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Title: Augsburg Now Fall-Winter 2017: Auggies Make an Impact
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Search Result: An alumna’s cutting-edge research Augsburg University Day Women of influence Nobel Peace Prize Forum AUGGIES MAKE AN IMPACT FALL–WINTER 2017 | VOL. 80, NO. 1 INSIDE AUGSBURG NOW Vice President of Marketing and Communication Rebecca John ’13 MBA rjohn@augsburg.edu Director of Marketing...
Show more An alumna’s cutting-edge research Augsburg University Day Women of influence Nobel Peace Prize Forum AUGGIES MAKE AN IMPACT FALL–WINTER 2017 | VOL. 80, NO. 1 INSIDE AUGSBURG NOW Vice President of Marketing and Communication Rebecca John ’13 MBA rjohn@augsburg.edu Director of Marketing Stephen Jendraszak jendra@augsburg.edu Assistant Director of Marketing Management NOTES FROM PRESIDENT PRIBBENOW On celebration Augsburg’s ninth president, Bill Frame, was fond of pointing out our “militant modesty,” the tendency to avoid touting our accomplishments for fear that we might be accused of boasting. Whether occasioned by our Lutheran faith tradition or Scandinavian roots (or some combination thereof), this modesty meant that often our good work as an institution was hidden under a bushel. Now, as someone steeped both in Lutheran and Scandinavian ways, I may have occasionally fallen victim to that same modesty, but perhaps I am being rehabilitated because there is just so much to celebrate at Augsburg these days! We can no longer hide our light, as this issue of Augsburg Now most clearly illustrates. Whether it is our name change to Augsburg University, officially celebrated in early September; the 29th annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum in mid-September, attracting international attention for this remarkable gathering of Nobel laureates and other peacemakers; the progress on the Hagfors Center for Science, Business, and Religion, our signature academic building to open for classes in early January 2018; or one of the myriad other signs of good work—like the renewal of our McNair Scholars program, preparing first generation and students of color for graduate and professional school—I just can’t deny the need to celebrate! So, here’s my point. I’m all for humility and modesty in pursuing the mission-based work we are called to do for our students and our community. The gifts we share as a community—our values and commitments, our faculty and staff, our alumni and partners, and our inspiring students—these truly are gifts to be stewarded responsibly, not exploited. But it is not boasting when we celebrate how those gifts come together and are deployed to achieve our distinctive calling in the world: to be small to our students and big for the world, to educate students as informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders. In fact, I might argue that not celebrating what has been achieved means that we miss the opportunity to proclaim what God has done in our midst and how others are invited to join us in the work we are called to do. We live in a world marked by a sense of scarcity; Augsburg models what it means to model the way of abundance. We choose abundance, and we celebrate all that God has made possible at Augsburg University—surely a beacon of light and hope in the world. Faithfully yours, Laura Swanson Lindahl ’15 MBA swansonl@augsburg.edu Senior Creative Associate, Design Denielle Stepka ’11 johnsod@augsburg.edu Web Manager Joe Mann mannj@augsburg.edu Communication and Social Media Specialist Briana Alamilla ’17 alamilla@augsburg.edu Advancement Communications Specialist Asha Sorenson sorenso3@augsburg.edu Contributing Writers Kate H. Elliott Jessica Mueller All photos by Courtney Perry unless otherwise indicated. augsburg.edu Augsburg Now is published by Augsburg University 2211 Riverside Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55454 Opinions expressed in Augsburg Now do not necessarily reflect official University policy. ISSN 1058-1545 Send address corrections to: alumniupdate@augsburg.edu PAUL C. PRIBBENOW, PRESIDENT Send comments to: now@augsburg.edu AUGSBURG NOW Fall–Winter 2017 The Norman and Evangeline Hagfors Center for Science, Business, and Religion is located near the corner of 21st Avenue South and South 7th Street on Augsburg’s Minneapolis campus—a site strategically selected to further connect the University to the community. 02 Around the quad 19 Women of influence 08 Annual report to donors 22 Auggies connect 10 Augsburg University Day 26 Class notes 12 The fatherhood bonus and the motherhood penalty 32 In memoriam 16 Nobel Peace Prize Forum On the cover The Augsburg University quad featured vibrant autumn colors this October. Photo by Kevin Healy. Inset photo by John Solem, University of Massachusetts Amherst. that Augsburg University’s quad now boasts a splash of color. At more than 82 feet wide, the vinyl graphic installed on Science Hall’s eastern-facing facade is nearly impossible to miss. The design pairs an excerpt from Augsburg’s strategic vision statement with vibrant hues chosen to reﬂect the accent colors on the exterior of the new Hagfors Center for Science, Business, and Religion, which stands northwest of Science Hall and is blocked from view in the quad. One of the priorities outlined in Augsburg’s 2016 campus master plan is to extend the quad from the west edge of campus, through the existing campus core, and on to Murphy Square. This vision requires the demolition of Science Hall, which will be possible only after departments and program offices now housed in the facility relocate following the completion of the Hagfors Center. The timeline for this work is not yet determined, so, in the near term, those strolling through the heart of campus or navigating nearby streets will see Science Hall stand as an illustration of Augsburg’s vision to be “small to our students and big for the world.” 160 Y E A R S A G O Fifteen years before Augsburg moved in next door, Edward Murphy donated land for the first city park in Minneapolis— what is now Murphy Square. For years prior, the parcel had been used as a cow pasture. 1937 1857 LOOKING BACK: DECADES OF AUGSBURG HISTORY BEFORE AFTER ARCHIVE PHOTOS 8 0 Y E A RS A GO Augsburg elected an erudite and scholarly teacher, Bernhard Christensen ’22, ’25, to be president. He led the institution for nearly 25 years, during which time Augsburg made vigorous efforts to expand and enhance academic offerings. 1967 IT WOULD BE OVERLY MODEST to claim 5 0 Y E A RS A GO Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel played for more than 3,000 people in Si Melby Hall on Nov. 10, 1967. According to an Augsburg Echo review, the lengthiest applause was reserved for the song, “To Emily, Wherever I Might Find Her.” The same year saw the openings of Urness Hall and the Christensen Center, with the Marshall Room at the time serving as a faculty lounge to the resentment of the Echo’s editorial board. PHOTO BY MARK CHAMBERLAIN CURB APPEAL AROUND THE QUAD Where faith and public life meet 30 Y E A RS A GO Augsburg began offering its first graduate degree program, the Master of Arts in Leadership. Augsburg now offers nine post baccalaureate programs and set an enrollment record this fall with 1,035 master’s students. 2007 40 Y E A R S AG O Construction began on what is now the Charles S. Anderson Music Hall, which would open a year later, bringing the entire music department under one roof for the first time in 100 years. AN AUGGIE THROWBACK PHOTO BY REBECCA SLATER 1987 1977 The Rev. Mike Rusert [center] and members of Intertwine NE meet on a Sunday morning to plan a December 10 launch event designed as an inclusive experience for young adults interested in being part of an intentional spiritual community. PHOTOS BY DON STONER It is no secret that the gap between young adults and Christian congregations is widening. The good news, though, is that young people are not rejecting faith or religion; many are living out their faith through political activism, the arts, environmental stewardship, and interfaith engagement—places where public life and faith intersect. Bridging this gap will require congregations to adapt and innovate. To support this adaptive work, Augsburg’s Bernhard Christensen Center for Vocation has launched a five-year project, called the Riverside Innovation Hub, with $1.5 million in funding from Lilly Endowment, Inc. In its first year, the Riverside Innovation Hub will work with an interdisciplinary research team of Augsburg faculty to study 12 local congregations that are effectively engaging young adults in their communities. Using the lessons learned from that research, the program will recruit and train a cohort of youth to serve as coaches, working alongside approximately 15 partner congregations committed to new ministry with young adults. “Partner congregations can then apply for two-year innovation grants to implement their programs in 2019 to 2021,” said Kristina Frugé, program manager for the Riverside Innovation Hub. At the end of that experience, all program participants will share their key learnings. Augsburg will publish the results and share the outcomes and insights through conferences and workshops. “Vocation is at the center of this project,” Frugé said. “For congregations, it’s about discerning their call in relationship with their young adult neighbors. For young adults, it’s about a connection with a Christian community who can accompany them in exploring how faith and public life intersect in ways that matter most to them.” Melissa Lee ’04, Augsburg’s head softball coach, threw out a ceremonial first pitch before an August Minnesota Twins game at Target Field as part of the team’s annual Lutheran Night festivities. Lee joined former St. Olaf pitcher the Rev. Charlie Ruud, with the pair dressed in costume as historical husband and wife duo Martin Luther and Katharina (von Bora) Luther in celebration of the 500th anniversary of the 1517 Protestant Reformation. Ruud previously served as a Campus Ministry intern at Augsburg. 1 0 Y E A RS A GO In 2007, Oren Gateway Center opened, connecting Riverside Avenue with the James G. Lindell Library, which opened a decade earlier. OGC will lose the distinction of being Augsburg’s newest building when the Norman and Evangeline Hagfors Center for Science, Business, and Religion is completed in late 2017. FALL - WINTER 2017 3 A N O T H ER F IV E YEARS OF SERVING SCHOLARS Every year, more than two dozen undergraduate students participate in Augsburg’s McNair Scholars Program, an intensive 21 months of graduate school preparation that opens doors to some of the most competitive institutions in the U.S. What’s more, these McNair Scholars are from populations who statistically are less likely to have the opportunity to pursue advanced research and doctoral degrees—firstgeneration college students with financial need and/or students from racial and ethnic populations who are underrepresented in Each year, Augsburg selects two graduate education. McNair Scholars to represent Now, with a five-year renewal of its grant, the University at the Minnesota Private College Scholars Showcase Augsburg’s McNair Scholars, a federal TRIO at the Minnesota State Capitol. program funded by the U.S. Department of Education, will be able to continue supporting these students’ pursuit of advanced degrees through at least 2022. The McNair Scholars Program was created by the U.S. Congress in honor of Ronald E. McNair, one of the first African American astronauts in the U.S. space program. Augsburg’s program provides graduate school preparation workshops, travel to a national research conference, hands-on scholarly research projects with faculty mentors, and more. Since 2007, according to “Tina” Maria Tavera, director of the McNair Scholars Program, Augsburg McNair Scholars alumni have completed or are currently pursuing more than 30 master’s degrees, 19 doctoral degrees, two medical school degrees, and two doctor of pharmacy degrees. With nearly $1.2 million of future funding, Augsburg is excited to see further program success. Augsburg awarded $475,000 to infuse sustainability in university life Augsburg University has new opportunities to live out its commitment to sustainability on campus, in the community, and among institutional partners thanks to nearly half a million dollars in new grant funding from Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies, a Minnesota-based foundation that believes colleges and universities can serve as models of operational sustainability for society at large. Using the grant award, Augsburg will facilitate student internships and other experiences at sustainability-focused organizations, strengthen and expand course offerings in Environmental Studies, fund student and faculty research, integrate In 2015, the Margaret sustainability and wellness A. Cargill Foundation contributed $1 million to across the academic the campaign to build the curriculum, and more. Hagfors Center for Science, “The next breakthrough Business, and Religion. in sustainability could come from a student majoring in communications, philosophy, or education,” said Allyson Green, Augsburg chief sustainability officer. “For all of us to live on this planet sustainably and equitably, we need all perspectives, experiences, types of knowledge, and skill sets to be part of the work.” Did you know? AN OC C A S IO N TO C E LE B R AT E Augsburg event series honors Reformation anniversary Augsburg held a series of events this fall marking the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. To kick off the series, Augsburg was honored to host ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton for two events: the Christensen Symposium, which focused on interfaith friendships, and a panel discussion with representatives of #DecolonizeLutheranism, a grassroots movement challenging long-held patterns of white power and privilege in the ELCA and stereotypes of what it means to be Lutheran. The series continued in October, in observance of Heritage Day, when Mary Lowe, associate professor of religion, invited community members to consider Martin Luther’s perspectives on bodies and creation. Lowe explained how—even today—Luther’s theology relates to complex issues. Lowe discussed themes related to climate change, gender and sexuality, abuse, and deforestation. In November, award-winning musical group The Rose Ensemble presented “Welcome the People: The Musical Legacy of the Reformation.” The ensemble creates musical performances and educational programs that connect audiences to compelling stories of human history, culture, and spirituality from around the world. The celebration ends with this year’s Advent Vespers, the theme of which is inspired by Luther’s hymn, “From Heaven Above.” Visit augsburg.edu/now to learn more about Augsburg’s Reformation event series and Advent Vespers. 4 AUGSBURG NOW AROUND THE QUAD MAKING HISTORY VISIBLE In the basement of Wilson Library at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, a team of researchers is working to map the history of racial segregation in Minneapolis. The group is unearthing racial restrictions buried in Minneapolis property deeds to create the first comprehensive visualization of historical racial covenants for a U.S. city. The project, called Mapping Prejudice, started with Augsburg’s Historyapolis Project, which seeks to illuminate the history of Minneapolis and has traced the roots of the city’s present-day racial disparities through historical research. To date, Mapping Prejudice researchers have found around 5,000 property deeds containing language that historically restricted ownership of residential properties by race. Enforcing these restrictions has been illegal in Minnesota for more than 60 years, but the records provide insight into the racial segregation that persists in Minneapolis neighborhoods. “Minneapolis is known for its parks, high-quality schools, and progressive politics,” said Kirsten Delegard, director of the Historyapolis Project and Augsburg scholar-in-residence. “Yet we have the highest racial disparities in the country.” Delegard said racial covenants were once pervasive in many U.S. cities and were instrumental in remaking the racial landscape of Minneapolis, which had not always been segregated. As many as 10,000 or more Minneapolis property deeds may contain such racially restrictive language. One of those properties is the Augsburg House, a residence on West River Road in Minneapolis that the University purchased in 1998. “When I saw the information that the Mapping Prejudice team had compiled for south Minneapolis, I suspected that Augsburg House originally had a racially restricted deed,” said Augsburg University President Paul Pribbenow. “Nearly every new development in south Minneapolis in the early 20th century carried those types of restrictions.” The property’s 1926 deed didn’t initially show up in the project’s electronic search process because the document was handwritten, but Delegard was able to locate the deed manually. The University has sought legal counsel regarding options for clarifying that Augsburg does not support discriminatory restrictions on the property. “At the same time, we want to ensure we maintain the historical record represented by the deed,” Pribbenow said, “so that we never lose track of the disgraceful manners in which covenants were used to segregate our communities and to inﬂict real harm on so many.” The Mapping Prejudice project is a massive undertaking, so the group strives to engage volunteers in the work. Many Augsburg students have become involved, including two history students who did semester-long internships last year helping build a digital map display and an entire history The Mapping Prejudice team includes Kevin Erhman-Solberg ’14 [left], a University of Minnesota graduate student in geographic information science; Penny Peterson [center], a veteran property records researcher; Kirsten Delegard [right], director of the Historyapolis Project and Augsburg scholar-in-residence; and Ryan Mattke [not pictured], a map and geospatial information librarian from the University of Minnesota. class that is working with the project throughout the fall semester this year. Several sociology classes got involved this past spring and summer, helping develop the program’s volunteer outreach strategy. Students from Pribbenow’s honors seminar also helped transcribe deeds this past spring, and a cohort of Augsburg first-year students engaged in the work as part of City Service Day at the beginning of the 2017 academic year. “We absolutely could not have developed the project without this kind of participation from both students and faculty,” said Delegard, who is continuing to seek funding that will allow the project to get even more students involved in all aspects of the work. Go to augsburg.edu/now to link to an interactive map illustrating the spread of racially restrictive deeds across Minneapolis during the first half of the 20th century and to learn more about getting involved in Mapping Prejudice research. FALL - WINTER 2017 5 AWARDS 2017 Top 25 LGBTQ-friendly Colleges & Universities: Augsburg was named to Campus Pride’s list of the top 25 LGBTQ-friendly colleges and universities in 2017. Campus Pride is the leading national organization for creating safer, more LGBTQ-friendly colleges and universities. Top 50 nationally for contribution to the public good: Augsburg was the No. 2 institution in Minnesota named by Washington Monthly in its 2017 Master’s Universities rankings. The list rates schools based upon their contribution to the public good in three categories: social mobility, research, and service. Top 25 schools for service-learning: Augsburg has been named one of U.S. News & World Report’s 2018 Top 25 Colleges and Universities for Service Learning. The sole Minnesota school on this list, Augsburg requires volunteering in the community as an instructional strategy. Schools garnering recognition were nominated by fellow institutions, college and university presidents or deans, and chief academic officers. At its September meeting, the Augsburg Corporation elected four additional members to the Board of Regents and re-elected three currently serving members. In addition, in accordance with the bylaws for Augsburg University, two bishops were appointed as ex-officio board members this fall. Augsburg University welcomes these new regents and thanks them for their service. • Eric J. Jolly, president and chief executive officer of Minnesota Philanthropy Partners. Jolly previously served on the Augsburg Board of Regents from 2008-2015. • Cynthia G. Jones ’81, senior level advisor for nuclear safety and analysis at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Jones previously served on the Augsburg Board from 2010-2012. • Dean Kennedy ’75, co-founder and chief strategy officer of Texakoma Oil & Gas Corporation. Kennedy previously served on the Augsburg Board from 2005-2013. • Karolynn Lestrud ’68, retired photography and publishing industry professional; former board member in historic preservation and performing arts organizations; and active volunteer in arts, education, and theater. COURTESY PHOTO Elected to a new four-year term in 2017: Eric J. Jolly COURTESY PHOTO Recognition for being student-centered: For the second year in a row, The Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education ranked Augsburg No. 2 in Minnesota for student engagement in the learning process in their ranking of U.S. colleges and universities. The student engagement score is based largely on results of a student survey that addresses how challenging classes are, whether they foster critical thinking and prompt students to make connections to the real world, and how much interaction the students have with faculty and other students. WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS Cynthia G. Jones ’81 COURTESY PHOTO Best Regional Universities: U.S. News & World Report again named Augsburg among the best universities in the Midwest. Rankings are based on factors including average firstyear retention rates, graduation rates, class sizes, student-to-faculty ratios, acceptance rates, and more. BOARD OF REGENTS Elected to a second four-year term: • Wayne Jorgenson ’71, senior vice president of wealth management at UBS Financial Services Inc. • Dennis Meyer ’78, chief marketing and business development officer at Robins Kaplan LLP • Pam Moksnes ’79, vice president for gift planning services, Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, through the Lutheran Church Extension Fund Elected to a third four-year term: • Ann Ashton-Piper, president of the IT consulting firm The Bridgie Group Appointed as ex-officio members of the Board of Regents for a three-year term: • The Rev. Patricia J. Lull, bishop of the Saint Paul Area Synod • The Rev. Steven H. Delzer, bishop of the Southeastern Minnesota Synod Dean Kennedy ’75 PHOTO BY CAROLINE YANG Augsburg University is consistently recognized for excellence. This year’s accolades include: Karolynn Lestrud ’68 S T C FA AROUND THE QUAD ON THE SPOT Communications expert describes history and peril of “fake news” WHILE THE TERM “FAKE NEWS” IS RELATIVELY NEW, the phenomenon, of course, is not. People throughout time have been motivated to share false information in ways that give it the appearance of legitimacy or to discredit accurate information in order to serve their own interests. Newer, digital media channels have made the tools to do so readily available and more effective, according to Jenny Hanson, assistant professor of communication studies, film, and new media. What’s more, social media sites tend to present users with information that confirms existing biases. In her classes, Hanson teaches students the media literacy skills necessary to be critical consumers of the news. Q: A: What is the history of “fake news” in media? Fake news has been around for centuries; it’s probably as old as humans’ ability to communicate. People seem to have a natural desire to tell tall tales. After all, spectacles draw crowds and outlandish stories trend. Fake news took off with the invention of the printing press in 1439, in part because stories were difficult to verify and mass distribution meant news could travel relatively quickly. A journalistic code of conduct toward objectivity and the practice of fact-checking did not yet exist. Stories about strange beasts, hideous crimes, and falsified scientific discoveries sold papers, and for advertising-supported publications, that was the goal. As journalism evolved and as newspapers came to rely on subscription models, impartiality and accuracy became guiding principles. In the 1980s, standards changed when cable TV made the 24/7 news cycle a reality. Next, the internet created alternate—and rapid— means of news distribution and increased access to content-creation tools among the general population. Today, new reasons for using fake news are emerging: to distract, to challenge existing knowledge, and to raise doubt about the validity of information, all in order to favor particular interests. In this way, calling something “fake news” and creating fake news both can be used to advance political, social, or personal interests in a way that functions more like propaganda. Calling something fake triggers a reaction in us to question and doubt, thereby decreasing our confidence in the information and opening us up to different possibilities. Q: A: What are the potential real-world implications? There are immense implications when news is inaccurate. Journalists understand that if they misreport, misquote, or just plain get the story wrong, there are often legal implications, damage to the outlet’s reputation, and harm to those wronged. When fake news is used as propaganda, it threatens the very legitimacy of news itself, inviting us to believe what is most aligned with our own ideologies rather than what actually is. The damage can be widespread, creating lasting impacts that go on to shape industry, policies, procedures, culture, artifacts of history, and society. Q: What can individuals do to protect themselves from falsities and to process news and information critically? A: There are many actions people can take to become savvy information consumers. The advice we tell students includes getting your news from a variety of sources, seeking connections on social media who have viewpoints differing from your own, and reading beyond the headline and before sharing information. In a critical reading, check the author’s credentials, watch out for emotional appeals or outrageous claims, look to see that sources are named and are experts in their fields, review the article date for context, and consider your own bias. Understand the source and their interests, and be sure websites are the official sites and not ones intended to mimic another’s appearance. Go to augsburg.edu/now to learn more about the line between falsehood and satire. FALL - WINTER 2017 7 2016-17 AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY ANNUAL REPORT When you give to Augsburg, you aren’t just supporting a private university—you’re paving the way for students to make a living, make a life, and make a community. The impact of your generosity can be seen in the lives of thousands of students who are now embracing financial security, finding their vocation, and following their calling. TO DONORS ENDOWMENT MARKET VALUE $40.5 $38.3 May 31, 2017—$43,878,362 $32.4 $28.2 $39.4 $34.6 $33.3 $31.5 $43.9 REVENUE BY SOURCE $29.8 75% 8% 7% $24.5 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 As of May 31, 2017, Augsburg University’s endowment had annual realized and unrealized gains of 12.19 percent. The five-year average annual return on the endowment is 8.21 percent, and the 10-year average annual return is 4.34 percent. The University is committed to maintaining the value of the principal to provide support to Augsburg in perpetuity. Your philanthropy is creating an Augsburg that will be SUSTAINABLE, 7% 3% EXPENSES BY CATEGORY 38% 33% 20% 4% 3% 2% 1% Salaries and Benefits Financial Aid Operating Expenses Debt Services Utilities and Insurance Student Compensation Capital Improvement FAITHFUL,and RELEVANT long into the future. Thanks to you and other committed friends, Augsburg is preparing students of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds to serve and lead in our communities, schools, places of worship, and businesses. During fiscal year 2016-17, more than 9,300 individual donors gave $17,216,961 through cash gifts, pledges, and planned gifts. Augsburg Fund supporters provided the University with more than $1.1 million in unrestricted, discretionary funds to improve the student experience. Tuition Room and Board Private Gifts and Grants Other Sources Federal Grants MAKE A LIVING When juggling the rigors of family life, owning three businesses, and coaching high school sports, starting a graduate program might not hit the top priority list for many people. But for Joe Tadros ’98, ’17 MBA, the benefits of pursuing a Master of Business Administration degree to further his career and build greater financial security for his family were worth the effort. “My graduate experience was an eye opener. It reminded me where I came from, and where I wanted to be in the future,” said Tadros. “My classmates had unique abilities and talents, and I learned so much from them.” Joe Tadros ’98, ’17 MBA Shika Addo Memorial Scholarship Tadros now serves as a guest lecturer for Augsburg finance classes, sharing life lessons with undergraduates. With his degree, and your gifts, he looks to the future with confidence, knowing that his kids will be well provided for and that his impact will extend beyond his career. MAKE A LIFE As a shy, small-town kid, Kevin Tran ’18 would never have believed it had someone told him that as a college student he would become a board member for three student organizations, travel abroad with the choir, work as an intern for US Bank, and volunteer in the community in his free time. Tran began to really come out of his shell by living his life through the Auggie experience. “When I came [to Augsburg], I didn’t know what to expect. In high school, I was just really all about my work. Augsburg exposed me to who I am supposed to be ... I became more independent, more knowledgeable, more vocal, and more myself.” Kevin Tran ’18 Leland and Louise Sundet Scholarship Because of you, Tran has found his calling and is planning to pursue his dream by working in marketing for the entertainment industry in Los Angeles. MAKE A COMMUNITY Singing, studying, social work, public policy, and reconstructing the criminal justice system. These are among the top priorities for Augsburg student Alexa Anderson ’19. Anderson may be a proud member of the Honors Program and Augsburg vocal ensembles, but the deeper she dives into her studies as a social work major, the more motivated she has become to change her community through restorative justice. Alexa Anderson ’19 Mabeth Saure Gyllstrom Scholarship Dorothy Lijsing Kleven President’s Scholarship in Choral Music “Augsburg has completely changed me as a person, specifically regarding how I view my role as a member of a community,” she said. “Before coming here, I didn’t understand how important being an active member of a community was. Through my classes, volunteering, internships, and living in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, I now believe that in order for a community to succeed, its members must act and live in a way that encourages understanding, acceptance, and unity.” A NEW DAY, A NEW KIND OF UNIVERSITY BY JESSICA MUELLER AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY DAY was a moment of celebration—a time to honor and appreciate the abiding principles on which Augsburg was founded and an opportunity to consider Augsburg’s commitment to shaping the world for generations to come. Augsburg marked the transition from college to university through a commemorative day full of fun and fellowship. And, although Augsburg College officially became Augsburg University on September 1, the campus threw its proverbial hat in the air a few days later—on September 5, the day Augsburg formally welcomed its most diverse incoming class in school history. OPENING CONVOCATION On September 5, Augsburg’s Class of 2021 rose early to participate in the grand finale of their welcome week: Opening Convocation. New students marched across campus, past rows of cheering faculty and staff, and toward Hoversten Chapel with pride (and maybe a few sheepish grins), to engage in a historic beginning for them and for their school: the commissioning of Augsburg University’s inaugural first-year class. This year’s event featured elements linked with Augsburg’s commitments to faith, diversity, and vocation: Lutheran hymns, interfaith blessings, and international flags representing the countries from which Augsburg students come. President Paul Pribbenow encouraged new Auggies to do justly, love mercy, walk humbly ... and follow him on Twitter. And that was just the beginning. A MOMENT TO REMEMBER Following Opening Convocation, the Class of 2021 processed from the chapel to the quad where they were met by stilt walkers, local musicians, Haitian and Somali dancers, and the smells of dishes as varied and diverse as the neighborhoods surrounding Augsburg’s metropolitan campus. More than 800 students, faculty, staff, and friends of the University convened to feast on sambusas, Mexican tacos, cotton candy, brats and sauerkraut, and, in some cases, all of the above. 10 AUGSBURG NOW Students had nearly two hours to take in their surroundings, grab food, pose at the Auggie photo booth, and assemble hygiene kits for the Augsburg Health Commons, which serves unsheltered persons throughout Minneapolis. Many even had time to read a proclamation, signed by Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton, naming September 5, 2017, Augsburg University Day. A UNIVERSITY OF THE CITY In the afternoon, more than 500 students, faculty, and staff gathered in small groups and dispersed throughout Minneapolis to listen to, learn from, and volunteer with local partners and nonprofits with ties to Augsburg. In total, the Class of 2021 donated nearly $35,000 in service work at more than 20 Twin Cities locations. The entire string of events—from the convocation, to the celebration, to the service-learning opportunities—demonstrated that Augsburg’s name change was much more than updated monument signs (though they do look nice), letterhead, and websites. The name change was a collaborative effort to share Augsburg’s story—the narrative of a place that’s deeply embedded in its community, that richly lives out its traditions, and that points to a bolder vision of what a student-centered, urban university can be … small to its students, and big for the world. FALL - WINTER 2017 11 The fatherhood BONUS a n d th e PENALTY motherhood BY KATE H. ELLIOTT G r o un d b r e a k i n g r e s e a rch by alum na M i c he l l e B u d i g ’ 9 3 s h eds light on wage ga p b e t we e n f a t h e rs and m others Michelle Budig’s story is deeply woven into her pioneering research to expose gender inequality and examine family policies in the workforce. The product of an outspoken dental receptionist and a pious electrician— who staked the yard with opposing political signs—Budig learned from a young age to question, wonder, and voice her beliefs. In preschool, for example, she insisted her class change the lyrics of “Yankee Doodle Dandy” to remove “and with the girls be handy.” But despite her early and strong advocacy for girls’ rights, Budig still believed that as an adult she would have to choose between motherhood and a meaningful career. Indeed, at 22, she married her Augsburg sweetheart, nurse practitioner Peter Landstrom ’91, but then waited almost 20 years—until 12 AUGSBURG NOW after she secured tenure as a sociology professor—to adopt their daughter, Lucy. Her beliefs about how things should be were tempered by her understanding of how things actually are. It may be no surprise, then, that Budig focused her scholarly research on the impact of parenting across gender—specifically the wage inequities between fathers and mothers across the pay scale. Her latest findings, currently making rounds in The New York Times and the like, assert that although the gender pay gap is decreasing (women now make about 76 cents for every man’s dollar), wage inequalities among parents who work are increasing. Overall, fathers incur an average wage increase of more than 6 percent with each child, while women experience, on average, a 4 percent decrease in salary per child. Fatherhood, ultimately, is considered a “valued characteristic, signaling perhaps a greater work commitment, stability, and deservingness,” said Budig, Sociology Department chair at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Mothers, on the other hand, are often perceived as “exhausted and distracted at work,” rendering them less productive. Beyond perception, other significant contributors to the discrepancy include that women often take time off to care for children and bypass higher wages for mom-friendly roles. “Kids are seen as a privilege, not a right, so if you want to have them, you must pay the price,” Budig said, referencing a view some hold. PHOTO COURTESY OF JOHN SOLEM, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST TY Michelle Budig ’93 is an award-winning professor and author whose research interests focus on gender, employment, labor markets, earnings, stratification, and family. FALL - WINTER 2017 13 But it’s not as simple as “dads make more, moms make less,” Budig said. Using sophisticated statistical techniques on a large sample of U.S. workers, Budig found that parenting exacerbates earnings inequalities within genders depending on income. The “fatherhood bonus,” as she calls it, is highest for the most advantaged men—married, white, college graduates with professional jobs. Unmarried, black men in non-professional occupations, for instance, receive minimal—if any—bonus. The motherhood penalty is smallest among women who earn above the 90th percentile of female workers, with women at the very top of the income distribution experiencing no wage penalty. Low-to-average earning women incur the greatest motherhood penalty, Budig found. “I always thought that women who made the most would have the most to lose, but that is certainly not the case, and it makes complete sense when you consider factors and stressors influencing populations at the top and bottom of the pay scale,” Budig said. “Fathers and mothers earning lower wages often rely on fragile networks of free child care, and when a grandmother or friend is sick or doesn’t show, those parents can’t make it to work. Conversely, parents who can afford it, secure reliable, consistent child care operated by licensed professionals.” Additionally, lower-earning men and women statistically are more likely to have children, Budig said, which leads to higher penalties for those families. Accessible child care among policies to close the gap Budig suggests two policy shifts to reduce the gap: publicly funded, high-quality child care for babies and toddlers and nontransferable paid leave for both mothers and fathers. The “nontransferable” part is critical, Budig reiterated, as “evidence suggests that if fathers can transfer leave to a female partner, they will.” “Access for all to high-quality, reliable, licensed child care options would certainly even the playing field for both parents and children,” Budig said. “Think of all the stress it would alleviate from low-income families relying on less dependable child care. Businesses would likely be more productive with a more resilient, consistent workforce. And children growing up in low-income situations would benefit from the same instruction and care as wealthier families, giving those young ones a stronger start.” This approach is not new. Many Scandinavian countries, which support publicly funded child care and offer incentivized paternal leave, report smaller It' s not as simple as “dads make more, moms make less.” Wider wage gaps among lower-earning individuals are exacerbated by the fact that people tend to marry within socioeconomic situations, Budig adds, so low-earning couples take greater hits, while highly paid duos keep climbing. 14 AUGSBURG NOW or no parental pay gaps. In contrast, countries with entrenched gender roles, like Germany, where new mothers are expected to take a year or more off work, report the highest motherhood penalties. “Workplace policies matter,” Budig Budig’s 19-page curriculum vitae details the more than $725,000 in grants she’s received, including some from the National Science Foundation, and lists her articles in professional journals, including the American Sociological Review. She regularly contributes to national and international media outlets, including The New York Times, Money Magazine, and the Washington Post. said. “Most of my life, I had to choose between being a mother and having a meaningful career, and unless progressive policies are adopted, the parental and economic gaps will persist.” The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ranked the United States last in a study the intergovernmental organization conducted about the national paid maternity leave policies of its member countries. The average amount of paid leave time for mothers among its 35-member countries was a little more than one year, as of 2016. Budig notes there is progress on the state level, citing California’s paid family leave, which allows family members to take time off to care for a loved one or to bond with a new child entering their life (either by birth, adoption, or foster care). Without a comprehensive federal approach, however, Budig warns of the implications of inconsistencies across states. “It’s encouraging to see states and companies take action, but it leads to inequities among states and industries, which may only add to our country’s increasing divide,” said Budig, who has testified before Congress and the United Nations about the implications of her research. “More universal support will reduce wage gaps, promote greater equality, and better prepare our children to be productive members of society.” The culture is shifting as men embrace female roles But beyond evolutions in policy, Budig sees hope in the young people she interacts with as a professor and mentor. They expect both parties—and want both partners—to be involved in maintaining the household. Single-paycheck families are difficult to sustain, and popular books and blogs are encouraging mothers to shed the mom guilt, cast aside the superwoman expectations, and go order a pizza for dinner. “Believe me, I get it. Even with the most supportive husband, who as a nurse, experiences his own gender stereotypes, I still slip into unrealistic expectations,” said Budig, who earned a master’s and doctorate in sociology from the University of Arizona. “Our marriage is a constant conversation, and splitting up the chores by room works for us.” A 2016 PayScale Gender Pay Gap Report found that men still out-earn women in every state in the union, but Vermont is the closest to equality, with women earning 84.8 percent of what men earn overall, as opposed to Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, and Wyoming where women earn from 71 to 73 percent of their male counterparts’ income. The national average is 76 percent, per the report, which does not factor in years of experience, education, or job title. When such national statistics were first calculated in the 1970s, it was about 60 percent. Mentors pushed her to live with a ‘heart for service’ Budig lost both her parents nearly two years ago. She often wishes she could talk with her mom about her latest research, knowing her mom would get a kick out of hearing about innovative solutions to promote equality and increase access for women. “My mom was wildly supportive of my work, but I’ll never forget the first time she read a major study I published about the wage gap. I was driving, and she was in the back seat. She looked up and said, ‘Michelle, everyone knows women earn less than men. That’s what you’ve been working on?’ Gee, thanks, mom,” Budig said. “I think she would have appreciated this last batch of research and what I’m focused on next, which involves female entrepreneurs and a study about the motherhood penalty in Israel.” Although there is no replacing a driveand-talk with mom, Budig is not short on inspiring female mentors. At Augsburg, where she majored in English and sociology, Budig sought out educators to support her journey. Sociology Professor Diane Pike has taught Auggies for more than three decades, and Budig certainly stands out. “Michelle had a seriousness and sophistication about intellectual ideas and work that was exemplary, and being a first-generation student, she never lost sight of the privilege it is to pursue higher education. She set the bar high for herself, and we’ve been following her career ever since,” said Pike, who specializes in organizational analysis, sociological theory, and research methods. “There is nothing better than seeing one of your students succeed at such a level. Michelle’s a big deal in sociology, speaking at top conferences and advocating for important change. She has a rare ability to convey complex data and theories to general audiences, and we are very proud of her.” Budig’s Auggie roots run deep, and both she and Landstrom commit themselves to its mission through caregiving and advocating for change. Augsburg gave them a way of looking at the world and approaching life that will never leave them, Budig said. “The greatest takeaway from Augsburg is our desire—the responsibility, really— to give back and live with a heart for service to others. Every day, we try to live out that change in our personal and professional lives.” FALL - WINTER 2017 15 N I E U G O DIAL SOCIETIES D E D I V I D 20 17 N ob e l Pe a ce P rize Forum li s o p nea n i M — [Above] Representatives of the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet are joined on stage by Peace Scholars and other participants at the closing ceremony of the Forum. [Left] During a break, the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize laureates posed for photos in front of a three-story mural featuring their images along with dozens of other past laureates. N obel Peace Prize laureates, world leaders, and renowned peacemakers came together this fall as Augsburg University hosted the 29th annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum—Minneapolis. As an international peace congress, the Forum united honored guests, students, and community members in considering the globally significant, multidimensional nature of peace by examining topics that ranged from disarmament and human rights to economic development and environmental sustainability. This year’s Forum kicked off with several hundred attendees filling Augsburg’s Si Melby Gymnasium to listen to the incredible, true story of the 2015 Nobel Laureates—leaders who inspired a sharply divided nation to find common ground and, ultimately, form one of the world’s newest democracies. During a conversation presented in both English and Arabic, representatives of the Tunisian National Dialogue 16 AUGSBURG NOW Quartet described an arduous and inspiring peacemaking model in which members of business, labor, human rights, and law disciplines crafted a sustaining democratic constitution through peaceful dialogue. Recognized collectively with the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize for their contribution to building a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia following the Jasmine Revolution of 2011, the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet is made up of leaders from four key organizations in the north African nation’s civil society. In the tense early moments of the Arab Spring uprisings, the Quartet exercised its role as a mediator and demonstrated the power of civil communication in sensitive political circumstances. Perhaps no other Forum experience better illustrated the event’s overarching theme: Dialogue in Divided Societies. Nobel Peace Prize Forum art festival Augsburg University has served as the Nobel Peace Prize Forum’s official host since 2012, but in recent years, the event itself has taken place at several conference venues across the Twin Cities. Bringing the Forum back to Augsburg this fall gave global peacebuilders the opportunity to experience the unique, urban beauty of the University’s location and to engage with a large-scale outdoor art exhibition on display across campus. In the spirit of fostering dialogue during the Nobel Peace Prize Forum, artists from across the United States collaborated on installations that highlighted the layered and often overlapping complexity of finding solutions to global issues. The art exhibition was curated by Christopher Houltberg, assistant professor of art and director of Augsburg’s Design & Agency program, a student-run design studio experience that teaches design thinking and problem-solving in graphic design. One of the most talked-about installations at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum was a Hex House constructed in Murphy Square. Designed by Architects for Society, a nonprofit seeking to enhance the built environment for disadvantaged communities, the Hex House is a prototype for dignified, low-cost, flexible housing that’s easy to deploy in emergency situations. Given that the Forum dates fell just after Hurricanes Harvey and Irma brought havoc and destruction to the Caribbean, Texas, and Florida, the Hex House was a timely opportunity to see how smart design can address critical community needs. Building peace in the greater Twin Cities, around the world Throughout the four days of the 2017 program, attendees participated in dozens of breakout sessions led by globally recognized leaders in the fields of international development and peacemaking. Participants had the opportunity to meet and hear from national and world leaders—including Norwegian Ambassador to the United States Kåre Aas, Tunisian Ambassador to the United States H.E. Fayçal Gouia, U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, and U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison. Other often-recognized presenters at the event included former congresswoman Gabby Giffords, who is seeking to end gun violence, and Barbara Bush, who founded the Global Health Corps organization to mobilize young leaders to support health equity. The Nobel Peace Prize Forum also prompted attendees to consider local peace-building needs, convening conversations focused on present-day issues in the Twin Cities. Students, community members, and facilitators worked through difficult discussions on respecting and honoring sacred spaces, bridging political differences through civil dialogue, and addressing cross-generational injustice. These mediated conversations went beyond campus to places that brought the topics to life. For example, part of the dialogue on preserving Native American sites took place in suburban Eagan at Pilot Knob, an area that was an indigenous gathering place and sacred burial ground for centuries. “It’s entirely fitting that these important conversations are happening at Augsburg University as part of the Nobel Peace Prize Forum,” said the Forum’s Program Director Joe Underhill, reflecting on the entire event. “A university is a place where civic dialogue on difficult topics is not only allowed, but highly encouraged,” said Underhill, an associate professor of political science at Augsburg. “It is only through that kind of dialogue that we are going to move toward any mutual understanding on these issues.” [Far left] Augsburg Design & Agency students created numerous large-scale art installations to convey the theme, Dialogue in Divided Societies. [Near left] The Hex House, a low-cost, emergency housing prototype, showcased how smart design can create humane solutions during crises. FALL - WINTER 2017 17 JOIN US FOR THE 30TH [Above] Chief Arvol Looking Horse and Methodist Bishop Bruce Ough visit the Red Rock, a boulder that is located at a United Methodist Church in Newport, Minnesota, and considered sacred by the Dakota people. The 2017 Forum included site visits addressing local peace-building topics. September 19–22, 2018 Augsburg University [Left] Interactive art installations allowed Forum attendees to participate in creating displays that reflected their own perspectives on peacemaking. PRESENTED BY LEAD SPONSORS ® SPONSORS MEDIA SPONSORS 45 0 100 3 18 AUGSBURG NOW #93C33A 0 70 85 0 #F76 WOMENOF INFLUENCE BY KATE H. ELLIOTT Augsburg outscores national average of female coaches, supports inclusive culture across Athletics department “Only priests and participants’ fathers can be anywhere near the pool,” three St. Catherine’s nuns echoed in protest as Augsburg’s 1963 swim instructor, Malcolm “Mac” Gimse, led then-20-year-old Joyce Pfaff ’65 and three other physical education majors onto the pool deck. Gimse reluctantly exited the building, but as the Auggies lined up at water’s edge, “GO AUGSBURG” boomed from the stands. Pfaff looked up, and there was her instructor, wearing a big smile and a clerical collar. Call it obstinate or call it resolute, but Pfaff adopted that tenacity—and it helped her climb over, chisel away, and bust down a decade’s worth of walls in women’s athletics and coaching prior to the passage of Title IX, a federal law that allows women access to any federally funded educational program or activity. So, it comes as no surprise that Augsburg’s first women’s athletic director is “beyond proud” that a recent report ties Augsburg with Macalester College as the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference’s schools with the most female head coaches. Head Women’s and Men’s Cross Country Coach Meghan Peyton ’14 MAL leads a team practice. FALL - WINTER 2017 19 PHOTO BY CYNDI NIGHTENGALE, CYNBADMEDIA This distinction, out of the University of Minnesota’s Tucker Center for Research on Women and Girls in Sport, is particularly encouraging as national studies point to dramatic decreases in women coaching women’s sports. When Title IX was passed in 1972, women coached 90 percent of women’s collegiate athletic teams. Today, only about 40 percent of those teams are led by female coaches, according to the NCAA. Augsburg hits national average out of the park Pfaff coached at a time before women’s athletics were afforded official equipment or facilities. In fact, Pfaff helped build Augsburg’s first softball field. Today, she remains confident in Augsburg’s ability to advance equality. According to the Tucker Center, Augsburg leapt from having slightly more than 36 percent female head coaches in 2014 to nearly 73 percent in 2017. “Think of how far we’ve come,” Pfaff said. “Augsburg’s first volleyball coach, Mary Timm ’81, could ‘afford’ to coach for us because she had a full-time job as a day care supervisor, and she used vacation time to travel with the team. Today, Augsburg has more women’s teams (11) than 20 AUGSBURG NOW men’s (10), and the Athletic Department works hard to create an equitable, forward-thinking, and inclusive culture.” Augsburg Athletic Director Jeff Swenson ’79 and Associate Athletic Director Kelly Anderson Diercks appreciate the Tucker Center’s acknowledgement of Augsburg’s dedication to women’s athletics. University leaders are ever-vigilant in their efforts to support all coaches, staff, and student-athletes in achieving a well-balanced life. “Coaching demands all of you and more, with 365-day recruiting on top of practices, planning, and leading studentathletes in competition and out in their everyday lives,” said Swenson, who has worked at Augsburg for more than 36 years. “We are committed to work-life integration. The best coaches are fulfilled, healthy, and productive members at home and in the community— an approach to life we want to mirror for our student-athletes.” Anderson Diercks recruits coaches and advises studentathletes interested in transitioning from court to clipboard. She is keenly aware of the factors contributing to the diminishing number of female coaches across the U.S. and emphasizes that even if you’re in a position of success, there’s still room for improvement. It’s vital for all students to see women as role models in all professions, including athletics. —Kelly Anderson Diercks, associate athletic director “College athletic departments need to do a better job of recruiting and retaining women coaches through mentoring, professional development, and supportive cultures,” she said. “And it is critically important that this conversation is not just about women coaching women. It should be about women in coaching, which includes women coaching boys and men. It’s vital for all students to see women as role models in all professions, including athletics.” Popularity of women’s athletics contributes to decline in coaching equity The NCAA’s findings suggest that a major factor contributing to the decline of women coaching women is, ironically, tied to the boom of women’s athletics. With increased popularity came expanded staffs and higher salaries, attracting men—particularly longtime assistant coaches—to lead women’s teams. And while 60 percent of women’s teams are coached by men, according to the study, women guide only about 3 percent of men’s teams. Roughly 80 percent of collegiate athletic directors are men. Is a solution to ignore gender? “Absolutely not,” Anderson Diercks said. “Like any dimension of diversity, to ignore or deny a part of someone’s identity does not allow them to show up as their fullest and best self, and then we all miss out. There is richness in diversity, and women are an important part of that diversity, especially in the athletic arena.” A coaching job is demanding, with long hours, travel, and high expectations, but those pressures can be overcome, Swenson said. The more universities exemplify work-life balance, the more family-oriented student-athletes, regardless of gender, will be drawn to the profession, he added. Negative perceptions still cast a shadow Stigmas, misconceptions, and high stakes also contribute to the decline in women seeking and maintaining leadership roles in university athletics, according to the NCAA. Interviews with female coaches across the U.S. drew out comments about increasing demands, assumptions about female coaches’ sexuality, and perceived gender bias. Augsburg Women’s Hockey Head Coach Michelle McAteer said if she could squash an assumption curbing female coaches, it would be the belief that “all women are catty and emotional.” “Since women hold fewer leadership positions in all realms— from athletics and business to politics—we are put under a microscope and our actions are generalized,” she said. “Women in leadership need to become the norm and not the exception in order to combat these myths so we can get onto the business of empowering those we lead (and winning games).” And she would know. McAteer, who led the Augsburg women’s hockey team to its highest MIAC finish since the ’90s, played for female coaches throughout her high school and college years. These models of “strength, resolve, and compassion” gave her confidence and an awareness of her role now, as a coach, to model those values for the next generation, she said. “It’s a responsibility I care deeply about.” For Pfaff, this and other reflections from today’s women coaches signal that the legacy she and others fought to instill is [L to R]: Women’s Lacrosse Head Coach Kathryn Knippenberg and Graduate Fellow Taylor Tvedt ’19 MAL greet a prospective student. holding strong. Sure, there always is yet another contest to win, she said, but what’s the fun in not having a fight? The best part, for Pfaff, is knowing that Augsburg is on the right side of the field—maybe even the infield she helped grade for Augsburg’s first softball diamond. FALL - WINTER 2017 21 AUGGIES CONNECT AUGSBURG WOMEN ENGAGED: COURTESY PHOTO Dear alumni and friends, It’s an exciting time for Augsburg University, and the Alumni Board aims to infuse positive energy from Augsburg’s big events this fall in our year-long agenda. The board’s objective is to advance Augsburg’s mission by making the most of the time, talents, and treasure found in our alumni group. Each year, the Alumni Board plans events where Auggies can network, collaborate, and serve together. The 2017 Summer Series was an example of this work. Auggies attended a Minnesota United soccer game, took part in Auggie Night at Canterbury Park, and listened to Augsburg community members give presentations on a range of topics at the 7 People 7 Passions 7 Minutes event at Sisyphus Brewing. Alumni Board members also hosted Happy Hour Squared at Brave New Workshop, which featured a twist on a traditional social hour— attendees enjoyed beverages while making 1,500 sandwiches for unsheltered people in the Twin Cities. It is fun watching the talents of fellow Auggies come to life at our social events, and our upcoming calendar is available online: augsburg.edu/alumnievents. Using your time and talents to make connections with current students is simply one of the best ways to stay connected with Augsburg, so stay tuned for details about the upcoming 2018 Auggie Networking Experience on February 6. Auggies also can join the Alumni Board’s effort to sponsor a tree in the Urban Arboretum planned for Augsburg’s Minneapolis campus. The trees selected for the first phase of this plan will surround the Norman and Evangeline Hagfors Center for Science, Business, and Religion and include species native to Minnesota. All gift levels are welcome. As the Alumni Board continues to advance the mission of the University through events and networking, we invite you to join us. We work hard, and we make sure we don’t forget to have fun, as well. MOVING IN A NEW DIRECTION The Augsburg Women Engaged Philanthropy Council has grown in the past year. Augsburg alumnae formed AWE in 2009 to unite women with shared interests and passions through events, mentorship, and philanthropy. Today, AWE inspires women to connect, learn, and give. AWE highlights: Connect—Members gathered at Homecoming for a painting party to prepare pieces of a mural titled “Emergence” that will be installed in the Norman and Evangeline Hagfors Center for Science, Business, and Religion. Learn—AWE hosted a discussion following the 2016 Center for Wellness and Counseling Convocation and a pre-concert reception at the annual Woman Voice: Voice of Hope choral performance. Give—Members raised more than $100,000 for the “Emergence” mural and are engaged in planning to raise an additional $1 million for scholarships. AWE’s participation has nearly doubled during the past year and includes Augsburg women from all generations, degree programs, and career fields. COURTESY PHOTO FROM THE ALUMNI BOARD PRESIDENT Go Auggies! NICK RATHMANN ’03, ALUMNI BOARD PRESIDENT AWE Philanthropy Council members [L to R]: Debby (Fredrickson) Crowley ’76, Danielle Stellner ’07, Joni Marti ’05 MAL, Lori Moline ’82, Martha Truax ’16 MAL, Shelby (Gimse) Andress ’56, Lisa Zeller ’81, ’89 MAL, Cheryl Jensen ’86, Donna McLean, and Kris (Peterson) Pearson ’78. Not pictured: Rachel (Olson) Engebretson ’98, Dr. Lisa Latham ’83, Diana Pierce ’16 MAL, and Cindy (Winberg) Sisson ’83. Visit augsburg.edu/now to learn more about joining AWE. 22 AUGSBURG NOW AUGGIES CONNECT Celebrate STEPUP ® PROGRAM MARKS 20 YEARS OF SUCCESS COURTESY PHOTO A Heidi Bausch ’07 ugsburg University’s StepUP Program is in its 20th year of empowering students in recovery to achieve academic success. StepUP held its annual gala October 28. The gala was an evening of inspiration and fellowship in which emcee Don Shelby, an Emmy-award-winning broadcast journalist and person in recovery, welcomed nearly 500 Auggies, families, friends, and advocates for recovery. Each year, the StepUP Gala is organized by a committee of volunteers with support from Augsburg staff. The 2017 committee co-chairs were Gina Gage and Cindy Piper. Two of the evening’s highlights were the keynote address by alumna Heidi Bausch ’07 and the presentation of the Toby Piper Labelle Award to the James and Sally Dowdle and Pat and Jeanne Dwyer families. Bausch is celebrating the 10th anniversary of her graduation from Augsburg, where she studied psychology and philosophy, was an active member in the StepUP community, and worked for the Center for Wellness and Counseling. Today Bausch lives out a passion for serving the recovery community. She is pursuing a doctorate in counseling psychology at the University of St. Thomas. Her clinical practice included an internship at The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation’s residential program for young people and work at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview inpatient unit for youth facing chemical and mental health difficulties. Bausch also works with the Minnesota Psychology Association to promote legislation aimed at improving behavioral health care quality. This year, Bausch partnered with her StepUP Program roommate, Samantha Yerks ’06, to launch Singularity Behavioral Systems & Technology, a business that develops clinical software products for the mental health field. Go to augsburg.edu/stepup to learn more about the StepUP Program and its fundraising gala. FALL - WINTER 2017 23 introduces high school students to health science careers When University alumni and community members step up to help make an Augsburg program succeed, everybody wins. Since 2008, Augsburg University has hosted Metro Scrubs summer camps that offer high school students a glimpse into health science careers. Through workshops and hands-on activities, students gain insight into career paths that range from veterinary medicine and public health to physical therapy and nursing. The success of the weeklong program— formerly known as Urban Scrubs— hinges on faculty involvement and volunteer engagement through which working professionals teach workshops and mini-courses. This year, an Augsburg alumna and the parent of two Auggie alumni stepped in to offer their expertise—and to learn a thing or two from their pupils. Jenny Kelley ’85 pursued a nursing degree after completing her Augsburg education and now serves as a nurse and asthma educator at the Hennepin County Medical Center in COURTESY PHOTO METRO SCRUBS PROGRAM Nearly six dozen students participated in Augsburg’s Metro Scrubs Camp this summer. One of nine such programs for Minnesota high school students, Metro Scrubs is a collaborative effort of Augsburg University, HealthForce Minnesota, Fairview Health Services, and St. Catherine University. Minneapolis. Kelley initiated a Metro Scrubs class by asking students to inhale and exhale through a narrow cocktail straw, an exercise that highlighted how difficult it is for someone with asthma to breathe. Kelley noticed that her students were from a diverse array of backgrounds, but previous knowledge of asthma was something that unified the group. “I felt I was having an impact on students from many different cultures and different communities,” Kelley said. “Yet, everyone knows somebody with asthma, so this education is helpful in ensuring people use their inhalers the right way.” One out of 12 people in the U.S. is diagnosed with asthma. For Kelley, leading a Metro Scrubs course was a way to teach young people about the medical condition and to spur interest in careers that could help tackle this pressing health care need. For Dr. Robert “Bob” Florence, a primary care internist at Allina in Vadnais Heights, Minnesota, teaching Metro Scrubs students was an opportunity to reconnect with the basics. Florence knows Augsburg well through his children, Jeffrey Florence ’02 and Beth Florence ’08, and he noted that teaching high school students was a reminder about the importance of clear doctor-patient communication. “I show the students what it’s like to do an office call with a patient, explaining the types of interactions I have with patients, along with the best and worst ways to handle certain scenarios,” Florence said. “I began teaching the class because the students hadn’t been exposed to primary care in the other Metro Scrubs sessions, and I wanted to teach them what they could and should expect.” While it can be difficult to fit extra opportunities into a physician’s hectic schedule, Florence said leading Metro Scrubs classes has been worthwhile. “It has helped me to be a better physician and taught students interested in medical careers valuable lessons,” he said. Visit augsburg.edu/now to learn more about volunteer and sponsorship opportunities with Metro Scrubs Camp. 24 AUGSBURG NOW AUGGIES CONNECT GIFT EXPANDS MARINE AQUARIUM FACILITY for study of biological diversity When the Norman and Evangeline Hagfors Center for Science, Business, and Religion opens for classes in January 2018, the new building will feature a state-of-the-art marine aquarium facility thanks to the generosity of donor Fritz Grimm, who made a substantial gift to fund the project. Twenty years ago, Associate Professor of Biology William “Bill” Capman created a large multi-tank coral reef aquarium system on campus to inspire interest in biological diversity, to serve as a teaching and research tool, and to provide living specimens for lab demonstrations. In the years since, the aquaria have been integral to Capman’s teaching, making interaction with marine life a unique aspect of Augsburg’s biology laboratory experience, exposing students to biodiversity they would not see elsewhere, and promoting careful stewardship of the world’s ecosystems. Capman has been passionate about aquatic life since his childhood. He and Grimm, as fellow members of the Twin Cities Marine Aquarium Society, have known each other for years. Grimm is the former proprietor of a store selling items for keeping coral, fish, and other sea life, and has assisted Capman in past efforts to care for Augsburg’s aquaria. For Grimm, sponsoring Augsburg’s marine environments is a way to support quality work already underway and build on it for the future. Grimm’s gift is enabling Augsburg to significantly expand its marine facilities to include a 350 gallon coral reef aquarium and six additional 60-90 gallon tanks housing additional diverse organisms, along with a research lab for studying coral biology and captive breeding of coral reef fish. “We rely on places like this to inspire people,” Grimm said of Augsburg’s marine aquarium expansion. “How should people know they need to care about seahorses and coral without ever seeing them?” Grimm is concerned by the known degradation of natural environments, pointing to the fact that a significant portion of the world’s coral are becoming more susceptible to disease and are dying due to increases in water temperature and pollution. “If anyone is going to inspire the future generation to do something about it, it will be Bill,” Grimm said. During a presentation to the Minnesota Aquarium Society, Bill Capman demonstrates how he creates artificial reef structures for new aquaria. COURTESY PHOTOS FALL - WINTER 2017 25 ALUMNI CLASS NOTES 1950 Carl Vaagenes ’50, a retired pastor, helped to translate the mission articles of Georg Sverdrup. Vaagenes was inspired to translate Sverdrup’s sermons for future generations and did this as a member of The Georg Sverdrup Society. In 1898, Georg Sverdrup and Sven Oftedal, co-founders of Augsburg Seminary and College, published their sermons at the founding of the Lutheran Free Church but without their names. In “Aand og Liv” (“Spirit and Life”), they reveal their mind and heart for the church and for Augsburg. 1952 Millie Nelson ’52 received a Spirit of Augsburg Award at Homecoming in recognition for her dedication to Augsburg University. Before retiring, Nelson worked at Augsburg for decades. In her role as Christensen Center manager, she guided student assistants who described her as professional, competent, knowledgeable, and kind. These former students acknowledged that Nelson embodied the spirit of Augsburg. 1957 Stan Baker ’57 received the Ella Stephens Barrett Award for excellence in professional leadership and counseling from the North Carolina Counseling Association during its annual conference in February in Durham, North Carolina. 1964 Garrett “Gary” Waldner ’64 and his wife, Nancy, celebrated their 50th anniversary in October. They have three sons and four grandchildren. Waldner is active in the real estate appraisal field, specializing in litigation valuations. 1966 After graduating from Augsburg, Ron Blake ’66 went on to Luther Seminary and has pastored several churches before retiring in 2009 as a pastor with dual membership in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ. Blake and his wife remain active members of Trinity Lutheran Church in Lynnwood, Washington. They have two children and four grandsons. 1968 Bruce Benson ’68 received a Distinguished Alumni Award at Homecoming. Benson served as campus pastor at St. Olaf College for 30 years and has been a board member at church camps in Minnesota, Montana, and Ohio. He graduated cum laude from Augsburg with a Bachelor of Arts in English, earned his Master of Divinity degree from Luther Seminary in 1972, and further earned a degree in Sacred Theology from Yale Divinity School in 1980. Benson hosts a radio program called, “Sing for Joy,” which is broadcast on 140 radio stations in the United States, carried by cable networks, and broadcast in 40 countries in and near Africa. 1970 Mark Francis ’70 received a Distinguished Alumni Award at Homecoming and was recognized for his leadership in the Arizona school system. After graduating from Augsburg with a music degree, Francis founded the Arizona School for the Arts in 1995. ASA became one of the top charter schools in the state. Today, Francis is a deputy associate superintendent within the Arizona Department of Education. He is an active member of Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, which he has served in a number of capacities, including as congregational president, treasurer, and music leader. In June, Ray Hanson ’70 retired and moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, one day later. He completed his career with Goldbelt Raven, where he provided scientific and technical assistance to the chemical forensics program at the Department of Homeland Security. 1972 In May, Rob Engelson ’72 received the Distinguished Service Award from Ashford University at its commencement ceremony in San Diego. The award acknowledged 21 years as a faculty member and five years as a member of the Faculty Senate. AUGGIE SNAPSHOTS ’01 ’05 ’76 26 AUGSBURG NOW ALUMNI CLASS NOTES 1973 Terry Lindstrom ’73 received a Distinguished Alumni Award at Homecoming. After graduating from Augsburg with degrees in chemistry and biology, Lindstrom received his doctorate in biochemistry with a pharmacology minor in 1977. He went on to complete postdoctoral research at Michigan State University from 1978 to 1979. During his career, Lindstrom led research teams that obtained patents for prescription medications Evista and Cymbalta. In addition to Lindstrom’s many scientific achievements, he and his wife, Janet Lindstrom, have provided 16 full Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity summer scholarships for Augsburg students during the past five years. 1974 Thomas Koplitz ’74 has been elected to the Minnesota Baseball Hall of Fame and was inducted at a September ceremony held in St. Cloud, Minnesota. 1977 Augsburg honored Inez Bergquist ’77 with a Distinguished Alumni Award at Homecoming. As the current president of Waltman Associates, Bergquist has more than 35 years experience in fundraising and is an expert in the area of nonprofit management. She served on the Augsburg University Alumni Board for eight years and on the Augsburg Parent Council for four years. Bergquist authored several books on families of wealth including the “Book of Minnesota Family Trees.” She also is a Wells Foundation board member. 1978 Phyllis Bartel ’78 published “Scooter ‘n’ Oaks: A Cat Adoption Story” in October 2016. As Bartel’s premier work, this fictionalized tale teaches children about the pet adoption process with compassion and gentle humor and shares similar themes with human adoption. 1979 Dave Boots ’79, who was inducted into Augsburg’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004, was named to the University of South Dakota Vermillion’s Henry Heider Coyote Sports Hall of Fame in October after retiring in 2013 with the 14th most wins in Division II men’s basketball history. He led the Coyotes to 23 consecutive winning seasons from 1989-2011, 10 NCAA Division II tournaments, six NCC titles, and back-to-back Elite Eight appearances in 1993 and 1994. At the Division I level, Boots also won a Great West Championship in 2010. Boots began his coaching career at Anoka Ramsey Community College and spent six years coaching at Augsburg before arriving in Vermillion. Sally (Hough) Daniels Herron ’79 is the new parish and communications administrator for Valley of Peace Lutheran Church in Golden Valley, Minnesota. SUBMIT A CLASS NOTE Leah Abdella ’76 retired in 2016 from a 40-year teaching career in the field of special education. At Augsburg, Abdella earned a double major in music and music therapy as one of the first three music therapy majors. Abdella stays fulfilled in retirement through volunteer work and flute performance at assisted living residences, nursing homes, and churches. She also stays active in ballet classes and yoga. She is a former member of the Andahazy Ballet Company. ’76 Katie (Koch) Code ’01, director of alumni and constituent relations at Augsburg University, married Chris Code in April during an intimate ceremony at the Guthrie Theater—where the couple met while both on staff. The wedding was officiated by Code’s father, the Rev. Jack ’01 ’14 Former hockey and football player Paul Holmquist ’79 was inducted into the Augsburg Athletic Hall of Fame. Holmquist was a key member of Augsburg teams that dominated in the late 1970s, earning the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics national title in 1979 and qualifying for NAIA national tournament play all of Holmquist’s four seasons. The teams he competed with also won Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference titles in 1978 and 1979. He was named a team MVP in the 1978-79 season, the same time period in which he earned All-MIAC Honorable Mention honors. 1980 Paul Kilgore ’80 wrote a novel, “The Broken Key,” that is available through online and retail outlets. 1985 Brian Ammann ’85 has been running the Minnesota School of Basketball in Apple Valley and Golden Valley for 12 years. He is the former head basketball coach at Augsburg. 1987 Lee Ann (Burson) Hohenstein ’87 left a 20-year career in mortgage banking to follow her dream and become a staff writer for the Mille Lacs Messenger. She also opened Restoration Books and Gifts in Crosby, Minnesota. Tell us about the news in your life—your new job, move, marriage, and milestones. Visit augsburg.edu/now to submit your announcements. Koch, and was witnessed by sibling Jason Koch ’93 and sister-in-law Heather Johnston ’92. Allison (Cornell) Broughton ’05 and Matt Broughton ’06 welcomed new baby Nicholas James in June. Nicholas joins big brother Calvin, age 4. ’05 This August, Samantha Cantrall ’14 and Austin Smith ’14 were married in Ellsworth, Wisconsin, by Augsburg Professor of Computer Science Larry Crockett. The couple met in Augsburg’s Urness Hall in 2010, and both graduated from the Honors Program in 2014. They have taken Samantha’s mother’s last name as their wedded name and will be known as Samantha and Austin Wolf. ’14 FALL - WINTER 2017 27 ALUMNI CLASS NOTES 1991 Kristin Dragseth Wiersma ’91 had an outstanding volleyball career at Augsburg, an accomplishment that earned her induction into the Athletic Hall of Fame. Wiersma played three seasons of volleyball, earning All-MIAC and Academic All-MIAC honors in 1990, and All-MIAC Honorable Mention honors in 1989. She remains in the top 10 players in school history in three career statistical categories: kills per-set, attack percentage, and digs per-set. A team co-captain in 1990, Wiersma also served as an assistant coach at Augsburg in 1991. 1992 Athletic Hall of Fame inductee Juli Gustafson ’92 played two years of softball at Augsburg earning All-MIAC honors as a shortstop in both 1991 and 1992, while also earning National Fastpitch Coaching Association All-West Region honors in 1991. Her .395 career batting average is the third-best in school history. She also ranks third in career slugging percentage and sixth in career doubles. Gustafson was a member of Auggie teams that went 47-22 in her two seasons. Though he only competed in one season of wrestling at Augsburg, Bret Sharp ’92 made the most of it. He went 43-2-1 with 15 pins and 95 takedowns, won the MIAC title at heavyweight, and finished third at the NCAA Division III national tournament in the 1991-92 season, where he helped to clinch a second-place national team finish for the Auggies. Sharp was inducted into the Augsburg Athletic Hall of Fame. He competed his first three seasons at Drake University in Iowa. 1993 Dr. Jason Koch ’93 was appointed president of Southdale Pediatrics, where he has worked for the past 16 years. Wrestling star Gary Thompson ’93 was inducted into the Augsburg Athletic Hall of Fame. A four-year competitor in wrestling, Thompson completed his Auggie career with a 91-40-1 record, finishing fourth at the 1993 NCAA Division III national championships and earning All-American honors. He was a MIAC champion, a National Wrestling Coaches Association Scholar AllAmerican, and a two-time Academic All-MIAC honors student-athlete. Thompson was a member of Augsburg squads that won the NCAA national championship in 1993 and finished second and third in other years. 1994 Chris Terrell ’94 was promoted to vice president of finance for Medtronic’s Cardiac and Vascular Group Global Operations. Terrell joined Medtronic in 2003 and most recently served as a senior director of operations in finance, where he drove finance strategies for nine manufacturing locations. 1995 Dual sport athlete Marty Alger ’95 was inducted into the Augsburg Athletic Hall of Fame. In football, Alger set an Augsburg program record for career rushing yardage, which stood until 2014. In 1992, he became the first Auggie ever to rush for 1,000-plus yards in a season. He earned All-MIAC honors in football in both 1992 and 1993. As an Auggie wrestler, he qualified for the 1993 NCAA Division III national tournament after winning the MIAC title at 190 pounds. 1997 Augsburg Athletic Hall of Fame inductee Eric Rolland ’97 was a leader on some of the most successful men’s golf teams in school history. He led squads that won the MIAC championship in 1995 and recorded second-place finishes in 1994 and 1996, while competing in three straight NCAA Division III national tournaments. Rolland AUGGIE SNAPSHOTS Denielle (Johnson) Stepka ’11 and Timothy Stepka were married July 15 in Prior Lake, Minnesota. Their ceremony was officiated by Josh Corrigan ’11, and their wedding party included Augsburg alumni Katie (Christensen) Beadell ’11, Korri (Yule) Corrigan ’11, Tim Lund ’12, Amy Jo Opsal ’12, and Tyler Phillips ’12. ’11 28 AUGSBURG NOW In July, Enrico Barrozo ’14 and Mara (Breczinski) Barrozo ’14 were married at Augsburg University’s Hoversten Chapel. The ceremony was officiated by the Rev. Mike Matson ’06. The newlyweds live in Gainesville, Florida, where Enrico is pursuing a Ph.D. in genetics and genomics at the University of Florida, and Mara teaches middle school science. ’14 Rebecca (Welle) Winters ’05 and Paul Winters ’07 welcomed a daughter, Maisy Beverly, in May. She joins siblings Max, who is six years old, and Millie, who is three years old. ’05 Matt Tonsager ’09, co-owner of Gullton Wood, and Melissa (Moberg) Tonsager ’10 welcomed a daughter, Adalind Kay Tonsager, in April. ’09 earned All-America honors in 1995, AllDistrict honors in 1997, and All-MIAC honors in 1995 and 1996. Since 2014, he has served as Augsburg’s men’s and women’s golf head coach. 1999 Elizabeth (Petrik) Brown ’99 had an outstanding goaltending career on the Augsburg women’s soccer team, an accomplishment that earned her induction into the Athletic Hall of Fame. Brown started all but one game of her collegiate career, finishing with 34 career victories, including a then-school-record 13 in 1995. She stands second in school history in career shutouts, fourth in career wins, and eighth in career win-loss percentage. Her 1.69 career goals-against-average is 10th-best in school history. Cheri Johnson ’99 wrote two book series released this fall for young readers. “Origins: Urban Legends” and “Origins: Whodunnit” are high-interest, low-readinglevel books that target upper-elementary and middle-school students. The books will be distributed by Lerner. Johnson also is working on a performance project in Minneapolis called “Crocus Hill Ghost Story” with the music ensemble Zeitgeist; her sister, Julie Johnson ’98; and actor, director, and filmmaker D.J. Mendel. “Crocus Hill Ghost Story” tells a tale set in an evil house in St. Paul. ’11 ’14 ’05 ’09 ’00 Devoney Looser ’89 published a new ’89 book, “The Making of Jane Austen,” which was named in Publishers Weekly’s list of Best Summer Books of 2017 (nonfiction). This May, Lewis Nelson ’00 graduated from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business with a Master of Business Administration degree. Nelson left a 15-year military and government career and is seeking the next challenge. Nelson resides in Charlottesville, Virginia, with his three children. ’00 ’89 29 ALUMNI CLASS NOTES 2000 The Rev. Sara (Quigley) Brown ’00 has accepted a term-call as the associate interim pastor at Saving Grace Lutheran, Lutheran Congregations in Missions for Christ, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. She will serve and work alongside its faithful congregation and pastor, the Rev. David Irgens, during a time of great transition and growth. Brown will serve Saving Grace Lutheran for one year until the congregation places a call for a permanent associate pastor. 2001 James Shropshire ’01, former assistant director of public safety at Augsburg, is the new director of campus safety at Grinnell College. At Augsburg, Shropshire also served as a Title IX adjudicator and investigator. Besides revising diversity training, Shropshire’s agenda for campus safety at Grinnell will include updating the department’s software, computers, and other equipment. 2002 Augsburg Athletic Hall of Fame inductee Chrissy (Baune) Bloemendal ’02 was a 16-time AllMIAC selection in cross country (three times) and track and field (13 times). The team’s No. 1 runner her final three seasons in cross country, Bloemendal finished sixth in the MIAC championships in 2001 and 13th in 2000. In track and field, she won the MIAC title and qualified for the NCAA Division III outdoor national championships in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 2002, finishing ninth nationally. AUGGIE SNAPSHOTS 30 AUGSBURG NOW ’15 Two years ago Heather Cmiel ’02 left 13 years of communications agency life behind to go corporate. She now serves as global marketing communications strategist within 3M Healthcare. Cmiel spends her free time as president of Minnesota Public Relations Society of America. She also leads a contemporary worship band. 2003 Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin ’03 is the founder and director of the Rural Enterprise Center, a program of Main Street Project, a nonprofit organization focused on rural development. Haslett-Marroquin also serves on the boards of the Northfield Area Foundation, the Northfield Area United Way, and Fifth Bridge, a nonprofit organization promoting volunteerism. 2005 Ryan Bosshart ’05 is a vice president of services at phData, a global leader in big data consulting and managed services. Most recently, Bosshart was a principal sales engineer at Cloudera. 2006 Michelle Dirtzu ’06 is a new marketing manager at Pacific Trellis Fruit/Dulcinea Farms based in Los Angeles, California. Dirtzu has 10 years of experience in the grocery-retail-produce business. Previously, she was a marketing director for North Shore Living Herbs, in marketing with Flagstone Foods, and in brand management with Supervalu. Dirtzu earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Opus School of Business at the University of St. Thomas in 2014. Brenda Valentine ’06 welcomed her son, Jackson James Valentine Rice, in April. 2007 A managing partner of business planning at the American Public Media Group, Danielle Stellner ’07 received a First Decade Award at Homecoming. After graduating from Augsburg, Stellner went on to earn a Master of Business Administration degree from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota in 2016. She was recruited for the board of Isuroon and Secretary, and she is the active co-chair of the AWE Philanthropy Council at Augsburg. In addition, Stellner serves the Friendship Academy of the Arts as a board member and expansion committee member. 2008 Tony Landecker ’08 serves as a portfolio manager in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Minneapolis-St. Paul field office and is responsible for assisting with the management of local housing stock. Landecker was named the Minnesota Civil Servant of the Year by HUD’s Federal Executive Board for helping others find the comfort of a home in the aftermath of a disaster. In 2016, he left his home and family to spend time helping Baton Rouge flood victims, leading a team that found permanent housing for 130 families initially placed in temporary shelters. Rachel Shaheen ’15 and Christopher Kopp ’15 were married in July. The bride and groom were joined by fellow Augsburg alumni [L to R]: Becky Shaheen ’11, Patrick DuSchane ’13, Laura Schmidt ’11, Jakob Anderson ’12, Erika Osterbur ’11, Aren Olson ’11, Lily Moloney ’15, Mary Stickelmeyer ’74, Emily Knudson ’15, Kate Gray ’15, Tyler Dorn ’15, and Alisha Esselstein ’15. ’15 ALUMNI CLASS NOTES Curtiss Schreiber ’08 is now an associate at the law firm Donohue Brown Mathewson & Smyth LLC in Chicago. 2011 Jennifer Weber ’11 received a Spirit of Augsburg Award at Homecoming for her dedication to Minneapolis’ CedarRiverside community and in recognition for the projects she has initiated in the Twin Cities area. Before graduating from Augsburg with a triple major in emotional/ behavioral disabilities, learning disabilities, and American Indian studies, Weber created an American Indian resource library for the Anoka-Hennepin Indian Education Program. Weber has been involved in many community projects and is a crisis prevention and interventions trainer at the Charter School Special Ed Network. She is also a certified school coach, teacher, and member of the Cedar Riverside Community School Board. 2012 Katie Radford ’12, ’18 MBA started a new position at Fairview Health Services as a training consultant. She helps facilitate individual and team development sessions for professional growth. 2014 Maren Daniels ’14 teaches elementary visual art at Hiawatha Academy Morris Park in Minneapolis. 2015 Awale Osman ’15 serves as a community innovation associate at the Bush Foundation. He has experienced much change: coming to the U.S. from war-torn Somalia and Kenyan refugee camps to learning English as a third language and graduating with high academic honors. His work as a change agent has included expanding after-school opportunities for Somali youth; impressing upon Congress the value of federal TRIO programming; and activating safe spaces for women, people of color, and queer students. 2016 Victoria Linstrom ’16, Andrew Kleidon-Linstom ’16, Bridgette Henry ’16, and student Mitch Ross ’18 formed the Open Door Theater where Linstrom serves as the executive director, Kleidon-Linstom is the artistic director, Henry is the company manager/dramaturg in residence, and Ross is the marketing director. Muna Mohamed ’16 received a scholarship at the University of Minnesota to pursue a Master of Science degree in behavioral aspects of physical activity. At the university, Mohamed conducts research on East African mother-daughter physical activity. 2017 Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton appointed Eron Godi ’17 to the Young Women’s Cabinet, part of the Young Women’s Initiative of Minnesota that aims to improve opportunity for women ages 12 to 24 by bringing together nonprofits, businesses, government, philanthropic organizations, and young women to create plans for building equity. Godi was one of 25 women selected statewide for a cabinet position. Emily Gregg ’17, former Augsburg women’s soccer defender, was named one of 174 nationwide recipients of a $7,500 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship honoring her achievements as both a scholar and an athlete. A biology major with a 3.72 GPA, Gregg is the first Auggie to receive an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship since 2014. Gregg will attend graduate school at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She hopes to someday work as a wildlife/large animal veterinarian. Anna Renner ’17 has been accepted to the Clarkson University Master of Physician Assistant Studies program in Potsdam, New York. Dua Saleh ’17 had one of her songs played on “The Current” radio station. She performs music and poetry at Twin Cities venues. Riley Siddorn ’17 was among nearly 450 summer interns at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Interns seek out new ways to explore their career fields and engage NASA’s international scientific community in Goddard projects. Siddorn, who majored in physics, held an internship in ionospheric physics. The internships covered a wide spectrum in science-related areas, from planetary science to sounding rockets to Earth science. GRADUATE PROGRAMS Doris Rubenstein ’93 MAL won the silver Independent Book Publishers Association Benjamin Franklin Award for her book, “The Journey of a Dollar,” at the association’s 29th annual award ceremony in Portland, Oregon. Kathleen Clark ’10 MAN, ’14 DNP; Joyce Miller ’02, ’04 MAN, ’11 DNP; Katherine Baumgartner ’04 MAN, ’11 DNP; and Cheryl Leuning, former Nursing Department chair, co-authored an article, “The Citizen Nurse: An Educational Innovation for Change,” which was published in the Journal of Nursing Education. Jamie Heitzinger ’11 MPA earned a Certificate of Added Qualifications by completing specialty training from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. She works at Queens Medical Center in Honolulu. Ryan Stopera ’11 MSW/MBA is a social worker and social entrepreneur. He serves as a program analyst for the Graves Foundation and teaches in Augsburg’s Social Work Department. Stopera enjoys building community through art, cycling, and rock climbing in his spare time. Allison DeGroot ’15 MAL is the new head women’s soccer coach at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. The women’s soccer program competes at the highest level in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference, and DeGroot is looking forward to working with players to help the program reach its potential. DeGroot was an assistant coach at Augsburg from 2012 until 2016. Angela Mejdrich ’15 MAE is the new director of administration at Spirit of the Lake Community School in Duluth, Minnesota. She provides lead support and oversight of several administrative and business matters. Mejdrich has more than 20 years of teaching and administration experience, most recently as vice principal of St. Michael’s Lakeside School. Thomas Hirsch ’16 MPA is a new physician assistant at the Essentia Health–Hermantown Clinic in Minnesota. FALL - WINTER 2017 31 PHOTO BY CAROLINE YANG IN MEMORIAM Alfred W. Walck ’40, Urbandale, Iowa, age 96, on April 27. Addell L. (Halverson) Dahlen ’43, Minneapolis, age 96, on June 2. Carl G. Gilbertson ’43, Battle Lake, Minnesota, age 96, on April 14. Arlene L. (Dunham) Sandberg ’43, Madelia, Minnesota, age 95, on May 12. Muriel R. (Ruud) Frosch ’45, Winona, Minnesota, age 94, on July 26. Lorene M. (McGinnis) Hansen ’49, Clear Lake, Iowa, age 92, on July 7. Lorraine (Telander) Hendershot ’49, Mora, Minnesota, age 89, on March 29. Phyllis (Erickson) Quanbeck ’49, Salem, Oregon, age 89, on June 28. Donald P. Sateren ’49, Long Beach, California, age 96, on June 18. Russell G. Solheim ’49, Racine, Wisconsin, age 96, on July 8. Marilyn L. (Larson) Forslund ’50, Moline, Illinois, age 94, on May 26. Roger C. Mackey ’57, Saint Paul, Minnesota, age 83, on July 20. David C. Siedlar ’71, Huaian City, Jiangsu, China, age 68, on March 19. Norman O. Landvik ’50, Port Angeles, Washington, age 89, on April 6. Warren L. Anderson ’59, Grand Marais, Minnesota, age 84, on March 16. Bradley W. Shoff ’77, Akeley, Minnesota, age 62, on June 18. Arnold R. Aasen ’51, Fridley, Minnesota, age 88, on July 23. Carrol A. Bakken ’59, Rushford, Minnesota, age 82, on March 18. John A. Faeth ’89, Stillwater, Minnesota, age 51, on April 3. Elden O. Landvik ’51, Duluth, Minnesota, age 92, on July 3. James D. Slarks ’51, Saint Peter, Minnesota, age 92, on June 27. LeVon M. (Paulson) Dinter ’52, Edina, Minnesota, age 86, on March 18. Mildred C. Hetager ’52, Minneapolis, age 103, on June 30. Donald W. Siegel ’53, Minneapolis, age 89, on April 6. Peter L. Hauser ’62, Lakeville, Minnesota, age 76, on July 10. Michael L. Kropp ’95, Albert Lea, Minnesota, age 49, on April 2. Gerald W. Mortenson ’62, Stone Lake, Wisconsin, age 79, on March 31. Charity Thunder ’99, Black River Falls, Wisconsin, age 71, on July 1. Paul S. Monson ’63, Coon Rapids, Minnesota, age 76, on July 12. Jacob R. Collins ’03, Austin, Minnesota, age 36, on August 25. Gary W. Paulson ’63, Willmar, Minnesota, age 75, on June 10. Christopher G. Frame ’09, Minneapolis, age 33, on March 20. Richard E. Kuehne ’64, Walker, Minnesota, age 76, on August 7. Elnora C. (Hanson) Beireis ’54, Parkers Prairie, Minnesota, age 84, on July 27. Ronald A. Hanson ’65, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, age 74, on July 17. Mary Ann E. (Fox) Domholdt ’56, Mentor, Ohio, age 83, on April 5. Terence W. Rindal ’66, Crystal Lake, Illinois, age 82, on August 12. Mark D. Lukitsch ’20, Cottage Grove, Minnesota, age 19, on August 5. The “In memoriam” listings in this publication include notifications received before September 15. 32 AUGSBURG NOW JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING OF THE NORMAN AND EVANGELINE HAGFORS CENTER FOR SCIENCE, BUSINESS, AND RELIGION SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 2018 4–5 p.m. | Alumni and Community Open House Hagfors Center, Augsburg University 700 21st Avenue South Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454 RSVP by January 8 at augsburg.edu/alumni/events. Send questions to Hannah Walsh ’14, advancement assistant, at walsh@augsburg.edu or call 612-330-1098. FALL - WINTER 2017 33 2211 Riverside Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55454 Thousands of Auggies. One Augsburg. Augsburg’s 2017 Homecoming celebration was held October 12–14, a festive weekend when alumni, students, and community members took part in more than 35 events, including reunions for the classes of 1967, 1977, 1992, and 2007. In all, more than 600 alumni from different generations visited campus to show their Auggie pride and mark the first Homecoming as Augsburg University. Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Twin Cities, MN Permit No. 2031
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Search Result: AUGSBURG NOW AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY SPRING–SUMMER 2017 | VOL. 79, NO. 2 COMING SEPTEMBER 2017 PHOTO BY STEPHEN GEFFRE Vice President of Marketing and Communication Rebecca John ’13 MBA rjohn@augsburg.edu NOTES FROM PRESIDENT PRIBBENOW On the power of both/and I am writing these notes on c...
