Augsburg College alumnus Tommy Redae ’09 MBA was featured in a recent Star Tribune story on Wells Fargo’s successful practices in the area of听diversity in hiring. Redae described how mentors and networking meetings with business leaders have influenced his career positively.
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The Star Tribune’s Neal St. Anthony wrote about the College hitting it’s campaign goal for the new Center for Science, Business, and Religion. The story discusses key next steps in the process for the building, including that the Board of Regents resolved to proceed with architectural and construction design plans for the signature, interdisciplinary academic building. St. Anthony also took time to acknowledge the College as one of the most racially diverse in Minnesota. Read “.”
Five days a week, Minneapolis community members convene at Bethany Lutheran Church to dine on gourmet fare听prepared as part of the Soup for You Cafe — a program recognized by the Star Tribune听for its ability to “redefine the soup kitchen.”
Augsburg College alumnus, Chaplain to Student Athletes, and linebacker coach Rev.听Mike Matson ’06听is the pastor at Bethany Lutheran and the driver behind this community meal. Supported by volunteers and one talented chef, Soup for You is a chance for people of varying backgrounds to come together in an environment that focuses on dignity. In the article “Church program offers hot soup, warm welcome,” Matson underscored that the program focuses on bringing people together.
鈥淥ur model is mutuality, and what better way is there to show mutuality than to gather at the same table together?鈥� he said.
Kristin Anderson — a听sports architecture expert, Augsburg College archivist, and art history professor — was quoted in a Star Tribune article on the architecture of the new CHS Field set to open in the Lowertown district of downtown St. Paul this spring.听CHS Field is the future home of the St. Paul Saints minor league team, and its architecture features听a sleek low-slung design comprised听of black concrete and steel. The article presented听a number of individuals’听opinions of the design, noting that the structure is a standout amongst its adjacent听buildings.
鈥淭he immediate expectation was that it had to match the things around it 鈥� ye old ballpark 鈥� and I don鈥檛 think that鈥檚 necessary 鈥� The subtlety of the exterior allows the action of the place to shine,鈥� Anderson said.
Read, “St. Paul Saints: Not your grandfather’s ballpark” on the Star Tribune website to learn more.
In mid-March, Augsburg College听won听its 12th听NCAA Division III wrestling championship听and took home a number of awards from the National Wrestling Coaches Association.
Head coach听Jim Moulsoff听was named Division III National Coach of the Year and Division III Rookie Coach of the Year. Tony Valek 鈥�12听was named Assistant Coach of the Year, and听Mike Fuenffinger 鈥�15听won his second national title and the Outstanding Wrestler honor. Eric Hensel 鈥�16 won Most Falls in Least Time, and Donny Longendyke 鈥�15 earned听his first national title.
Media coverage of Augsburg’s NCAA Championship win includes the following:
Augsburg College听was mentioned in the Minneapolis Star Tribune as part of an article about Muslim student associations that boast women听in leadership roles.
Augsburg’s Muslim Student Association, led by Muna Mohamed ’16, aims to promote unity among Muslim students and to raise awareness within the Augsburg community听about the culture, history, and language of the Muslim community.
To learn more about Augsburg’s Muslim Student Association and similar organizations at other campuses, visit the Star Tribune news site.
Assistant Professor of 听Biology听Matt Beckman spoke with the Star Tribune about the work he is doing as an adviser to a Breck School senior doing research on 200-year-old pollen samples.
Grant Two Bulls, a member of the Oglala-Lakota tribe, won the American Indian Science and Engineering Society’s competition through his work and which is providing a look at the lives of his ancestors when they lived near Lake Calhoun.
鈥淗ere鈥檚 a high school senior doing pretty high-level research and then taking that data and speaking to national audiences about it in a really impressive way,鈥� Beckman said to Kim McGuire, a reporter at the Star Tribune.
Read about the partnership between Beckman and Breck School in “Breck student’s science project is an award-winning mix of American Indian history and science.”
Learn about another Breck School student, . McCanna took second place in one of the most prestigious international science fairs for her work with Murr.
Bob Stacke ’71, a long-time Augsburg College faculty member听and a retired chair of the听music department, was mentioned in a Star Tribune news article about relaxed Cuban听travel regulations.
New policies on听commerce and travel to Cuba may come with societal change, according to Stacke, who has traveled to the country five times.
“I do think the Cuban people will try to maintain their culture,” he听said.
To read the article and learn more about Cuban travel,听visit the Star Tribune news site.
Alex Beeby ’11 was mentioned in a听Minneapolis Star Tribune article about the merging of the Hamline University and William Mitchell听law schools.
Beeby, who is the president of the Hamline University bar association and holds a history degree from Augsburg,听will join other leaders from both organizations in the new听Mitchell|Hamline School of Law. The combining听of the rival schools came as a result of significant听declines in first-year enrollment in Minnesota law schools.
To read the article and learn more about the law school merger visit the Star Tribune news site.
Jeanne Boeh, economics professor at听Augsburg College,听was mentioned in an article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune about employee layoffs at Target headquarters in Minneapolis.
In light of the layoffs – a result of the closing of all Canadian Target stores – Boeh said there is hope for the close to 550 out-of-work employees.
“If you鈥檙e going to be laid off, now is a good time because jobs are picking back up,” she said.
To read the story, visit the Star Tribune news site.
