{"id":2836,"date":"2008-02-05T13:43:18","date_gmt":"2008-02-05T19:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inside.augsburg.edu\/news\/?p=2836"},"modified":"2008-02-05T13:43:18","modified_gmt":"2008-02-05T19:43:18","slug":"norwegian-vernepleier-scholars-visit-augsburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/2008\/02\/05\/norwegian-vernepleier-scholars-visit-augsburg\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwegian Vernepleier scholars visit Augsburg"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2843\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2843\" style=\"width: 280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2843\" alt=\"norge\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2013\/04\/norge.jpg\" width=\"280\" height=\"179\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2843\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Norwegian graduates of Augsburg and their families after commencement in 2002<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From Feb. 11 &#8211; 14, Augsburg will be hosting 12 <em>Vernepleier<\/em> professors from Norway who will examine what the college and the local community have to offer prospective Norwegian students.<\/p>\n<p><em>Vernepleier<\/em> is a Norwegian term for a field of study that develops and delivers a holistic approach to working with persons with disabilities. Nadia Christensen, Augsburg&#8217;s Director of International Partners, describes <em>Vernepleier<\/em> as &#8220;similar to special education programs here in the U.S., but expanded to serve persons with disabilities beyond the learning environment.&#8221;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the visiting scholars will meet with Augsburg faculty from Psychology, Sociology, Education, Social Work, Music Therapy, and Communication Studies. They will also meet with staff from Augsburg&#8217;s CLASS program and other programs on campus that are relevant to <em>Vernepleier<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>During the remainder of their stay, the Norwegian professors will be visiting program sites across the Twin Cities that provide services or opportunities to persons with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>The list of Norwegian faculty includes Marit Rustad, who is already on campus visiting with the Education department:<\/p>\n<p>Knut Simonsen, Bergen University College<\/p>\n<p>Inger Elisabeth Bergum, Molde University College<\/p>\n<p>Karen Engeland, Akershus University College<\/p>\n<p>Jon Ekeland, S\u00f8r Tr\u00f8ndelag University College<\/p>\n<p>Frode Fjeldsb\u00f8, Rogaland University College<\/p>\n<p>Terje Gr\u00f8ndahl, \u00d8stfold University College<\/p>\n<p>Oddbj\u00f8rn Johansen, Nord Tr\u00f8ndelag University College<\/p>\n<p>Gro Kalvenes, Akershus University College<\/p>\n<p>Leif Lysvik, Harstad University College<\/p>\n<p>Janneke Quarles van Ufford, Agder University College<\/p>\n<p>Marit Rustad, Harstad University College<\/p>\n<p>Anne Thronsen, Telemark University College<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Feb. 11 &#8211; 14, Augsburg will be hosting 12 Vernepleier professors from Norway who will examine what the college and the local community have to offer prospective Norwegian students. Vernepleier is a Norwegian term for a field of study that develops and delivers a holistic approach to working with persons with disabilities. Nadia Christensen, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2143,2152,3038],"class_list":["post-2836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-norway","tag-norwegian-scholars","tag-vernepleier"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2836","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2836\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}