Alumni News And Updates
Alumni Class Notes, Summer 2022
1960â69 1965 Marcia Schneider â65 met with Professor Emerita Kathryn Swanson and her husband, Jack, while they were in Arizona. Marcia was a part of a trip to Thailand… more >
In Memoriam, Summer 2022
1930s Thea M. (Horne) Carpenter â39, Forest Lake, Minnesota, age 107, on March 30, 2022. 1940s Robert W. Andersen â49, Belvedere Tiburon, California, age 94, on June 30, 2021. Vera… more >
The hustle and heart of Augsburg football coach Jack Osberg â62
At 81, he still goes the extra mile for student-athletesâand now theyâre backing him through the toughest contest of his lifeMinneapolis native Jack Osberg â62 played football from the time he was a kid in the alleys and parks of Minneapolis until his college years, and he entered Augsburgâs… more >
Musician and poet Dua Saleh â17 breaks boundaries with role on Netflixâs âSex Educationâ
Dua Saleh â17 plays the new character Cal Bowman in the third season of the award-winning Netflix show âSex Education,â a British teen comedy-drama series. Salehâs character… more >
Can a smartphone app de-escalate traffic stop encounters between drivers and police?
Auggie-created TurnSignl app provides an attorney on demand so everyone gets home safelyChildhood friends and Augsburg University Master of Business Administration alumni Andre Creighton â19 MBA and Mychal Frelix â19 MBA understand the fear of driving while Black and being stopped by… more >
The Scandinavian work ethic that inspired the Augsburg Associatesâ decades of service
Though the Augsburg Associates group has ended, the impact of volunteer work over 37 years resonates
Augsburg students earn Fulbright awards
This year, three Augsburg students earned Fulbright awards, and one has been named a Fulbright alternate candidate. Citlaly Escobar â21 and Ciashia Shiongyaj â21 both won Fulbright English Teaching Assistantships… more >
Alumni Class Notes, SpringâSummer 2021
1950 Auggie launches national hockey award Charles âChuckâ Bard â50 has always been a sports enthusiast. At Augsburg, Bard played football and baseball, notably serving as the second baseman on… more >
In Memoriam, SpringâSummer 2021
Remembering and honoring AuggiesBelow we recognize the individuals whose notifications of death Augsburg received between January 1 and July 14, 2021. 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970| 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | Faculty, staff, and… more >
Recently published Auggies, SpringâSummer 2021
Augsburg alumni, faculty, and students have published literature and earned the publicâs attention during the past year. Lowell âA.L. Shaneâ Ziemann â60ââAlex, Hank & Hawk: Cowboys, Gunmen… more >
French House friends
Auggies foster connections since they met in 1966In 1966, seven women moved into French House, a Minneapolis building adjacent to Augsburgâs campus that housed the remaining incoming first-year women who could not be accommodated in… more >
You chimed in: Alumni are thankful for Augsburg resources
Augsburg Now staff asked the universityâs Instagram followers for the resource they most appreciated as a student. Here are a few of their responses, edited for length and clarity… more >
In memoriam, Winter 2020â21
Remembering and honoring AuggiesBelow we recognize the alumni and friends whose notifications of death were received between March 1, 2020, and January 1, 2021. 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970| 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2020… more >