Show more AUGSBURG NOW AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY SPRING–SUMMER 2017 | VOL. 79, NO. 2 COMING SEPTEMBER 2017 PHOTO BY STEPHEN GEFFRE Vice President of Marketing and Communication Rebecca John ’13 MBA rjohn@augsburg.edu NOTES FROM PRESIDENT PRIBBENOW On the power of both/and I am writing these notes on commencement weekend when we have just sent the final graduates of Augsburg College into the world, full of promise and aspiration—as has been the case for almost 150 years. As you will read in this issue of Augsburg Now, the change of our name to Augsburg University will become official in September, and we will welcome the incoming class on Labor Day weekend. We are busy preparing for this exciting new era for Augsburg! For some, the name change may reflect a break with Augsburg’s past. For others, perhaps this is a welcome acceptance of the need to embrace the future. For the Augsburg community, however, the change is a remarkable opportunity to re-present Augsburg to the world—to tell a story that is about an abiding mission and identity shaped by faith, and academic and civic values, and at the same time to point to innovative and urgently needed responses to our dynamic environment. In other words, this change is about the pivot from “either/or” to “both/and.” This is about embracing the best of past, present, and future. This is about Augsburg University. The almost 1,000 Auggies who commenced into the world this spring reflect in their achievements and aspirations the foundation for embracing this change. Across undergraduate and graduate programs, the Class of 2017 achieved academic excellence of the highest order, excellence that defines a university: national and international honors for scholarship and service; exemplary undergraduate research that equips students for graduate work and professional opportunities; innovative community building that strengthens democratic engagement; and a commitment to equity in education that promises to change the world. At the same time, our newest graduates reflect the diversity that we expect in a university—diversity of ethnicity, thinking, life experience, identity, and ability—diversity not for its own sake but for the promise of a more robust, healthy, and just world. As I watched our diverse graduates cross the stage, I could not help but be filled with hope in our future leaders who already have learned to navigate difference in ways that unite rather than divide. In a final way, these newest Augsburg graduates offer a perhaps countercultural lesson about what makes for a great university. Though some imagine a university as big and bureaucratic and faceless, Augsburg has a vision to be a new kind of student-centered, urban university—small to our students and big for the world. The sense of community was palpable in our commencement ceremonies as graduates cheered each other and celebrated the relationships they have forged at Augsburg, lifelong relationships that engendered achievement and success. And propelled by those relationships, our graduates will indeed be “big for the world,” as they live Augsburg’s mission as “informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders.” Here’s to the power of “both/and” and the promise of Augsburg University! Director of News and Media Services Stephanie Weiss weisss@augsburg.edu Director of Marketing Communication Stephen Jendraszak jendra@augsburg.edu Communication Copywriter and Editorial Coordinator Laura Swanson Lindahl ’15 MBA swansonl@augsburg.edu Senior Creative Associate, Design Denielle Johnson ’11 johnsod@augsburg.edu Production Manager Mark Chamberlain chamberm@augsburg.edu Marketing Copywriter Jessica Mueller muellerj@augsburg.edu Contributing Writers Kate H. Elliott Jen Lowman Day augsburg.edu Augsburg Now is published by Augsburg College 2211 Riverside Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55454 Opinions expressed in Augsburg Now do not necessarily reflect official College policy. ISSN 1058-1545 Faithfully yours, Send address corrections to: alumniupdate@augsburg.edu. Send comments to: now@augsburg.edu PAUL C. PRIBBENOW, PRESIDENT AUGSBURG NOW Spring–Summer 2017 02 Around the quad 08 Preserving Norway’s treasures 12 Augsburg University name change 18 Winning the long game 24 Auggies connect 28 Class notes 33 In memoriam PHOTO BY COURTNEY PERRY On the cover Augsburg College will become Augsburg University effective September 1. Learn more about this historic transition on page 12. An Auggie passes by the first art installation in the Norman and Evangeline Hagfors Center for Science, Business, and Religion. This new academic building, which will open in January 2018, celebrates Augsburg’s commitment to learning at the intersection of disciplines. Glass fritting on the lobby curtainwall depicts the pattern of Martin Luther’s handwritten score of “A Mighty Fortress is Our God” overlaid with the cell structure of elm wood. “Knowing that light will pour through the tall glass of the Hagfors Center, and that people will pass through the reflected shape of the notes of this stirring hymn, ties the whole idea of the building together for me. Science, business, and religion, drawn together in space, time, and rhythm of the ages,” said Augsburg President Paul C. Pribbenow, who, with his wife, Abigail Crampton Pribbenow, sponsored the artwork. AROUND THE QUAD HONORING PHOTO BY COURTNEY PERRY Retiring Faculty RALPH BUTKOWSKI MAGDA PALECZNY-ZAPP Assistant Professor, Department of Biology—with the College since 2001 Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration—with the College since 1986 CASS DALGLISH NOEL PETIT Professor, Department of English— with the College since 1986 Professor, Department of Computer Science—with the College since 1984 PETER HENDRICKSON ’76 Associate Professor, Department of Music—with the College since 1994 BOYD KOEHLER Associate Professor, Library—with the College since 1967 SANDRA OLMSTED ’69 Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry—with the College since 1978 DEBORAH REDMOND Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies—with the College since 1981 STUART STOLLER Professor, Department of Business Administration—with the College since 1986 TARA SWEENEY Associate Professor, Department of Art—with the College since 1990 Auggies advocate at STATE CAPITOL The Augsburg community celebrated the Class of 2017 on Saturday, April 29. In a morning ceremony, 503 traditional undergraduate students were conferred their degrees. In the afternoon, the school recognized 469 adult undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral students—50 of whom studied at Augsburg’s Rochester site. [Pictured]: Fatimah Kinaphone ’15, ’17 MBA receives her master’s degree hood. 2 AUGSBURG NOW PHOTO BY STEPHEN GEFFRE COMMENCEMENT Augsburg College students recently visited the Minnesota State Capitol to participate in advocacy events hosted by the Minnesota Private College Council. First, in February, two of Augsburg’s TRIO McNair Scholars took part in a Private College Scholars at the Capitol event that promoted the role undergraduate research plays in students’ educational and professional development. Then, in April, Auggies met with Minnesota representatives and senators for Day at the Capitol. These students advocated for several programs, including Minnesota State Grants, that help undergraduates afford higher education. [L to R]: Professor of Sociology Diane Pike advised McNair Scholar Devin Wiggs ’17, who was invited to present his undergraduate research project at Scholars at the Capitol. AROUND THE QUAD TICKETS ON SALE: NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FORUM Visit nobelpeaceprizeforum.org to find ticket, presenter, and schedule information. PHOTO BY RICKY TAYLOR ’17 COURTESY PHOTO September 15-16 Each year, the Nobel Peace Prize Forum offers opportunities to learn from the world’s most celebrated, innovative, and dedicated peacemakers. Hosted and presented by Augsburg, the Forum invites attendees to turn abstract ideas into the skills our world needs for fostering better relationships and for building peace. In September, international guests from leading organizations will explore the theme “Dialogue in Divided Societies” and honor the work of the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, for its decisive contribution to building a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia after the Jasmine Revolution of 2011. Electronics lab is electrifying!! Building the circuits of tomorrow, today. #MaroonMilestone @AugsburgCollege FUEL FINISH THERE IS, PERHAPS, NO GREATER CURE FOR STRESS than taking a moment to acknowledge the good. As Augsburg students soldiered through the last week of classes this spring—turning in final papers and finishing projects—they also made time to reflect on their achievements in 2016-17. Students posted, tweeted, and shared #MaroonMilestones on social media, and soon a powerful collective story came together. Whether it was winning athletic championships, landing job interviews, or beating cancer, Auggies finished strong. FOR THE CELEBRATING STUDENT SUCCESS FUEL E FOR TH FINISH For those who posted #MaroonMilestones, Augsburg partnered with its food service provider, A’viands, to provide handdelivered treats and cheerful notes that offered additional fuel for the end of the term, though physics students kept their beverages safely stationed outside the lab (pictured above)! Read about the scope of prestigious academic achievements, awards, and honors earned by Auggies during the 2016-17 year at augsburg.edu/now. SPRING–SUMMER 2017 3 PHOTO BY RICKY TAYLOR ’17 AROUND THE QUAD After a morning practice, goaltender Jordyn Kaufer ’17 and members of the Augsburg men’s hockey team presented Minasie Theophilos with a check for $5,000. In comments aired on KARE 11 news, Kaufer told Theophilos the sum was, “A token to give you thanks for your selflessness, your service, your care to the rink and the guys.” Honoring Luther’s legacy To mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Augsburg is hosting a series of events this fall. Visit augsburg.edu/ccv/events for dates and details. 4 AUGSBURG NOW A SEASON OF REFORMATION CELEBRATIONS! In September, Augsburg will welcome the fourth presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Rev. Elizabeth Eaton, as an honored speaker for the Bernhard M. Christensen Symposium. To mark Augsburg College Heritage Day in October, Associate Professor of Religion Mary Lowe will lead a discussion on the revolutionary life of Martin Luther. In November, award-winning musical group The Rose Ensemble will present “Welcome the People: The Musical Legacy of the Reformation.” To kick off the holiday season in December, Augsburg will host Advent Vespers with the theme “Welcome, Noble Guest,” inspired by Martin Luther’s hymn “From Heaven Above.” AROUND THE QUAD MINASIE THEOPHILOS has cared for Augsburg’s athletic facilities—most notably the ice arena— during his more than 25 years of service on the College’s custodial staff. Theophilos and the men’s hockey team developed a life-changing relationship that was shared by media outlets across the United States and around the globe. When members of the team learned that Theophilos’ mother had died in Ethiopia—a home Theophilos hasn’t seen for nearly 35 years—and that Theophilos missed her funeral because he didn’t have the money to visit, the team created a fundraiser. In less than 48 hours, the players and Auggies worldwide raised thousands of dollars for Theophilos to use to visit his family. Today, Theophilos and his wife are planning a trip to see his father and their families, thanks to a special friendship with the Augsburg athletes he has supported for decades. PHOTO BY RICKY TAYLOR ’17 FRIENDSHIP ON ICE … AND OFF right,’ ou raised ’em ‘y of y or g te ca “In the y team.” Augsburg hocke e th of s d ki e we give you th —Bob Collins, Minnesota Public Radio News Cut COURTESY PHOTO Who’s on first? Auggies are! This spring, the Augsburg baseball team kicked off its season at U.S. Bank Stadium, competing in four nonconference doubleheaders. The new Minnesota Vikings venue is only a stone’s throw (or a really strong pitch) from Augsburg’s campus. SPRING–SUMMER 2017 5 PHOTO BY STEPHEN GEFFRE ON THE SPOT IT’S SIMPLE MATH: Fewer people are entering the teaching profession, more are leaving it, and many educators lack the qualifications required to teach Minnesota’s increasingly diverse student body. These factors have prompted teacher preparation programs—including those at Augsburg—to adapt in support of more inclusive, flexible learning environments that accommodate a spectrum of needs and abilities. As the director of education programs at Augsburg’s Rochester location, Kaycee Rogers is working alongside colleagues and legislators to better support and retain teachers and to inspire a more diverse workforce. She is driven to ensure the next generation of Minnesotans experience a meaningful education through hands-on, relevant learning. Q: How does educating, training, and employing K-12 teachers with specialty backgrounds improve our schools? A: The demographics of our student population have changed given the influx of new populations into our welcoming state and education’s shift to incorporate students with special needs into the general classroom. Because of this, teachers with specialty licenses are in demand, and these positions are often tough to fill. Augsburg is leading the charge to offer broader licensures, which prepare teachers to succeed in today’s classrooms and qualify them for a wide range of teaching positions. Exposure to more teaching strategies and more specializations helps teacher 6 AUGSBURG NOW candidates adapt and innovate so they can offer students multiple access points for understanding. Q: A: What’s an example of an innovative teaching strategy? Students learn best when they’re engaged in experiences that matter to them. We’ve been incorporating real-world, student-led experiences into the classroom, and the results are impressive. Augsburg teacher candidates, for instance, are helping fourth- and fifth-graders write grants, speak to community groups, navigate teamwork, and participate in democracy. It’s been amazing to watch our teachers transition to more of a coaching role, while students PHOTO BY BRENDAN BUSH Education expert Kaycee Rogers describes how an inclusive, agile K-12 model can help Minnesota classrooms make the grade take the lead to apply classroom learning to issues and situations of meaning to them. Q: A: How do teachers recognize students’ home cultures and diverse experiences? Although “English as a Second Language” is a widely used term, we say, “English learners,” because it’s more accurate given that some students learn English as a third or fourth language. We also celebrate home culture and language rather than asking students to check their heritage at the door. In special education, we try to be more inclusive. It used to be that educators relied on what was called a medical model of diagnosis and treatment. Today, AROUND THE QUAD Outstanding EDUCATORS Share your ideas for Each year, Augsburg recognizes individuals who have made exemplary contributions to creating an engaging academic learning environment. The 2017 recipients of the Distinguished Contributions to Teaching and Learning awards are: AUGSBURG’S 150TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 1869-2019 Visit augsburg.edu/150 to submit your suggestions. Alumni, parents, friends, faculty, and staff are invited to celebrate Augsburg’s 150th anniversary in 2019. What aspect of your Augsburg experience would you like to highlight during the sesquicentennial year? Were you connected to a team, an organization, or a department that made a difference? Would you like to see a reunion for your favorite activity—whether it was campus ministry, KAUG radio, student government, or a music ensemble? Let us know how to best honor Augsburg’s past, present, and future. Teaching Full-time faculty Joyce Miller ’02, ’05 MAN, ’11 DNP, assistant professor and Nursing Department chair Part-time faculty Alyssa Hanson ’01, mathematics and statistics instructor Scholarship William Green, professor of history Service Q: A: David Crowe, associate professor of biology How do we inspire a workforce that is more reflective of diverse classrooms? It’s well documented that students retain more information and have a positive view of education when they relate to teachers. We want to reach out to people who look like our students and come from the same backgrounds, particularly those already working as teacher aides or in other supporting roles. Growing teachers from within each community’s diverse population will beget more teachers of color and inspire some to remain in their community to make a lasting difference. Stella Hofrenning, associate professor of economics Dixie Shafer, director of Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity PHOTO BY BOB STACKE ’71 we recognize that our role isn’t as much about changing someone as it is about using an approach that welcomes learners of different styles, that encourages support networks to address, adapt to, and respond to each young person. We seek to accept, listen, and innovate as we help students gain as much as possible to prepare them for a fulfilling life. Both approaches fall under an umbrella of universal design that can be applied to all students, regardless of ability. If our goal is understanding, then we must create multiple access points for students. We urge teacher candidates to get to know students, their families, and the community to appreciate the backgrounds coming together in each classroom. [L to R]: Stella Hofrenning, Dixie Shafer, William Green, Joyce Miller, David Crowe, and Alyssa Hanson. SPRING–SUMMER 2017 7 PHOTO BY ANNAR BJØRGLI 8 AUGSBURG NOW Juliane Derry ’00 works on an artifact from Norway’s national collection. As an objects conservator, she studies and preserves historical materials. BY LAURA SWANSON LINDAHL ’15 MBA “As you can see, I’m not in my office,” says Juliane Derry ’00 answering a video call and gazing toward the cell phone resting in her outstretched palm. “It’s kind of a little crisis.” Behind her, a warehouse complex comes into focus. It looks tidy—for the most part—but there’s chaos emerging in what otherwise would be a meticulously organized space. Derry is standing in one of the storage facilities for Norway’s Nasjonalmuseet, the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, and she is responding to an immediate, all-hands-on-deck plea to mitigate an unnerving discovery in the archive: water. “Oxygen, light, and variations in humidity are the things that cause damage,” Derry said, hours later, offering a primer on the fundamental culprits in the degradation of historical materials. As a conservator for the national museum in Oslo, she plays a multifaceted role in the institution’s efforts to hold, preserve, exhibit, and promote public knowledge about Norway’s most extensive collections. Vestbanen – Downtown Oslo Future home of the Nasjonalmuseet Norway’s new national museum will open in 2020. Juliane Derry ’00 is working to prepare hundreds of objects for public display. Oslo, Norway SPRING–SUMMER 2017 9 PHOTO BY ANNAR BJØRGLI During her career, Derry has restored furniture, objects, frames, and gilded surfaces. 10 AUGSBURG NOW “There are so many different materials in our collection that we have textile, paintings, paper, and book conservators,” said Derry, who is an objects conservator specializing in furniture, frames, and gilded surfaces. She has studied restoration on three continents and has become an expert in both preserving national treasures and making new creations shine. Derry is someone who excels at finding connections between seemingly disparate areas. Her conservation work blends science with artistry, research with intuition, and the practical with the theoretical. Derry’s personal life has been filled with complementary relationships as well. She was born in Norway, and she lived there until age 15 when she, her sister, and her American mother moved from the tiny alpine town of Ål to the densely populated Twin Cities lying on the edge of Minnesota’s prairie. Later, as an Augsburg student, she focused on women’s studies, international relations, religion, and studio arts. “I took classes based on what interested me,” Derry said, shrugging her shoulders. “When you get out into the real world and meet new people you begin to realize that [some of them] followed a very narrow path. I’m not looking down on that in any way, but I appreciate the fact that I was able to experience so many different things.” As her former faculty advisor, History Professor and Director of General Education Jacqueline deVries acknowledges that Derry is the type of person who thrives in interdisciplinary programs like women’s studies. Now known as “gender, sexuality, and women’s studies,” the major includes courses in biology, English, history, political science, sociology, and other disciplines. And it seems Derry’s inclination toward diverse opportunities only increases with time. “Juliane’s path is fantastic. She totally wandered,” said deVries, who now counts Derry among her friends. “I think she’d laugh that I said that, but along the way she discovered a true passion.” Derry’s career in restoration and conservation began because misdirected mail literally came across her desk. Shortly after graduating from Augsburg, Derry worked as an assistant to buyers at Dayton’s, Minneapolis’ storied hometown department store chain. Even though she didn’t support staff in the furniture division, she received heaps of catalogs for that area. Eventually, a thoughtful colleague noticed her growing interest in woodworking and encouraged her to pursue her calling. After some networking and introspection, Derry signed up for a wood finishing program at a technical college—an experience that ultimately led to her launching a small business, obtaining an advanced degree, and developing industry contacts around the world. One of those connections is Don Williams, an author, educator, scholar, and furniture conservator who retired after serving the Smithsonian Institution for 29 years. Williams was a guest lecturer who instructed Derry during her Minnesotabased finishing program, and he became a mentor as she took her education and career to new levels. Williams has taught hundreds of students, and he’s noticed that those who succeed often have similar predispositions. “How many people do you know who are both scientists and artists?” he asked. “That’s what we are. If you are not consumed by creativity, this is going to be a miserable path for you. People need not only creativity but also curiosity.” For Derry, an eagerness to experiment and to learn has triggered some of her most defining life events. After working a handful of day jobs and operating an independent business in the U.S. for three years, Derry enrolled in an immersive, full-time restoration program near Florence, Italy. There she gained studio experience and new skillsets, including the ability to speak Italian through a crash course lasting a single month. After completing the restoration program, Derry moved with her wife, Jody Scholz ’97, to Norway. Derry was armed with a portfolio of recent work and ambition to relaunch her business in the Land of the Midnight Sun. “I ended up making a CD full of pictures of various restoration projects, and I made the rounds in town,” she said. “I looked up people in the yellow pages and then handed out my pictures. In the beginning I worked a little bit at a frame shop, and then I got a job in a gallery where I restored frames.” During the years since, Derry’s workload has grown to match her expertise, and sometimes her expertise has grown due to Derry prepares an Oslo city model from the 1930s for display in an architectural exhibit. PHOTO BY ANNAR BJØRGLI the requirements of her work. She earned a master’s degree at the University of Oslo’s Institute of Archeology, Conservation, and History by completing a project-based thesis that examined shellac, a sealant created using a resin secreted by insects. For this project, Derry conducted fieldwork in the rural Jharkhand region of India where villagers harvest stick lac—the key ingredient that becomes shellac and its by-products—and she analyzed the chemical characteristics of several samples at the Smithsonian’s Museum Conservation Institute where Williams served as her internship sponsor. “Investigative problem-solving” is one of the aspects Derry said she most enjoys about her field, and her liberal arts experience at Augsburg informs the way she approaches her assignments. She uses traditional techniques and materials in her conservation projects whenever possible, and her ability to think critically is paramount. While employed at a furniture restoration company, she was tasked with repairing beloved pieces used by the Oscarshall Summer Palace, the Office of the Prime Minister, and private clients. She also has served Fortidsminneforeningen, a nonprofit that preserves and protects monuments, including 40 of the stave churches located throughout Norway. “Ashes to ashes and dust to dust is not only a homily, it is an inexorable law of the universe,” said Williams, describing the vital role individuals like Derry play in preserving cultural heritage for future generations. “Everything is going back to dust. As conservators, it is our job—to the extent that is rational—to slow that process down and concurrently enjoy and extract the most utility from an artifact on its path.” Today Derry’s workdays primarily are devoted to making internationally important materials accessible to the general public. At the national museum, she has completed assignments that range from applying gold leaf on the frames of masterworks to cleaning a plaster-of-Paris city model measuring more than 100 square feet. And still, her current undertaking is the largest one yet. The Norwegian government is building a joint “all-arts” museum, which is slated to open in Oslo in 2020. Intended to be a dynamic arena for people to interact with the visual arts, the space requires new exhibits so curators and conservators are working hand-in-hand to select and prepare pieces for display. Derry is in the midst of locating, evaluating, cataloguing, and potentially repairing 400 pieces of furniture for the museum. It’s a process that requires passion and persistence—two words that also perfectly describe the manner in which Derry has shaped her career. She’s prepared to address new challenges if issues arise in a workshop, at a laboratory bench, or during the process of managing complex projects. Even in a soggy situation at a storage venue, Derry sees the annoyance of rewrapping objects impacted by a minor cooling system leak as an opportunity to formulate a plan for the future should staff ever need to address a true disaster. “She can pursue something with intelligence and diligence and still with a smile on her face,” Williams said. “That’s an unusual gift.” SPRING–SUMMER 2017 11 AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY: SMALL TO OUR STUDENTS AND BIG FOR THE WORLD BY REBECCA JOHN ’13 MBA O n September 1, “Augsburg College” officially will become “Augsburg University”—a change approved by both the Board of Regents and the Augsburg Corporation. For generations of Augsburg alumni and friends, it may seem like the place always has been called “Augsburg College.” That’s been the formal name of the school for the past 54 years. Over the course of the school’s history, nearly 24,000 people have completed degrees at Augsburg. With so many Auggie alumni accustomed to thinking of Augsburg as a college, why change the name? In short, the term “university” illustrates the breadth of Augsburg’s current reality and goals for the future. And, “while our name is changing,” said Augsburg President Paul C. Pribbenow, “the essence of who we are is not.” As the first seminary created by Norwegian Lutherans in America, the name Augsburg—chosen by the school’s founders in 1869 to honor the Augsburg Confession—always has defined the ethos of this institution and its mission to support those called to service in the world. Since its founding, Augsburg has been known by at least four different names. The name has shifted as the school has grown, but our commitment to an accessible, quality education has never wavered. Likewise, our dedication to the Lutheran principles of hospitality, service to the neighbor, and social justice is as steadfast today as ever. 12 AUGSBURG NOW In announcing the name change, Pribbenow affirmed that becoming Augsburg University “does not alter our dedication to integrating the liberal arts and professional studies or our commitment to being small to our students and big for the world.” Rather than moving Augsburg away from its roots, the name change helps Augsburg remain both faithful to its heritage and relevant to the educational needs of students in the 21st century. Ever evolving, always Augsburg: Growth in graduate programs From its early years, Augsburg stressed that a good education is practical and focused on educating ministerial candidates and theological students as well as farmers, workers, and businesspeople. So, it’s no surprise that Augsburg today offers a number of professional master’s and doctoral degrees — a mix of programs that makes Augsburg already more like a university than a college. While there is no fixed definition outlining the distinction between a “college” and a “university,” offering post-baccalaureate degrees commonly is associated with institutions named as universities. Augsburg’s first advanced degree program, the Master of Arts in Leadership, launched 30 years ago. Since then, 3,700 people have earned master’s or doctoral degrees from Augsburg. This past fall, Augsburg’s graduate enrollment reached a record high — representing 28 percent of total enrollment — and continued growth in Augsburg graduate programs is anticipated in the coming years. An international perspective Today, Auggies live and work all over the world. In many countries and cultures, the word “college” is associated with a high school-level education. Alumni who work in international settings have noted that they already refer to their alma mater as “Augsburg University” in order to avoid confusion. For the same reason, the name change also will help Augsburg be more attractive as a destination for international students, which represents a potential growth area for Augsburg. A view from the outside in With nearly 150 years of history, it’s no surprise that Augsburg is well known in the region—even among people who haven’t (or haven’t yet) studied here. What impact would a name change have on their perceptions of Augsburg? We asked the following groups to share their thoughts: • high school students, • parents of high school students, • high school counselors, • people considering getting an advanced degree, and • people who didn’t finish an undergraduate degree right after high school and are thinking about going back to school to earn a bachelor’s. These conversations generated several important insights, but the core takeaway is that Augsburg’s reality, reputation, and promise are aligned with the name change. Our reality and reputation. Conversations with members of the general community demonstrated that people associate the word “university” with a number of attributes that clearly apply to Augsburg. Specifically, people view universities as having high academic standards, a commitment to research, strong international programs, and diverse student populations. Augsburg has robust programs for scholarly research and global study, and is recognized nationally for its leadership in inclusion and equity. In many ways, Augsburg already embodies much of what people expect of a university. The promise of a student-centered university. We also learned from these conversations that Augsburg has a strong reputation for direct student-faculty engagement. We already know how important this is to our alumni, students, faculty, and staff, but it was gratifying to hear that members of the broader community also value Augsburg as a student-centered organization. This is something Augsburg needs to ensure does not change. Augsburg University will not become an institution marked by big campuses or large studentto-faculty ratios. Instead, as is articulated in our Augsburg2019 strategic vision, Augsburg will be a new kind of student-centered university, and just as we have done for decades, Augsburg will remain committed to educating students for lives of purpose in a vibrant, engaged learning community. Learn about the visual identity of Augsburg University on the following pages. Learn more about the Augsburg2019 strategic vision, the name change, and the logo update at augsburg.edu/now. SPRING–SUMMER 2017 13 AUGSBURG NAME CHANGE HISTORY 1869 1872 1892 1942 AUGSBURG SEMINARIUM THE NORWEGIAN DANISH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN AUGSBURG SEMINARY AUGSBURG SEMINARY AUGSBURG COLLEGE AND THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY EMBRACING OUR LEGACY AND OUR FUTURE When Samuel Gross ’03 was a student at Augsburg, he designed the original Auggie eagle-head symbol as an assignment for one of his graphic design courses. The design was so good, Augsburg ended up buying the rights to the image and has used the eagle symbol for campus life, student organizations, and athletics for the past 15 years. During that time, Gross became an award-winning designer and creative director who founded his own graphic design firm, 144design, with a specialty in developing logos for clients. So, when Augsburg needed to update its logo as part of the transition to the Augsburg University name, it was a perfect opportunity to re-engage with Gross to envision and design the next-generation Augsburg logo. “Early on, our conversation about the logo confirmed that this project should be an evolution of the Augsburg brand, not a revolution,“ Gross said. “We wanted to preserve the strong recognition that has been built for Augsburg over time. “Our goal was to preserve and respect the historic nature of Augsburg’s logo — especially since it already has strong 14 AUGSBURG NOW [Top Left]: The Augsburg “A” shape is reimagined. [Top Right]: Samuel Gross ’03 works on Augsburg University’s visual identity in April 2017. [Left]: Gross shows off merchandise displaying the first eagle-head symbol shortly after he created it for Augsburg in 2003. energy and good familiarity — while at the same time creating a treatment that also embraces the future,” he said. The results, including the updated Augsburg logo, “A” icon, and eagle-head symbol are shown on the next page. Separately, the Augsburg seal — which is used on transcripts, diplomas, and other official documents — was updated by Augsburg staff Mark Chamberlain and Denielle Johnson ’11 and is shown on pages 16-17. 1963 2017 AUGSBURG COLLEGE AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE Augsburg marks: honoring the legacy Augsburg logo Augsburg “A” icon Eagle-head symbol The Augsburg University logo is designed to feel familiar to people who are already acquainted with the College logo, connecting the new design with Augsburg’s legacy. In the new logo, the word “Augsburg” is more bold than the word “University.” This approach was informed by research suggesting that people’s strong associations are with the name, “Augsburg,” whether or not it is followed by “College” or “University.” The font selected for “Augsburg” conveys an established, academic feel, while the font for “University” provides a sleek, contemporary balance. The contrast of the two words creates a dynamic energy. By strengthening the design of the “A” icon — broadening its base and making the vertical strokes bolder — Augsburg will be able to use the “A” icon as a standalone graphic element much more frequently and effectively going forward. For example, current plans call for the “A” icon to be installed on the shorter ends of the sign on top of Mortensen Hall. This is one of the most visible signs in the region and will be updated this summer as part of the transition to “Augsburg University.” The eagle-head symbol is stronger and bolder with this evolution. Whereas the original design lost detail and contrast when translated to black-and-white treatments, the updated design is much more effective across a broader range of uses. Currently, designs using the updated eagle-head symbol are under development for an array of installations—from the Si Melby gym floor and the Edor Nelson athletic field scoreboard to the Christensen Center student lounge and merchandise sold in the Augsburg bookstore. SPRING–SUMMER 2017 15 AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY SEAL: HISTORY AND MEANING Past seals T he seal conservation process began as Augsburg College explored the steps involved in changing its institutional name to Augsburg University. The seal enhances an original centennial symbol design and aligns with the institution’s current reality, reputation, and promise. THE AUGSBURG COLLEGE SEAL WAS BASED ON A CENTENNIAL SYMBOL CREATED BY PAUL KONSTERLIE ’50. THE LION REPRESENTS AUGSBURG’S NORWEGIAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE. AUGSBURG’S CENTENNIAL SYMBOL, CREATED BY KONSTERLIE. THE LAMP OF LEARNING DEPICTS SOUND SCHOLARSHIP. THE FONT WAS INSPIRED BY THE CENTENNIAL SYMBOL. THE SEAL FOR AUGSBURG COLLEGE AND THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY FEATURED MARTIN LUTHER. 16 AUGSBURG NOW AUGSBURG WAS FOUNDED IN 1869 IN MARSHALL, WISCONSIN, AND MOVED TO MINNEAPOLIS IN 1872. THE CROSS DEPICTS THE SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CHURCH AND HIGHER EDUCATION. THE SILHOUETTE OF THE MINNEAPOLIS SKYLINE EMPHASIZES AUGSBURG’S METROPOLITAN RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES. THE DEEPLY THEOLOGICAL STATEMENT, “THROUGH TRUTH TO FREEDOM,” SUMMARIZES THE BELIEF THAT THE TRUTH SETS US FREE TO BE EDUCATED AND TO SERVE. THE EAGLE REPRESENTS U.S. DEMOCRACY. THE FOSHAY TOWER RETURNS TO THE CENTER OF THE SEAL AS A NOD TO AUGSBURG’S CENTENNIAL SYMBOL. SPRING–SUMMER 2017 17 PHOTO BY DON STONER PHOTO BY COURTNEY PERRY [L to R]: At an Auggie Compass event, panelists Mike Gallagher ’12, Katie Jacobson ’11, and Dan Brandt ’11 spoke to students about the journey from college to their careers. PHOTO BY COURTNEY PERRY [Left]: This fall, student-athletes engaged in team-building exercises led by U.S. Marines. 18 AUGSBURG NOW [Above]: Student-athletes kicked off evening workshops by dining together. WINNING THE LONG GAME BY KATE H. ELLIOTT Meaningful, relevant workshops equip students to excel in the classroom, competition, and their careers S tudent-athletes file past tables, stacking breadsticks on mounds of pasta, but this crew isn’t carb-loading for the next matchup. The nearly 550 students from Augsburg’s 19 sports teams are preparing to tackle Auggie Compass—a series of workshops and team-building exercises designed to inspire personal and professional success. After piloting the program in 2014-15, Augsburg Athletics recruited this year’s lineup of on- and off-campus partners to engage each class in issues relevant to each stage of their undergraduate lives. Associate Athletic Director Kelly Anderson Diercks said the biannual series starts a conversation with studentathletes, then builds upon those themes each year as Auggies develop the confidence, expertise, and support networks they need to navigate known and unknown challenges during college and after graduation. For instance, first-year students discussed study skills, time management, and wellness, while seniors learned about financial planning, living their values, and networking techniques. “When I moved into my first house, I didn’t know furnaces had filters, and that’s just one example of the many things I should’ve known—but didn’t—before graduation,” said Anderson Diercks, who spearheaded the program. “We developed Auggie Compass from the best aspects of similar programs and from conversations with our coaches, student-athletes, and alumni. Our students seem more aware of campus and community resources and better prepared to excel in the real world.” Panel of alumni shares lessons from ‘professional lumps’ Among the spring event’s most popular sessions was a student-athlete alumni panel, “Not Where They Thought They’d Be,” which—as the title suggests—invited alumni to share lessons from their not-so-straight-orsmooth paths to personal and professional fulfillment. Mike Gallagher ’12 was among the four panelists asked “not to sugar coat” their transitions to the workforce. “My first paid job out of college lasted 21 months before I was laid off with 25 SPRING–SUMMER 2017 19 PHOTO BY COURTNEY PERRY PHOTO BY COURTNEY PERRY PHOTO BY COURTNEY PERRY Auggie Compass workshops target needs and issues specific to the phases in student-athletes’ academic and personal journeys. Each session builds upon the previous event, equipping Auggies with a deeper understanding of their values, career preparation, and wellness practices. percent of the company’s workforce, and that’s just one example of the professional lumps we shared,” said Gallagher, an academic advisor at Walden University and the on-air host/ producer of Gopher Sports Update and MIAC Weekly. “Our stories reinforced that new graduates likely will have to do things they don’t enjoy as they work toward goals. But we encouraged them to channel the persistence and dedication they gained as athletes toward new challenges and to say ‘yes’ to any opportunity to better themselves or gain new skills.” Gallagher, also a freelance sports broadcaster and emcee, talked openly about his path, which is a fairly common one: going to college with hopes of playing professional baseball, then realizing he wasn’t any better than his teammates. Then, struggling to find balance within the fun, demanding routine of workouts, competitions, classes, and life until he walked across the commencement stage and into a 9-to-5 job without the sport, the people, and the routine he’d always known. “It is, indeed, a huge wakeup call,” he said. Women’s golfer Wendy Anderson ’17 was among the seniors who rotated through the panel discussion. The double major in music business and accounting said she valued sessions about financial planning and interviews, but the alumni 20 AUGSBURG NOW panel resonated with her the most. “I’m a type-A, perfectionist planner. Hearing their stories reassured me that I may not end up where I thought I might, but because of these types of sessions and my Augsburg experience, I’ll survive and hopefully have a fulfilling career,” she said. “I’m glad I attended sessions about fiscal responsibility, but workshops that encouraged us to consider our values and worth and to step outside our comfort zones were the most rewarding. Guidance from Auggie Compass sessions paired with the entirety of our experiences prepares us to achieve.” Athletic Director Jeff Swenson ’79 is glad to hear student-athletes position Auggie Compass within the greater framework of their Augsburg education and athletic experience. The lessons and skills are interconnected, he said, strengthening one another. “Our athletes learn to win and lose with class, to embrace leadership, and to play their role—whatever that may be—to achieve a shared goal,” said Swenson, who has been a member of the Augsburg community for more than 30 years as a student, coach, and administrator. “These are all great lessons for life after sports, and Auggie Compass builds upon what teams and coaches are already instilling. At our core, we are about community and supporting these fine student-athletes on their journey. Auggie Compass prepares them to carry that legacy out to the world.” Building skills to navigate a complex environment Mike Matson ’07 knows all about Augsburg’s core principles. They guided him through his time as one of the College’s top linebackers, then through seminary, and now in his role as an assistant director of leadership gifts at the College. Matson said Augsburg’s commitment to diversity, inclusion, and community outfits students with empathy and poise to respectfully engage in meaningful conversations and authentic relationships. He talked with juniors about how to lead difficult conversations. “We live in a complicated world with complex people and issues, and those who are able to have difficult conversations in a respectful manner advance progress and understanding,” said Matson, who also serves in the Navy Reserves and as chaplain for the Minneapolis Police Department. “Instead of talking at the students, we challenged them to work through case studies. I can’t say I was all that surprised at how well they handled themselves, but I was impressed with how willing they were to share PHOTO BY DON STONER PHOTO BY COURTNEY PERRY This spring, members of the junior class headed to the gym for basketball and bean bag competitions with Special Olympics athletes, and in September, first-year students learned techniques to manage stress and practice mindfulness. vulnerabilities, speak about biases, and view situations through alternate perspectives. It was amazing to watch ‘community’ happen.” Unified tournament puts principles to practice Student-athletes didn’t only talk about ideals, they practiced them. Juniors headed to the Si Melby gymnasium to compete alongside 40 Special Olympics athletes in basketball and bean bag toss competitions. Jennifer Jacobs, who organized the volunteer effort, said the tournament underscored Augsburg’s commitment to service and inclusion. “We added [the unified competition] because civic engagement is one of the college’s co-curricular learning outcomes,” said Jacobs, then-assistant athletic director and assistant volleyball coach. “We decided to collaborate with Special Olympics because of an NCAA Division III partnership with the organization and because our ongoing involvement with the area chapter continually inspires our students.” Student-athlete Cody Pirkl ’18 had never interacted with Special Olympics athletes before the Auggie Compass event this spring. Initially, the baseball player had not been excited about the obligation on what otherwise would have been a free night. But as he said goodbye to Special Olympics teammates, the social work major said it felt like parting with dear friends. “We, as college athletes, become so focused on our own goals and everyday lives that we forget how rewarding it is to give back to others,” Pirkl said. “Our involvement with Special Olympics shines Augsburg’s positive light on our broader community, but it also gives us meaningful perspective. Watching the Special Olympics athletes’ pure love of the game reminded me how lucky I am and how much I love to play.” Pirkl said he and his teammates took a lot away from the mix of formats and engaging activities. That active structure was intentional, Anderson Diercks explained, as presenters played to student-athletes’ competitive nature. “For years, we had brought wonderful, inspiring speakers to campus once or twice a year to talk with students about hot topics or enduring life-aftercollege lessons,” Anderson Diercks said. “Although these experts offered great perspective and information, the format was a challenge, and we were never able to cover as many of the topics as we would have liked. The new Auggie Compass format allows us to engage each class in specific topics to prepare them for the next year and beyond. We can more easily adjust based on student feedback, and it’s a nice way to highlight our alumni and campus experts as well as celebrate community partnerships and resources.” Celebrating mindfulness and meditation One such resource is Jermaine Nelson, a meditation and mindfulness coach and yoga instructor. The former athlete urged students to seek mind-body connections as they strive to be more present. He also reminded them to give themselves grace during transitions and various phases of life. “It’s so easy for student-athletes to continue to eat and sleep how they did in college without the same level of activity, and then they look up one day and realize they are out of shape and out of sync,” Nelson said. “It’s important to anticipate, on the field and in life, so that you avoid injury and prepare for the next phase of your life.” Nelson wasn’t expecting to, but looking out at the dozens of student-athletes reminded him of his nephew, and Nelson got personal. His nephew was a promising college recruit, with plans to play in the NBA, but he broke down from all the pressure. “I wish he would have had a program like this when he was in school,” Nelson said. “Imagine all the heartache and recovery he would have avoided had he been offered the tools to cope and achieve without grinding himself into the ground. I worked with him, and he’s on a good path now, but it took a while. If Auggies can practice these techniques now, they’ll succeed.” SPRING–SUMMER 2017 21 Nelson’s talk reinforced some of the themes presented by Augsburg’s Center for Wellness and Counseling. For example, counselor Jon Vaughan-Fier and Beth Carlson, the center’s assistant director, co-facilitated “Becoming Resilient to Stress,” which challenged student-athletes to assess what drains them and to identify ways to recharge. In addition to discussing the importance of sleep, nutrition, and meaningful relationships—among other topics—students engaged in yoga, mindful breathing, and relaxation strategies. As a senior, Chuckie Smith ’17 took part in Auggie Compass workshops on financial planning, job search strategies, living authentically, and a variety of other topics. During the Compass program’s pilot year, the entire CWC staff also presented on a range of topics related to wellbeing, including body image, depression, healthy choices, and stress management, which Vaughan-Fier said is critically important for today’s overly busy student-athletes. “To emphasize the connection to sports and improved performance, we showed testimonials from Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russel Wilson about his ‘one play at a time’ mindset and New York Knicks President Phil Jackson’s philosophy of ‘one breath, one mind,’” Vaughan-Fier said. “We hope these tools help student-athletes as they strive to incorporate self-care practices into daily life.” According to a 2015 health survey, the top stressors among Augsburg students are: a death or serious illness of someone close, conflicts with roommates, parental conflict, and the end of a personal relationship. Director of the counseling center, Nancy Guilbeault, said the opportunity to interact with student-athletes about these and other topics is a proactive way to introduce the center’s role and resources. “Mental health and GPA are linked, and they affect your performance,” she said. “We want to make sure these studentathletes are working on their physical, mental, and spiritual health and wellbeing. These sessions provide an overview and tips, but we also encourage them to follow up with one-on-one or group support.” 22 AUGSBURG NOW Financial stressors, professional communications among top concerns A key barrier to wellness, Guilbeault said, is stress related to finances—a worry that plagues many students, particularly studentathletes who might not have the time to hold a job or internship. To build upon the counseling center’s session, Auggie Compass introduced a practical question-and-answer session with Tommy Redae ’09 MBA, a treasury management sales consultant and vice president of Middle Market Banking for Wells Fargo in Minneapolis. “Talking with upper-class students, I focused on the importance of budgeting and managing credit for a healthy financial future,” Redae said. “I shared several of the many online tools and apps to help them stick to a budget and monitor credit for suspicious or fraudulent activities.” Also in the category of practical and purposeful guidance, Auggie Compass enlisted faculty mentors Carol Enke and Shana Watters to offer best practices for professional communications. The pair broke student-athletes into groups to review and assess emails students sent professors, many of them lacking clarity, starting with an informal “hey,” or displaying accusatory language. “Research shows that people read emails more negatively than intended, and therefore, communicating effectively in this medium reduces ambiguity and negative perceptions,” Watters said. “The students did a great job of improving the emails, and we hope they will apply the guidance we shared to communicate with professionals now and in the future.” Program reinforces Augsburg’s mission, commitment to students The blend of practical knowledge and conceptual, creative exploration reflects Augsburg’s care for and commitment to student-athletes, and it supports community-building across teams and among coaches, said Swenson. This year, the program added a track for coaches that focused on situational leadership, social media training, and a DiSC® behavioral assessment inventory. “We’re not offering Auggie Compass to check off the ‘personal development box,’” Swenson said. “The program was developed by former collegiate players, thinking about what they wished they would have known, so that our student-athletes can have more tools to reach for as they strive for success.” The creation and evolution of Auggie Compass embodies some of the innovation, self-reflection, and grit the program aims to instill. Anderson Diercks said organizers continue to have conversations with student-athletes, alumni, and experts to align sessions with players’ needs and to reflect the latest trends and topics. As a former athlete turned furnace-filter-changing adult, she knows greatness doesn’t come from perfection but from the drive to keep playing until you get it right. HOMECOMING THOUSANDS OF AUGGIES. ONE AUGSBURG. Celebrate the first Augsburg University Homecoming NEW NAME. SAME SCHOOL SPIRIT. Gather among friends to celebrate the memories and milestones that define your Augsburg experience. Whether it’s to participate in a reunion, see campus updates firsthand, or cheer on a favorite team, it’s time to register for this year’s historic Homecoming—the first as Augsburg University. Interested in organizing your reunion? October 13-14 Call the Office of Alumni and Constituent Relations at 612-330-1085 or email alumni@augsburg.edu. Find accommodation information, the event schedule, and more at: augsburg.edu/homecoming FROM THE ALUMNI BOARD PRESIDENT Dear alumni and friends, s my second year as Alumni Board President comes to a close, I look back on the past several months with gratitude for what the Alumni Board has accomplished. We hope you have enjoyed recent alumni events, both on campus and off. At the start of my tenure, when I challenged the Alumni Board to change, not a little, but a lot, everyone stepped up to the plate and went to work. Today the board maintains more committees with fewer people on each, operates with clearly defined goals for each committee, and sustains a high level of engagement. We’ve also partnered with staff throughout the College to increase the board’s effectiveness and relevance. The Alumni Board continues to seek new pathways to connect with students, whether through mentoring, visiting classrooms, or simply sharing tips on LinkedIn. Students have said they enjoyed taking part in a Homecoming lunch last fall where they had the chance to share a table with distinguished alumni who pursued similar fields of study. We also held another successful Auggie Networking Experience in February, and if you couldn’t make it to campus, you’ll find some tips for reluctant networkers on page 27. In June, we transition board leadership. I’d like to welcome Nick Rathmann ’03 as Alumni Board President for the 2017-19 term. He is full of energy, has a passion for Augsburg, and is a dynamic leader with innovative ideas to take the Alumni Board even further. He is the athletic director at The Blake School, a longtime supporter of Augsburg as a member of the A-Club, and an all-around amazing volunteer. The Alumni Board is in great hands under his leadership. I’d also like to recognize Greg Schnagl ’91, who has led our Networking Committee for the past two years. His passion for creating meaningful connections between students and alumni has helped make the Auggie Networking Experience event bigger and better. I recently moved away from the Twin Cities for work, and I am so pleased to see alumni events scheduled across the U.S. more often. In the past two years, alumni gatherings have occurred in Denver, Las Vegas, Raleigh, Washington, D.C., and other cities. If you’re in the Minneapolis area, we hope to see you at some of this summer’s exciting alumni events! JILL WATSON ’10 MBA, ALUMNI BOARD PRESIDENT SUMMER ALUMNI EVENTS Minnesota United Soccer Night June 21 | 7 p.m. Republic 420 SE 23rd Ave., Minneapolis Meet for an alumni reception at Republic from 4:30–6:30 p.m. before taking the light rail to TCF Bank Stadium for a game. 7 People. 7 Passions. 7 Minutes. July 7 | 7–9 p.m. Sisyphus Brewing 712 Ontario Ave. W., Minneapolis Hear idea-stirring talks from seven passionate Auggies. $10 covers your first beverage and light appetizers. Auggie Night at Canterbury Park July 21 | 5:30–7 p.m. 1100 Canterbury Road, Shakopee, MN $5 reservation covers a buffet meal, $5 of Canterbury Currency, and reserved seating. Happy Hour Squared URBAN ARBORETUM Join the Alumni Board to sponsor a tree You can help transform Augsburg into an urban arboretum that serves as an educational and community resource in harmony with the environment. Join the Alumni Board’s effort to sponsor a tree in the urban arboretum planned for Augsburg’s campus. The trees selected for this plan will surround the Hagfors Center for Science, Business, and Religion and include species native to Minnesota. All gift levels are welcome. The total cost to sponsor a tree is $25,000, which includes long-term care and maintenance. Help us reach this goal by December 2018! Visit augsburg.edu/giving for more information or contact Amanda Scherer, assistant director of leadership gifts, at scherera@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1720. 24 AUGSBURG NOW September 5 | 5–7 p.m. Brave New Workshop 824 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis Join alumnae business owners Jenni Lilledahl ’87 and Jacquie Berglund ’87 for a happy hour with a purpose. Make sandwiches for a good cause and enjoy a FINNEGANS® as part of Augsburg’s annual City Service Day. For more information and registration, visit augsburg.edu/alumni. COURTESY PHOTOS AUGGIES CONNECT [Top]: Travelers pose at Wat Chedi Luang Temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand. TRAVELING WITH [Far Left–L to R]: Hans Wiersma and Lori Brandt Hale, Department of Religion faculty members and trip leaders, pose with Katie (Koch) Code ’01, director of alumni and constituent relations. AUGGIES This winter, 15 Auggies traveled to Thailand and Cambodia with Augsburg College Professor of English Kathy Swanson and her husband, Jack, as their hosts. “The trip was beyond amazing,” said traveler and Alumni Board President Jill Watson ’10 MBA. “Our hosts, Jack and Kathy Swanson, have a passion for the people and culture of Thailand that was contagious throughout the trip. They were always willing to share insights, recommend food (such as sticky rice and mango at a floating market) and go out of their way to help others and ensure everyone was having a great trip. “Memories that stand out include the elephant camp in Chiang Mai, Thai cooking school, Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Light for Kids orphanage, and the food ... all the foods! “Traveling with fellow Auggies meant I [Near Right]: Travelers stand in front of the Castle Church in Germany where Martin Luther nailed the 95 Theses to the door. had at least one thing in common with so many people I had never met before. By the end of the trip, I had developed new friendships, and I will be keeping in touch.” Celebrating Lutheran heritage in Germany and the Czech Republic Last fall, another group of Auggies traveled to the land of Luther to mark the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. Religion Department faculty members Hans Wiersma and Lori Brandt Hale led a group of 30 Augsburg alumni and friends on a multi-city tour that included Dresden, Prague, and Wittenberg—the long-time home of Reformation catalyst Martin Luther. One of the highlights for Augsburg Alumni Director Katie (Koch) Code ’01 was the opportunity to be in Wittenberg on Reformation Day. The town marked the occasion with a festival, and the Augsburg group visited Castle Church where Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door. “At worship that morning we sang, ‘A Mighty Fortress is our God,’ which took me back to my Augsburg days enrolled in the Luther and the Reformers class with Religion Professor Mark Tranvik,” Code said. Minneapolis Star Tribune reporter Jean Hopfensperger and photographer Jerry Holt accompanied the group to chronicle how Minnesotans observed the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. In a story published after the group’s return home, Augsburg alumnae Carol Pfleiderer ’64 and Kathleen Johnson ’72 described how the trip itinerary offered participants opportunities to build and reflect on their faith. To view trip photos, visit augsburg.edu/now. SPRING–SUMMER 2017 25 A GIFT FOR AUGSBURG IN ROCHESTER Louise and Regent Emeritus Leland “Lee” Sundet will help Augsburg’s Rochester site grow thanks to a generous $1.5 million gift. The Rochester location attracts more than 350 working professionals to undergraduate and graduate programs in business, education, health care, and nursing. As longtime supporters of Augsburg, including the Weekend College and Youth and Family Ministry programs, the Sundets have used their frugality to benefit others and to raise the profile of Augsburg. Several years ago, in an effort to better communicate Augsburg’s identity locally, Sundet helped form a marketing committee and was instrumental in choosing a new logo with a cross embedded in the “A.” He remains steadfast in his commitment to religion and religious freedom as essential to education. In his 88 years, Lee has never lost sight of the basics: thrift, generosity, and faith. “I also believe in old-fashioned discipline—‘don’t spend it till you’ve earned it,’” he said. Lee learned these principles early, growing up in Spring Grove, Minnesota, where most Norwegian-American community members attended the big Lutheran church. “My father died when I was six months old, and my mother PHOTO BY BRENDAN BUSH PHOTO BY BRENDAN BUSH AUGGIES CONNECT was quite ill so she had to sell everything she had to pay the bills. She got $7.43 a month, and of that, 74 cents went to the church,” said Lee, who has embraced tithing ever since. A retired industrialist and manufacturer, Lee owned several companies, including Century Manufacturing, Goodall Manufacturing, Britt Manufacturing, and Fountain Industries. His business acumen earned him such honors as Minnesota’s Small Business Man of the Year and the University of Minnesota’s Outstanding Achievement Award. The couple has sponsored a business scholarship at Augsburg since 1992. Overall, the Sundets are impressed by the potential of Augsburg’s programs in Rochester and by the work of another community anchor, Mayo Clinic, which the couple believes shares their values. “Augsburg has come a long way, and I would love to see it grow in Rochester.” 26 AUGSBURG NOW “I have met people at Mayo who have gone through the Augsburg program, and I’ve seen what it’s done for them. It’s a wonderful thing,” Lee said. “It wasn’t easy to get it started, but it’s fun to look back on. Augsburg has come a long way, and I would love to see it grow in Rochester.” tips for the reluctant networker Augsburg College alumna Jenni Lilledahl ’87 was a featured speaker at the Auggie Networking Experience in February. As co-owner of the sketch and improvisational comedy theater Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis, Lilledahl brought insight from the improv world to the crowd of nearly 300 alumni and students meeting to exchange career advice. No matter their personality or career, Lilledahl said, all people have anxiety about jumping into new conversations or taking new career paths. Here she shares tips for individuals to jump-start meaningful conversations and say “yes” to new experiences. 1. We all get uncomfortable, yet we cannot let this feeling control us. Instead, we must face our fears and immerse ourselves in new experiences. 2. Sometimes saying “yes” is easier than we think. Don’t rattle off 20 excuses; jump in with an open mind. 3. PHOTOS BY RICKY TAYLOR ’17 Stop yourself from using the word “but.” Instead, use the reframing mindset of “yesand” to add something positive to each situation you are in. Don’t use excuses to squash new ideas, possibilities, or adventures. Rather, embrace them. 4. Be intentional about your communication. Don’t just be there. Be awake, aware, and connected to the other people in the room. 5. Have gratitude for the chance to develop relationships, share ideas, and try new things. People who create authentic connections with others are often more successful than those who possess only technical skills. Augsburg alumni and students participated in short improvisational exercises at the event. with the Young Alumni Council Auggies who have graduated from any Augsburg degree program in the past 10 years are invited to join the Young Alumni Council and help plan year-round activities for recent alumni. In the past, the Young Alumni Council has organized a Twins game outing, a financial planning talk and social hour at Summit Brewery, and an afternoon of ice skating at The Depot in Minneapolis. For Young Alumni Council Vice President Evan Decker ’12, taking part in the group provides opportunities to practice valuable life and business skills that he doesn’t necessarily hone in his day- to-day work, such as planning meetings and events, communicating with fellow alumni, speaking to groups, and networking. Serving the council also is a way to stay engaged with the College. “Some people feel there aren’t resources for them after graduation, and that couldn’t be further from the truth,” Decker said. “This group is here to help bridge that gap.” To join the Young Alumni Council, visit augsburg.edu/alumni. SPRING–SUMMER 2017 27 ALUMNI CLASS NOTES 1961 Last year, First Lutheran Church in Red Wing, Minnesota, recognized Arlan Johnson ’61 for 50 years of service to its choir as a singer and director. While a student at Augsburg, Johnson played in the band for four years and sang in the choir for two years. He enjoyed tours with the band and choir in the Pacific Northwest, and in 1960 he participated in an extended Alaskan band trip to the Anchorage Music Festival. After graduating from Augsburg, he completed his education requirements, student taught at Braham (Minnesota) Area High School with Herman Aune ’50, and finished a second major in biology. Johnson taught band and vocal music in Stewart, Minnesota, and elementary, junior high, and middle school band in Red Wing until his retirement. He and his wife, Phyllis, continue to live in Red Wing. 1967 5 0-Y E AR RE UNI ON HOMECOMING 2017 Associate Professor of Chemistry Sandra Olmsted ’69 retires after serving Augsburg since 1978. See page 2. 1971 Darrell Skogen ’71 retired after teaching for 46 years. He spent the past 41 years at St. MichaelAlbertville High School in Minnesota. Skogen is the longest-tenured employee in the history of the school district. He taught classes such as AP World History and AP U.S. History. Skogen continues to instruct part-time at the high school and records stats for its football program. He says that the school’s Class 5A football state championship victory in 2015 was the first in his 50 years walking the sidelines. 1974 Dr. Subhashchandra “Pat” Patel ’74 and Annette (Hanson) Patel ’73 donated their dental clinics in Clarkfield and Cottonwood, Minnesota, to Open Door Health Center of Mankato. Open Door will run satellite dental clinics in the towns. Pat retired in June 2016. Associate Professor of Music Peter Hendrickson ’76 retires after teaching at Augsburg for more than two decades. See page 2. 1977 40- YE A R R E U N I O N HOMECOMING 2017 In August, Neil Paulson ’77 was elected state committeeman for the Republican Party in Orange County, Florida. for Advanced Science and Technology. 1979 1990 Walter Ohrbom ’79 earned a doctorate in chemistry from North Dakota State University after graduating from Augsburg. He retired from BASF as a senior research associate with more than 120 U.S. patents. Over the years, he and his wife, Patricia, have traveled around the world to backpack, bike, canoe, and scuba dive. Athletic Director Jeff Swenson ’79 draws connections between student athletes’ time on campus and leadership roles after graduation. See page 18. 1988 Kiel Christianson ’88 was promoted to full professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where he conducts research on language processing, reading, and bilingualism. He is associate chair of the department, as well as leader of the Educational Psychology Psycholinguistics Lab and co-chair of the Illinois Language and Literacy Initiative, both in the Beckman Institute In July, Karen Jean Reed ’90, a music therapy major, was honored with the President’s Award at the Southern California First Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Church Of God in Christ 50th State Women’s Convention, held in Palm Desert, California. She also was nominated for the 50 Women of Excellence honor for her exemplary service and outstanding achievement in music and administrative service in local, church, district, regional, and state positions. Reed has excelled in music as a gospel saxophonist and in women’s ministry. She was recognized for exemplary service by Barbara McCoo Lewis, the assistant general supervisor of the Church of God in Christ International. Reed serves as the assistant regional missionary for the Santa Barbara region and also works with youth. Professionally, she is a program director at the Department of State HospitalsCoalinga, overseeing the treatment of sexually violent predators. She is the author of “Music is the Master Key.” AUGGIES NEAR AND FAR [L to R]: Sociology Professor Tim Pippert and Torstenson Scholars Ellen Sachs ’17, Emily Campbell ’17, and Jen Kochaver ’19 meet with Mark Johnson ’75 on campus. [Not pictured]: Torstenson Scholar Mark Daniels ’17. 28 AUGSBURG NOW Last fall, metro-urban studies alumnus Mark Johnson ’75 invited Sociology Professor Tim Pippert to the remote country of Vanuatu in the South Pacific. The pair distributed solar lights donated by Johnson to villages on the island of Tanna, which in 2015 suffered widespread destruction due to Hurricane Pam. For Pippert, the trip was an adventure of a lifetime and an opportunity to observe the relationships Johnson has developed with local people over the course of several previous trips. The connection between Johnson and Pippert was built, in part, through their involvement with Augsburg’s Torstenson Community Scholars program that supports undergraduate research. Since 2015, Johnson has funded research opportunities for Auggies engaged in the program, which is named in memory of Professor Joel Torstenson ’38, a founder of Augsburg’s Department of Sociology. This February, four Torstenson Scholars traveled with Pippert to North Dakota’s Bakken oilfield region to assess how residents have been impacted by oil exploration. From the Auggie Connections blog. Visit augsburg.edu/alumni/blog to read more. 1992 2 5-Y EA R RE UNI ON HOMECOMING 2017 Scott Peterson ’92 has accepted a call to be the pastor at Lutheran Church in the Foothills in La Cañada, California. After living in Canada for more than 17 years, Peterson has returned to the U.S. to continue ministry within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. 1993 Chad Shilson ’93 is the Minnesota women’s wrestling director for USA Wrestling. He has completed his 100th marathon and qualified for his fourth Boston Marathon. Marathon running has taken him to 36 states, including 29 states in the past two years. A dedicated daily runner, Shilson has run at least one mile per day for more than six years. 1996 Stephanie Harms ’96 and Kristin (Young) Miller ’91 are helping change the nation’s response to vulnerable individuals and families through their work in the supportive housing movement. Both Auggies work at CSH, a national nonprofit organization that connects housing with services for vulnerable populations. Based in New York City, Miller leads a successful CSH program that assists communities throughout New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Harms serves as chief operating officer and leads CSH’s communications, administrative, talent, and human resource efforts. CSH has ended veteran homelessness in several communities throughout the U.S., created more than 100,000 homes for individuals and families, and changed public systems to address the root conditions that create turmoil in the lives of vulnerable individuals and families. ’05 ’03 1999 Peter Durow ’99 has been commissioned by the American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota for the 2018 ACDA-MN State 4-5-6 Girls’ Honor Choir. ACDA-MN has been committed to commissioning new choral works for all-state and honor choirs from Minnesota composers each year since 1975. Durow serves as visiting director of choral activities at St. Cloud State University. ’67 Juliane Derry ’00 blends science with artistry and research with intuition as a historic materials conservator. See page 8. AUGGIE SNAPSHOTS Andrea (Carlson) Conway ’05 and Riley Conway ’05 welcomed a son, Soren Jon, in December. Soren is the grandson of Jon Carlson ’79 and great-grandson of Jeroy Carlson ’48. Golf Association and president of Women in the Golf Industry. She also wrote an e-book titled, “Hit It, Alice! A Woman’s Golf Guide to Everything But the Swing.” Barb (Walen) Hanson ’67 became president of the Minnesota Golf Association at its annual meeting in November. She is the first woman to serve in this role. Since retiring from her teaching career, Hanson has been actively involved in the golf world, having served as president of the Minnesota Women’s Paul Putt ’03, ’15 MAE and his wife, Katie, celebrated the birth of a son, Theodore Howard, in October. ’05 ’67 ’03 Pete Pfeffer ’87, who holds a Doctor of Chiropractic degree, and his daughter, Maggie, served on a chiropractic and medical ’87 ’87 mission team in Kimana, Kenya. The team provided care and education to hundreds of Maasai villagers living in bomas and orphanages in an underserved area. Pete and his brother, Mike Pfeffer ’92, jointly own and serve as chiropractors for a HealthSource Chiropractic and Progressive Rehabilitation Clinic in Alexandria, Minnesota. In addition to private practice, Pete has taken on a national role with the HealthSource Corporation to provide training in technique and rehabilitation procedures for new franchises. SPRING–SUMMER 2017 29 ALUMNI CLASS NOTES Mathematics and Statistics Instructor Alyssa Hanson ’01 is honored with a Distinguished Contributions to Teaching and Learning award. See page 7. 2002 JCI Minnesota (formerly Minnesota Jaycees) selected Katie Lindenfelser ’02, founder of Crescent Cove, as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Minnesotans for 2016. The mission of Crescent Cove is to offer care and support to young people with a shortened life expectancy and their families. The vision of Crescent Cove is to build and operate the first residential children’s hospice and respite care home in the Midwest. Started in 1950, the Ten Outstanding Young Minnesotans honor is Minnesota’s only statewide recognition program for outstanding young leaders ages 18-40 who have devoted themselves to improving their communities. The program acknowledges the efforts and accomplishments of young adults who contribute to Minnesota through their service, thought and influence, community involvement, or entrepreneurship. 2003 Reginaldo HaslettMarroquin ’03 published “In the Shadow of Green Man.” The book, published by Acres USA, chronicles Haslett-Marroquin’s upbringing in revolution-torn Guatemala and how he built his vision to develop a regenerative farming model that uplifts individuals and communities. Throughout the book, he shares the fable of the Green Man, a tiny and wise Guatemalan folk character whose stories teach the importance of respecting the natural world. HaslettMarroquin is chief strategy officer for Main Street Project, based in Northfield, Minnesota. Haslett-Marroquin has served as a consultant for the United Nations Development Program’s Bureau for Latin America and as an advisor to the World Council of Indigenous People. He was a founding member of the Fair Trade Federation, and was Director of the Fair Trade Program for the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy from 1995 to 1998. He also led the creation, strategic positioning, startup, and launch of Peace Coffee, a Minnesota-based fair-trade coffee company. Samuel Gross ’03 designs new university logo. See page 12. 