{"id":10806,"date":"2022-02-10T19:32:21","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T19:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/?p=10806"},"modified":"2022-02-10T19:32:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T19:32:21","slug":"u-s-news-world-report-highlights-augsburgs-community-meals-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/2022\/02\/10\/u-s-news-world-report-highlights-augsburgs-community-meals-program\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. News &#038; World Report Highlights Augsburg\u2019s Community Meals Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">U.S. News &amp; World Report interviewed Augsburg University Dean of Students Sarah Griesse for a recent article, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/best-colleges\/paying-for-college\/articles\/paying-for-meals-at-college-what-to-know-about-costs\"><span class=\"s2\">Paying for Meals at College: What to Know About Costs<\/span><\/a>.\u201d In her comments, Griesse reflected on Augsburg\u2019s Community Meals program, implemented in Fall 2020. During a period of increased isolation due to the pandemic, the program allowed small groups to reserve a place in the dining hall, plan a special menu in advance, and build community over a meal with real plates, utensils, and glassware.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe saw the dramatic impact that COVID was having on mental health,&#8221; Griesse said in the article. &#8220;Students feeling isolated and not finding places to see and connect with others. &#8230; (Community Meals) made a difference in how people felt. The experience felt familiar, welcoming and engaging.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. News &amp; World Report interviewed Augsburg University Dean of Students Sarah Griesse for a recent article, \u201cPaying for Meals at College: What to Know About Costs.\u201d In her comments, Griesse reflected on Augsburg\u2019s Community Meals program, implemented in Fall 2020. During a period of increased isolation due to the pandemic, the program allowed small &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":499,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/499"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10806"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10807,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10806\/revisions\/10807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}