{"id":48053,"date":"2021-02-23T21:26:10","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T21:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/?p=48053"},"modified":"2021-02-23T21:27:54","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T21:27:54","slug":"supporting-future-student-experiences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/2021\/02\/23\/supporting-future-student-experiences\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting Future Student Experiences"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Carol Seiler \u201990, \u201993 MAL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Carol Seiler\u2019s personal mission is to contribute to the greater good. Whether this is through her job, through volunteer work, or through donations, she feels she must contribute through all aspects of her life. Her Augsburg experience, particularly in her undergraduate courses, affirmed this.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI always need to feel like I’m contributing to something. I think we would all like to leave the world a better place,\u201d she says.<\/span><\/p>\n

Carol has been supporting women\u2019s organizations since the 70\u2019s. Having a service frame of mind is something she remembers from an early age, and something she learned from her father through his involvement in their local government.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When she graduated from high school, Carol was not encouraged to go to college. Instead, she was told what many women were told in that time: become a nurse, a secretary, or a teacher. But Carol wanted more. After working for many years at Honeywell, she wanted a change.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI just woke up one morning and decided it was time [to go to college]. I looked at a few schools and found Augsburg. Augsburg was perfect for me because it was urban, diverse, had a small campus, classes were available nights and weekends, and I liked the curriculum. Once I stepped in a classroom I didn\u2019t want to leave.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Carol joined Augsburg\u2019s Weekend College and earned her Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Communications in 1990. She continued at Augsburg to earn a Master\u2019s Degree in Leadership, graduating in 1993.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe whole experience was really life changing. That\u2019s why I want to leave this gift so that other people can have that experience. Especially women, and especially women of color who are historically underserved.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Carol is gifting a portion of her estate to the Augsburg Women Engaged Endowed Scholarship.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI want to leave my estate gift to an organization that’s going to do good things in the world. I had such a wonderful experience at Augsburg and to help give someone else that opportunity is very rewarding.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

When asked what she wishes to pass along to future generations, Carol said to never stop learning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cRecognize and acknowledge your value in the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Carol worked for Honeywell for 35 years in their human resources department and credits Honeywell\u2019s excellent education benefits for her success. She hopes that her estate gift will enable young women in the future to earn a degree and follow their passions.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Carol Seiler\u2019s personal mission is to contribute to the greater good. Whether this is through her job, through volunteer work, or through donations, she feels she must contribute through all aspects of her life. Her Augsburg experience, particularly in her undergraduate courses, affirmed this.\u00a0 \u201cI always need to feel like I’m contributing to something. I …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":439,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7,3],"tags":[155,148,139,100,58,118,31],"class_list":["post-48053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-donor-recognition","category-gift-announcements","category-giving-to-augsburg","tag-augsburg-alumni","tag-augsburg-university","tag-donor","tag-estate-gift","tag-gift-announcement","tag-giving","tag-philanthropy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/439"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48053"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48055,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48053\/revisions\/48055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}