The Augsburg Podcast Archives - Alumni, Parents, and Friends /alumni/category/academic-departments/the-augsburg-podcast/ Augsburg University Tue, 14 Sep 2021 15:59:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 Lamont Slater: Decolonizing the Mind, S2E15 of The Augsburg Podcast /alumni/2019/09/19/lamont-slater-decolonizing-the-mind-s2e15-of-the-augsburg-podcast/ Thu, 19 Sep 2019 21:57:11 +0000 http://www.augsburg.edu/alumni/?p=50310 The Augsburg Podcast features voices of Augsburg University faculty and staff. We hope this is one way you can get ...

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Lamont Slater, instructor and program coordinator for the Center for Global Education and Experience
Lamont Slater, instructor and program coordinator for the Center for Global Education and Experience, remotely joins the Augsburg Podcast from Windhoek, Namibia to discuss the perspective-altering value of study abroad programming — and how it changed his own life as well as the lives of current students studying abroad with him in Namibia.

 

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]]> Sarah Degner Riveros: Language for Life, S2E13 of The Augsburg Podcast /alumni/2019/08/21/sarah-degner-riveros-language-for-life-s2e13-of-the-augsburg-podcast/ Wed, 21 Aug 2019 20:09:28 +0000 http://www.augsburg.edu/alumni/?p=50287 The Augsburg Podcast features voices of Augsburg University faculty and staff. We hope this is one way you can get ...

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Sarah Degner Riveros
Language is so much more than vocabulary and grammar. For Sarah Degner Riveros, Lecturer in Spanish, languages are inseparable from their history, community, and culture. In this discussion, we explore many ways the teaching and learning of Spanish opens doorways to a wider world and into the deeper self.

 

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]]> Ankita Deka: Lifelong Learnings in Social Work, S2E12 of The Augsburg Podcast /alumni/2019/08/07/ankita-deka-lifelong-learnings-in-social-work-s2e12-of-the-augsburg-podcast/ Wed, 07 Aug 2019 20:23:52 +0000 http://www.augsburg.edu/alumni/?p=50269 The Augsburg Podcast features voices of Augsburg University faculty and staff. We hope this is one way you can get ...

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Ankita Deka
Associate Professor of Social Work Ankita Deka guides her students to new insights about society, privilege, and the unique position of social workers to be agents of positive change in their communities.

 

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]]> Lori Brandt Hale: Lived Theology, S2E11 of The Augsburg Podcast /alumni/2019/07/25/lori-brandt-hale-lived-theology-s2e11-of-the-augsburg-podcast/ Thu, 25 Jul 2019 13:41:05 +0000 http://www.augsburg.edu/alumni/?p=50252 The Augsburg Podcast features voices of Augsburg University faculty and staff. We hope this is one way you can get ...

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Lori Brandt Hale
Lori Brandt Hale, Associate Professor of Religion, believes all questions have answers: that curiosity and inquiry across traditions can bring about insight that informs, inspires, and activates.

 

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]]> Vivian Feng: Chemistry & Curiosity, S2E9 of The Augsburg Podcast /alumni/2019/07/03/vivian-feng-chemistry-curiosity-s2e9-of-the-augsburg-podcast/ Wed, 03 Jul 2019 17:01:09 +0000 http://www.augsburg.edu/alumni/?p=50208 The Augsburg Podcast features voices of Augsburg University faculty and staff. We hope this is one way you can get ...

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Vivian Feng
Vivian Feng, Associate Professor of Chemistry, is eternally curious about the world around her. She reflects on formative experiences with chemistry, shares student stories, and explores the impact and importance of research and experiential learning in the sciences.

 

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]]> Jeremy Myers: Pathways in Public Theology, S2E8 of The Augsburg Podcast /alumni/2019/06/25/jeremy-myers-pathways-in-public-theology-s2e8-of-the-augsburg-podcast/ Tue, 25 Jun 2019 19:59:44 +0000 http://www.augsburg.edu/alumni/?p=50190 The Augsburg Podcast features voices of Augsburg University faculty and staff. We hope this is one way you can get ...

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Myers
Jeremy Myers, Associate Professor of Religion, explores how early encounters with the wonder and mystery of faith led him to his work with youth, current coursework in public theology, and involvement in the Riverside Innovation Hub.

 

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]]> Jennifer Forsthoefel: The Exercise of Writing, S2E7 of The Augsburg Podcast /alumni/2019/03/15/jennifer-forsthoefel-the-exercise-of-writing-s2e7-of-the-augsburg-podcast/ Fri, 15 Mar 2019 20:45:29 +0000 http://www.augsburg.edu/alumni/?p=50034 The Augsburg Podcast features voices of Augsburg University faculty and staff. We hope this is one way you can get ...

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Jennifer Forsthofel
Jennifer Forsthoefel, Assistant Professor of English, recalls her early experiences with poetry and English, considers the evolving needs of modern writers learning their craft at the University level, and shares her vision for an expanded Writing Lab at Augsburg.

 

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]]> Katie Bishop: The Many Meanings of Success, S2E6 of The Augsburg Podcast /alumni/2019/03/01/katie-bishop-the-many-meanings-of-success-s2e6-of-the-augsburg-podcast/ Fri, 01 Mar 2019 21:34:11 +0000 http://www.augsburg.edu/alumni/?p=50014 The Augsburg Podcast features voices of Augsburg University faculty and staff. We hope this is one way you can get ...

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Katie Bishop
Katie Bishop, Chief Student Success Officer, discusses the multiple pathways Augsburg is working to build systems for student success all the way to graduation, inclusive of identity, cultural competence, affordability, and a meaningful degree.

 

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]]> Doug Green: Self-Discovery in Literature and Drama, Episode 5 of The Augsburg Podcast /alumni/2019/02/22/doug-green-self-discovery-in-literature-and-drama-episode-5-of-the-augsburg-podcast/ Fri, 22 Feb 2019 20:26:03 +0000 http://www.augsburg.edu/alumni/?p=49995 The Augsburg Podcast features voices of Augsburg University faculty and staff. We hope this is one way you can get ...

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Doug Green
Some stories were meant to be read aloud. Doug Green, Professor of English, recalls his path to Augsburg and reflects on the capacity of the spoken word to give new life to the roles we play: both those performed in dramatic literature and those that we embody, ourselves, in our everyday lives.

 

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]]> Episode 4 of The Augsburg Podcast: Terrance Kwame-Ross: Empathy in Education /alumni/2019/02/15/episode-4-of-the-augsburg-podcast-terrance-kwame-ross-empathy-in-education/ Fri, 15 Feb 2019 22:06:40 +0000 http://www.augsburg.edu/alumni/?p=49991 The Augsburg Podcast features voices of Augsburg University faculty and staff. We hope this is one way you can get ...

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Terrance Kwame-Ross
Terrance Kwame-Ross, Associate Professor of Education, unpacks language, power dynamics, and our sense of “Place” as major forces of influence in our worldviews — both as students and as educators.

 

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