{"id":4911,"date":"2014-12-02T14:45:10","date_gmt":"2014-12-02T14:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/?p=4911"},"modified":"2024-10-16T18:39:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T18:39:16","slug":"general-public-tickets-bill-nye-sale-starting-dec-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/2014\/12\/02\/general-public-tickets-bill-nye-sale-starting-dec-8\/","title":{"rendered":"General public ticket sale for Bill Nye starts Dec. 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>&#8216;The Science Guy&#8217; talks Feb. 14 on\u00a0how science can save the world<\/h2>\n<h3><a title=\"Get tickets to Bill Nye\" href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/tickets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/11\/BillNyeImage-e1416429928630.jpg\" alt=\"Bill Nye Poster\" width=\"275\" height=\"475\" \/><\/a>What<\/h3>\n<p>Bill Nye \u201cThe Science Guy\u201d will share his love for science when he speaks Feb. 14 at Augsburg College in an address that is open to the general public. Nye, who will be on campus for the College\u2019s Scholarship Weekend, will speak with academic depth and humor about planetary science, climate change, evolution, environmental awareness and more in his address \u201cHow Science Can Save the World.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Who<\/h3>\n<p>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, \u201cBill Nye The Science Guy,\u201d has garnered 18 Emmy awards. Nye won seven of those Emmy awards as host and head writer of the show. 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 was released in November.<\/p>\n<h3>Where<\/h3>\n<p>Augsburg College\u2019s Kennedy Center, located in Si Melby Gymnasium (715 23rd\u00a0Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55454)<\/p>\n<h3>When<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Doors open at 10 a.m., Feb. 14<\/li>\n<li>Presentation from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Feb. 14<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Ticket Information<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Sale begins at 10 a.m., Dec. 8<\/li>\n<li>Students: $12<\/li>\n<li>General Public\/Adults: $28<\/li>\n<li>A $3 service charge will be applied to each ticket at the time of checkout.<\/li>\n<li>Purchase tickets at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/tickets\">augsburg.edu\/tickets<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>About Augsburg College<\/h3>\n<p>Augsburg College is set in a vibrant neighborhood at the heart of the Twin Cities, and offers more than 50 undergraduate majors and nine graduate degrees to nearly 4,000 students of diverse backgrounds. Augsburg College educates students to be informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders.\u00a0The Augsburg experience is supported by an\u00a0engaged community committed to intentional diversity\u00a0in its life and work. An Augsburg education is defined by excellence\u00a0in the liberal arts and professional studies, guided by the faith and values\u00a0of the Lutheran church, and shaped by its urban and global settings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;The Science Guy&#8217; talks Feb. 14 on\u00a0how science can save the world What Bill Nye \u201cThe Science Guy\u201d will share his love for science when he speaks Feb. 14 at Augsburg College in an address that is open to the general public. Nye, who will be on campus for the College\u2019s Scholarship Weekend, will speak &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":147,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,3235,3232,1],"tags":[3356,2543,2550,3442,3357],"class_list":["post-4911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-events","category-on-campus","category-uncategorized","tag-bill-nye","tag-scholarship-weekend","tag-science","tag-the-science-guy","tag-valentines-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4911","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\/147"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4911"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11586,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4911\/revisions\/11586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}