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MPR offers readers a glimpse into Augsburg College life

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Alex Friedrich, Minnesota Public Radio’s higher education reporter, visited Augsburg College’s campus to experience a day in the life of an Auggie. Friedrich聽spent Dec. 5 blogging about his experiences and found that Augsburg College has a wide variety of traditions and experiences to offer聽to its students, faculty, staff and alumni, and聽also to its neighboring communities, as well.

Read and watch his posts on the “On Campus” blog here:

  • 聽– A few noteworthy and newsworthy items about Augsburg
  • 聽– Meet President Paul C. Pribbenow and his passion聽for bow ties, commitment to Augsburg students, and vision for the College’s future
  • 聽– Experiments in the organic chemistry class taught by Assistant Professor Michael Wentzel really shine — or, rather, glow
  • 聽– Beatboxing Auggies Matthew Kukar and Connor Doebbert demonstrate聽their talents
  • 聽– Friedrich takes in Velkommen Jul
  • 聽– An overview of lunchtime in the Commons
  • 聽– Norwegian traditions abound in special Daily Chapel service
  • What an Augsburg apartment looks like聽– A peak inside Luther Hall
  • 聽– The ins and outs of breakfast at Augsburg

Augsburg-connected startup highlighted by MinnPost

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MinnPostMinnPost聽news featured聽students and staff from Augsburg College and other local universities who collaborated on聽a startup organization, the Sisterhood of the Traveling Scarf, which opened a women’s clothing and accessory store.

The store —聽aptly named Sisterhood Boutique — is nestled in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis and features聽donated fashions at affordable prices.

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Scarf received funding for their startup venture from several Twin Cities organizations including聽Fairview Health Services and the Women鈥檚 Foundation of Minnesota, as well as support from Augsburg.

To , visit the MinnPost news site.

Olivia Muyres ’15 named Player of the Year

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Olivia Muyres ’15聽was named the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Women’s Soccer Player of the Year.

Muyres, who helped Augsburg win its first MIAC championship, was featured in the Rochester Post-Bulletin for her accomplishments in the Nov. 22 NCAA Division III Tournament. Muyres scored聽the winning goal in overtime during the first game.

罢辞听, visit the Post-Bulletin news site.

Delissa Hernandez ’14 discusses student debt with MPCC

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Delissa Hernandez ’14 was profiled in the Minnesota Private College Council newsletter in November.

Hernandez, who was the first of her family to enroll in college,聽was interviewed about the pros and cons associated with聽paying for a college education.

Although she received financial aid as a first generation student, she will have student debt after graduation. Hernandez said she isn’t worried聽about the debt as she believes the benefits of聽gaining a college education聽far outweigh the costs. “I already see how worth it this investment truly is,” she聽said.

Visit the 聽site to read the article.

Pioneer Press deems Howling Bird ‘ready to take off’

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PioneerPressHowling Bird, a student-run press at Augsburg College, is Minnesota’s newest small publisher. Howling Bird聽will take flight December 1 with the announcement of the winner of the press’ first National Poetry Prize, according to the Pioneer Press.

The honored poet will receive聽$1,000 and publication by Howling Bird in a trade paperback. That book will be guided聽through the publication process, from editing and design to marketing and distribution, by three students in the newly established publishing concentration in Augsburg’s low-residency Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program. To learn more about the MFA program and its students, read “” on the Pioneer Press website.

Star Tribune features Midnimo partnership

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Minneapolis Star Tribune will host a free concert by Taleex Band on October 31 as part of the Midnimo series, a two-year partnership with Augsburg College to build cross-cultural awareness, knowledge, and understanding of Somali culture through music. The Star Tribune recently promoted the show and Midnimo programming in the article, “Twin Cities band Taleex raises voices for Somali pride.” As noted in the article, the Taleex performance聽also will include sets by non-Somali groups. Bob鈥檚 Band,聽a brass jazz group led by long-time Augsburg College Music Department faculty member Bob Stacke 鈥�71 and comprised of several Augsburg聽alumni and current students, will augment Taleex Band’s sets.

MinnPost features Augsburg, other anchor institutions

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MinnPostAugsburg College was one of several Twin Cities anchor institutions named in a recent MinnPost article on聽the roles these聽institutions play in聽strengthening Minnesota neighborhoods.

President Paul C. Pribbenow,聽who is chair of the Central Corridor Anchor Partnership, was quoted in the article. He described how anchor institutions view the benefits in their partnership work.聽鈥淭his is not just what we give to the community, it鈥檚 about our shared interests and mutual benefits,” Pribbenow聽said.

Fellow member of the Augsburg community聽Josh Ahrens, food service director for A鈥檝iands, also was quoted in the article. Read, “” to learn how health care, higher education, and other nonprofits are working together to聽improve the economic vitality of聽their communities.

Augsburg named a top school by Military Advanced Education

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image001Military Advanced Education has selected Augsburg as a top school in its 2015 Guide to Colleges & Universities research study. A record number of schools responded to an extensive survey, and MAE staff evaluated each submission using strict criteria. Schools were evaluated by their achievement in military culture, financial aid, flexibility, on-campus support, and online support services.

The full聽Guide to Colleges & Universities will be published in a forthcoming issue of Military Advanced Education.

Augsburg named to list of top colleges for older students

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bestcolleges1The college planning website BestColleges.com has named Augsburg to its list of the top聽colleges for older students. Augsburg is ranked No. 9, making it the highest listed聽Minnesota聽institution.

In order to create the rankings, BestColleges.com examined all schools with a nontraditional student body of 25 percent聽or more聽and then narrowed its聽list to only those schools that provide a high quality education. The site examined each school’s academics, student engagement, percentage of students above age 25, and programs geared toward nontraditional students.聽The site trimmed its聽list to 50 schools by examining institutions’ range of degree programs at the baccalaureate level or higher.

Augsburg named to list of top colleges for Native Americans

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The American Indian Science and Engineering Society’s magazine has selected Augsburg as one of the Top 200 Colleges聽for Native American and Alaska Native students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering, and math.

The聽list features colleges and universities聽“where American Indians are going to school in significant numbers and where the community, Native programs, and support are strong enough for these students to enjoy college and stay on to graduation,” according to Winds of Change. Likewise, this year the list includes聽data measuring undergraduate degrees in science, engineering, technology and mathematics-related disciplines for all students and for American Indians.

Augsburg College聽was one of only five Minnesota institutions聽to make the Top 200 list, which was published in聽an聽annual聽special college issue聽designed to inform and inspire college-bound students and their parents, teachers, and聽counselors.

View the Top 200 Colleges for Native Americans.