Augsburg University will celebrate the class of 2025 at an in-person commencement ceremony at the Minneapolis Convention Center on Friday, May 9. Doors open at 5:00 p.m. and the ceremony begins at 6:00 p.m.

The ceremony recognizes candidates in Augsburg’s two doctoral, nine master’s, and three bachelor’s degree programs:

• Doctor of Clinical Psychology
• Doctor of Nursing Practice
• Master of Arts in Education��
• Master of Arts in Teaching
• Master of Arts in Leadership
• Master of Arts in Nursing
• Master of Business Administration��
• Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
• Master of Music Therapy
• Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies
• Master of Social Work
• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Music
• Bachelor of Science

Augsburg’s commencement ceremony includes an address by a student speaker and the presentation of two student awards. the Richard J. Thoni Award is given to one member of the graduating class whose actions, commitments, and future aspirations represent commitments to community, hospitality, and innovation. The Marina Christensen Justice Award is given to one member of the senior class whose actions, commitments, and future aspirations most profoundly exemplify Augsburg’s motto: “Education for Service.”��Flags displayed at commencement represent sovereign nations of American Indian students and countries of the international students graduating in the ceremony.

Tickets are required to attend in person, but the ceremony will also be livestreamed. Follow the celebration through the hashtag #AuggieGrad on all social media platforms, where students will be sharing images of the celebration.

For more information, including accessibility information, visit the commencement website.

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Augsburg’s commencement ceremony reflects the diversity of its community, as graduates traditionally wear stoles and cords of different colors that represent affiliation with various communities and programs. Flags displayed at commencement represent sovereign nations of American Indian students and countries of the international students graduating in the ceremony.

Tickets are required to attend in person, but the ceremony will also be livestreamed. Follow the celebration through the hashtag #AuggieGrad on social media platforms.

For more information, including accessibility information, visit the commencement website.

Media contact:
Rachel Farris
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(612) 330-1476

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Augsburg’s commencement ceremony reflects the diversity of its community, as graduates traditionally wear stoles and cords of different colors that represent affiliation with various communities and programs. Flags displayed at commencement represent sovereign nations of American Indian students and countries of the international students graduating in the ceremony.

Tickets are required to attend in person, but the ceremony will also be live streamed via YouTube. Follow the celebration through the hashtag #AuggieGrad on all social media platforms, where students will be sharing images of the celebration.

For more information, including accessibility information, visit the commencement website.

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(MINNEAPOLIS)��– The Augsburg community on Saturday, April 29, will celebrate the last graduating class of Augsburg College when 503 day, undergraduate students are conferred their degrees. Earlier this spring, Augsburg’s Board of Regents and the Augsburg Corporation approved the institution’s name change to “Augsburg University” effective September 1.

“It’s a historic moment for Auggies and a time for our community to celebrate nearly 150 years of educating young people and adults for lives of service,” said Augsburg President Paul C. Pribbenow. “As we send off our last class of Augsburg College students, we do so on the eve of becoming Augsburg University and of our sesquicentennial, and we do so knowing that these Auggies are prepared to use their gifts and talents to serve our world’s greatest needs.”

In the afternoon, the school will recognize more than 469 adult undergraduates, graduate and doctoral students, 50 of whom studied at the College’s Rochester site.

DAY UNDERGRADUATE COMMENCEMENT

When: 9 a.m., Saturday, April 29

Where:�� Ceremonies in Si Melby Hall located on 23rd Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55454 http://www.augsburg.edu/about/directions-and-parking/ (Rain plan: Students will line up in Si Melby’s lower level and process up stairs, into gym.)

PROGRAM

9:30 a.m. – Student Processional, Christensen Center. Group proceeds, led by drummer, from Christensen Center down South 7-1/2 Street to Si Melby Hall. Faculty, in academic dress, line the streets and clap as students pass. Students carry flags representing home countries represented in student body.

10 a.m. – Invocation and Welcome

• • Commencement Speaker: Michele Norris, former host, National Public Radio’s All Things Considered.
  • Student Speaker: Eron “Winnie” Godi, of Rochester, Minnesota,��will graduate with majors in international relations and gender, sexuality, and women’s studies, with a minor in peace and global studies. She maintained a 3.79 grade point average while juggling full-time work and full-time school, while also being integrally involved in the Augsburg community. At Augsburg, she was president of the Pan Afrikan Student Union and a past Peace Scholar. As an Augsburg LEAD Fellow, she has created an online magazine focused on celebrating the African diasporic arts and culture in Minnesota and the surrounding community. Off campus, Godi was a 2015-16 ��Museum Fellow at the Minnesota Historical Society and a finalist for the Princeton in Africa program, which matches recent college graduates with non-governmental organizations in Africa. She was also a finalist for the Humanity in Action Fellowship.
  • Honorary Degree Recipient: Beverly Daniel Tatum, President Emerita, Spelman College. Tatum is a nationally recognized authority on racial issues.
  • Conferring of Degrees
  • Recessional: Students exit Si Melby. Students, families gather in Murphy Square.

ABOUT �鶹ԭ�� COLLEGE

Augsburg College has been part of the rapidly growing and diversifying city of Rochester for nearly 20 years. The main campus is set in a vibrant Minneapolis neighborhood at the heart of the Twin Cities, and offers more than 50 undergraduate majors and nine graduate degrees to nearly 3,600 students of diverse backgrounds. Augsburg College educates students to be informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders. The Augsburg experience is supported by an engaged community committed to intentional diversity in its life and work. An Augsburg education is defined by excellence in the liberal arts and professional studies, guided by the faith and values of the Lutheran church, and shaped by its urban and global settings.

