnesota
Tracy Ross ’19 MFA—“James Dean and the Beautiful Machine,” a book of poetry
Kristine Joseph ’20 MFA—“Simply Because We Are Human,” a memoir
Cole Williams ’22 MFA—Poems published in “Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine” and “Sh!t Men Say to Me: A Poetry Anthology in Response to Toxic Masculinity”
Faculty member Anika Fajardo—“What if a Fish,” a novel that won the Minnesota Book Award for Middle Grade Literature
“Murphy Square 1975–2020: A Sesquicentennial Sampler of Literature by Augsburg Students”—Professor Emeritus Doug Green said, “More than 40 recent students from 2016 through 2019 served as co-editors, haggling over selections drawn from the entire digital archive of Murphy Square [Augsburg’s student-created literary and visual arts journal]. Megan Johnson ’19 designed the volume.”

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You chimed in: Alumni are thankful for Augsburg resources

Briana Alamilla '17 — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 13:42:17 +0000

Augsburg Now staff asked the university’s Instagram followers for the resource they most appreciated as a student. Here are a few of their responses, edited for length and clarity.

The wonderful librarians!

—Nikki Darst ’15

The CLASS office helped me to be successful while [I was] undergoing cancer treatment.

—Brittany Kimball ’13

TRIO/SSS and Multicultural Student Services.

—Arianna Antone-Ramirez ’20

Student government! I learned how to advocate for myself and others.

—Anna Cox ’22

The openness and willingness of professors to help students along the way.

—Margaret Albers ’21

Center for Wellness and Counseling. I’d probably never have gotten mental health treatment otherwise.

—Eve Taft ’18

Residence Life. Shoutout to the best supervisors ever, Eric, Ryan, and Seth.

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