{"id":4462,"date":"2014-09-25T16:02:13","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T16:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/?p=4462"},"modified":"2014-09-29T17:38:52","modified_gmt":"2014-09-29T17:38:52","slug":"bill-nye-science-guy-speaks-augsburg-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/2014\/09\/25\/bill-nye-science-guy-speaks-augsburg-valentines-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Nye \u2018The Science Guy\u2019 speaks at Augsburg on Valentine\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/09\/BillNye-e1411660350882.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4465 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/09\/BillNye-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Bill Nye the Science Guy speaks at Augsburg College on Valentine's Day\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Bill Nye \u201cThe Science Guy\u201d will share his love for science when he speaks February 14 at Augsburg College\u2019s Scholarship Weekend in an address that is open to the general public. Nye, who will talk about \u201cHow Science Can Save the World,\u201d will speak with academic depth and humor about planetary science, climate change, evolution, environmental awareness, and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re excited to host Bill Nye during our Scholarship Weekend when bright students from across the United States visit campus to compete for our top academic scholarships,\u201d said Augsburg College President Paul Pribbenow. \u201cWe want to give these scholarly, prospective Auggies the chance to grapple with some of the world\u2019s deepest questions so they can experience what Auggies are called to do each and every day.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>During the 2014 Scholarship Weekend, nearly 100 students and the public had the opportunity to be challenged by deep questions of compassion and humanity posed in a talk by His Holiness the 14<sup>th<\/sup> Dalai Lama.<\/p>\n<p>Nye, a mechanical engineer and seven-time Emmy Award winner as host and head writer of \u201cBill Nye the Science Guy,\u201d will speak from 11:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m., Feb. 14, in Augsburg College\u2019s Si Melby Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ticket Information:\u00a0<\/strong>Ticket information will be made available as soon it is finalized. Members of the Augsburg College community will have the opportunity to purchase tickets during a presale and that will be announced via A-mail as soon as details are available. Following the presale, tickets will be made available to the general public.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biography: <\/strong>Bill Nye is a mechanical engineer who wants the world to know and appreciate the passion, beauty, and joy (the P, B &amp; J) of science. Nye\u2019s show, Bill Nye The Science Guy, has garnered 18 Emmy awards. Nye won seven of them as host and head writer. These days, Nye travels the globe exhorting audiences to change the world. He has a day job as the CEO of The Planetary Society, the world\u2019s largest non-governmental space interest organization. Nye\u2019s newest book, \u201cUndeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation,\u201d is slated for release in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Nye \u201cThe Science Guy\u201d will share his love for science when he speaks February 14 at Augsburg College\u2019s Scholarship Weekend in an address that is open to the general public. 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