{"id":49374,"date":"2024-10-28T13:18:15","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T13:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/?p=49374"},"modified":"2024-10-28T13:18:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T13:18:15","slug":"empowering-the-future-of-students-through-unrestricted-giving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/2024\/10\/28\/empowering-the-future-of-students-through-unrestricted-giving\/","title":{"rendered":"Empowering the Future of Students through Unrestricted Giving"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Patricia and Phil Hoversten ’71<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The first family member of Phil Hoversten \u201971 to graduate from Augsburg was his uncle Knut Holversten in 1930. Since then, four generations and 40+ Hoversten family members have attended Augsburg, including Phil who graduated in 1971 with a degree in biology. \u201cI knew I wanted to go into pre-med and Augsburg gave me a generous financial aid package that first year,\u201d Phil said.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, Phil\u2019s path to graduation was not without its challenges.\u00a0 He experienced financial hardship after his first year, but with encouragement from his professor, John Holum, Phil decided to stay at Augsburg. \u201cThe caliber of instruction, the smaller class sizes, and the individual attention I received helped me do well,\u201d he reflected. Phil\u2019s experience at Augsburg prepared him for medical school at the University of Minnesota. He had a 24-year career at Allina Health as a Physician in Occupational Medicine until his retirement in 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n

Throughout the years, Phil has kept in touch with a few fellow students from his time in the choral club, but, Phil\u2019s primary connection to Augsburg is rooted in his family\u2019s enduring legacy. In the 1980s several Hoversten family members contributed to the construction of the Hoversten Chapel. \u201cI\u2019m fortunate that my family listened to what the college needed at the time,\u201d Phil shared as he reflected on the vision for a multi-purpose space. Today, the Hoversten Chapel is a central location for worship, music, and other community-building events.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The belief in Augsburg as a unifying and dynamic community has been a cornerstone for Phil and his family for generations. Phil said he sees his unrestricted giving as his link to the Hoverstens\u2019 commitment to supporting education centered on service and a connection to the gift his relatives established forty years ago<\/span><\/p>\n

The concepts of experiential learning and meaningful engagement in local communities, introduced by <\/span>Augsburg Department of Sociology founder Joel Torstenson<\/span> have deeply resonated with Phil. \u201cSchools have been faced with great difficulties recently. There was a [time I experienced ] tremendous need here and it motivated my\u00a0 desire to give back to the place that gave me my education, This is my way of supporting local efforts.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

For Phil, unrestricted giving has the potential to lead to incredible change. \u201cI look at the beautiful buildings like the Hagfors Center that accommodate a modern education and all the programs that support our diverse student body\u2026 I understand the difference it makes when universities have the means to be sure critical areas are funded,\u201d he shared. \u201cI encourage others to consider an unrestricted gift\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Through his commitment to giving back, Phil continues to strengthen the legacy of his family at Augsburg, ensuring generations of Auggies have opportunities to thrive in a community that helped shape his life and many others.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The first family member of Phil Hoversten \u201971 to graduate from Augsburg was his uncle Knut Holversten in 1930. Since then, four generations and 40+ Hoversten family members have attended Augsburg, including Phil who graduated in 1971 with a degree in biology. \u201cI knew I wanted to go into pre-med and Augsburg gave me a …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":470,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[204,211,7],"tags":[155,200],"class_list":["post-49374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-augsburg-fund-2","category-class-of-1971","category-gift-announcements","tag-augsburg-alumni","tag-augsburg-fund"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49374","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\/470"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49374"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49376,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49374\/revisions\/49376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/giving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}