Yearly Archives: 2008
Fall 2008 Web Extras
2008 Alumni Award winners Slide show from Homecoming ’08… more >
Homecoming Convocation Award Recipients
Homecoming Convocation, held Friday, Oct. 12, at 10 a.m. in Hoversten Chapel, will honor our Distinguished Alumni, First Decade, and Spirit of Augsburg awardees along with our 50-year… more >
Patrick Flood ā08
Interviewed by Jennifer L. Hipple, Weekend College Student B.S., social work, with a minor in religion Patrick Flood, a 2008 graduate, reflected on his four years at Augsburgā¦ āDuring… more >
Street pastors bring care and hope to the streets
Glendine Soiseth graduated from Augsburg and Luther Seminary in 2004 with a dual degreeāMaster of Social Work and Master of Arts in Theology. She was ready for the challenge… more >
Jordan Berg: Football, Physics, and far more
By Kelly Anderson Diercks Division III athletics is all about balancing. Itās about finding time to focus on both academics and athletics while still having time for family, friends… more >
Itās Augsburg Calling ā¦ Mai Yer Vang ’11
Mai Yer Vang was born in Thailand and moved with her family to the U.S. in 1994. When she was in high school, Vang was introduced to Augsburg on… more >
The Kidney Kabaret for Janet Paone
By Betsey Norgard Photo by Paul Nixdorf In a summer 2007 community theatre production of Fiddler on the Roof, Janet Paone ā83 played Golde. Goldeās husband, Tevye, was played… more >
clever student + wise professor + experienced alum = AWESOME DISCOVERY
By Wendi Wheeler and Betsey Norgard A studentās passion for research Brian Krohn originally came to Augsburg to study film, but after only one semester without any science classes… more >
Grassroot Health Care – the Clinic Center
By Libby Henslin ’06, operations and admissions coordinator, RochesterĀ location āSocial awareness is an important part of our mission at the Center Clinic. We believe that awareness is the… more >
Travel that transforms
STUDENTS SAY… Comments from the āReligion and Christian Faithā travel seminar to El Salvador, January 2007 NATALIE SASSEVILLE ā09 āGoing on the trip to El Salvador was like getting… more >
Augsburg film comes of age
By Bethany Bierman Auggie Mike Bodnarchek ’85 built a career in music video production and has helped other Auggies get a start in LA. The coffee shop in Christensen… more >
Because I Can
Even at the RNC, Eric Franzen felt like he was in the minority. He was certain that he and another intern from St. Louis, Mo. were the only Republicans placed… more >
Changing Courses
In the Hmong culture, young people often follow the path chosen for them by their parents. For Mai Lee, a second-year student from Minneapolis, this meant a career in… more >
Getting Active in Politics
Though he says he has been involved in politics for a short timeājust two and a half yearsāBen Krouse-Gagne has done more than some of us will… more >
Augsburg gets political
by Wendi Wheeler ā06 (L to R) Eric Franzen, Mai Lee, and Ben Krouse-Gagne found unexpected discoveries as interns at the Republican National Convention. In the first days of… more >