2007 10-YEAR REUNION HOMECOMING 2017 Mike Matson ’07 helps teach student-athletes how to engage in difficult conversations. See page 18. Jenessa Payano Stark ’07 began a Master of Science in Nursing program at Yale University this past fall. She is studying in Yale’s Nurse-Midwifery/Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner program. She received a prestigious National Health Service Corps Scholarship that pays her tuition and fees, and defrays her living expenses for three years in exchange for future service in an area with a shortage of health professionals. 2011 Dan Skaarup ’11 and Casey (Ernst) Skaarup ’11 welcomed a daughter, Eowyn River, to the world in December. Laura Schmidt ’11 and Sarah Witte ’12 launched a nonprofit, spiritually based community called Intertwine Northeast. The group’s mission is to be “made and moved by story, convinced by compassion, always in process, and about questions, not answers.” Mike Gallagher ’12 shares life lessons with current students. See page 18. 2014 Composer and percussionist Zack Baltich ’14 was featured in the 2017 Cedar Commissions. Baltich’s piece “ingress/passage” used contact microphones and uncommon performance techniques on marimba, glass bottles, and other found objects. The Cedar Commissions (formerly the 416 Commissions) is a flagship program for emerging artists made possible with a grant from the Jerome Foundation and has showcased new work by more than 30 emerging composers and musicians. Catherine Colsrud ’14 was one of 25 leaders who participated in the eighth cohort of the Native Nation Rebuilders Program sponsored by the Native Governance Center and the Bush Foundation. Representatives from 12 Native nations from Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota were selected for the Rebuilders AUGGIE SNAPSHOTS Kathleen (Watson) Bradbury ’12 and Krissy Bradbury ’12 welcomed Peter Gene to their family. ’12 Beckie Jackson ’10 received a Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching and is one of approximately 45 U.S. citizens traveling abroad through the program in 2016-17. In January, she headed to Botswana to spend five months conducting educational research. Recipients of Fulbright grants are selected ’10 30 AUGSBURG NOW on the basis of academic and professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential. Jackson teaches at Moose Lake High School in Moose Lake, Minnesota. Nick Rathmann ’03 and wife, Shannon, welcomed a daughter, Finley Grace, in November. ’03 ’11 Several Augsburg College alumni serve as tutors and coaches with Minnesota Reading Corps and Minnesota Math Corps. Tutors pledge one year of service in schools to help children become proficient readers by the end of third grade and proficient in math by the end of eighth grade. [L to R]: Charmaine Bell ’11, Kathleen Abel ’76, Joaquin Vences ’16, Kacie Carlsted ’15, Christine Fankhanel ’02, Amy Riebs ’18 MAE, and Alicia (Oppelt) Musselman ’14. ’91 Nancy Palmer ’91 joined the Minnesota Reading Corps September Program as a leadership component of a larger initiative to support tribes as they strengthen their governing capabilities. Colsrud serves the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe as the commissioner of administration, chief of staff, and acting commissioner of natural resources. Native Governance Center and Bush Foundation Rebuilders convened for four structured sessions during which they developed action plans to share knowledge with peers and their respective tribal governments. ’12 ’10 GRADUATE PROGRAMS Nursing Department Chair Joyce Miller ’02, ’05 MAN, ’11 DNP earns a Distinguished Contributions to Teaching and Learning award. See page 7. Tommy Redae ’09 MBA helps Auggies prepare for a healthy financial future. See page 18. Rochelle Fischer ’14 MSW became a hospital administrator at Anoka-Metro Regional Treatment Center in January. For the past four years, she has been an assistant program director at the Minnesota Security Hospital in St. Peter, Minnesota, providing day-to-day operational and administrative leadership for persons with complex behavioral health symptoms. ’03 ’11 Dan Klein ’15 MBA and Kaitlin (Astleford) Klein were married February 25 in Hollywood, Florida. Nicole (Egly) Olson ’15 MBA and Mark Olson were married February 24 in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Institute and tutors students in kindergarten through third grade. ’91 Chris Stedman ’08, an interfaith activist and author, is joining Augsburg this spring as a fellow serving the Sabo Center for Democracy and Citizenship where he will facilitate and build new community partnerships for non-religious and interfaith civic engagement. Stedman also will consult on the development of interfaith engagement programs at Augsburg. ’08 ’08 31 HEALING WATERS ’68 Jason Kusiak ’08 spends late winter and early spring long-lining for cod and haddock, and most of the year catching lobster. Fishing in long-established seaports near Gloucester, Massachusetts, gives Kusiak an appreciation for the area’s rich history and a healthy respect for those who made a living fishing the Atlantic in earlier times. “With fishing,” he said, “you can see the direct result of your work ethic.” Today Kusiak recognizes that his entrepreneurial inclination was shaped by Assistant Professor of Business John Cerrito and former staff member Peggy Cerrito, and that his drive for continual personal growth was influenced by his involvement in StepUP®, the College’s residential collegiate recovery community. While at Augsburg, Kusiak found that the College’s commitment to building strong community connections and emphasis on learning through experience resonated with him. He now seeks out opportunities to interact with new people, to give back, and to offer hope to individuals and families who struggle with substance abuse. He’s driven to invest in the future of his business and his community. ’78 From the Auggie Connections blog. Visit augsburg.edu/alumni/blog to read more. AUGGIE SNAPSHOTS ’83 [L to R]: This fall, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service President Linda Hartke met with former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and the Rev. Mark Hanson ’68, former presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, at the LIRS Walk of Courage Award Gala. Albright and Hanson were honored at the event for their commitments to furthering equity for all people. ’68 ’71 Actor and performing arts educator Luverne Seifert ’83 won a $25,000 fellowship from the William and Eva Fox Foundation. He is part of a national cohort of artists supported by the foundation, which underwrites training and career development for performers. The support will enable Seifert to deeply explore his art and travel to France and Switzerland. In the past 25 years, he has acted at theaters in the Twin Cities and across the U.S. ’83 ’05 [L to R]: Margaret Marx ’78, Margo Casey ’78, and Cathy (Kaiser) Bloomquist ’78, all members of the original second step Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at ’78 ’06 32 AUGSBURG NOW Augsburg, continue their friendship today. The women gathered in Scandia, Minnesota, in September, and they share this photo as a reminder of the second step program’s impact on the nursing profession in Minnesota. Bob Stacke ’71 received an award from the Somali Museum of Minnesota on the occasion of the museum’s third anniversary last October. Stacke has provided music and photography services to the museum since its inception. ’71 Janeece (Adams) Oatman ’05, an Augsburg Alumni Board member, and Jim Gross, associate provost for academic innovation and strategic initiatives, were part of the Auggie team at the Rochester, Minnesota, Tour de Cure in October. ’05 Missy (Gaulke) Wilson ’06 completed her first Ragnar trail race and ’06 her third Ragnar overall race in September. She ran 15.2 miles on the Ragnar Trail Northwoods - WI in the Ragnar relay. Helen M. (Anderson) Johnson ’40, Hallock, Minnesota, age 96, on September 4. Eleanor C. (Christenson) Kline ’44, Minneapolis, age 93, on May 31. Marvin W. Johnson ’45, Rochester, Minnesota, age 93, on November 28. Olav Overold ’45, Cando, North Dakota, age 103, on January 23. Bonnie J. (Sorem) Anderson ’46, Cedar Falls, Iowa, age 92, on December 7. Delpha M. (Randklev) Berg ’47, Grand Forks, North Dakota, age 91, on September 12. Ray E. Gerlinger ’49, Overland Park, Minnesota, age 93, on December 4. Theodore C. Nystuen ’49, Altoona, Wisconsin, age 94, on January 19. Lorraine G. V. (Lundh) Qual ’49, Lisbon, North Dakota, age 93, on October 4. Joan L. (Sears) Ryden ’49, Cedar Hill, Texas, age 91, on October 18. Phebe D. (Dale) Hanson ’50, Minneapolis, age 88, on December 16. Evelyn I. (Shelstad) Kriesel ’50, Alamo, Texas, age 88, on September 21. Rhonda M. (Hektner) Lybeck ’50, Fargo, North Dakota, age 88, on January 29. Daniel Nelson ’50, Spicer, Minnesota, age 90, on February 14. Melvin E. Vigen ’50, Irving, Texas, age 88, on September 26. Arvild T. Jacobson ’51, Sun City, Arizona, age 93, on November 26. Donald H. Olson ’51, Henderson, Nevada, age 87, on December 19. Robert “Bob” R. Hage ’52, Hector, Minnesota, age 88, on December 16. William “Bill” J. Kuross ’52, Hopkins, Minnesota, age 87, on January 31. Charlotte M. (Kleven) Rimmereid ’52, St. Paul, age 86, on December 29. Roger V. Anderson ’53, Ottawa, Ontario, age 86, on February 11. Joan J. (Johnson) Kuder ’53, Williams Bay, Wisconsin, age 86, on December 19. Harry E. Olson ’53, Apopka, Florida, age 84, on October 7. Nola E. (Bengtson) Studer ’53, Bemidji, Minnesota, age 85, on September 5. Donna R. (Osland) Gaines ’54, Laguna Hills, California, age 84, on September 17. Ruth M. (Pousi) Ollila ’54, Minneapolis, age 84, on February 14. Betty J. (Dyrud) Oudal ’54, Rochester, Minnesota, age 85, on December 31. Arlene V. (Tollefson) Paulson ’54, Lake Oswego, Oregon, age 89, on September 20. Gary R. Rust ’54, Burnsville, Minnesota, age 85, on October 12. Robert “Bob” E. Twiton ’54, Brainerd, Minnesota, age 84, on February 26. Theodore “Ted” S. Berkas ’56, Minneapolis, age 88, on January 15. Robert A. Fundingsland ’65, St. Louis Park, Minnesota, age 73, on September 19. Sanford E. Egesdal ’56, Minneapolis, age 82, on October 3. Marie D. (Hafie) MacNally ’65, Minneapolis, on November 7. Robert A. Roos ’56, Robbinsdale, Minnesota, age 86, on September 3. Dale H. Peterson ’69, Sapulpa, Oklahoma, age 69, on November 27. Merlin J. White ’56, Fridley, Minnesota, age 86, on September 8. Anita M. (Lindquist) King ’70, Pella, Iowa, age 68, on September 1. Raymond Seaver ’57, Fergus Falls, Minnesota, age 82, on December 5. Chuck S. Marsh ’73, Puyallup, Washington, age 65, on November 14. Robert H. Gustafson ’59, Cambridge, Minnesota, age 84, on January 28. Colleen M. (Brown) Olson ’74, Shakopee, Minnesota, age 63, on August 20. John P. Martisen ’59, Minneapolis, age 81, on August 30. Sheila M. (Conway) Kortuem ’84, St. Peter, Minnesota, age 76, on August 26. Lloyd H. Reichstadt ’59, Flagstaff, Arizona, age 84, on November 21. Paul C. Casperson ’60, Dallas, Texas, age 77, on January 31. Wayne R. Juntunen ’60, Esko, Minnesota, age 83, on December 5. Karen O. (Egesdal) Trelstad ’61, Red Wing, Minnesota, age 79, on November 30. Coralyn J. (Lunsted) Bryan ’62, Minneapolis, age 77, on October 25. Joshua B. Lerman ’08, Louisville, Kentucky, age 33, on November 18. Angel G. Rodriguez ’15, Minneapolis, age 25, on January 3. Tyler G. Kotewa ’17, Fairmont, Minnesota, age 25, on December 7. Mark A. DiCastri ’18, Minneapolis, age 29, on February 27. Clair A. Johannsen ’62, Hagerstown, Maryland, age 79, on February 10. Paul W. Anderson ’63, Moorhead, Minnesota, age 77, on January 31. Gaylen K. Heggen ’63, Cottage Grove, Minnesota, age 75, on October 26. The “In memoriam” listings in this publication include notifications received before March 15. SPRING–SUMMER 2017 33 PHOTO BY RICKY TAYLOR ’17 IN MEMORIAM PHOTOS BY COURTNEY PERRY 2211 Riverside Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55454 Steve Wozniak inspires Auggies to ‘Learn Different’ Apple, Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak engaged the Augsburg community in a conversation that emphasized the importance of creativity, education, and innovation in an increasingly connected world. Wozniak launched Apple with Steve Jobs in 1976, revolutionizing the personal computer industry. Wozniak’s visit took place this winter during Scholarship Weekend, an opportunity for prospective students to compete for Fine Arts and Honors scholarships. Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Twin Cities, MN Permit No. 2031
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Title: Augsburg Now Summer 2002
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Show more \ i}* *fr" " 4tr- t * ,{rË. $ j-Þ- o ri tn Celebrating great achievement rFhe solash olcolor on Lhis cover I uiuiåty displays the pomp and clrcumstance of Commencement-this year alI the more glorious under beautiful spring sunshine with trees in a late bloom from the cold early spring. May celebrations on campus are all about achievement (yes, some senior celebrating may stretch those parameters). Foremost, we celebrate the years of hard work and achievement of the new graduates who are receiving degrees. For many of Augsburg's Weekend College graduates, that achievement comes at a steep price paid in time spent away from families on weekends, in a schedule that included Augsburg community-faculty and staff-who celebrate the achievements of long careers at the College. The retiring professorial class of 2002 includes three men whose vision and energy during the 1970s and'BOs helped to build the campus facilities and programs that enable Augsburg to be a welcoming place today to all students. Their legacies enable students who were limited i.n educational choices to achieve an Augsburg education, especially students with physical and learning disabilities, and students in recovery from substance abuse. Lìke the saying, "Tomorrow is the first day of the rest of your life," Commencement Day (as it-s name denotes) seems to focus on the beginnÌng of a new stage in one's 1ife. I suggest we linger for just a moment to offer congratulations on today's great achievemenl belore moving on. Ww Betsey Norgard Editor o a s. hs q full-time work plus extra-time study. Sometimes the greatest reward for them may not be a diploma, but the achievement of selfconfidence and realization that a college degree truly is possible. We also join with those members of the We welcome your letters! write to: Please Editor AugsburgNow 22ll Riverside Ave., CB 145 Minneapolis, MN 55454 E-mail: now@augsburg.edu Fax: 612-330-1780 Phone: 612-330-1 181 Letters for publication must be signed and include your name, class year, and daytime telephone number. They may be edited for As part of their European concert tour in May, the Augsburg Choir performed at the Temppeliaukio Church (known as the "Rock Church") in Helsinki, Finland. The church is carved into a granite hill and covered with a concave copper roof. On their two-week tourl the choir performed at four cities in Finland, two in Estonia, and in St. Petersburg, Russia. length, clarity, and style. ) AI¿GSBLJRG Now Augsburg Now is published quarterþ by Augsburg College, Vol. 64, No.4 Summer 2002 22I1 Riverside Ave., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454. Betsey Norgard Features Editor Lynn Mena Assistant Editor Kathy Rumpza Graphic Designer Jess¡ca Brown 6 11 Bridging East and West: A music teaching career Shaped by the faith and values of the Christian church ...' by Betsey Norgard Class Notes Coordinator ' ... Stephen Geffre Contributing Photographer William V. Frame President 7 Making Augsburg accessible: The legacy of three professors Dan Jorgensen Director of Public Relations and Communication 16 weekend College 16 cn¡t"nges, rewards, and an A for my daughter by Sue Kneen by Betsey Norgard 18 Opinions expressed in Augsburg Now do not necessarily reflect nringing their experience to class official College policy. by Joan Thompson ISSN 1058-t545 ffi Postmaster: Send conespondence, name changes, and address corrections to Augsburg N ow, Office of Public Relations and Communication, 221 I Riverside Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55454. þ'q* athletic andlor school ailministere il p ro gr ams, e xcept in those instances where rcligion is a bona Jide occupational qualif icøtion. Au gsbur g C olle ge is committed to provüling r e as onable acc ommo dations to its employees and its students. www.augsburg.edu f4 S".orrd Annual International Photo Contest 21 Commencement 2oo2 ,-.,^ Fax:612-330-1780 Augsburg College, as aJfirmeil stgn language interpreter makes the grade by Deanna Constans wÐ E-mail: now@augsburg.edu Telephone: 612-330-I l8I in its mission, does not iliscriminate oi the basis ol race, c'olor, creeil, religion, national or ethnic origin, age, getder, sexual orientation, marital status, status with regard to public assista:nce, or disability in its education p olici e s, admissions p olicie s, s cholar ship anil lo an pr o gr ams, 20 Departments t? 2 4 25 26 32 inside back cover Around the Quad ¡ 9 *l r n Sports Alumni News u Class Notes Auggie Thoughts Homecoming Preview On the cover: Augsbur g f aculty, lining b o th si d e s street,honor and cheer on the graduates as they process to the oJ the Commencement ceremony. Photo 50 percent recycled paper (10 percent post-consumer waste) by Stephen" GeJfre. l I - O I o Mary Laurel True is honored for commitment to service-learning È ¡ a tt O ! M :üiJ:il *î:.ï:ïi::: *::i:' and Learning and director of the Community Service-Learning Program was honored by Minnesota Campus Compact in April as a 2002 recipient of the Sister Pat Kowalski Leadership Award. The award is given io honor her commitment to building communitycampus partnerships locusing on servicelearning and civic engagement, and for success in creating the institutional change to build them. Augsburg's Community Service- Learning Program, embedding service experiences into the curriculum, serves a national model. Activities include as courses with service-learn i ng components; a city service projects day for all freshmen; tutoring children and adults in schools, literacy centers, and neighborhood organizations ; community service scholarships, an annual O community servlce week; and a student-run program that organizes events on ca1Ìlpus for neÌghborhood children and projects for s. students. (See story in Augsburg Now, summer 2001 issue, or online at <www. au gsburg. edu/now>). Minnesota Campus Compact is a coalÌtion of 50 colleges and university presidents committed to strategic partnerships that Mary Laurel True, director of community-service learning, strengthen communities holds up lhe Augsburg /llow, summer 2001 issue, that and education for contained an article on Augsburg's program. She was informed and active recently honored as a 2002 recipient of the Sister Pat Kowalski award, citizenship. This award is named for Pat Kowalski, O.S.M., who served as years and is co-sponsored by the director of community partnerships at the Minnesota Private College Council, University of St. Thomas from 1992 until Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, her death in 1999. lt is given every two and the University o[ Minnesota. Physician ass¡stant students win national writing COmpgtitiOn Aussburs News service I aura Carìson, Larry Nilsson, and Paul LTala.ico, stuáents ín the Physician Assistant Program, co-authored the winning paper in the J. Peter Nyquist Student Writing Competition, a national student physician assislanl, competiLion. The paper titled "Polypharmacy: A Prominent Yet Preventable Geriatric Problem," began as a collaborative writing assignment for a class, and after a little "tweaking" the students submitted it to the national coniest where it received first place among the nearly 70 submissions from across the nation. The paper discussed how poþharmacy, the use of many medications, is a problem in geriatric medicine. They also sited examples in which adverse effects have resulted from 2 ,4UGSBURG NOW using too many medicines. The purpose of the paper was to increase awareness of the importance to reevaluate a patient's profile before prescribing more medication. "ltb nice when one's hard work is recognized, and fun to collaborate on a paper with fl t a M m s. hs' FI æ¡ E classmates," Talarico said. "lt is even more rewarding to be recognized for our team effort. l'm proud to represent Augsburg College and its PA Program." (L to R) Larry Nilsson, Paul Talarico, and Laura Carlson won the top award in a national student physician assistant writing competition with a paper discussing use of multiple medications for older people. The students received cash prlzes and funding to attend the American Academy of Physician Assistants semiannual meeting in Boston in May, where they presented their winning research project. Al1 three students will graduate in August. Summer 2002 I Augsburg Fund tops 5I50,OOO record goal ooi:.rìns Aili:i:îï:äliJ' DIALING Fund Augsburg Fund gifts for the year ending on May 31 came to $801,341, a 33 percent increase 2002 PA o[ the Year, at their spring conference. The academy cited Ludwig for her accomplishments in building Augsburg's PA Program, for her continued clinical practice, for her volunteer efforts in church and communit¡ and for the balance she is able to maintain with family life. Augsburg's PA Program is graduating degree. gave nearly half of these gifts, increasing Nursing program accredited their percentage of participation over last year's 15 percent. Part of this year's EIIa Howell (left), assistant director of The Augsburg Fund, and growth can be Donna McLean (right), d¡rectoí give a thumbs up to the Phonathon successes and donor support that raised the annual attributed to the fund to record levels this fiscal year. success of the new Maroon 6¡ Silver "It is difficult to fully express our Society donors who pledge a four-year gratitude to the thousands of people who commitment at a leadership levei. participated Ìn The Augsburg Fund this Approximately $350,000 has been given Achieving year. this goal during such a by the 150 charter members. Also to be for difficult year our nation shows the credited is the student Phonathon team, strong commitment so many people have who raised $134,000 in gifts and to Augsburg and its mission," said John matching gifts. Knight, director of development. Student harpist Emily Gerard rece¡ves Hognander Award lmily Gerard, Lof Esko, Minn., Ìs the 2002-03 recipient of the Hognander Award, the College's most prestigious music award. Gerard, a junior majoring in 2OO2 o its sixth class in August. All five classes to date have achieved a 100 percent pass rate on the national certification exam. In fall 2001, the PA Program became a graduate program leading to a master of science over last year. Alumni Summer Dawn Ludwig is PA of the Year Physician Assistant Program director Dawn Ludwig was honored by the Minnesota Academy o[ Physician Assistants as the s. $750,000 goal for fiscal year 2002-the hÌghest goal ever set for The Augsburg Emily Gerard '03 Nn¡Etlilolr-Ililt music, studies harp with Minnesota Orchestra principal harpist Kathy Kienzle and plays in the Augsburg Concert Band. The Orville C. and Gertrude O. Hognander Family Fund was established to recognize exceptional music performance and achievement. The scholarship is based on merit, specifically to provicle encouragement to outstanding music students. Requirements include a résumé, essay, and an audition of two musical selections. Augsburg's Master o[ Arts in Nursing Program had received initial accreditation by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). A site visit was made in November 2001, with final accreditation granted in May. Fourth Fulbright group grant received Augsburg received $55,000 fo¡ a Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program for 12 faculty members to study at the Center for Global Education's Namibia site, July I to August 5. "The purpose of this study trip is to creâte a core of people lon campusl who will have a common African experience to heighten u*ur.r,ess of African issues on campus," said Professor Bruce Reichenbach, project coordinator. While in Africa, the team will study cultural issues, visit urban and rural centers, and meet with people and leaders in all segments of society Augsburg joins The Princeton Review Augsburg has been chosen for inclusion in The Pnnceton Revíew\ best colleges publication and Web site. Especially popular among high school students, these guides include a "Students Say" section that comments on all aspects o[ campus life. Student comments about Augsburg will be compiled f¡om a survey ¡hat The Princeton R¿vi¿w encourages students to complete, which includes academics, campus life, and the student body. ,Aucsnunc ¡¡ow 3 2O0f -O2 Athletic year in revievlr All-MIAC honors; three All-MiAC second-team honors; I7 AII-MIAC honorable mention team honors; three AllRegion honors; and an All-Region honorable mention highlighted Auggie athletÌcs this year. lifteen I o,Donsroner stands at 53-58 in his 1l-season career. The 53 wins are the second-most ever for an Augsburg coach, only Edor Nelson's 58 wins are grealer. s a Ë ts Senior Matt Chappuis eamed the Stam Award, given to the outstanding lineman in the MIAC on a vote of conference coaches. Wrestling Augsburg won its third straight NCAA Division III national championship and eighth in the last L2 years, both NCAA Division III records. Under head coach Jeff Swenson, the Auggies finished wirh a 16-0 dual-meer record, extending its consecutive match winning streak to 24.The Auggies won the Division lll Volleyball Augsburg's volleyball team continued to improve despite a schedule that included eight matches against teams invited to the 2000 or 2001 NCAA Division III national playoffs. The team, whÌch had only two seniors, finished 12-tB overali and 4-7 in MIAC play national tournament by six poi.nts over Upper lowa and Wartburg. Men's soccer Augsburg has had 7l NWCA Scholar All-Americans since 1983. In the five seasons the National Wrestling Coaches Associatlon Augsburg's men's soccer team continued [o show improvement under third-year head coach Mike Navarre. The Auggies finished with a 5-11-1 overall record, matching last has sponsored a DMsÌon III academic national team championship, the Auggies have finished in the top four every year. year's win total. All but four of the team's 26 goals were scored Chrissy Baune crosses the finish line during an Augsburg track and field meet. Men's/Women's track and field Senior Chrissy Baune earned a berth in the NCAA Division III national championships by freshmen or sophomores. for the first time in her career, qualifying Men's hockey Augsburg finished third in the M[AC, with a l0-5-l mark (14-9-3 overall). More than half of this year's team \Mere freshmen or sophomores, with just eight seniors. alter winning the MIAC title in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase. Augsburg's men finished ninth and the women llth in the MIAC. Men's golf Women's hockey Augsburg finished one point sþ of qualifying for the postseason playoffs, with a 9-13-2 overall record (8-9-1 MIAC). Augsburg won seven of its final 12 games with more than half of the team either freshmen or sophomores. Freshman Lauren Chezick was named to the MIAC All-Rookie Tèam. Matt Chappuis (right) is about to sack the St, Olaf quarterback during an Augsburg win. Men's/Women's cross country Augsburg's men's squad recorded its best finish ever in the NCAA Division Football Augsburg's football team finished the 2001 campaign with a 4-5 mark in the rugged MIAC, which sent t\Mo teams to the NCAA Division III national playoffs. Head coach Jack Osberg earned his 50th career coaching victor¡ and now 4 ,+UGSBURG Now lil Central Regional, placing l2th in the 22-team event. All six runners placed in the top 106 in the 154-runner race. Augsburg's women's squad recorded its best finish since 1996 with a 16th-place finish in the 22-team meer. In the MIAC meet, the men placed seventh while the Auggre women were lOth. Augsburg finished the fall half of the men's golf season with a fourth-place finish at the very competitive MIAC championships, continuing a string of finishing in the top four in the league meet every year since 1994. Woment golf With just four golfers in the fal1 and six in the spring, Augsburg finished ninth as a tearlrr at the MIAC championships, led by junior JanellJohnson, who eamed Most Improved GoÌfer from coaches in the Minnesota Womenb Collegrate Golf Association. For the most complete informatlon on Augsburg Auggie athletics, visit <www au gsburg. edu/athletics>. Don Stoner is sports information coordinator. Summer 2002 I Nine students earn top athletic awards Conference Honor Roll honors three times, Verizon Academic All-District honors twlce and Verizon Academic All- N;ï,::î:;:iî11:iin",äiïî::l"' year, voted by coaches in Augsburg's men's and women's athletic departrnents. Four AuggÌes earned Honor Athlete designation, the highest honor the College gives its senior student-athletes-female athlete Kristi Brusletto and male athletes Tony Abbott, Brent Peroutka, and Kevin Brent Peroutka starter on the defensive physics-A two-time All-American in wrestling, Rasmussen education double All-American in wrestling, Abbott won the NCAA Division lll national championship Tony Abbott at 165 pounds this season, after finishing fourth in 2001. He won MIAC Ìndividual titles twice and was a part of three consecutive national championship teams. With a 3.309 GPA, he earned NWCA Scholar All-American honors twi.ce. Ifuisti Brusletto, psychology-A four- e yeâr starter on defense in women's hockey with a 3.2 GPA, Brusletto earnecl Al1MIAC honors her \:t junior season and allKristi Brusletto conference honorable mentlon honors her senior year, and was a part of hockcy terms that Iwice won MIAC titles Brent Peroutka, busÌness finance-A fouryear starter in the defenslve backfield in football, Peroutka earned AÌI-MIAC second-team honors his sophomore, junior, and senior seasons. With a 3.780 GPA, Peroutka earned MIAC Academic Al1- and physical education-A four-year Earning Augsburg Senior Athlete of the Year honors were male athletes Darin Bertram, Matt Chappuis, and Nick Slack; and female athletes Chrissy Baune and major-A two-time Matt Chappuis, health 200 1. Rasmussen. 2OO1-02 Honor Athletes Tony Abbott, communication and winnÌng the national trtle his junror year. He was one of 10 wrestlers ever to win four MIAC individual championships. American honors in Kevin Rasmussen, Rachael Ekholm. placed fifth in the nation at 197 pounds this season, after linishing sixth Kevin Rasmussen nationaliy the year before. He won the MIAC title his senior season. With a 3.526 GPA, he earned MIAC Academic All-Conference Honor Roll honors twice and NWCA Scholar AllAmerican honors twice. 2OO1-02 Senior Athletes line in football, Chappuis earned AllMIAC honors three times, eaming secondMatt Chappuis team honors his sophomore year and first-team honors his junior and senior seasons. ln 2001, he earned Football Gazette All-Region first-team honors, and was voted by MIAC coaches as winner of the Mike Stam Award, given to the or-rtstanding lineman in the M[AC. Rachael Ekholm, physical education-A four-year starter in softbali and three-year of the Year Chrissy Baune, business management-A leader on the Auggie track and field and cross country teams, Baune earned All- MIAC honors 16 times in her career, three times in cross country and 13 times in track. She qualified for the NCAA Division III track and fleld national championships in the women's 3,000Chrissy Baune letterwinner in basketball, Ekholm was a significant part of the record books in Rachael Ekholm both sports. Ekholm holds school records for career and singleseason strikeouts, and she hold most of the power-hitting school records. In basketball, she holds the single-game and singleseason records for three-pointers. In her sophomore and senior seasons she earned All-Region honors. Nick Slack, marketing-One of the meter steeplechase. top upperweight wrestlers in school history, Slack earned All-American honors three times in his Darin Bertram, health and physical I t) byDonstoner education-One of the most dominant llghtweight wrestlers in school history Bertram earned A1lAmerÌcan honors three Dar¡n Bertram times in his career, finishrng second in the NCAA Division III national championships ar, I25 pounds his lreshman and sophomore seasons and Nick SIack career, finishing second in the NCAA lli national champlonships aL I74 pounds his junior and senior seasons, while winning the national title with a 3l-0 record in 2000. He was one of 10 wrestlers ever to win four MIAC lndividual championships. Division Don Stoner is sports information coordinator. Sunrmer 2002 ,4ucssunc f{ow 5 mffiXffiffiKruffi ffiA$f altd kVK$T: Å mltl$;t T,nAtl{lÍ,{ffi ffiÅnnfm by Betsey Norgard Robert Karlén's 43 years at Ar-rgsburg inclucle teaching and research spanning the globe lrom Scandlnavia to Greece ancl Tùrkey and China. As he retires from the College, he leaves a legacy that includes close conneclions to a Chinese conservatory of music and its faculty, an archive of original music from Scandinavia, and influences from these experiences that impacted the education of many, many music students he has taLlght. Over a decade's time, Karlén taught four semesters at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music in Chengdu, China, initiated by an invitation from the United Board of Christlan Higher Education in Asia. What he lound there was a dearth of Western music-resulting from the purges of Mao's collect scorcs, and lcarn, Augsburg then became a logical recipient of a r-rniqr-re collection oI Scandinavian music scores, recorclings, and books that has recently been È! u ù caralogr"red in Lindell Library. (See Augsburg Now, spring 2000 story.) Karlén came to Augsburg in 1959, initrally through a commission for incidental music for a play, Christ in the Concrete City, directed by theatre arts professor Ailene Cole. He was attrâcted to Augsburg by music chair Leland Sateren, and chuckles Cultural Revolution-and during his in recalling the early days teaching sojourns there was able to rewhen they sharecl an office and ìntroduce music of the classics and his between the two of them own to the Chinese students. tatrght almost all thc mLrsic On one trip Karlén arranged for a vlsit students. In lact, cnn-ent music ofAugsburg Concert Band director Robert department chair Bob Stacke, Stacke to join Karlén as a guest concluctor. as well as faculty members This led to a yearlong residency at Merilee Klemp, Peter Augsburg by the conservatory's band Hendrickson, Gabe Gabrielsen, director. Sun Jin. Upon returning to and Tiudl Anderson all studied China, Sun started a non-milrtary with Karlén cluring their Robert Karlén's legacy at Augsburg includes music community band in Chengdu. student days at Augsburg. influences from his teaching experiences in Europe and Asia. Karlénb career at Augsburg has also Karlén comments on the Among his honors and commÌssions, includecl exploration of Nordic music. As openness for collaboration and Karlén created a composition, For the Birds, an American Scandinavian Foundation experimentation as one of the most basecl on the play by Aristophanes, for the Felloq he spent a year visiting the five rewarding aspects of his career hereopening concert of the Ordway Center for Nordic countries to meet composers, something not as possible at larger, the Performing Arts performance-based music Karlén looks lorward to retirement as programs where each faculty a time to complete some unfinished member is a specialist. projects. One is a musical composition An early pro¡ect brought that was requested by the Havana Clarinet Karlén and art professor Phil Quintet, a grorlp whom he happened to Augsburg honors and celebrates four Thompson together for a meet when they perlormed in China. faculty and staff who retire in 2002: series of six TV programs Karlén would most enjoy a trip to Cuba describing similarities in for a premiere ol this composition. visual arts and music. For A scholarship honoring Robelt Karlén another, Karlén collaborated Vern Bloom, social work-37 years was established by his friencls, family, and with English professor John alumni in recognition of his musical Norman Holen, art-38 years Mitchell on a unique short nccomplishnrents and long service to film where each frame was Robert Karlén, music-43 years Augsburg. I hand-etched by Mitchell and Don Warren, StepUP Program-24 years for which Karlén created an elecl ronic t¡ttsrc st ore. 6 ,4UGSBURG NoW Summer 2OO2 ¡ r [/lAl( NG AUGSBIJRG ACCISSIBLI TllE LEûACY OT TllREE PROFESSORS by Betsey Norgard Augsburg has long been recognized as a leader in providing support for students with physical disabilities.In 1971, before federal legislation mandated access, Augsburg began making its campus accessible to everyone. By 1978, which was the implementation deadline for Secrion 504 of the 1973 RehabiÌitation Act, Augsburg aiready had more than a dozen physicallydisabled students living and studying on campus, and had a college and community task force on track with plans to make the campus fully accessible by mid-1980. Augsburg's programs are significant because they began not solely as selvice programs but as an aspect of "co-leaming." In 1969 social work adjunct professor Cal Appleby took his Crime and Community class to visit Stillwater prison. Appleby then Vern Bloom suggested that the class meet there regularly today-the combination of leaming and and arranged to include not only Augsburg students, but Stillwater inmates, and-to satisfy the apprehensions of correctional officials-prison guards. With this succeeding, Appleby then took his Introduction to Social Work class to meet at Tievilla of Robbinsdale, a home for severely physically-disabled adults. In a paper written by Professor Vem Bloom on the growth of programs like these during the 1970s and'80s, Bloom quotes Appleby, "lt was quite an experience for everyone, including myself. We not only studied social work principles and concepts from books, we now had a rich environment in which to leam from each other. And we did!" This concept is the heart and hallmark of Augsburg's education experience. Don Warren Students from these diverse populations then came to Augsburg and found a welcoming community By the late 1990s, Augsburg was aiready serving over 200 students with physical, learning, and emotional disabilities. The end of this academic year marks the retirement of three longtime professors and staff who played key roles in developing these early programs and access for students with few other educational opportunities, especially students with physical disabilities. These faculty members also led the way in recognizing needs of other student populations, including those with learning disabilities and, most recently, students in recovery from alcohol and drug abuse. Norm Holen Photos by Stephen Geffre Summer 2OO2 4ucsnunc ruow 7 V[|l[I HLÜOU]: F0lJ1ìl0ATl0il ln I971, rvhen Augsbulg reccivecl a srate grånt to cìevelop the prison lealnir-rg l)rograrll, social n,ork plolessol Vern Bkron-r bccame cllrectol of Consen'ation o[ Humar-r Rt'Sor il cr': (CH R). t hc .:rrrI pr rs ()l lltltIt:rti( ìlr that ach-r"rir.ristelecl the prrtgraÌn. Soon its classes expanclecl to inclucle other populations u,ith little access to an erlLrtnrrtrn -nrcrrrrll¡ ill Prlicrrts ilì statc institutions, the elcletly., and resrcler"rts in other state lacilities. ''The it-rtelesting thing is that every place n'e \\¡ent," Bloom continues, "everyone in charge-allnost all n,ith r.aryrng degrees ol intensitl'-saÌcì that it n,ouldn't u'ork and tl.rat the;, clicln't think tl-reir people 1i'onlcl l¡e very,goocl students. Ancl it'uvasn't tn¡e. Man;' u'e re just '"i onclerfi-rl stuclents." CHR received no clirect lunds ftorn tl're College, ancl its classes u,ere kept alive ìt1, Augsbr-rrg students u'ho held fi-u'rdraisers. ln 1973, registration fol the classes u'as extenclecl to the ACTC schools (Hamline, lvlacalester, St. Tl-ror-nas, St. Catirerine). In 1975, Augsburg teceivecl a granr from the Minnesota Departmer.rt ol Vocational Rehabilitation ro pror.icle oncamplls eclucatlon [or clisablecl students, n-ran1' of lvhom \\¡ere ahead;' stud;'i1g q'Lth Augsburg stuclents ar-rcl facult;r It r,i'as the determination ol these stuclents lor a chance at a college eciucation that helpecl u.in rhe sLlpport of PresiclenL Oscar Anclerson ancl the College communill,, Bloom recalls. "lt u'as a goocl idea, but it createcl a mess, because nobocll, kneu, u4rat to clcr u,ith lthe stuclents] rvl.ren rhey gor here ." The barriers \\¡ere nor only'pl.r1'sical; Bloor.n relates hor,r, tl're stucler-rts organizecl "Disability \\¡eel<" in lall 1975 u'irh u.rsenice trair-ring sessior-rs and the encolrragenlent ol everl,gne to "aclopt" a disabihq' lol a clayi "Tl.re message to us \\'as clear. Lile is clifficult-bur clon'r rnake ir an1. u'orse b;' ignoring or feeli.g so'1' for us," u,rites 8 Bloor.r.r. ,+UGSBURG NoW The efforts in the 1970s of social work professor Vern Bloom and others helped Augsburg create a barrier-free campus to welcome students with physical disabilities. Another large obstacle for rhe disabled students rvas lack ol afforclable transportation to and fion] campus. Solution to tl-ris problem câtre ir-r the petson ol \Va¡rre 'lrlo" l\loldelrhalre¡'. a plisorr innrarc uùo stucliecl in the initial classes ar Stillwater Prison. Upor-r I'ris release, Bloom hirecl him as a clriver, and cliscor,erecl a tremendous commitment ancl energl' for helping Augsburg build its prograrn. ln 197ó, Molclenhauer becarne the director ol the Center lor Non-ti-aditional Students (CENTS). an ACTC eonsortiunì prograln tL) take over the sen'rces lor CHR, but not the acadenric classes. B¡ rlris tirne. 75 percent ol disablecì srudents supported b1, CENTS u'ere choosing to attend Augsburg. The transportation program thar N,loldenhaue¡ created sened as a training r.r-roclel lor the Metlc.r N4obility prograrn later tleri lopcrl b¡ ltlerro Tlansjr. Bloom n'as also part ol the task lorce establishecl b1' President Oscar Anderson ir-r 1976 rl'ith cormrr:nity ancl student leaders to cleterr.nrne the feasibility, o[ campus accessÌbilit)' to llersons r,i.iLh dÌsabilities. A r.r.rajor funchaising eflorr u.ould be requirecl [() tùtn(r\'('art llitcet rilnl l'rrr.l icrs on cltììpus. ln 1977, with rhe help ol a film, Mahing n Wny, proclucecl by English prolessor Jo}rn Mitchell, Anderson recmlted several facult;, and stafl r.nenbers, including Bloom, ¡o visit Lutheran congregations lor fundraisrng. Tl"re campaign r,r'orkecl, ancl or,er $750,000 rvas raised lo help construct tunnels, rau-tps, sk;r,r'a1,s, and oulfit the campr-rs lor clisabled studer-its. B),the time federal legislation requirecl accessibillt;' at al1 instltutions, Ar-rgsburg ri as aìread;, uncleru'ay with reno'ation. At that time, there was not one pnr,ate college in Minnesota that rvas barrier-hee. In 1979. Augsburg created a special prograrn lor sen-rng students u'ith clisabilities that took over the role thar CHR had plal'ecl. Ar,rgsburg coniinued to oller classes ser,eral academic disciplines of[ ir-r canpus-at Trevilla, Shakopee rvomen's prison, ancl Stillrvater. Bloom continued to teach in correciional institutions; althor-rgh begir.rning in the earll, 1980s, classes \\,ere restrictecl to prison inr-nates ancl guards, excludir.rg Arrgsburg stuclents rluc tr, sccu|lt) consicleratior-rs. To read Bloom's recollectior-rs about the cleveloprnent ol Ar,rgsburgs progrâms, llo ro <n'u.mangsbur g.eclu/nori'>. Summer 2OO2 I I I Ìln 1978, when he came to Augsburg to interview for the half-time position of academic enrichment director, Don Warren was impressed that the campus abeady had ramps for people with physical disabilities. He was also impressed with the welcoming atmosphere he felt for diverse student populations on campus. A year laler, a student in the learning center told Warren about his diagnosed learning disabiliqr Warren realized a need to understand this area and spent a summer at Berkeley learning from experts in the field and becoming immersed in the literature and services for students. "This is something that Augsburg by law was required to do and yet we had no specific services," Warren recalls concluding. Nor did any other college in the Midwest at that time. His proposal to the College administration for a program to serve these students was accepted, and the Office for Disabled Students (ODS) was born, initially serving three students, which Warren directed along with the learning center and tutor center. At that time, he also proposed that ODS take over ihe services at Augsburg that had been provided by CENTS, the ACTC program. By 1984, \¡/ith the rapid growth of these programs, Warren returned to College administrators, requesting the hiring of a learning disabilities specialist. In 1989, the program was renamed the Center for Learning and Adaptive Student Services (Cf.{SS Program), and by 1990 it served 9I students with leaming disabilities and 29 with physical disabilities. Helping to firm the program's foundation was an endowment received in 1988 from the Groves family to purchase adaptive technology for leaming disabilities. The CLASS Program continued its Summer 2002 Under Don Warren's leadership, Augsburg programs have grown for students with learning and physical disabilities and students in recovery from chemical abuse. growth to a population in 1999 of 125 learning-disabled students, 45 physicallydisabled students, and29 students with psychiatric disabilities In 1997, however, Warren was faced with another challenge. One of his students told him that it was tough at Augsburg for students in recovery. Warren understood that recovery for this student meant recovery from alcohol and other drug abuse and realized that a support program was needed on campus for these students. Again, Warren proposed to the administration-this time to academic dean Marie McNeff and associate dean Earl Alton-an innovative plan to support the academic success of students in recovery from substance abuse. Both McNeff and Alton were immediately supportive, and the StepUP Program was created. Two floor houses in Anderson Hall became a sober home for 23 students. By living together, by signing a contract to remain sober and to advance toward a degree, and by attending weekly meetings with Warren, the program achi.eved a relapse rate of only eight percent, as compared to the national rate of 82 percent. After three years, Warren chose to leave the academic enrichment program, including CLASS, to direct the StepUP Program full time, then having grown to 45 students. Recently completing its fifth year, StepUP has served 152 students in recovery and is the only program of its kind in the country that focuses on traditional-age college students. StepUP students have consistently earned a 3.1 grade point average; in its five years, the program has maintained an average relapse rate of 15 percent. In May, Warren was presented with a certificate of "Special Congressional Recognition" signed by U.S. Rep. Jim Ramstad for pioneering work in this area. Warren plans to remain connected to StepUP by serving on the StepUP Advisory Board and working with the StepUP staff as leaders in a nationwide effort to create a national association of recovery programs in high schools and colleges. 4ucssuRc f{ow 9 ln 1976, an professor Norm Holen was asked by someone from the registrarb office if he would be willing to work with a physically-dÌsabled student in one of his art classes. "As I started to walk away" recounts Holen, "this staff person said, 'I should just menrion that he can only move his left foot.' " Holen decided to make a tool for sculpture that would fit between the student's first two toes, trying it out first on hls own foot. From there, Holen evoived the concept to a kind of wooden sandal, using old belts for straps. The student adapted well to ìt, and Holen further outfitted the "shoe" with changeable tools and a gummed sole to prevent slippage. "Sculpture was ideal, because if you did anything other than clay, you needed two hands," explains Holen. "If you did pottery you'd have to do the inside. So sculpture was a natural, because you only needed to do the outside." Holen's next challenge was with students who couldn't iift their arms. He developed a canvas bag with sand as a counterbalance, eliminating the need for strength to lift. "[The student] said that he really enjoyed being in class, because for the first time he could lift his arm. And it was fun, enjoyable, something we take for granted. But it was something he could now do," recalls Holen. For one student, Holen's tool was too efficient. The student had regained strength through rehab and wanted to push his capacity, so Holen created a lighter tool that didn't need a counterbalance. Not being able to find anything thin enough, Holen had to laminate his own wood, about 3/16 inch thick, weighing only l0 oz. when finished. While each of the splints he made took as long as some of his sculptures, Holen never charged students or the College for his work. "All I did was to solve the 1o ,4ucs¡unc ruow problem so that they had the tools to work with. I jusr wanred ro make it more consistent, for them to have lhe same opportunities as I I everyone else." Holen also created a headpiece for a student who was very immobiie, who had only head movement and used a breathing apparatus. He designed an adjustable head splint with Velcro and canvas straps for tools that would eliminate the need to hold tools in the mouth-making it easier on the jaws and teeth, and permitting the student to talk during class. Holen has kept in touch over the years with a number of his students with disabilities. He still talks weekly withJon Leverenu, a student who suffered brain damage in a car accident. Leverentz needed help opening the caps of his paint tubes, and Holen made a ribbed receptacle that allowed the cap to d be held while the tube tumed. Norm Holen's hand-made devices have made art possible In 1990, Holen received the for students with disabilities. Govemor's Award on Têchnolory to Assist Individuals with Disabilities. When asked about his life work, Holen In 1995, Holen was honored with an reports at least 2l one-person shows, 92 Alumni Achievement Award by his alma group shows, and I 16 competitive mater, Concordia College-Moorhead. exhibitions, including a group show at the Holen's legacy to Augsburg, however, National Gallery of Art. He says he now far exceeds his innovative tools. A number concentrates on national or intemational of his sculptures in clay, welded steel, and shows. His achievement includes 16 part of the community and cast bronze ^re"Buming national and two intemational awards. Bush" in front of campus-the Holen intends to enjoy his retirement Christensen Center to honor Bemhard time working on his own prqects full time. Christensen, the Augsburg Seminary seal on The tools and splints he made will still be the brick wall next to the entrance to available to students who may need them. Hoversten Chapel, the Hoversten Chapel Holen and his wife, Ilene, have established cross and the bas relief in Sverdrup Hall an endowed scholarship in his name to called "The Promulgation of Leaming and support art and art history students at Culture." Augsburg. I Summer 2002 r Shaped by th OF THE h and values TIAN CHURCH I aaa EDITOR/S NOTE: From time to time questions are asked about how the above portion of Augsburg's mission statement is lived out in daily life on campus-in the education students receive, in lhe faculty and staff who teach, in daily engagement with the community Questions are asked about the nature of Augsburg as a Christian coliege and as a college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, especiaily as it relates to a commitment to intentional diversity. AugsburgNow invites discussion in this area to form the basis of occasional articles about the College's mission, its founding tenets, and the legacy of its alumni, facult¡ and staff of 133 years. We begin with questions posed in a recenr letrer, followed by excerpts from comments made on campus this spring that speak to the issues raised. DEAR ED¡TOR, "I felt led to wrÍte you after taking the time to read the Spring 2002 edition of your publicatlon. ... My husband and I have been working as youth leaders since September I97B at Grace Baptist Church and have numerous experÌences watching souls come to knowJesus. Throughout your publication, I see very little mention of Jesus. Is Augsburg still a ChrÌstian school? I see a pastor's name mentioned from time to time and Juliana Martinez briefly mentioned Jesus who started her out to be a 'leader,' but even she did not give Him continuing credit for where she is. Has Augsburg changed to be a diversified school, separated from the Christian faith? "I need to know where you stand, as I need to know how to pray for all of you, and what to tell others who are looking for a Christian college." -LuAnn (Ludewig) Lindquist'78 FROM AUGSBURG 2004: EXTENDING THE VISION "Augsburg is the only ELCA college to be located in the center of an urban area. As part of its life in urban socÌet¡ as well as because of its Christian traditions, Augsburg remalns committed to intentional diversity among its students, staff, and faculty. Augsburg's commitment to diversity is a function not only of the gospel, but also of Luther's notion of vocation. Because God's love extends to all, those who would be faithful Summer 2OO2 to the gospel cannot preserve non-essential disLinctions between person, and in fact are called to extend special attention to those pushed to the fringes of society. Further, an institution that takes seriously the future of Ìts students cannot avoid preparing those students ro work in the diverse communities that make up the modern world." .Aucssunc Now 11 EXCERPTS FROM REMARKS BY REV. MARK S. a a HANSON '68, s. PRES|DTNG BTSHOB EICA AT THE COMMENCEMENT LUNCHEON r^ AND CEREMONY-MAY 19,2002 "As presiding bishop, I'm deeply committed to the vocation of this church to be a church in higher education, and as I look at the 28 colleges of this church, Augsburg stands unique, not only in its location, but in its vocation-of preparing people to live in a diverse world, grounded in the faith, but as global citizens. "lt was in this hall when we'd gather for chapel that I remember as a first-year student hearing Oscar Anderson, our president, cry out for the Holy Spirit to stir up within each of us that faith which so many of us had been benefited by planting in our hearts from parents and grandparents, so it mlght be for us a iiving faith ... Augsburg College, where reason and faith are held in lively tension, where we are sent into the world with a passion for building communlties of justice and mercy" REMARKS By pHrUp QUANBECK The Rev. Mark S. Hanson'68 il, ASSTSTANT PROFESSOR OF REilGION ATTHE lOOTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OFTHE BIRTH OF AUGSBURG PRESIDENT EMERITUS BERNHARD CHR|STENSEN-APR|t 1 6, 2OO2 o o s. "I've been asked to describe how the legacy of Bernhard Christensen continues toda)¿ Let me address hs' how Christian faith remains Prof. Philip Quanbeck ll a distinctive and essentiai part of Augsburg's mission. This is the Christensen legacy "During Christensen's tenure as president of the seminary and the College, the collegiate division became a true liberal arts college. Christensen built programs in arts, music, sciences, and humanities. He did that by identifpng people whom he wanted to be teachers in those programs. In religion he found people who were then fresh out of graduate schools, such as John Stensvaag, Paul Sonnack, and Philip Quanbeck, to name only a few. These, like others, would become fondly remembered by students and, dare I say, legends. In matters of Bible and theologr, Christensen brought in the challenges of modern historical and critical approaches. At the same time there was a concern for teaching the faith. "Augsburg is still a college with a Christian mlssion. In the tradition of Bernhard Christensen, we continue Lo combine the scholaf and critlcal 12 4UCS¡UnC ruOW approaches to Bible and theologr with a concern for an encounter with Christian faith. Every student at Augsburg is required to take three religion courses. This threecourse requirement includes a course in Bible, a course in Christian theology, and a third course which may be in world religions, ethics, philosophy of religion, or an additional course in Bible or theologr Many students exceed this minimum and go on to take five courses for a minor. "The ful1-time faculty who teach in our religion department are all people of faith. As academics, certainly, we have been trained to be able to step outside of our tradition and look critically at it. On the other hand, we are not dispassionate observers simply interested in historical curiosity No, we are people concerned with the claims the gospel makes on individuals and the world. This constant engagement of faith and learning or faith and reason, as President Frame likes to say, is at the core of our mission as a department and our mission as a college. "A Lutheran college like Augsburg has a unique role in the life and mission of the church. A college classroom is not, nor should it be, Sunday School or confi.rmation. lt is a place of open and free inquiry There is, however, a providential irony We have the opportunity in our classrooms and on this campus to meet, teach, and engage students and others who may be unlikely to enter a church. We have the opportunì,ty to teach some who have little or no knowledge of the Christian tradition. The Christensen tradition, and the Augsburg tradition, have always emphasized freedom over compulsion, This college provides a place where students can encounter the Christian faith and its claims in an atmosphere of freedom. I hope the wider church and its congregations appreciate the importance of a place like Augsburg and how the church's mission is served here. "Augsburg is among an ever-decreasing number of colleges that still has daily chapel. It is significant that the College continues to devote space in the dally schedule as a testimony to its commitment. "We're willing to take big risks here, but they're the risks the church needs to take in order to speak and teach the gospel message. We risk asking difficult questions with no simple answers. We risk finding new ways to translate the Christian message into contemporarylanguage. We walk the difficult line between the partlcularity of the gospel and the necessity to adapt to the needs of diversity in modern society Those are the kinds of intellectual and faith risks that were Bernhard Christensen's legacy to this school. His willingness Lo venture inlo new territory however, also refLected a deep confidence that the gospel would survive the test." Summer 2002 -l EXCERPTS FROM "PENTECOST'S CTEAR CALL TO pOLypHONy" BY WILUAM V. FRAME, pREStDENI AUGSBURc COLLECE THE BACCALAUREATE SERMON_MAY "[On Pentecost] , at the very momenr in which the disciples are empowered to proclaim rhe gospel to all people regardless of natÌonal origin or religious tradition, Peter turns back ro [oe1] calling his people to repentance in advance of the Judgement Day And the sharpest point of the irony lies in the line wirh which Joel ends his panegyric on rhe Lasr Day: 'And those who call upon the name of the Lord will be saved.' "What of the others? Why doesn't Peter ask this obvious question? Today we naturally ask about 'the others'-the ones who don't, or don't yet 'call upon rhe name of the Lord.' Perhaps we're better instructed now than Peter was then. He and his successors have since published the gospel, and we've heard its central message-that we love one another and our nerghbors as ourselves. Those neighbors surely weren't expected to be Christian, were they, nor even and exclusively of the three great traditions borne of the sons of Abraham? "But the largest reason for the difference between Peter and us concerns our experience with diversit;r We've been trying for some time to create here, on this campus, both a distrnctive Lutheran, Christian community that is thereforenot 'also' or 'by the way,' but thereforewarmly hospitable to a wide array of .diversit;r We have mr-rch yet to achieve in this effort, but Peter and his colleagues have been preparing for therr foray into a cliverse world frorn a relatlvely homogenous cultural confine. They haven't yet faced, to the degree we have, the Ìmmense challenge of managing the tension between community and diversit¡ betrveen unity and plurallty, between the one and the many "Apparently, they don't sense (as we certainly do) that Joel's exclusivityespecially as an original qualifier of those to whom they pr-rblish the gospel-wou1d compromise their work in the world beyond Galilee or our work either in this College or in vocation in the worlcl Summer 2OO2 1 s, 2002 beyond this College. After all, we have invited a fair number of folk who do not 'call upon the name of the Lord' to join our learning community and to bring their various religions and cultures with them. "A community is more than a mutually advantageous'deal' among privately-interested individuals formed into parties. But what is this 'more than,' thìs unifying thing? Here ls a question of central importance on which we might make a fair trade with the gospel: While we rneans of our exchanges, toward called lives of service that can be lived out, ¡oyously, in a world more surprised by these virtues than welcoming of them? "Diversity and communiry are easy; diverse community is real hard, but trying lt offers the best life possible." For the full text, see <www.augsburg. edu/commencement2OO2>. I o ù Ê may have news for Peter and the disciples on diversity-and I don't thinl< that's an impious claim-they surely have news for us on lhe constituting elements of the ChrÌstian communÌt;r The 12th chapter oI Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians contains a brilliant exposition, '... the body is one and has many members,'he says, 'and all the members of the body, though man¡ President William V. Frame, Baccalaureate service 2002 are one body' "This theme that creates the polyphony among the parts, on the one hand, and between each part and ¡he whole identifies eight very carefully chosen talents or human capabilities. They are: the utterance of wisdom and knowledge, healing and the working of miracles, prophecy and the discernment of spirits, the lÌstening and rherorical capacitles that enable us to understand and be understood, and faith. "Are not these nine the very talents that rnake for communal life, that weave a dlsparate batch of people rhrough their very vocations into that peculiar ne[work of relationships and hope that warrants the name'community'? Have we not used the wonderful opportunity of our time together here to bring these to greater life in each other-and to draw us each, by ,4ucsnunc ruow t3 ver 100 entries were submitted in the second annual Photo contest for international and off-campus studies. Winners were selected in three categories: scenic landscapes, local people in a cross- cultural setting, and Augsburg students in a host setting. All winning photos were displayed in Christensen Center. To see all the winners, visil" <www augsburg. edu/internationay photocontest02>. Top right: Scenic landscapes. First place. "Gondola on the Canal Grande," Becky Perrotti '03. Venice, Italy, January 2002. Bottom left: Scenic landscapes. Third place. "The Church and Social Change," Adam Nugent'04. Tepotzlán, Mexico, January 2002. Bottom right: Augsburg students in a cross-cultural setting. Second place. "Scottish Kiss," Kristi Eisenreich '02. Scotland, spring 2001 14 ,AUCS¡URC ruOW summer 2002 ) a.t-. r :l {lr { T :' .,Ðt4 'ü.' ,¡ i:; Top left: Augsburg students in a "New Friendship," Ariann Russ '04. - Pattaya, Thailand, January 2002. Top right: Local people in a crosscultural setting. First place. "Man in Marketplace," Solveig Grafstrom'02 Bergen, Norway, June 1999. ttrt * ffi Í Summer 2002 .4ucseuRc r{ow ts wï","ff*"_: ,! b BALANCING LIFE AND LEARNING r^ U s At 4 p.m. on Fridays, class activities ì wind down on most campuses. But t, at Augsburg, a shift occurs, as parking lots start filling with Weel<end College students coming for their 6 p.m. classes. Students choose to spend every other weekend on campus for various reasons-completion of a degree or teaching licensure, job Sue Kneen began Weekend College four years ago and has found rewards for herself and her family that far exceed the required course readings. promotion, or personal interest. Most have full-time jobs and families, so the commitment is strong and the motivation to succeed is high. Faculty choose to teach in Weekend College also for different reasons, among them the joy of teaching students who bring years of life experience to class discussion. 16 .4ucsnunc now f I I remember my lirst night of class four years ago as il it were just yesLerday. Prolessor Kathy Swanson asked each student to introduce him/herself and to share a little something. At first chance I said eagerly, "My name ls Sue Kneen. I have four daughters, and i'm so happy to be here, I could just cry" The guy from the day program sitting directly in front of me whipped his head around and looked at me in utter disgust as his face implied, "Are you for real?" IniLially. Augsburg was attractive to me because I iearned that WEC offers the same degree as the tradìtional program; the same material is covered, the same work is expected of us, and we have the same professors-the only difference is our schedules. With the commirment WEC requires of a non-traditÌonal student, I wouldn't waste my lime on anything less. As I proceeded further into the program, however, what became equally attractive to me was the quality of professors at Augsburg. Many conversations with my WEC colleagues seemed to end with the same conclusion: the professors are great at what they doteach. Difficult material is brought down to an undergraduate level and presented in a manner that makes it both interesting Summer 2OO2 I Weekend College MAJORS and exciting to learn. It is quite something how consistently this seems to happen from class to class, and I am sr-rrprised at the lengths most professors will go to help I , us succeed. I have been challenged in many ways at Augsburg. Let me share with you just two: I have learned through my religion classes an unbiased understanding of other religions. The Hindu and Buddhist faiths, for example, have been intriguing to me, but I had never quite received an unbiased view previously; I hacl no idea of the depth and beauty of these faiths. I look forward the community sulrouncling Augsburg. Dean Chris Kimball says it well in one of his letters to students: "1 hope your achievemenls will encourage yor-r to be of service to others." Attending WEC has been one of the best decisions in my 1ife. Previousl¡ I had not thought of myself as college material, so success at Augsbllrg brìngs with it more and more confidence. I wÌli be the first in my family of origln to graduate from college, and I know this is the beginning of many good thrngs. And it seems most WEC stuclents have their own stories. "I HAD NOT THOUGHT OF MYSELF AS COLLECE MATERIAI, SO AUGSBURC BRINGS WITH IT MORE AND MORE CONFIDENCE." I l ! to learnlng more about the Buddhist's message of peace. It is also okay to be a Chnstian at Augsburg. Funny âs that may sound, considering that our mission statement reads, "... shaped by the faith and values ol the Christian church ...," it seems Ìt is not politically correct in many circles today to admit one is a Christian I find the climate at Augsburg to be tolerant ancl respectful, where faith and rdeas are expressed and shared openly Secondl¡ my Augsburg education has shattered the stereotype I had ol inner-city lile from my grolvlng up in a little, Caucasian, southern Wisconsin hometown of 3,500. I dicln't know about the large . class of people termed the "working poor"-urban dwellers r.vhose harcl r.vork lor minimum pay only ekes out a meager existence. Life ls tough ancl Lltter poverty ls usually one paycheck arvay for more people than I l-Lad realized. I am proud that Augsburg is committed to lhese urban issues, both via dialogue in classrootn scllings anrl lhrottgh îclive comnritlllcnl to Summer 20O2 SUCCESS AT Some are here for job advancement or a pay increase, and that's line; but for many of us, it's much more. As one colleague whispered to me in class, "l come to class feeling lÌke the most grateful student." A thrilling benefit of attending Augsburg is the example my college experience gives to my daughters. Discussion about college abounds in our home; we are all in this together. Every other weekend, their smiling little moon faces peer through the front door and wave rne off to school; and my six-year-old asks me after each class, "Mom, did you get an A toclay?" It ls true, as one prolessor told me. thíìt one neccls e very sLrpportivc lamily ACCOUNTINC Public accounting Managerial accounting BUSI N ESS ADMI N ISTRATION Marketing Management Fi nance lnternational business COMMUNICATION COMPUTER SCIENCE COMPUTATIONAL ECONOMICS ECONOMICS EDUCATION Elementary and secondary licensure Emotional/behavioral d isabilities ENCLISH HISTORY MANAC EMENT I N FORMATION SYSTEMS MARKETINC NURSINC (BSN completion) PSYCHOLOGY RELICION So, although I have now learned to no longer wear my mom's heart on my SOCIAL WORK sleeve amidst academia, I still very much STUDIO ART just like I did that lirst night ol class four years ago. YOUTH AND FAMILY MINISTRY feel CERTIFICATE PROCRAMS IN Suc l{nccn Ls aWcchutd Collcge stuclutL mcrjortngin English. I : nformation technology Business management Business finance .Aucs¡unc ruow 17 n8 n t)CI their lr Br ) s I walk into O1cl Main 13 at on a Saturday afiernoon, my are already deep in l:10 conversation on Toni Morrison's Beloved. When I break into their discussion to start class, the stndents immediately start to tell me about their responses to the week's reading. Their enthusiastic interest makes the three-and-a half hours we will spend together fly by When class meets every other weekend, the hours always seem too short for the lecture and discussion that need to fit into the afternoon. I have taught in Weekend College for the past four years and find adult returning students a joy to teach. My sLuclents demonst rate strong molivation to keep up with assignments and attend class. Additionally, they bring their life experience to the classroom, which serves to enrlch discussion. In my Women and Fiction class, which meets evenings and has both day and Weekend College students, the weekend students' voices add a much-needed perspective to the discussion. While most tradltional students read about women's life stages with the eyes of daughters, the weekend students add the perspective of mothers and sometimes grandmothers to the classroom. Thelr voices enrich discussion by helping the day students to undersrand character motivation that may have Ê :J O È E ilt Ë E É il Adult students also tend to teserve judgment while reading, which allows them to become fully engaged in the characters they meet in fiction and the /WHI[E MOST TRADITIONAL STUDENTS READ ABOUT WOMEN'S tIFE STAGES WITH THE EYES OT DAUGHTERS, THE WEEKEND STUDENTS ADD THE PERSPECTIVE OF MOTHERS TO THE CIASSROOM." 