Summer 2009
Honored for distinguished teaching and learning
The Center for Teaching and Learning annually recognizes exemplary work by faculty and staff in support of teaching and learning at Augsburg College. Awards are based on evidence of student… more >
Focus on faculty: Tracy Bibelnieks
by Wendi Wheeler ’06 In high school, Tracy Bibelnieks played the alto saxophone. At Arrowhead Music Camp near Duluth, Minn., she met Miles 鈥淢ity鈥� Johnson, celebrated conductor of the… more >
Focus on faculty: Bill Green
by Jeff Shelman Much has changed at Augsburg since the last time Bill Green taught a history class. Paul Pribbenow began his work as Augsburg鈥檚 president. The Oren Gateway… more >
Focus on faculty: Joyce Miller ’02, ’05 MAN
by Betsey Norgard Joyce Miller considers herself a nursing 鈥減ioneer鈥� at Augsburg. She was in the first group of nurses in the bachelor degree completion program in Rochester in 1998… more >
Auggies on stage
For most of the year, we see Auggie student-athletes on the field, on the court, or on the ice where they display their tenacity and strength. And we see… more >
Focus on faculty: Lori Brandt Hale
by Betsey Norgard To Lori Brandt Hale, what sets Augsburg apart is the way the mission and vision of the College are real, authentic, and lived out every day. This… more >
Focus on faculty: Kristin Anderson
by Jeff Shelman At first glance, Scandinavian art and the Metrodome might not have a lot in common. But after listening to associate professor Kristin Anderson, maybe altar paintings and… more >
Focus on faculty: Vivian Feng
by Betsey Norgard The first semester she began college, assistant professor Vivian Feng found herself in a chemistry lab doing research. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 what kept me in chemistry,鈥� she says… more >
Focus on faculty: Bill Arden
By Wendi Wheeler ’06 Bill Arden wants Augsburg鈥檚 nontraditional students to know he鈥檚 been on their side of the desk. The business and MIS professor finished both… more >
Focus on faculty: Darcy Engen ’88
by Betsey Norgard 鈥淗ere at Augsburg, we鈥檙e a college that鈥檚 open and right in the middle of the world around us, rather than being closed off,鈥� says theatre… more >
Focus on faculty: David Murr ’92
By Jeff Shelman After a journey that included two years in Tanzania with the Peace Corps, graduate studies at Boston University, post-doctoral work at Dartmouth College, and a year… more >
The personality of place – Gus鈥� office
By Stephen Geffre In summer 1974, history professor Don 鈥淕us鈥� Gustafson took a paintbrush and a can of green paint and colored his walls to match his personality. Then the… more >
Writing a living faith
By Betsey Norgard Baptisms, confirmation classes, choir pictures, pastor controversies, new buildings鈥攚hat makes up the history of a congregation? Three Augsburg history professors鈥� Jacqueline deVries, Don Gustafson and Michael… more >
Making peace in the community
By Wendi Wheeler, 鈥�06 Imagine if we were to treat one another as sacred beings. Imagine a community where everyone feels welcomed and respected. The Wakanheza project teaches that there… more >
Sociology shines 鈥� the evolution of a department
By Betsey Norgard During the past academic year, the stars seemed to shine on the Sociology Department as faculty received awards and grants, and the department itself was recognized for… more >