{"id":10442,"date":"2020-08-28T00:30:37","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T00:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/?p=10442"},"modified":"2020-08-28T00:30:37","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T00:30:37","slug":"lifelong-auggie-friendships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/2020\/08\/28\/lifelong-auggie-friendships\/","title":{"rendered":"Lifelong Auggie Friendships"},"content":{"rendered":"
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[L to R]: Derek Francis \u201908<\/strong>, Bryan Ludwig \u201908<\/strong>, Greg Hildebrandt \u201908<\/strong>, and Sama Sandy \u201908<\/strong>\u00a0brought their families together for an evening of fun earlier this year. The group members tout themselves as the \u201c1107 Family,\u201d named for the number of the room they shared in Mortensen Residence Hall. The Facebook post from their meetup shows how a friendship between four Auggies became a close-knit group of 17.

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\"A<\/a>A group of Auggies who celebrate life milestones together gathered for the 70th birthday of \u00a0Sue Gibbons Casey \u201971<\/strong>\u00a0[front, center]. She\u2019s surrounded by [clockwise] Pam (Hermstad) Santerre<\/strong> (attended Augsburg 1968\u201369), Ginny (Dahlen) Baali \u201972<\/strong>, Kris (Parbst) Rohde \u201972<\/strong>, Kathy Quick \u201972<\/strong>, Nancy (Olson) Hrdlicka \u201972<\/strong>, and Linda (Engstrom) Akenson \u201972<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Pictured are [front, L to R]: Stacy (Waterman) Newton \u201901, Sara Thedinga \u201901, Merry-Ellen (Krcil) Bryers \u201901,<\/strong> and Ann (Peterson) Fisher \u201901<\/strong>. [Back, L to R]: Amy Carlson \u201901, Laura Waldon \u201901, Emily (Brinkman) Waldon \u201901, Jaime Kingsley\u00a0<\/strong>Loso \u201901<\/strong>, and Erica Huls \u201901<\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>These Augsburg alumni and \u201c5th Floor Girls\u201d of Urness Tower initially reunited after their graduation at mini-reunions and holidays. In recent years, they took trips to destinations like Boston; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; and Stillwater, Minnesota.<\/p>\n
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Top Image:\u00a0<\/em>[L to R] Derek Francis \u201908, Greg<\/strong>\u00a0Hildebrandt \u201908,\u00a0Bryan Ludwig \u201908<\/strong>, and Sama Sandy \u201908<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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