18 ,4ucssuRc Now ff English professor Joan Thompson finds that many weekend students enroll in her literature classes to fulfill requirements, but end up engaged in the class community and find an unexpected enrichment from discussion of the readings. arguments they encounter ln essays. Of course weekend students come with as wide an array of personal, political, and religious beliefs as any group of students does, but they also have encountered more people with other beliefs ln both their work and daily lives. Because of this, weekend students generally acknowledge the ways in which their own experience has informed their ideas. Rather than puzzled them initially. F AND SOMETIMES GRANDMOTHERS offering peer comments that simply disregard the position another student has taken when writlng an essay, the weekend student tends to write, "You have a different opinion on this topic than I do. You could make your point more convinclng by considering counterarguments." As I look at the comments the students write for each other, I always appreciate rhis willingness to consider others' viewpoints. Many Weekend College students take literature classes for the purpose of fullilling general education requirements. Oftentimes students mention this as their Summer 2002 7 What students say ab out WEEKEN LLECE: C primary reason for taking my class in the letter I ask them to write on the first day of class. Yet, despite signing up for the class primarily to fill a requirement, these students generally turn out to be as motivated as the Enghsh majors in the classroom. Most o{ the students take notes and ask questions about American transcendentalism or the elements of fictÌon just as if they were majoring in English instead of planning on furthering their career at 3M, Medtronic, or American Express. By the end of the course, I find students writlng that they enjoyed reading the fiction and plan on making more time to read when they finish college. Others write of a theme the course emphasized, such as American pastoralism, and mention that they will continue to look for this theme when they read on their own. My students' interest in learning about other views of culture and acquiring knowledge simply because it enriches one's life adds to my enjoyment in teaching Weekend College. As the discussion of Beloved ends because we have run out of time rather than running out of topics [o explore, a student remarks that the afternoon has been like going to a book club. I know that the students are walking away with new knowledge about literary allusion, narrative technique, and African American culture and hlstory My student's remark also makes me realize that they are leaving with a sense of a 'community built through engagemenl in reading and studylng books. I Joan Thompson is an assistant prot'essor ín the English Department who teaches it't both the day progrant andWeehend College. "THE WEEKEND COLLECE SCHEDULE is so flexible. You can make up your own course schedule based on what works for you and your family, and pace yourself so you can keep up with your school work." Kundan '02, Minneapolis -Jit Public Schools "JOY AND I MET in one of our Weekend College classes. After the class was over, we kept in touch and she became my good friend and moral support. Earning a degree at Weekend College has helped me in so many ways-l'm much more assertive and disciplined. Plus I gained a lifelong friend in the process." Walterbach '00, Wells Fargo, -Kathy speaking about Joy Scheck'00, Ceneral Mills "I HAVE A VERY DEMANDINC JOB and a young child at home, so going back to school presented a major challenge. The support of my wife and the tuition reimbursement provided by ty company were instrumental in making it possible for me to get my degree." Litteken'01, Reliant Energy -Luke Minnegasco "THE AUCSBURG CURRICULUM has been extremely important for my business career and professional advancement. lt gave me the roundedness that I needed, and I use what I learned just about every day." -Janice Aune 'BB, Onvoy From the Weekend College publication, "Balancing Life and Learning." To Iearn more about Weekend College, visit <www.augsburg.edu/wec>, e-mail <wecinfo@augsburg.edu>, or call 612-330-1 Summer 2OO2 101 . ,.4ucs¡unc ruow 19 a S r8 n an UA e N TE watcl-ring him grow "Television is a brarn killer," says MAKES THE GRADE Devereaux, w1-ro doesn't spencl much ol her tinre watcl-ring it. "l only let Evan watch one helf-honr program, Bluc.s Clucs." Perhaps thÌs rs one of her secrets to balancing her 1tfe, r.vork, ancl education-her time with her son is precior-rs, ancl she mal<es cefiain their by Deanna Constans EDITOR'S NOTE: Over 'l 50 students are currently taking tinre togcrhcr rs r¡urlrty tinrc. evening classes in Augsburg's Rochester Program. Three undergraduate majors are offered-busi ness adm i n Another exciling lroment in her istratior-r, Constans. r-rring the day, 36-year-old GaÌl Devereaux of Rochester, Minn., works ftrl1 time at Mayo Clinic as a sign language interpreter. She also Ìs a single parent to her son, Evan, age l9 months. Ancl this past 1a11, Devereaux aclcled college classes to her busy evenings by enrolling in Augsburg College at rheir Rochesrer campus. Devereaux is one ofnearly 200 nontraditional students who attencl the Rochester program held at Rochester Central Lutheran School. Convenlent evening classes meet on an alternate week schedule. Devereaux typifies the studenr body at Augsbr.rrg-Rochester, most of rvhom work part or lull tirne, have families, and have declded to pursue an undergraduate or graduate degree. The average age ol enrolled students last year r.vas 38, according to Rtck Thoni, director of the Rochester Program. Even though she was a full-trrne employee and mother, Devereaux deciclecl that she needed to fulfill her goal of achieving a fòur-year college degree "l diclnt \van[ to be telling my son he needed to get a college degree, rvhen I cliclnt have one mysell," she stated. Although this graduate from Henry Sibley High SchooÌ (West St. Paul) had previously auended the ,.rfucs¡unc ruow 1lfe was when Devereaux hacl the opportunity to sign duling a Mayo Graduate School lecture for Archblshop Desmoncl Tutr-r. "He was computer science, and nursing (for RNs), plus a master of arts in transcultural community health nursing. During winter trimester, journalisrn class stuclents interviewed other students and wrote profiles. Here, meet Cail Devereaux, as profiled by Deanna 20 because I was tolcl by my doctor that I was infertile," she stated. She ts a devoted lnother ancl enloys plapng with Evan and Gail Devereaux is a sign language ¡nterpreter at Mayo Clinic and an Augsburg-Rochester student. very kind and shook my hand," Devereaux says ol the South Af ican religious leacler whose efforts to pronlote lacial jr-rstice eamed hirn the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 ln her role as sign langurge interpreler at Mayo Clinic, Devereaux enloys meeting and connecting with people lrom all over rhe wor'ld. At trmes she saicl it can be emotÌonally challenging, especially r.vhen interpreting dismal medical dlagnoses. Hclwever, the satisfactlon she gets lrom helping peopie olrtweighs the drfficulr moments. Medical signing is nor for the fainrheartecl. She accompanies deaf patients cluring their medical tests and procedures, so is lrequently asked by medical staff il she might laint. Luckily, Devereaux has never had this problem in her nine years sigr-ring at Mayo. Devereaux also uses her sign language for the benefit of the greater Rochester sl<l11s College of St. Catherine, she was still one year short of completing her degree. For Devereaux, lall 2001 was the nght time to retLlrn to school; and she is nor,v enrolled at Augsbr"rrg and pursulng her degree rn communication wrth emphasis on public relarions. She hopes to finish ir-t 2005. Her career goal is to contrnue working r.vi¡h cleaf people, but she isn't sure community, by slgning for the theater (her great passlon), as rvell as graduation ceremonies, church services, and other social functions. The Augsburg-Rochester campus is providing a r,rable means for Devereaux to fi"r1[r11 her dt"eam of obtatnlng a bachelor's degree, while still allowing her to enjoy the little, and big, things in life. I in what realm. One aspect that the Rochester Program promotes is "balance in life and learning." When speaking of her son, Evan, Devereauxb face lights up. "For me, the most exciting moment ol my life was when For inforrnation on the Rochester Program, visit <w-vr,r,v.ar:gsburg.eclu/rochester>. Deanna Constans is an Augsbtn'g-Rochcst¿r' student nnj o rmg in contn'Lunicatiotts. my son was bom. Evan is a'miracle'baby Summer 2OO2 - p Ê L) H COMMENCEMENT2OO2 n "You will be judged not by whom you know, not by what you know but by who you are-by the commitments you keep, the dreams you realize, the love you give, the journey you take. Don't be afraid to steer far off course. . The only way you can really fail is by failing to try." A. Johnson -James Å E .S n O a7 James A. Johnson, vice chairman of Perseus, banking and private equity firm, spoke to the 2002 graduating class, which included his cousin, lan Anfinson. L.L.C,, a merchant n \ fl tr z I MT g g H ¿- il ú Eì ws q F IJ I È MARK HANSON AWARDED HONORARY DEGREE o ù r4 -t (;.slìt ll(; 1, l l l (, 1 Rev, Mark S. Hanson '68 (right) received an honorary doctorate degree, conferred by President William Frame (left) as Rev. Dr. Herbert Chilstrom '54 looked on (center). HONORED FACULTY AND STAFF Augsburg alumnus Rev Mark S. Hanson '68 , presidìng bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, was awarded the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters (Honoris Causa) at Commencement on May 19. This is the second honorary degree awarded by the College; the first was awarded to U.S. Rep. Martin Sabo '59 in 2000. Hanson is a native of St. Paul and the immediate past bishop of the St. Paul Area Synod. He earned his master of divinity degree from Union Theological Seminary in New York, and studied at Luther Seminary and Harvard Divinity School. "Mark has exemplified Augsburg's educationai misslon ln his pastoral work and in his leadership of the church," commented President Wllliam Frame upon conferring the degree. "He has brought a profound theology to the service of the city and a graceful courage to the inclusion of wide diversity in the Christian communion." Hanson was elected presiding bishop in 2001 and is the second Augsburg graduate in that office, following the ELCAb first bishop, Rev Dr. Herbert Chiistrom '54. In his remarks, Hanson told the graduates, "I believe the winds of the Holy Spirit continue to blow. They have given every one of you graduates gifts that you will use in your vocations, in the building up of communities for the common good, in the sharing of the wonder of God's love for us in Christ ]esus." I Rolf A. Jacobson, assistant professor of religion (Divislon of Humanities) I Dale C. Pederson '70, associate professor and department chair of biology (Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics) I Summer 2002 I Lori L. Lohman, associate professor of business administration (Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences) I Rebecca A. Frestedt'01, academic coordinator, Weekend College Ronald W: Petrich, assistant professor of education (DivisÌon of Professional Studies) ,4ucs¡uRcruow 21 È .L u O s s s, Brandon Hofstedt, a sociology major and McNair Scholar, received the 2002 Marina Christensen Justice Award for his commitment to community issues and involvement in student organizations. BRANDON HOFSTEDT RECEIVES MARINA CHRISTENSEN JUSTICE AWARD Brandon Hofstedt, a senior sociology major and McNair Scholar, was selected as the 2002 recipient of the Marina Christensen Justice Award. Each year this award is presented to the graduatÌng senior whose community service work best exemplifies Augsburg's motto "Education for Service." This also characterized the personal and professional life ol Marina ChristensenJustice, who courageously and effectively reached out to disadvantaged people and communities. Hofstedt, from Cannon Falls, Minn., has consistently demonstrated his leadership skills and commitment in the areas of service, justice, and global understanding. Throughout hÌs years at Augsburg, he remaÌned committed to a broad public agenda, including work through organizations such as the Minnesota Public Interest Research Group (MPIRG), the Coalition for Student Activism, LINK, and the AmeriCorps Youth Works/Get Ready Program. As one of his professors commented, "Brandon has demonstrated a strong commltment to social issues, a great ability as an organizer, and has the rare combination of someone who has both a positive vision for his community and the skill and dedication to make that vision a reality" ùt () s ù È o N Beautiful weather, inspiring speeches, pride in achievement hard earned, and the extra special rewards-all part of Commencement Day. Religion professor Rolf Jacobson (left) takes a moment to chat with students before the ceremony, 22 ,4ucssunc Now Taher Omar, physics graduate and McNair Scholar, celebrates with family and friends during the reception. Summer 2OO2 t_ Y- p € Ìi U \) s s ù V) Amy Maheswaran (left) adds a master's hood to her academic garb, as she receives her master of social work diploma and degree from program director Lois Bosch, Speech/communication major and McNair Scholar Darryl Sellers enjoys a moment with fellow grads before the ceremony. I BELIEVE PREMIERES WITH THE CHOIR AND CONCERT BAND b () Brendan Anderson, senior muslc major and 2001 Hognander Scholar, led the Augsburg Choir and Concert Band in the premiere performance of his work, I Belíeve, an lnterpretation of the Apostle's Creed in word and music. "I Believe is the culmination of my four years of composition study at Augsburg Coilege," says Anderson, who graduated wirh distinction, received Music Department honors, and was part of Augsburg's Honors Program. The piece is structured in three general sections, as is the creed. The Concert Band introduces and carries musical statements, intertwined with the choir's recitation of the creed, heightened by illustrations of the themes in Latin. "It is my hope and prayor that through this remarkable texr and this remarkable story the spark of faith will be ignited in all who hear rhis piece, and that the convictions we all believe in will be strengrhened by God's awesome power," explains Anderson. s ù I Graduating musician Brendan Anderson conducted his composition, I Believe, for the Augsburg concert Band and Choir at the Commencement Concert on May 18. Graduates in the Class oÍ 1952 wear gold caps with their gowns as they join the Class of 2002 at the Commencement Ceremony. The 5O-year class will be back on campus to celebrate at their reunion during Homecoming, Summer 2OO2 ,4ucsnunc n¡ow 2z o o È s, () hs The Class of 2002 begins their graduation day in Hoversten Chapel at the Baccalaureate service, led by Augsburg campus pastors, Rev. David Wold (left) and Rev. Sonja Hagander (right). Social work graduate and McNair Scholar Leslie Howard (left) poses with visiting Norwegian social work student Kristine Dyrnes (right). o a o ù h, s ra THE AUGSBURG COLLEGE CLASS OF 2OO2 54I ¡ 318 t 148 a 44 a I 3l I 1l Candidates for graduation Day program graduates Weekend College graduates Graduate students (22 Master of Social Work, 1 Master of Arts in Nurslng, 20 Master of Arts in Leadership, and I Master of Arts in Education-Leadership) Rochester Program graduates Countries of graduates-China, Czech Republic, Estonia, Ethiopia, Laos, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sweden, Turkey, Venezuela, and Vietnam. I 20-58 Age range of graduates in the Class ol 2002 24 ,4UCSSURC n¡OW GRADUATION DAY-A CONTINENT AWAY Three sets of parents at Commencement this year came from Norway to Minnesota to see their daughters graduate, Five Norwegian students from the Oslo University College, who have been studying in Augsburg's lnternational Partners Program, were unable to take part in their own graduation because of the academic schedule here. They received special permission to take part in Augsburg's Commencement. The front row students are (L to R): Una Sveen, Kristine Dyrnes, Rikke Nielsen, and Sylvi Nilsen. Not pictured is Erik Moen. Summer 2OO2 /-. A / I tt I ¡- ^ From the Alumni Board president's desk... ¡lhe I Alumni sourd organized w activities this year with four outcomes in mind. As I report on these, join me in applauding the board and the Office of AlumniÆarent Relations on their accomplishments. Outcome : Friend-raising Many events connected alumni to the College, including Auggre Hour gatherings that brought 130 alumni together after work to meet and hear stories from Augsburg professors. There were 3,500 participants at Homecoming events. The alumni nights at the State Fair, the MAL l5th anniversary dinner, and Commencement weekend events brought together still more friends of Augsburg. Alumni events did not happen only in the Twin Cities. Regional chapters in Chicago; New York City; Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles; Boulder, Colo.; Naples, Fla.; Sun City and Tucson, Ariz.; Rochester and Willmar, Minn.; and 3M Company in St. Paul also held alumni gatherings. And can there be any better way to Outcome: Communication If you have computer access or a mailbox, you can always be in touch with The ultimate measure of our Alumni Association's effectiveness is increased talent and resources supporting the mission of Augsburg. Board members led by example, donating time, expertise, financial grfts, and Maroon 6¡ Silver scholarships. Thank youl Our new Alumni Board president, Andy Morrison'73, is well prepared to lead us into another successful year. Our new board members-Greg Boone '81, Barry connect with students than serving treats during finals week? Outcome: Effectiveness Augsburg. Board members helped to enhance the alumni Web site, the Augsburg Now magazine, and the Class Agent lerters. They communicated with leaders of the regional chapters. They also searched for First Decade, Spirit of Augsburg, and Distinguished Alumni award recipients. Outcome: Connections Alumni gave valuable contributions to current students, faculty, and staff. We were advisors to the Board of Regents, Development Committee, and'Science Advisory Board. Alumni from 25 businesses held ajob fair for over 100 students, preceded by a session onjobsearch skills. We surveyed faculty to match alumni with their needs, e.g. intemships, mentors, speakers, and research funding. Vornbrock'96 MAL, and Jennifer Tome 'gg-will add to our spirit of fun and responsibility Would you like to join us? e4+ Jackie ltuiefel Lind'69, '94 MAL President, Alumni Board Lute Olson '56 elected to Naism¡th Memorial Baskgtball Hall of Fame AussbursNewsservice g o ò? 5 {9 A ugsburg College alumnus and Olson, previously a finalist for the Hall of Fame in 2000 and 2001, will be joined in the Hall of Fame by players currenI University of Arizona men's Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Drazen Petrovic, coaches Larry Brown and Kay Yow, and the Harlem Globetrotters. The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's Class of 2002 will be enshrined on September 27 in Springfield, Mass. basketball head coach Lute Olson'56 was among five individuals and one team selected for enshrinement in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, officials announcedJune 5. Summer 2002 "I think it ranks right up there with the NCAA Championship and rhe 1986 World Championship," said Olson. "This is definitely one of the special things that has happened in my career. I am very thankful for the recognition and opportunity for enshrinement." A native of Mayville, N.Dak., Olson was an Augsburg student from 1952-56, plapng three sports (football, basketball, baseball) while earning a double major in history and physical education. Olson was Augsburg's Honor Athlete, the highest honor given to a senior student-athlete, in 1956. He was inducted into Augsburg's Athletic Hall of Fame in 1977. Olson earned his piece of basketball immortality with a coaching career that spans 43 seasons and includes nearly 1,000 career victories. He has won more than 70 percent of his games on the high school, junior college, and NCAA Division I level. 4ucsruncruow 2s Albuquerque. He is the author o[ 1948 several books. Reynold Skotte, Long Beach, Calif., ¡etired lastJune from teaching at Peninsula Christian School in Carson, Calif. 1 ¡a O tt 1957 for 25 years. Marshall Ellen (Stenberg) Erickson, Ham Lake, Minn., was recently named president ol Free to Be Community Coalition, an organization in Anoka County that helps financially stressed famìlies. 1 956 The Rev. Dr. Russell C. Lee, Albuquerque, N.Mex., was guest preacher at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Crookston, Minn., in February. From 196'l to his retirement in 1997 he served Faith Lutheran Church in 1964 Minneapolis, recently published Mahing Phebe (Dale) Hanson, St. Paul, 1951 D. Johnson, 950 recently rvorked with artist Rebecca Alm and poet Kathleen Heideman to create timeuponOnce a book o[ poems that seek to "deconstruct" and reconfigure old fairy tales, mostly those of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen. Sense rnù¡d rlFr u¡ri,..¡-¡ U nder standíng mathematics department, and taught high school math at Cook County SchooÌs in Grand Marais of the Bible: Ltteraty typ( as an Approach to (Eerdman's Publishing Co.). r 961 The Rev. Daniel J. Carlson, CharÌestown, R.I., has been an ELCA regionaÌ gift planner for the ELCA Foundation sinceJuly 1999 he previously devoted 34 years to parish ministry in New England. r 963 Dean Gulden, Grand Marais, Minn., recently returned from a dog sledding expedition to the North Slope in Alaska, t50 miles above the Arctic Circle. He has also competed in the lditarod, the Yukon Quest, plus numerous races in the continentaì United States. In addition, he worked in the space industr¡ spent nine years at Augsburg as head of the Ann L. (Johnson) Wollman, Beaver Falls, Pa., and her husband, Dave, retired from Geneva College. Ann was registrar, and Dave was a professor o[ history and chair of his department. They plan to travel to Lithuania to teach and counsel at Lithuanìan Christian College. 1 Luncheon in March. She has coauthored seven books and recently published her eighth, Just How Much Scrap.Wood Does a Man Need to Sav¿? The audio book of her award-winning book, Grcwing Up Lutheran, is under consideration for a Grammy nomination. 1970 Ray Hanson, Denton, Md., St. Paul, recentìy continues to help teach Children's Church a[ Talbot Evangelistic Church. He recently completed serving three years on the church board, during which time a new Christian ministry center was constructed and opened. published a book of poetry called 1977 96s Gracia Grindal, Lise LungeLarsen, Duluth, won her second ARevelry oJ Harv¿st, which features several poems about Auggies. She is currently professor o[ rhetorÍc at Luther Seminary in Minnesota Book Award for her children's book, The Race of the St. Paul. 1968 Birhebeíners, UMC-M Auxiliary 50th illustrated by Mary Azarian. The book, based upon an account written in 1264 by Sturla Tordsson, explores the origin of Norway's national ski championship-the Anniversary Membership Race o[ the Suzann (Johnson) Nelson, Grand Rapids, Minn., was the guest speaker for the Fairview ffi c Birkebeiners-and tells the story of the cross country escape that kept the nation's infant king safe from an invading army. Rod Skoe, Clearbrook, Minn., recently announced he will seek election to the Senate in District 2; he is currently serving his second terrn âs state representative (DFL) in DÍstrict 28. He also farms in northem Minnesota. Prior to his election to the Minnesota House in 1998, he was a member of the CÌearwater County Board of Commissioners. He also served on the Clearbrook-Gonvick School o s. ã' o U Board. He and his wife, Sarah Hoagberg, have two children. 1978 Gladys (Boxrud) Strommen '46 and Anne Frame hosted an Augsburg alumni luncheon in Naples, Fla., this past March. Front row, L to R: Donna Mclean; Gladys (Boxrud) Strommen '46; Anne Frame; Louise Sundet; Helen Smith. Back row, L to R: Lois Wattman '76; Carole Skaar; Marilyn Fogdall; Nancy (Strommen) Stensvaag'71; Jan Grinde; Grace (Forss) Herr'57; Marion Anderson; and Lorraine Carlson. 26 ,4UCSSUnC NOW Steve Hoffmeyer, Mendora Heights, Minn., joined the State Bureau o[ Mediation Services as mediator in April. a Summer 2O02 d m Tim Wolter '78: Baseball historian and 'battlebot' chal lenger o c s- æ à' 5 (J by Lynn Mena During the Second Worid War, nearly I30,000 American soldiers and 19,000 crvilians were captr-tred and held in prisoner of war camps. While the conditions under which they were held varied enormously, baseball, in various forms, was a common activity among the prisoners. Not just Americans, but Canaclians, Britìsh, Australians, and New Zealanders palticipatecl, as well asJapanese and even some Germans. Augsburg alumnus Tim Wolter wrote a book on this toplc, which was published last year by McFarland 6c Company. POW Baseball inWorldWar II: The National Pastime Behind Barbed V/irz is the story of POW baseball. The book is dÌvided into the various prison camps and describes the types of prisoners held there and the degree to which baseball was played. Tim Wolter'78 recently published a book about the history of PoW baseball in World War Il. "I've been a history lan for a number of years, Ìn fact, my minor at Augsburg was history," says Wolter. "l kind of drlfted into this aspect of baseball hrstory-one thing led to another." ñ L S o Q Wolter, a practicing physician who has written articles on the history of baseball ar-rd the philosophy of mediclne, first investigated I9th-century war baseball. He discovered that even during the Clvil War, POW baseball was playecl on maneuvers. Wolter received so many lnteresting clues and information from various calls ancl letters about WWII POW basebal1, that what first appeared to be an Ìnteresting magazine article soon turned lnto a book. "The book turned out pretty weli, althor-rgh I can of coLlrse see a hundrecl ways I cou1c1 have done it better," for a first book, it's not too bad." Wolter is especìally glad to see the book published rvhile some of the people he wrote about are stlll living. says Wolter. "But During the course of Wolter's research and writing, ESPN, the cable-TV sports network, heard about the project and asked him to help with a documentary on WWII and sports for the networl<'s Outside the Lincs While writing POW Baseball in World l/l/ar ll, Wolter also contributed to an ESPN documentary about llllWll and sports. program. The episode, "Fields of Battle, Fielcls of Play," premieled last December on Pearl Harbor Day. "They filmed me at Fort Snelling Ìn a l9th-century limestone jail cell," says Wolter. He came away from the collaboration in awe of the enormous resources the writers at ESPN have at their disposal. "What would have taken me years to research took them months or jr-rst weeks." Wolter, who has lived in Chippewa Falls, Wis,, since 1985 with his wife, Laura (KasdorÐ'81, and their three sons, Matt, Karl, and Gus, is also a frequent guest speaker. He recently spoke at the Baseball Hall of Fame on Memorial Da¡ ancl olten speaks lo veterans' gloups. a a à L ,e ln addition to baseball ancl histor¡ Wolter recently cliscoverecl a new passion that he shares with his son, Karl-robotic combat. "We first got interestecl rn robotic combat a couple yeals ago on a trip to London," says Wolter. "While watchlng BBC we discovered RobotWars, a program that had not yet crossed the Atlantic. 'How cool is thisl'we exclaimed, and started to discr-tss ways to create or11' own killer robots." Since then, they have built several 'battlebots' (as they are known in the U.S.) and have cornpeted 1n various competitions. Their robots have featured garden gr-romes, fruitcake, and bowling balls. New clesign ideas include the use of other cultural icons, sttch as rhe Teletubbies, a disco ball, or perhaps even lava lamps or E1vis. ln addition to baseball history, Wolter also enioys building 'battlebots' for robotic combat competitions with his son' Karl Summer 20O2 Sometimes, robóts come home h'om competitions in pieces, "Bnt that is part" of the fun," says Wolter. "Then it's back to the shop to build something new." 4ucs¡unc ruow 27 Class Notes W W 1979 Sharon Lakin Upton, Congratulations and WELCOME, Class Â of 20021 s a member o[ the A^ugrourg Lottege Alumnr AssociatÌon, you are a very important part of the College community and are welcome VISIT THE AUGSBURG BOOTH AT THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIR! Hellertown, Pa., is the new director oI development research at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. (not at North Carolina State University, as was mistakenly printed in the previous issue of Augsburg Now). 1 980 Stacy Lee (Stephans) Hutchens, Indianapolis, Ind., is to receive various benefits including: men's work-release counselor at . Corporation. Augsburg Now, the quarterly Coilege publication . Bi-annual letters from your class agent, who wilÌ keep you updated on news . . Invitations to Homecoming, reunions, and other special events on campus Access to the library and [itness facilities . Access to Career Services' resources . A special tuition discount for alumni . An alumni directory containing complete information on classmates that is available for purchase . Volunteer opportunities on leadership boards and committees . Opportunities to participate in alumni tours around the world . Legacy scholarships for family members of students and alumni to study toward a degree at Augsburg ATUMNI Blomkest, Minn., recentÌy accepted the pastorate position at Roseau Baptist Church in Roseau, Minn. He previously served the Blomkest Baptist Church near Willmar. 1992 Larry John Anderson, Eagan, Minn., received N.Y, received a $40,000 Houle preaches Sandra (Voss) Wollschlager, Cannon Falls, Minn., recently announced her candidacy for state representative (DFL) from Distrlct 28,{. She has worked for 3M Company lor 22 years, beginning as a lactory worker and advancing to her current position in research and development. She is in her second term on the Cannon Falls Schooi Board. She and her husband, Joe, have two children. occasionally-most He can be e-mailed at <drljanderson@msn.con>. 988 Timothy Todd, El Sobranre, Calif., relocated from France to CalifomÍa last year after obtainÍng a finance manager position at BioRad l-ab. He and his wife, Helene, have three children: Natalie Caroþ, and Christoph. has Jim Weninger, Prior Lake, Minn., is the facilities and maintenance manager at the Toro manufacturing plant in Shakopee, Minn. He has served on the Prior l-ake Planning Commission, as well as on the Metropolitan Council's Water Advisory Board and on the Minnesota River Assessment Project, a position to which he was lived in England and worked at investment banks for the last few years. Michiel can be e-mailed at appointed by former Gov. Arne Carlson. He and his wife, Liz (Wolffl '92,have 99f a daughter, Ginny is a technical coordinator for Peace Corps MalawiS training programs. His wife, Stacia, is the coordinator 1994 doctorate degree recently at Bethany Baptist Church. N.Y. candidacy for a seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives. She will run for the District 638 (DFL) seat, now held by Mark Gleason. She is an independent consultant in the area of corporate citizenship and philanthropy management. in biblical studies Andersonville Baptist Seminary in March 200I. He is an emplol.rnent developer for Ramsey Action Programs and also works with the Filipino American Christian Church of RoseviÌleb Social Concerns Ministry In addition, he America, and the United States. She is currently an assistant professor of adult education at Buffalo State CoÌlege in Buffalo, 1 a from Scholar Grant for Emerging Scholars in Adult Education, which is sponsored by ihe WK. Kellogg Foundation and is given to scholars in Africa, Latin Kristof Nordin, Malawi, Africa, ,4UCSSURC NOW years. Lisa M. Baumgartner, Amherst, 1 2A lnterested in volunteering? Contacl the alumni offlce at 6L2-330-I 17 B or I -800-260-6590 f986 <mYbema@hotmail. com>. ÀSSOCIATION Visit rvith alumni, get a peek into Homecoming activitres, find out how you can get involved, ancl don't forget to enter the gleat 'alumni only' drawings. for Peace Corps Malawi's crisis corps program. They have been living in Africa for more than five The Rev. Patr¡ck Krause, ASSOCTATTON ALUMNI a 98f Michiel Ybema, London, Augsburg College Speclal nights dedicated to alumm are Tlesday, Ar-rgust 27, ancl Thursda¡ Ar-rgust 29, lrom 5-9 p.m. Check out the full schedule of booth events on1ìne at <wwwarrgsbrr rg.ed rr/strte lai r> Riverside Community Correct ions 1 August 22-September 3, 2002 1993 Doris Rubenstein, RichfieÌd, Minn., recently announced her ElIil[INII:rõtlf¡ftl 2002-2003 Alumni Board meeting schedule June 18 August 20 November 19 February 18 April 15 Meetings are open to the public and all alumni are invlted to attend. Each meetrng features a guest speaker from the College community For more inlorrnrtion, visit lhe alumni Web site at <www.augsburg. edu/alumni>. Summer 2O02 ) F W The Augsburg alumni chapter at 3M held a iuncheon May 6. Augsburg College staff and faculty joined alumni and current Augsburg students who work at 3M for a lunch and leadership program. Diane Pike, professor and department chair of sociology, presented "Confounded by LeadershÌp." Augsburg is planning future events at 3M, American Express, We11s Fargo, and LBIAAL. 1 1997 995 a Matthew A. Gooding, Lori (Mosher) Claussen, s Goodyear, ArÞ., has lived in Arvona since he began working wirh rhe Litchfield Elementary Rosemount, Minn., received her master's degree in special education from the University of St. Thomas a s. School District in 2000. 1996 John R. Burt, Fargo, N.Dak., married Kara Miller in December. He works at Scheels All-Spons. Teresa (MacNabb) Barbara Kaufmann, manager of 3M education contr¡butions, presented the 3M scholarsh¡p and 3M match¡ng gift checks to Ron Nelson '68, vice pres¡dent and controller at 3M and member of the Augsburg College Board of Regents, Kysylyczyn, Roseville, Minn., passed the Certified Public Accountant Exam in February; she is a staff accountant at John A. Knutson & Co., PLLB and can be in December. She is teaching in Independent School District 196, working with students with specific leaming needs, at Rosemount High School. Michele McNaughton, Mahtomedi, Minn., joined the staff of Catalyst Medical Clinic, PA., in Watertown, Minn. She will focus on women's health care, pediatrics, and diabetes. a e-mailed at <tck@Knutsoncpa.corïÞ. S" A. L s (_) m Ami Nafzger '94:. Finding cultural connections by Cherie Christ Aml Nafzger beheves the Augsburg College Pan-Asian Association changed her life. A native of Chun Ju, Korea, Nafzger was adopted by an American famrþ in 1975 at the age of four. Growing up in Minong, Wis., and a later move to Willmar, Minn., left Nafzger with very few AsÌan connections. Determined to keep a promise to her dying mother that she would graduate from Augsburg, Nafzger worked three parr-rime jobs to pay for school and living expenses, leaving little time for involvement with the campus community But. it was an encounter her freshman year with Lee Hoon Wong Benson, then Pan-Asian Services director, that changed Nafzger's life. Ami Nafzger '94 established G.O.A,t,, an organization committed to providing knowledge about Korean culture to Korean adoptees. Frightened and hesitant to approach other Asians, Nafzger remembers, "I had never even talked to an AsÌan before." Benson not oniy encouraged Nafzger to ger involved in varÌous campus events and organlzations, including Pan-Asian Services, but to build friendships within the Asian community Her connection to Benson provided Nafzger a sense of pride ln herself as an Aslan, and also as an individual. In 1994 Nafzger completed her social work degree, and now has built her career around 1t. With a need to better undersknd her heritage and with few concrete reasons to stay in the United States, Nafzger returned to her native home, Korea, in 1996. In 1998, after extensive research on Korean adoptees, Nafzger established G.O.A.L. (Global Overseas Adoptees Link), an organization committed to providing knowledge about Korean cuiture. G.O.A.L. acts as a voice for many Korean adoptees by providing positive links to their Korean culture. Developed specifically for these adoprees, G.O.A.L. provides a variety of resources such as translators, guides, home stays, and birth search depar[ments to those who wish to learn more about their culture. Nafzger says, "Afier so many decades I felt there needed to be something established in Korea for adult adoptees as they return to their birth country" I Although on occasion frustrated by a lack of support from the Korean government, Nafzger believes there are many benefits. HelpÌng adoptees understand where they come from is the most rewarding part of her job. work connected her to addirional associations around the world. in addition to her work with GOACC (Give Orphans a Chance to Choose), which helps provide hands-on assistance to adult orphans in Asia, she is also a member of an international planning committee working with sister adult adoptee organizations in Europe and America Nafzger's Nafzger believes that her work is "helping to break down the prejudlce and misunderstanding thal separates Koreans from adoptees and adoptees from each other." For additional information, vislt G.O.A.L. online at <www.goa1.or.kr>. Chene Chnst is ø communication speciølist in the Ot'Jice Summer 2OO2 oJ Public Relations and Contmunication. 4ucsnunc ruow 29 Class Notes ffi Births/Adoptions Auggie Conversations Jeannie (Shaughnessy)'88 al fresco and Joseph Hodges, Alexandria, Dine ancl converse with fellow Augsburg alumni and friends on some of the Twin Cities' best ontdool patlos for Auggie Josie, in February. Va.-a daughtea Campbell Amy (Johnson) '89 Conversations al fiesco. Rernaining sunìmer dates are: Tuesda¡July 16, 5:30 p.m. Jennifer (Ohlin) '91 and and Patrick 952-47r-8513 An Augsburg alum will lead a 'sporty' conversation-j oin the team! Please RSVP lor the above events to the Alumni./Parent Relations offÌce, ó I2-330- I I 78, or e-mail <alumni@ augsbr,rrg.edu>. Particlpants are responsible for the cost of thelr meals and dlinks. Visit the alumni Web site for more information at <www.augsburg.edu/ alumni,/gatherings.html>. daughter, Alexis Leigh, inJanuary Kenndy D. (Bade)'00 and Kirk Lewis-a son, Owen, in January. lan Quello'38 correctly identified Olive Berg'38 (far Ieft) in this photo from the'Remember When' contest in the spring issue. An Augsburg t-shirt is on the way! Laura ahrmna, will lead the conversation. on Lake Minnetonka 3746 Sunset Dr., Spring Park Minn.-a Dan (Carlson)'92 Lold Fletcher's Old Lake Lodge Stefanie (tindell) '98 and Falk, Sauk Rapids, Minn.-a daughter, Olivia Joan, in March. She joins older siste¡ Emily, 3. stage ancl screen and Augsbr-rrg Tuesday, August 13, 5:30 p.m. Denmark-a son, Christopher, in February. Bruce Lender'98, Coon Rapids, and John Hanson, Falcon Heights, Minn.a son, Noah John, in December. Hejoins older brother, Bennett. WA. Frost & Cornpany 374 Selby Ave., St. Paul 651-224-57r5 Carolyn Pool'91, actress of Louise L. (Andersen)'97 and Jacob Karlstad '97, Lyngby, N E F-! LI ro Guernsey '86, St. Paula son, lan Patrick, in March. Pictured, clockwise from top, is Patrick'86, Alan, Robert, Josephine, lan, Laur a' 92, Thomas, and Angela. Laura (Ferry) '92 and Matthew Lee, Prentice, Wis.-a daughter, Catherine Rebecca, in January. Alisha (Kaul)'97 MSW and Curt Nelson, Bloomington, son, Zachary Patr¡ck, in March. He joins older brother ErcrcTKIIIE Alumni Book Club Spotlight What does it mean to say "I exist?" What is existence and can we say anything about it? If questions like these interest you there exists a book club for you. The Nature of Being alumni book club is looking for members. The group meets on the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. The next book up for discussion is An Enquiry on Human Understanding, by David Hume. If you are interested, call Bob Fitzsimons '96 ar 612-926-2059 or e-mail him at <rtfitzsimons@mmm.com>. Other active book club categories include Pulitzer winners, American novels, mysteries, and women fiction writers. If you are interested in joining an existing book club or starting a new one, contact the AlumniÆarent Relations office at 612-330-l l78. Minn.-a a a Jeremy, 3. Alisha is a school social worker for Independent School District 196. s. à ô Q a o s. ã ! o U On September 8, Tim Vadis'94 married Kari Lee at Viking Lutheran Church near Alexandria, Minn. Tim's father, the Rev. Vadis'64 presided. Tim's mother, Anita (Berg) Vadis'6O was prcsent also, of couñse, having been "up to her eyeballs" in the wedding preparations. Pictured seated, L to R: Carmen (Neseth) Berg '65; Anita (Berg) Vadis '66; Darryl Carter'65; Lona Berg Froyum'69; and Carla (Quanbeck) Walgren'64. Second row, L to R: David Berg '66; Christina (vadis) Jones'95; Marilyn (Quam) Larson'66; Kristin Ftoyum'00; Kim Vappie'98; and Michael Walgren '64. Back row, L to R: Allen larcon '66; Timothy Vadis '94 (groom); Bryan Maloney'93; and the Rev. James Vadis'64. James Brenda Seaver'00 married Justin Dittrich 'Oi September 29 at Family of God Lutheran Church in Brooklyn Parlç Minn., wherc Justin is director of youth and family ministries. The Rev. Sonja Hagander; Augsburg's associate college pastor, performed the ceremony. The Rev. Paul Burow'84 also participated. 30 ,4ucsnunc now Summer 2002 ) ! I Oscar Galstad '26, Redwood Falls, Minn., died in April; he was 97. Known as a 'Jack of all trades," Galstad traveled many paths. He worked ar the Redwood Falls post Office for 18 years, rhen wenr on to operate a farm in Delhi. He also served as a civil service secretary was elected secretary-treasurer to the Minnesota Federation for Post Office Clerks, served as clerk of Consolidated School District IB for six years, continued farming until 1975, arrd more. He served on several boards and committees, and received numerous honors, including a citation lrom the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Redwood County Outstanding Senior Citizen Award. Jessie M. Christensen'29, Orlando, Fla., died in ApriÌ. She was a retired teacher. Mathilda L. Sageng'31, Fergus Falls, Minn., died in March; she was 94. She was a social studies teacher and guidance counselor at the Hutchinson high school for many years o[ her long career in teaching. After retiring in I972, she traveled extensively Dedicated to service of her church and communlty, she donated the land on which the Zion-Sarpsborg Church of Dalton stands. Marie (Pierce) Mitlyng'37, Montevideo, Minn., died in April; she was 86. She wo¡ked fo¡ the National l¿bor Relations Board and the Department of Agriculture, living in San Francisco, Cincinnari, Chicago, PeorÍa, and Washington, D.C. She was also a member of the National Organization o[ Women, and enjoyed working in her church and reading. Ardel le (Albertson) Versen '39, Waterloo, Iowa, died in March. She \¡/as a retired teacher. Margie M. (Jensen) Green '40, Norwood Young America, Minn., died in February; she was 83. During WWII, she served as a nurse in the ArmY, receiving a Bronze Battle Star, an American Theater Ribbon, and an EAME Theater Ribbon. She was an Summer 2002 Eastern Star member and served in several positions; she was also active in the United Methodist Church in NYA, holding several offices and as a Ladies Aid member. From 1975-1987, she worked part time at the Young America Library and was always on the look-out for her patrons' favorite reading materials, personally calling them when books arrived that might be of particular interest. The Rev. Alton Halverson'43, Park Rapids, Minn., died in March; he was79. He sewed as a missionary with his wife on the island of Madagascar for eight years, then worked in the national World Missions office in MinneapoÌis, serving as secretary for interpretation and promotion f.or 23 years. He traveled on all continents, making films and gathering information for the promotion of global missions in the U.S. He later served as director of public relations at Golden Valley Lutheran College and then as director of church relations at Augsburg. Edna C. (Oseth) Sausser'56, I-akeport, Calif., died in March; she was 72. She moved to Califomia in 1976, where she was a security guard until retiring in 1986. Prior to moving, she also served as a security guard for Barn's lnternational Securities in Bloomington, and was co-owner of Ken-Rich Enterprises. The Rev. Joan (Everhart) Stavig '56, Brooklyn Center, Minn., died in April; she was 67. Beginning in1977,she made I5 missionary trips to Haiti, followed by numerous other overseas missionary trips to Jamaica, St. Maarten, South Africa, China, India, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines. She was ordained by the Spiritual Life Training Center Bible School in 1987, and shortly thereafter started Flag of the Nations, which is primarily an overseas ministry specializing in short-term, long-term, individual, or group missionary trips. She was also a travel agent, and her commissions heÌped to support rhe ministry Flag of the Nations built a medical clinic in the Philippines, which was completed in 200I and dedicated this past May Ronald E. Nelson'67, Grand Rapids, Minn., died last November after a long, courageous battle wÍth brain cancer; he was 58. He worked for ltasca County as an assessor and also was a composer and publisher of music. He was director of the Blandin Male Chorus, as well as a past director o[ the Community Chorus and interim director at Zion Lutheran Church. He was also a vocalist and soloist with prestigious choral groups. He is survived by his wife, Suzann (Johnson)'68, and two daughters, Senja and Siri. Ruth E. (Anderson) Lofgren '75, St. Anthony Village, Minn., died in May of multlple myeloma; she was 77. She was an employee of the Board of Pensions of the ELCA for 14years, and aÌso enjoyed teaching Bible study classes and preparing retreats in with a psychology major; as a student, she sang with the Augsburg Choir, and also traveled with the contemporary ChrÍstian singing group, the Con¡inentals. She is survived by her husband, Erik; parents, James and Karen; and siblings, Blair, Jeremiah, Benjamin, and Rebacca. Sara Marie Turpin '03, Albertville, Minn., died in May of leukemia; she was 2I. She was a junior in Augsburg Weekend College, majoring in communications. Leslie M. Jones, Columbia Heights, Minn., died in May as a result o[ medical complications; he was 41. He was an integral and dedicated member of the Augsburg communit¡ working in the facilities department slnce January 1994. He was also a member of the Minnesota Home Brewers Association. He is survived by his wife, Cindy (also a member of the Augsburg facilities staff), and two children, Angelena and Leslie II. Richard Clark various churches. Little, Heidi Huber'92, Long Lake, Minneapolis, died in March of Minn., died in April of malignant melanoma; she was 33. She was a Peace Corps volunteer from 1993199ó, and earned her masterb degree in education from Harvard University in 1998. OnJune 2, a new booth at the annual Grand Old Day festival in St. Paul offered free samples of sunscreen as a tribute to Huber; the festival was her favorite summer event. Her friends and famiÌy working in the booth also sold lshirts and hats to raise money for the American Cancer Society and a scholarship in Huber's nâme at Augsburg. Tamara (Aakre) Jerde'00, Apple Valley, Mìnn., died in March after a long battle with a brain tumor; she was24. She was a counselor at Inspiration Point Bible Camp and was Rollag, Minnesota, Steam Thresher Queen. She loved music and played the piano, flute, and oboe. She graduated from Augsburg at the top of her class pancreatic cancer; he was Education & 56. His Housing Equity Project has been based at Augsburg, and he has been a great friend and celebrant of Augsburg's engagement in the life of the city and in partnership with such entities as the Project for Pride in Living and the Minnesota Minority Education Partnership. In November, he received the 2001 Minneapolis Special Recognitìon Award, honoring his lifelong commitment to Mìnneapolis. For 20 years he worked ln federal housing programs, leaving to work as a consultant and voiunteer, dedicating rhe resr of his life ro Twin Cìties civil rights and urban and housing issues. He died as he lived-with dignity, grace, and much love. 4ucs¡unc now 31 I o ^ o ¡¡ O o EDITOR'S NOTE: In honor of National Tèachers Week in May, Woman\ ne teacher who stands out was my high school philosophy/American government teacher. He was the first really avid reader I ever met who shared what he read with me (and other students). Sophie's Choice inspired a great class discussion. Besides teachÌng, he and his wife owned a () bookshop in town, and they employed me there. I never s. made any money, because I had the option of taking my pay in books. Oh, the books I earned while there. I babysat hj.s children. He coached me on our Hi-Q and Knowledge Bowl teams (thj.rd in State that yearl). He was the one who encouraged me to go on to college, and I became the only one in my family to ever do so. My first Christmas home from college, I was in a severe kitchen accident, and Fran Baker spent the next two months ìn the hospital, recovering from burns and undergoing surgeries. He was lhere, dressed in surgical cap and gowrr so as not to infect me. He brought me books and talked about what he was reading. When I dropped out of college the following year, ít was his disappointment in me that I most dreaded. My family, who could never understand why one would go to college to study English in the first place, never gave me any grief about dropping out. lt was much wiser, in their eyes, to go out and get a job and make moneir It was my teacher's voice, nagging in the back of my mind, that encouraged me to go back to school now And when I return home, it is not my classmates I go visit, but him and his family He is the one to whom I Day magazine requested stories by readers whose lives were changed by teachers. Here are two that were submitted by Augsburg women: teachers can point to a parent who, in the f think many "parent" and "classroom teacher," provided I dual role as Ian early love of learnlng and teaching. I am no exception. My mom, E. Cecil Gregoire, was an English and physical education teacher for the Cannon Falls (Minn.) School District from 1967-86. As a farm wife and' mother to 11 children, she used her love of learning, curiosity about the world, and teaching expertj.se to direct us through family outings, 4-H, athletics, K-12 school, college, and service to a larger community I didn't realize until after she had died thls last September the gifts she gave to her students and to her community during her tenure as a teacher. At the wake and funeral, former students and communÌty members warmly remembered Mrs. Gregoire as the white-haired basketball coach for the boys and girls team; the teacher of folkdancing, dodgeball and volleyball, as well as good sportsmanship, manners and cooperation; the caring adult who told young H.S. graduates that their nexl step was college; and the "vocal" taxpayer, small town school supporter, and self-designated adviser and watch-dog of the schooi board. We had a gara,ge sale this last Saturday to disburse her estate and to raise funds for the school playground in her memory As I boxed up the Grollíers Encyclopedia and the o o Booh of Knowledge for the next s. family of learners, I realized E how vitally important teachers are to their family and to the larger community. Her legacy lives on in how that knowledge and those life lessons have transformed us, our families, and those with whom we live, work and play into the next generation of "teacher" and community leaders. show off my children. And my current report J eanine cards. Professor of Education Fran Baher, Weehend College student and McNair Scholat maj onng in English and history 32 .AUCSBUnC ruOW Gregoire, Assistant Jeanine Gregoire Summer 2002 ) KOflZt E B F n ru ru 'rg t@ Ð E il ¿! - tr WA ffi@ t H il nn N THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 26 . . D fT Ea t_¡ N I w OII -- ffi T: Athletic Hall of Fame Banquet Variety Show & Coronation FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27 . . 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Title: Augsburg Now Winter 2001-2002
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Search Result: A season of hope and expectation f, dvent ... the time of antÌcipation, Ap..pu.ution, hope, and longing. During this time we tend to focus on the joyful preparation for the birth of Christ. We don't often spend time considering the other side of Advent, the second comlng of the Lord, wj....
Show more A season of hope and expectation f, dvent ... the time of antÌcipation, Ap..pu.ution, hope, and longing. During this time we tend to focus on the joyful preparation for the birth of Christ. We don't often spend time considering the other side of Advent, the second comlng of the Lord, wj.th its promÌse of judgement, but also deliverance and redemption from despair. As we reel from the events of Sept. I I that turned our safe and secure world topsy-turuy, this second advent offers good news for us. As difficult as it may be We welcome your letters! write to: Please Editor AugsburgNow 22ll Riverside Ave., CB 145 Minneapolis, MN 55454 E-mail: now@augsburg.edu Fax: 612-330-1780 Phone: 612-330-Il8I Letters for publication must be sþed and to ignore the decorations, music, buying, and trappings of the season, these few weeks also offer us the chance to anticlpate and envision the renewed presence of the Lord and the world promised and possible through this presence. In this issue we see a repetition in the theme of Advent candles. The same candlelight that brought light to a dark sanctuary during the Advent Vespers procession also consoled us through September from a place of vigil in the front of Hoversten Chapel. The quiet, soothing illumÌnation of candles is aiso central to the Taizé worship that came to Augsburg at the end of October. Farther on, you'll read about the intriguing way some Augsburg students found to recreate this special atmosphere. This issue's feature article, "Remembering September" examines how Augsburg, as a iearning communit¡ has engaged its faculty, staff, and students in discussion of the difficult issues facing it since Sept. ll, and how the College's 132year-old mission provided the grounding to frame these discussions. Also in this winter issue, anticipating the coming Winter Olympic games, we feature stories of Auggies who have gone for the gold-speedskater Johnny Werket, who found in his "golden" career both Olympic medals and a partner for 1lfe; and the 1928 men's hockey team, whose golden Olymplc dreams were shattered on the very eve of the games. This issue also shares the spirit of Homecoming through photos from the events and class reunions. As we note on the back cover, the rains may have canceled plans for "Auggies on Parade," but the festivities brought alumni and friends together Ìn a celebratÌon of Augsburg community-and a big football win. As this calendar year closes, Augsburg Now extends to readers the best wishes for a holiday season ol hope, anticipat"¡on, celebration, and peace. WW Betsey Norgard Editor include your name, class year, and daytime teìephone number. They may be edited for length, clarity, and style. o o si h, s r^ Family and friends gathered to remember Jean Lindell (see Augshurg Now, summer issue, ln Memoriam) with the dedication of the Lindell Garden in front of Lindell Library. Victoria Grunseth spoke on behalf of the family about her mother as an avid gardener. - At¿csBrJRG Now Winter Vol.64 No.2 2OO1-O2 Augsburg Now is published quarterly by Augsburg College, 22ll Riverside Ave., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454. Features Betsey Norgard Editor Lynn Mena Assistant Editor Remembering September Kathy Rumpza by Betsey Norgard Graphic Designer Jessica Brown Class Notes Coordinator William V. Frame Following the events oJ September 77, how could and would Augsburg CoIIege, as a learning community, respond? President Dan Jorgensen Director of Public Relations and Communication Nancy Toedt'94 Director of Alumni and Parent Relations Johnny Werket's golden career by Don stoner Opinions expressed in Augsburg Now do not necessarily reflect official College policy. Inhis youth, speedshater lohnny Werhet'49 won ISSN t058-I545 Olympic goldmedals and the heart of aNonueglan Postmaster: Send conespondence, name changes, and address corrections to: Augsburg Now, Office of Public Relations and Communication, 221 I Riverside Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55454. girl; they now celebrate their golden marnage. E-mail: now@augsburg.edu Telephone: ó12-330-l 18I Fax: 612-330-1780 16 The Rev. Mark Hanson '68ELCAs new presiding bishop Horr"rrten chapel gets dressed up in 'stained glass' Departments Augsburg College, as alfirmed in its mission, doesnot ilßcnminate on the bøsis of race, color, creed, religion, national or ethnic origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, status with regar¿l to public assßtance, or disability in its education p oliaes, ailmissions policies, scholar ship and loan pro gr ams, athletic anill or school ailministered pro grams, except in those ínstances where reli$on is a bonø fiile occupational quølification. Augsburg C ollege is committed to providing reasonable accommodatíons to its employees and its stuilents. www.augsburg.edu 2 Around the Quad 5 Sports 7 Chapeltalk 17 Alumni News 22 28 Class Notes Auggie Thoughts inside Calendar back cover 50 percent recycled paper (10 percent post-consumer waste) On the cover: Augsburg students Çront to bach) Renzo Amaya Torres, Kerri Sjoblom, len Falhman, and Adam Dehnel prepare for the Advent Vespers procession, as it lights up the advent season. Photo by Linda Cullen. I a I o Augsburg ranks again in top tier Augsburg College once again is ffiffi ranked in the top tier of its category in the U.S. News €t World Report 2001 ratings-up three places from last year. A new classification by tl.:'e magazine puts Augsburg in the "Midwestern ¡¡ O Conor Tobin w¡ns Fulbright Scholarship to Norway Fonor Augsburg in the news-a busy fall Tobin. who academic yeat on the Oslo Year Program. Lg.nduut.d in May with a double major in A course in Middle Eastern politics at that time led to research on the role of Norway political science and in the Middle Norwegian, was Tobin's current study continues that interest, with a heightened focus on the ethics of war and peace in time of terrorism. On returning to the U.S., he plans to combine law school and graduate awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and is now Universities-Master's" category, because the College offers graduate-ievel programs. Augsburg is ranked second in the "Reputation" category among the other Minnesota private colleges in that tier. Reputation is determined by surveying the presidents, provosts, and deans of admissions at i.nstitutions in that tier. For campus diversity, Augsburg is ranked first among the other Minnesota private colleges in that tier. o (a studying in Norway at the University of Oslo. As a junior, Tobin spent the fall semester at the University of Oslo on the HECUA urban studies term and then extended his studies through the Conor Tobin East peace process. study in Ìnternational law and neggtiation. Tobin graduated from Augsburg "with . distinction" and received departmental honors in political science. Hoyt Messerer Fitness Center is dedicated in Melby Hall Scholastic Connections program: . . . . . WCCO radio interview of Syl Jones '73 Star hbune and Pioneer Prøss articles on the program Star Tribune editorial about the creation of the program Chronícle of Higher Education article Associated Press national article Events surrounding terrorism: . . . . . Prof. Amin Kader was interviewed widely on radio and TV Prof. Joseph Underhill-Cady was interviewed on KSTP-TV Prof. James Vela-McConnell was interviewed on KARE-I1 TV Admissions counselor Heidi Breen was interviewed on WCCO radio Augsburg was part of a national article from Collegiate News Service Other activities/interests . . . 2 : Student LINK Halloween Safe Block party featured on Fox-29 TV Prof. Norma Noonan was interviewed on Wisconsin Public RadÌo in connection wlth Russian president Putin's visit to the U.S.;she was also featured in an article fromLiberation, a news magazíne in Paris Adapted physical education sports day was featured on KSTP-TV ,4UGSBURG NoW Lucille Messerer spoke at the opening of the newly-expanded Fitness Center dedicated to her husband, the late Hoyt Messerer'39. President Frame presided as both the Fitness Center and the Gertrude and Richard Pautz Plaza were dedicated at Melby Hall, lrom belore dawn to late at night, one I of the most active places on campus is Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic during the renovatlons of Melby Hall in Conference. The center is named for Hoyt Messerer '39, a football, basketball, and baseball athlete at Augsburg and one of the four founders of the A-Club, who died 2000, making it one of the largest in the in May the Fitness Center. Open to all members of the Augsburg community, includÌng alumni, the center was doubled in size (see In Memoriam, p.26). llUinter 2001-02 I Good, Martin ioin Augsburg's board Four regents retire after two terms of service StafJ photo M;Ti:,ii.î::i]:Jiji,"#:lï,T,-, on the Board of Regents at Augsburg's annual meeting in October. Michael R. Good A l97l Augsburg graduate, Good is executive vice president of NRT, a residential real estate brokerage company A Michael R. Good 24-year veteran in the real estate industry Good worked for 20 years in the Coldwell Banker division of NRT, beginning as a regional manager in St. PauL/Minneapolis, and subsequently in Florida, rising to NRT's senior vice president for the southeastern region. At Augsburg, Good was twice an Al1American in wrestling. ln1972 he was Augsburg's head wrestling coach. In 1991, he was inducted into Augsburg's Athletic Hall of Fame. Good earned a master's degree at the University of St. Thomas. He lives in Bridgewater, NJ., with his wife, Ann, and children Matthew and Mandy Mandy is a student at Augsburg. Jennifer H. Martin Jennifer Martin is tr senior vice president of corporate and human resources for Lutheran Brotherhood. After 15 years in public Jennifer H. Martin education, she became a personnel training specialist with Sperry Corporation, later Unisys Corporation, where she held executive positions. She joined Lutheran Brotherhood in 1995. Her undergraduate degree in education was earned at Southern Illinois University WhÌle teaching in Minneapolis, she earned a doctorate in education at the University of Minnesota. She and her husband, Richard, have seven children and live in Minneapolis. Winter 2001-02 Three regents were honored at Augsburg House as they retired from Augsburg's board. Pictured with President and Mrs. Frame (t to R) Jean and Allen Housh, Evangeline and Norman Hagfors, and Cheryl and Michael Thompson, Not present was Curtis Sampson. Four resents. who each served two terms office, were honored and thanked as they retired from the board. l'of Norman Hagfors served as vice-chair of the board, vice-chair of the Regents Committee, and a member of the Development, Finance, Govemment and Community Relations, and Marketing Committees. Allen Housh served not only on the Development Committee as a regent, but aiso twice served as Augsburg's interim vice president for institutional advancement. Curtis Sampson sewed on the Finance Commi.ttee. Michael Thompson was also a member of the Finance Committee. Kathy Tunheim elected to the board of the governing boards association A:ffi,ï:å:f Tunhei.m was elected to the Board of Directors of the national Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) for a Kathryn Tunheim two-year term. AGB is dedicated to strengthening the performance of boards of public and private higher education. AGB provides leadership in supporting the American higher education system of citizen trusteeship and a diverse system of higher education. The organization serves as a continuing education resource to trustees and boards and contributes to effective working relationships between boards and lt advises on matters affecting institutional oversight responsibilities, promotes wider understanding of citizen leadership and lay governance, and identifies public chief executives. policy issues of concern to hlgher education. ,4ucssunc ruow 3 Around the Quad Thanksgiving to donors and scholars Ã Thankssivins brunch was the lloppor,uniry lor over 200 donors to meet the students who are reciplents of their scholarshlps-and for the College to recognlze and thank donors for their support. President Frame told them, 'A1l of you here today are here by virtue of some kind of calling-on one hand to provide support; on the other to be students. Each of you is a constituent element of what Augsburg College is-no less important than the faculty and staff who are here to provide this education. We are grateful for your support." Kyle Kuusisto'03 spoke for students: "Here at Augsburg, one can really be immersed ìn the strong fabric that is called community It is a community that gives us the chance to not only dream, but to fulfill those Fun stuff kids in the dome o the future is to continue to spread that value of community that I experienced here at Augsburg." Clnthia Balley'02, a weekend student who has majored in religion while worhng full time, also spoke for students. Last summer, she traveled to Poland and Eastern Germany with Herb Brokering and Youth and Family Institute director Dick Hardel. "It was lÌsted as a pilgrimage and that's the experience I had," she said. "After that trip, I felt even more called to ministry particularly social ministry ... Thank you, all of you, who have helped me reach my goal of ministry to God." sS.B' r^ Auggie junior Emily Bushey and one of the participating teachers help unfurl the colorful parachutes in Augsburg's air structure at the adapted physical education sports day. a o population. ... Students \^ area schools had some fun at the third Junior Kyle Kuusisto expressed thanks on behalf of students for the financial support they receive. He is pictured here (center) with E. Milton Kleven 'a5 (left), the donor of the Magnus and Krostofa Kleven Scholarship Kuusisto has received, and Kleven's sister, lvadell Rice. Dialing for dollars aF tudent Phonathon callers have been fall-and gifts to The Augsburg Fund has risen seven percent compared to last year in the same period. Most significant is the increase in giving from Weekend College alumni-$3,206 this year, compared to $2,2451ast year. However, similar to the experience of many charitable organizations, the total amounts from September gifts were ÐUury on the telephone this their results prove it. The number of 4 4UGSBURG NoW 200 chiLdren with developmental s. "I plan on teaching need to feel a sense ofplace and belonglng. My plan for ¡F\ver lLJan¿ physical disabiiities lrom merro dreams. adaptlve physical education in the Minneapolis Schools. I am confident that my education here is preparing me to work effectively with a diverse student for annual sports extravaganza in Augsburgb air structure. Augsburg health and physical education students, as well as students from the Cedar-Riverside School, teamed up with the third- to sixth-graders for games, or just spent time one-on-one. Activities included soccer, dancing, parachutes, jump rope, races and relays, balloon volleyball, and cage ball. All of the partlcipants received ribbons at the end of the day ffi At press time, word was received that dramatically down, as donors focused their support to help the victims of terrorism. The Augsburg Fund, Augsburg's annual fund, is the College's "living endowment" that provides the foundation of annual financial support needed to attract and retain its talented and diverse student body. For addltional information, contact Donna Mclean, director of The Augsburg Fund, at I-800-273-06L7 or Augsburg has been awarded $2 million over five years from the lilly Endowment as part of the initiative, "Programs for the Theological Exploration of Vocation." ln Minnesota, grants were awarded to Augsburg, Concordia College (Moorhead), and the University of St. Thomas. More about Augsburgb grant will appear in the next issue. <mclean@augsburg.edu>. W¡nter 2001-02 r The Edor Nelson Field is dedicated rFhe skies ooened and a constant rain I f.ll on the artificial turl all aliernoon. The visitors from St. John's University further dampened spirits by beating Augsburg, +B-14. And the guest ofhonor rvas on crutches, as the result of knee replacement surger)¿ But nothing was going to stop Augsburg from honoring coaching legend Edor Nelson '38. The College rededicated the outdoor athletic field in Nelson's honor at a halftime ceremony during the Sept.22 football game. "To you, Edor, we owe a great debt of gratitude," President William V Frame told Nelson. "We appreciate your gifts; as they are mar,y and manifold, and we are glad to rededicate this stadium for you toda;r" in 1984, the College named its newlyconstructed outdoor athletic field as Anderson-Nelson Field, in honor of Nelson and longtime athletic director and men's basketball coach Ernie Anderson. in February the College dedicated the court at Melby Hall in Anderson's honor. "You have truly been a champion of the athletic program, and a champion of byDonstoner .è all the student-athletes whose lives you have touched," said Paul Grauer, men's athletic director, during the halftime ceremony Nelson said that much È s! (J of the credit for the field should be attributed to the donors who gave time and money to make the field a reality-men like Carl Benson'51, Ray Grinde '57, andJeroy Carlson '48. He chose to honor the donors, along with all the athletes he coached and taught during his four f: Edor Nelson '38 stands under umbrellas as Augsburg's athletic field is rededicated in his name. Norm Okerstrom'85 (left), Office of lnstitutional Advancement, holds the plaque to be placed in Melby Hall. decades at Augsburg. A special luncheon was held before the game, where more than 150 guests pald tribute to Nelson. Fans also had a chance to pay trlbute to Nelson during a post-game reception in the Melby Hall Iobby During his four decades of service to Augsburg, Nelson served the College in variety of roles, most notably as the longtime coach of the football and baseball teams. He was also an associate professor in Augsburg's health and physical education department for 32 years, retiring in 1978. -Don Stoner is sports inJormation coordinator. a Dozens of children from central Minneapolis prepared for their winter hockey this year by learning the basics at the Augsburg-Sheehy Hockey Camps held in August at the Augsburg lce Arena, Organized by NHt player agent Neil Sheehy, Augsburg men's hockey coach Mike Schwartz'85 (pictured at right without hat), and Auggie alumnus John Evans'82, the two camps were held in conjunction with the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. At the end of each week-long camp, the youngsters got a chance to get autographs from several professional hockey players, including Minnesota Wild star Darby Hendrickson and Auggie alums Martin Hlinka'00 and Ryan Mclntosh '01, who were attending Sheehy3 pro hockey development camp also taking place at the Augsburg lce Arena. Winter 2OO1-O2 ,4ucsnunc ruow s 'scholastic Connections' pairs minority students with alumn i mentors Aussburs News service Æ;Tüåî.iX1'#"::îiiil;J:ï? and believed to be the first of ìts kind in the nation, uses proceeds from a $500,000 endowment to pair students of color with alumni of color in mentoring relationships. Five students have received $5,000 renewable scholarships in this first year, with a goal to increase that number to 20 students as the endowment grows. "The commitment to diversity is a long-standing commitment on the part of the College," President William Frame said. "It is rooted in the Lutheran proposition that colleges and universities must sweep into modern society to provide the education which the management of our world requires." The program was developed in response to the resolution of a lawsuit filed by Elroy Stock'49, who sued Augsburg for breach of contract, relating to a 1986 campaign gift of $500,000. Shortly after thls gift, upon learning that Stock was the author of thousands of mailings urging "racial" purity sent to interracial couples and adoptive families, the College decided it would not put Stock's name on a college building in return for the donation. Due to charitable donation regulations, the College could not return the 6 ,+UGSBURG Now s. E money The lawsuit was dismissed due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. The sch olarship-mentorin g program asslsts achievement-oriented high school and post-secondary students of color andJor mixed race to succeed at Augsburg. Scholarship criteria include leadership ability and an interest" in communiLy service. "The conneclion piece is to put leaders of today in touch with leaders of lomorrow" Frame said. "The scholarships announcing today are named for the mentors, for our graduates who have achieved distincrion in rheir fields. [The recipientsl will be receiving the advice and counsel of those men and women of \Me are co1or." The program also aims to strengthen the College's role as a progressive and welcoming institution for communities of color, said Kathy Tunhelm, chair of the students of color received scholarships in Scholastic Connections, a program that pairs them (L to R) President Frame, Xia Xiong '05; KMSP-TV news anchor and luncheon host Robyne Robinson; Eloisa Echavez'94,'98 MEL; Matthew Shannon'04; Murry Kelly, Jr. '71;9yl Jones'73; €amilo Power'03; Gianna Sorrell '03; Jackie Cherryhomes'76; Jennifer Boswell '05; F. €layton Tyler '72; and Noya Woodrich '92, '94 MSW F¡ve with alumni of color as mentors. o a KMSP-TV news anchor and luncheon host Robyne Robinson (left) talked with Gianna Sorrell '03, one of the five new scholarship winners, at the luncheon honoring the students and alumni mentors. Board of Regents. "While it is true that we have always attempted to be responsive to the disparate needs of the communities that we serve, 1t is also true that we have not always been successful in doing so ... with the announcement ol today's initiative, we seek to change that," Tunheim said. Jones said that by virtue of Augsburg's location and mission, it can play a major role in helping to increase the number of students of color who graduate from college, a number which has been decreasing. "But," he added, "only if the campus is prepared to welcome those who are different." Frame said that approximately I7 percent of the College's 3,000 students are students of color, putting Augsburg second among Minnesota's private colleges in that category Inter-Race, a diversity think-tank based at Augsburg that was co-founded and headed by Vivian Jenkins-Nelsen, will administer the Scholastic Connections program. Augsburg graduate Rev Rufus Campbell'75 presented the homily in chapel (see next page). A luncheon, hosted by KMSP-TV news anchor Robyne Robinson, honored the scholarship recipients and mentors. I Winter 2001-02 r by the Reverend Rufus Campbell '75, Camphor Memorial United Methodist Church -following the announcement of the Scholastic Oct. 8, 200f Connections scholarsh¡p program wffi llth I l l I I :iå,ffi î,i:,1äi-,ä,ember the we looked into the face of evil. It hurt us, it angered us. We have not yet recovered. This institution has had its own version of looking into the face of evil. I just returned from the press conference over in Christensen Center where there was an announcement that scholarships are being created for people of color as a result of one of our alumni, brother Elroy Stock. I know brother Stock. I received my flrst letter in 1991 shortly after I had performed an interracial marriage. ...He senr a lerrer that was filled with hate ... and this institution, as a result of his lawsuit, also has looked into the face of evil. I'm careful never to think that evil is embodied in a person. I think all of us can be overcome by evil, and so I'm always careful to make that distinction. ... So what does one do when looking into the face of evil? s evil is by overcoming evil "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with U s good." I reviewed the mission statement of this great institution. ... [It] was called, through its educational process, to prepare leaders and servants in the community. "\J -J That is a high and a holy call, my sisters and brothers. And it fits with the Gospel, because we are a1l called to be servants. To pattern our lives after the one who was the greatest of servants, Jesus. ... As servants \Me are called to face each day, and each day that we live and face eyil, we are ca1led to overcome that evil by doing good. I think it was a remarkable stroke of grace, President Frame, to take a proposal to the Board of Regents saying, 'Let's take this request from someone who was overcome with evil ... [and] make some good come out of it.' I thlnk there was an extraordinary act of grace on God's part to see that and to be able to respond accordingly. So you've done just what our God commands. You looked into the face of evil and you have responded by doing good. We aii know that we can do much better as we walk the road to diversity. We "As servants we are called to face each day, and each day that we l¡ve and face evil, we are called to overcome that evil by doing good." Rev. Rufus Campbell '75 good and faithful servant.' And so I say to you, this great student body at this great instil,ut"ion, as you prepare to be leaders and servants in whatever community God places you in, remember this day ... Because this is the day when this institution can celebrate the fact that it looked into the face of evil and brought out good. The God we serve is a great and mighty God. God gives us the resources to turn evil to good. Sometimes it's just small acts, sometimes it's mighty acts. Al1 of In the text that was read earlier-in Romans, Paul's letter to the church in Rome-the beginning and the first trvo verses of chapter 12 set the context. Paul said, "I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your know that there is much more that needs to be done. And God has given us the gift spiritual worship." And he goes on to say lhat we ought not to be conformed by this world, but be transformed by the renewing of our of people to help to get us where we need to be. And so, I didn't come here to beat you up about your past record; I came to encourage you as you walk the road you are walking now I came to say to you that the God \Me serve is pleased every time we look into the face of evil and then transform that by doing something good. And so, to this institution, I say to you, Godspeed. I don't know what the minds. So, Paul talks about how we respond as Christians in a world that is extraordinarily good and extraordinarily evil. Paul says finally, in verse 21, that the way God calls the church to respond to reporters wiil be writing ... but I can imagine, in the annals of heaven, this date is to be recorded. And I can imagine that words like this have been recorded with respect to this institution-'Well done, my Winter 2001-02 them are important. And so I say to you this day that God is pleased, and the very angels in heaven are rejoicing. And to the Elroy Stocks of the world, we are ca11ed to pray for you. And we pray that maybe lf not our witness, somebody else's witness will be able to break into his mind, and he, too, will be able to look into the face of God and see God's goodness, which will transform him, also. And so I say, grace and peace to you this day, my sisters and brothers, and may the God of heaven and earth guide you in your journey as you walk the road of diversity, as you walk the road of peace, as you walk the road that produces goodness. God bless you. I ,4ucssuRc t¡ow 7 The Rev. Mark Hanson '68 is installed as the ELCA'S third presiding bishop fln a master of dìvinÌty degree lJHunron, 1972. He continued with further study at Luther Theologlcal Seminary and Harvard Divinity School. Hanson served several churches in the Twin CiLies area, most recently spending October 6. the Rev. Mark S. bisúop of the St. Paul Synod and Augsburg graduate of 1968, was installed as the ELCA3 third presiding bishop. He was elected to the six-year term at the ELCAb churchwide assembly in Indianapolis in August. His new duties began on Nov I at ELCA headquarters in Chicago. He succeeds the Rev. George Anderson, who served one term. Of the ELCAb three presiding bishops since its inception in I987, Hanson is the second Augsburg graduate to serve. Bishop Herbert Chilstrom '54 was elected as the ELCAb first presiding bishop and served two terms before retiring. "I couldn't be more proud and grateful than to have Mark Hanson, a fellow Augsburg graduate, as a successor in the office of presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America," said Chilstrom. "Mark brings to the office a wealth of experience, the heart of a pastor, and the passion to make the Gospel relevant to the times in which we live." After graduating from Augsburg with a degree in sociology, Hanson attended Union Theological Seminary in New York as a Rockefeller Fellow, and was awarded in seven years at University Lutheran Church of Hope, Minneapolis. ln 1995, he was elected bishop of the St. Paul Area Synod, and was re-elected in spring 2001. He has aiso served on numerous inter-church boards and committees, especially dealing with affordable housing programs. Hanson has been an ex offrcio member of the Augsburg Board of Regents for the past two years, representing the St. Paul synod. In announcing Hanson's election to the Augsburg community, President William Frame said that Hanson has been "a steady friend of Augsburg and especially of its unique mission as a college of the church in the ELCA ecumenical partners and Lutheran bishops from other continents symbolically extend their hands as ELCA presiding bishop George Anderson (left, front) installs St. Paul Synod Bishop Mark S. Hanson '68 (kneeling) as third presiding bishop of the ELCA on October 6 in Chicago. modern city Presiding bishop-elect Mark S. Hanson '68 and his wife, lone (Agrimson) Hanson '68, greeted visitors after the installation service. 