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May Auggie Eye-opener

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Featured Speaker, ELCA Bishop Ann Svennungsen

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Featured Speaker, ELCA Bishop Ann Svennungsen

Bishop Ann Svennungsen was elected February 2012 as the first woman to lead the Minneapolis Area Synod. Bishop Svennungsen deeply values the ELCA commitment to social justice action and serves as the director of The Presidents鈥� Pledge Against Global Poverty.聽She has had a variety of experiences, including pastoring four very different congregations in vastly different circumstances, serving as CEO of the Fund for Theological Education in Atlanta, and serving as president of Texas Lutheran University in Seguin.

We look forward to learning more from Bishop Ann Svennungsen on May 8th, at our spring Auggie Eye-opener. If you have attended an Eye-Opener in the past, you know it is a great time of networking among Auggies and friends. If you haven’t come before, give it a try ($5 for the breakfast is worth it alone!)

Date:聽 May 8, 2014
Breakfast and Networking:聽 7:00am
Speaker Presentation:聽 7:30am鈥�8:30am
Location:聽 Town & Country, 300 North Mississippi River Boulevard, Saint Paul, MN 55104

Register at .聽The cost for the breakfast is $5.

 

 

Finding Vocation in Corporate Philanthropy, Jon Campbell

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Next week we are looking forward to welcoming Jon Campbell to campus for the third program this year sponsored by the Clair and Gladys Strommen Executive Series.

Date: 聽Thursday, April 3, 2014
Time:聽 5:00 p.m.
Location:聽 Kennedy Center, rooms 303-305

Jon Campbell, Executive Vice President and Director of Community Relations at Wells Fargo,聽will present about the connections between the nonprofit and corporate fields, and how values of community sustainability and giving back to his community are embedded in his career path..

Mr. Campbell serves on many regional boards including the National Urban League Board of Trustees, the University of Minnesota Foundation, University of Minnesota Carlson School, Board of Overseers, Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, and United Way U.S. National Board of Trustees. Wells Fargo has a strong history of giving back to the community; their team members accrued over 1.5 million volunteer hours and invested over $315.8 million in 19,500 nonprofits and schools nationwide in 2012.

Please join us in giving him an Auggie welcome, and for what will be a lively conversation about vocation, community engagement, and corporate philanthropy.

Register at聽, and plan to聽join us for a networking event immediately following the presentation.

 

Loveland Rotary Club honors Earl Sethre ’68

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In February, the . Marvin Morganti explained that the award “is to honor someone in the community, a non-Rotarian, who demonstrates the four-way test and … who’s got the community in mind.” Mary聽McCambridge, who presented the award, said this about Earl,聽“the person we are honoring today is a very humble person, tall in stature and does much for the community but in a very quiet way.” Upon receiving the award Earl said,聽“I think it’s important to give back… a person who gives something feels good about it.”

Bush Foundation Selects Six Augsburg Alumni

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Congratulations to the six Augsburg College alumni who were recognized by the as leaders in their communities. Four of the six were chosen as Bush Fellows, a program that “provides individuals with opportunities to demonstrate and improve their capacity for leadership as they learn by doing.” Two other Augsburg alumni were recognized by the Bush Foundation as leaders and asked to participate in cohort 5 of the聽听辫谤辞驳谤补尘.

Bush Fellows
Syl Jones ’73
Jennifer Waltman ’07
Sue Hakes ’89
Jacquie Berglund ’87

Native Nation Rebuilders
Pamela Johns ’12
Joseph Regguinti ’07

Remembering Ed Saugestad ’59

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A Message from President Pribbenow:

Yesterday morning we learned that legendary coach and faculty emeritus Edwin Saugestad passed away Thursday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Ed, 77, served as a coach, teacher, and mentor for hundreds of Auggies during his long and illustrious career.

Ed graduated from Augsburg College in 1959 with a double major in physical education and biology, and continued his connection with Augsburg through a 37-year coaching career鈥攂eginning in his senior year when he was both a hockey player and coach for the team. By the time he retired as hockey coach in 1996, Ed ranked second in career wins in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III history, compiling a 503-354-21 record, and that鈥檚 just the beginning of his accolades.

Ed鈥檚 teams won Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) titles six straight years (1977-82), qualified for national tournament play 10 times, and won the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) national championship in 1978, 1981, and 1982. Ed, himself, was inducted into Augsburg’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1978, and was named NAIA National Coach of the Year three times and MIAC Coach of the Year six times. The MIAC even christened its playoff championship trophy as the Ed Saugestad Trophy after he retired.

In 2002, Ed was awarded the American Hockey Coaches Association’s John MacInnes Award to honor his contributions in the growth of amateur hockey in the United States, and in 2007, he was named the Hobey Baker Legends of Hockey honoree. In 2010, Augsburg dedicated its main competition ice rink in honor of Ed. The Ed Saugestad Rink is used extensively by Augsburg鈥檚 men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 ice hockey teams, and by a wide range of Twin Cities sports teams, clubs, and organizations.

In addition to his hockey coaching duties, Ed taught in the Health and Physical Education Department throughout his career. He also served as the College’s men’s athletic director and on the Augsburg football coaching staff for many years. Ed earned his master鈥檚 degree from the University of Minnesota and was awarded faculty emeritus recognition by the Augsburg Board of Regents in 1998. The Augsburg Athletic Department also named its academic award for male student-athletes the Ed Saugestad Academic Award.

There will be a memorial service for Ed on Thursday, April 3, at 2 p.m. in the Hoversten Chapel.

