{"id":7091,"date":"2016-05-06T21:38:16","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T21:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/?p=7091"},"modified":"2020-02-06T21:14:18","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T21:14:18","slug":"kare-11-diverse-graduating-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/2016\/05\/06\/kare-11-diverse-graduating-class\/","title":{"rendered":"KARE 11 story showcases Augsburg College&#8217;s diverse graduating class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4122\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/04\/kare.jpg\" alt=\"kare 11 - logo\" width=\"207\" height=\"64\" \/>A recent report airing on KARE 11 television noted that, &#8220;Augsburg College is located in the heart of Minneapolis in one of the most diverse zip codes in the city.&#8221; And, the College&#8217;s graduating class reflects that diversity.<\/p>\n<p>As the story explained, &#8220;Under <strong>President Paul C. Pribbenow<\/strong>&#8216;s leadership, the college has more than tripled the percentage of minorities in the full undergraduate body. In 2006, there were 11 percent compared to 33 percent in 2016.&#8221; The traditional undergraduate graduating class of 2016 is comprised of more than 42 percent students of color &#8212; a record achievement for the institution.<\/p>\n<p>Pribbenow said\u00a0Augsburg has been committed to attracting and supporting students from minority populations for more than a decade and has partnered with college readiness programs to achieve its success.<\/p>\n<p>The broadcast report also included an interview with <strong>Robert Harper &#8217;16<\/strong>, an alumnus who described why he values his college experience and the diverse makeup of his graduating class.<\/p>\n<p>Read and watch:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kare11.com\/article\/news\/local\/augsburg-graduates-most-diverse-class-in-history\/89-174480860\">Augsburg graduates most diverse class in history <\/a>on the KARE 11 website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent report airing on KARE 11 television noted that, &#8220;Augsburg College is located in the heart of Minneapolis in one of the most diverse zip codes in the city.&#8221; And, the College&#8217;s graduating class reflects that diversity. As the story explained, &#8220;Under President Paul C. Pribbenow&#8216;s leadership, the college has more than tripled the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6,7,8],"tags":[3631,3865,849,3636,3227,1927,3864,2237,3866],"class_list":["post-7091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni","category-in-the-news","category-staff","category-students","tag-college-possible","tag-college-readiness","tag-diversity","tag-inclusion","tag-kare-11","tag-minneapolis","tag-page-education-foundation","tag-paul-c-pribbenow","tag-robert-harper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7091","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\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7091"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9695,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7091\/revisions\/9695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}