Summer 2016
From national champion to local hero
Three-time NBA champion Devean George 鈥�99 rebuilds community
The city: Course content and classroom
A glimpse at faculty and students who embrace learning opportunities in MinneapolisEach semester, painting and drawing classes typically occur in what originally was an Augsburg College chapel. Old Main 100 is an inspiring place with 25-foot ceilings and soaring windows… more >
Leadership and conflict
Graduate students study global compassion at Nobel Peace Prize ForumConflict is a pervasive characteristic of human interaction. This is the opening line of the summer syllabus for Augsburg College鈥檚 Master of Arts in Leadership course, 鈥淣avigating Local &… more >
Beyond the scoreboard
By the numbers: A year of Augsburg College athleticsEach year, Augsburg College athletes sprint, skate, dive, throw, swim, and leap countless times as they prepare for and compete in athletic contests. Because competition records and stats generally offer… more >
Martin Olav Sabo 鈥�59 leaves indelible mark on Augsburg College community
Remembering a lifelong public servantFormer U.S. Representative Martin Olav Sabo 鈥�59, who passed away on March 13 at age 78, was a lifelong public servant and renowned Augsburg College alumnus… more >
Class notes
Augsburg College alumni share their news and achievementsUndergraduate and graduate program alumni share milestones in their lives and careers… more >
In memoriam
Remembering AuggiesThe 鈥淚n memoriam鈥� listings in this announcement include notifications received before May 10… more >
New to the Alumni Board
New leadership in the Augsburg communityFive Auggies elected to serve three-year terms on the Augsburg College Alumni Board will network with and mentor current Auggies… more >
Give to the Max makes impact
Online giving day supports students, faculty, programsAuggies last fall made Augsburg College No. 1 in the annual Give to the Max Day challenge. This year, Give to the Max Day is November 17… more >
Travel in Thailand and Cambodia
Q&A with tour guide and Professor of English Kathy SwansonQ: How many times have you traveled to Thailand? What keeps bringing you back… more >
From the ground up
Groundbreaking ceremony unites AuggiesThis bug鈥檚-eye view captures the April 2016 groundbreaking ceremony for Augsburg鈥檚 Norman and Evangeline Hagfors Center for Science, Business, and Religion… more >
The Augsburg Choir joins Barry Manilow on stage
The exceptional talent and hard work of the Augsburg Choir was rewarded with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to sing backup during Grammy-award winner Barry Manilow鈥檚 farewell… more >
Notes from President Pribbenow
On thoughtful stewardshipAugsburg鈥檚 mission statement says that we educate students to be 鈥渢houghtful stewards鈥� as well as 鈥渋nformed citizens, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders.鈥� I imagine some may read 鈥渢houghtful stewards… more >
New residents set Memorial Hall abuzz
Hives installed to bolster honey bee populationIt has been decades since the last students moved out of Memorial Hall; the dormitory was converted to office space in the late 1960s. However, a new group of inhabitants… more >
$50,000 grant funds recycling program expansion
Student-faculty-staff collaboration improves campus sustainabilityAugsburg College can boost its efforts to divert organic and compostable items from trash and other recycling thanks to a $50,000 recycling grant from the Hennepin County Environment and… more >