In the meantime, our thoughts and prayers go out to Ed鈥檚聽family and all of us whose lives Ed touched. As it says on the mural displayed in the Augsburg Ice Arena in his honor, Ed made us 鈥渃hampions for life.鈥�


Sincerely,
Paul C. Pribbenow
President

Highlights featuring His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

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His Holiness the 14th聽Dalai Lama聽and keynote speaker, Sister Helen Prejean, a strong advocate of eliminating capital punishment, were the featured presenters the first day of the 26thNobel Peace Prize Forum, 鈥淐rossing Boundaries to Create Common Ground鈥�, hosted by Augsburg College, the University of聽Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Policy, and the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.

A week prior to March 1st the event had already sold out, at 3400 tickets. Upon arrival at 7:00am, the atrium of the Minneapolis Convention center was packed with streams of people waiting in line to hear聽the Dalai Lama. Participants arrived from all over the world, experienced the only event that celebrates聽Nobel Peace Prize Laureates and inspires peacemaking. In addition to many sponsorships that made this聽event possible, Google + is also sponsoring the event and live streaming all the workshops and speakers聽online. To connect digitally the Forum can be found on , , and Twitter. Audience聽engagement whether near or far is what makes the Forum successful and meaningful for all involved.聽Thank you for your support!

There are still tickets available for Law & Business Day, Health & Science Day, and Global Day.聽Please consider joining us for the following Forum days, March 7, 8, & 9th聽.

Book Describes Augsburg Professor鈥檚 Heritage as Norwegian Immigrant

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Author Phillip Formo鈥檚 new book聽Papa: A Life Remembered聽describes the experiences of his grandfather, Andreas Helland, a Norwegian immigrant and a long-time Augsburg College professor. In the book, Formo shares memories and insights about Helland鈥檚 teaching and commitment to the Church. The book was described in a recent聽狈别飞蝉-搁别肠辞谤诲听article, which notes that proceeds from the sale of the book will go to an Augsburg student scholarship in Helland鈥檚 memory.

Auggies Ride, Tour de Cure

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A message from Alumni Board Member Jill Watson ’10:

At the spring Alumni Board meeting in 2013, Janeece Oatman ’05, Tour de Cure Twin Cities Ride Director, was our guest speaker.聽 At this meeting, I learned about the Tour de Cure, a fundraising event held in 44 states nationwide to benefit the American Diabetes Association.聽 Immediately, I knew I wanted to ride.聽 My mom has type II diabetes, a childhood friend has type I diabetes, and oddly enough, my small department of seven people has three type I diabetics, and this is probably just a small group of people in my life living with diabetes that I know about.

In 2013, I rode the 27-mile route, though I was hesitant at first because it was by far the farthest I鈥檝e ever gone on a bike, but it was wonderful!聽 I met some amazing people along the way, and two of the ladies I met while chatting before the ride remembered me (and my name!) when I saw them at another bike ride in the fall!聽 The scenery was gorgeous throughout Minneapolis and I found trails I never knew existed.聽 The riders with diabetes stand out, on purpose, in their red jerseys, and everyone there is cheering for them, and they know it as you ride by and yell 鈥済o red rider!鈥澛� The atmosphere was electric as everyone there was there for a cause.

Jill Watson ’10

I ride in honor of my family, friends, and coworkers; I ride to help put an end to diabetes; and I ride to support fellow Auggie Janeece and her amazing work with the American Diabetes Association. Out of all the events I participated in throughout 2013, Tour de Cure was by far my favorite and I can鈥檛 wait for the 2014 ride when I plan to tackle the 43-mile route!聽 I hope you鈥檒l consider joining Team Auggie Accelerators where you鈥檒l see the sights of Minneapolis and St. Paul, while supporting all those with diabetes.

Auggie students, alumni, staff, faculty, friends, and family are all welcome on team Auggie Accelerators!

To join our team, donate to the cause, or find more information, please see our team page at .

Jill Watson 鈥�10 MBA

Nursing and P.A. Alumni Invited to Science & Health Day

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The Augsburg Alumni Association, in partnership with the Nursing and聽Physician Assistant programs, invites all nursing and P.A. alumni to Nobel Peace Prize Forum’s Health & Science Day on Saturday, March 8, 2014.

Health and Science Day will feature Honored Laureate Doctors Without Borders and聽Dr. William Foege, in addition to breakout sessions on topics such as Native American health disparities, infectious disease and its impact on peace, Doctors Without Borders fieldwork, and the role of nursing in international relief.


Event Recap: Dave St. Peter, Strommen Executive Series Speaker

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Left to Right: Dave St. Peter, Prof. Kristen Anderson, and Bob Strommen ’74

Last month we welcomed Dave St. Peter to speak at Augsburg College about the 鈥淏usiness of Baseball鈥�.聽 90 Augsburg students and alumni attended this engaging presentation.聽 If you were unable to join us for this event, please check out the video St. Peter delved into the history of Twins Baseball, the process of developing Target Field, and his core strategies for managing and leading a major Baseball League.聽 He had the audience laughing and engaged.聽 Many audience members had questions about Twins team specifics, such as how to support certain players, and the necessity for improving pitching for overall winning records.

Thank you to the Strommen family for sponsoring the Strommen Executive Speaker Series.聽 We look forward to seeing you at our next event, April 3rd at 5:00pm featuring Jon Campbell Executive Vice President, Director of Government and Community Relations Wells Fargo.聽 All are welcome, but please register at .