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Graves, a recent Augsburg College graduate who lives with cerebral palsy, credits the Center’s library of software and adaptive devices as part of his educational success. “Without technology, I wouldn’t be able to be independent,” he said.

Graves graduated with honors April 30 and was awarded the first-ever Youth Leadership Award by the Otto Bremer Trust later that evening.

Read on the Star Tribune site.

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The Augsburg College community on Saturday, April 30, will celebrate the success of students from its Minneapolis and Rochester campuses, including the traditional undergraduate class that is comprised of more than 42 percent students of color.

In the past 10 years, since Augsburg College President Paul C. Pribbenow has led the institution, the College has more than tripled the percentage of persons of color in the full undergraduate student body – growing from 11 percent in 2006 to 33 percent in 2016.

“An Augsburg education is marked by broad and intentional diversity in which students learn at the intersections of academic disciplines, diverse viewpoints, rich faith traditions, socioeconomic backgrounds, gender expressions, military commitments, learning styles and more,” Pribbenow said.

“We know that in order to secure a vital and vibrant future for our cities, state, and region, we must be united in our drive for equity. Our location in the city – in one of the most diverse ZIP codes in the nation – allows Auggies the unique advantage of leveraging the richness and abundance that these many forms of diversity offer.”

Morning Commencement: 10 a.m., Saturday, for students of the traditional undergraduate program

• 9:30 a.m. – Student Processional, Christensen Center. Group proceeds, led by drummer, from Christensen Center down South 7-1/2 Street to Si Melby Hall. Faculty, in academic dress, line the streets and clap as students pass.
• Invocation and Welcome
• Commencement Address and Honorary Degree Recipient: Michael Botticelli, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
• Student Speaker: Keisha Barnard ’16, sociology
• Conferring of Degrees
• American Indian Honoring Song: RedBone drum group will sing an American Indian honoring song for all students.
• Recessional: Students exit Si Melby. Students, families gather in Murphy Square, the oldest public park in Minneapolis.

Ceremonies in Si Melby Hall located on 23^rd Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55454 http://www.augsburg.edu/about/directions-and-parking/

Rain plan: Students will line up in Si Melby’s lower level and process up stairs, into gym.

Afternoon��Commencement: 4 p.m., Saturday, for students of��of the adult undergraduate, Rochester and nursing programs, and graduate students

• 3:30 p.m. – Student Processional, Christensen Center. Group proceeds, led by drummer, from Christensen Center down South 7-1/2 Street to Si Melby Hall. Faculty, in academic dress, line the streets and clap as students pass.
• Invocation and Welcome
• Commencement Address and Honorary Degree Recipient: Michael Botticelli, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
• Conferring of Degrees
• American Indian Honoring Song: RedBone drum group will sing an American Indian honoring song for all students.
• Recessional: Students exit Si Melby. Students, families gather in Murphy Square, the oldest public park in Minneapolis.

Ceremonies in Si Melby Hall located on 23^rd Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55454 http://www.augsburg.edu/about/directions-and-parking/

Rain plan: Students will line up in Si Melby’s lower level and process up stairs, into gym.

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The story also showed images of Augsburg’s traditional undergraduate Commencement event��on May 2, noting that approximately 30 percent of the undergraduate Class of 2015��is comprised��of��students of color.

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May 2: Traditional Day Undergraduate Program

11:15 a.m. – Student Line Up

Students of the traditional day undergraduate program line up outside Christensen Center (425 students). Nearly 30 percent of students eligible to graduate in the Class of 2015 are persons of color.

12:30 p.m. – Student��Processional to Si Melby

Group proceeds, led by drummer, from Christensen Center down South 7-1/2 Street to Si Melby Hall. Faculty, in academic dress, line the streets and clap as students pass. (Photo Opp)

1 p.m. – Invocation

Welcome

Commencement Address and Honorary Degree Recipient: Winona LaDuke, founder of the White Earth Land Recovery Project

Student Speaker: Kristina Monje ’15, majoring in English with a minor in sociology

Conferring of Degrees

American Indian Honoring Song: RedBone drum group will sing an American Indian honoring song for all students. (Photo Opp)

2:30 p.m. – Recessional: Students exit Si Melby. Students, families gather in Murphy Square, the oldest public park in Minneapolis. (Photo Opp)

May 3:��Adult Undergraduate, Rochester, and Nursing Programs, and Eight Graduate Programs

11:15 a.m. – Student��Line Up

Students of the adult undergraduate, Rochester and nursing programs, and students from eight graduate programs (443 students) line up outside Christensen Center.

12:30 p.m. – Student��Processional to Si Melby

Group proceeds, led by drummer, from Christensen Center down South 7-1/2 Street to Si Melby Hall. Faculty, in academic dress, line the streets and clap as students pass. (Photo Opp)

1 p.m. – Invocation

Welcome

Commencement Address: Winona LaDuke, founder of the White Earth Land Recovery Project

Honorary Degree Recipient: Peter Bell, former chair of the Metropolitan Council

Conferring of Degrees

American Indian Honoring Song: RedBone drum group will sing an American Indian honoring song for all students. (Photo Opp)

2:30 p.m. – Recessional

Students exit Si Melby. Students, families gather in Murphy Square, city’s oldest public park. (Photo Opp)

Augsburg College is set in a vibrant neighborhood at the heart of the Twin Cities, and offers more than 50 undergraduate majors and nine graduate degrees to nearly 3,600students of diverse backgrounds. Augsburg College educates students to be informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders.��The Augsburg experience is supported by an��engaged community��that is committed to intentional diversity��in its life and work. An Augsburg education is defined by excellence��in the liberal arts and professional studies, guided by the faith and values��of the Lutheran church, and shaped by its urban and global settings. Web: .

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