8 -4UGSBURG NoW byBetseyNorsard "He is a great admirer of Augsburg 2004 and has been especially dedicated to helping the College widen accessibility for underserved populations in the Twin Cities," Frame continued. Hanson's electlon to leadership comes at a time when not only the world, but also the denomination, is divided by social and theologÌcal Ìssues. Hanson referred to this in a Minneapolis Star Tribune article upon his election: "One of my most important iasks will be to define and claim the mission to which God cails and which unites us, while continuing to tend to the divisions that divide us." Hanson is married to lone (Agrimson) Hanson'68, who has served as director of social work at Minneapolì.s and St. Paul Children's Hospitals. Their children are Aaron, Alyssa, Rachel, Ezra, Isaac, and Elizabeth. They also have one grandchild. President and Mrs. Frame represented Augsburg College at the installation service, which was held in Rockefeller Chapel at the University of Chicago. The organist for the service was David Cherwien'79. I Photos by GeolJ Scheerer, courtesy oJ ELCA News and Inlornltiotr llUinter 2001-O2 j¡rËA$!iþ?:"T¡¿i ffi r t I 1 by Betsey Norgard Assøssing the irnpact September 77, 2001. It's clear that the world changed profoundly ... and probably in ways not yet building. (See In Memoriam, p.26.) imagined. Though not affected in the søme degree as colleges on the East Coast, the Augsburg community deeply felt the impøct, both on cilnpus neighborhood, with Only one Augsburg alumnus/a is known to have died in the terrorist attacks. Lt. Col. Dean E. Mattson '66 was a career mihtary officer, scheduled for retirement in December, who was sitting at his desk in the Pentagon when the h¡acked plane destroyed his area of the and ø lørge population of in its Somali immigrants. How could and would Augsburg-a leørning community of faculty, staff , ønd students-cope with Augsburg regent Dean Kopperud was in his office at Oppenhelmer Funds, lnc., on the 33rd floor of the World Tiade Center south tower when the north tower was hit. He and Oppenheimer's nearly 600 employees quickly and judiciously evacuated and were on the street when their tower was hit. Memories of fire, explosion, and dying people stick in his mind. Kopperud reported to the Stdr hbune that the only questì.on he continually asks himself is "Did I do everything I could for everyone I saw in trouble along the way?" In Washington, Les Heen'83, communlcations and publÌc affairs director for the Minnesota Farmers UnÌon, was standing across the street from the Capitol, preparing for Congressional meetings, when panicked people began evacuating the building. A few minutes later they saw a large, white plane banking low toward the Capitol, which they soon learned passed them by and crashed into the Pentagon. this unprecedented tragedy, seeh understønding of its complex issuøs, and respond to its own and the community's needs? Above: Throughout the days and weeks following the terrorist attacks, the candles in Hoversten Chapel were constant reminders of the terrorist victims and those in need of consolation and prayer. Winter 2OOf -O2 "l remember seeing the smoke, feeling sj.ck, and then hearing sirens from all around us," Heen said. ... "It's hard to describe how lr-rlnerable you feel when your only defense is to run from a target before a jumbo jet hits it." Messages from Auggies abroad were also quick in coming. From London, Adam Olson '92 wrote to Norm Okerstrom '85 in the development office: "I found a pub with the news on and sat with my mouth on the floor for about two and a half hours ... It was packed with people in stunned silence." Reactions on campus to the stunning and horrifying news ,.4ucsnunc ruow 9 a O Concerned faculty and staff sought ways to assess the impact on students, especially freshmen, many of whom were away from home for the flrst time. Ann Klamer, director of residence life, compiled a list of reports on various topics that helped student life personnel deal with aspects of the tragedy The student life office posted a message board to gauge \s ñ ! IJ empowerment in the face of this awful sense of powerlessness," Underhill-Cady continued, "and certainly one of the best sources for that is in the polis, the public forum." Students also sought discussion among themselves. The Coalltion for Student Activism, that had formed earlier as a small group of a dozen or so, began "As much as I want reyenge lor ablatant dttdch on nry home, I want the'war' to stop. Essentialþ I don't hnow what I wanq dnd I believe America reflects thøt sense oÍ uncertainty." -Jdmes P, a junior, from his journal Adam Olson '92 happened to be at the American Embassy in London when Lady Margaret Thatcher paid her respects, shortly student reactions to the events. to meet weekly and swelled its ranks. Political science professor Joseph Underhill-Cady said, "They have no context Discussion issues became focused on the after Sept. for what's happening. The classroom provides a safe environment where they can air views, discuss, and share comments." lt's also a supportive environment. Journaling has been another means that Underhill-Cady has used to help his students find expression for their uncertainties and fears. He describes the unstructured thinking as being therapeutic, helpful, and positive. 1 1. began even as the events were unfolding. The morning chapel service became a time for people to gather, some still anxiously awaiting news of family and friends who might have been in the targeted areas. An afternoon prayer service continued the ,rigil. Classes continued as scheduled, with some faculty turning over class discusslon to impilcations of the tragedy. Several Augsburg colleagues and friends from around the world took time to share their grief and concern. From Catholic University in Lublin, Poland, faculty exchange colleagues of Augsburg's business administration department wrote, "We hope none of our friends in Minneapolis and St. Pau1, none of the employees or students from Augsburg College has suffered directly due to those unprecedented acts of terrorism." Deøling with the emotional irnpøct As elsewhere in the country initial responses to the attacks brought people together in unusual community and uniqz Augsburg Echo writer and sophomore Deanne McDonald wrote in the Sept. 28 issue, "ls there anything that could have brought the students together as quickly as the events of September I lth's 'Attack on America' did? It already feels as if we have been here for months." fo 4ucssunc Now Augsburg's call to mission On Sept. 28, President William Frame set the direction for campus discussion. In a letter to students. Frame asserted that the College's appropriate response lies squarely in its I32-year-old mission: "The greatest favor we can render to this world is today what it has always been-to search through the discipiines of learning for an understanding of both the world and ourselves that will guide us to the work for which we are best fit and to which we are called," Frame wrote. Underhill-Cady took a lead in proposing campus conversation. In an op-ed piece for the Echo on Oct. 5, he suggested that the first response to the violence should be dialogue. "Part of our job as students and instructors is to try to make the public discussion of these events as constructlve and well-informed as possible. "We need to look for sources of terrorist events. This group has arranged' to join other student groups in discussion at the 2002 Peace Prize Forum at Augustana College in March. Students also began a letter-writing campaign to elected officials, urging patience in declaring and supporting a \Mar. Listening to others A first glimpse at understandlng came as if by fate. The 2001 Christensen Symposium speaker on Sept. 24, scheduled months earller, was Prof. Lamin Sanneh, an African Muslim who is a professor of missions and world Christianity at Yale University. With his personal and scholarly experience in Islam, he provided some insight as to why he thought Muslim fundamentalism had targeted America-because of the U.S. policy of adamant separation of church and state. "Muslims are feeling a need to respond with religious fundamentalism," he said. "Muslims are helping us understand that our secularism has gone too far." Speakers and experts on campus helped bring understanding to difficult issues, (Left to right) Mine Ener, history professor at Villanova University; Amin Kader, Augsburg business administration department; Arvonne Fraser, ¡nternational women's rights advocate. Winter 2001-O2 T l : o His message was to urge ail Muslim nat¡ons to deal with their own fundamentalists, so as not to relegate the avenging of Sept. l1 to the U.S. Another speaker invited to campus in the following weeks was Arvonne Fraser, director of the lnternational Women's Rights Action Watch Project and senior fellow emerita at the Hubert H. Humphrey lnstitute of Public Affairs. She shared her expertise on women's rights in Muslim countries, especially in Afghanistan under the Taliban. "The solution is not with bombs, but with the changing of minds," was her message to students, faculty, and staff. "And this takes time." Helping the community understand Business administration professor Amin Kader emerged as a community spokesman about Islam, appearing on . I E and Psychology of U.S. Leaders DuringWar, contrasts the ways that terrorist extremists embrace death and that U.S. political and military leaders fear it. Supporting Somøli students and neighbors Augsburg students have An interfaith service was held in Hoversten Chapel, with six participated in several religious traditions represented by Augsburg staff and faculty' Above, Benjy Kent, academic advising, and Barbara Lehmann, vlgils in the Cedarsocial work, recite the Jewish Mourner's Kaddish. Riverside neighborhood, organtzed to support the Somali communitv. participants assuring them of stability in The governmênt's shutdown of those countries. businesses that wire money to Somalia "Now more than ever it is essential to directly impacted students at Augsburg. develop an understanding of the causes of Several Somali students reported to the violence and in¡ustice and to develop local television and radio programs and at area events. He urged listeners to educate themselves about lslam, to learn about its common roots to Christianity and its similar tenets deploring violence and "... I find myself feeling vulnerable ønd scared. What has happened is the scariest thing to tahe pløce in the lifetime of mry generation-ønd I can't heþ but feel there is more to come. Listening to some of the people øround me with their view on what'justice' is scares me." D., afreshman, fromher journal ki1ling. Echo that they fear for their families, who Lamenting many deaths among Muslims who worked at the World Tiade Center and Pentagon, Kader said, "This attack is an attack against al1 Americans of all kinds. if those terrorists are successful in turning us against each other, this will, indeed, lead to the destruction of our nation. ... We have to learn to understand each other and to accept each other." Underhill-Cady has also been interviewed by the media and spoken to local community groups, especially about the hÌstorical context and alternatives to war. His recently- and tìmely-published book, Deqth and the Statesman: The Culture depend on the money sent to them. The money-wiring businesses serve as banks, which are not common in Somalia. -Emiþ Moving on President Frame's call to the Augsburg community to search for understanding of both the world and themselves is rej.nforced by the work of Augsburg's Center for Global Education (CGE). Anticipating a drop in study abroad by students afraid to travel, the directors of in Mexico, Nicaragua, and Namibia wrote to prospective program CGE's centers intercultural awareness that can help us build the culture of peace, which we so desperately need at this time," the directors told students. In concludingher Echo article, sophomore Deanne McDonald went straight to the heart of the matter: "It is difficult to remember to see ourselves, members of the Augsburg community, as members of the world community; but if nothing else, this disastrous attack ... serves as an abrupt wake-up call to all individuals-reminding us that nothing is permanent and that we all make up one fragile part of the whole." I four gald medals and a 5ü-y*ü{ rr}ånlage ffiüLMTN CARËËR: At f irst glane e around Johnny and Vesla Werket's home irr Sun City West, Ariz., \¡ou wouldn't realize that you were sitting in the horne of o¡re of the best speedskaters in ,American history. A few black-and-whi¡e photos 1-Lang on the wall 1n a r-rtility roorn. Otre cryst rl vasc trolìhy sits on :r mantel in the kitchen ol the Werkets' retlrement home rr-r the Sonoran Desert. But the remainder ol the memorabllla ol his speedskating career-numerous world titles, three WÌnter Olympic Games appearances, his Hall of Fame citation from the Amateur Skating Union of the United States-are out in the garage. Deep inside a drawer and a storage locker. "411 my stuff is dumped in the garage," Johnny jokes, hÌs everpresenL smile beaming. And that's just fine with him. For the 1949 Augsburg nlumnus. hìs speedskrtìng tareer is but one moment 1n a long and fulfilling life. But the career led to love and a marnage that has lasted for a half-century. The career gave him the opportunity to coach many American skaters who became by Don Stoner l-rouseholcl nemes wrth tl-rerr Olympic triurnphs And tl-re career gave him a chance to see the lvorld. Not bad lor a smal1, slender guy who never believecl that all ol Lhis would happen to l-rim. Werket, wbo grew r-rp in south Minneapolis, began skating when he was 7. At age 14, he ancl a friend "The Powderhorn Skatlng Club was the dominant club in the United Srares at the time," Werket said. "lt was a ways away from Longfellow Field by streetcar, or you had to walk to the park." The Powderhorn club was an American powerhouse, producrng numerolls world champions and OlympÌans. Werket, and three of his Longfellow mates, ended up qualifying Ior the team. He progressed through the ranks, even though his smrll size was I major hÌndrance. "I was always the smallest, the lightest, the thÌnnest. I was too llttle. lf you bump me, I go down," he said. "l never had a unrlorm, the whole time I skatecl, that ever fit me correctly. Never. Everything was too buggy " L lnternational acclaim, lifelong love È' q b He lelt the sport, like many other young American men at the time, to serve his country as a paratrooper dunng World War Il. But he returned to the Powderhorn club following the lvar, and eventually garned a spot at the \947 Olympic trials, his first national competition. a' L S U q 'åt å; decidecl to try out for a speedskating tearn in Polvderhorn Park, on the south slde of Minneapohs. {Ð Ê t I' \\\\ At the 1948 Olympics in Saint Moritz, Switzerland, Werket finished sixth in the 1,500-meter event. He won the 1,500-meter race and qualified for the U.S. team to compete at the 1948 Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, finishing sixth in [he event at the games. A Norwegian newspaper funded a trÌp for Werket-a full-bioodecl Nonvegian-lo compete at the European championships in Helsinki, Finland. "At that time, they had allolved Americans to compete in the European championships," he said. "Right olf the bat, I was one of the leading competitors in the world. "l was second in the 500 (meters) and the winner was Krudacheq a Russian guy. The first- and second-place skaters from the 500 automatically qualÌfied for the 1,500 (meters), and they skated together. The Finns hated the Russians, since this was when the Cold War was mighty cold. "l beat this Russian guy badly in Left: Johnny Werket 'a9 (left) began his speedskating career with a coveted spot he won on the renowned Powderhorn Skating Club in Minneapolis. 12 ,4ucssunc Now Winter 2001-02 6, U t s Right: The 1948 Augsburgian yearbook dedicated a page to welcome home Johnny Werket from his Olympic victory' Þ a the 1,500. The Finnish people were patting me on the back so long and so hard that I wasn't sure I was going to be abie to compete in the next race." After the 1948 championships-part of a stretch where he won four world gold medals and four silver medals-he was invited [o compete as part of an American team in a challenge meet against a Norwegian team in Hamar, in a nation that adored speedskaters and all winter sports athletes. A l6-year-oId girl named Arnhild "Vesla" Bekkevoll was part of that practice my English. I had seen this guy skate in Hamar, and I decided that he was goÌng to be my victim," Vesla said. "I wrote to him in Minneapolis. I think the address was Johnny Werket, Minneapolis, USA.' "This was after the season, he had gotten back to the U.S., and I really hadn't expected to get a reply. But he replied and we started writing back and forth. anywhere without a chaperone," Vesla said. "Those were the strict o1d days." She watched the meet, and took particular notice of the small American Minneapolis. An Auggie world traveler races against the larger competition. When she got back to her hometown, she returned to her school and faced an assignment of Along the way, while competing on a national and international level, Johnny found time to complete his studies at wrlting a letter to a famous person. "Everyone else chose to write to Norwegian athletes. But I wanted to Augsburg. He graduated in 1949, and like many Auggies at the iime, Iearning Norwegian was a way of life. It was also a necessity for S Johnn¡ who was competing often in Scandinavia. "The Norwegians had a book on Þ training for speedskating, but it was in o o à, Norwegian. So in order to learn what was 1n the book, I had to learn the language. In three weeks, I learned the language," Johnny said. In addition to his speedskatlng days, he also competed on Augsburg's fledgling track and field and cross country teams. The cross country team was a conference title competitor during the early days of the sport, and he credits the training he needed to compete as an Auggie as a big part of L U U. t OlYñPk 16ñ " speedskating season, and the two arranged a meeting. The meering developed into a friendship, the friendship developed into a romance, and the romance developed into marriage. Johnny and Vesla were married in 1951 in È t id¡, Eventuall¡ one of Johnny's replies mentioned that he would return to Hamar to compete in the winter adoring crowd. She had traveled from her hometown of Rena, Norwa¡ across the mountains to Oslo. She was the chaperone for her older sister and her boyfriend. "I went because they were engaged to be married and you didnt go competing-and winning-the ñ his success as a speedskater. "We've been close and remained close to Augsburg because, in our days, Augsburg was a famil¡" said Johnn¡ crediting then-athletic director Dick Pautz '37 lor much of his Augsburg success. "There's a gteat group of people at Augsburg." "Augsburg is weil known in Norwa¡" Vesla said. "The first time I came to the United States, I came by ship, a I}-day trip. I got to know a group of Norwegian fishermen who were headquartered out east. They had just been back to Norway. and were returning to America for the season. I was 19 years old, all by myself, and some of the older fellows were concerned about me. "They knew my destinaLion was Minneapolis, and they told me that Ìf things didn't work out when I got there, to go and see Gerda Mortensen at Augsburg College. I had only known Augsburg because it was Johnny's school. But they knew of Augsburg quite well, and they were concerned about me." Johnny qualified for the 1952 Olympic team for the Oslo games, Left: Werket shows off one of the speedskating trophies from his Olympic career. W¡nter 2001-02 ,4ucssunc f\¡ow t3 and the newlyweds again boarded a ship to cross the Atlantic. The captain of the ship, who was a big speedskating fan, recognized Johnny and moved them from steerage class to a first-class cabin. He placed sixth again in competition at the 1952 games, after suffering from a severe case of bronchitis. Three years 1ater, Johnny was parl of a team that competed in Moscoq as the world championships were held behind the lron Curtain for the first time. "We were some of the first Americans to compete in Russia," said Johnn¡ who took along a camera for NBC's Today show wlth Dave Garroway. By 1956, when he qualifÌed for an Olympic team for the third time and competed in Cortina, Ital¡ Johnny could tell that his competitive career was nearing the end. Though he qualified for the American team for the 1960 games in Squaw Val1ey, Idaho, he withdrew from the team. He was beginning his career at Northern States Power and Johnny and Vesla were starting a family; the stress had become too much. Coaching career Though his body was unable to compeie at an Olympic level, Johnny \¡/as still able to remain close to the sport he loved. He began "The Norwegians had a book on training for speedskating, but it was in Norwegian. So in order to learn what \ruas in the book, I had to learn the language." -Johnny coaching young speedskaters, flrst at the Richfield Speedskating C1ub, and later as a coach of various junior national teams and Oiympic teams. He coached several athletes who later became greats ln the sport. ln 1967 ,he was the coach of the American world championship team, where Mary Meyers won a gold medal. He guided Dianne Holum to a gold medal in the 1972 Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. Johnny coached Eric Heiden to medals in the I97 5 junior world meet, and was a force behind his ascent to become a five-time gold medalist at the Lake PlacÌd Olympics in 1980. Later, he was introduced to a young skater named DanJansen; he was a friend of Jansen's father. He coached Jansen as a junior skater; Iater, Jansen provided some of the greatest drama in Winter Olympic histor¡ when he competed on four Olympic teams and finally won a gold medal in 1994, after severai tragic fa1ls in previous competition. "I guess I'd rather coach," said Johnny of his preference between coaching and competing. Along the way, he built a 3l-year career at Northern States Power, starting as a commercial lighting business representative and eventually working his way into an executive position as a trainer for the company. He retired in 1 983. Tennis Talent L È. Now, Johnny prefers to 1et his wife's athletic career take center stage. Vesla began playing tennis with Johnny and his frÌends 40 years ago, but back then, o à o Q Werket'49 it was a hobb¡ she said. "I had never played before, but I really liked it," she said. "I've played ever since. Today, if I'm without a o o s, B' Johnny and Vesla Werket recently celebrated their golden anniversary in a marriage that began with a 16-year-old Norwegian girl's fan letter to a far-off American skater. racquel and without shoes, I'm in bad shape. " The two moved from Minneapolis in the mid-'80s, afterJohnny retired from NSP and Vesla retired after working for l2 years in Christian education at Diamond Lake Lutheran Church Ín Minneapolis. She began to play tennis with friends in the Phoenix and Sun City area, eventually joining the "Anything Over 50 Senior Tennis" club. She has become one ol the Lop senior tennis players in the area, competing in several Senior Olympic events. Her tennls has taken them across the country, from CalifornÌa to Florida, for competitions, and she has earned dozens of medals and awards for her r.o Arizona talent. "I'm blessed with good health, and I really enjoy tennis," Vesia said. "Between our church and our tennis group, that's our social life. The phone rings and we go out and play. We could play seven days a week if we wanted to." Right: Werket coached U.S. speedskater Dianne Holum to a gold medal in 1972 at Sapporo, Japan. 14 ,4UCSBURC NOW Winter 2OO1-O2 5 '-! On a ratrng system from 2.5 to 5.0, Vesla is currently competing at a 4.0 1eve1, two spots uncler t1-re highest ranking possible. Their two sor-rs, John Jr. and Jim, are grown and work in the Twln Cities, They have four granclchilclren, one ol whom may fo1low in his grandfat1-rer's Olympic footsteps. Youngest grandson Eric is cLÌrrently a senior soccer player at Viterbo College in La Crosse, Wis., and has competed on youth Olympic development teams in the sport. hoekey feam ú '19;8 The Werkets llve by the mantra that berng actir,e is the key to belng trlliy alive Ê = o . "We're both goocl lrrovers, and that's what it talics. We'r'e never been laid up r,vith illness or sickness," Jol-Lnny saicl "Berng active is the best thing for everybody. When yor-r can be actrve, you can beat almost anybody." à' (-) Right: johnny's wife, Vesla, is now the winning athlete in the family, enjoying her successful tennis conrpetition in Arizona. ALh/OST.OLYMIPIC by Don Stoner Twenty years before Johnny Werket's Olympic victories, Auggie hockey players were on their way to 5t. Moritz for the winter games. But, something happened along the way to Switzerland... ln 1926-27 , Augsburg started its men's ice hockey program, officialll', though the Auggies had already dominated local hockey as an unalfiliated team lor several years. The 1927 team won the state college championship ancl repeatecl the feat the next )/ear, behind the play ol the Hansen .brotl-rers-Oscar, Emil, Julìus, Joe, ancl t. l Louis-along r.vith goalie Joe "Moose" Su'anson. ln fact, the 1927-28 team, coached by future U.S. Hockey Hall oI Famer Nick Kal-rler, rvas considerecl the mythical "national chan.rpìons" in the sport. The Ar-rgsburg teaÌ11 rvas selectecl from an impressive group oi canclidaLesir-rcludir-rg Harr,ard, the Ur-rir,ersiLy Clr-rb ol Boston, and Evele¡h Jr:nior College-br, the Amateul Athletic Ur.rion's Ice Hockey Committee to represent the Ur-rited States in the 1928 Wir-rter O11,r¡1r1.t ,t t, \4oritz, Su'itzerlar-rcl. The onl1, conditior-r that the AAU set for the Auggie team to be American Winter 2OO1-O2 representati\¡es to the Olympics was that the leam woulcl have to raise $4,500half of the cost of sending the team to was \¡ery upset as u'ell." The reasons for the sudden Europe. Kahler organized a furrdraising efiort, and along rvith friends of ihe school and the Mrnneapolis Southsicle Commercial C1ub, easily raised the money to send the Ar"rggies to the Olymprcs. But, just clays beiore the team was to ciepart for Europe, the Uniteci States Ol1,¡10i. Comrnittee pulled the rug out lrom under the local boys, abrr-rptly cancellrrrg the Olympic plans. rejection ol the Auggie squad remaln unclear. Perhaps it was because the Hansen brothers grew up in Alberta, Canada, belore moving io the Tivln Cities. Or the Oly,mpic conrmittee was influenced by a protest from a Boston amateur hockey group that rvantecl to lace Airgsburg in a challenge match. Whatever the case, despite the best eflorts of Augsburg fans lr4ro protested the cancellation, MacArthur's decision s¡ood. Oscar, Emll, ancl another brother, Emory', went on to play professional hocke;'. Oscar u'as a charter inductee in¡o the Augsburg "After r-nuch internal r,r'rangling rvith the United States Ol1'rlpic Committee, General Douglas \¡lacAr¡hur, r.l'ho serl'ec1 as the committees chairman, came out and termed the Auggies'not representative of Aurerican hocke),,' and r,etoecl them as theìr choice," u,rote local author Ross Bernsteìn in hls book, Froz¿n "i¡4enrtries: Celebraturg a Ccnttrrv of \4ínne sota Hoch.ey. "As a resull, rro U.S. terr'ìl \\'as sent to the Olyrnpics that year and a dalk cloucl loomed c'rver âmâteur hockey ln America. For the bo1,5 f.or.r-r Augsburg, the nei.r.s was devastatir-rg. The;'hacl been deprived of tl-reir greatest opportunity lot international far.ne, and the community A¡hletic Hall of Fame ìn I973, and Louis r.l'as selectecl in 1985. livo ;'s¿¡5 ago, Kahler's grandson, Jerrl' Regan, donatecl Kahler's U.S. Hockey Hall of Farne p¡,lon, rvhich u'as removecl u'hen the Hall of Fame lvas renovated, to Augsburg, r.l'here it was placed on display in the Ar-rgsburg lce Arena maln rink. Sfoner is spor.fs -Don infor nntion coordinator ,4ucs¡unc ruow t5 a o Hoversten Chapel dresses up tn s. s' 'öT'fllNe9 GL'"flöö' by Betsey Norgard n October, Augsburg participaied in the month-long visrL [o Minnesota ol Lwo brolhers from the Taizé community in pv¿nçs-¿¡ international, ecumenical community that invites young people from around the world [o share in experiences oI living together and serving in community. The two brothers fromTaizê visited a dozen colleges and churches in Minnesota, leading worship and workshops. To prepare for this visit, Pastor Dave Wold and two Augsburg sophomores, Carolina Chiesa and Maja Lisa FritzHuspen spent a week in August at the Taizé community. Students from other Minnesota colleges had also visited Taizé. The Tatzê experience is one of simplicity and meditation. Each week of the summer, some 3,000-6,000 young people visit Taizé for a week of daily prayers (three times a day), discussion sessions, and communal activitlesserving food, cleanlng, and daily tasks. The power ol the Taizê experience is in worship-"a meditative common prayer I I with, as its high point, singing that never ends and that continues in the silence of one's heart when one is alone again," as the Web site describes it. Worship consists only of singing, scripture readings, and the Lord's Prayer. During daily prayers, the church is filled with young people sitting on the floor, holding candles, and singing the plaintive songs of worship. The rosy light that filters through stained glass windows, and the illumination of the candles lend a soothing, calming, and healing presence, worshipers attest. It is rhis atmosphere the Augsburg to complete. The painted "windows" were mounted in the center of lightweight frames, with pink and orange fabrics on either side, constructed byJim Usselman. worship-"a med¡tat¡ve common prayer with, as its high point, singing that never ends and that continues ¡n the silence of one's heart when one is alone again." students sought to replicate for Augsburg's Taizé visit. "The difficulty was the sun coming in, it was too bright," expiained Chiesa, thinking of worship planned for a o s. q transparencies. With an overhead projector For Augsburg's visit from the Taizé Community in France, "stained glass" windows resembling those of the Taizé church were painted by campus ministry students. (L to R) Carolina Chiesa, Mary Jo Zamorâ, Maja Lisa FritzHuspen, Gurayn Sylte, and Naomi Sveom. Not pictured are Nate Grant and staff member Val Usselman' ,4UCSBURC n¡OW Taizé. The power of the Taizé experience is in Hoversten Chapel. So, they came up with a way to replicate the special light in the Taizé church. They returned home with postcards of the stained glass windows and scanned them on computer. The scans \Mere then copied to 16 Sophomore Mary Jo Zamora explains the details of her 1S-hour project to re-create the St. Francis stained glass window from displaying the images onto paper taped to a door, the students traced the lines of the stained glass and then painted them after the postcard images-some taking as many as 15 hours When fitted i.nto the arched windows of Hoversten Chapel, indeed a rosy, warm, dim light transformed the space. The students were dellghted with the results. "It was cool to see the outcome," said sophomore MaryJo Zamora, "and then realize that you couldn't have done it alone." "Like beautiful icons, the work seems done through God, instead of just our own hands," Cheisa added. Visitors to Augsburg's worship who had been atTaizê were also visibly moved. "It took me back to Taizê',I felt as if I were there," one of the participants said. The student project has made an impact. The idea of creatlng a stained glass look without the real thing was noticed by a number of people who would like to try something similar in their own churches. For these students, however, the essence oL Taizé came to Augsburg through its art and song-"Ubi Caritas, where charity and love are, there is God also." I Winter 2001-02 t' I l i tt From the Alumni Board president's desk I like this iob. I b.i,',g president of the Alumni Board. It gives me an excuse to walk up to Auggieswhether friends or strangersand ask what memories they have of this place. Usually I don't even have to ask, since their memories quickly spill out. I went to a seminar for alumni of the Master of Arts in Leadership program. My former colleagues were reminiscing about nights when class would end but they would continue their discussion, not wanting the challenging verbal and mental exercises to end. The evening Maya Angelou spoke in a packed Melby Hall, I was walking through Foss Center with an alumna who paused to point out her picture on the wall near the Green Room. Her memories of Augsburg's theatre productions glimmered in her smile. I drove to Rochester one Sunday to hear Augsburg's Gospel Praise perform at Bethel Lutheran Church. I asked one of our gifted musicians what he liked best about Augsburg. Without hesitarion, he mentioned the names of faculty members. He told me they care, they like ro teach, and they do it well. I listened to Neal Thorpe'60 when he received a Distlnguished Alumnus Award ar Homecoming in October. He remembered Peter (PA.) Strommen 'I3, the first of more than 30 Strommen famiþ members to attend Augsburg. Thorpe shared how his life and career were influenced by Strommen's dedication to Augsburg. My own memories of student teaching flooded back to me as I congratulated Marie McNeff at Homecoming for receiving a Spirit of Augsburg Award. She was my student teaching adviser-and I needed all the advising she could give. r¡¡ The Augsburg experience has left us with powerful memories that can seem as real today as when we first lived them. However, let's not forget that our alma mater is still creating memorable experiencer-and notjust for current students. There are opportunities for alumni to build new memories through Augsburgb music, theatre, exhibits, sports, and seminars. See the calendar on the back page or look at our Web site. When you're in the Twin Cities, attend an event. Ifyou now live far from here, help us bring Augsburg to you through a regional alumni gathering. I like my old Auggre merriories, but the new ones I'm creating today at Augsburg are pretty good, too. Please join me. eru+ Jackie (Ituiefel) Lind'69,'94 MAL President, Alumni Board Three alumni honored for outstanding professional contributions Augsburg alumni were recentþ honored for their extraordinary fhree I professional contributions. MichaelW. Walgren'64 t received a Philanthropy Day Award ìn November from the Minnesota Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP). Honored for outstanding professional fundraising, Walgren's 37-year career spans public service as a fundraiser and administrator in a variety of community organ2ations, he is currentþ at Children's Hospitals and Clinics Foundation. He was also a staff member at Augsburg for 16 years, serving in various roles, including both director of the annual fund and director of public relations. Winter 2OO1-O2 byLynnMena Walgren's nomination was supported by several professional fundraisers and AFP members attesting to his generous gifts of time, talent, and treasures, as well as to the funds he has raised to benefit his current and past employers in pursuit of building a better community The Rev. Roger Gordon'61 received a 2001 Tempe Human Relations Commission Diversity Award from the City of Tèmpe (Ariz.). Since founding Tèmpe's King of Glory Lutheran Church in 1969, Gordon has preached and modeled a life of acceptance, honoring diversity, embracing inclusiveness, and respecting all people. Because ofhis conscious awareness of community issues, Gordon has led King of Glory's involvement in many outreach prqects that aid diverse populations, including Habitat for Humanity, La Mesira Famiþ Shelter, andPaz de Cristo Homeless Shelter. The Rev. James S. Hamre '53 of Forest City, Iowa, received a Concordia Historical lnstitute Award of Commendation for his piece, "George Sverdrup's Expression of a Lutheran Restoration in America," which appeared in the spring 2000 issue of Lutheran Quarterþ. A professor emeritus at Waldorf College, Hamre's piece was selected on the basis of specific criteria. Of the great number of nominations, only 12 were chosen for awards. The committee grants awards to congregations, agencies, boards, or individuals for a historical publication, unique contributions to Lutheran literature, or for personal service in the field of Lutheran archival and historical work and support. .,,lucsnunc ruow fl Augsburg on Parade o a H F Joe Young, director of Augsburg's Pan-Afrikan Student Services (far right), brought together students and alumni for the first Pan-Afrikan alumni-student basketball game. o Ê s. (J a s Jane Vogler'95 (L) and Ari McKee'92 (both recent fec¡p¡ents of The Loft creative Nonfiction Mentorship Award) attended the English alumni luncheon and reading. Junior Jamie Smith, Auggie wide receive¡; helped lead Augsburg to a 50-14 victory over Macalaster College. Augsburg alumni gathered with their instruments for the Concert Band and Jazz Band reunion and alumni concert. ss *J s .J two Auggie fans enjoyed the Homecoming football game against These The Augsburg Spirit Squad pumped up the crowd at the annual pre-game picnic. 18 4UCSSURC f{OW Macalaster. Winter 2001-02 (J 6 E -l Mike Savold '72, son of Mayo Savold, was invited as guest conductor for the Augsburg Concert Band and alumni concert, which paid tribute to Mayo, director of the Augsburg College Band Four alumni were honored with the Distinguished Alumni Award, which was presented by President William V. Frame. Pictured, L to R: George 5. Dahlman '72, Kathleen D. Lake'76, President Frame, Neal O. Thorpe'60, and Burton R. Fosse'44. from 1952-1973. a o o a s. q-r ! q Vt s' The business administration faculty greeted alumni at the business department reunion. s' Alumni enjoyed the misty autumn scenery at the¡r own pace during the first Homecoming 5K Mississippi run/walk along the r¡ver. (J (J B s ss .t \s J _l U r Students showed their Auggie spirit at the Homecoming game. Bill Halverson '51 signed copies of his book, Edvard Grieg: Diaries, Articles, and Speeches, in the Alumni Gallery; he generously donated the proceeds of 100 copies to Augsburg. He Students celebrated the Auggies'victory over Macalaster. and his wife, Marolyn (Sortland)'51, received a Spirit of Augsburg Award at the Homecoming Dinner, Winter 2001-02 ,4ucs¡uRc ¡rlow 19 Homecoming and Family Week 200f Augsburg on Parade t E m Recipients of Augsburg's new Distinguished Service Award to R) RoW 1 (children): Max Strommen family Strommen, Lauren Smith, Eric Smith, Jeffrey Smith, Peter Strommen. ROW 2: Dean Olson, Nancy (Strommen) Stensvaag. Gladys (Boxrud) Strommen, Helen Strommen, Luther O. Strommen, Timothy R. Strommen, Judy (Knudson) Strommen, Merton Strommen. ROW 3: Marsha Olson, Chynne Strommen, Becky Stensvaag, Lisa Smith. Mary Ellen (Strommen) Liebers, Heidi Strommen, lrene (Huglen) Strommen. ROW 4: Steve Strommen, Bob Strommen, Andrea (Johnson) Strommen, Paul Strommen. Dave Smith, Peter Strommen, James Strommen, John Strommen. ROW 5: Hans Strommen, Jude Leimer, Bjorn Strommen, Kate Liebers, Erik Strommen, Annelise lrene Strommen, Dawn (Hofstad) Strommen. ffi æ ro q[ (L l HE ffi ffi Fg GT trE ru ß ¿) ffi ru @ zo ,4ucs¡unc ruow ä H nH TI U æ E E il g Efl Fri q ffi ñ H H wE ffi H E d flfl Ê tl E E Golden Anniversary Class of 1951 (L to R) ROW 'l (seated): Doris Frojen Bretheim, Gloria Johnson Johnson, James E. Christopherson, Herbert C, Svendsen, Elly Ewert Hutchinson. Marolyn Sortland Halverson, Bill Halverson, John Eliason. ROW 2: Quentin Johnson, Kathryn Thorsgard Erickson, Ellen Stenberg Erickson, Marvel Moe Anderson, Dolores Flaa Bjerga, Joan Baxter Larson, Dorothy Swanson Ryan, Alice Berg Wilcox, Audrey Nagel Sander, Calvin Storley, Shirley Larson Goplerud. ROW 3: Leola Ekblad Johnson, Dan Pearson, Lillian Ysteboe Ose, Jerry Peterson, Glen Hendrickson, A. Richard Petersen, James Bergeland, Trygve F. Dahle. ROW 4: Harland Nelson, Herbert C. Hanson, Dick Myhre, John Garland, Jennings Thompson, Hubert Carl Hanson, Kerman Benson, Arden Ramlo. Winter 2001-02 À of 1961 (L to R) ROW 1 (seated): Glenna Shogren Briant, Curt Haney, Pat Swanson Kreuziger, Lloyd Bakke, Marilyn Saure Breckenridge, Marie Gjerde Schlink, Winnie Nordlund Anderson, Bruce M. Westphal, ROW 2: Jim Holden, Phyllis Acker, Verna Stokke Tweiten, Judy Fosse Snider, Carol Oversvee Johnson, Leola Dyrud Furman, Pat Nordlund Toussaint. ROW 3: Rolf Peterson, Keith Leiseth, George Larson, Larry Gallagher, Ted Botten, Arlan Johnson, Dennis Kalpin. class G@ class of 1976 (L to R) ROW 1 (seated): Randy Casper, Sheryl Lium Wilhelm, Sharon Follingstad, Joyce Larson Brown, Deb Thomson Grant, Jane Litzau Stritesky, Janet Nelson Anderson, Steve Olson. ROW 2: Minda Grist Squadroni, Peggy Pepper Casper, Diane Forsberg Anderson, Belvin Doebbert, Janice Sedgwick Larson, Wendy Hoversten Larson, Susan Donart, ROW 3: Warren Hawkins, Gary J. Andersen, Joel Squadroni, Steve Reinarz, Debbie Harshman Forsythe, Doug Nelson. ROW 4: Tim Peterson, Timm "Titus" Peterson, Randy Lundell, Dean Myers, Ken Larsen, David Halaas. of 1991 (Lto R) ROW 1 (seated): Phillip Smith, Greg Schnagel, Mark Brodin, Tomm Hanson, David L. Johnson, Agbeko Agbenyiga. ROW 2: Margaret Buczynski, Tasha Topka Kallal, Kristin Dragseth Wiersma, Kristen Hirsch, Carla Asleson, Darbi Worley, Cathy Springhorn. Class W photo of your reunion class, contact the Alumni/Parent Relations office at 612-330-1178 or 1-800-260-6590. To order a 5x7 Cost is $7.SO/photo. Winter 2001-02 ,4ucs¡unc ruow 21 1 m Saving the real "Private Ryan" 939 The Rev. Palmer Wold and Ruth (Gudim)'41, Mankato, Minn., recentiy celebrated their óOth wedding anniversary They have five children, 10 grandchildren, and 1999, Chester Brooks'42 attencled a paratrooper reunion in Green Bay, Wis., where he learned he had parricipated in a World War lI n-rissron that 1ed to the recovery of soldrer Fritz Niland-the real "Private Ryan" from the film SavingPrivate Ryan. Wolds retired to Mankato after 51 years of active ministry in the Lu¡heran Church, and spend their winters in Mesa, Ariz. Philip Horne, Palo Aho, Calif., and his wife, Eveiyn, returned to Minnesota this past summer to visit his sister, Thea (Horne) 1945 B. R. Quanbeck and Helen N. London. 1954 "l volunteered Lloyd E. Peterson, Pewaukee, Wis., retired in 19BB after 3I years Lorraine (Osberg) Stickney, becanse it was something different," Brooks and Jean 22 Lutheran Church. 4UCS¡URC ruOW ñ Chester Brooks'42, pictured here with his bride, Ebba (Johnson) '42, participated in a WWll mission that Ied to the of the real "Private says. "I thor-rght if I was going to be in the Army, While waiting to return to England rn July, a declaration to avoìd the wipeout of an entire family during war was made. Sergeant Nlland, one of four children, was approached by Chaplain Sampson and inlormed that two of his brothers had been killed and the third taken prisoner. Niland would be returning home. Niland insisted that he wanted to stay, that hls family was with the paratroopers. As Brooks describes it, ln the paratroopers, you depend strongly on one another. a L) (Amland)'65, Willmar, Minn., aL Calvary tr'¡ grounds, Brooks' men discovered that other American troops, the 506th regiment, were nearby This regrment, which included Sergeant Fritz Niland, returned to the farm with Brool<s and his men. For several days, listening to BBC Broadcast radio, the men soon learned that o o Carentan had been taken over by ally troops. It was then that they sr knew it was safe to cross back to their unit. à 1964 is the director of Christian education 8T: Hlding his troops in the hedge of a church graveyard, Brooks sneakecl into a nearby town to determine their location. A priest at a local church instructecl Brooks to take his troops north where the Germans had flooded the fields. Hlding out until dark, Brooks and his troops crossed the open fields and were soon met by the captain of the French underground, who then took the men to hrs farm. During a patrol of the Standish, Maine, er¡oyed spending time with family when they led a group of 20 relatives to Norway inJune. Andrew is director of social work at Willmar Regional Tieatment Center and Jean ru Brooks, responsible for training new paratroopers, was assigned with his 50lst regiment to parachute into Normandy the night before the ìnfamous invasion. Because their jump occurred in the mlddle of the night, their intended target, just north of the Douve River in France, became obsolete, when the brigade landed 25 miles south of the Douve. Not aware of therr physìcal location, Brooks recalls leading his 14 men south on the river-the opposite direction of their unit headquarters located in Carentan, France. 958 Andrew M. Berg I I wanted to clo something new." of teaching and coaching at Custer High School in Milwaukee. Southem Maine Excellence in TeachingAward, and in 1999 she was named teacher of the year by the southern Maine Sam's Wholesale CIub. L U A history major from Augsburg, Brooks deferred the clraft inJanuary lttï:tt of 1942 to finish his degree . After graduating in June of that same year, he enhsted in the Army and completed 13 weel<s of training in Camp Wheeler, Ga. He volunteered to become a paratrooper and jolned the 501st Parachute Regiment of the lOlst Arrborne Division, which required an addltional month of training. (Nichols) '44 recently moved to Monticello, Minn., from New years as a high schobl librarian and occasional English teacher. In 1989 she was presented the University of e' After the reunlon, Blooks began researching \ÀNIL Hls research culminated in a book, The Last'Good' War. Althor-rgh not pr-rblished, his book tncludes his personal experiences during the war, and was written primarlly for his family Carpenter'39. retired in June 1999 afrer 4I S. NÌlancl's dar.rghter, who had traveled to the rellnion from Anchorage, Alaska, talked to the paratroopers about her father's experience. The youngest of lour brothers from New York, trvo of Niland's brothers were ki1led on D-Day, r.vhile another went n-rissing rn action in Burma and rvas presumed dead, althor-rgh he actually survived. As dictated by a last-sr"rrviving sibllng 1aw, both the fictional Ryan and the real Niland were ordered rescued and taken out of the combat zone. 1940 æ bycheriechrist ln seven great-grandchildren. The 1 ¡¡ o (t Chester '42 and Ebba (Johnson) '42 Brooks recently celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary, Brooks, an Augsburg Distingulshed Alun.rnus, retired in l9B3 after 33 years with the National Park Service. He and his wife, Ebba Çohnson) '42, recently celebrated their 55th wedding enniversary. They live ln Duluth, Wis., and have four children (two of whom attended Augsburg), 12 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. -Cherie Chríst is a communiccttion specialist in the public rtlations olfice W¡nter 2001-O2 ,-t 1 956 1 983 Sandra (Edstrom) Hamberg, Dave Meslow, Carlsbad, N.Mex., was selected as officiated the Arena Football League Championship semi-finaÌ game played on nationâl TV; he also officiates Division I coilege football in the Atlantic Coast the new administrator for St. Edwards School in Carlsbad. 1 968 Diane Tiedeman, Richfield, Minn., recently completed her 33rd year of teaching for Bloomington Public Schoois. 1970 Dave Mikelson recently moved his home and office to GaÌena, Ill., where he is an associate with Burger, Carroll and Associates (a management and information technology consulting services firm). He will be concentrating on human services and WIC consulting. 1974 Ward C. Schendel, TaÌlahassee, Fla., Conference. ln addition, he is a senior govemment sales representative for 3M, where he was previously a college reìations recruiter and helped develop the cooperative education program. Douglas Nakari, Finland, Minn., is business mânager at Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center; his wife, the Jean Taylor, Eagan, Minn., was 1984 named president of Täylor Corporation in October; she was previously the company's executive vice president. She is also a member of Augsburg's Board of Regents, where she serves as chair o[ the Marketing Committee. Beth A. Zeilinger, Lino Lakes, Minn., was invited to share her personal refìections on how her faith has provided a foundation for her life and her life's work in the October issue of Lutheran 'Woman Today. She is vice president of operations at the Upcoming reg¡onal alumni gatherings son, Christopher. Êq L Green ValleyÆucson, Arizona . March 14,2002 At the home of Herb '54 and Corrine Chilstrom Cit¡ Arizona. March L5,2002 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the home of Borgie Rhol1 Gabrielson'47 Chicago, Illinois . March 16,2002 follow. Naples, Florida . March alumni 24,2002 NT!]IIIIIMTZ Discover Norwegian Treasures and Heritage The Augsburg Coliege Alumni Association Awards and Recognition Committee seeks your assistance in identifying members of the Augsburg community to be considered lor recognirron for the following awards: Join President and Mrs. William V Frame and Minn., was named executive director o[ Schools for Equity in Education (SEE) in August. For Professor Frankie Shackelford Jnne L3-24,2002. Ca1l the First Decade Award the past 1I years, Lundell has provided policy development and Iobbpng servìces for a variety of education-related organ izations, alumni office at 612-330ì ì78 or .t-800-2ó0-o590 for more information. Spirit of Augsburg Award 1979 Sharon Lak¡n Upton, Raleigh, N.C., is the new director of development research at North Ca¡oÌina State University Winter 2001-O2 will be a dinner CaII 1-800-260-6590 Jor more details on these events. 1975 SEE. Augsburg âlums gathered at the Oyster Bar in New York city in september' The Augsburg Concert Band will perform at Emmanuel Lutheran Church at 7 p.m. There for band members, alumni, and friends prior to the concert. Brad Lundell, Minnetonka, including 9\ Gospel Praise, Augsburg's jazz and gospel ensemble, will perform during the 10:45 a.m. worship servlce at Vrnje Lutheran Church followed by a luncheon for Augsburg alumni and friends. The Augsburg Orchestra wlll perform, lollowed by a reception for and friends. More details on locatlon will Iicensed attorney, Schendel also holds the CPCU designation. He and his wife, Catherine, have one o 3 o Willmar, Minnesota . February 24,2002 formation of The Integrity Têam, a Federation, the Institute for Global Ethics, and hosts the radio program Commentary Friday. A 985 1 Zion Lutheran Church. Sun active ìn the International Coach Rev. Lynda Hadley, serves as pastor of Roseville, Minn., recently announced the professional coaching and business ethics consulting practice. He is National lnstitute on Media and the Family in Minneapolis. on a journey through Norway Upcoming Norway Tour Information Meeting February ì0, 2002, 2 p.m Marshall Room Christensen Center RSVP required; please call one oJ the numbers listed above . Distinguished Alumni Award To rnake a nomination online or to view the description/criteria for each award, go to <www.augsbr"rrg.edu/a1umni,/nomform>. To recieve a nomlna[ion packet, contact: Office of AlumniÆarent Relations Phone: 612-330-1 t78 or I-800-260-6590 E-mail: alumni@ar-rgsburg. edr-r The deadline for nominations for 2002 is March 15,2002 4ucs¡unc n¡ow 23 Class Notes m Geoffrey Carlson Gage: Creating his own path by Lynn Mena Two years ago, Geoffrey Carlson Gage '89 fulfilled a llfelong dream and started his own advertising agency, Geoffrey Carlson Gage LLC. Located on the edge of Lake Minnetonka in Excelsior, Mìnn., GCG is a cozy and whimsical suite of offices, housing Gage and three other employees. linn as a "traditronal advertising agency with an In[ernet twist." He prides his agency wrth offering uniquely personable, strategically creative, print and electronlc sen.rce combrnation. "Itb our goal to become as seamless and integrated with our client as possible, in essence becoming their brand advertising department or a complementary extension of their existing internal department," Gage says. Gage describes his a Geoffrey Carlson Gage '89 Prior to starting CGC, Gage was corporate communications manager at his father's company, Gage Marketing Group. Before rhat he was a copyr,vriter for Campbell Mrthun Esty. Growing up, Gage lvas blessed with strong mentors, inclr,rding his grandfather, Carlson Companies founder Curt Carlson, and his mom and dad, Barbara and Edwin "Skip" Gage. As a student at Augsburg in the 1980s, Gage's entrepreneurial spirit was clearly evrdent He sold, developed, and created advertising for the student-run newspaper, the Augsburg Echo, and also developed a campaign to increase attendance at Augsburg hockey games. In addition, he landed an internship durÌng his junlor year at a small Minneapolis agency ca11ed Grant and Palombo Advertising, which secured his love for advertising. Today, Gage continues to stay actively involved with the College, generously donating both his time and resources. He most recently sewed on the Augsburg N ow Alumni Advisory Committee. Gage fulfilled another lifelong dream when, along with his father and his brothers Rick and Scott, jolned the ownership pool of the Minnesota Wild hockey team. "lt has been really fulfilllng to be part of bringing NHL hockey back to Minnesota where I'm completely convinced it belongs," Gage says. Gage and his wife, Kelly, a successful art historian and co-owner of CGC, have a son and a daughter-6-year-o1d twrns. He credits fatherhood with adding perspective to his life . "As adults, 1 think we frequently overcomplicate things ... seeing the world through the eyes of our kids rea11y helps me clearly focus on the essence of life." For Gage and his family this "essence of life" is a motivating factor for their extenslve involvement with the community, including their church, St. Therese of Deephaven, and numerous charities. he'11 be able to look back and feel that he made a difference in people's lives "The most satisfylng aspect of what I'm dolng is spending the hours God has blessed me with each day dolng something that I love and am glfied at," Gage says. "If I can look back at our buslness and know it made a positive difference in my 1ife, the lives o[ our employees, and the lives of our clients, then the time and effort it took startlng and building this business will have been worth rt." Ultimatel¡ Gage hopes To contact Geofftey Gage, 1 or to learn more abouthis comp(uly, go online to <www.gcgage .com>. 988 Mark Cummings, Belle Mead, NJ., is vice president of sales for NaviSys, an insurance software compâny He previously held several positions at Prudential. Michael F. Larson, Bosron, accepted a position as a clinical instructor in the child and adolescent psychiatry department at Haward Medical School. He also serves as an attending psychiatrist at Somerville Hospital and has been elected to a three-year term on the Board of Directo¡s of the New England Council on Child and Adolescent Psychiatry He has pubÌished several book chapters, which appear in a comprehensive series of online medical texts at <eMedicine.com>. a ,4ucsnunc n¡ow 1 990 1991 f 993 Karen J. Reed, Patricia (Noren) Enderson, Elk Dana Ryding, Coon Rapids, Atascadero, Calif., was a presenter at. the River, Minn., accepted a position as marketing coordinator Minn., married Jeff Martin in June. She and her husband teach in the Mounds View Schooi National America Music Therapy conference in October (held in Pasadena). A music therapist at Atascadero State Hospital, she spoke on the use of gospel music with the forensic psychiatric population. Velda Stohr, White Bear Township, Minn., received a Master of Arts in Human Resource Development with a certÍfÍcate in instructional design from the University of St.Thomas. for Dealers Group, Inc., in Brooklyn Park. She is also working toward master's degree in business communication at the University of St. Thomas. a 1992 Matthew L. Maunu, St. Cloud, Minn., received his doctorate in medicine from the University of Minnesota School of Medicine, and completed a five-year surgical residency at the University of South Alabama College of Medìcine in Mobile. He is a general surgeon with CentraCare Clinic in St. Cloud. District at Bel Air Elementary. 1994 Amber (Meier) Tarnowski reports that'Augsburg prepared me weli" for postgraduate studies at Queen's University in Canada. She is in her first year in the art conservation master's program, speciaÌizing in archaeological artifacts. Sara Trumm, Minneapolis, recently became program coordinator for Luther Seminaryb Global Mission Institute. Winter 2001-02 M Meet the Augsburg Class of 2002 and recent grads at the second annual Augsburg Alumni Job Fair Tuesda¡ March 12, 2002 5-8 p.m. Christensen Center Lobby Täke advantage of this opportunity to match the talents and experience of Augsburg graduates with the needs of your compan)¿ Call Alumni Relations at 612-330-117 B to reserve your table space. f995 Dawn C. Van Tassel, Richfield, Minn., recently became an associate at the law firm Maslon Edelman Borman 6¡ Brand, LLP She is a member of the firm's litigation team, specializing in complex commercial disputes and business to¡ts. 1 Laura (Paul), Minneapolis, married Andrew Newton in September 1999; she is an urban tribal representative and Indian child welfare social worker for the Mille l¿cs Band of Ojibwe. Jeanne Nicole Ramacher, September 2000. 1997 Laura Schreifels, Minneapolis, is an athletic t"rainer [or Visitation High School, she also works at United Hospital. 998 Ânn (Rohrig) Bainter, Stow, Ohio, accepted a position as rhe foster home developer for the Bair Foundation, a Christian therapeutic loster care agency She and her husband celebrated their second wedding anniversary in August. Heather (Larsen), Brooklyn Park, Minn., married Wayne Johnson in November 2000. August "Auggie" Negele, Goose Creek, SC, married Lisa (Daniels) '99 in August 2000. He is an officer in the Navy and is finishing training ro become a nuclear engineer on a submarine. Winter 2001-02 grandmother Gwen (Johnson) George Ho '91 and his wife, Krapf '58. Beryl, Greenbelt, Sue (Moenck) '90 and Jerry Troutman, Minnetonka, Minn.a daughter, Renee, in November 2000. She joins older sister Elsie. Joelle (Audette) '91 and Tom Hilfers, Colorado Springs, Victoria Sadek, W Colo.- Joshua Thomas, in August. He joins older brother Cameron, 2. Joelle and Tom own a son, Top Dog Daycare. Md.-a son, Gregory, inJuly Ho received his Ph.D. in space physics from the University of Maryland in l99B; he is a research scientist at Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory Rebecca (Leininger)'99 and Jason Walters, St. Michael, Minn.-a daughter, Madelyn Diane, in September. She joins older siste¡ Samantha, 2. Minneapolis, is a health educator at the University of St. Thomas. tItrltif.ilfTt Sr. Paul, is pursuing a graduate degree in teaching at St. Mary's in Winona. She married Craig Berre in October 2000 and work as an English teache¡ and department chair at Minnesota Business Academy 2000 Augsburg Athletics Alumni can now hear live coverage of Augsburg athletics from anywhere in the world through the lntemet! On game days, fans can go to Augsburgb athleûc Web site at <www.augsburg.edu/athletics> and click on the live audio link to find the link to the live spofiing event broadcast that day Future cybercasts will include numerous winter and spring sporting events. Carrie D. Nelson, Sr. Louis Park, Minn., is director of 996 Lynnel (Wakef ield), Eagan, Minn., married Ian Taylor in 1 He graduated from the Naval Nuclear Power Tiaining Command in April, and graduated f¡om the Naval Nuclear Prolotype Training Unit in November. therapeutic recreation at Bloomington Health Ca¡e and Rehabilitation (pictured above, Carrie Nelson'00 and her fiancé, Cory Bock'98). Chris Steffen, Andover, Minn., is pursuing a graduate degree at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, and has spent the last year conducting neuroscience research at the University of Minnesota. TUESDAY. IANUARY 15 DIXIE'S CALHOUN, 2730W. L¿ke St., Minneapoiis, 612-9205000 Auggie Hour, 5-6:30 p.m. Faculty host: Tom Morgan, interim vice president for admissions and enrollment services. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 12 VINE PARK BREWING CO.,242 West Seventh St., St. Paul, 651-228-1358 Auggie Hour, 5-ó:30 p.m. Auggie Conversations, 6:30 p.m., featuring Chris Kimball, dean of the College, and Kristin Anderson, associate professor of art. MARCH II 200r SHERLOCK'S HOME, 11000 Red Ci¡cle Dr., Minnetonka, Cassandra Herold, Fargo, 952-931-0203 N.Dak., was appointed to the Minnesota String and Orchestra Auggie Hour, 5-6:30 p.m. Teachers Association; she is an Auggie Conversations, 6:30 p.m., featuring Cass Dalglish, elementary orchestra teacher in the Willmar School District. associate professor of English. APRIL 23 AUGSBURG COLLEGE, Minneapolis Room Births/Adoptions Caroline (Krapf ) '87 and Brian Clifford, Hellertown, P¿.-¿ 5en, Curtis William, in March. He joins older brother HaydenJoseph and is welcomed by his Auggie Conversations, noon luncheon featuring John Cerrito, assistant professor of business administration/MIS. SATURDAY, MAY II AUGSBURG DAY AT COMO PARK, wrap up a grear year of fun and conversation; watch your mail for more information. 4ucssuRcirow 25 I Carl Chrislock, alumnus and professor emeritus, dies at 84 t Cälå".u,, 1937 Augsburg graduate and professor emeritus EE of history died in September after a courageous battle with cancer. Chrislock joined the history department in 1952, where he remained for 34 years. In addition to teaching and research, Chrislock served as department chair. In the 1960s, he played a key role in restructuring the history program, reducing its emphasis on European history in favor of the non-Western world and seeking to provide history students with a variety of seminar opportunities. ln addition to numerous scholarly articles, Chrislock's published materials include From Fjord to Freeway , a centennial history of Augsburg College, and The Progressíve Era in Minnesota, for which he received a Merit Award from the State and Local Association of American Historians. Chrislock is a two-tlme recipient o[ the Minnesota Historical Society's SolonJ. Buck Award for articles inMinnesotaHistory, and is a 1986 Distinguished Alumnus of Augsburg. He was also most of his life. He was president of the First National Bank of Cedar Falls (now Norwest/Wells Fargo) until his retirement in 1979. He was also founder, and president for two years, of the Midway Bank (now Union Planters Bank) in Cedar Falls. Messerer was inducted into the Augsburg Athletic Hall of Fame in 1975. As a student, he was a member of the College's football, basketball, and baseball teams. In 1937,he and two classmates founded a student-run athletic support group that later evolved into the Alumni A-Club, now one of the largest athletic alumni organizations in Minnesota. Both Messerer and his wife, Lucille, have been active supporters of the College, 26.4UCSSUnCNOW victim of the September 11 terrorist attacks, dies at 57 I named the Augsburg Distinguished Faculty Membe¡ of the Year by the 1971 graduating class, and was included on the University of Minnesota's 1994 roster of Alumni of Notable Achievement. In addition, he was chosen as one of the Outstanding Educators of America, selected for his exceptional service, achievements, and leadership in the field t. Col. Dean E. LMattson died September 11, a victim of the terrorist attack at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. A 1966 graduate o[ of education. Chrislock was frequently consulted by the media for his expertise on issues relating to Minnesota history and politics. He was a member of the American Historical Association, the Augsburg, family members and friends describe Mattson as a devoted family man who never liked to boast about his position as an Army officer at the Organization of American Historians, the Minnesota Historical Society, and the NorwegianAmerican Historical Society. After his retirement in 1986, he was active as a teacher with Augsburg's College of the Third Age. Pentagon. Hoyt Messerer, alumnus and active supporter of the College, dies at 83 lJ on Messerer, Class of 1939, died in May I lin Cedar Falls, Iowa, where he had spent Dean Mattsotl, endowing scholarships for musicians and physical education students. In addition to support for his alma mater, Messerer also supported the University of Northem lowa's Athletic Club, which he helped originate in 1963. He was also instrumental in UNI's building of the UNI-Dome a quarter-century ago. Messerer was past president of the Cedar Falls Chamber of Commerce, a founder of the Industrial Development Association (now Cedar Falls Industrial ParÐ, and a charter and founding member of the Cedar Falls Country Club. He was also a well-known football and basketball official in northern lowa. In June, Augsburg posthumousþ honored Messerer at a ceremony that included the official The Rev. Mark E. lHall'77 officiated at a memorial service for Mattson Sept. 29 at Luck Lutheran Church in Luck, Wis. Major General Anders Aadland presented posthumous U.S. Army awards, including the Purple Heart. Senior Executive Services OfficerJoel Hudson spoke on behalf of the Pentagon staff. A military honor guard, legion gun salute, taps, and U.S. Army Ilag presentation followed the service. Mattson was born March 30, 1944, in Laketown Township, rural Luck. He graduated from Luck High School in 1962 and went on to study religion and education at Augsburg. After graduating in 1966, he was drafted into the Army and served in German¡ Japan, and Vietnam, but was sent back to the United States after becoming ill with malaria. After recuperating, he continued to work with the govemment, and served in the Pentagon for 15 years. At the end of December 2001, Mattson would have retired from the Army after serving his country for 35 years and achieving the rank of lieutenant colonel. Although most recently a resident of Alexandria, Va., Mattson kept in close contact with family members in his hometown. "He was dedicated to his family and regularly visited his home and relatives," said Rev Hall. dedication of the Hoyt Messerer Fitness Center in Melby Hall (see p. 2). Winter 2OO142 ,) Fritjof "Fritz" E. Christensen '28, Northfield, Minn., died in October; he was 94. He began his academic career teaching high school physics, and later taught at Augsburg, where he helped establish the physics deparrment. In 1953, he joined the St. Olaf College physics faculty, serving until his retiremenr in 1972. He also served as a physicist at Honeywell, the Veterans Administration Hospital, and served as director o[ the Center for Educational Apparatus in Physics ât the American Institute of Physics in New York. The Rev. C. Rodney Rosengren'44, Duiuth, Minn., died in October; he was 87. He most. recently served at. First Covenant Church in Virginia, Minn., where he retired in 1979. He also served parishes in Cokato, Minn., and Ripon, Calif. After retirement he served as an interim pastor in various congregations. Arnold H. Huus'48, Richfield, Minn., died in October; he was 80. A decorated World War II veteran, he .joined Gamble- Skogmo Company in 1928 as an accountant, and eventually ran the entire computer department. He also worked as an accountant and controller for Sweden-House, Country Kitchen, and Magnetic Data, where he became their first retiree. Carl K. Benson '51, Willmar, Minn., died inJune; he was 71. He was instrumental in developing the Anderson-Nelson Athletic Field in the I9B0s, serving as co-chairman on the development and [undraising committee. He was also active in the county and state Democratic Party and was named 1992 Grass Roots Volunteer of the Year Talvryn Tischer'59, Eau Claire, Wis., died in October; he was 64. He was a high school physical education teacher and coach for 30 years, retiring in 1993. He was an avid woodworker, gardener, and reader; he especÍalìy loved spending time with his family at Lake Superior. Donald D. Ronning'65, Stiìlwater, Minn., died in March 2000; he was 56. He retired from and photos! Street address Please tell us about the news in your 1ife, your new job, move, marriage, and births. Don't forget to send photos! City For news of a death, lvritten notice is reqr-rired, e.g. an obituary, funeral notice, or program from a memorial semce. Send your news items, photos, or change of address by mail to: ls this a new address? women, and at the time of her death, was working for the U.S. Labor Department to open its new Center for l-abor Exchange in Wells, Minn., died in August of cardiac failure; she was 54. An elementary and adaptive physical education teacher for the past 14 The Rev. Werner Kauuova, years, she was an advocate for creating opportunities for girls in sports. She had coached girls' tennis teams in Wells since 1978, and was a member of the Minnesota Tennis Coaches .{ssociation (past president) and the United States Tennis Association. She taught at Mahtomedi High School from 1969-78, where she started the girls' g¡rmnastics program. She was inducted into the Augsburg Athletic Hall of Fame in 1996. Linda Jean Taege '76 died in August after contracting malaria in Tanzania, where she had been Windhoek, Namibia (Africa), died in August. He was a program coordinator and adjunct professor for Augsburg's Center for Global Education. He also served as pastor of a Windhoek area church. Other deaths: Robert H. Olesky'50, ! Dallas, died in March; he was 75. Richard A. Northfelt'52, Crystal, Minn., died inJuly; he was 71. Myron T. Asplin '57, Dassel, Minn., died in October; he was 66 Robert Warner Zinn'61, Saratoga, Calif., died inJuly. Class year or last year attended zip State tr Yes es Salaam to improve the lives of Tanzanian Tartzania. No Posltion ls spouse also a graduate of Augsburg College? Spouse name five years. She worked cÌosely with the people of Dar Dallas (Ahrens) Hagen'69, E-mail Home telephone Employer ìiving and working in the capital city of Dar es Salaam for the past Maiden name Full name Send us your news his 33-year teaching career in 1998; his love for constmction developed into a log home constn¡ction business just prior to retirement. ! Okay to publish your e-mail address Work telephone n Yes n No lf yes, class Maiden name Your news: Augsburg Now Class Notes, Augsburg Co11ege, CB 146, 221I Riverside Ave., Minneapolis, MN, 55454, or e-marl lo <alumni@augsburg. edu>. Winter 2OO1-O? ,4ucsnunc ruow 27 o - I - o QUOTES from the QUAD all 2001 has been a busy time. Here's a sampling of what\ been F heard on carnpus. From the 200f Christensen Symposium: o a I From Carl Chrislock's memor¡al serv¡ce: "For many of us, I suspect, the reason why Carl's passing 1s -Stephen Batalden'67 "In the U.S., secularism is so strong, it has become a fundamentalism. Muslims are feellng a need to respond with religious fundamentallsm. Muslims are helping us understand that our secularism has gone -Prof. Yale University About the Scholastic Connections program ffi so deeply felt is that he helped to define for us a set of prÌorities rhar could order and integrate our public and private lives. "He did this fÌrst of all as a his¡orian. Carl's historical scholarship anticipated a new political or social history that took serlously hidden voices-the under classes or subaltern voices. Carl captured those hidden volces and gave voice to them well in advance of others. ... [He recognized] a set of values that took seriously the words of poor immigrant farmers, not just those who held and manipulated power and wealth. In doing so, Carl confirmed for us the meaning of our own past, and a set of priorities we couid bring to the public discourse." too far. "Religion is so important that we cannot give it to the government, but it is too important to be ignored by the state. The best political rulers are those who visit religious leaders; the worst religious leaders are those who vlsit political rulers." Lamin Sanneh, c'! From the luncheon honoring Edor Nelson "You taught me that principles and Christian ideals come before winning. You taught me that glving and helping others is the measure of a man. Today in a world of competitive athletics, the Christian role model is lacking at all levels, From the Homecoming Dinner and fr Distinguished Alumni remarks: [About Augsburg presÌdent Bernhard ... "He stirred within me the conviction that the mind was a matvelous gifi .. " lAbout Rev. Peter Andrew (PA.) Christensenì Strommenl ... "PA. preached with a passlon and taught confirmation with great knowledge I still savor to this alongside their white peers with help from a multicultural group of mentors. As graduates they'li go on to support and encourage even more diversity in their own professional and personal 1ives." Tribune editorial, -Star atones-Scho$:i: Oct. 12, "Augsburg 2A ,.4UCSBUnC ruOW day." Thorpe '60, paying tribute to two -Neal Augsburg leaders, whom he heard preach during his childhood "At Augsburg, my notion of family changed. I learned that not everybody was a farmer. I learned that not all members of my family were Swedish; not all Caucasian; not all from the United States-much less Minnesota; and, of all things, nor all0f -r:ä:l.i:*iT;ï;, "We have inherited your dream; we are trylng lo articulate it in our own language, and we hope that you will help us drive it forward. "Thanks for coming to remind us where we came from, which will help us be clear about where we're going." William V. Frame, -President but not here at Augsburg." "Through its latest scholarship program, Augsburg College is wisely increasìng opportunities for students and making a strong statement against racism. ... Students of color will be better positioned to learn , and he fed my heart wilh everlasting food that speaking to alumni -Dr. John Vetter'71, honoring Edor Nelson "I not only taught you some lessons, bul I learned many lessons myself. I'm very proud and honored to have my name on the football field, but as I look back I'11 remember that il was you, and not me, who made this honor possible." -Prof. emeritus and coach Edor Nelson'38 From the Women in Action speaker series: "We are each needed to be rainbows in the clouds. ... Yes, I can." Angelou, singer, actress, poet -Maya "Sex does not happen between the hips and the knees, bu¡ between the ears." Ruth (Westheimer), -Dr. sex therapist and counselor Winter 2001-02 ) ¡a o I o. o Music Theatre For more int'ormation on any of these eyents (unless otherwise noted), call 612-330-1265 For more inJormation on any of these events (unless othenuise noted), call 612-330-1257 Februarlr 3 January 24 Gospel Praise Concert Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church Prior Lake, Minn. Scenes from Music Theatre Class B p.m.-Sateren Auditorium February l-10 February 10 A Night Out and Night School Gospel Praise Concert 10:30 a.m.-Va11ey Community Presbyterian Church New Hope, Minn. by Harold Pinter, clirector, Martha Johnson February 16 Februarl' "Finnish Brass in America" Artistic Concepts: A Night Out and Night School I I :50 a.m.-l :20 p.m.-!ornhom-Nelson Ameriikan Poijat Brass Septet Concert 7:30 p.m.-Sateren Auditorium February 24 Gospel Praise Concert B:30 6s 10:45 a.m.-Vinje Lutheran Church Willmar,'Minn. March I Gospel Praise Concert l:20 p.m.-Virginia High School Performances: Feb. l, 2,7,8,9 ar,7 p.m.', Feb. 3 and 10 at 2 p.m. !ornhom-Nelson Theater, Foss Center 5 Theater, Foss Center Martha Johnson, director; Steven Draheim, set/Lighting director; Sandra Schulte, costume designer Duluth, Minn. March 3 Reading of Princess and the Peacocks A play by ProfessorJulie Bolton 7 p.m.-Tjornhom-Nelson Theater, Foss Center For gallery information, call 612-330-1524. February l-March 7 "Art of the French Table" Students from Prof. Tara Christopherson's Ndarch lS Concerto Aria Concert 7 p.m.-Hoversten ChaPel N,larclr 2A*28 Augsburg Concert Band Florida Tour 6 1 2 -3 3 0 - 1 1 80 Martin Luther King, Jr., Convocation "Healing the Violence of Racism" Nontombi Naomi Tutu, Fisk University I p.m.-Convocation, Hoversten Chapel exhibit their work. Opening Reception: Feb. Augsburg Orchestra Chicago Tour inf ormatíon, call February 27 l0:30 a.m.-Holy Spirit Catholic Church Malch l4-18 Seminars, lectures, and Films F or "The Changing Face of Minnesota and the Twin Cities: The Contribution and l, 6-9 p.m. Virginia, Minn. Augsburg Choir Metro-Area Tour Closing Reception: April 18, 4-7 p.m. Art of the French Table Interim course will Alumni Gallery, Christensen Center 8-10 "A Retrospective Exhibition" by Prof. Norman Holen Norm Holen wlll show examples of each medium and subject that he has Janr-rary 21 Gospel Praise Concert N¡larclr March l5-April 18 Alumni Gallery, Christensen Center Exhibits Gospel Praise Concert 7:30 p.m.-First Lutheran Church "Artistic lnheritance: Students of Yoshida Toshi" This exhibit will present the works of seven students ofYoshÌda Toshi, a teacher of woodblock printmaking at Augsburg in 1970 and L974. Gage Family Gallery, Lindell Llbrary Opening Reception: March 15, 6-9 p.m. encountered over the years. February 28 Virginia, Minn. March 2 March l5-April 18 Itrebr uar"yt B- Consequences of Race/Ethnicity from the Census 2000" Augsburg Convocation Serles-Race : Dividing and Uniting N4arch 7 Dr. Tom Gillaspy, Minnesota state "New Works" by Barbara Lea "In my studio I have one window ... this serÌes of demographer paintings is about the light on the slll of this window." Opening Receptlon: February 8, 6-9 p.m. Gage Family Gallery, Lindell Library Theater Mu: Drumming, Ritual, and Cultural Quest l0 a.m.-Convocation, I Hoversten Chapel I a.m.-Panel discussron li¡lar:ch l9 Augsburg Convocation Series-Race: Dividrng and Uniting I I : l5-1 I :45 a.m.-Hoversten Chapel 1I:50 a.m.-Artlst Series Event COLLEGE 2.211 Riverside Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55454 Non-Profit Org. U.S. Poslage PAID Minneapolis, MN Permit No.2031 - -
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Search Result: il E tr ä n n n E D H il K n E nr H SE tr n ø G n u E il E Ë n ffi n rÈ E ¡ a H ru /a - From the editor I L ast year, Augsburg established a college-wide program dedicated to fulfilling its mission of "education for service" and making the Christian concep...
