Longtime KARE 11 news anchor Diana Pierce ’16 MAL recently announced her retirement from broadcasting in the Twin Cities market after more than 30 years on air. In a story on the KARE 11 website, Pierce said, “The timing is excellent,” for the change because she will graduate from Augsburg College’s Master of Arts in Leadership program this spring and will pursue new opportunities with her master’s degree. To learn more about Pierce’s award-winning journalism career, read the following stories:

• KARE 11: 
• Bring Me The News: Newscaster Diana Pierce retiring after 32 years at KARE
• Minnesota Public Radio: KARE 11 anchor Diana Pierce retires
• Star Tribune: KARE 11’s Diana Pierce calls it a career after 32 years
• Pioneer Press: 

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Giffords was wounded severely during a 2011 shooting that resulted in six deaths. She and husband, Kelly, have announced similar coalitions in New Hampshire and Oregon during the past several months.

Augsburg College President Paul Pribbenow welcomed the event’s guests to campus and offered opening remarks at the press conference.

Media coverage of the event includes:

• Star Tribune –
• WCCO television –
• Minnesota Public Radio –
• Bring Me The News – Giffords visits Minnesota to launch coalition to help prevent gun violence
• KARE 11 television –
• KSTP television – Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Twin Cities Discussing Gun Control
• Christian Science Monitor –

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Others who added their support to the campaign include Gov. Mark Dayton, U.S. Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken, and the CEOs of prominent Minnesota businesses such as Best Buy, General Mills, and Cargill.

The ad was a joint effort between Democratic U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison and John Taft, CEO of RBC Wealth Management. It states that although Minnesotans, “may be a soft-spoken bunch, we know better than to be silent or still in the face of bigotry shown to Muslims. Our fellow Minnesotans.”

Several media outlets have reported on the ad, including:

• Bring Me the News,
• , and
• the , which also published an .

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Augsburg College alumna Kuoth Wiel ’13, a star in the feature film “The Good Lie,” has garnered a plethora of media coverage. The film, which was released in Minnesota Oct. 17, has been well received and is generating Oscar buzz.  Augsburg has received several media mentions thanks to Wiel since she was a student at the College when she auditioned for the role.

The film brings to life a fictional yet strikingly accurate story of the ‘Lost Boys’ of Sudan. Born in a refugee camp in Ethiopia to Sudanese parents herself, it’s no surprise Wiel found it important to help tell this story. Being a part of the film “…validated all the struggles we had went through,” Wiel said in an MPR news interview.

Wiel has been traveling around the U.S. promoting the film since its September debut at the Toronto Film Festival. The film, along with Wiel and her cast mates, have been featured and covered by media outlets ranging from Minneapolis’ Star Tribune to Rolling Stone magazine.

Below is a list of some of the local and national media coverage on Wiel:

• Bring Me the News��–��“Augsburg grad’s tragic past informs role in Hollywood movie”
• Entertainment Weekly��– 
• Huffington Post��– 
• Kare 11��– “Augsburg grad lands role with Reese Witherspoon”
• MPR��– “‘The Good Lie’ treads close to Sudanese refugee life, Minnesota actress says”
• People��– “Meet the real-life ‘Lost Boys’ of Sudan in ‘The Good Lie'”
• Pioneer Press��– “’The Good Lie’ wisely leaves story to the refugees”
• Rolling Stone��– “This Reese Witherspoon drama about the lost boys (and girls) of Sudan is earnest to a fault, but you won’t leave unmoved”
• Star Tribune��–��“Sudanese refugees weather culture shock in ‘Good Lie'”
• Variety��–��

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