St. Anthony reported that Good retired early in 2012 to “take on for Augsburg’s Board of Regents what Good considers a challenged that transcended his athletic and business career.” Under Good’s leadership, the capital campaign met its goal by exceeding $50 million.

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(MINNEAPOLIS/Updated 4:06 p.m.) – Augsburg College today announced the successful completion of a $50 million capital campaign for a unique, interdisciplinary academic building that brings together science, business, and religion. The campaign, the largest in the College’s history, met its goal a year in advance of the original schedule.

“Succeeding in today’s world requires an ability to thrive in a world that no longer has fixed boundaries,” said Augsburg College President Paul C. Pribbenow. “That is why Augsburg College is building the—a place that will support every student in their journey of vocational discernment and pursuit of careers in teaching, civic leadership, service to the church, scientific research, law, medicine, privately owned startup companies, and large corporations.”

With the $50 million campaign fundraising milestone achieved, the Augsburg College Board of Regents today passed a resolution to proceed with the next stage of architectural and construction design for what will be the College’s state-of-the-art, signature academic building. Once that work is completed, later this year, the Board will consider approval of the timeline for groundbreaking on construction.

“There is a popular saying: ‘It’s amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit,’” said National Campaign Chair Mike Good ’71. “This is true of all who contributed time, talent and treasure to this campaign. Together, we are transforming Augsburg in real and meaningful ways that ensure we are a new kind of urban university—small to our students and big for the world.”

Facts about the Campaign and the Center for Science, Business, and Religion

• The capital campaign was supported by 775 alumni, 71 current faculty and 82 staff.
• The building will be 135,000 square feet.
• The Center will be home to the college’s biology, business, chemistry, computer science, math, physics, psychology, and religion programs. It also will be a home for the College’s extensive and renowned undergraduate research that prepares students for work and graduate studies.
• The capital campaign was authorized by the Board of Regents in May 2008.
• The College received its largest gifts ever in the form of two anonymous donations of $10 million each.

Additional Information about the Center for Science, Business, and Religion

• to faculty and staff about the Center for Science, Business, and Religion.
• for the Center for Science, Business, and Religion.
• Watch a of the announcement by National Campaign Chair Mike Good ’71.

About Augsburg College

Augsburg College offers more than 50 undergraduate majors and nine graduate degrees to nearly 3,600 students of diverse backgrounds at its campuses located in the vibrant center of the Twin Cities and in Rochester. 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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Mike Good ’71

Good, who was the former chair of the Board of Regents, is the current chair for the Center for Science, Business, and Religion campaign at Augsburg College.

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Swenson, who served as the Auggies’ head coach for 25 seasons (1980-84, 1986-2007) and is currently Augsburg’s Athletic Director, will be one of five recipients of the chapter’s Lifetime Service Award. Good, a two-time All-American who served as Augsburg’s head coach in the 1971-72 season and now serves as chairman of the Augsburg Board of Regents, will receive the chapter’s Outstanding American Award.

Jeff Swenson

Swenson has spent nearly his entire adult life as a member of the Augsburg athletic community, first as a three-time All-American wrestler, then as one of the most decorated coaches in NCAA wrestling history, and now as leader of Augsburg’s 20-sport intercollegiate athletics program.

As a wrestler at Augsburg from 1975-79, Swenson produced a 102-17 competitive record, earning NAIA All-American honors three times (1977-78-79) and winning the national title at 167 pounds in 1979. He earned the school’s senior Honor Athlete award in 1979 and was inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999.

Under Swenson’s leadership as head coach, Augsburg won 10 NCAA Division III wrestling national titles in a 17-year span. Augsburg also finished second in Division III national competition seven times under Swenson, and finished among the top four teams in national competition 19 seasons in a row. Swenson coached 158 individual All-Americans and 39 individual national champions.

In the classroom during Swenson’s tenure, Augsburg produced 98 National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Scholar All-Americans, the most of any college in any division in the nation, and eight College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-Americans in wrestling. Over the 10 seasons the NWCA has awarded Division III academic team national championships while Swenson was head coach, Augsburg finished second three times and first once (1998-99).

Swenson, whose teams also won 20 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference team titles, was named MIAC Coach of the Year 13 times and NWCA National Coach of the Year six times (1983, 1991, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2007). Swenson was inducted into the NCAA Division III Wrestling Coaches Hall of Fame in 2005, the Minnesota Wrestling Coaches Association/David Bartelma Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2004 and the Augsburg Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999. In 2000-01, Swenson was named Lutheran College National Coach of the Year (all sports) from Lutheran Brotherhood, and in 2002, he earned National College Coach of the Year honors (all divisions) from Wrestling USA Magazine.

Mike Good

A three-time MIAC wrestling champion, two-time NAIA All-American and a state high school title holder in his hometown of Fridley, Minn., Good will be honored with the “Outstanding American” award by the Minnesota Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. According to the Hall of Fame, the Outstanding American award “demonstrates wrestling’s pride in those who have used the disciplines of the sport to launch notable careers in other walks of life, such as science and technology, business and industry, government and the military, and the arts and humanities.”

Good won MIAC titles in 1968 and 1969 at 130 pounds, while winning the 134-pound conference crown in 1970. In 1969, he earned NAIA national runner-up honors at 130 pounds, and in 1971, he finished fourth nationally at 134 to become the first Auggie wrestler to ever earn two All-American honors. A two-time team captain, Good was named Augsburg’s Senior Honor Athlete in 1971, and was inducted into the Augsburg Athletic Hall of Fame in 1991.

After graduating from Augsburg with a major in sociology and minor in physical education in 1971, Good served as Augsburg’s head coach in the 1971-72 season, finishing with a 14-0-1 dual-meet record, a second-place MIAC team finish and a 10th-place NAIA team national finish with two All-Americans.

Good served as a high school teacher and wrestling coach for five years at Blaine (Minn.) High School, before moving into the real estate industry, where he has worked for more than three decades.

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