Show more il E tr ä n n n E D H il K n E nr H SE tr n ø G n u E il E Ë n ffi n rÈ E ¡ a H ru /a - From the editor I L ast year, Augsburg established a college-wide program dedicated to fulfilling its mission of "education for service" and making the Christian concept of vocation a vital part of its classrooms and co-curricular activities. Minneapolis illustrates how nursing students learn that healing can begin with the gift of a smile or a compassionate, listening ear. The Kleven family's gift of an endowed scholarship honors Dorothy "True vocation joins self and service ... as'the place where your deep gladness meets the world's deep need."' J. Palmen author of leú Your Life Speak (Jossey-Bass, 2000), -Parker and upcoming guest speaker (see calendar on back cover) This program, Exploring Our Gifts, was funded by a grant from the Lilly Endowment, and encourages the Augsburg community to look at the "big picture" and think about where our gifts intersect with faith and service. Indeed, exploring our gifts is about much more than just choosing the right major or finding a "fit" in a job. Ultimatel¡ we can discover and share our gifts-ou¡ y6ç¿1is¡-in many different ways. Our story on page 10 about the Augsburg Central Nursing Center at Central Lutheran Church in downtown Lijsing Kleven '47 , who spent her life sharing her passion for choral music (page 8). This annual President's Scholarship, the first one to provide full tuition, fees, room and board, will enable future students to nurture their talents for choral music. In Februar¡ Augsburg celebrated the success of Devean George '99, who returned to campus for ceremonies that officially retired his Augsburg No. 40 basketball jersey (page 7). George, a member of the NBA world champion Los Angeles Lakers, recently shared a gift with his hometown community, and sponsored eight children from the "Why Can't I Go?" program for special education students in Minneapolis and flew them to a game in Los Angeles. Finally, on page 12, our feature story introduces the Lilly-funded Exploring Our Gifts program, sharing the many and varied ways the grant has allowed the Augsburg community to tackle some of Iife's big questions: What are my gifts? Why am I here? What ought I to do with, my life? Where are my gifts and talents most needed? /1,* ll"^^ Lynn Mena Assistant Editor o c' Orono Elementary School students sang songs based on the international peace efforts by Nobel Laureate Kofi Annan. with African drums to honor his heritage, during the Eighth Annual Nobel Peace Prize Festival. Students from Gatewood Elementary School paused at the base of the huge, inflatable globe that welcomed visitors to the Peace Prize Festival. o EI ù' Augsburg Now is publishecì quarterl¡' b1' Oflice of Public Relatior.rs ancl Communicatior.r 2211 Riverside Åve. ìvlinneapohs, ì\4N 5545+ 6t 2,330-1 181 nos'@augsburg.edu AI¿GSBI;RG Now Vol. 65, No. Spring 2003 3 Features Editor Betsey Norgarcl Assistant Editor Lynn lvlena 1 O i"",ï#lIlT""*;Ji*n' by Judy Petree Graphic Designer Kathy Rurnpza CIass Notes Coordinator Sara Karnl.rolz r At the Augsburg Central Nursing Center, nursing stuclents learn that healÌng sornetimes can begin with a listening ear ancl a smile as well as wlth a pil1. :'' \=l Contributing Photographer Stephen Gef[r-e President \\¡illiam \i Frarnc Director of Alumni and Parent Relations Ar.r.r¡'Sutton 8 Director of Public Relations and Communication First endowed President's Scholarship honors Dan Jorgensen Dorothy Lijsing Kleven'47 Opinions expressecl in Augsburg Now clo not necessarill'reflect by Dan Jorgensen official College polìcyr rssN 1058-15.15 Sencl address corrections to: Ach'ancement Sen'ices Ar-rgsburg College, CB I42 221 I Riverside Ave. ìr4inr-reapolis, ì\'{N 5 5454 6t 2-330- I 687 nori'@angsburg.eclu Augsburg College, as alJirnrcd in ifs rníssion, does not å.iscrínúnate on the basis oJ rcrce, colot', creed, religiotr, nntíonal or etlnríc origitt, age, gender, sexual orientation, mcrìt4l str¡fus, stdtus with regard to publíc assístance, or disability ín íts eclucatíott policies, a¿lrnissions policies, sclnlarship and loan program1 atlúe tíc an dl o r sclto oI adminístered pïogranß, except í,1 lhosc insfr¡nccs rvfierc rclígiorr ís a bona Jicle occupational qualif í catío n. Au gsbu rg C oll e ge is conmútted to provicling re aso nable acco mtno datí ons to ifs clrrployecs nnd its students. 12 Exploring Our Gifts: Reconnecting faith, life, and vocation by Lynn Mena With the help ol a granr from the Lilly Endowment, Augsburg students, faculty, and stalf are engagecl in finding ways to unclerstand how their lives, work, ancl caleers car-r be guided by a sense of inner calling. Departments 2 Around the Quad 4 Faculty/Staff Notes 7 Sports 19 20 28 Alumni News inside back cover Calendar Class Notes Auggie Thor,rghts On the cover: Harbo Mcclitation Chttpt:) in Cfirisicnscn Ct:ntcr, grttct:d with th¿ bt:atrLy and warnúh o.[ thc stautctl glass " hrccr r t'tctti.on " b_y Arrgusf www.augsburg.edu M.r/,/. r: o//, rs rr t¡ltit 50 ltcrccnL lec,yclcr/ pa¡tcr (10 pcrc(:t1t posL-con sLrnrt:r r,va.slc) l ¡rf¡¡¡ c./p¡' reflt:ctiott in thc heat t of thc can'tpLts. Photo bv Erih Stt:nbcthl¿cn A20 0 0 S tt nb althcn/ stcnb thhut. cont I A O I o I ln Brief Augsburg has announced plans to open a charter high school in 2004 focused on health careers. As part of the "Faith in the City" collaboration with five other Twin Cities Lutheran-based organizations, the Augsburg Academy for Health Careers will be funded through start-up grants from the Gates Foundation. Augsburg will administer the school and provide courses and tutors, while the other groups will add acrivities relating to their expertise. For instance, FairviewUniversity Hospital will match students with mentors and provide internships. The new academy hopes to attract students from urban, underserved areas to pursue careers in health caÍe to address workforce shortages and to better serve the Twin Cities populat ions. Faith in the City also includes Fairview Health Services, Centrai Lutheran Church, Lutheran Social Services, Luther Seminar¡ and Thrivent Financial for college honors programs. Created by Honors Program director (a o Larry Crockett, the Honors Program pages acquaint viewers and inform prospectÌve students about curriculum and seminars, as à L U well as the fall and spring Monday Fon¡m series, open to the public. Readers can access the online journal, Ah-zine, and the annual Honors Revíew, featuring outstanding student writing selected and edited by Honors Program students. To see the Honors Program page, go to <www. augsburg. edu/honors>. to R) StepUP program director Patrice Salmeri, StepUP student Katie Moore, and Rick Francis listened to testimony by U,S. Rep, Jim Ramstad criticizing Christian Dior's advertising campaign. (L Augsburg has received two grants from the lmproving Teacher Quality program for teachers to participate in Gourses this summer at Augsburg. Part of the No Child Left Behind Act, the grants are: . Lutherans. Augsburg's Honors Program Web page, "honors.org", is rated by search engine Google as the number one page among I ¡¡ . Thirty education paraprofessionals in the MinneapolÌs, St. Paul, and Roseville school districLs wilì participate in a twoweek intensive summer course with additional follow-up in mathematics content and teaching techniques. Twenty-five middle and high school social studies teachers from Minneapolis Public Schools will attend the summer Paideia lnstitute, JuIy 2I-25. StepUP students testify at state legislature StepUP director Patrice Salmeri and two students from Augsburg attended a special hearing at the Minnesota House of Representatives as part of a worldwide protest against the advertising campaign of cosmetic giant Christian Dior for their new perfume, "Addict." The edgy ads used images and language that seemed to glorify addition. Junior Katie Moore read from a paper she had written for a class on the campaign U.S. Rep. Jim Ramstad presented testimony both in Minnesota and the U.S. Congress. In response to the protests, the Dior company revised the ad scripts and changed the name to "Dior Addict." o o Augsburg3 chapter of Omicron Delta Kappa, a national leadership honor society for cotlege students, faculty, and staff, initiated eight new members at its meet¡ng in February. Prof. Lori Lohman, faculty adviser, and Colleen Junnila, faculty secretary have reactivated Augsburg3 ODK chapter, which was chartered in 1987 but has been inactive for the past several years, to R) Prof. Keith Gilsdorf, economirs; Colleen Junnila, ODK secretary; Erika Benson; Jennife¡ Holm, president Jana Skrien; T.J. Bramwell, treasurer; Sarah Haberkorn; Heather Wessling, vice presidenü lindsay Ruliffson; Norm Okerstrom '85, Development Office; and Prof. Lori Lohman, business administration and faculty adviser. (L 2 ,+UGSBURG NOW Spring 2003 I Speech team novices are top-notch in tournaments o I ugsburg's speech !{t.utrl novices s. à surprised their coach, and even themselves, as they carried home a fifth place sweepstakes award in the largest and most L Junior Victor Acosta wins Goldwater Scholarship Õ = U lunior Jphyslcs major Victor Acosta is one of 300 competitive division at the 2lst Annual Novice National Speech Tournament, held Feb. 28-March 3. They competed in I I recognized events and categories against hundreds of students fiom teams across the country. two debate students nationwide in Back row (L to R): Dan Sweet, Kirstin Kuchler, Becky Tellin, Nick Carpenter, Kyle Loven, Ryan Sobolik, Coach Bob Groven (Front row): Heather Nystrom, Gretchen Hemmingsen, Crystal Harles, Robert Jones finish in Impromptu Speaking. "This award represents a breakthrough for the team," said Robert Groven, coach and speech professor. "We had assumed that competing in Division One would prevent us from winning a sweepstakes award, but the team's performance exceeded my expectations." Freshman Kyle Loven took top honors with a second place in Informative Speaking and a semifinal The team had also competed well in local and state tournaments. At the Minnesota College Forensic Association state tournament they garnered a third place sweepstakes award. Freshman Heather Nystrom placed sixth at thls tournament in Informative speaking as she used her own experience with diabetes to speak about a new tïeatment to help orhers. Successfu I'Connect¡ons' /Fonnections: A Women's LLeadership Event," sponsored by Augsburg and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, brought together 130 students, alumni, faculty, and staff to discuss issues of financial freedom, vocation, and life balance. Speakers included to R) Kathi A. Tunheim, Pamela Moksnes'79, Shelby Gimse Andress '56, Andry Andriambololona Jurcich '98, Anne Frame, and Connie Evingson'76. (L Andress'56, training and development consultant Kathi A. Tunheim, vocalist Connie Evingson'76, Spring 2003 Victor Acosta win a prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship for 2003-0+. The scholarship covers costs of tuition, fees, books, and room and board up to $7,500. Acosta, a native of New York City, is in the StepUP program, where he is chair of a McNair Scholar and active the governing board. For the past two years, Acosta has carried out independent and team research on thin magnetic films in the solid state physics lab with Prof. Ambrose Wolf. He worked on a summer internship at the U.S. Department of Energy's Stanford Linear Accelerator Center last year; this summer he will be at University of California-Berkeley working on condensed matter and atomic physics contributions to quantum computation. Acosta is the fifth Augsburg Goldwater Scholar in the past seven years and is one of eight recipients from Minnesota colleges and universities. The scholarship winners are selected by the Thrivent's Lutheran Community Services manager Pamela Moksnes'79, consultant l. Shelby Gimse the fields of mathematics, science, and engineering to and The Augsburg Fund assistant director Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation from nearly 1,100 nominees by college and university faculties. Goldwater Scholarships are considered the premier undergraduate awards in these fields of science and math. Andry Andriambololona Jurcich'98. ,4ucsnunc ruow 3 E¡tt*t+wrytlrflllst¡tm Margaret Anderson and Adrienne A coral reef aq uanum for neighborhood kids Kaufmann, Center for Global Education, presented "Crossing Borders, Challenging Boundaries" at the ELCAb Global Mission event in Minneapolis last summer. tlack in 1999. when biology a o Lapman Orv Gingerich, international programs, set up the two coral reef h, and Michael O'Neal, sociolog¡ presented "Developing a Global Perspective through Faculty Development" at the Association of Lutheran College Faculty in October. Gingerich also co-presented "Transformative Learning and Critical Pedagogy: A Collaborative Workshop Approach to Theory-Building for Study Abroad" at the annual conference of the Council for International Educational Exchange (CIEE), in Atlanta in October. aquaria in the biology department, he probably had no idea where this project Þpror.rro, wlrram Jeanine Gregoire, education and NASA Space Grant program, presented "Make and Take Space Science Activities for the K-6 Curriculum" at the 2003 Space Science Across the Curriculum Conference at the Science Museum of Minnesota in March. She also presented "Girls Solving Real Life Problems Using Science Technolog¡r and Math" at the National Science Têacher Association Conference. Stella Koutroumanes Hofrenning, economics, presented "Greek Orthodox Perspectives on Economics," at Baylor University's Lilly-funded conference on Christianity and economics in November. She also teaches modem Greek language to school-aged children at St. George Greek Orthodox Church in St. Paul. Thirty students and staff from residence life attended the Area Twin Cities College Housing Association (ATCCHA) conference in February Nancy Holmblad, residence life, presented a workshop, "The Augsburg Challenge: Getting First-year Studens Involved." Christine Olstad, residence life, and StepUP students Torin Kelly and Mitch Lyle presented about campus drinking and drug use. Studens Amy Jones and Bekah Cahill presented a workshop on ice breakers and teambuilders. s, ra would lead. One direction it led was right into the neighborhood, to the Seward Montessori School, where he has worked with staff to build aquaria for their science classrooms. The first project was a small, lowbudget tank furnished with spare parts from Augsburg's Biology professor Bill Capman helped build a coral reef aquarium at the Seward Montessori School, with its biology department. colorful habitat of corals, marine plants, and fish. Over the pastyeaÍ, however, he has helped Capman was able to supplement their construct and populate a reef system grant funds with donations of both containing live corals in a much larger money and livestock from Augsburg and 70-gallon, four-foot long tank. other reefkeepers to outfit the school's "We had our share of problems for a system. while-the water was pea soup green In March Capman led a day-long with algae lor six months before we workshop at Augsburg on marine aquaria figured out what the problem was," said for grammar school, middle school, and Capman, "but we did a'transfusion' of high school teachers. Six teachers sorts from our tanks at Augsburg ... and attended, with one bringing a student we fixed a problem with their water along, and received continuing education purifier." Since last fall, he said, the tank credit for their participation. Among has been "beautiful and healthy." attendees was John Roper-Batker from The Web site that Capman created Seward Montessori, who spoke about his for the biology department's aquaria has use of the new aquarium in teaching attracted attention from an active middle school science. community of reefkeepers who share To see more about Augsburg's their knowledge and ideas, as well as aquarium, go to <www.augsburg.edu/ offer materials and funding where biology>. needed. For Seward Montessori School, Looking closely at Shakespeare nglish professor Doug Green joined Lejeune Lockett, Center for Global Education-Mexico, presented a poster session "Black Mexicans? A Non-traditional Cultural Perspective in Mexico" at CIEE. Continued on p.6 4 .4UGSBURG NOW E teachers and researchers from across the country at the annual meeting of the Shakespeare Association of America in April. There, he participated in a workshop to examine small portions of texts in Shakespeare's plays, not for understanding of the play, but for the language itself, in isolation from the play's meaning. The workshop was led by Professor Stephen Booth, a Shakespearean sonnet expert from University of CaliforniaBerkeley Spring 2003 Learning to read the numbers rFwo I vears aso. business administration proí.rro, rtÏ¡to s.t i.t¿ received a a s. S a $500,000 grant from the \ùlM. Keck Foundation to develop statistical literacy as an interdisciplinary curriculum in the E s O liberal arts. In terms of student learning, becoming statistically literate means gaining understanding of the use of statistics as evidence in an argument. In an age of numbers and technical information, it means helping students to develop a comfort level in the use of statistics in much the same way they become comlortable using words. As part of the Keck grant, Joel Best, author oï DamnedLíes and S¿a¿isúícs visited Augsburg in November to meet with faculty and students in several departments and give an invited talk. Students reported that while Best's book takes a somewhat cynical look at the use of statistics, it helped them become Business professor Milo Schield (left) hosted the visit of author and statistician Joel Best as part of the Keck Stat¡stical Literacy grant. Best lectured in classes on the need to th¡nk critically about numbers and statistics. more aware of what they read. "Within 24 hours of reading the book, I found myself questioning statistics being thrown around by the current crop of lpolitical] candidates," said student Jim Humbert. Schield is collaborating with faculty in several departments to develop teaching materials to include a greater focus in the statistics curriculum on reading and interpreting data. Schield has also collaborated with the Royal Statistical Centre for Statistical Education at the University of Nottingham-Tient. Peter Holmes, a senior researcher there, visited Augsburg in late March to review Augsburg's curriculum. NfornWOnil' Sally Daniels '79, undergraduate admissions, is president-elect of the Minnesota Association for College Admission Counseling (MACAC). Mark Engebretson, physics, served on the Decadal Survey of Solar and Space Physics, an l8-month planning effort of the National Academy of Science. He was vice chair of the Panel on Education and Society, which prioritized scientific and education effors in U.S. solar and space physics research for the decade 2003 through 2013. He was invited to present. a paper at the NASA Earth Science Institute at the Science Museum of Minnesota in November. With Augsburg students, including Jesse Woodroffe'03 and Jeremiah Knabe'04, he made presentations at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco. Engebreson also had papers published Series of the American Geophysical Union and the Journal of Geophysical Research. in the Geophysical Monograph members of the Minneapolis school board. He was also quoted in an article about state legislative initiatives in education in the Dec. 4 issue of EducationWeeh. Garry Hesser, sociolog¡ received the2OO2 Distinguished Sociologist Award from the Sociologists of Minnesota, at the association's fall meeting in St. Cloud. He presented "Rebuilding communities: A Comparison Between the Annie E. Casey Rebuilding Communities Initiative and the Minneapolis Neighborhood Revitalization Program" at the Urban Affairs Association, in Cleveland in March. He also served as a retreat leader at "Worthy Questions," at the College of Wooster in January, and served as an evaluator for service-learning and urban studies programs aÍ, Aztza Pacific University and Messiah College in February. Norm Okerstrom '85, development, coordinates the Lutheran College Advocates and serves as the council president at Peace Luthe¡an Church in Pl).rynouth. Joseph Erickson, education, was elected to a four-year term as one of the seven Spring 2003 Timothy Pippert, sociology, was named president-elect of the Sociologiss of Minnesota at their fall meeting in St. Cloud. Glenda Dewberry Rooney, social work, was re-appointed to the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Examination Committee, which reviews, edits, and approves questions for the social work licensing examination used in 48 states. John Shockley, political science, participated in a national study funded by Pew Charitable Trusts that examined I5 close Congressional ¡aces. He analyzed how Minnesota's Second District race between Bill Luther andJohn Kline was covered poorly by media. Jim Trelstad-Porter, international student advising, passed both phases of the Spanish Interpreter Proficiency Exam and is now a Minnesota certified court interpreter. The travel seminar that he led in 2001, "Cultural Immersion at Tirrtle Mountain Indian Reservation," was selected for inclusion in the 2003 model program list by NAFSA: Association of Intemational Educators. ,4ucssunc n¡ow 5 Faculty/Staff Notes Taf*Tilrff{ùf{JFilFrílÐ Steven LaFave, business administration, presented "The Effect ofEuro Conversion on Price Stability in the French Economy: A Market Basket Study" at the annual meeting of the Midwest Academy of International Business in March. It was nominated for a manuscript award. Ann Lutterman-Aguilar, Center for Global Education-Mexico, presented a workshop, "So You Want to Change the World? Educating for Responsible Global Citizenship" for the National Society for Experiential Education in l-as Vegas. Kathryn Swanson, English, presented "Now I Become Myself: Power and Peace in Aging Sleuths," at the Popular Culture Conference in New Orleans in April. She completed two site accreditation visits this year for the Higher Learning Commission and was elected to serve on their review board. With Norma Noonan, political science, she presented "Lessons Learned from Years of Reviewing SelfStudy Reports: Advice on Writing and Editing the Self-Study" at the Higher Learning Commission's annual meeting. Doug Green, English, published an on Shakespeare and film in R¿el essay Shahespeare (2002), and a scholarly review in Shahespeare Bulletin of the Guthrie's production of A Comedy of Errors. He also presented "Desperately Seeking Desdemona: Ideologies of Gender in Shakespearean Tragedy" at the Renaissance Society of America meeting in Toronto in March. Bruce Reichenbach, philosophy, coauthored the third edition oÏ Reason and Religious Belief (Oxlord University Press), an introductory text in the philosophy of religion. He also published "Genesis I as a Theological-Political Narrative of Kingdom Establishment" in the Bulletin of Biblical Research, 2003. From card catalogs to art catalogs Flill Wittenbreer. reference librarian at Þ,-r'oa,, Lr'rary, worKs atl clay wrtn words, but it's visual images that occupy much of his free time-especially Minnesota landscapes. Wittenbreer is co-curator o[ the current exhibit at the Minnesota Museum of American Art, "An Artist's Paradise: Minnesota Landscapes 1840- l9+0." This exhibit, for which he researched and located works, contains some images painted by visìting artists seeking the "exotic" on the mid-l9th century northern plains, as well as commissioned works portraying the growing prosperity of Minnesota's cultural centers. This is Wittenbreer's first adventure in Midwest histor¡ culture, and politics for many years was focused in literature, perusing old diaries and items of literary historical interest. About a decade ago, however, at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, he saw an exhibit about art and life of the Upper as an art curator. His interest Mississippi, and began appreciating and seeking Minnesota landscapes, especially those depicting Minnehaha Falls. He was drawn to works at the Minnesota Museum of American Art in St. Paul, and became a volunteer in the library and a docent, and more recently technology project published two monographs with JDL Technologies: Nowhere in Technology: All Children Left Behind and Talhin' Tall: Voices for Millennium Teachers. Fìrofessor Amin Kader was honored l'vu..h 11 by the Department of on in serving for 16 years as the department's first chair. ln his honor and to his surprise, an Amin E. Kader Business Scholarship Business Administration for his role was established by his faculty colleagues, friends, and alumni. Department of Business Administration chairJohn Cerrito 6 ,+UGSBURG NOW has worked with the museum's curator, who invited him to collaborate on the current exhibit. He began this project by considering attitudes held by Minnesotans toward their landscape over a century, and how national trends played into the state's artistic history. He sought to discover how deep and how strong the influences were-in other words, how they played out here, he said. He then researched catalogs and vendors to find works for the exhibit. His own collection includes seven or eight images of Minnehaha Falls, from a small, romantic Currier and Ives print to a more contemporary wood block print. The exhibit runs through June 22. Professor Amin Kader honored by his department founding the department and in The Augsburg PT3 education Reference librarian Bill Wittenbreer cocurated an exhibit on Minnesota landscapes spoke about the significant role Kader played in building the foundation and leaáing the growth of the department over the past two decades, and of the atmosphere of respect and dignity that he fostered among faculty and students. Kader's leadership as chair, followed by that of Milo Schield and John Cerrito, has helped the department grow to be the largest major at Augsburg College, currently with 716 majors. Spring 2003 Auggies place second at NCAA nationals byDonstoner a o ven though Augsburg's wrestling E team accomplished nearly all the s. E goals they set for the NCAA Division III wrestling national championships, they ended up with a second-place trophy, breaking their three-year string of national titles. Augsburg nearly finished with more team points (84.5) than its 2001-02 championship performance (87). They finished with six All-Americans and one individual national champion, matching last year's total. And it took a recordsetting performance by Wartburg (Iowa), with 166.5 points and 10 AllAmericans, to break Augsburg's stranglehold on the national championship. The Auggies continued their dominance in small-college wrestling, however, with the runner-up finish. They have finished either first or second nationally l2 times in the last 13 years, winning eight titles, and have finished in the top 20 every year since 1971. The Auggies were paced by Marcus The Auggie wrestlers' second-place finish this year was only three po¡nts shy of last year's national title points as they were topped by record-setting Wartburg College in the NCAA national championships, an individual season unbeaten. He With six All-Americans, it marked 15th the straight year that Augsburg has had at least five wrestling All-Americans. finished 44-0 to win the 157-pound individual national championship. Don Stoner is sports int'ormatron coordinator. LeVesseur, who became only the second wrestler in school history to go through Augsburg ret¡res Devean George's jerseV o,Donstoner D ;"ï,î".:,i: .:ii:Ti:i,lî "r,.,uo his Augsburg No. 40 to formally retire 'basketball jersey George, a small forward with the three-time NBA world champion Los Angeles Lakers, was honored in public 6¿¡srn6¡is5-once for students, faculty, and staff and also during Augsburg's men's basketball game against Hamline. "I want to thank the school for doing this for me. This is real special for me and I will always remember it," said George. "I want to thank my family, my teammates, and friends, for being there for me. My success is because of them. I've had good people around me." George's family, friends, and former teammates and coaches were a prominent part of the celebration events. George,is Spring 2003 s the only player from an NCAA s a s Division III institution currently in the ts NBA. His No.40 joined the No. 50 jersey of Dan Anderson'65 the only two as numbers retired any Augsburg sports team. by During the weekend, Men's athletic director Paul Grauer (right) congratulates Los Angeles Laker Devean George '99 as his Augsburg jersey was retired at a celebration in February. Augsburg also unveiled a banner to honor Lute Olson'56, men's basketball coach at the University of Arízona, who was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in September. Don Stoner rs sports ntformatron coordtnator ,4ucsnunc ruow 7 Around the Quad First endowed President's Scholarship honors Dorothy L¡¡sing Klgvgn '47 byDanrorsensen D;i: :?, :ËTf .i:î ;li,: îti:î. lb O :T world, and in her memory her husband, and her four children and spouses have s s created Augsburg's first endowed President's Scholarship to be given annually to an entering student in choral music. On March 23 the Kleven family members gathered with the family of the first recipient of the award, Carl Gruhlke of Kelley, lowa, to both honor Dorothy and the student who received the award. "My family and I are pleased to present this first annual scholarship for choral music," Said E. Milton Kleven'46 "It seems a fitting tribute to Dorothy because, in addition to her family and her Christian faith, choral music was very important to her. From an early age when her parents discovered that she had beautiful talent, she took voice lessons and was active and involved in church and school choirs. "While a student here at Augsburg in the mid-40s, she was a member of the Augsburg Choir, and throughout our 53 years of married life, while busy raising a family, running a busy household, and helping me run our flooring business, Dot remained an active member of the church choir." Kleven said that over the years Augsburg has never been far from his thoughts. He also said he was pleased that his children and their spouses joined him in giving their emotional and financial support to the scholarship because they understand the importance of maintaining Augsburg's strong musical heritage and attracting talented students to the College. Gruhlke displayed that talent by performing two songs, accompanied by his future choir director, Peter Hendrickson'76, music professor and director oI choral activities. Joining with their father in funding the endowment were Bruce and Maren Kleven, David and Barbara Kleven, Zane 8 .,+UGSBURG NoW Milton Kleven '46, with his sister and his four children and their spouses, have endowed a President's Scholarship in choral music in the memory of his wife, Dorothy Lijsing Kleven '47. The first recipient is entering freshman €arl Gruhlke. (L to R) Maren Kleven, lvadell Kleven Rice. Bruce Kleven, Carl Gruhlke, Zane Birky, Milt Kleven '46, Philip Larson, Barbara Kleven Birky, David Kleven, Barbara Kleven, and Diane Kleven Larson. E. and Barbara Kleven Birky, and Philip and Diane Kleven Larson. "It's our family's hope that the recipients of this scholarship will find an Augsburg College community where their love and talent for choral music can be nurtured and developed and bring them to a lifetime of happiness," Kleven said. Sue Klaseus, vice president for institutional advancement, both welcomed the participants and spoke about the prestige of the scholarship itself. "The President's Scholarship is the most prestigious and highly competitive scholarship, recognizing the most academically qualified freshmen entering Augsburg College each year," she said. "This particular scholarship sets a model for future endowments that will help build our reputation and recruit the kind of talent that Carl Gruhlke represents." While President's Scholarships have been awarded annually since the fall of 1982, this is the first one to provide full tuition, fees, room and board thanks to the Kleven Endowment. Ninety students competed for the award with five others receiving the traditional scholarships covering tuition and fees. Gruhlke, who is a student at Ballard High School, plans to major in youth and family ministry. Hendrickson spoke about the transformation that occurs when students come to the College, noting that he came to Augsburg to prepare for medicine and left to live his life in choral music. "This is a place where we want you to be you," he said to Gruhlke, "and if you can do that through choral music, that's fabulous." And Herald Johnson'68, assistant vice president for enrollment and market development, spoke about the impact that scholarships make on the life of the institution. "Augsburg always has been an access place," he said, "and gifts such as this show an ongoing confidence in the College and its mission. Fundamentall¡ it's a commitment to an individual student, but it's also commit"ment" to Augsburg College, what we stand for and are trying to perpetuate into the future. "When you endow something you are creating something for posterit¡" he said. "You've given us a wonderful vehicle to carry things into the future." Spring 2003 '1 I I A t¡me for celelcration and thanks Ol,ï¿'"1,1"""*' u faculty, and staff gathered on campus to celebrate the generosity of one generation to another. The annual Scholarship Têa brought together students who have received scholarships and the donors and their families who have made them possible. Senior student body president and physics/math major Brad Motl spoke about the È President and Mrs. Frame hosted four of the President's Scholars at (L to R) Jean Johnson '04, President Frame, Alexis Johnson '05, Andrea Carlson '04, Anne Frame, and Adam their table for conversation. Nugent'03. importance of scholarships to his studies. ''Scholarship money is important-it I don't have to focus on working to go to school here, but allows me to means focus on other things, such as my research with Prof. Ambrose Wolf in physics." Motl's sister, Melissa, a freshman at Augsburg, told donors that her 5 t) È scholarships allow her the time to become involved in student activities and campus ministry. Junior music performance major Jennifer Holm and donorJonathon Nye were thrilled to meet each other. Hohn, an oboeist, is the recipient of the Lois Oberhammer Nye Scholarship that Nye established in memory of his wife, who was also an oboeist. During the 2002-03 academic year, over $750,000 was available to fund 247 endowed scholarships. In additlon, another $3.9 million provided President's, Regents', Tiansfer Regents', and Legacy Scholarships. This aid, much of which t '{ Student body president Brad Motl '03 and his sister, Melissa, a freshman. enjoy being at Augsburg together and spoke about how their scholarships have allowed them to grow while here. Spring 2003 by Betsey Norgard comes from the College's operating budget, is especially critical at a time when state ând federal funding for education is facing considerable reduction. Senior Yvonne Andert Wilken '03, who is studying with a Transfer Regents' Scholarship, stops to chat with a donor. Sue Klaseus, vice president for institutional advancement, acknowledged and expressed gratitude for the growing support to The Augsburg Fund, the College's annual fund. "We set some very aggressive annual fund goals," she said. "The good news is that in this difficult time and in this economy we are achieving those goals, and many of you in this room are responsible for making that possible." Development director John Knight summarized the thoughts of many. "Augsburg is not a building stuck in the middle of Minneapolis. It's about all the people who have attended here, who have taught here, who have come to campus ministry here, who have played athletics here, who have donated here, who have sent their children here-all for different reasons, but the same place. It's a remarkable place." .Aucsnunc ruow g w the value ¡. e, respec byJudy Pát""" È t: YOU CAN TALK ABOUT LOVE and compassion all day, but if you really want to experience it first hand, spend a few hours at the Augsburg Central Nursing Center at Central Lutheran Church in downtown Minneapolis. The Nursing Center, a collaboration of Augsburg College, Central Lutheran Church, and the Urban Communities of Minneapolis, offers people from the community of Minneapolis and from the congregation of Central Lutheran Church an opportunity to meet with a nurse, discuss their health concerns, and get linked to other resources if needed. As an educational endeavor, the center offers nursing students unique opportunities to learn about the needs and strengths of homeless people who are often invisible in society and marginalized in health care. The center, which recently celebrated its lOth anniversary, is based on a nursing model, which teaches health promotion and helps people take control of their own lives, rather than a medical model, which is focused on diseases and curing. Professor emerita Bev Nilsson, retired chair of the Nursing Department and Rev Dr. Bill Miller, retired associate pastor at Central Lutheran Church, worked closely in establishing the center, but it wasn't an easy task Above: At Augsburg Central Nursing Center at Central Lutheran Church. nursing students learn that healing sometimes can begin with a listening ear and a smile as well as with a pill Photo by Stephen Geffre. 10 ,4ucs¡uRc ltow The Beginning In the early 1980s, nursing centers, which are independent nursing practices, were just starting to get press. Nilsson, then chair of the nursing department, was looking for a different clinical site where Augsburg nursing students could practice, to see what a difference nursing in itself can make. She spent a lot of time searching for an ideal location for a nursing center, looking at places from rooms in the nursing department at Augsburg to various sites in the neighborhood. Nilsson said she even considered at one time buying a bus and having a mobile nursing center, but there was always a glitch. While students and faculty were excited about the potential of a new type of practice and educational experience, Nilsson said she was about Spring 2003 it was known that they were going to hand out hygiene supplies, items were left in shopping bags-full outside the door. With that and a $15,000 start-up grant from Fairview Foundation, they were ready to open. "Another miracle," Nilsson said, "is that we have never run out of everything, thanks to generous donations. And some Nursing professor emerita Bev Nilsson and the Rev. Bill days," she added, "we give Miller. retired associate pastor at Central Lutheran Church, away as many as 100 pairs of celebrated the 1oth anniversary of their collaboration in socks." providing health counseling and resources for the innercity community. As word of the center spreads, the demand for ready to give up because she couldn't service is increasing. "The good news find a location. is," Nilsson said, "many people use the That's when Miller entered the center. The bad news, many people must picture. use the center." One of the greatest gifts the nurses and volunteers give to the people who come to the center, is the gift of listening. Miller said the nurses accept the people as they are, they always listen "lt was almost a miraculous turn of and never turn their backs on anyone. events," Nilsson said. "It was like Gocl "You don't have to have anything was saying you need to be in that physically wrong with you to go to the place. " center," Miller said. "To some, it's just a place to go where someone wiÌl listen to That place was Central Lutheran them, which is a rare commodity, Church. Several factors came together to especially in today's world." make the Nursing Center a reality. Nilsson added that they, too, receive MilÌer and Rev Steve Cornils, then a gift from the people who come to the pastor at Central Lutheran, were talking center-the gift of trust. It takes a while about the "visions" they had for the to build that trust to the point where church, and Cornils ancl Charles people who come wili open up to the Anderson, president of Augsburg, were center'.s staff. having discussions about ways the church and College could work more closely together. This discussion lecl to a Nilsson's search for a nursing center site, and as they say, the rest is history. Miiler got in touch with Nilsson, ancl the two worked closely in establishing the center Nilsson said she hopes the nursing at Central Lutheran. students come away with a heightened As Nilsson recently saicl at the lOth appreciation for nursing-that clifferent nursing practices can make a difference anniversary celebration, "As people were lecl to Bethlehem, we were 1ed here, and in people's lives, and that you clon't aÌways need a pill to heal. As a matier of are delighted to be here." Nilsson said word spreacl about the fact, they do not give out medications or prescriptions, rather vouchers, which nursing center and "the abundance can be turned in at a clesignated local flowed down." Equipment and supplies drugstore. These vouchers are very started showing up at the center. When Miraculous turn of events ' specifically written out, Nilsson said. The nlrrses never prescribe an over-thecounter medication, rather write down the symptoms and leave it to the pharmacist to recolnmend a proper treatment. She said she also hopes the stuclents come away with a greater appreciation and understanding for what it is like to live in poverty, what it takes to survive on the streets, and for the hopes, dreams, and fears these people also have. Students see the opportunity to work at the center as a valuable addition to their education. Nilsson said it can be "a big eye opener" to many students. Eric Eggler, second year nursing student in the Augsburg Rochester program, said his experience in working at the Nursing Center has given him a "better understanding of life, and how much he, as an individual, can do to change things for others." "I feel like a better nurse for my experiences," Eggler said. "I can honestly say that it really is the simple things we do as nurses that patients remember. Just offering a warm smile and a polite hello without judging can make the difference in someone's day." I Judy Petree is media relations manager. Students making difference Spring 2003 Linda Ackerman, a student in the Master of Arts in Nursing program, measures the blood pressure of a visitor to the Nursing Center. ,4ucs¡unc n¡ow 11 a -..i:.;:i3 RECONNEC ING FAIT LIFE, AND VOCATION by Lynn Mena those of Martin Luther when she writes: "Ministry is not a minister is anyone who chooses to use our resources to tend to the wounded heart of the world. Anything we do can be a just for ministers: In the new spirituality, ministry, from menial labor to the highest professional endeavor. It is our ministry if it is an activity we use to spread peace and forgiveness and love." lndeed, as defined by Exploring Our Gifts: "In its broadest sense, vocation is the thing that you were created to be and do, whether that means being a student, a parent, a doctor, a teacheq a businesspersonanything you can imagine. A vocation is both personal and communal; it serves to bring you true happiness, but it also serves the greater community." ¡Æ<ploring Our Gifts, funded by a grant from the Lilly I-Endowment. Inc., is a college-wide program dedicated to Lufulf'll'ng the mission of Augsburg and making the Christian concept of vocation a vital part of Augsburg's classrooms and cocurricular activities. This article serves as an overview of Exploring Our Gifts, introducing its inspired and varied programs and celebrating those whose lives are enriched by vocation. In upcoming issues of the AugsburgNow, we'Il continue to showcase these and other Lilly programs and their influence upon the Augsburg community Wht b u.ut^|;'aø) In her book Everyday Gracø (Riverhead Books, 2002), Marianne Williamson challenges the reader by asking: "If life is to have deeper meaning, can our work be something we merely do to make money? Or can work itself become sacred, a channel through which we shine our light and extend our love?" Williamson gets to the heart of vocation, and her words echo The above photo, taken by sociology assistant professor Tim Pippert, is part of a photographic essay he completed during an intensive Exploring Our Gifts seminar on vocation for faculty and staff (see p. 14). A t"r,,/;,t;* al u,æaf;ø,n Augsburg College has deep roots in the Christian tradition. Founded as a seminary in I869 to train pastors for immigrant Norwegian Lutheran congregations, it is now a liberal arts college that continues a significant engagement with the Christian faith land a commitment to vocationl. The word vocation is derived from the Latinverb vocare, which means, "to call." Exploring Our Gifts, with a deep debt to the Lutheran tradition, understands vocation in a dual sense. First, people are called by God to particular roles and responsibilities in daily life. These include being a student, professor, friend, parent, and family member. Second, within these callings, people are called to the love and service of God's creation. Thus, faith in God and love toward the neighbor may be distinguished but never separated. By insisting on the importance of vocation, Augsburg is seeking to reconnect faith with daily life. What might all of this have to do with you? It means that Augsburg is dedicated to helping students ask and find answers to some of life's big questions: What are my gifts? Why am I here? What ought I to do with my life? Where are my gifts and talents most needed? We firmly believe that life means much more than a job and a salary. By entering into the world of vocation we are inviting you to look at the "big picture" and think about where God, faith, and service fit into your life. Tranvih, director of Erploring Our proJessor of religion -Marh Gifts and qssociate A "a..¡r.t-u&. Augsburg's Lilly-funded o?¿'u^'v.uL profit agencies, apply for prograrn focuses primarily on stuclents, but also provides numerous opportunities for faculty, staff, and alurnni. The progrâms are assembled under four themes: l) vocation as a life approach; 2) vocation as a curricular focus; 3) vocation as education for service; and 4) stipends to intern at local non- it scholarships for international Ar^ylt-rú /'r,¿ Ë: ï ã, ç t uæ¡,,trÅ¿.¡ by Daniel S. Hanson'86 When I think about vocation and what it means for me, I think about Augsburg College. My experiences at Augsburg shaped my life's work and gave it new meaning. I arn a graduate of Augsburg's Weekend College program. I returned to complete my degree after a 15awareness. year absence. Returning to college was not easy for me. I While Exploring Our still recall long weekends cramming for an exam or Gifts is grounded in a struggling to complete an assignment. I often studied late Lutheran perspective, its at night so that I would have time to play with my Daniel S. Hanson'86, a Distinguished cloors are open to people of Alumnus and assistant professor in the children before they went to bed. More than once I all faiths and beliefs. Many Department of Speech/Communication wondered whether getting my degree was worth all the points of view are needed to and Theatre Arts, says Augsburg effort. But I also remember how good it made me feel Weekend College "shaped my life's create a full, honest, fruitful when I did well on an exam or when I grasped a new work and gave it new meaning." discussion aboui vocation. concept or theory as if I was learning it for the first time. The opportunities for I remember, too, the special people who were part of my learning experience, both students and involvement are rnany: teachers, and how good it felt to be part of a learning community. students can take vocation Because of my experiences at Augsburg, I fell in love with the adult learning experience. courses, participate in After graduation I applied and was accepted to graduate school at the University o[ Minnesota. mentoring groups and My intent was that some day I would teach in a program like the one at Augsburg, which had vocation retreats, receive impacted me in so many positive ways. Years later, when I learned of an opening to teach at Lilly Scholar grants to Augsburg, the decision to apply was, as my son would say, a no-brainer. explore seminary, receive I often say that Augsburg Weekend College changed my life. But what do I really mean by that? I suppose I could say that Weekend College helped me achieve success in my career. The evidence seems clear on the surface. After graduating from Augsburg, I became an officer of a Fortune 500 company, and eventually president of a major division. I finished my master's degree, had four books published, and was honored by Augsburg as a Distinguished Alumnus. But I don't think that these accomplishments by themselves capture the significance of what the Augsburg experience did for me. My experiences at Augsburg helped me believe in myself, if I applied my energy to a task or a cause, I could indeed make a difference. It also gave me a new vision for what I could be, perhaps a calling. I was given a taste of a learning environment that made me hungry for more. In a way I never left Weekend College. As a teacher, I am blessed to be a part of the ongoing Augsburg Weekend College experience. And every time I watch a student exceed his or her own expectations I am reminded of how I felt, and I am Sonja Hagander, associate campus pastor (left), and coralyn Bryan (right), Campus Ministry associate, help oversee several programs renewed, once again, in my own sense of what work should be under the Exploring Our Gifts umbrella, including a vocation mentoring program, a summer vocation institute for high school-aged Daniel S. Hanson is an assistqnt professor in the Department of church youth leaders, and more. Speech/Communication and Theatre Arts. developing vocational l.:f' s) u L Hagander, associate campus pastor. "It crosses the students who are wondering, 'What do I want to do when I grow up?' to us as faculty, staff, and alumni who are all in a work situation for various reasons. It crosses over all of that and brings Liz Pushing '93 has participated in a series of vocation us closer together, mentoring meetings that join students, faculty, staff, and because vocation is all alumni. about life-what you love to do in life, what you travel seminars, and much more. want to share with the world-these are Staff and faculty can develop the things that cross religious grains and vocation courses, participate in us together." bring professional development activities, Liz Pushing '93, director of financial and become mentors. Alumni are also services at Providence Place in invited to get involved as mentors, Minneapolis, has enjoyed her attend vocation convocation participation in the group. "I wanted to activities, and help lead international my knowledge and experiences," share travel seminars. "and Pushing, I've says also learned a lot Since last fall, students, alumni, myself in about talking with everyone." facult¡ and staff have gathered for a Likewise. Augsburg com m unication series o[ vocation mentoring Baweka, senior, Melissa credits the meetings. This mentoring program, mentoring group with opening overseen by Campus Ministry and the Center for Service, Work, and Learning, joins two students with two alumni and one member of the faculty or staff. "l think the mentoring group crosses everybody," says Sonja ways of using the concept in both communal and personal projects, such as revising a course to include vocation, or re-conceiving how to incorporate vocation into work with students. In January the group gathered for a final meeting, where they shared their experiences and project abstracts. "This project was designed to force me, and ultimately my students, to examine how we visualize the fulfillment of our vocation," wrote Tim Pippert, assistant professor of sociology, in his project abstract. "While reflecting on my vocation ... I turned to photographlz "I chose a beach as the location to capture these images ... a young child Ð..rnbolizes the experiences my students gain before they reach my classroom (see p. 12), a college-aged woman represents the brief timeframe I have to work with, and a middle-aged woman represents the experiences of my students after they leave college. ... lt is my calling to ensure that what I select to her eyes to different u perspectives and possibilities. "l've been increasingly curious about vocation-I'm looking for more than just a job," says Baweka. "Itìs been so wonderful to hear how alumni experienced Augsburg and where their journeys have taken them after graduation." In Januar¡ one of the first Exploring Our Gifts programs, a seminar for faculty and staff, completed a six-month study of faith and vocation. Last summer, Mark Tranvik and s. q Philip Quanbeck II, associate professors of religion, led participants in a two-day workshop to study the concept The Rev. Oliver Johnson '50 returned to campus in October to present the homily at a mini-convocation on vocation. Since September, Campus Ministry has held monthly Exploring Our Gifts worship services that embrace varying themes of vocation. of Christian vocation from a biblical and theological point of view. Participants then spent the ensuing months reflecting uPon their vocation and considering È! Melissa Baweka, a communication senior (left), credits her participation in a Lilly-funded vocation mentoring group with opening her eyes to different perspectives and possibilities. () teach them about their social environment is relevant to their lives in the hope that it will impact their life beyond Augsburg. "The second component involved how first-year students envisioned vocation," continued Pippert. "Students in my Introduction to Human Society course were given the extra-credit opportlrnity to représent their concept ofvocation through ... a single photographic image" (see p. 18). A ¡" "This job has proven to be a wonderful fit with my own gifts. I have the opportunity not only to help administer a prograrn with an important rnessage and purpose, but also to exercise my research and writing abilities and to interact with a lively college community." -Juliana Exploring Our Gifts is funded by a two-million dollar grant from the Lilly Endowment, a private philanthropic foundation based in lndianapolis, Ind. Founded by the Lilly family in 1937, it supports the causes of religion, education, and community Sedgley, progrclrn assistønt Jor Exploring Our Gifts (pictured øbove wíth Professor Mqrh Trøtn¡ih, clirector of Exploring Our Gifts) Ex+!^4;^ú uu¡^il'o¡ h^ il¿ ;,¡lt¿¿"al;^'t¿l Since 1982, Augsburg's Center for Global Education has been a national leader in providing crosscultural travel programs, serving nearly 10,000 people. As part of Exploring Our Gifts, CGE will oversee nine different student travel gr',t^"" Lo h,r4^ seminars led by Augsburg faculty and staff in collaboration with CGE's adjunct faculty in Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Namibia. Each seminar will offer $1,000 grants for up to 15 students. "We've rnade it an open competition for faculty and staff to propose seminars that could be done either as part o[ an existing course taught internationally, or as development, and is interested in initiatives that benefit youth, foster p È U s leadership education among nonprofit institutions, and promote the causes of philanthropy and volunteerism. Two years ago, the foundation called for grant proposals from religiously rooted colleges and universities outlining a theology-based exploration of vocation. Augsburg's proposal, "Exploring Our Gifts: Connecting Faith, Vocation, and Work," was written by philosophy professor Bruce Reichenbach and Carol Forbes, director of sponsored programs in Academic and Learning Services. In addition to Reichenbach and Forbes, a committee of faculty and Regina McGoff, associate director of Augsburg's Center for Global Education, helped develop an international travel component of Exploring Our Gifts, which provides $1,000 grants for students to participate in vocation-themed travel seminars to Mexico, Central America, and Africa. staff helped define and plan the grant proposal's contents. Mark Tranvik, associate professor of religion, serves as director of Exploring Our Gifts. Juliana Sedgley, previously an assistant to the Department of Worship and Sacred Arts at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis, was recruited as program assistant. The program's offices and its resource center are located in Memorial Hall. Iillel Fa;nla"*û¿'9t 'A nn^^'o u'*t'h Lo ko øu'yír,at^' by Cherie Christ X o Leland Fairbanks grew up in a poverty-stricken home in Harmony, Minn. during the depression-era years and has since applied this experience to his life's work. Helping others has become his passion, his trademark, and his calling-and through this he has learned that "life is more than just earning a À o E o '6 a Êa living." F o Although he yearned to be A 1953 graduate of Augsburg with bachelor's degrees in sociology and chemistry, Fairbanks went on to receive his medical training from the a missionary 1953 alumnus L"Fnq. .. Fairbanks' decision to enter the field of medicine forever .¡""glj;ìr'iit"] university of Minnesota Medical school and his leading him to discover tñat a careei master's degree in public health from the University in public health could be his mission. of Oklahoma. Although he yearned to be a missionar¡ Fairbanks' decision to enter the field of medicine forever changed his life, leading him to discover that service to others could be his mission. For this he credits Augsburg, and says, "service to others was always portrayed as the reason Augsburg College existed." Fairbanks spent more than 30 years working on Indian reservations for the U.S. Public Health Service, and continued his dedication to a life in public health by promoting the hospice movement and campaigning to lower the D.U.I. limits in Arizona. However, Fairbanks is best known for his work to ban smoking in hospitals. He remembers that in the 1950s, "workplaces and hospitals were like smoke-filled dungeons. No one else seemed willing to stand up for those most affected because of a risk of offending someone." Fairbanks added, "I started the movement because someone needed to do it." It has been this fight against the tobacco and liquor industries that Fairbanks has found to be the most challenging-yet most rewarding-part of his career. For his work, Fairbanks has earned several awards and honors, including an appointment in the early 1980s by then-Surgeon General C. Everett Koop to expand the ban on smoking to include all public facilities. Although retired in 2000 from Cigna HealthCare where he worked as a family physician, Fairbanks has continued his involvement in public health service. He currently serves as president of Arizonans Concerned About Smoking, and also serves as ex-officío member of the Executive Committee for International Network Towards Smoke-Free Hospitals, a London-based organization that works to promote smoke-free hospitals around the world. Reflecting upon his career, Fairbanks embraces Martin Luther's quote, "a manb work is his mission," and concludes, "my work has been my mission and continues to be." Cherie Christ is content webmaster in Augsburg's infonnation technologlt departrnent part of a new course that they could develop,' says Regina McGoff, associate clirector of CGE. "In the case of staff, they might propose something that could be developed as a non-credit 'Augsburg Experience.' "The goal oI these seminars is to look at themes o[ vocation in a global context-which is already part of many of our programsbut this grant gives us an opportunity to really fine-tune and develop a stronger model for incorporating faith ancl vocation aspects," says McGoff. Last year, CGE recruitedJeni Falkman as an intern for their Lilly program. Falkman, who graduated from Augsburg last year with a major in religion, participated in two of CGE's programs as a student, and had a transforming experience as a result of her travels. "Jeni is helping us develop a faculty guide, because the goal is to use these nine seminars to develop a model that Augsburg can use for faculty-led, studyabroad programs that help students reflect on faith and vocation," says McGoll. "She'll also help us pull together an independent study journal that can be used by Augsburg students on nonAugsburg programs, provlding an imprint for all study-abroad programs, so that students will more intentionally think about their faith experiences and their vocation." In addition to faculty and staff, CGE hopes to include alurnni in the seminars. "Ideally, we'd be interested in individuals involved in a vocation related to the discipline," says McGoff. "For instance, it would be great to have an educator go along on an education seminar, and really be a :J () Ê part of that learning experience publications and alongside the faculty, staff, and students." While there are no scholarships available for alumni, the experience would certainly serve as a unique and possibly transforming learning and teaching opportunity. "It's really exciting to work on developing something that can create more of a framework for Augsburg students," says McGoff. "Most studyabroad programs don't incorporate faith elements, and we're trying to build a stronger model for doing so." editor of Augsburg Now, will lead the Center for Global Education's first Exploring Our Gifts travel seminar. The seminar, entitled "Namibia: International Education," will spend three weeks in this African countr)¿ Students will visit schools in the capital city of Tr/,r/,;^t: A +<^1,wul u&,atrfu1 On May 21, Augsburg education professor Gretchen Kranz Irvine and Betsey Norgard, director of s È ()P Augsburg education professor Gretchen lrvine (above), along with Betsey Norgard, director of publications in the Office of Public Relations and Communication, will lead the Center for Global Education's first Exploring Our Gifts travel seminar to Namibia this spring. Windhoek as well as several other areas to explore differences in the educational a teachers'college, an early childhood development center, and experiences of students and teachers in Namibia. Students will be encouraged to foster enduring relationships with Namibian teachers and students. They will learn how to develop culturally appropriate educational materials and methods, and how to become a better educator about Namibia and Africa. Furthermore, students will explore the vocation of teaching as a call that integrates faith and profession. "Têaching is such a natural vocation and connection to the Lilly opportunities to appreciate Namibia's Endowment," says Irvine, who in 2000 led in a five-week Fulbright-Hays educators' travel seminar to Namibia. "At that time, we did similar things to what we'll do now, and I can see our students as really understanding the Namibian educational system." To Jind out more about Exploring Our Gifts, vísit <www.augsburg. edu/lilþ> and see the vqríous ways that vocation Students will have a chance to rneet with school two days in a second-grade classroom, where she took this photo of the teacher and a group of her students using bottle caps for a math lesson. minister of education and culture. They'll also gather with members of the Namibia National Têachers'Union, and with leaders of the Sexuality Education Research Project. In park, Etosha. "For me personally, when you go on a trip such as this the first time, there's that first meeting of that culture, and that first thinking about all of it," says lrvine. "So noq on this trip, I'm in a different place in my thinking about Namibia; I hope to take myself to a nelv level in my understanding of Namibia." I is being integrated into the life of Augsburg. ,AUCSBURG COLIÆGE directors and Namibia's During her first visit to Namibia in 2000 as part of a Fulbright-Hayes educators'travel seminar, Professor Gretchen lrvine spent culturally rich heritage, majestic scenery, as well as the largest game Exnlorins Ou'r Giftí Reconnecting Faith, Life, and Vocation addition, their stay will include visits to WM /"r^ I ca,Iful rô /ô7 A PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPLORATION OF VOCATION In collaboration with a six-month vocation seminar for faculty and staff, Tim Pippert, assistant professor of sociology, invited students in his Introduction to Human Society course to participate in an extra-credit assignment. Pippert challenged the students to represent their concept of vocation through a single photographic image and a brief description. Following are samples of the students' images and excerpts of their descriptions. o o s. òr o t_) 'r> (. A PASSION FOR CHILDREN I believe that my vocation is to work with children. I am not exactly sure how I will end up helping children, but I know that I will definitely incorporate it into my life. ... I gravitate toward children, and many people have told me that I look happiest when I am helping them. ... [My passion for] children has grown over the years into real enjoyment. ... I think this is my vocation because I get such satisfaction out of it. Wien, elementary education freshman AN ALTRUISTIC VOCATION My vocation in life is to help individuals. I think my purpose in life is to make a difference in [people's lives] and to touch their hearts. I am here to [helpl people find their potential and guide them back to where they [belongl . I am here as a friend, a confidant, and as an extra person to love, in case someone doesn't feel love. Yang, psychology and -Michelle o -Seese communication freshman NURTURING A VOCATION o .:3 L I have come to s- U the realization a s. õ. o õ' ! that my vocation is as an (J educator and nurturer of kids. ...When I got out of high school, the first job available to teacher's aid at a Catholic elementary school. ... My first three months were pure hell ... someone then advised me to attend teacher's training college ... from then on it was great. ... I was nominated Têacher of the Year and received an award for best teacher/student relationship. ... When I came to America, I found myself in the same role as a live-in nanny, taking care o[ four kids, ages 3 through 7 . ... I think I have now accepted that my vocation meets the needs of those parents who don't have lextra] time to [spendì with their children, which is very important to a child's maturity and self-esteem. Jones, marketing sophomore -O'Fay A CALL TO LAW ENFORCEMENT First and foremost, I wanted to be a cop since age 5. ... lThenì all through high school, I dreamt of nothing but the FBI as my vocation. ... ll¿terl, I got sidetracked by my path to the FBI ... and vowed that the Navy was a great choice. ... Now guess what-I want to be a cop again. So now I'm making calls, having interviews, going on ride-alongs, researching internships, volunteering, etc. At least one thing is lcertain]-I know I want to be involved in law enforcement. Brunzell, sociology freshman -Sara / ^ tl I ¡- From the Alumni Board president's desk... Tlåi:,"ï:l, part of a cold January in Russia behind the lron Curtain with a group of Augsburg and St. Olaf students. The trip was led by Professor Norma Noonan, and this was a part of my education that I will never forget. Recently, I spent an enlightened Auggie Hour with Professor Noonan and a group of Augsburg alumni discussing the current status of Russia. We ate Russian food and leamed a lot-without the fear of a final examl This calls to mind two facts: we should never stop leaming, and we should maintain our relationship with Augsburg colleagues and alumni. However, in our busy lives, getting together with old friends and retuming to campus can be difficult. The Augsburg Alumni Board represents you, and we would like to hear from you so we can keep alumni connections open. Email us at <alumni@augsburg.edu> and let us know who you are, what you are doing, and how you would like to be involved with the College and fellow alumni. We value your input! Becoming involved can be as simple as updating your e-mail address so we can contact you about upcoming events in your area, or joining us for some geat conversations at an upcoming Auggie Hour listed on p. 25 of this issue of the Augsburg Now. We welcome your ideas for building connections between Augsburg and our alumni and providing events and services that are valuable to you. Paul Batalden '63 receives Alfred l. duPont Award llaul B. Itgatalden, M.D., was honored in September as the recipient of the 2002 Alfred I. duPont Award for Excellence in Paul Batalden'63 was Children's Health Care. The award honored in September recognizes his for excellence in childrent health care. early and ongoing efforts in developing innovative, high-quality systems to advance health care worldwide. Batalden's Health Care Improvement Leadership Development program at Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover, N.H., has as its main goal the development of knowledge and leadership that will result in cost-effective, patientcentered, quality health care both Spring 2003 nationally and internationally. Batalden is a professor of pediatrics and of community and family medicine at Dartmouth Medical School, and program co-director of the Veterans Affairs National Quality Scholars Fellowship. In accepting the award, Batalden remarked, "My hope for the future is that we will recognize the importance of understanding and improving those small, living systems where children, families, and health care meet. We also need to rccogrize the challenges facing us as we try to integrate cognitive knowledge, technical skills, and values. Through this connection, others who share these concerns will be energized, encouraged, and make connections with each other." The Alfred I. duPont Award, which includes a $50,000 pnze and original crystal award, is granted annually by Nemours, one of the nation's largest pediatric health care providers. Many interesting things are happening at the College, and alumni involvement is on the rise. Watch for upcoming opportunities to get involved-such as those Iike the vocation mentoring program, which be recruiting alumni for the 2003-'04 school year who can share a little of their time and talents with students. Mark your calendar for this summer's alumni picnic onJune2S at Como Park in St. Paul (see p. 2l for more information). Family and friends are welcome, and we're hoping for better weather this year! will Andrew Morrison'73 President, Alumni Board Gene Hugoson'67 appo¡nted commissioner of agr¡culture ¡F overnor Tim Pawlenty appointed Gene 'ó7 commissioner o[ the |\IHugoron Minnesota Department of Agriculture in January A south-central Minnesota farmer from the East Chain area, Hugoson was first appointed agriculture commissioner in July 1995 by Gov. Ame Carlson, and was reappointed in 1999 by Gov. Jesse Ventura. Hugoson also served five terms in the Minnesota House of Representatives, having been first elected in 1986, and served four years as assistant minority leader. Pawlenty said he looked "far and wide" for an agriculture commissioner and real:zed Hugoson was the best person for the job. He cited some of Hugoson's accomplishments, including the creation of an online licensing system for people or companies who hold certificates, licenses, or permits required by state law Pawlenty also said Hugoson has followed up on numerous trade missions over the years. 4ucs¡unc ruow 19 1 Books). In making its selection, the award jury commented: "A 953 Dean Lapham, Bloomington, Minn., is one of the authors of new book on Freemasonry in Songfor Nettie lohnson is a Minnesota, entitÌed, The Scottish Minnesota1867-2001. Sales of the book go to support the Scouish Rite Clinic for Childhood Disorders in Duluth. Dean can be ¡eached via Rite oJ Freemasonry in e-mail at <lapham2@mac.com>. Gloria Sawai, Edmonton, Alberta, received the Canadian Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction for her book, A Songfor Nettíe lohnson (Coteau /rrllll ¡a o tt rv¡ III a profoundly light-tilled collection of short stories set on the prairies and peopled with holy sinners, visionaries, children, and socalled ordinary folk. The power of grace illuminates her world." Her book also won two awards at the 2002 Alberta Book Awards: the Henry Kreisel Award for Best First Book and the Howard O'Hagan Award for Short Fiction. In addition, she was the lirstprize winner of the Writers' Union of Canada's Danuta Gleed Literary Award. An author, playwright, and teacher, Gloria has been publishing individual Nettíe lohnson is her firsr booklength publication. Her plays have been produced by Alberta Theatre Projects and the Edmonton Fringe Festival. | ¡ f.I ù/ | fi..! ù/ | I ¡ tctlùr}l HOMECOMING 2OO3 October 3 and 4 Football game vs. Carleton College 1957 SaLurda¡ October Marshall D. Johnson, Minneapolis, recently received news thât his ,,.¡ry,Fr book. Mal¿ins -Á!,@r*D.rú,ún (Eerdmans, 2002), was named to the "Outstanding Academic Title" list for 20O2by Choice magazine, published by the American Library Association. stories [o¡ many yeârs; A SongJor 4. I p.m. Homecoming dinner Friday, October 3, 5:30 p.m. Reunion celebrations Classes of 1953, 1963, 1978, and Ì993 Psychology department allclass reunion & 40th anniversary celebration Saturday, October 4 Contact the alumni olJrce at 612- 330-1178 iJ you are interested in serving on a reunion planning committee. I I il.-r I I I I Dean Gulden '63: From Augsburg professor dOgsled mUSh€f ¡v to pr¡ze-winning ressica Brown and Lynn Mena Imagine beginning your day with the sun on your face and the wind rr-rshing against you, traveling at high speeds through the woods, stopping for breakfast only after you've reached the top of a hÌll so high you can see Lake Superior and its stunning vistas. This is a solitary adventurewell, almost-just you, nature, and a pack of canine companions leading the way. For Dean Gulden, a prizewinning dogsled musher, this has become a way of life. In 1985, he and a friend started a summer mountain program for area youth in Grand Marais, Minn., taking a busload of l<ids to Wyoming to experience the thrill of mountain climbing. ln continulng the program into the winter, he was introduced to the sport of dogsled raclng. Having a great love of the outdoors, the sport quickly grew on Gulden, who now owns l7 Alaskan Huskies and participates in up to slx races per year. Sometimes, Gulden's competition includes his wife, Jean. "[In 200tL we were competing and I was having a good run," recalls Gulden. "i was out first and Jean was five or six teams behind me. I was cruising along this river and looÌ<ing at the blue sk¡ when all of a sudden I heard, 'trail!' which race etiquette dlctates you must relinquish the trail and let the competitor by. We1l, I look around and here it's a o \ õ s a \J Jean passing me! "It's a tough sport, there's both competition and camaraderie need help, they're there for you," ... mushers are fiercly competitive, but if you One of the most enjoyable aspects for Gulden is the ability to share his dogs with others. "I go to high schools and senior centers so they can see the dogs and pet them and learn about them," says Gulden. "It's a vehicle I can use to share myself and what I've done ... I've been very blessed and I like to share that blessing with other people." Tiaining the dogs is both challenging and fulfilling. "Finding what the strength of each dog is and helping them to maximize that potential is a lot like teaching," says Gulden, a longtime leacher. "I'm not comparing students to dogs-though most people who know dogs would not be offended." Dean Gulden '63, former Augsburg math department chair and professor, now participates in up to six dogsled races per year. 20 4ucs¡uRc lr¡ow Both an Augsbr"rrg alumnus and a former Augsburg math department chair and professor, Gulden left the College in 1975 for Grand Marais, where he taught at Cook County High School. Prior to Cook County and Augsburg, Gulden served in the Air Force and also worked in the space industry He and his wife now split their time between Grand Marais and Fairbanks, Alaska, where he teaches rn the summer monthsJessíca Brown is a communication speciøList in the OlJice of Public Relations and Communication. Spring 2003 t I i l1964 Lloyd A. Pearson, Holmen, Wis., retired in November after 30 years of airline flying, most recently as a captain with Northwest Airlines. He began his airline career with North Central Airlines, which became Republic Airlines, and later merged with Northwest. Prior to airline flying, he taught high school math and then spent five years in the Air Force, including a year in Vietnam, during which he flew 365 combat missions. 1967 George Lillquist, Golden Valley, Minn., was featured in an article in the Crystal-Robbinsdale Sun-Post, after he was named interim artistic director at the FAIR fine arts magnet school in Crystal. George had retired in the spring ol2002 as principal of the TÞchnology Learning Campus and Robbinsdale Spanish Immersion School, after a 35 -year education career. Gail(Stromsmoe) Dow, Denver, Colo., was presented with the Career Achievement Award by the Colorado Library Association in recognition of her many years of dedicated sewice to the library profession. In 1999, she was named Librarian o[ the Year, honoring her efforts with the Colorado Legislature. She has since retired, but remains an active part of the Denver library system and also volunteers at her .church library f968 Minn., was the featured speaker at the Lac qui Parle Prairie t Inbune, after she spoke at a Community Leaders Breakfast in November in St. Paul. LaRhae is pÌanning director for the Project 2030 Aging Initiative in the Minnesota Department of Human Services. Donald Q. Smith, Monticello, Minn., was featured in an article in Preservation's annual meeting in November. Janet, who calls herself Augsburg alumnÌ, friends, facult¡ and staff are invited to jorn academic dean Chris Kimball and associate professor Kristin Anderson on a trip to explore the great American pastime o[ baseball. Travel by bus to Chicago and visit the Field Museum's "Baseball as America" exhibit, as well as check out some great baseball: the Monticello Times, after his selection for the Monticello High School (MHS) Wall of Fame, in recognition of his civic activism. Wednesda¡ June 18, 7:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox vs. Boston Red Sox Richard J. Seime, Rochester, Minn., presented a forum in Chicago White Sox vs. Boston Red Sox US Ceilular Field (Comisky) February on "Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depression" at Metropolitan State University's First Friday Forum Series. 