The class presented their “I Believe” projects this week, using art, poetry, and nature to demonstrate one of their core beliefs in a creative way. Some made videos, others created art pieces, and some students even cooked to show their core belief.

Megan Holm, a junior education major, made a book with quotes from elementary students about how they served others. “What if everyone answered ‘yes’ when asked to help another? What would the world look like?” Holm wondered in her belief statement. The book shows how Holm serves the world through teaching.

Kat Lutze, a junior arts administration major, says she was taught by her parents to ask, “What would Jesus do?” but she also found herself asking what the fictional characters in her life would do. Her project [shown here] illustrates how she has learned through stories and plays.

With a shawl she got on a visit to the School of the Americas and a native talking stick, Annika Gunderson, a junior international relations and Spanish major, illustrated how healing and introspection are connected for her. Other students showed how they have discovered their beliefs through working in and with nature, how they see God’s love in “both the magnificent and the mundane,” and how they have come to know the divine through their relationships with others.

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Summer Bridge students take two college credit courses: Christian Vocation and the Search for Meaning taught by Mark Tranvik and Introduction to Public Speaking with Bob Groven.

In addition to the college courses, Summer Bridge students attend supplemental instruction courses, workshops about Augsburg College and college life, as well as social and cultural activities. Last week students participated in the Amazing Race (shown here) dashing through Minneapolis using the Light Rail.

The SSS program is one of three TRiO programs originally funded under the Higher Education Act of 1965 with the objective of helping students overcome class, social, and cultural barriers to complete their college education. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Student Support Services is committed to helping low-income, first-generation college students and students with disabilities achieve a bachelor’s degree.

TRIO/SSS is funded by the U.S. Department of Education and covers the cost of Summer Bridge. The Augsburg College Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs provides additional funding for tuition, textbooks, room and board, and some activities.

Summer Bridge runs through Thursday, August 8, 2008.

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