1973 Syl Jones, St. Louis Park, Minn., was the topic of a recent interview in the Puls¿ of the'Iwin Cities weekly newspaper, entitled "A discussion of race relations and other matters with Syl Jones." Syl is an editorial writer for the Minneapolis Stør Tnbune and a consultant to corporations on topics of diversity and quality He also collaborated with Augsburg to form the Scholastic Connections program. US Ce11ular Field (Comisky) Thursda¡June 19, l:05 p.m. Frida¡ June 20 Field Museum Exhibit: "Baseball as America" Chicago Cubs vs. Chicago White Sox Wrigley Field, 2:20 p.m. Saturday, June 21, 6:05 p.m. Milwaukee Brewers vs. Minnesota Twins Mi11er Park Sunday,June 22, l:05 p.m. Milwaukee Brewers vs. Minnesota Twins Miller Park Cost of trip is $595 per person based on double occupancy For complete details, contact Thorpe Tours at l-866-553-8687 or <thorpe@wwt.net>, and contact <alumni@augsburg.edu> so we can add you to our line-up! Jan (Weum) Ph¡l¡bert, Minneapolis, is a business applications anaþt at Guidant Corporation. 1975 Minn., is co-author and ilÌustrator of a book of childhood games, entitled Sally B's Games for Good HomeMøde Fun. She owns speaking engagements a year and has authored, co-âuthored, and created I3 books, two audio tapes, and various novelty products. Mark Sedio, girl humorist," does about 100 1970 nflrdsrr'lTrcIt[f1 a computer consulting firm, Hakes Consulting Inc., and also trains and shows horses. She and her husband, Steve Hawrysh, Iive on a 12O-acre farm. a "Norwegian-Lutheran farm Join Augsburg for a special "Baseball as America" trip! JUNE 18-22, 2003 Jennie A. Hakes, Monticello, Janet Letnes Martin, Hastings, l St. Paul, was quoted in a recent issue o[ the MinneapoÌis Stør 1976 Ar<¡y Dz-1 al 0â"* ÞÁr,1, June 28, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Join us at Como Park in St. Paul for this annual event and visit with Augsburg alumni, friends, faculty, and staff. Bring a picnlc lunch (BBQ grills are available) and Augsburg wlll provide beverages and brownies. There will be fun activitres for kids and great door prizes! St. Paul, was featured in the CrossingBorders newsletter, Crossings, after he led For more information, please contact the alumni office at 612-330 -II7 B or <alumni@augsbr"rrg.edu>. LaRhae (Grindal) Knatterud, Spring 2OO3 4ucsnuncuow 21 Class Notes choir concerts during a toul to the 1979 Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia. Mark is director ol The Rev. Mark R. Aune, Mendota Heights, Minn., was installed as senior pastor o[ Augustana Lutheran Church. He ancl his rvife, Janis (Blomgren) music at Central Lutheran Church in Minneapolis. 1977 '81, have two children: Stefan and Roselyn Nordaune, Plymouth, Minn., rvas featured in the "Who's Who in Family Law" resource guide to Minnesota attorneys in nonprofit organizations. She can Shorewoocl, Minn. John Popham, Washington, Susan Lyback-Dahl, Wahkon, Minn., is a staff writer for the 1 980 Sarah Parker ('89 MAL), Edina, for 15 years. Minn., recently returned to 1978 Minnesota after spending nearly l0 years in the Pacific Northwest. She owns a busìness providìng marketing, media relations, and communications services to small and mid-sized businesses and The Rev. Mark Christoffersen, Fairfield, Conn., is pasror at Our Savior's Lutheran Church. 7lI Daniel J. Carlson rvas promored to chief of police in the City oi Eden Prairie. He and his wife, Camilla (Knudsen) '81, live in Ingrid. D.C., received a Master o[ Science in Information Systems from Shippensburg Universit),. a recent issue of Minnesota Latv €> Politics. She has practiced family larv since 1980, and rs a founder of Nordaune 6¡ Friesen, which has operated in St. Louis Park, Minn., be contactecl via e-mail at <sp 1243@qrvest.net>. Mille Lacs Messenger. She has an extensive background in Norwegian cultural heritage. She owned and operated a Scandinai'ian retail business lor l0 years and continues to ser\¡e the Norwegian-American community vra her lolk music. artwork, and writing. 198f Walt Johnson, Minneapolis, temporarily left the Minneapolis Public Library to begin a yearlong fellowship with the U.S. Patent and Tradernark Depository Library Program (PTDLP) ofiice in Arlington, Va., rvhere he will assist rvith the clei'elopment and revision oI electronic products lor PTDLPs throughout the country He i,vill also travel to some of these libraries to train staff and patrons on patent and trademark searches. The Rev. Richard D. Buller, New Hope, Minn., was installed ol Valìey Community Presbyterian Church in Golden Valley. He previously sen'ed 10 years at a diverse, inner-city congregation in Philadelphia and four years at another diverse church in Waterloo, lowa. He and his wife, Jean Ann, a as pastor tlf ùif NI IIITI.I{JI¡ Tim McWatt'742 Unique path leads to professional success by Judy Petree It comes as no surprise that Auslin McWatl has a love o[baseball. After all, his c1ad, Tim McWatt, Class of '74, played baseball rvith one o[ St. Paul's own Hall of Fame baseball players, Dave Winfield. O[ course, that rvas rvhen they were both klds playing at the Oxford lields in the Rondo neighborhood of St. Pau1. Today, McWatt hves in Santa Rosa, Calif., and is a hon're office property claim technical manager for Frreman's Fund insurance Company (FFIC). He has bcen in thrs positron srnce rnoving fiorn Mir-u-reapolis in December 199ó. Õ õ' s U Mcwatt has lvorked for FFIC for the past l7 years, starting as a property adjr-rster and then moving to management in 1991 in what usecl to be their Minneapolis branch oflice. Before FF]C, McWatt rvas an adjuster at St. Paul Companies and SAFECO Insurance Company. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in business adminÌstration/econornics from Ar,rgsburg, he began working in the loan department of First Produce Bank, a part of the First Mir-rneapolis Bank's system. He has also worked for 3M in sales. While a stuclent ât Alrgsburg, McWatt held positions Tim McWatt's success as a business professional is grounded by student leadership roles at Augsburg and as an early member of the critically acclaimed gospel group, Sounds of Blackness. as vice president and president of the Black Student Union (BSU). He recalls his educational experience at Augsburg to be very positive, enabling hÌm to develop business and leadership skills that have played a palt in his success today. McWatt me[ one of his best frìends while at Augsb]-rrg, Roger Clarke, rvho was also a past president olBSU. They were both members of the critically acclaimed and internationally-renowned gospel group, Sounds ol Blackness-McWatt from I9TI-1975 during its infancy under [he directorship of Gary Hines. "I had great opportumtres to travel r,vith the group throLlghout the Unlted States, and was fortunate enough to be on the first alburn," 1-re said, "and happen to be one o[ the members picturecl on the back of the a1bum." He and his wife, Michelle (Whie) '75, r,vhom he also rnet while they rvere stnclents at Augsburg, recently celebrated their 25th wedding amlversrry. Michelle is a teacher's aid in Santa Rosa-ReiblÌ. They have trvo chilclren: 12-year-olc1 Austin, who, besides loving baseball and basketball, plays piano, and Ì6-year-old Danae, a sophomore at Santa Rosa High Scl-rool and a member of the Dance Cornpany One o[ her best experiences, says her dad, is when she became a cast mernber of the Penumbra Tl-reatre's production of Blacl¡ Nativity rvhen they rvere back in Minnesota. McWatt and his family belong to the Harvest Christlan Center Church 1n Santa Rosa, ancl he enjoys playing golf and workrng olrt at the local YMCA. He has been an assistant basketball coach for the past three years for the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) St. Rose boy's basketball tearn, lvhere 1-ris son, Austin, rs a point gr"rard. The 2002 season brongl-rt Lhem therr fìrst champions}rip season. ludy Pctrct is 22 ¡tt¿dict rclatiotts nlanogcr .4UCSBUnC ¡¡OW in thc Olficc oJ Pttblic Rclations and Comtntnicatiott Spring 2003 psychiatric nurse at Nonh Memorial, have two sons: Peter, 13, and Martin, 10. 1 The Office of Alumn¡/Parent Relations announces...THE AUGSBURG SONG CONTEST Have you ever loved the words to a song, but the music was rmpossible to follow? Here is youlchance lo rewrite the music for the Ar-rgsburg Song that was written by P A. Sveggen and H.P Opseth. The song has a wonderful message, but a diffÌcu1t line of music to slng. We would like to update the Augsburg Song into one that can be sr-rng by the masses throughout the year. 985 Kevin Augustine, Plymouth, Minn., married Cathe Cunningham in October. lor oul Augsbulg Song, keeping in mind that it rnust be simple enough for a range of voices and talents. We would like to begin singing the new music at Hornecoming, October 3 and 4. Please compose new music 1987 Jenni Lilledahl, MinneapoÌis, led The words are: a seminar, entitled "The Power love the school where we belong: We love to sing its praise . AndiJ the nrclody o[ songMay hearts to rdpture rctise. Let Augsburg where it now doth stand and Augsburg in our love, Resound iir songs on every hand, in thanhs to Him aboye 'We of Yes!" at the CoÌlege of St. Catherine's Leadership lnstitute in February She is co-owner of the Brave New Workshop Theatre . We síng of those (Minneapolis), and director of its school for improvisation, the Brave New Institute. 1 of t'ormer days, with thanht'ulhearts we sing, Because they wrought in wondrous ways the Love of God to bring, To bringhis love and wisdom down to every seehing h joyJttl praise Let music 988 sotLl. sound and up to heavet-t roII. We sing of all who now belong to Augsburg's brotherhood: May they stand always Jirm and strongwhere those before them stood: Let Augsburg still in strength remøin, \\/hen we our way have trod: Janice L. Aune, St. Paul, was recently featured ln the St. Paul Pioneer Press. She is president and Let sound Jor aye the joyous strain oJ thanhJul praise to God. CEO of Onvoy, a teÌecommunications firm based in Pl1'rnouth. The deadline for submission lsJuly 16, 2003. Please send your composition [o Heidi Breen, Associate Director Augsburg College AlumniÆarent Relations CB I,16 2211 Riverside Ave. Minneapolis, MN 5545'+ Jeannie (Shaughnessy) Hodges, Alexandria, Va., recently became president and co-owner of Pathwise Partners, LLC, a transition management consulting firm focused on partnering with nonprofit and for-profit organizations breen@augsburg.edu e>.periencing significant change. 1 989 Gail(Moran) Wawrzyniak, Raleigh, N.C., was promoted to vice president. at BB&T Corporation, based in Winston-SaÌem, N.C 1 990 administrative pharmacy and director ol the pharmacogenetics laboratory at the University of Iowa College ol Pharmacy Renee (Paulsen) married Paul Del¿ria in March. The couple resìdes in Ham l¿ke, Minn. She is project manager for Wells Fargo Spring 20O3 q 993 1 received the Young Investigator of the Year award from the American College of Clinical Pharmacy She was also recently awarded a fiveyeñ career development award Mental Heaìth to investigate the genetic basis oI antipsychotic metabolism. She is assistant professor of clinical and s. Ê, Deb (Stone) Schumaker, Blair, Neb., received a Master of Education degee from Lesley University in July She is in her ninth year as a kindergarten teacher at St. Paul Lutheran School. She and her husband, Jay, have two sons: Brett, 6, andJared, 4. Vicki Ellingrod, Iowa City, Iowa, from the National Institute of a o a Home Mortgage in Edina. The Augsburg Alumni Association and President Frame honored 2002 Distinguished Alumnus Richard J. Seime, Ph.D., at a 1994 gathering in February of Augsburg alumni. friends, and parents in Rochesteri Minn. ln addition, Professor Nancy Steblay presented architectural renderings of Augsburg's proposed new Natural and Nancy (Moore Smith), Erie, Pa., married Dr. Michael T. Kalisra in June. She is executive director Behavior Science Center. Pictured, L to R: Richard Seime '70, President Frame, and Augsburg regent Ruth Johnson '74. 4ucs¡uncruow 2z Class Notes lîtlll\tllùllff IñI -llf{ i I rI Iù I l0I ¡ lr¡l(l1l ¡l lv/ Fl t l I I I I I : 71l I I..l f tll ù,¡ I I 3 z of the YWCA of Erie, and was previously executive director of St. David's Child Development and Family Services in Minnetonka, Minn. She can be reached via emaiÌ at <mtknak@yahoo.com>. 1 naval history military indoctrination, and physical [itness. Paula Seeger, Madison, Wis., 995 Amy Ellingrod, Woodland Hills, Augsburg wrestling alumnus Dan Lewandowski '97 was inducted into the National Wrestling Coaches Association's Division lll Wrestling Hall of Fame in March in Ada, Ohio. Lewandowski, who won Division lll national titles for the Auggies in 1996 and 1997, is the first Augsburg wrestler to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. After graduating from Augsburg, he served as an assistant coach for the Auggie wrestling program for four seasons (1998-2002), and was part of three national t¡tle teams as a coach, He is currently pursuing a graduate degree at the University of Minnesota. training in naval warfare, seamanship, navigation, engineering, naval leadership, Calif., has been a member of the Santa Monica S¡rmphony since 1998. After five years of working as an engineer for 3M Pharmaceuticals, she folÌowed a new career path, and is currently working for the Los Angeles Philharmonic in the development department. Deborah A. Kirby, Pensacola, Fla., was commissioned to the rank of Navy ensign after completing Aviation Officer Candidate School at Naval Aviation Schools Command, Naval Air Station, in Pensacola. At the school, she received intensive was promoted to the reference and outreach services librarian at the Dane County Law Library in Madison. 1 996 Chellie (Kingsley) married David Shaffe¡ in September. The couple lives in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., where Chellie is pursuing a doctorate degree at Ryokan College in Los Angeles, and David is owner/operator of Summit Pain and Injury Treatment Centers. 1997 Jane Marie (Ruth) ma¡ried in September. Jeremy Zirbes :IlivilI¡¡IIiltlI¡¡fl et4ugsúotrg'6oncerr tøn& øt t/oe 'Úrystal T¿atl¿e&aa.l Los Angeles-area alumni, parents, and friends are invited to this special performance of the Augsburg Concert Band's 2003 tour, conducted by Robert Stacke '71, and featuring reunion of the internationally-acclaimed "Skeets" Tiio and an original composition ñ L a a L) conducted by Augsburg alumnus Brendan Anderson'02. FRIDAY, MAY 9, 7:30 Crystal Cathedral p.tø. . I2I4l Lewis Street . Garden Grove, California 714-97t-4000 All are invited to a reception from 6-7:30 p.m. in the Crystal Cathedral Art Gallery; please RSVP to Alumni/Parent Relations at I-800-260-6590 or <alumni@augsburg.edu> il you plan to atl.end this reception. The Crystal Cathedral in Los Angeles. a o S. çf eøture& pues t eÅyy u^rrntnt ! THE "SKEETS" TRIO The "Skeets" Tiio has played for presidents and royalty. Members include "Skeets" Langley'65, winner of the prestigious Coupe Mondiale (World Cup) and the Gold Medal at the 1963 Confederation Internationale des Accordeonistes in Baden-Baden, Germany; Stanford Freese, entertainment director for Disney Corporation; and Robert Stacke '71, Augsburg Music Department chair and director of bancls. BRENDAN ANDERSON'02 will conduct hÌs original composition, I Believe, an interpretation of the Apostle's Creed in word and music, performed by the Augsburg Concert Band with guest high school and youth choirs from the grealer Los Angeles area. Brendan Anderson '02 a 4ucs¡uncruow An early photo of The "Skeets" Trio, featuring (l to r) Stanford Freese, Robert Stacke'71, and "Skeets" Langley'65. Spring 2OO3 ffi Brent Grier, Naperville, Ill., is a lile/dental insurance underwriter o rvith Metlife. Õ AUGGIE HOURS s. Ar.rggie Hours are held the Laurence Stratton was recenrly featured in an article in the l. Springfield Adv ance-Press, aftel he L) L a second hesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. joined the Ìegal firm o[ Muske, Muske & Suhrhoff Ltd. He and May 13 his wife, Jennifer (Draeger) '97,live in Morgan, Mìnn. Stillwater, Minn. Facilitator/topic: Angie Ahlgren '98, theatre Freighthouse Ryan Kehnle, Ortonville, Minn., and his wife, Nikole, were featured in an article in the O rtonville lndep enden t detaillng the celebration oI their one-year anniversary as owners of the Ortonr'ìlle Matador Supper Club. 1 998 Kaydee Kirk, Chicago, works for Lakefront SRO, a nonprofit developer oI supportive housing for the homeless in Chicago. She is pursuing a graduate degree at the University of Illinois at Chicago in the urban deveÌopers program. Gretchen Meents, South Sr. Paul, Minn., was featured in the St. Paul Pioneer Press as a candidate for the St. Paul Winter Carnival's Queen of the Snows competition. She is a senior social worker for Hennepin County, and ls also co-chair o[ the Hennepin County Social Work Advisory Council. f 999 Scott Hvistendahl recenrly . accepted a position at TiueWell, an organization that helps youth pastors design, build, manage, and rnaintain Web communities. He can be contacted via e-mail at <hvisty@hotmail.com>. 2000 Aaron Gabriel perlormed with the Grimrn family includlng Jennifer Grimm '99, in a concert at Bigfork High School Commons inJanuary The concert was featured in an article in the Gr-and Rapids Herald-ll¿vi¿1a,. Jsnnifsr has also been performing overseas and rvith the Minneapolis band, Soul Tight Committee. Spring 2003 AUGGIE HOURS AL FRESCO Same great after-work event, but held outside on a locaÌ patio! (left) recently spent two weeks teaching English in Xi'an, China, as part of a Global Volunteers service program. He was assigned to teach conversational English to adult learners and was impressed by their level of knowledge. "Their English skills were good," said Soderberg, who lives in Minneapolis. "l mainly helped them with pronunciation-so we had many good conversations. lt was interesting; I learned a lot about their lives." Eric Soderberg '92 Soderberg enjoyed strolling the streets of Xi'an, meeting people and immersing himself in the city's daily rhythms. "One day, I was walking back from the park to the hotel," he said. "l passed a young man-he nodded, rushed up to walk next to me, and said 'hi!'very enthusiastically. Then he continued talking in Chinese! We exchanged many smiles, and I knew he was just trying to be friendly." June l0 Black Forest Inn Minneapolis Facilitator/topic: Jim Bernstein '78, state go\¡ernmenl July 8 Pickled Parrot Apple ValÌe¡ Minn Facilitator: TBA Augsust 12 It's Greek to lvle Minneapolis, Minn. Facilitator/topic: TBA Anna (Missling) married Kyle Nutting '02 in October. The couple resides in Eagan, Minn., where Anna is a case managel at the Salvation Army's HOPE Harbor project and Kyle r¡'orks at Gourmet Alvard Foods. Ò È E 2001 Sarah (Henderson) married Justin Accola inJanuary The couple live and work in the Minneapolis area. Brandi Czyson, Brooklyn Park, Mìnn., was featured in a Chantplin Dayton Press article on nelv school district employees. Brandi is a compuier lab paraprolessional r'vith the district. Meghan L. (Swanson) married Peter Dangerfielcl in December. The couple resides in Minneapolis, li'here Meghan rvorks at Make\4usic! lnc., and Peter lvorks ar rhe Universit)' ol Minnesota. ln February, the Augsburg Alumni Association sponsored a networking fair for careers and internships, which joined students with area employers-many of which featured Augsburg alumni. Held in Christensen Cente1 the event also featured a talk by Colleen Watson '91 MAL, and a panel discussion by alumni on what employers look for in new grad hires and interns. For those interested in recruiting Augsburg students, contact the Center for Service, Work, and Learning at 612-330-1148 or via e-mail at <careers@augsburg.edu>. Pictured above are Kristen Hirsch '91 and junior Brittany Fagen. ,4ucssunc Now 2s Class Notes m Mary Olson '742 'Find passion in what you do' by Marissa Mapes'03 Would you like to trade in your business suits, endless meetings, and stale coffee for an opportunity to fulfill your dreams? A[ter 22 years of successfully cllmblng the corporate laclder at USWest, Mary Olson did just that when she jumped at Lhe chance to transform her dream ol owning a winery rnto a reality ln 1996, Olson sold her lifetime supply of pantyhose and purchased Airlie Winery in Monmouth, Ore. Ò o U As a high school student, Olson longed to broaden her experiences, and Ar-rgsburg's Minneapolis location seemed the "perfect fit" for this small-town girl from Osceola, Wis. Olson discovered all that Augsburg had to offer through her visits to another Augsburg alumna-her cousin, Juhe (Olson) Munson '72. "My days at Augsburg gave me great insight into people," Olson said. She graduated from Ar"rgsburg In L974 with degrees ln English and politlcal science, and fondly recalls chess games with Professor Myles Stenshoel, her tennre as student body president, and her trlp to Russia with Professor Norma Noonan. Olson was highly involved in campus life, and later brought that experience into her professional life and the world of business. "Work to me has always been more than a job-1t is a passion," Olson said. Following graduatlon, she was hired into the management-training program with Northwestern 8e11, which became USWest and is now Qwest. From there, she was transferred and promoted to different branches of USWest throughout the country. In 1990, she was transferred to Portland, Ore., as she worked her way from the technical ranks to vice presrdential level. ln 1996, Mary Olson '74 traded her 22 years in the corporate world to purchase and operate a winery in Monmouth, Ore. "I fell in love with Oregon, its people, and the wines, and started telllng friends that in my next life I was going to move back to Oregon and own a winer¡" she said. Her "next 1ife" came sooner than she thought, and her dream came true; she ls now the proud owner of a beautrful vineyard and winery Olson said she would not change anythlng that lec1 up to her owmng the winery "My career at USWest made it possible for me to live out my dream." Olson's success is illustrated by her passion for life and work. For othels seekrng to transform their lives, Olson advises, "Learn, enjoy, and find passion ln what you do." Olson has kept in touch with many o[ her Augsburg friends, and some have visited her vineyard. If you can't get to her winery in person, you can find Airlie wrne at area Twin Cities retailers. Olson is planning to hold an Augsburg alumni gathering at Airlie Winery this summer. Watch for details! Marissa Mapes is a senior majoringin commLLnication. joins sister 2002 She Brooke Stoeckel, Isanti, Minn., is a group sales manager at Riverwood Inn in Monticello, Minn. She can be reached via e- advocate Karin, 3. Diana is a sentencing mail at Defender's Office. <brookiedoll2 7@hotmail. com>. Brenda Selander, Oakdale, Minn., is a physical education teacher at Anoka High School. She can be contacted via e-mail at <selander9@hotmai l.com>. Births/Adoptions Diana (Wilkie)'86 and Rick Buffie, Apple Valle¡ Minn.-a daughter, Kirsten Dale, in,July 26 4UCSnUnCUOW with the Hennepin County Public Leah is a special education teacher and Todd is a social studies teacher. They both teach at Armstrong High School. Julie (Severson) Jennifer '94 (Cummings) '96 and Brian and Dermott Norman, St. Louis Patricia (Noren) '91 and Park, Mirm.-a daughter, Sophie Lyle Enderson, Leah (Johnson) '95 and Todd Elk River, Minn.-twins, Evan Noren and Laura Mary, in December. Patricia is a marketing communications specialist for Reviva Co. Marla (Stratton)'92 and John Mayer'BB, New Prague, Minn.a son, Trace Alan, in November. He joirs brother Mason, 3. Farmington, .-'.:.I Minn.-a Ann, inJune. Weisjahn'95, New Hope, Minn.-a son, Noah Charles, in November. I Ackland'95, I Krystina, last daughter, Ellie April. They can be reached via e-mail at <bjackland@msn.com>. Jasmina Besirevic-Regan'97 and Matthew Regan '95, New Haven, Conn.-a daughter, Selma Jane. in November. Spring 2O03 ) m The Rev. Harry T. Sorenson '42,Ephrata, Wash., died in January he was 83. In his 58 years of minìstry he sen'ed parishes in Minnesota, North Dakota, California, and Washington. He is survived by his wife, Judy; two daughters, Linda and Sheila; son, Aaron; and four grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Ruth Berg, and his daughter, Cheri. Marilynn (Peterson) Merced. She and her husband, Herman, rerired in lg8l ancl began a long and memorabÌe retirement. She loved to travel and was talented at needlepoint, crossstitching, and crocheting. A dedicated volunteer, she surpassed 6,500 volunteer hours at a locaì hospital, and was very active in her local ELCA church. She also organized and enjoyed mini Auggie reunions on the Pacific Coast. She is survived by her husband of 55 years; three children, Steven, Scott, and Olson'48, Shelley; eight grandchildren; and Merced, Calif., died in July; she was 77. She taught school for many years at five great-grandchildren. Wayne L. Stutelberg'49, Woodbury, Minn., died in September; he was 77. He spent 32 years working with programs Oak Grove High School in Fargo, N.Dak., and kindergarten in related to special services, including serving as head of the and Wisconsin. She is survived by her husband of nearly 40 years, Bob; two sisters and a brother; and speech department at Gillette Children's Hospital, state director for the National Easter SeaÌ Society, and director of special education programs for both the Rosemount and Forest Lake her beloved Boston terrier, Arf, who shadowed her every step. school districts. He is survived by three children, Tom, Patricia, and Mark, and eight grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his elementary school principal. wife, Marlys. John N. Samuelson'50, Minneapolis, died in December; he was /). Shirley A. (Knapton) Hooker '57, CaldwelÌ, ldaho, died inJuly 2001 after a prolonged medical battle; she was72. AÎrer graduating from Augsburg, she worked for the state highway departments in both Minnesota Marvin Husby, lr.,'64, Inverness, Ill., died inJanuary of cancer. He was a retired Dennis J. Carlson '90, Minneapolis, died inJanuary; he was 35. He worked as a bouncer for many years, and was also involved in semi-professional wrestllng in Minneapolis, where he was known as "Samson." He is survived by his mother, Patricia; three sisters, Candy, Kathleen, and Cindy; and two brothers, Robert and Jerome. He was preceded in death by his father, Edwin. Augsburg remembers leader |ibrarian by Boyd Koehle¡; associate professor and librarian, reprinted from the Augsburg Echo M arJone Sible¡ librarian and professor at Augsburg for more than a quarter of a century died January 21,2003, at the age of 82. Sibley served as a reference librarian from 196l to 1987 and also as library 'director from 1970 to 1977. Concurrentl¡ she taught courses in Quakerism and library science at Augsburg and courses in library science at the University o[ Minnesota. Sibley's educational preparation included a B.A. with Phi Beta Kappa honors at the University of lllinoisUrbana, an M.A. in sociology with work toward a doctoral degree also at Urbana, and a second M.A. in library science lrom the University of Minnesota. Augsburg colleagues remember Sibley's leadership style both in the library and on campus at large. "Marjorie regarded the library as the 'heart of the Spring 2O03 College campus'," according to Margaret Anderson, former library director and professor emerita. "She helped build the library collection up to national standards and introduced reference service to promote the library as an active agent of learning," Anderson said. The library collection received a boost in the area of minority and diversity studies during the early 1970s under Sibley's leadership, according to Grace Sulerud, acquisitions and reference librarian. "She wrote a Bush grant that increased our budget by $75,000 over three years," Sulerud said. "Her energy could not be contained in the librar¡" said Anderson. "She served on the laculty senate and nearly every other faculty committee." Sibley chaired the ad hoc commìttee on the status of women in the early I970s, a committee that examlned pay equity for women and other lacets of discrimination on campus at both faculty and staff levels. This study triggered actual change in Augsburg's salary structure, according to Grace Dyrud, psychology professor. "Marjorie was very good at seeing the big picture and could approach matters calmly and rationall¡" Dyrud said. Sibley also championed world peace. "Marjorie advised students interested in peace studies, and, with her husband, Dr. Mulford Sibley, devoted energy to peace and justice in the world beyond campus," Sulerud said. "Her Quaker conviction that 'there is something of God in every person' guided her life and work," Sulerud said. "Marjorie was an advocate for justice in the minds and hearts of everyone she came in contact with," said Spanish professor Mary Kingsley, a friend and colleague who served on various faculty committees with Sibley. Sibley's first husband, Mulfurd, a wellknown political science professor at the University of Minnesora, died in 1989. Sibley is survived by her husband, Don Irish; a son, Martin; a daughter, Muriel; five sisters and brothers; and a host of grandchildren. A Quaker memorial service celebrated Sibley's life in February at Augsburg's Hoversten Chapel. ,Aucssunc Now 27 o t^ o - a o A president looks back 500 years and finds h iS Ca I I ing by president wirriam v. Frame ollowing are excerpts of a piece written F by President Frame Jor the September 6, 2002, issue of Tlne Chronicle of Higher Education. Having recently returned from a lO-year stint in the corporate world to my original home in the academy, I have stumbled onto an idea of great utility-both to rattonalize my own tortuous career path and to guide the curricular and cultural reforms needed to serve our college's students. The idea is vocation. ... The most immediately distinguishing aspect of vocation is that of being drawn to an undertaking with a deep sense that "This is the right work for me!" I first encountered that aspect as a reporter for the student ne\Mspaper at Ohio State University in the early 1950s. Campus journalisrn in the early days of the civilrights movement was a thrilling business, and it gave me, for the first time in my college life, popular recognition. Yet my inner voice had not yet matured, and was thus overwhelmed by its natural rival, the voice of public acclaim. That orientation, unfortunatel¡ remained as I shifted my study to political science and followed it into the professoriate ... where I eventually achieved tenure and the rank of professor of political science. Now I see that I was actually chasing after the seductive but ultimately unsatisfactory vindication of acclaim. ... Even so, the process of becoming a professor and achieving tenure introduced me to two of the critical axioms of the teaching vocation: Great teachers begin and remain as serious students-of themselves as well as of the world-and learning improves life. But since I discovered those axioms in a selective liberal-arts college that was purposely set well away from the cit¡ they took a particularly private and rnildly antisocial form. They did not gel with the outgoing and service-oriented 2A ,4UCSSURC l,¡OW s aspects of vocation. ... A sneaking discomfort with all this caused me, I now think, to strike out from the secure shores of rural academe after 13 years there. I had gone to Chicago to direct a research program in the humanities at the Newberry Library. I fell in love with the city, which, I realized, is the quintessential social institution of the modern world. ... As a result, I was hesitant to return to the college at the end of the fellowship. Almost frantically, I cast about for an alternative, wonderingwhat a 42year-old professor of an arcane art could do effectively in the "real" world. I joined the First National Bank of Chicago as a trainee in the summer of 1981. ... Those seven years in commercial banking, followed by three in corporate finance, gave me a profoundly different attitude toward work and the world than I had acquired in the academy Yet as I advanced in the commercial hierarchy ... I became less and less interested in the ultimate purpose (stockholder value) of the institutions that employed me. I knew that my appreciation of the compatibility of work and personal fulfillment in the modern commercial world had deepened in several important ways, and I longed to see how that new understanding would resonate with students. I wanted to go back to teaching. Yet, as I was absolutely dumbfounded to discover, higher education institutions did not invite my return, especially into any available teaching or teaching-related administrative function. I had to make my way back through finance ... I re-entered the hallowed halls as vice president and chief financial officer at Pacific Lutheran University ... It was there that I learned of Martin Luther's respect for "the fine liberal arts," which he proposed as the chief human therapy for modernity-the world in which work had begun to disconnect from its earlier communitarian functions. President Frame led an AugSem discussion with students about vocation and service on community service day last September. That month, he also reflected upon his personal vocational path in a piece he wrote Íor The Chronicle of Higher Education. Vocation, or the called life of service, is the ultimate objective of that therapy ... I could see in Luther's idea of vocation the rnakings of a life-changing educational concept ... in the presence ol Luther and my colleagues in a church-related college ... I began to draw together into a new educational philosophy the disparate elements of what had by now been four different adult careers. ... Now, as president of Augsburg, I am pursuing the application of vocation in our curriculum and culture in ways that reflect my personal and increasingly fulfilled search for my own calling. ... Looking back, I see that the concept of vocation has helped me find a pattern in what I once regarded with shame as a restless turning from one profession and career to another ... it has allowed me to make real progress in drawing together into a satisfying whole both thought and action, theory and practice, work and leisure, and ultirnately, reason and faith. That wholeness is the ultimate gift of the called life of service-and what I believe we should strive to achieve for ourselves and for our students. I Spring 2003 ) ¡- tt I a, (a Music For more information, call 612-330-1265 (unless otherwise noted) April 30, }t4ay 2-3 Masterworks Chorale with the Minnesota Orchestra Sir Neville Marriner, former music director of the Minnesota Orchestra, returns to conduct the music of his fellow countrymen. Actor and screen star Christopher Plummer narrates the words of Shakespeare with music by William Walton from the lllrnr'Henry V Elgar's poignant Enigma Variations places the finishing touches on an all-English event. April 30 at7:30 p.m.-Orchestra Hall }y'ray 2 at 8 p.m.-Orchestra Hall May 3 at 8 p.m.-Ordway Center For ticket information, call the Minnesota Orchestra at 612-371-5656 Seminars, Lectures, and Films May 7 Master of Arts in Leadership Series on Transformational Leadership Presenters: MAL students, "Leadership Paper Colloquium" 6 p.m.-Christensen Center For information, call 612-330-1786 Muy 5-10 Augsburg Concert Band Tour Los Angeles area (seep.24) Theatre April 25 Senior Acting Recitals 7 p.m.-Tjornhom-Nelson Theater For information, call 612-330-1257 Exhibits For gallery information, call 612-330-1524 }/.ay L7 Parker J. Palmer "Honor Thy Teacher: Authentic Educational Reform in an Era of Smoke and Mirrors" Parker Palmer, a teacher, activist, and bestselling author of Let Your Life Speah: Listening for the Voice of Vocation and The Courage to Teach, will present this lecture as part of Augsburg's Exploring Our Gifts program. This presentation is free and open to the public. 7 p.m.-Hoversten Chapel For information, call 612-330-1 180 Other Events May 3-4 COMMENCEMENT WEEKEND May 3 Commencement Luncheon Noon-Christensen Center March 2B-May 4 All-Student Juried Art Exhibition Gage Family Art Gallery Lindell Library m&i Commencement Concert I :30 p.m.-Hoversten Chapel Honors Convocation 4 p.m.-Hoversten Chapel May 4 Baccalaureate Service 10 a.m.-Hoversten Chapel Commencement Ceremony l:30 p.m.-Melby Hall Seating begins at 12:30 p.m. Tickets required March 2B-May 4 Senior Art Exhibit Christensen Center Art GallerY Com mencement Reception 3 p.m.-Murphy Square Send us your news and photos! 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Show more Ji l JC·'("'.3lJ GNOW J l) .l A PUBLICATION FOR Winter 2002-03 AUGSBURG ••.;: i : .. , , COLLEGE A Lu M N I I L .Jl! . A S fl..,~~. .,.. ' ·.c;·. IA. ,l-£' ,,,,r- .... , .. - . - ' . t ' .. ...... •. I1 ' ~ ., /' j ~ - .,··~ .. , .... ~, , J .:~ . -·•.:~ Learning by Seeing , He aring · ,. an•d..Doing -· _j "~ From the editor ultural diversity can be experienced and ap preciated in many places- in Centra l America , Namibia , Thailand , and here on the Augsburg campus . The College's vision document , Augsburg2004: Extending the Vision, sugges ts that cultural diversity is the kind of diversity that best serves Augsburg 's educa tion al mission by offering "many different ways of knowing and learning " that challenge us to look beyond the limits of our own cu ltural assumptions . Augsburg2004 goes on to reinforce the critical conn ection between cultural diversity and exploration of vocation: .. cu ltur al diversity is critical for all of us-employees and students alike-t o fulfill our obligations as stewards. To pursue our vocations in the world , we need engageme nt with ways of life and convictions that pose alternati ves to our own . Kno,ving the other helps us know ourselves, " the document states . The stories in this issue illustrat e C We welcome your letters! Pleasewnte to: Edttor Augsburg Now 2211 Riverside Ave., CB 145 Minneapolis, MN 55454 E-mail: now@augsburg.edu Fax: 6 12-330- 1780 Phone: 612-330- 118 1 Leuers for publication must be signed and include your name, class year, and dayume telephone number . The)' may be edited for length, clamy, and style. how cultur al engagement can come about in many ways-t hrou gh meetings with wome n in Guatemala who are findin g purpose and voice in the cooperative movement , through Augsburg faculty learn ing abou t educational challenges in Namibi a, and th roug h faculty, staff, and students here on Students from the Heart of the Earth Survival School Drum campus who exp lore and Dance Group performed in Christensen Center during National Native American Heritage Month. American Indian mythology throu gh the performance anni versary this year and is the longestantics of Coyote . running program of its kind in the For 20 years, the Cente r for Globa l Upper Midwest. ll has not only help ed Educat ion (CGE) has facilitated stud y native stud ent s enroll and succeed at and travel expe riences that conn ect Augsburg , but il has also brought Americans directly with people and together the Native American and issues arou nd th e world . Comm ents Augsburg com muniti es in a variety of from travel pani cipants attest lo the cultural and edu cational activities. power of the se conn ections. My own In 2001 , th e American Indian experie nce as a 16-yea r-old exchange Studi es faculty, together with the Center stud ent to Sout h America led to a shift for Global Education and internation al in my academic direction and shaped stud ent advis ing, made il possible for interests and activities that have stayed Augsburg international stud ents to be wilh me throu gh decades. imm ersed in Native American cultur e for As th e well-being of our global a week over sprin g break at the Tunl e community becomes ever more fragile in Mountain Reservation in North Dakota . this post-September 11 environm ent , On many Cent er for Global more people are recognizi ng th e need to Education brochures, readers find the seek und erstandin g of peop le and places message, "See the wor ld through their different from us in cultur e, religion, or eyes, and your wo rld will never be the politics. CGE's progra ms are growi ng to same ." respond to thi s need . In addition , stud y Isn't that what lransformali ve abroad serves as one of the ways in educ ation is all abo ut? which Augsburg stud ents can fulfill the Augsburg Experience requirement in their studies. Augsburg's four multi cu ltural programs help to begin this journey al Belsey Norgard home . The American Indian Stud ent Editor Services program celebra tes ils 25th A ugsburg Now 1s published quanerly by Augsburg College, 22 11 R1vers1deAve.. Mmneapohs . Mmneso1a 5545 • Editor Betsey Norgard AUGSBURG NOW A PUBLICATION FOR AUGSBURG COLLEGE ALUMNI & FRIENDS Win ter 2002 -03 Vol. 65 . No . 2 Features Assistant Editor Lynn Mena Graphic Designer Kath)' Rumpza Class Notes Coordinator Jessica.Brown 8 Cont ribut ing Photographer Stephen Geffre President Wilham \I Frame Director of Alumni and Parent Relations Amy Suu on Wh ere in the world wi ll the Center for Global Education take you? by Bet sey Norgard Augsburg 's Center for Global Education has been a nati onal leader for 20 years in providin g crosscultur al edu cational stud y and travel. Demand for their program s has risen sharply, as Americans seek to learn more abou t social, cultur al, and religious differences around the world . Director of Public Relations and Communication Dan Jorgensen 14 Opm1ons expressed m Augs burg Now do not necessarily renect official College pohcy by Dan Jorgensen ISSN I 058-1545 Postmaster· end correspondence , name changes . and address correc11ons to: A ugsburg Now, Office of Public Rela11onsand Commu nication , 221 I Riverside Ave.. Mmneapohs . IN 55 • 54 . E-mail: now@augsburg.edu Telephone : 6 12-330- 118 1 Fax: 6 I 2-330-1780 A11 gsb11rg College, as affirmed American Indian Student Services celebrates 25 years American Indi an stude nts bend u from the long history and track reco rd of Augsburg's progra m , which has now add ed a maJor m Amen can lnd tan Stud ies. Departments 2 Around th e Quad 6 Sports in irs missio n, does not discrimina te on 1hc basis of race, color, cree d, religion, na tiona l or ethn ic 01igi11, age, ge nd c,; sex ual or ientat ion, ma rital SllllU S, SUIIU S with regcird to publi c ass ista nce, or disability in its educa tio11 p olicies , culmi ss ions policies, scl10la rs hip and loa n prograr11 s, at hlcric anti/or school a dmin istered programs, except in those insta nces wl1e,e rel igio n is a bona fi de occupal ional q11 a lifica1io11 . A11 gsb11rg College is committed fO p mviding reasonable ncco mmo,lmi ons to 7 17 18 22 28 Chape ltalk Alum ni News Homecomin g 2002 Photos Class Notes In Memori am irs employees and its stu denrs. www.augsburg.edu inside back cover Calendar 50 percent ,·ecycleclpaper (JO percent post-consume, waste) On the cove r: Ounng a Centerfo r Global Edueallon travd m mna,; focused study of Nicaraguas m,grawry buds scn•ccl as a conncd ing symbol to the study of cconom,c development ancl the rnvimnme,u. Photo talicn al El Cas1,llo, Rw San Juan, by Keith Olstad Four new regents are welcomed to the board he Augsburg Board of Regents welcomed four new member s at its Janu ary meeting. Kinn ey Joh nson '65 and Sand ra Vargas were elected to six-year tenn s; and Bishops Robert Berg and Craig John son j oined the boa rd as ex officio memb ers, representing two of Augsbu rg's four ELCA syno ds for rotating three-y ear T Lenn s. Kinney Johnson '65 Kinney John son became a foundin g memb er of Sequ el Partn ers in 1995, a venture finn in Bould er, Colo., specializing in the IT, telecom , and health care secto rs. He has been involved in 45 start-up ventur es and currentl y manages over 400 million in thr ee fund s. J ohn son received his bachelo r's degree from Augsburg in 196 5 with maj ors in mathema tics and bu siness adm inistration . He received a master's degree in mathematical comput er science from the Un iversity of Iowa . He curre ntly serves on several health care and techn ology boards. Sandra Vargas Sandr a Vargas has been the count y admini strator for Henn epin Count y since 1999. She has 18 years of manageme nt expe rience in city and state agencies, including the Minn esota Department of Transporta tion . Vargas holds a master's degree in pu blic administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Governm ent at Harvard University. She chairs the Chicano/Latino Advisory Committ ee at the University of Minn esota and serves on the Minneapolis United Way and Minn eapolis Fou ndation boa rds . The Rev. Robert Berg Bishop Robert Berg , a native of Eau Claire, Wis ., was elected bis hop of the Evangelical Luth era n Chur ch in America (ELCA) No rth wes t Synod of Wisco nsin in 1995. Prio r to that he had served two parishes in North Dakota and several pari shes in Wisco nsin . He graduat ed with a bachelor's degree from the Un iversity of Wisco nsin-Eau Claire and from Luth er Semin ary. The Rev. Craig Johnson Bishop Craig John son was elected bishop of the ELC/1:s Minn eapolis Area Synod in Jun e 2001. Previously, he had been associate vice president for chur ch relations at Gustavu s Adolphu s College and serve d parishes in Shr eveport , La. ; and Minn eapolis and Bloo min gton , Minn . He is auth or of The Mighty Acts of God- a Survey of the Bible. Welcome , Class of 2006! On a bright September day, 332 Auggie freshmen processed into the chapel, heralded by flags representing the countries of international students at Augsburg and welcomed by faculty and staff lining the walk . AUGSBURG COLLEGE- FALL 2002 Total stud ents .. ... . . .2 ,99 4 (1,69 1 day, 1,072 wee kend , 23 1 gradu ate) Average age ...... 21 in day, 35 in WEC, 34 in gradu ate No . of stat es ......... . ... . .42 No . of foreign countries .. . .. 36 Gender . . . . . . . . . .4 1% male and 59 % female Race/e thnic origin ... ... ........ App roximately 17% stud ent s of color Res idency ... . . . .. . . .54 % resident day stud ents and 46% commut er day stud ents Religion .. . ... . .. . . . . . .Appro ximately 34% Luth eran 2 ,4 uG SBURG NOW Winter 2002 -03 Graduate nursing program receives accreditation ugsbur g's Master of Arts in Nur sing prog ram , begun in 1999, has rece ived full acc redit ation from the Co llegiate Coun cil on Nur sing Edu cation (CCNE) . Th e p rogra m , with classes offered in both Rochester and Minn eapolis, pr epa res nur ses for transform ational leadership and transcultur al practice across care settin gs, with particular emph asis on addr essing health di sparities. Gradu ates of the pro gram are eligible to app ly for certification throu gh the American Nur ses Credentialin g Cent er and th e Transcultur al Nur sing Society. With th e increasing diversity of Minn eso ta's popul ation , thi s prog ram trains nur ses LO be responsive to a wide range of health needs th at exist in the loca l and global communiti es . Th e curri cular focus on hea lth disp arities addr esses th e difficult y so me popul ation group s have in gainin g access to health care beca use of poverty, age, race, religion , and/ or nati onal ori gin . Augsbur g curr entl y has the only degree program of thi s kind in th e countr y. Remembering September 11 comm emorativ e pro gram durin g Homecoming Weekend honored in word s and mu sic the victims and surviv ors of the eptemb er 11 attacks . The Augsbur g Concert Band and the A A Rev. Mark Hall '77 Cheryl Leuning, nursing professor and department chair, announced the accreditation of Augsburg 's Master of Arts in Nursing program , with a focus on transcultural nursing. Augsbur g Choir performed the composi tion "I Believe," written by Augsburg alumnus Brendan Anderson '02. Special commemoration of the life of Lt. Col. Dean Mattson '66 , who died in the Pentagon attack, was mad e by the Rev. Mark Hall '77 , pastor of St. Peter's Luth eran Chur ch in Luck , Wis., Mattson 's home chur ch. Hall said of 1lattson , "Here [at Augsburg College], Dean learned , like many others have (includin g me and many of you , too) that whatever station or place we live out our lives, we are called to live them with a holy pu rpose, consecreated to God . Because life is sacred ." Welcoming Augsburg visitors The main entry and lobby area in Christensen Center has undergone a facelift to become a more welcoming and hospitable center. A re-designed information counter greets visitors, while new furnishings and a computer center enable students to meet. study, check e-mail, or gather around the fireplace to enjoy a cup of coffee from the Starbucks kiosk . Winter 2002-03 A-UGSBURG NOW 3 Around the Quad NOTEWORTHY New CLASS director James Hodgson began as director of Augsburg's Center for Learning and Adaptive Student Services (CLASS)in November. He received his doctorate from M.I.T., and brings extensive experience in working with students with learning and physical disabilities. •Leaders of today' connect with •leaders of tomorrow' Augsburg's core curriculum In October, the faculty approved a new general education curriculum for students beginning in fall 2003. The Augsburg core curriculum streamlines the current general education requirements and builds on the principles of Augsburg's mission and ,~sion, including themes of vocation, Christian faith , civic engagement, diversity, and liberal arts and delivered across disciplines with experiential learning built in. A cover story for Augsburg Augsburg's communi ty service-learning program was the subject of the cover story in The Lutheran magazine in November. "Learning by SeT\~ng" describes programs that involve students in tuwring , coaching youth teams, teaching, pro,~ding seT\~Cesat a free clinic, volunteering in community organizations, and many other activities in the neighborhood and Twin Cities area. To read the full article, go to <.www.thelutheran.org/02l l/page46.html>. ranked in top 2S Augsburg was ranked in the top tier among Midwestern universities that offer a full range of undergraduate and master's programs in the annual ranking of U.S. News and World Report. Among the key cntena m Judging were highest graduauon rate and highest proportion of classes of fewer than 20 . U.S. News also introduced a new ranking of schools with "outstanding examples of academic programs that lead to students ' success." Augsburg ranked 21st in the nation in the service-learning category. Each of the schools listed is said to be a "stellar example" of programs shown to enhance learning. Augsburg is the only Minnesota school in this ranking. Augsburg 4 A-UGSBURGNOW Scholastic Connections students and mentors for 2002-03 are (L to R) Diane Love-Scott '98 ; Adela Arguello 'OS; Mercedes Weishalla '03; Kailash Thapa '05; Noya Woodrich '92, '94 MSW ; Eloisa Echavez '94, '98 MEL; Matthew Shannon '04; Xia Xiong '05; Murry Kelly, Jr. '71; Asha Geire '04; Cory Andree '03; Richard Barbeau '92. Not pictured are Rev. Rufus Campbell '75 and Andre Lewis '73 . I n Septembe r, Scholas tic Conn ectio ns celebra ted its first anni versary an d awar ded five new sc holarsh ips to Augsburg students of co lor , conn ecting them with Augsburg alumni in mentorin g relationships. A year ago, the program was laun ched to amplify th e Co llege's com mitm ent to th e dre am of a post-secondary edu cation for students from diverse backgrounds . It responded to a lawsuit po sed by Elroy Stock '48 , a maj o r d on or o f th e Co llege who was discovered to be the send er of a hate-m ail campaign over man y yea rs. He sued when Augsburg refused to name a building after him , but was unabl e to return his gifts due to federa l and stat e guideli n es. The lawsuit was dismi sse d . Th e first Corporate Connections gift to the College was mad e by th e law firm o f Lockridg e Grindal Nauen & Holstein P.L.L.P.Thi s support will provide a schola rship for students whose family circu mstances m ight hav e hindered op p ort un ities for a co llege education. Calling from Augsburg ,,. SPRING PHONATHON BEGINS ON FEB. 2 T he Augsb u rg stude nt phona th on tea m looks forwa rd to talking with alu mn i about Augsb u rg as they dial th eir way toward a $ 1 m illio n Ann ua l Fu nd goal. Winter 2002-03 Joel Torstenson, at age 90, honored by local group oel Torstenson '38, Augsburg alumnus chai r of HECUA, Torstenson became good and long-time professor, was honor ed by friends with Paul Wellstone, Carletons representative to HECUA. the West Bank Community Developm ent Torstenson also served on the West Corporation in its December newsletter for "significant contributions to the civic, Bank CDC board from 1993 to 1999 . He and Fran have been active members of spiritua l, educationa l, and community life Trinity Lutheran Congrega tion. A birthday in Cedar Riverside ," along with his wife, party in Novemb er celebra ting his 90 years Fran , and Ruth and Floyd Case. brou ght together family and friends. The newsletter menti oned Torstensons many accompli shm ents, includin g his co-founding of a farm cooperative in Edina in 1941 that became hom e to the Fellowship of Reconciliation, and his service to Midland Coop erative as education director. In 1947 , Torstenson returned to Augsburg to teach full time, which led to the growt h of the sociology department and the creation of the Scandinavi an Urban Studi es Term at the University of Oslo , ,,_ und er the auspices of the Professor Emeritus Joel Torstenson '38 and his wife, Higher Education Consortium Fran, entertained family and friends in November to for Urban Affairs (HECUA). As celebrate his 90th birthday . J THE "AUGGIE EAGLE" HAS LANDED At the Oct. 19 home football game against St. John's, Auggie fans were introduced to Auggie Eagle, the College's new mascot, who entertained the crowd and kept spirits high for the team . Auggie Eagle will make his appearances at home sports games and represent Augsburg in the community. Winter 2002-03 NOTEWORTHY Youth and Family Institute moves The Youth and Family Institute , founded m 1987 by Menon Strom men ·4 2, has separated from Augsburg College and is opera ting independe nt!)', maintaining its former staff und er Dick Hardel's leadership . It will continu e to support Augsburgs youth and family minisu y major, current!)• enro lling arou nd 50 students. Augsburg has established an advisory committ ee under the direction of John Schmit, associate dean for adu lt programs , lO plan an initiative in service to the church that builds on Augsburgs strengths in mu sic, leadership , the health sciences, recovery, and focus on vocation. The Youth and Family Institute \\~\I continu e to opera te under this name ; information about Augsburgs new program will appea r in the spring issue. Ann Garvey-'Woman on the Go' Ann Garvey, associate dean for student affairs, was selected as a recipient of the "Women on the Go" award . This inaugural award , sponsored by the Minnesota ACE Network , was awarded to women who are "destined to be leaders in higher education ." They are "women who are making a difference-d ay in and day ou t-in their institutions and in their communi ties." New Pan-Afrikan Cent er director Trena Bolden '00, became the new director of the Pan-Afrikan Center in November , after serving as interim director . She graduated with a doub le major in communication and theatre arts. Devean George '99 honored Augsbur g Mil retire the No. 40 basketball jersey of Devean George '99 during a weekend celebration on Feb. 7-8. George , who played at Augsburg from 1995-99 , was the first Division Ill player to be drafted in the first round of the NBA Draft, by the Los Angeles Lakers, and has been a pan of thr ee straight world championships with them. Feb. 8, 3 p.m.-Public ceremony during the Auggies' men s basketball game vs. Ham line University. For information, contact Norm Okerstmm at 612-330-1616 or <okerstro@augsburg .edu> . A-UGSBURG NOW 5 Sports Auggie hockey player takes body checks to a new level byDonStoner ugsbu rg College men's hockey forward Jaro Cesky isn't known as an overly physica l player on the ice. But in August , the Auggie senio r used the physical part of his hockey training in a much different- and heroic- way. Cesky, a native of Prague , Czech Republic , helped to subdue an attacker who had set off exp losives in a crowded subway station and killed a police officer. For his efforts, he earn ed national atten tion in the Czech Repub lic and was widely regarded as a hero . But Cesky is quick to denect any praise for his efforts, saying he wou ld do the same all over again . "People were asking me if l felt like I was a hero, but I didn 't want to hear that because a cop died , and l didn 't want to get noticed because of somebodys death ," Cesky said. "I told people if something like this would happe n again , or if it wou ld happen here [in Minnesota!, I wou ld do exactly the same thin g." Cesky, who has lived and studi ed in America for the last four years, return ed to A co ps next to me, ju st watching thi s hap pen . l told them, 'You have guns , why don't you go in there and get him ?' " Unlike television shows Cesky had seen in America , where police officers rou tin ely pull their weapo ns to stop suspects, the officers in this situation were prohibited from using their firearms in the subw ay station due to local regulations, accor din g to publish ed report s. As a subwa y car pull ed into the station , Cesky yelled to the passengers to remain on the train. He turn ed to see the male officer stru ggling with the attacker. "l saw the cop on the ground , and he end ed up with the knife in him . He was stabbed ," Cesky said. The officer died instantly. The second officer, a female, ran to the attacke r and tried to subdue him with her nightstick. As the larger assailant fought back , Cesky sprinted forward and body-checked him to the pavement . "I went in and thr ew him on the ground ," Cesky said. "He got back up and had a plastic tub e in his hand , pointing it "I t old people if something like this would happen again, or if it would happen here [in Minnesota], I would do exactly the same thing ." Prague in August to visit his family. His second day there, whi le waiting for friends at a subway statio n to celebra te his 24th birthday, he heard an exp losion rock the train statio n , filled wit h peop le going home at the end of the day. At first, he thoug ht it was someone setting off fireworks in th e trai n sta tion , the second-busi est in the city. Instea d , it was a 53-yea r-old Russian immi gra nt throwing makes hift exp losives at the train tracks. As the Friday night crowd panicked and ned the train stat ion, the Russian began to attack an elderly bystander wit h a knife attached to a long stick. "I saw the man on his knees and th e other man was attacking him ," Cesky said. "I saw two 6 A-UGSBURGNOW at her face. He stepp ed closer to me and it looke d like he wanted to commit suicide , he was jabbing th e tub e at his own head ." Officers later told Cesky that the tub e was anoth er hom emade exp losive, and that it apparent ly had enoug h dyna mite in it to possibly level the train station . "When he punched him self with th e tub e a second time , I jump ed on him from behind again and thr ew him on the grou nd ," Cesky said . "I sat on him , held him down and I pu shed the tub e away from his hands. The co p came over and we put the handc uffs on him ." Hittin g someone the way Cesky did wou ld have earned him a trip to the penalty box in hockey for checking from behind , but in thi s instance, the hockey player was a hero who likely helped to save countl ess lives. For his efforts , Cesky was honore d by the interio r minister. The nation 's president invited him to meet on Czech Jaro Cesky '03 ind epend ence day, Oct. 28-a meeting at whic h his parents represented him , since Cesky had to return to classes . Cesky came to America to play juniorlevel hockey in Dubuqu e, Iowa. Augsburg coach Mike Schwartz recruited him to Augsburg , wher e he joined another Europ ean player, Slovakia n Martin Hlinka , who graduated and now serves as an Augsburg assistant coach. "He's probably the most exciting player in the league ," Schwartz said of the team 's top line center. "Every time he gets the puck , everybody sits at th e edge of their seats, waiting to see what he's going to do." An international business major, Cesky said he'd like to play professional hockey after he gradua tes from Augsburg , and then travel and explore the world . With the experience gained from his recent heroic efforts, Cesky has learne d about the fragility of life. ''You never know whats going to happ en ," Cesky said. "I used the Metro [subw ay] every day for my tran sportation , and l had to use it the next day [after the attack) . I was looking all around that station , seeing who was around me. I always thought this cou ld happ en in the United States , but not in Prague. Now, you never know." Don Stoner is sports information coordinator. Winter 2002-03 Chapeltalk Sent into the world as a mask of God November 20, 2002 • Text: John 17:14-19 I l was Jesus who said we are "sent into th e wo rld " (John 17: 18). I do n't think we have gras ped th e sign ificance o f his wo rds and th e idea th at our wo rk, our voca tion in th e wo rld is a way of servin g th e creator God . If we shou ld ask most Christians what th ey do to fulfill th eir calling th ey may say, "I teach Sun day schoo l, I sing in the choir, I have served many chur ch dinn ers." But have you ever heard someon e say, "I am called to be a schoo l bu s dri ver. God is concern ed abou t th e safety of his childr en ; I am called to be a teacher and do my best to help children grow to maturit y; I am called to be a lawye r concern ed about ju stice." The Chu rch is meant to be not a fortress to which we retreat, but a laun ching pad, thrustin g us int o th e wo rld . Lu th er understoo d the wo rds o f Jesus that we are sent int o th e wo rld . He writ es, "Wh at is our wo rk in field and garden , in tow n and house, in baul ing and in rulin g, to God , but the wo rk of his chi ldr en? Ou r wo rks are God's mask, behin d which IGodl remains h idd en , although !God] does all thin gs." A recem statement from th e Greek Orth odox Chu rch und erstand s th e wo rds o f Jesus. lt says , "All are called to be saim s, Ito be Chri stians !, but each person is called to do so in his or her own uniqu e way.... Some will wo rk prim arily in a physical way, oth ers will wo rk im ellectu ally. Some will be artists, sciemi sts, bu siness people, and pro fessionals .... In th e eyes of God none is beu er th an th e other is." Augsbur g College understand s th e wo rds of Jesus th at "we are sem im o th e wo rld ." In your promotion al litera tur e you say, "Augsbur g prepares futur e leaders to serve in th e wo rld ." ln your amazingly goo d docu mem , Augsburg 2004: Extending the Vi ion, you say, "A loving relations hip with God should be enacted as a lovin g relationship , ith th e wo rld . Augsbur g . does n ot turn its back on the wo rld ." And last wee k I heard your presidem speak Winter 2002-03 eloq uem ly in dow nt own Minneapolis about th ese ideas. But you do not simp ly talk abou t it; you sen d leaders imo the wo rld. You cou ld mee t Congressma n Manin Sabo '59, ELCA presiding bishop Mark Hanson '68 , or baske tball coac h Lute Olson '56 , recem ly indu cted into the Basketba ll Hall of Fame . Or , watch L.A. Laker Devean George '99; or Jenni Lilleda hl '87 , Brave New Workshop; or Mike Bodnarczuk '84 , Hollywoo d producer. If you go to a hu nd red or a thousand other places in the Twin Cities you ,viii find Augsburg gradu ates . And soo n you will be sent int o this wo rld , Class of 2003 or 2004 . It is a wo rld ,vith bri lliam accomp lishmen ts in techn ology, science, and medic ine . But it is also a very tro ubled wo rld . You who stud y political science and psychology and religion , will you br ing peace to th e wo rld or to your community? You who stu dy biology or chem istry, will you find a cure for Al OS or will you serve in a hospit al or other place o f healing? You who stu dy eco nomics and bu siness, will you br ing integ rity and j ust ice to the wo rld of bus iness or to your wo rkp lace? You may respo nd , "How can I make a di fference? I am a low ly freshman ," or an exhausted senior. Some two cent uries ago a liu le boy grew u p in England. He was frail and wea k ... . As a youn g boy he listened with rap t attention to a for mer slave trader, John Newto n , now a Chri stian who had renou nced slaver y and who wro te "Amazing Grace. " The name of the boy was William Wilberforce. This liul e boy grew up, and when he was a mere 24 years old or so he was one of th e most powe rful members of Parliam ent in England . He took his faith seriously. He strugg led with the idea that he should leave Parliam ent and em er some chur ch wo rk, per haps become a clergy. He came to th e conclus ion , pers uade d by many, even John Wesley, that he was sent int o the wo rld to serve God . . . For 20 James B. Hofrenning years he work ed in Parliamem to abo lish the slave trade . He wo rked anoth er 26 year s and slaver y itself was abolished in England and its colonies . Th ere was no civil war such as too k place in our count ry where 640 ,000 youn g men died . Wilb erforce chan ged a nation; he changed a cent ur y. He is buri ed in Westmin ster Abbey beside king s and qu eens. In th is wo rld you may not change a nation or a centur y, but you may change a city, or a neig hborho od , or your home. You may chang e a classroom , or a hospital, or a business . Your presence in thi s world , in thi s city, will mak e a difference because you are sent there as a mask of God. For your life in this world you will need many gifts. I will focus on only one, whi ch Jesus und ersco red wh en he said , "Behold I am sendin g you as sheep in th e mids t of wol ves, so be wise .. . " (Mauh ew 10 :16). We don't alwa ys recog nize wisdom as a Chri stian qu ality. ... So grow wi e here at Augsbur g as you prepar e to go into God's wo rld as a mask of God . You will mak e a difference. Dr.James B. Hofrenning is professor emeri tus of religion at Concordia College-Moorhead and is thefa ther-in-lawof Augsburg economics professor· Stella Hofrenning. A-UGSBURGNOW 7 THE MISSION IS . .. to provide cross-cultural education opport unities in orde r to foster critical analy sis of loca l and globa l cond itions so that personal and systemic change takes place leading to a more just and sustainable world. SINCE 1982 , Augsburg 's Center for G loba l Educat ion has been a national leader in providing cross-cultural travel programs, serving nearly 10,000 peop le. Now , as A merica ns are learning to live in a world of terrorism, they seek to understand more abo ut the cult ures, religio ns, and issues affecting ou r globa l society. WHERE 1n the WORLD will the center for global education take YOU? by Betsey Norgard Social work major Sally Nixon '01 visited a women's weaving cooperative as part of a faculty, staff , and student professional development seminar in Guatemala. 8 AUGSBURG NOW Students enjoy the serenity of the courtyard at the monastery in Tepotzlan, Mexico, an indigenous village near Cuernavaca. Winter 2002-03 AUGSBURG'S CENTERFOR GLOBAL EDUCATION(CGE) had just begun plan nin g for its 20th anniversary celebrati on when th e terrori sm of Sept emb er 11 left in its wake a great un certaint y about th e futur e of ime rn ational travel and stud y. Stud ent enrollm em s in CGE's stud y abroad cour ses th e following sprin g were und erstan dab ly down , since applica tions we re du e sho rtly after the attack . Since th en , however , int erest from institutions across th e countr y has grown so mu ch as to fill CGE's travel semin ar schedul e thi s year an d al leas t two of th e stud y abroad cour ses . Waitin g lists are in place, and CGE staff are wo rkin g on pro gra ms two and thr ee years ahead . Rather than ret reatin g from foreign travel, Americans have demon strated a desi re to learn more abo ut int ernation al cu lture s, religio ns, and issues. A recent publi c opi nion p oll by the American Coun cil on Education , measurin g auitud es about interna tional edu cation before and after Sep temb er 11, showe d that interes t in int ernation al issues has not only been sustain ed, but has actuall y increased in some areas , such as foreign languag e learnin g. In addition , CGE sta ff say th at college students increasingly expect stud y abroad opportu nities as pan o f th eir college edu cation , and take thi s int o consideration when makin g college choices . For Orva l Gingeric h , assoc iate dean for int ernationa l program s and dir ecto r of th e Center for Globa l Edu cation , all of thi s affirms the work th at CGE has don e for 20 years . In th e fall 2001 issue of th eir news leu er, Global News and Notes, he wro te of his "realization th at th e mission and pro gram of th e Cent er for Globa l Edu cation are even more sign ificant and pertin ent th an they were before the au ack ." What is need ed , he said , is for Americans lo respond to the Winter 2002-03 CGE director Orval Gingerich welcomes guests at CGE's 20th anniversary celebration . new war against terrori sm "from an informed and reaso ned perspective," rath er than blindl y responding in ways that lend to become more and mor e like th e terrori st actions being answered . LEARNING from and with PEOPLE Travel arranged by the Cent er for Globa l Education is not like tourist travel, but offers experie nces that encour age participants to become inform ed and engaged during th e trip as well as after returning home. "IL is learni ng from and with peop le, instead of look ing and enjoying ," Gingerich to ld the Augsb urg Echo in a December art icle. 600+ Participam s become immersed in local 9,00 0+ cultur e- they meet peopl e 200 in their communi ties, hear a variety of viewpoint s on issues affectin g th e local 513 commun ity, and reflect 78 abou t the impact on th e larger globa l commu nity. 26 After returning hom e, 177 the y are encouraged to share th eir experiences with oth ers and to beco me involved in issues of socia l ju Lice. Whil e most kind s o f travel o ffer a "macro" loo k al a count ry, look ing al it from out side in , Gingerich feels thi s is insufficient. Hearing from th e local peo ple themselves-th e hean of a CGE exp erience-pr esent s a "micro " view as well, looking from the inside out. Regina McGo ff, assoc iate dir ecto r of the Cent er for Global Education , has also received affirmation o f CGE's prog ram . Durin g school visits to the Pacific No nhw est last fall, one imerna tiona l edu cation admini strato r told her that CGE is exac tly th e kind of stu dy abroad they seek for their stud ents. "We're helping th eir stud ent s learn about real-world issues," said McGo ff. 'Th ey're not isolated on college campu ses , but th ey're geui ng to see th e world from a Im of differem perspectives. " CGE can p rovid e thi s kind of person al experience thr ough a wealt h o f reso urces at its branch campu ses and adjun ct facult y in Mexico , Guate mala, Nicaragu a, El Salvador, and amibia, as well as throu gh consult ant s and BY THE NUMBERS CGE-p lann ed trave l se m inars over 20 years Partic ipa nts in trave l sem inars ove r 20 years Col lege a nd universiti es for whom CG E has arranged semes ter pro grams abroad Participants in trave l semi nars, 200 1-0 2 Students on study abro ad pro grams, 2001-02 No . of CGE staff outsid e of the U.S. No. of peop le stud ying Spanish in CGE c lasses, 200 1-0 2 A-UGSBURG NOW 9 partnerships in other countri es. The thr ee residentia l centers in Cuern avaca, Mexico; Managua, Nicaragua ; and Windhoek, Namibia hous e up to 25 peop le each and are staffed by both Americans and local residents . These CGE staffers and the network of community resources , including local government officials, enab le CGE to develop the first-hand experie nces not normall y pan of touris t travel. CGE coordi nates three kinds of travel programs-semester study abroad for undergraduates , short-term travel seminars for adu lts and students , and customized travel. In all cases , meeting the people, their cu ltur es, and the conditi ons in which they live is primary . The conve rsation s become two-way, with resource people learning from the visitors. Spending a SEMESTERABROA D Six semester programs for und ergraduates send students to CGEs three centers. In lexico and Central America , courses focus on the roles of women , development, social change, and social and environm ental justice . In Nam ibia, the legacies of aparth eid and multicultural societies in transition are stud ied . In all courses , students have oppo rtunities for independent stud y and intern ship s. During their time abroad, stud ents visit bo th rur al and urb an areas to learn abou t local com munity issues . They spe nd time in homestays and hear from the people themselves about their issues, struggles , and the impa ct of globa lization in their lives. Spanish-langu age classes are includ ed in the Latin Amer ican programs . Shon-t erm credit courses, usua lly one- or two-weeks long during short terms or as alternative spring break options , enab le working adu lt students in Augsburg's Weekend College to also participate in cross-cultur al trave l (see next page) . This past year, Rochester Spanish instruc tor Jane Melton took a group of stude nts, most ly nur ses , to Mexico. "Eager 10 A-UGSBURG NOW to acquire language skills to en hance patient care ,"says Melton , the stude nts enjoyed daily Spanish classes and prac tice opportunities in the city. Travel for ACTION CGEs short-t erm travel seminars, usua lly one-to-three weeks , are organized around a stud y topic and are focused on stimul ating people to action . To date , more than 9 ,000 people from man y organizations across the U.S.-education al institutions , church es, professional groups , and human right s organizations-h ave participated in over 600 semin ars to 40 countri es. As man y of the se peop le share their experiences with chur ch and civic group s after returnin g hom e, the imp act is greatly multiplied . Ju st one week prior to the terrori st attacks-o n Sept. 3, 2001-an article in Jeni Falkman '02 made new friends in Cuernavaca, Mexico, with whom she could practice her Spanish lessons . destination , as well as practical trip planning information. They continue to receive materia ls upo n return ing home to help process and commu nicate their expe rience to others. During the 1980s and early 1990s , man y travel semin ars focused on confronting the issues of civil and religious wars in Cent ral America. Now, the focus shifts to the violence of economics, wrote Mavis Anderson, who led mo re than 75 travel seminars in her 19 years with CGE. In the spring 2002 issue of GlobalNews and Notes, she writes that globalization is creating bo rders that are no longer defined geogra phically, bu t in terms of power and wealth. Acting While in Guatemala studying development issues, Jared Zimmerman '02 took lessons in a dialect of the Mayan language. respo nsibly as globa l citizens requ ires greater un derstandi ng of issues Time magazine featu red "reality tours ," relating to social j ustice. travel that is aur acting increasing nu mbers In the 15th anniversary issue of of Americans who seek mor e than fun and GlobalPerspectives in 1997 , Dr. Darro ld sightseeing in their travels. Th e article Beekman , then bishop of the menti oned the Center for Global Southwestern District of the American Education as a travel provid er that Lut heran Churc h , reflected on the 1983 effectively links participants with political trip he took to Brazil and Centr al America issues and peo ple in the Third World . with other ALC bishops to stud y issues of Before emb arking on any CGE trip , poverty, hum an right s, and the wo rk of travelers receive orie ntation materia ls the chu rch in social change . He wro te, abo ut the history and po litics of their Winter 2002-03 A semester abroad in a wee k for WEEKEND STU DENTS by Bet se y Nor ga rd very winter since 1989 a group of 15 or so adult stud ents in Augsburgs Weekend College have traveled to Cuernavaca , Meidco, for a week . Not for the same fun-in-th e-sun vacation as man y of their co-wo rkers have enjoyed at that time of year, but to take a religion course, The Church and Social Change in Latin America. The vision of Rick Thoni, then Weekend College director and current director of the Augsburg Roch ester program , and Joel Mugge, director of the Center for Global Education , this course was designed to provide a study abroad opponunity for the increasing numb ers of stud ents in Weekend College- wo rking adu lts for whom the option of stud ying abroad for a semester was not possible. The course was designed as an au ractive option to fulfill Augsburgs requirement for a religion course . But, Thoni and Mugge knew that stud ents would also be deeply affected by the experience. "We knew the power of this kind of stud y opp onunit y, given our e>.-pe rience with day school stud ents and adult travel groups ," said Thoni. "We were pleased that the reactions of the first groups of students confirmed our belief that they would find this l)'Pe of travel/stud y expe rience 'transformin g'." The course begins on the Augsburg campu s with two or three orientation sessions , centering around the theme of liberation theology and how it has profoundly impacted the social and religious fabric of society in E Winter 2002-03 Each year a group of Augsburg's weekend adult students spends a week in Cuernavaca , Mexico completing a religion course a nd learning first-hand about Mexico 's culture-here, a lesson in Aztec history at the ruins of Xochicalco. Latin America. Stud ents also get general historical information and practical help with travel planning . Their Cuernavaca home for the week is Casa CEMAL, the Center for Global Education stud y center, permanent ly staffed by American and Mexican personn el. The week is carefully planned with lectures, ,~sits, e>.-p loration in the city, and time for both indi,~dua l and group reflection . Each day, local resource people lecture about history, politics, and social issues of Mexico and the region . Visits range from the Aztec ruins of Xochicalco to a Benedictine convent to hear the story of the Virgin of Guadalup e. In the indigenous ,~llage of Tepotzlan , stud ent s meet with memb ers of a wome ns coop erative that success fully thwarted efforts to usurp their cropl and s for a go lf course. Another day, the group meets with Cuernavaca city officials to hear very differing perspectiv es-in som e cases , oppo sing sides of issues already discussed. Much of the real imp act of th e trip comes from the personal stori es and the oppo rtuniti es to share in the lives of local residents . Students ,~sit a Base Chri stian Community meeting , one of man y small, neighb orhood groups that grew out of th e liberation th eology mo vemen t and give peop le opp ort uniti es to act in commun ity and voice th eir needs . The resources and experti se of th e CGE Mexico staff make it possib le for stud ents to visit ,vith people and mak e contacts that relate to their work back home . The January 2002 class, made up of 13 Weekend College students and five day stud ents, included five nur ses from Augsburgs Rochester program . While in Cuerna vaca, the nursing stud ents ,~sited local hospitals and learn ed about programs in alternative medicine. Oth er students , som e of whom work at large corporations in the Twin Cities, learned first-hand about business issues with local perspectives. While the goal of the trip is to increase cross-cultural und erstand ing, a benefit in this particular group was the opp ortunity for the mixed group of adu lt and day stud ents to get to know each oth er and share experiences, 5a)'S Jeni Falkman '02 , one of the day school participants and curr entl y the Lilly grant int ern at CGE. Du ring reflective sessions, th eir differing pers pectives of age and life experience contribut ed to different ways of und erstan ding the cultural issues. Ju st as Th oni and Mugge had kn own , stud ent s return deeply affected by th e expen ence. Rochester nur sing gradu ate Diane Fieseler wrot e, "l mu st say th at th e lexico trip greatly changed my life and expand ed my world view. It has changed th e way I ,~cw my own co mmunit y and has changed the way I ,~ew myself in th e communit y." Back hom e, wh en she began helpin g a migrant Hispanic wom an with medical care, Fieseler said , "From the IVl exico trip , I learn ed the imp ortance of religion and family and incorpor ated th ose aspects in my teachin g plan for th e woman." Its j ust like the wo rds stu dent s read from th eologian Jon Sobrin o, "Let the peopl e of Latin America keep movin g you wh en you return ." A UGSBURG NOW 11 Faculty members (L to R) Bev Stratton, relig ion , and Sharon Patten , social work , and others studied in Namibia last summer , taking time out here to meet in a W indhoek , Namibia , restaurant with CGE-Namibia staff Simon Afrikaaner and Urbanus Dax. "Sudde nly issues that had been prim arily political, ideological, or military in nature took on the shape of hum an faces that defied easy definitions and neat classification ." Tailored TRAVEL EXPERIENCES CGE can tailor travel for a panicular area of study, a particular purpose, or for a specific group. Stud y top ics range [rom human rights , chur ch , and social issues to the study of birds and environme ntal stewa rdship in Nicaragua . Several businesses , including a Rutland , Vt., manufacturing comp any, have offered company-paid , cross-cult ural experiences to their emp loyees to foster responsible globa l citizenship . An expanding oppo rtunit y for the Center for Global Education has been travel for faculty and staff developm ent . Last summer, Augsburg received a $55,0 00 Fulbright- Hays Group Projects Abroad 12 A-UGSBURGNOW Program grant to send 12 faculty from various academi c disciplines lo Nam ibia for a five-week stud y seminar. Namibia program coordinators Phoebe Milliken and Urbanus Dax were able to conn ect them with educa tiona l, religious, and governm ent leaders to learn how to integrat e in[orm ation about south ern African issues into their teaching at Augsburg. 'Th e people we met, the stories they told, and the informa tion they shared have become both anecdo tes and extend ed pieces in the cour ses of the seminar particip ants," said Bruce Reichenbach, Augsburg phil osop hy pro[essor and Namibia seminar project director. ''Without Phoebe's and Urbanus 's connections and persistent prodding , we wou ld never have reached the depth of understanding necessary to make a difference in our thinking and in ou r classes." Last fall, Gingerich and several o[ the faculty members presented their experiences to the Association [or Luth eran College Facu lty al their conference. Last year, CGE also worked with Seanle University to plan a developm ent imm ersion semin ar in Nicaragua for its presid ent, provost , and board of tru stees to help them exp lore the implementation of social j ustice issues throu ghout the college curriculum . CGE arranged for them to meet with faculty at Central American University, a sister Jesuit institution . Seattle University law professor Ronald Slye wrote, " ... I was initially a bit skeptical about the utility of participating in this trip . Thank you for ... showing to me (and the rest of our delegation ) that there is a way to do these trips that engages both the visitors and the residents of the country visited, and that creates the groundwork for shared understanding and commitment across two distinct , but inevitably intertwined , cultures ." LEARNING by seeing, hearing, and doing Joel Mugge, who came to Augsburg with expe rience in leading immersion programs [or youth in Mexico, founded the Center for Global Education in 1982 . Over the years, he led staff in developing the vision for a learning style in international experiential education that has become a national model. In CGE's pedagogy, based on the ed ucational principle s of Brazilian theologian and educator Paolo Freire, stud ents learn in a cycle of three phases . Initiall y, they have direct experience in the local commun ity, listening to the voices of people talking about their own experiences. Then , informed by readings and analytical material s, the y re0ect on what they saw, heard , and experienced. Participants in a Center for Global Education travel seminar hiked and boated through Nicaragua while learning about environmental stewardship. Winter 2002-03 Lastly, together with the travel group , issues are discussed and reactions shared , informing each other about different perceptions and form ulating actions to carry fonh . In this kind of learning communit y, faculty and stud ents are co-learners. Life-changing EXPERIENCE Unlik e th e observational natur e of touri st travel, th e direct experience of a CGE travel pro gram leaves few people un affected or unch ange d . CGE frequ ent ly receives comm ent s sim ilar to th e stud ent who wrote, 'Thi s program represent s a turnin g point in my life. Th e people we met and th e experien ces we had all combin ed to create a change wit hin me that I cou ldn 't have antic ipated and I'm not willing 10 forget. " The numb er o f people invo lved in CGE pro gra ms is significant. Since 1982 , more than 9 ,000 peop le have participat ed in the 600 -plu s CGE semin ars Lo 40 countries , and more than 1,000 stud ent s have particip ated in stud y abro ad semesters. A national LEADER lts ironic that while the Cent er for Global Education is widely recognized as a national leader in internation al ex'])erienlial educat ion , it remains somewhat of a wellkept secret on Augsburgs campu s. Gingerich , who came Lo Augsburg in 2001 from Eastern Menn onite University in Harri sonburg , Va., mention s himself as a good examp le of someone who was not familiar with Augsburg College, but who knew and highly respected the wo rk of the Center for Global Education . CGE staff, includin g the adjun ct faculty in the three centers abroad , are freque nt speakers and resou rces al national con ferences on cross-cultural communication and internation al exper ientia l edu cation . In the 2001-02 academic year, seven CGE staff members mad e 18 presentations at conferences and Winter 2002-03 events for international and expe riential edu cation organizations , Lutheran chur ch conferences, faculty wo rkshops, and meetings of Latin American edu cation leaders. In some cases, Lheir task has been to convi nce un iversity officials th at rigorous CGE staff member Adrienne Kaufmann (second from left) and meanin gful stud y explains CGE programs at their 20th anniversary celebration . ab road experience can be highly expe riential trave led to Atlan ta last year to brief Jimmy and do es not have to be campus- based. To Caner prior to th e de legatio n he led to that end , CGE hosted a trip for members of Cuba in April. Whi le they were in NAFSA, the professio nal organization for Havana , CGE staff person Janeen international edu cators, for them to McAllister joined them al an event al the ex'Perience first-hand CGEs expe riential Manin Luther King Center. learnin g mode l. As program s and destination s are CGE'S third decade added , the curricu lum may change, but the fundamental miss ion of CGE remains the same. Augsburg stud ent Nat Jungerberg , who studied in Cuernavaca, Mexico, expressed it succinct ly in an article he wrote for Augsburg Echo: "Everything mailers, from whom I vote for Lo represent me to where I spend my dollar. It's much easier to be cynical and say, 'What I do do esn't matter ,' but its far more respon sible to become a globa l citizen and acLlike it does ." For information about the Center for Globa l Education , go to <www.augsburg. edu/g lobaled>, call 1-800-299-8889 , or e-mail <globaled@augsburg .edu> . • As it begins its third decade , Gingerich says that the Center for Globa l Educations progr am is squ arely in line with Augsburg College's vision to provide a transformative edu cation , based on a sense o f vocation , in a diverse camp us comm unit y. CGEs pan of that vision includes sponso ring courses und er the Lilly grant "Ex'Plorin g Our Gifts" that infuse reflection on vocation as part of the curriculum for stud y and travel abroad. It also includes integration of CGE courses into the new Augsbur g Core Curricu lum being implemented in the next academic year. Recent additi ons to CGEs program s have included several travel seminars and shon-t erm cou rses in Cuba , an area now accessible to Americans for educationa l purp oses. Last year four travel seminars studi ed aspects of Cub an society and social issues, with programming help from the Manin Luther King Memorial Center in Havana. Former CGE staffer Mavis Anderson, who no w work s for the Augsburg students Sara Thedinga '01 and Kellen Latin American Working Group on Bredesen '03 studied social and political issues in Cub a Policy in Washington , D.C., Cuba for a journalism class in spring 2001 . A-UGSBURGNOW 13 OJIBWE LAKOTA CREE SIOUX CHIPPEWA MENOMINEE ONEIDA SAC AMERICAN INDIANSTUDENT SERVICES 25YEARS CELEBRATES by Dan Jorgensen n her drea ms Cindy Peterson sees the creation of an American Indian Center at Augsburg College. It wou ld be a place for both Augsburg stude nts and the broader Native American communit y to come togethe r to learn , to share, and to find new and exciting ways to provide mu ch-needed outreach services to the Indi an communit y. "A few years ago, College officials were contacted by someone who said they were giving the American Ind ian Stud ent Services Program (AISSP) $ 11 million ," Peterson , wh o is dir ector of the program , comm ented wistfully. "The offer turn ed out to be a hoax, bu t it gave me some time to do some 'fantasy dre amin g,' and in th at dream was the creation of th is American Ind ian Center- a stru ctur e or space that wou ld I 14 ,4 UGSBURG NOW accomm odate AISSP, American Indian Stud ies, and serve as a meeting space . Of cour se, there also would be additi onal staff includin g a full-tim e recruit er and a full-time adm inistrative assistant ," she added with a smile. The personne l issue, in fact, might be even more imp ortant than the center, Peterson pointed out , in Augsburg partners with Minneapolis and St. Paul schools terms of help ing her to encourage American Indian students to become progra m grow beyo nd teachers . Pictured is Greg Barrett '01, who teaches third where it has been and is grade at Mounds Park Elementary School. today- the longest-running progra m of its kind in the grant s that have now brought it to the upp er Midwest and one of ju st a few point where a full-blown American Indian headqu artered at a private college. Studi es maj or will be imp lemented in the Du ring these 25 years , Augsbur g has coming year. The maj or is ju st the latest bee n fortunate to have the pro gram step in wh at has been a 25-year series of operate und er j ust two directorssuccesses, includin g a thr ee-year grant Bonn ie Wallace, who serve d from the from the Joyce Found ation to make found ing in 1978 until 1996 , and Augsbur g's th e on ly end owed American Peterson , who was Wallace's Indi an Stud ent Services Program in the assistant for nearly 10 five-state region . years before In 1990 , an American Indi an Studi es succeedin g her minor was imp lement ed- "a hu ge when Wallace left to attra ction for both native and non-n ative return to a position at stud ents alike," Peterson said . And , th e Fond du Lac Augsbu rg is the only private college in Reservation in north ern Minnesota. Minnesota to be designated an official "This progra m has had Minn esota Teacher Training Partner, success, I believe, because of that offering grants and loans to Native stability,'' Peterson said . "Stability, American stud ents interested in becoming consistency, and continuit y, along teachers. with scholarship and grant supp ort, Th e in-th e-classroom leadership for have been the keys." American Indi an Studi es is dir ected by Found ed by a grant from Eric Buffalohead , a memb er of the Ponca Honeywe ll, the progra m has been on the Tribe wh o wro te his Ph.D. dissertation on receiving end of co rporate and found ation .......... Winter 2002-03 AUGSBURG COLLEGE .A-UGSBURG C O L L E G E 2 0 0 1 - 2 0 0 2 INVESTING TODAY IN THE LEADERS OF TOMORROW A ugsburg's Maroon & Silver Society was launch ed to offer special leadership opport unit ies for Augsburg alumni and ..!1.fri ends to extend help to current student s. Maroon & Silver Society members are individuals and organization s who are committed to a special level of generosity. These donor s pledge to spon sor an Augsburg scholarship for four years, with gifts ranging from $1,000 to more than $ 10,000 per year. We gratefully acknow ledge those listed below for their generous annual gifts that are essential in attracting and retaining the broadest range of out standing stud ents. Gifts can be made annually, quarterl y, or monthl y. Donna McLean, Director of The Augsburg Fund • 612-330- 1179 or 1-800- 273- 061 7 • mclean@augsburg .edu MEMBERSOF THE MAROON & SILVERSOCIETY(AS OF DECEMBER2002) Richard & Mary Adamson• Edward & Margaret Al~ rg• Paul '50 & Pearl Almqui st' Bruce '60 & Joann Eliason '62 Amund son• Charles & Ca therine Anderson' Daniel '65 & Alice And erson• Deloris Anderson '56' Leif And erson O scar '38 & Leola Anderson• William '86 & Kelly Anders on• Scott Ande rson '76 & Lisa Bailey" Brian And erson '8 1 & Leeann Rock '81 ' I. Shelby Gim se Andr ess '56' Augsburg Associates• Dorothy Bailey" Stanley Baker '57' Mary Quanbeck '77 & Loren Barber' Elizabeth Anne '82 & Warren Bartt• Vera Th orson Benzel '45" Sidney '57 & Lola Lindstro m '50 Berg' Inez Schey '77 & John Bergqui st' David '68 & Lynn Boe Kevin Bond erud 7 9• Heidi Breen· James & Sharon Pautz '82 Carey Darryl Car ter '65 H arlan Christianson '57' Richard '74 & Nancy Co lvin• Paul '79 & Sally H ough '79 Daniels' Susan John son Drakuli c '79 Darrell & Helga Egertson Daniel '77 & Patricia Eitrheim• Marie Eitrheim '85.. Joel and Mary Ann Elftmann· Tracy Elftm ann '81' Avis Ellingrod • L. C raig '79 & Th eresa Serbus '79 Estrem John Evans '82 & Joan Molin e '83 Paul '65 & Priscilla Strecker '65 Fieldhamm er' Jerome '37 & Wi nifred Helland '37 Formo• W tlliam & Ann e Frame• Michael & Terry Freeman• Andr ew Fried •93• Laurie Fyksen '80 & Willi am Beise• Alexand er '90 & Simone Johnson G onzalez• Michael '7 1 & Ann Goo d• Raymond '57 & Jan G rind e• Fern Hanson Gudmestad '4 1" Susan G utkn echt '97 No rm an & Evangeline Hagfors• James & Kathleen Haglund• D avid Halaas '76 Th omas '66 & Wand a Wagner '65 Han son• Beverly & Roe Haden• Christop her Haug '79 & Karl Starr" Lee '85 and Lisa Svac '85 Hawks· Gracc Forss '57 & Douglas Herr• Donald '39 & Phyllis Holm· Kenneth '74 & Linda Bailey '74 Holm en ' Richard & Carol Holy" Donald Hoseth '65• Allen & Jean Housh• Pearl H usby" Mary & Ton y Jacobson Sandra & Richard Jacobson' Jeffrey '80 & Jacqui Jam es Helen Joh nson• James John son & Maxine ls<iacs• Kinney Johnson '65' Heather John ston '92 and Jason Koch '93' Ruth John son '74 & Philip Quan beck, II' Dan & Susan Jorge nsen• Jennifer Abeln '78 & Larry Kahlow" Cheri H ot.rad '85 & Thomas Kamp' Muriel Kappler• Stanley & Edith Katz' Ch ristop her& Liz Ki,mball" Richard '69 & Chery l Nelson '70 King' Susan Klaseus· John & Dianne Knight " Dean & Susan Kopperud · Joanne Stiles '58 & David Laird• David & Caryl Larson• Harris '57 & Maryon lee" Gloria & Craig Lewis" Jacquelin e Kniefel Lind '69 '94 MAL" Jennif er & Richard Martin' Terry Marquardt '98 & Gary Donahue• Donn a Mclean' Tara Cesaretti '97 & Christopher '00 McLeod G erard & Anne MeistreURobert '70 & Sue Midn ess• Paul '70 & Barbara Durkee '71 Mikelson• Mark '79 & Pamela Hanson '79 Moks nes• Rob & Taylor Moor• Thom as & Rainy Morgan• Paul '84 & Nancy Mackey '85 Mueller• Jeanne Narum• Christoph er '83 Nelson & Lisa Schroeder" G loria Burnrvedt Nelson '43' Jul ie Nelson '83' Ronald '68 & Mary Kay Nelson• Margaret Nelson Foss Nol<leberg '48' Roselyn Nord aune '77• Norm '85 & Kim Asleson '84 Okerstrom• Kim O lmsted Orville '52 & Yvonne Bagley '52 O lson Donald '53 & Beverly Halling '55 O ren• 2 Robert & Ruth Ann Paulson • Ronald & Arlycc Peltier" Gerald '39 & Bernice Person· Thomas Peterson '70" Karin Peterson-• Sandra Simpson Phaup '64 Wayne & Joan Popham Philip '50 & Dora Frojen '49 Q uanbeck" Mark '53 & Jean Raabe" Stella Kyllo Rosenquist '64• Alice Dahl '87 & James Roth Dougl as '84 & Patry Ruth Curtis & Marian Sampson.. Audrey Nagel Sander '51• Robert & Marianne Sander" Ruth Schmid t '52" Jol\n Schwartt '67" Caro l Schweize r '50• Jam es & Eva Seed" Richard '70 & Linda Seime Frankie & Joie Shackelford Patrick Sheehy & Wendy O 'Leary" Wesley '58 & Caro l Ann Sideen Philip Sidney '63" Arnie '48 & Caro l Skaar• Glen & Anna Skovholr" Joyce Engstrom '70 & Robert Spector• Todd Steenson '89 & Gina M . Steele· Wtlliam '64 & Sara Halvorson '63 Strom• Gladys Boxrud Strommen '48 Robert '74 and Andrea John son '75 Stro mm en Philip '79 & Julia Davis '79 Scyrlund• Dean '8 1 & Amy Sundqui st• Ronald Swanson '69* Jeffrey Swenson '79" Mic hael & Debb ie Szymanczyk• Gary '80 & Deanna Tangwal l" P. Dawn Heil '78 & Jack Taylor" Jean Taylor '85 & Roger G riffith '84• Richard & Linda Thoni' Gordon '52 & Gloria Parizek '53 Thorpe• Kathryn & Jack Tunheim• Betry Wade· No rman '75 & Kathryn Anderson '76 Wah]• Co lleen Kay Watson '9 1 MAL & Mary McDougall• Lois Wanman '76 & Doug Shaw· KurtWehrmann'90• John '49 & Arnhild Werker" Gun nar & Mary Wick" Anne Holmberg '80 & John Wilson• .. Indicates Charter Member DEAR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF AUGSBURGCOLLEGE: In th ese opening years of th e new millennium , Augsbur g Co llege faces man y excitin g and significant opport uniti es to advance the image we pain ted for our selves in Augsburg 2 00 4: Extendin g the Vision. Ca pit alizing on th ese will expand our enrollment- and chat will requir e growt h in our en dowm ent, in th e availability of schol arship s, and in che co ntinuing imp roveme nt of our instruction al facilities. W hile many inscirution s are questionin g the relevance of their traditi onal commiunents, Augsburg Co Uege has revitalized its identity as a chur ch-related co llege and has deepened its dedi cation to che leadin g prin ciples of ics founding. For exam ple, our faculty enthu siast ically adopted chis past fall a co re general edu cation pro gram chat is shaped by Mart in Luther 's idea of vocatio n. Built into the curri culum is explor ation of th e centr al qu estion s of C hr istia n faith , search for meanin g, and experient ial as well as theoreti c lear nin g in th e cont ext of th e d iverse co mmunity around us. In additi on to improvin g our curri culum , Augsb urg is empl oying a new commitm ent to hospitality to make the campus co mmuni ty mor e welcomin g, especially to co mmutin g stud ents in Weeke nd Co llege and ocher prog rams. In a brightly refurbished main lobby of C hristen sen Center we can now be greeted at an inform ation cente r, gathe r over coffee within easy reach of com puter s and printers , and enjoy art in a dramatic , new gallery. You played the de cisive role in anot her notewo rth y Augsbur g accom plishment. Durin g this past fiscal year, ending May 3 1, 2002, we exceeded our goa l for gifts to T he Augsburg Fund. T he significance of d1e $804, 000 in unr estr icted gifts co ntribut ed by alu mni , parencs, friends , and co rporate and found ation partner s is best revealed by the fact d1at we were receiving less than $200 ,000 of such fund s when Ann e and I came to Augsbur g in 199 7 . A great deal of this growt h has come from new memb ers of our Maroon & Silver Society, who are instrum ental in providin g finan cial aid to cur rent stud ent s. Wit h your co ntinuin g help, we will expect co proclaim thi s um mer that we exceeded our curr ent goa l of $ 1 millio n for T he Augsburg Fund! Finally, last year we received th e largest foundation gift in our history-$2 million from th e Lilly Found ation co be used over five years to bro aden the role of C hri stian vocat ion in both our curri cu lar and extra-curricul ar life, and to deepen che interest of our scudencs in che clerical prof ession s. Already, che grant has encouraged research , chin king, an d pub licat ions among co lleagues chat are attr acting national att enti o n to th e Co llege from che edu cation ind ustry and from the hur ch. Even amid st a year th at saw turmoil in d1e world and che economy , we celebrate th e thousa nd of you who graced us with your gifts. They make it possible for talent ed stud ent s to atte nd and share in the Augsburg vision of a tran form ative ed ucation in the con texts of th e C hristia n faith , th e city, and int ention al d iversity. T hank yo u for your co nfid ence in and enco uragement of Augsburg Wi lliam V. Frame President ollege. THE AUGSBURG COLLEGE REPORT FINANCIAL 200 1-2 002 OPERATING BUDGET $44,153,708 • • • • • • Monies in the operating budget fund the overall work of the College, from faculty and staff salaries to student financial aid to paying the utilitie s bill. The operating budget keeps the College up and runnin g, and is support ed in part by und esignated gifts to The Augsburg Fund. Tuiti on & Fees 74% Other Source 7% Board 5% Room9 % Private Gifts 4% Government Grants 1% 2001-2 002 REVENUES 200 1- 2002 PLANT ASSETS (Net) $50 ,3 59,327 The College continu es to addr ess the deferred maintenan ce issues in relation to • • • • • • its camp us infrastructure . Master planning work for capital expansion remai ns focused on the Co llege priority for a new science stru cture. Salary & Benefits 48% O ther 17% Financial A id 19% Utiliti es 4% Equipment & Capit al Impro vement 4% Student Salary 3% Debt Service 5% 200 1-2 002 EXPEN DITURES 200 1-2 002 ENDOWMENT Ma rket Value : $22 ,762 ,074 A strong endowm ent ensures Augsburg 's future strength and growth . The interest and investm ent income on th e endo wment principal provide needed funding for student financial aid. 111 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 EN DO WMEN T ASSETS May 3 1, 2001- May 3 1, 2002 2000 2001 2002 LIFETIMEGIVING Thefallo111ing societies recog nize al11111ni andjiiends of Leland and Louise Sundec Helen Sverdrup+ A11gsb11r;g 111ho havegenero11s!J given a 111ini11111111 of Johan Sverdrup+ ·25,000 to the Colle ge over a lifetime. LEGACY SOC IETY Cumul ative g ifts of $500,000 or more Earl and Doris Bakken Richard '7 4 and Nancy Co lvin Julian•30+ and June+ Foss James and Kathleen Haglund Edwin and Barbara Gage Orville '36+ and Gerrrud e Lund '3 6 Hognand er Kinney Johnson '65 Ed and Phyllis+ Kavli E. Milton '46 and Dorothy Lijsing '4r Kleven James '46 and Jean• Lindell Clair '46+ and Gladys Boxrud '46 Srromm en 1869 SOC IETY Cumu lative gi fts of SI00,000-499,999 Charles and Catherine Anderson C.A. L.+ and Esther J. E. + And erson Leona Radman Anth olz '4 1 Luth er •29 + and Clarene Jorenby •29+ Arnold Earl and Doris Bakken Paul '63 and LaVonne O lson '63 Batalden Sidney '57 and Lola Lidstrom '50 Berg Ca rl Blegen• Jack and Joyce Boss Rodney and Barbara Burwell Darrell '55 and Helga Egertson Raymond Erickson '50+ Malcolm Esrrem+ Clara Evju Philip and Lavonne Fandrei Jerry and Jean Foss Paul •42 + and Maxine Fridlund Raymond '57 and Janice G rind e Michael '7 1 and Ann Goo d Phillip Gro nseth '57 Franklinand Carolyn Groves Norman and Evangeline Hagfors Donald Hennin gs Don ald '39 and Phyllis Holm Allen and Jean Housh Leste r Hove rsten+ James Johnson and Maxine lsaacs Roy Krohn Arne '49 and Jean '52 Markl and Larry and Marie McNe ff Hoyt '39 and Lucille Messerer William and tephanie Naegele Richard and Barbara Tj ornh om '54 Nelson Ida Nelson• Marth a Nyland er• Donald '5 3 and Beverly Halling '55 Or en John and No rma Paulson Robe rt '50 and Ruth Paulson Harvey '52 and Joanne Varner '52 Peterson Addison and Cynthia Piper urtis and Marian Samp so n James and Eva Seed Glen and Ann a Skovholt Paul+ and Lorene+ Steen Genevieve Stelberg+ Co nrad uncle •15+ Jean Taylor '85 and Roger G riffith '84 Andrew Urness+ Elsie Wi ldun g• John and Eleanor Yackel BENEFACTORS Cumul a tive g ifts of $25,000-99 ,999 Craig Alexander and Roberta Kagin Ernest and Helen Alne Harcvig Anderson+ Oscar '30 and Leola Anderson I. Shelby G imse Andress ' 56 Ted and Ruth Arneson Luther •29+ and Clarette Jorenby •29+ Arnold Kennet11+and Dorocl1y Bailey Ada Bakken• Bercl1a Johanson '28 Hagen+ W illiam Biese and Laurie Fyksen-Biese '80 Zane and Barbara Kleven Birky Roy '50 and Ardis Bogen Donald and Nancy Bloomfield '63+ Bottemiller Ca rl '59 and Kathy Aaker '62 Casperson Dr. Herbert '54 and Corinne Chilstrom Fricjof Christensen '28+ James+ and Esther+ Crabtree Mrs . O scar DeVold+ Joel and Mary Ann Elftman n Tracy Elftmann '8 1 Amy Erickson Edna Erickson '42 Jerome '37 and Win ifred Helland '37 Formo Emil Fossan •30+ \'(lilliam and Anne Frame O laf Gaastjon + Donald and Irene Grangaard H . T heodore '76 and Michele G rindal Richard and Mabeth '58 Gyllsrrom Florence Haasarud+ John Hanson+ Mark and hirley Hanson Reuel+ and Margaret+Harmon Roe and Beverly H aden Lawrence and Lois Hauge Anna Mae Hayden Loren Henderson Douglas and Grace Forss '57 Herr Thelm a Leeland '32 Hess• Allen '64 and Lenice Hoversten Chester '60 and Clenora Hoversten hester and Bernice Hoversten Garfield Hoversten '50 Vincent 'SOand Marjorie Hoversten Joseph Hsieh '6 1 O scar and Pearl Husby Richard and G lenda Huston Alfred Iversen Richard and Sandra Jacobson Einor and MaryJohnson Eric Johnson H elen John son John Johnson Ruth Johnson '74 Ruth John son '27' Bruce and Maren Kleven David and Barbara Kleven Lowell '54 and Janice Kleven Norma Knutson+ Dean and Susan Kopperud Mildred Krohn Dean '62 and Barbara Beglinger '63 Larson Philip and Diane K.J even Larson Harris '57 and Maryon Lee 0. Herbert and Ilene Lindquist Alph amae Halverson Lofgren '3 1+ Larry Lokken '60 and Claudia Sabin Th eodo r Menzel+ Else Michaelsen '3 I + Robert '7 0 and Sue Mid ness Spencer '66 and Gay John son '66 Minea r Alan Moncgomery and Janet Karvonen Joel and Jeanne Mugge Mildred Nelson '52 Ronald '68 and Mar y Kay Nelson Sylvia Nelson '34 Harold and Louise Nielsen Edith No rberg• Robert '5 1 and Caro lyn Ode gard R. Luther '56 and Bobbie+ Ol son Don ald and Dagny Padilla Isabelle Park Trust Gerald '39 and Bernice Person G len Person '47 Oliver and Jeannette Peterson Thomas Peterson '70 Roger Pulkrabek Marrin •29+ and Escher+ Quanbeck Philip '50 and Dora Frojen '49 Quanb eck Luther Rodvik '5 1 Olive Ronholm '47 Mathilda Sageng '3 1 C lara E. Sand ers• Ruth Schmidt '52 Kenneth Schmit '38+ Morris Schonensrein William and Marilee '65 Schroede r Lyall and Inez Ol son '59 Schwarikopf Rosemary Shafer Agnes Siverson+ Mathias Slerca• Borger Solberg Paul ' 2 and Evelyn Sonnack Stanley and Betty Srake Roger '54 and Bonnie Stockmo Odin Storien •2g+ Merton '42 and Irene Huglen '43 Strommen Jack and P. Dawn Heil '78 Taylor \'(lilliam and Donna Teeter L. Berniece Thompson+ Richard and Linda T honi John Thu,+ Roy '24 and Jeanette Tollefson Joel '38 and Frances Torstenson James Touh y Joan Volz '68 John '49 and Arnhild Werker Richard and Olive Ni lsen '5 1 Zo ller + Deceased PLANNED GIVING HERJTAGE SOCIETY The A 11 gsb11r g CollegeHeritage Society recognizes thosewhohave arrangeda deferredgiftfar the College thro11gh a heq11est, lift i11s11 ra11 cepoliC)Ia111111 iry agreement,or a charitabletmsf. Thesetho11ghtf11/ gifts extends11ppo 1t loge11e ratio11s of f11t11re st11d ents. Harold '47 & Lois Black '47 Ahlborn Ernest & Helen Alne C harles & Cat herine Anderson Daniel W. '6 5 & Alice Anderson E. \X/illiam Anderson Ernest '37 & Margaret Anderson Esther Anderson+ Gary & Mary Anderson Oscar '38 & Leola Anderson \X/illiam '86 & Kelly Anderson James '5 1+ & I. helby Gimse '56 And ress Vince nt Andrews •50+ BeccyArnold Luther •29+ ClarccceJorenby •29+ Arno ld Oscar+ & Dorothy Austad Dorot hy A. Bailey Earl & Doris Bakken Andrew '50 & Barbara Kolden '50 Balerud Loren & Mary Qu anbeck '77 Barber Gladys Pederson '25 Barnes Elizabeth '82 & Warren Barn Abner '35 & Marth a Baralden Thomas '56 & Bernie Benson Sidney '57 & Lola Lidstrom '50 Berg Birgit Birkeland '58 Anne Blegen Estate Kendra Bonderud '78 & Kenneth Parsons Richard & Nancy Borstad Donald & Nancy Bloomfield '63+ Bottemiller Gerhard '46 and Doris Frojen '5 1 Brecheim J. Bernhard '48 & Hildur Anderson '43 Bretheim Nancy G . Brown-Koeller '74 Jeroy '48 & Lorraine Car lson Harold Caspersen '42+ Herbert '54 & Co rinn e Chilscrom FricjofChristensen '28+ Judith Christensen L. Gracia Christensen Geo rge '72 & Janet Dahlman Daniel & A. Caro lyn Benson '7 1 Dauner Dallas '64 & Sharon Day Richard '55 & Audrey Dronen Beverly Durk ee Ruben '45 & Thel ma Egeberg Tracy Elfcmann '8 1 C larence '35 + & Tho ra Eliason Avis Ellingrod Casper & T helma '39 Embe rson Denise Engebretson '82 Loren '46+ & Edna Kastner '42 Ericksen Raymond Erickson •50+ John Evans '82 & Joan Moline '83 Kenneth Svendsen '7 8 & Allison Everett '78 Norman & Rachel Ferguson Maud Forberg Jerome '37 & Winifred Helland '37 Formo Julian •30+ & June+ Foss Ardella Fossum+ William & Anne Frame Terry J. Frovik '67 Leola Dyrud Furman '6 I Chuck Gabrielson '77' Harry & Mabel Storm •25+ Garlock Clayton Gjerde+ Donald+ & Irene Grangaard Joan L. Griffin Gracia Grindal '65 H . Theodor e '76 & Michele Grindal Raymond '57 & Janice Grinde Phillip Gronseth ' 55 Florence Haasarud+ Ruth Johnson '27 Escace Ruth E. John son '74 & Philip A. Quanbeck II Kenneth & Carmen Jones Larry & Jennifer Abeln '78 Kahlow Mary Kinglsey Ruth Kislingbury Gloria Gran t '57 & Arthu r Knoblauch No rman & Gwen Johnson '58 Krapf Roy Krohn + Lois Kvamme+ Obert Landsverk •45+ LaJune Th omas '68 Lange David Lanl<lnen '88 Marjorie M. Lanl<lnen Ernest Larson •30+ Luther '52 & Jan ice Bremseth '55 Larson Alan & Dorothy Lee Harris ' 57 & Maryon Lee Clayton & Virginia Lefevere Ella Lindberg James '46 & jean+ Lindell 0 . Herbert & Ilene Lindquist MarionLiska Bertha Joha nson '28 & Kristofer Hagen '29 Estate Gary '7 1 & Dallas Ahrens '69+ Hagen Alpharnae Halverson '3 I Lofgren+ James & Kathy Haglund David Halaas '76 Arne '49 & Jean Swanson '52 Markland Ronald & Donn a Manhias Theodo r Menze(+ Janet Olson '79 Halaas Edward & Shirley Hansen Ernest & Anna Hovland '58 Hanson Cynthi a Hanson '66 Mark '68 & lone Agrimson '68 Hanson Charles & BeccyJohnson '58 Hass Lawrence & Lois Hauge Loren & Helen Mohn '42+ Henderson Robert '55 & Karin Herman Mrs. Otto E. Hjelle Sigvald '4 I & Helen Hjelmel and Orville '36+ & Gertrude Lund '36 Hognander Kenn eth '74 & Linda Bailey '74 Holmen Everett '57 & Ethel Hole John Hoium Allen & Jean Housh Ruth S. Hovden C hester '60 & C lenora Hovemen Mr. & Mrs. Clarence Hoversten Garfield Hoversten '50 Lorna '62 Hoversten Robert H ove rsten Thom as '56 & Loretra Hoversten Richard & Sandra Jacobson Morri s & Beverly Jespersen Anna Johnson+ Helen John son Jerry & Bonita Johnson Kinney John son '65 Mark '54 & Thelma Johnson 6 Daniel '65 & MaryTt ldahl '61 Meyers Mark '79 & Pamela Hanson '79 Moksnes Caro l Brande '67 Mork Van & Mike Mueller Geo rge L. Nelsen Richard & Barbara Tjornhom '54 Nelson Grace Peterso n '33 Ne lson+ Kenneth & Vera Nelson Mild red Nelson '52 Robert '97 & Rose Nelson Robert '66 & Rose Ann Nelson Roger '52 & Marilyn Nelson Roselyn Nordaun e '77 Estelle Nordine+ James '57 & Shirley Norman Glenn & Ann Nycklemoe Jonathan Nye '72 & Wendy Worner Northfeh Terry '70 & Vicki Nygaard Marth a Nylander Estate Marvin Ny strom H . Arlan Ofredah l '64 Norm '85 & Kim Asleson '84 Okerscrom Evelyn Olson+ Gordon '63 & Janice O lson R. Luther O lson "56 Orville '52 & Yvon ne Bagley '52 Olson Donald '53 & Beverly Halling '55 Ore n Kenneth & Lillian Ysteboe '5 1 Ose Ervin '56 & Sylvia Overlund Do nald+ & Dagny+ Padilla Robert ' 50 & Ruth Paulson Richard l'auc, '37 Harvey '52 & Joanne Varner '52 Peterson Douglas & Joyce Anderson '65 l' fu/f T helma Schroeder '38 Preusee+ Roy Q uam '3 I + Marcin •29+ & Esd1er+ Q uanbeck Nancy Joubert '63 Raymond Barbara Rodvik Frances Roller O live Ro nho lm '47 Donald '38 & Bo rghild Ronnin g Aud rey Nagel '5 1 Sand er Robert & Marianne Sander Leland '35 & Pauline Sateren Ruth chm idt ' 52 Kenneth Schmit '3g+ Roger '62 & Jean Schwarn Rosemary Shafer Dorothy Sward+ Gary ' 80 & Deanna Tangwall Patr ick D . heehy & Wendy M . O ' Leary O liver '36+ & Elisabeth T hompso n Sidney Rod ney Sill '82 Arnold '48 & Ca rol Skaar James Smith '94 Russel '50 & Virginia Smi th Evelyn Amu ndson '43 Sonnack Dorrie Sorenson+ Robert & Joyce Engm o m '7 0 Spector Steven & Naomi Christensen '8 1 Scaruch John '4 6 & Esther teen Paul+ & Lo rene+ Steen Odin Storien '2g+ Jack & P. Dawn Heil '78 Taylor John Thu ,+ Jeanette Tollefson '24 Joel '38 & Frances Torscenson Kenneth '26+ & Ovedcia Torvik John & Marcia Thompson '78 Turcone Morris '5 1 & Bonnie Bieri '54 Vaagcnes Mark ' 83 & Beth Voelker Norman '75 & Kathryn And erson '76 Wahl T homas ' 57 and Barbara Warme Co lleen Watso n '9 1 & Mary McDougall Do ug Shaw & Lois Wm man '76 Donald ' 89 & Melind a Mattox '9 1 Wichm ann Merton '42 & A. Irene Huglen '43 Strommen Peder '49 & Alice Berg '5 1 Wilcox C lair '46 + & G ladys Boxrud '4 6 Strom men Woodrow Wilson ' 53 Johan Sverdrup Darrell & Lauralee Howe '63 Zen k ANNUAL GIVING (Gifts received Jun e 1, 2001 to May 3 1, 2002) Alumni Giving by ClassYear CLASS OF '26 Number of Alumni: I Total Amou nt of G ifts: $2585. 00 Participation: I00% $2,500 -$4 ,999 Kenneth Torvik+ C LASS OF '34 N um ber o f Alum ni : 17 Tora ! Am ount of Gif ts: $33 0.00 Participation: 18% G ifts up to $ 119 Cl ifford Johnso n Gifts o f $ I 0,000 o r More Jessie M . Christensen Escace C LASS OF '35 N umb er o f Alumn i: 12 Total Amount of G ifts: $90 .00 Participation: 17% C LASS OF ' 30 Number of Alumni: 9 Total Amo un t of G ifts: $545. 00 Parcicipacion: 11% $500-999 Elsie Lokken Lower C LASS OF '33 Num ber of Alumn i: 5 Total Amount of G ifts: $ 165. 00 Participation: 20% $ 120-239 Vincent Kensrad G ifts up to $ 119 Haro ld O lson S5,000 -9,999 Jerome Formo Win ifred Helland Formo $ 120-239 Hamar Benson W. Do nald O lsen C LASS OF '29 N umb er of Alum ni : Total Amount of G ifts: $2 05, I 00 .00 Parricipacion: 100% Gifts up to $ 119 M . Dueland Total Amo unt of G ifts: $ 12, 109.00 Participation: 53% $2,500-4,999 Carl Ch rislock+ $ I ,000 -2,499 Ernest Anderson $5 00 -999 Forrest Monson $240-499 Richard Pautz G ifts up to $ 119 Leland Sateren Carl olberg $ 120-239 Conrad Jergenson Margaret ateren Trautwein C LASS OF '36 Num ber of Alumni : 17 Tora! Amoun t of G ifts: $ 17 15.00 Participation: 29% C LASS O F '3 8 Nu mber of Alu mn i: 33 Total Amo unt of G ifts: $3 ,555. 00 Participation: 30% $ 1,000-2,499 Sophia Iverson Gjerde $ 1,000 -2,499 Oscar Anderson $240-499 Gertrude Erling Paun+ $500-9 99 Edor Nelson G ifts up to $ 119 Roselyn Ekberg lh ling Lynn Hanson Luthard Dagmar Dahl Q uanbeck $24 0-499 E. Irene Neseth Ethel Sinn er Shebeck Hannah Mehus Srensvaag Joel Torsrenson C LASS OF '37 Number of Alumni: I5 7 Adrian Tinderholc 5 120-239 Do nald Ro nnin g G ifts up to $ 119 Einar Cannelin Gretha Halvorson Loken C LASS O F ' 39 Numb er of Alumn i: 37 Total Amount of G ifts: S2,985.00 Participation: 27% $ 1,000-2 ,499 Gerald Person S500- 999 Ruch Aune Luther Strommen $ 120 -239 Lester Dahlen Irene Hagen Kyllo G ifts up t0 $ 119 Roberc halmers John Haaland Gordon Korsmo Vivien Thompson Paulson Palmer Wold C LASS OF '4 0 Number of Alumni: 4 Total A.m ount of ifts: $37 ,595 Participation: 36% $ I 0,000 o r More Adelaide Walsh Estate $2,500-4 ,999 Valborg G ilscth C hrislock $240-499 Margaret C hrislock Gilscth $ 120-239 \Vanda Severson Benson Henry Chapman C larice Nundahl Fylling Earl Lanes Ca rl Overvold Erling Tungseth $ 120-239 Archie Buseth Verlinda O lson Huu s Victor Miller Elaine Olson Seal Gifts up co $ 119 Chester Brooks Ebba John son Brooks Roy Erickson+ Maryann Eye Helleckson Florence Borstad Hicplcr Glenn Hoplin Kenneth Jacobson Gifts up co $1 19 Clair Chelmen Doris Hanson Currens Florence Retrum Hovland Arloene Martin Knudsen Anna T horsgard Kordahl Alben O lson Ina. Hinrichs Sullivan Roger Thomp son CLASS OF '4 1 Number of Alumn i: 57 Toral Amount of Gifts: $7, 588.00 Participation: 35% $2,500-4,999 igvald Hjelmcland $ 1,000-2,499 Dona ld Lundberg Sigfrid Aadland Lybeck Harry Sorenson Royal Steen Everald Strom Harriet Hclleckson Thompson Morris Ulring C LASS OF '43 Numbe r of Alumni: 66 Tota l Amount of Gifts: $ 14,6 10.00 Parcicipacion: 38% $2,500-4 ,999 Evelyn Amundson Sonnack A. Irene Hu glcn Strommcn $ 1,000-2,499 Addell Halverson Dahl en Fern Hanson Gudmcstad Th eodore Nelson Philip Rowberg S500-999 Thelm a Sydnes Monson $120 -239 Richard Jacobson Vivian Peterson Gifts up co SI 19 Erwin Chell Reynold Erickson Edward Evenson Waldemar Framscad Roben Girod Roy Johnson Mabel Nelson Kingscad Martha Quanbcck May Helen Helm Mork Edmund crand Ormande Tang Irene Slcrcen Thoresen Ruch Gudim Wold CLASS OF '42 Number of Alumni : 57 Total Amount of Gifts: $11,630.00 Participation: 37% $2,500 -4,999 Mcrcon Strommcn $ 1,000 -2,499 Philip Helland $240 -499 Muriel Quanbeck Turricrin $500-999 O rloue Gisselquisc Gloria BurnrvedtNelson $240-499 Martin Larsen Esther Paulson $ 120-239 Hildur Anderson Brethei m Borghild Escness Arno ld Huu s• Harry John son Dorothy Herman Lanes Emil Martinson Harold Nelson Marion Parbst Sarver Henry Staub Gifcs upc o$ 119 Ca rl Gilbertson S. Elizabeth Bjornstad Luukkonen lone C halgren Marcin Amo Martin+ LuVerneNelson Stanford Nelson Ruch Framscad Steen Estelle Uleberg Swanson Clconc Bolstad Tang $240-499 Bunon Fosse Peggy Lou Zigneigo Fosse Laville Henjum Larson $ 120-239 Iver Sonnack Gifts up co $ 119 Mary Ann Johnson Dixen Kenneth Gilles Edwin Johnson Marjorie Kleven Quam C larence Strandberg CLASS OF '4 5 Nu mber of Alumni : 47 Total Amount of Gifts: $6,826. 00 Participation: 30% $2,500-4 ,999 Vera Thorson Benzel $ 1,000-2.499 Ruben Egeberg Clara Carlsen Durfee Eunice Tande Langhaug Gifts up co $ 119 Bonnie Sorem Anderson Donald Car lson Marcella Solheim Nelson D. Henrickson Pederson Eileen Quanbe ck Elsie Rykken Sandve Robert Warren CLASS OF '47 Number of Alumni : 64 Tocal Amount of Gifts: $ 13,568. 00 Participation: 42% $5, 000-9 ,999 Glen Person $ 1,000 -2.499 Harold Ahlborn Lois Black Ahlborn Olive Ronholm $500-999 Joyce Opseth Schwarn $500-999 Borghild Rholl Gabrielson J. Vernon Jensen $240-499 Marie Gjenvick Knaphus Marguerite Gregwo n Larsen $240-499 Paul Blikscad Margery Manger Torgerson $ 120-239 Muriel Ruud Frosch John Parbsc $ 120-239 Delpha Randklev Berg Maria Galin Berryman Agnes Valvik Larson Arthur Marben Lorna Wilberg Sanders Gifts up co $ 119 Oliver Dahl Elin Joh nson Lappegaard Irene Ppedahl Lovaas Caro l Tyvoll Nokleberg L. Buesing Op grand Ruch Chrislock Severson Ruth Welnin Swanson CLASS OF '4 6 Number of Alumni : 43 Total Amount of Gifts: $700 ,595 .00 Participation: 44% $ I 0,000 or more E. Milcon Kleven James Lindell Gladys Boxrud Scrommen $2,5 00-4,999 Mario n Myrvik Buska $1,000 -2.499 John Steen $500-999 Ordelle Aaker Gifts up co $119 Erma Chinander Omar Gjerness IAwell Larson Avis Haga Lindroo s Caro l Ysceboe Lindsay Marilyn Rykken Michaelson Roald Nokleberg Eileen Kolden Olson Herman Olson Guilford Parsons Jean Rachie Peterson Edith Dreyer Reesnes Sylvia Brande Saccren John Thomp son CLASS OF '48 Number of Alumn i: 9 I Toral Amount of Gifts: $ I 1,020.00 Participation : 33% $2,500-4,999 Jeroy Car lson CLASS OF '44 Number of Alumni: 6 1 Tota l Amoun t of G ifts: $ 1,770.00 Parcicipadon: 16% $24 0-499 Geo rge Sverdrup $ I ,000 -2.499 Stephen Halvorsen Margaret Nelson Foss Nokleberg Arnold Skaar $500-999 Chester Hoversten $ 120-239 Norma Sateren Anderson Jeannette Uleberg Boxrud Gerh ard Bretheim $500-999 Rona Quanbeck Emerson Richard Koplin Mary Schind ler Th ompson $ 120-2 39 MaryArneson J. Bernhard Brechcirn Barbara Ekse Ca rlson Doro thy Q uanbeck John son Alcon Knucson Duane Lindgren Paul Sanders G ifts up to $ 119 T heodore Anderson LorraineCimmesrad lyne Camille Sivertsen Forness Eugene Hasselquist Emily Rachie Hoard Gud run Vik Kampen Ge rhard Karlstad Paul !Gide Martha Th o mpson Nelso n LaverneMoe Olson Marilynn Peterson Olson Eli1.abe1h Westphal Peterson Ma ry Kuhn Schmid, Ge rtrude Vik Sund srad Erik Tromb org Jean Tibke Vane CLASS OF '4 9 Nu mber of Numni : 130 Toral Amount of G ifts: $ 12.525 .00 Participation: 40% $5 ,000-9,999 Dora Frojen Quanbeck Jo hn Werkct $ 1,000-2 ,499 Elsie Ronholm Koivula $500 -999 Donald Embretso n Martha Fosse BecsyTowns Framstad Wi llard G lade Lorenc McGinnis Hansen Evelyn Green Harris Lorraine Telander Hendershor Wi lliam lrgens Donna Curry lrgens+ Louisa Johnson Robert Johnson Ca rol John so n Logan Jo hn Midtl ing Joyce Dreyer Nesct Theodore Nystuen Anna trand Olson Donald Peterson Robert Peterson Miriam Bredow Priebe Jo hn Q uam Pau l Rot h Donald areren Dorothy T horb erg chm idt Lillian Hanson tadelman Donald Sween Rueben Vane Jo hn Wetzler Peder W ilcox Mae Jo hnson Luhn Quentin Quanbcck G ifts up to $ 119 Delphin e Jensen Bakke Raymo nd Bodin La Verne Olson Burnrvcdt George apetz. hidey Dahlen C harlotte Forness Egeberg Robert Eftedal, I Dolores No lan Fevig Marilyn Larson Forslund Merlyn Frcdman Beverly Fowler Holte Wi lliam Holte Raynard Huglen Delores Farm Johnson Esther Johnson Everette Johnson LeRoy John son \'(lilliam Knutson G eorge Lanes Carol Schmidt Larson Harvard Larson C)'ruS Lideen Marion Iverson Loges Rhond a Hektner Lybeck Robert clson James Peterson \'(laync Peterson Elizabet h Felland Ronnin g John hd stad Angeline Rolland orenson Dorothy Twiron Robert Ulsaker David Wasgm C LASS OF ' 50 umber of Numni: 194 Total Amount of Gifts: $48.523. 00 Participation: 33% $5.000 -9,999 Roy Bogen Rudolf Engelm ann Garfield Hover ren Robert Paulson Philip Qua nbeck C LAS OF "5 1 Numb er of Alumni : 15 1 Total Amount o f G ifts: $48,58 0.00 Participation: 50% $2,500 -4,999 FrankArio Georgette Lanes Ario $5 ,000 -9.999 Anabelle H anson Dalberg Robert O degard Oli ve N ilsen Zo ller $ 1,000 -2,499 $240-499 Robert Andersen Lois \'Varner Bergcland Luth er Bergeland Arno ld Henjum Henry Roufs Jean Christenson Sverdrup heldon Torgerson $ 120 -239 Ray Anderson James Carlson Erling Helland Esth er Tun gseth Hin schberger Marvin Johnson Calvin Larson Jeanette Jacobson Martinson Paul Paulson Edward Nb erg Richard Aune Lola Lidstro m Berg Kermit Hoversten Carol \'(latSon chweizer $2 ,500-4 ,999 Marolyn Sortland Halverson \'(lilliam Halverson $5 00 -999 Archie Lalim Eunice Nystuen ordand S 1,000 -2,499 LaVonnc Th ompson Benson Ruby Helland Brow n hirlcy L, rson Goplerud Audr ey Nagel ander $240 -499 Ethel Anderson Andersen Andrew Balcrud Barbara Kolden Balerud orinne hicll Leslie Lynn Lundin Miriam Hoplin Lundin Lyle Show $500 -999 James hristopherson Jennings Th ompson $24 0-499 Elii.1bct h Becken Roben Hoffiander Merlin Johnson LaRhea Johnson Morseth LaWayne Morserh Daniel Pearson Wallace Pran Calvin torley arol Brekken Ritt enhouse Connie Rholl Wagoner Gifts up to $1 19 Jerome Andersen Jack Berry Dolores Hinsverk Bies Fabian arlson Rut h Isaacson ornell $ 120-239 Erling aris en Donald Erickson+ Sylvia Kleven Hanson Marjori e Wi lberg Hauge Doroth y Gra mlin g Hoffiander Rob m Howells Roger Leak 9 $ 120 -239 Gen rude ess Berg T heodore Berkland Doris Frojen Bretheim Shirley Odencrans Erickson+ Glen Hendrickson Eleanor Ewert Hucchinson Gloria Johnson Erika raub Niemi Clarice Thi ngelscad Onsager Lillian Ysteboe Ose Dorothy wanson Ryan G ifts up to $ 119 Dorothy Anderson Elaine Hanson Aune Kerman Benson James Bergd and Dolores Flaa Bjerga Alben Bjerkestrand Thelm a Finnesgard Dahle• Trygve Dahle• G erald Davis John Eliason Harold Emerson Steph en Engelstad Ellen Stenberg Erick.son Kat hryn Th orsgard Erickson Stanley Erickson Jo hn Ga rland Janee HargraveGavic Ronald Gude rian Herbert Hanson Hubert Hanson Howard Hjelm Muriel Olson Hoplin Joseph Hulterstrum An •ild Jacobson John Johnson Jean Vettel Kicele}' Arthur Kuross Joan Baxter Larson Richard M)'hre Harland elson Pete Petersen Gloria trand Peterson•Conrad Arthur olberg Otto Sotnak Joyce Bonen trand Herbert Svendsen Alice Anderson Thorson Donald T horson Mary Valtinson Vevle Robert Weeden David West phal Ruth Fosten •o ld Westph al Ni ce Berg Wilcox Loren \Xloo lson C LASS OF ' 52 umber of Alumni: 139 Total Am ount of G ifts: $28 ,005 .00 Participation: 1% $5 ,000-9,999 Leon ard Dalberg Ruth chmidc $ 1,000 -2. 99 Joanne Varner Peterson Harvey Pererson Yvonn e Bagley O lson (Gifts received Ju ne 1, 200 1 to May 3 1, 2002) Orvi lle Olson Harvey Peterson $ 1,000-2,499 Gloria Parirek Thorpe Ruth Pousi Olli la Janice Anderson Rykkcn James Shiell Joann e Varner Peterson G ordon Th orpe $500-999 \Villiam Kuross Leroy Nyhus Charlorte Kleven Rimmereid $240-499 Irene Shelstad H enjum Lloyd Lyngdal Mildred Nelson $ 120-239 Arvid Dixen Marjorie Danidson Johnson Morris Johnson Ludt cr Larson Donn a Wang Leak D oro thy Sko nno rd Petcrx n Marlo Petersen Beverly Gryth Villwock Gi fts up to $ 119 LeRoy Anenson No rman Backstrom Laurie Balzer herman Bohn H arriet Haller Brown Celia H anson Burk David Christensen LeVon Paulson Dinrcr Marj orie Haley Eliason Jun e John son Enget James Faul Robe rt Go rdo n Kay Roper H agen Elmer Hanso n M . Joyce Tallman H anson Richard Howells Th eodore Hust oft Millard Knudso n James Kon o m Benjamin Larson Elwood Larson John Leak Lola Nelso n Nebel Roger Nelson Go rdon Od egaard Arnold Paulson Gladys D ahlberg Peterson Vera Peterson Rachuy Donavon Robcrcs David Rold« Leona Eng Rold« Roger Shelstad Lewann Awes Sornak Mae Ness Sparby Alyce Larson Thur een O dett e Hj elle Waller CLASS OF '53 N umb er of Alumn i: 125 Total Amount of G ifts: $22,305.00 Parcicipation: 38% $5,000-9,999 Donald Or en Mark Raabe $500-999 Ruth Aaskov Dorothy Srrommen Chrisrophcrson Marvin Larson John Lingen Betry Mun son Nyhus Thomas Ohno ArthurR.immcrcid Allan Sortla,1d $ 120-239 Theodore Anderson Louis B« ker Lowell Brown lnts Busevic.s Valborg Kyllo Ellingson Erling S. Huglen Richard Johnson Mavis Kyllonen Alice Jensen Noble Horace Porten Allan Thoreson $240-499 Marlys Ringdahl Gun derson \Vilgard John son Joan Johnso n Kuder Wi lmer Oudal Gifts up to $ 119 Keith Anderson JeannineTorstenson Blanchard Willard Botko Roger Ca rlson George Fisher Esther Oleson Freund Marshal Cante $ 120-239 Joseph C leary Joyce Jorgensen Eckhoff Beverly Nystuen -Carlsen David Rykken Edmund Youngquist James Gcise ndorfer G ifts up to $ 119 Eli1.abeth Manger Anderson LaVon Moderow Belanger Torrey Berge H . Emmerc Dan ielson Faith Ca rlstedt Dippo ld Herman Egeberg Jerom e Engseth Leland Fairbanks Delmour Fenske Marilyn Elness Froiland Jam es Hamre A1ice Jacobsen Norm an John son Sigrunn Kvamme H arriet Dup slaff Luehrs Jack Lundb erg David Lunde Dono van Lundeen Duane Myrin Howard Pearson Harold Peterson Donald Reimer Sam Skogsbergh Vernon Stcnoien Phyllis Vik Swanson Co rinne Rechwill Tiegs William \'Uhite Helen Larsen Wire Mavis Strand Hafsrad Wallace H afstad Eileen Johnson Hanson Rohm lngman U roy lscmingcr Orpha Hu shagen Iseminger Rohm Langseth Mary Peterson Leak Beverly Jacobsen Lund een Alan Mathiason Helen Jensen Myhre Arlene Larson Nelson Karl Nestvold Edward Nyhu s Winifred Nysrucn Nyhus Ardis Dorr Nystuen G lenn O lson Lloyd Peterson Ardelle Skovholt Quanbeck No rm an Quanbeck Donna Erickson Reimer Alben Sand ness Maryls Harkm an Schm idt John Seaver Roger Stockmo Jero me Trelsrad CLASS OF '55 Number of Alumn i: 10 I Total Amount of Gifts: $36,525.00 Parciciparion: 35% CLASS OF ' 54 Number of Alumni : 147 Total Amo unt of G ifts: $9,670.0 0 Participation:37% $ 10,000 or more Phillip Gronseth $ I ,000-2 ,499 $2,500-4 ,000 Beverly Halling Oren Florence H elland Borman Lowd ! Kleven $ 1,000-2 .499 Darrell Egertson Beverly Omdahl Nelson $500-999 Herbert Chilmo m $240-499 Richard Dronen Arvin Halvorson $240-499 Arthur Anderson Mark John son Colette Peterson Lyngdal 10 Philip Nelson Ethel Nordstrom Shiel! $120-239 Gene Anderson Agnes Thompson Becker John Benson Richard H agestuen Jacquelyn Bagley Han son Janice Bremseth Larson Wenona Strandlie Lund Richard Mahre Clinton Peterson Gifts up to $ 119 Wi llard Burk Elaine Fo~ Erickson Wallace H anson Robert Herman Mary Jean Danger Holmquist ErvinJohnson LaVonne Soderberg John son Elmer Karlstad Ralph Martinsen Phyllis O lson McDaniel Audrey Larson Miller Clarice Ca rlson Nasby Diane Aho Nelson Clyde Peterson John Peterson David Skaar Mavis BergeTrelnad CLASS OF '56 Numb er of Alumni : 125 Total Amount of Gifts : $ 14,405.00 Participation: 38% $5,000-9 ,999 R. Luther Ol son $ 1,000-2,499 Deloris Anderson I. Shelby G imse Andr ess $500-999 Robert Lockwood $240-499 Lloyd Grinde Cha rles Howard $ 120-239 Dorot hy Floistad Benson Thomas Benson H ans D umpys C harles Evavold Rohm Gjengdah l James Hau gen Stan ley Ludviksen Christine Munson Main Ronald Main James Pederson Robert Roos Donohu e Sarff Elizabeth Morcensen Swanson John Thomp son G ifts up to $ 119 Margaret Hermanson Barnes Gerald Baxter Caro lyn Lower Bliss J• mes Buski rk O rla hrisrenscn Robert Dongoske Lel• nd Erickson F,r olyn John son Ge hring Shirley Mu len G rnus Jo hn Haynes Marlys Nepsu nd Lester Margaret Helgaas Lincoln Harvey Lundin Mary Christiansen Meyer Ardell Moen Robert No rby Roger O se Ervin Ovcrlund James Pearson Harold Stoa Allen Swanson Kath ryn Th orv ig Th omp son G lenn T ho rpe Mark T ho rpe Richard T ho rud Ma lcolm Unseth Evererc Holt Marshall Jo hnson Ralph Johnso n Ro nald Johnson Alfred Kaupins Faye Brenni Moen Do nald Myrvik Rhod a Dah l Myrvik ClaraA.nnHaugen Nordstrom Ge rald Parupsky Noel Sagness Gloria Grant Knoblauch Jeanette O lso n Locke O rval Moren Ruby Johnson Mortenson Phyllis Knudson cim Ronald cave LaVane Srudlicn Arden Wahlberg Robert Welch James No rman Robert O slund James Plum edahl L'lwrcnce Pratt C LASS OF '59 Number of Alumni : 143 Tota l Amount of ifts: S 18,050.00 Participadon: 4 1% Marian GraffSkaar Neal nider Mar lys Holm Tho rsgaard John Welckle Ronald Welde $5,000-9,999 John Martinsen C LASS OF '58 Nu m ber of Alumn i: 132 Toral Amou nt of G ifts: $26,385 .00 Participation: 35% $ 1,000-2,499 Paul Almqu iSt arl Casperson $ 10,000 or more Birgit Birkeland MarcinOlav Sabo Inez.Olson chwarzkopf $2,5 00-4,999 Joann e Stiles Laird $500-999 Lois Madson Allen John Berg $ 1,000-2 ,499 Menon Johnson Robert Meffert Ronald Miskowicc Harold eilsen Hubert Nelson Willard O lsen Do nald O lson Sylvia Moe Ovcrlund Vicki Skor Pearson Eileen Pund y David Quanbeck Luther Romo Do nald Sallen Junice Aasncss andncss Theodore trand Gale Torscenson C LASS O F '60 N umb er of Alumni : 162 Total Amo unt of Gifts: $ 10,405.00 Participation: 3 1% $2,50 0-4,999 Bruce Amundson Eugene Peterso n C LASS OF ' 57 N umb er of Alumn i: 138 Tota l Amou nt of G ifts: $29 ,984 .00 Participation: 36% S 10,000 or mo re Raymo nd G rind e $ 1,000-2 ,499 Caroly n Burfield Beverly Tollefson Uh lenberg $500-999 Chester Hoversten Dona ld Olsen Lila Ogawa Furukawa $2,500-4 ,999 Grace Forss Herr Harris Lee Mabech aurc yllscrom Wesley Sideen Crace Kemmer Sulcrud S 1,000-2,499 tanley Baker Sidney Berg De>n Holmes An na Hovland Hanson Jo An Bjornso n Jo hnson Mary Erickson Lockwoo d $500.00-999 Harlan hriscianson $240-499 T homas Moen Bo nnie Martinson Sta rley $500-999 $ 120-239 Mary Twiton Bosben Paul hrisrensen Donald Hagestuen RmhThorsgard Homme Harry Horne Rhoda Monseth Hu glen hirley Nordin e Kehrbc rg Gary Lange Go rdon Lindgren Lawrence Lyscig David Ringstad RichardRobinson onja Sather kurdal $2 0-499 C hester Dyrud Kennech Hagen $240-499 D ennes Borman AJdemar Johnson Hagen Gor don Trelsrad $ 120-239 James Armstrong Verna Skovholr Barren T homas Hom ander Roben Jamieson Morris Jespersen Wayne Johnson Roger Mackey Gera ld M indrum Maynard Nelson Richard Vevle Bill Z inn Gifts up to $ 119 Richard Berg David Freedland Do rot hy Burke Freedland Virg Ge h ring Peggy-Joyce orenso n Grab le G ilbert Gra us Doris Rovick Hanson Anneliese Laidig H aynes Jean M,ng uson H icks $ 120-239 Elyce Lundquist Arvidson Lois Mackey Davis Hugh Gi lmore Betty John son H ass Peggy Oneil wcnscn Janet Coo ke Zinewicz Jerome Kleven Alice Lindell Lindgren Wendel l Sh iell G ifts up 10 119 Lawrence Berg Irene O lson Brown James Brown Delores rupp hristianson Barbara O lson Oertle Jam es G uldm h James Hanson Franklin Hawks Arlene dander Hill Rod ney Hill James Horn Ro nald Jacobso n LarryJunkermcier H arold Kambak Charlone Bac:a lden Knmson Monroe Larson LeRoy Lauen Walrer Lundeen G ifts up to $ 119 Dennis Barnaal Vernon Berkness Elaine Nelson Bernards Erwin hrisrenson Janet Nicderloh hristeson Glenn Davidson onja Johnson Enscad Loi Hofstad Esselmom Myrna Tollefson Ga rdin Philip Heide C, rl Hellie n C. Leroy John son Joy Hu nd l Joh nso n Gwen Johnson Krapf Margaret Peterson Langness Jon Maraia John Miskowiec 11 $240-499 Richard Berge Phyllis Raymond Burge Bruce Cunning Jayton Paulson Edyt he Strand Shogren Marjorie Moland \Xlcndt S 120-239 John Anderson Kay Lemmerman ilmore Ruth Carlsen Moen David Nordlie S 120.00 Donald Homme HarryToussaim Gifts up to $ 119 Lois Richter Agrimson Jean Knutson Anderson Arne Boyum Myron Carlson Carol Johnson Casperson Fred Engelmann Ruth Borchardt Engelstad ancy Garland Erickson Arden Fla1en James Gedrose Dennis Glad BarbaraMilne Gordon David Hanka Kenneth Hatland Gerald Hendricks Donald Holmq uisc LaVonne GravgaardIverson Peter Locke M•ry LundquiSt Meffert C lifford Myhre R. Thomas Olson (Gifts received Jun e 1. 200 1 10 May 3 1, 2002) Phyllis R<denbaugh Ose Dwighr Pederson Barbara Ricsberg Peterson Ronald ranley MarleneStud1ien C LASS O F '62 Number of Alumni: 169 Total Amount of Gifts: $ 14,420.00 Participation: 29% Gordon $2,500-4,999 Joann Eliason Amundson yverson Larry Th ompson Kermit Vall~n Sharon Grodt West Darrell Wiese Shirley Harms W ilsey Lowell Ziemann C LASS O F '6 1 Number of Alumni : 160 Total Amounr of Gifts: $ 17,949. 00 Parcic ipation: 26% $5,000-9,999 Richard Thompson $ 1,000-2 ,499 Marilyn Saure Breckenridge Joseph Hsieh Kenneth Nelson Karen Egcsdal Trelm d $500-999 Daniel Carlson Mary Ttldahl Meyers $240-499 Dennis Johnson Jan et Baralden Johnso n Gregory Madson $120-239 Kenneth AJccrman Theodore Botten Curtis Haney Ca rol Oversvee Johnson Joan Gibson Labs Ronald Laudert Seven Score Co nstance Gildsech pangenberg PatriciaNordlund Toussaint Gifts up to $ 119 Gayle Arvidson Lloyd Bakke John Baxter Mary Lou BalcerChristenson Lawrence Gallagher Roger Gordon Jam es Ho lden Audrey Halvorson Hovland PatriciaSwanson Kreuziger George Larson George Lundqu ist Julie Magnuson Marineau Jack Mayala Karen Erickson McCullough Cedric Olson Gerald Peterson James Redeske Myron Rew Jud y Fosse Snider Glenice Nordin Sprague Carol Svanoe Bruce Westphal $5,000-9,999 Patr icia O 'Reilly Olso n $ 1,000-$2,499 Dennis Erickson Mary Lou Ervin Erickson $ I ,000-2.499 Allen Hoverste n Philip Sidney Sarah Halvorson Strom Sandra Simpson Phaup Stella Kyllo Rosenquist WilJiamStrom $500-999 David Srccnson Robert Tufford LauraleeHowe Zenk $ 1,000 -2,499 Kathleen Aalcer Casperson Eunice Kyllo Roberts Arne Sather $240-499 Ronald Beckman Bradley Holt David Procrnr Ordean Torsrenson $240-499 Jennelle Johnson C unning Paul Grover Lorna Hoverste n John Hugo Lois Knutson Larsen Kay Hanenbur g Madson Wayne Stockman Lewis Sundquist , 11 Mary Ann Sorensen Urban $ 120-239 Roger Bevis Brenda Henrickson Capek Linda Carlscedt Lola Nelson Grafstrom C. Bagley Humphrey Doris Wilkins Johnson Caro l Anderson McCue n T homas Wadsworch Marilyn Heide Waller John Wanner $120-239 Marilyn Ellingson Akerman Philip Baum an Joanne Joski Evavold Judy Jo hnson John son Olivia Gordon Lorents John Osberg Gifts up to $ 119 R. Char les Anderson C harles Arndt Morris Bjurlin Gifts up to SI 19 John Bosrad Claire Helland Buettner John Christense n Wayne Coil Sherman Coltvec Tamara Ronholdt Francis Marilyn Olson Gronner Julia O se Grose Sonia Overmoe n Gullick, Peter Hauser Rodney Helgeson Wanda Anderson Hemes Robert Umup Ruth Gochnauer Johnson Ursula Laidig Juliar LynneMclean Junkcrmeicr Gayler Korsmo Ella Bowlby Lerud John Lystig Phillip Matti son Cunis Moe A. Robert Molldrem Ann Ring Odegaa rd Betty Johnson Oppegard Milo Oppegard Bonnie Carlson Pehrson Roger Schwarn Ronnie Scott Bcrz.cPaulson Solomonson Barbara Herkal Szoke Roger Bosmoe Wendell Carlson Joan Hanson C heck Wayne Christiansen Gloria C lauson Alice Evenson l.annell Farmer Mary Lower Farmer Raymond Fosse Stephen Gabr ielsen Joyce Gusiafson Hauge Marilyn Peterson Haus Mary Jo Cherne Holmmand Caro lyn Johnson Judich Hess Larsen KarenTangen Mattison Julie Medbery Russell Oste rberg Glenn Peterson Janet Evenson Potran James Roback Hans Sandbo Allen atter Albert Schobe r Arvid Schroeder C hristopher Wagner Ann Johnson Wollman Linda Tollefson Zenk C LASS OF '63 Number of Alumni : 188 Tota l Amount of Gifts: $53,086.00 Participation: 29% C LASS OF '64 Numbe r of Alumni : 202 Toca! Amount of Gifts: $ 15,76 1.00 Participation: 25% $ I 0,000 or more LaVonne O lson Batalden Paul Batalden $2 ,500-$4,999 Joyce Leifgren Young Karen La.Mere Bosmoe 12 $500-$999 Rohm Nordin Karen Henry Srccnson $240-$499 Doto thy Borsgard Berldand Ellen Paulson Keiter Gary Langness Jean Pfeifer Olson Stanley Spangenberg Dorothea Hake Torsrcnson $ 120-$239 Luther Anderson Bruce Braaten Deanne Star Greco Roger Johnson Sharon C hristensen Kildal Mary Fenrick Olson Ted Olson James Parks Patricia Strecker Pederson Virginia Hovland Plunkett Bruce Ranum Betty Hanson Rossing Gifts up to $ 119 Dawn Asp Aarsvold And rew Berg Jerry DeVrieze Avis Hoel Dyrud Philip Dyrud Barry Fosland Ronald Gtoff Margery Kyvig Haaland Ann Tja den Jensen David John son Jack Kelly Sharon Swanson Knucson Diane Garbisch Levalce Mary Lindgren Karla Krogsrud Miley Ronald No rdin Sharon Peterson Paulson Linda Hamilton Senta James Spiess Satoru Sudoh Carla Q uanbeck Walgren Michael Walgren Elizabech Johnson Wolsky C LASS OF '65 Numb er of Alumni : 229 Total Amount of Gifts: $78,627.0 0 Partic ipation: 34% $ I 0,000 or Mo re Kinney Johnson $5, 000- $9,999 Lyle O lson $2 ,500-$4,999 Daniel And erson $ I ,000-S2 ,499 Lois Harp Bjorngoard Paul Ficldharnmer Priscilla Strecker Fieldhammcr \'(landa \Xlagner Hanson Ruth Radke Paulson Larry cholla S500-$999 Julie Gudmcsrad Laudicina Daniel Meyers Steven Nielsen $240-$499 Gary Blosberg Judy Thomp son Eiler Mark Gjerde James Harbo MarleneHanggi Heimbigner Cordelia Coltvec Hoffmann BeverlyNelson Hugo Peter Jacobson Carol Welch Langness Marie Hafie MacNally John McIntyre Dennis Morreim Gene Nagel Gary O lson $ 120-239 Bradford Aamodt JoAnn Halvorson Robert Hinz Donald Hostl h Sharon Dirrbcnner KJabund e John Luoma Larry Nelson David Parupsky Joyce Anderson Pfaff GaryT hyren Gifts up ro $ 119 Lois Luthard Anderson Marilyn ielsen Anderson Judith Kasin Anenson Jean Amland Berg Adrienne crand Buboln Larry Buboltz Darryl Can er Gerald Dahl Eunice Bergman Dietrich Thomas Eberhart Gary Ellis Dale Engel Marilynn Ross Fa1l strom Donald Francis Hildur Oyen Gleason Anita Christopherson Gransee Gracia Grindal David Gunderson Linnea Hanke Edythe Berg Johnson Janice Mattson Johnson Kendall Kamp Chuck Kienholz Paul Larson Michael Marcy Michael Monson Peter Onstad Calvin Peterson Janee Anderson Peterson Lilah Rasmussen Paul Reiff Gary Reuss Lee Ridgway I. Patricia ccenson Roback Marie Bergh andbo Ellen Johnson Srrorn Sceven Scrommen \Villiam Tessman Lyndon West Robert Zeller Dennis Rykken James enn Joann Gilbertson Snyder Karen Pelcola Sorenson Beery Lundgren ravrou Sorerios Sravrou harles Stenson Dale Strom James cruve haron Petersen Te.ssman Steven Westby CLASS OF '6 6 Number of AJurnni: 2 17 Total Amoun1 of Gifts: $ 18,759.00 Panicipario n: 26% CLASS OF '67 Number of Alumni: 2 17 Total Amoun1 of Gifts: $8,337.00 Participation: 31o/o $5,000- $9,999 Gay Johnson Minear penccr Minear $500-$999 ccphen Bacalden Lee Anne Hansen L1ck recchen Larson Swenson \Vaync wenson $ 1,000-$2 ,499 Thom as Hanson $500-$999 Patricia Munson Duncan ynthia Hanson Beth Torstenson $240-$499 Gail Suo msmoc Dow Alan Gierke Marilyn Albaugh Gierke Rebecca Beiro Huseby Dennis Miller Mark Sandbo $240-499 Janice Peterson Andrews John Greenfield Edward Huseby Douglas Johnson Kathryn Wall Johnson Donald Marrison Richard Mork Jeanne \'(/anncr Morreim $ 120-$239 James Call Loren Dunham Sharon Hendrickson Gronberg Barry Gunderson Kay Dahlquist Gunderson uzanne Overholt Hampe Gene Hugoson Kathleen Feddick Luedtke Dennis Sackreitcr Karen Foss Sackreiter Muriel Berg cholla John elstad Robert ko«egaard Duane Vik Rebecca Helgesen Von Fischer $120-239 Lennore Bylund Bevis Larry Hoff teven Holm Gracia Nydahl Luoma Karen Langseth Oelschlager Margaret Ahlson Tjade n Gifts up to $ 119 Benjamin Coltvet Donald Anderson John Andr easen K."hleen Popp Boggess Julie eegmiller Braaten Barbara Anderson Brown Helen Co ltvet larke Judith Erickson oppersmi1h hirley Sandin Dahl Darlene Ojak:mgas Gunderson Catherine Blom Johnson F. William Johnson Karen Johnson Margaret Danielson Jorg nsen Allan Kriscenson EJsie Anderson Larson John Lund Marcia Th imsen Noble Douglas Norvold Beverly Hallcock Ohmann Larry O lson Dennis Paulson Darrel Pererson Judith Erickson Pinelkow arolyn Benson Pinman Gifts up to $ 119 BarbaraAnderson Aaberg Bruce Anderson Dianne Larson onn Janet Fischer Davenport Marilyn McKnight Erickson Ruth Ann Gjerde Finke Terry Frovik Bruce ilmore Dennis Goldenman Lorraine Vash osewisch Robert Haskin onja Helgesen Darlene Tesdell Hetland Duane Hetland Robert Hosman Roger Husbyn Sandra Doering Jeppesen Victori:i.Asper Johnson Mi hael Jorgensen loria Lamprecht Mary Lou Lanes Elaine Erickson L1rson Karen Len::inder 13 Marian Schroeder Leonardson Mary Ellen trommen Liebers James Lindell Carol Brandt Mork Johanna cidcrt Bonnie Johnson Nelson Linda Larson Pahl Janee Madsen Peterson Kenneth Peterson \Villiam Pittman Fern Rasmussen Harley Refsal Audrey Anderson Rogness Patricia Sickin Tom Snyder Paulene Nelson peed Marlys Ruona Thomsen cuan Ucgaard Carl Wall Geraldine Neff Wall CLASS OF '68 Number of Alumni: 26 1 Total Amount of Gifts: $46,332.00 Participation: 29% or more Ronald Nelson $ I 0,000 $ 1,000-$2,499 David Berg David Boe Joan Vol, $500-$999 \Vayne Hansen lone Agrimson Hanson Mark Hanson Duane llscrup Marsha trommen Olson Carolyn Hanson Schildgen $240-$499 Jean Hemstreet Bachman Janet Lunas Gjerde Carole BraudJensen Gerald Jensen Bruce Johnson Lois Hallcock Johnson TerrySaceren Earl ethre Larry Sharpe $120-$239 Dorod1y Anderson Michael Arnd1 Dean Ersfeld Allen islason Herald Johnson Lyle Malot~T David Melby Mary Schivone Nelson Miriam Cox Peterson John Roebke Gary chmidt Roberr Steen on Janet Thorp John Weinard Gifts up 10 $ 119 Elizaberh Amdall James Bengtson (Gifts received June I , 2001 to May 3 1. 2002) Benson Priscilla Plan Berg Joel Bjerkestrand Donald Britt Janee Braaten DeGaetano Elizabeth Hukcc Demich Jonathan DcVries John Eckberg Jeffery Elavsky ccphen Erickson John Fahlberg \Xfilliam Farmer Alan Fredrickson Ca rolyn Auld Gravell Den.isGueczkow Anne Dauph ine Hayward David Heidtke Theodore Johns on Do lores Johnson David Joyce Luther Kendrick Kathlynn Lindqui st No Reen Nystrom-Henke Mary Fir! Olson Jan Pedersen-Schiff Alice Draheim Peters Robert Peters Mary Roiland Peterson Linda Christ ensen Phillips Barbara Hanson Raymond Jam es Romslo Gera ldine Carlstrom Rustad Nancy Peterson Salmi Caro l Watson Saund ers Jan Severson Clair Severson ByronTroice ConsranceAckerson\Vanner Lois Wcllnitt \Varrcn \YI, CLASS OF '69 N umb er of Alumni: 3 13 Tora.IAmount of Gifts: $ 14,504 .00 Participation:2 1o/o $2,500-$4 ,999 Lynn Benson Hjelmcland $ I ,000-$2,499 Julie Teigland Anderson Richard King $500-$999 James Ericksen Lois Batalden Hansen John Harden Ronald Swanson Jeann e Kyllo Wendschuh $240-$499 Richard Fenton Richard Olmsted Sandr a Larson O lmsted Sonya Christensen Steven LawrenceTurner $ 120-$239 WarrenBey Diana O lson Ersfeld Rosemary Jacobso n Suzann e Kelley Ingrid Kloster Koch Frank Wagner Joyce Engstrom Spector Mary Loken Veim h G ifts up to $ 119 Karen Norum Alm Ardell Thorpe Bengtson Caro l Halvorson Bjerkestrand Ronald Ca llanan Pamela Bjorklund Car lson Wayne Ca rlson David Cina David Cross Peggy Nelson Edstro m Philip Edstrom Dian e Follingsrad Dale Froyum Lona Berg Froyurn John Gree nfield Dallas Ahrens Hagen+ Eunice Helgeson Joan H alverson Holt Jon Johnson Laurel Jon es Joh nson Mary Ekstrom Johnso n Robert Kirchner Marilyn Kusel Kirk Marcia Weltzin Kjesbu David Knucson David Korila Joan ne Ogdah l Leach Mark Lund Nancy Machmueller Maier Janis Machison Margaret Ness Michael Peterson Dennis PAipsen Sandra Olson Pietig Diane Ellingson Runquist Kathleen Ford Ruud Mary Mether Sabatke Richard Sandee n John-Mark Stensvaag Erik trommen Norma Johnson Strommen John ulzbach Nancy Neumann Thor en Jam es Torfin Mark Trechock Arlene Uejima Diane Boese \Varner Bonnie Jami eson Wedel Curtis Zieske $500 -999 Gary Benson Sara Palmgrcn Benson Linda Larson $24 0-499 Mary Buss Betty Mackay Lisbeth Jorgensen Sethre Susan Lindberg Sorenson $ 120-239 Peter Agre James Ashley Kerry Bade Larry G lenn Da niel Koch Bradley Refsland Donald Smith Sharo n John son Sullivan Ronald Wahlberg Gifts up to $ 119 Daryl Anderson Caro lyn Gilbertso n Brown Sherman Danielson Mary Nelso n Eckberg James Fischer Dan Foss-Goran Kristin Foss-Goran John Hansen Renee Maikk ula Isaacson Thomas Iverson Steven Johnson LaRhae Grin dal Knatterud John Kulczyclti Marilyn Ladin g Stephen Larson Pamela D rayer Lillehei Sonya Nydahl Lund Cat herine Go rder Mazyck Cheryl Hayenga Nybe rg Raymo nd Nybe rg Linda W ichm an n Oja Nico lyn Rajala Diane John son T horltildson David Ulvin Jan et Ca ll Ulvin M. Jane Co rnelison Van Brun t onya Hagen Zieske Linda Swanson Zimmerman C LASS O F '7 0 Number of Alum ni: 27 I Total Amount of G ifts: $39,086.00 Participation: 20% CLASS OF '7 1 N umb er of Alumn i: 284 Tota l Amo un t of G ifts: $ I I 6,72 0.00 Parcicipacion: 2 1% $ I 0,000 or more Robert M iciness Thomas Peterson $ I 0,000 or more Michael Good $2,500-4,999 John Hjelmeland $ 1,000-2,499 Mari lyn Buschbo m Lueth Barbara Dur kee Mikelson $ I ,000 -2,499 C heryl Nelson King Paul Mikelson Terry Nygaard Paulett e O lson Od egaard Richard eime $500-999 Philip Hoversten David Owen Kay Hendri ckson Owe n Swan Scott Swanson 14 $24 0-499 David Benzel John Jenn eke Rachel Hendri ckson Julian Mary Grooters Lewis Michael Scott $ 120-239 Susan G ibbon s Casey Ti mo thy Casey Mark Ellinger Patricia O lson Ellinger C harles Maland G lennis Wdd a Schlukebier Janice Bell Schmidt Nancy Simonetti Kathleen Tierney Sceenson Nancy Rosrberg Sylvester Robert Tjaden G ifts up to $ 119 Donald Beach Mark Bermess Jane Ca tlin Bracken Roger Branes Paul C hind vall Kathy Kropdin Cracra ft A. Carolyn Benson Dauner Jeffrey Dieter Ruth Schroeder Duffy Peter Eckberg Janee Levin Gordon Gary Hagen Gay lord Hall PauJa Jones lvcrson Douglas Johnson Murry Kelly Leslie Lee Robert Martin Wi lliam Mees Mees Jud y Hoseth Mikolich Lynn Oeder Miller Bruce Nelson G regg Nelson Judith Larson Peterso n Leanne Phinne y John Rask Linda Gilbertson Romslo Susan Risum Rustebakke David Siedlar Darrell Skogen Nancy Strommen Scensvaag Stephanie Johnso n Sulzbach Janice Sheldon T homp son Jane Sontag Vemess G regory With ers Marilyn Borcherdin g Wom eng CLASS OF '72 N um ber of Alumni: 287 Tora.I Amo unt of G ifts: $ 11,080.00 Participation: 2 1% $2,500 -4,999 Geo rge Dahlm an $ 1,000-2,499 James Agre $500 -999 David Christianson Michelle Karkhoff C hristianson ======== 1FOltMtt\~Yr, kvlFTSI~ ~:::::::: IN vR~~ 6~felRIT SOC I ETY Investing'Toaayin Leaaersfor 'ToTtWrrow (7f ugsburg 's Maroon & Silver Society was laun ched in 2000 as part of The Augsburg Fund. It recognizes donor s who are _.l'-1.co mmitted to supporti .ng curr ent student s by pledging to spo nsor an Augsbu rg scho larship for four years wit h an ann ual gift of $ 1,000 or more per year. Members of the Maroon & Silver Society lead the way and encourage others to join them , stepping up to a new level of giving to build the "living endowme nt " that The Augsburg Fund provides. Please consider jo inin g the curr ent char ter members who are helping to build a solid base of ongoi .ng financial support that is essential in attracting and retaining our outstanding students. Gifts can be made annuall y, quarterly , or monthl y. If you would like information regarding this opportunity , contact Donna McLean: 612-330-1179 , 1-800-273-0617 or < mclean @augsbur g.edu > . D ( I/We are interested in joining the Maroon & Silver Society. Please send the pledge information. (Complete nam e and address below) -- 0 Yes,I/We ENCLOSE an annu al gift to The Augsburg Fund : Amounts: up to $ 119 $120-239 $240-499 /circ/eouc) $500-999 $1,000-2,499 $2,500 and up 0 I/We PLEDGE $____ in support of Augsburg College, to be paid on or before May 31. I/We plan to make payment s: /circle 011e) Monthly Quarterly Semi-annually Please send reminders beginning __________ _ 0 Please CHARGE my gift to: /circle one) Visa MasterCard Name on card ________________ Card number __________ Signature __________________ 0 American Express _ Exp. date ___ _ _ ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER (EFT program ) (Monthl y gift transfer from my bank to Augsburg-p lease send me the Simply Giving forms) State ______________ E-mail ______________ .Zip _______ Class year(s) __ 0 My/Our emp loyer will match my/our gift. Enclosed is my/our matching gift form. 0 This gift can be matched by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (LB/AAL) 0 Augsburg College is in my/our will. _ _ 1/03/ AA .A-UGSBURG Place COLLEGE 22 11 Riverside Ave Minn eapo lis, MN 55454 Stamp Here The Augsburg Fund Augsburg College Camp us Box 142 22 11 Riverside Ave Minn eapo lis, MN 55454 $240-499 Burton Haugen Gary Larson Janice Nelson Jonathan Nye Brian Olson $240-499 Linda Wahlberg Jenneke Linda Bailey Holmen Gary Johnson Richard Pearson $ 120-239 Gary Anderson Gary Ellefson $500-999 Robert tromme n $ 1,000-2,499 Karen Johnson Brudvig Merilee Klemp Norman Wahl $240-499 Ronald Hoverstad Elizabeth Turritcin Lien Brian Wigdahl $500-999 Andrea Johnson trommcn Jon Hanson S120-239 Lorraine \'(fiecz.kcAaland Margam Rein Bade Timothy Brady Joann Koclln Frankcna Lyn Froiland Percr Gale Thomas Haas Richard Habsrritc Thomas Howe Ronald Johnson Sheryle Siegfried Kaluza Kathryn Modrow Kufus David Lehrke Pacrick Marcy Julie Olson Munson Donald Prose Karen Sandness AJan oli Nancy Becker oli Gifts up 10 $ 119 Vivian Yonker Anderson Darla Lovaas Frantz Srevcn Frann John Gisselquisr Judy Bacon Haugo Nancy Olson Hrdlicka Karen Johnshoy Hcsla Christine Jacobson Jeatran Stephen Jea1ran Nancy Klein Maland Bradley O lson Catherine Berglund Becker Rebecca Nystuen Berger Scott Brown Janer churr Brubak Ste\'en Carlson Joyce Catlin Marilyn Rude Chindvall Beverly Ma11SonConboy Douglas Co nboy Beverly Fermon D uane Foss Corrine Froelich Frank Kathryn Frank Roger Gorham James Hagen Lyth Harn Ruth Gundale Hillebrand GiflS up 10 $ 119 James Arends Sandra Knudson Beito Nancy Brown-Koeller Dawn crauch Holmes Rhona Newpon Brysky Ann Knurson Bundy David Heikkinen Rad1el Iverson Paul Holmes Thom as Jensen Mark Johnson Susan Benson Karkhoff Bonnie Ursed, Koch Cynthia Hicks Kelly LarryLaingen MargrecaMagelssen Mark Ladwig Cheryl Lindroos Marcin Deborah Anderson Miller Michael Nelson Pamela Nichols Nelson Alan Huus Carol Ellingson McMillin Vivian Moe Steven Nelson Roberc Nilsen Bruce Pam:rson Susan Maahs Rowan Judi, h andeen Sandell T homas nell Ronald Spencer Mary Kay Johnson censvaag Saul Stcnsvaag Nancy Voss Marlys Oelschlager Withers CLASS O F '73 Numberof Alumni: 292 Tora( Amoun, of Gifts: $5,470.00 Parricipario n: 19% $500-999 Rebecca mich hrist.ianson Marilyn Gissclquisc Andrew Morrison Gregory Carlson Lavon Emerson-H nry Marvin Felderman Bryon usrafson Marcia T hompson Hagen Marvin Levake Mark Mattison Mary Muhlbrad, Daniel Nordin Kristinc Olson Kathleen Quick Joel Raaen Pamela Enge Rausch \Villiam Roen Stephen Rolfsrud $ 120-239 Dean Anderson \'v'aync Anderson Jo Ellen Schramm A,mcss William Axncss Stephen Blake Karen Hayes Brophy Cynthia Behmer Gale Nan9 rThomsen HcckJcr Jene Morey teven Otoo l Barbara Ruud Revuelras teven Reznicek Daniel Rodgers Nancy Sandro Julie Johnson Westlund Gifts up to SI 19 Jo Ann Berg BabIitch $2,500-4,999 Pamela Birdsall Richard $2 0-499 onnie Garry Adams David Dahl Subhashchand Patel Allan Tonn Allan Torsce.nson $ 120-239 Duane Esterly Sheryl Birk Gable Gifts up 10 $ 119 Mark Bengrson Paul Breitenfeldt Brenda Hoppes acradoris Andrea Erickson Stephanie Gierke Gustafson Lila KJanderman Hambleton Jann Meissner Hamilton Raymond Hamilton Keith Howard Carol Jernberg Richard Kruger Diane Loeffler Ruth Anderson Lofgren• Clifford McCann Susan Johnson Mc eill Nancy Soli Mollner Ka1hleen Murdock Gayle Baker Hofmann Daniel Nelson Lyle Horrmann Marlene Chan Hui Shirley ChriS1ensen Nickel Thom as Koplin Elizabeth Kasee Pedersen Brenda alberg Peterson James Ring Carl Oslund Alan Krancz David Levine Judith Lu-Lawson David Paun JuJianne arlson Pederson Bonnie Peterson Daniel Pererson Michael Lundeby Paula McDermid Lundeby Philip Lundin ail Butson Maifeld Jan O'Brien weec Philip Pe1erson Timothy Miller Paige Nelson CLASS OF '76 Number of Alumni: 304 Total Arnouni of Gifts: $26,538.00 Janice \Veum Philibert William Nelson Wendy Nilsson Mary Clapp Overend Karen Dahlke Rodda Carol Sime Donald Swenson Samuel chmeling Doro1hyTanaka Storeygard Paula Roberts Tetzloff Len \'v'ojcowicz Participation: 23 % Randel Widmom Linda Larson Pipkorn Lecda Premil Pitra $ I 0,000 or more H. Theodore Grindal CLASS OF '74 Number of Alumni: 283 Total Amouni of Gifts: $ I 65,402.00 Mary Ran laff Ward chendel Charles Schul, S I ,000-2.499 Scott Anderson Parcicipation: 22% Lynn Co rrin eykora Larry Thomp son Stephen Reinarz. SI 0,000 or more Richard olvin $2,50 0-4,999 Ru1hJohnson Laurie Johnson Thorp Timo1hy T horp Kathryn Anderson Wahl Kathleen Tinserh rla Johnson Velenchcnko Mark Zellmer $ I ,000 -2.499 Jeffrey Dahl CLASS OF '75 Number of Alumni: 220 Toral Amouni of ifrs: $ I 1,872.00 Kenneth Holmen Participation: 18% 15 Linda BergsethJarvis Lois Wattman $500-999 Karen Hesselroch Ru1h Dahlof Vedvik (Gifts received June I , 2001 10 May 31 , 2002) $240-499 $ 1,000 -2,499 Steve n Bloo m Mary Qu anb cck Barber Barbara Brooks Deborah Fredrickson Crowley Laurie Paulson Dah l Marilyn Pearson Flo rian Daniel Eicrheim Rose lyn No rdaune Do uglas Mellema Stephe n Sveom CLASS OF '78 Numb er of Alumni : 292 Total Amount of G ifts: $24 ,901.00 Participation: 25% $500 -999 $ 10,000 or more P. Dawn Heil Taylor Robe rt An derso n $ 120 -239 Janee Nelson Anderson Inez Schey Bergquist John Ronn ing Joyce Larson Brown Belvin Doebbcrc Jeffrey Edson Ruth Fairchild Susan Gangsei Rachel Rohde Gilchrist Tho mas Koelln Steven Kuross Randa ll Lundell Douglas Ndson Beth Qua nbeck Pauline Rathje Rodgers Jerome Rold« Mark Roloff Debra Wh eeler $24 0-499 Mary Fastner Bloom Debra Daehn-Zel lmer Mark Hall MarkSchmidt John Sonn ack Antoinette Laux Sveom David Wygant Patrick Zumbusch $ 120-239 Alcon Benncrc Lori Berg Bright Lee Hagberg Lisa Lunge-Larsen Gifts up to $ 119 Jod y Bymark-Boughto n Jon Bergherr Daniel Cassada Jean Maland Dah l Vendla Fahning Susan Guenthner Garness Joan DeVore Gish Donald G rote David Halaas Shari Simonson H anso n Susan Ro thman Ho lmscen Kim John son David Lane William Lindquist Susan Forsmark Long Patricia Lundeen Solvcig Evenson Matcson Russell Meyers Larry Morgan Jan e Hensd in Murray D ean Myers Lynne Gilbertson Nelsen Jeff Nessler Dale Paschke Vicky Bergh Paschke Timothy Peterson C har les Rapp M ichael Sack William Schmidt Mark Selbo Joel Squa dro ni Minda Grist Squad roni Richard Sviggum Nancy Nelson Temtc Cynthia Theo rin Kay Schiller Trapp Sally Tabor Wojtowicz Thomas Zarth C LASS OF '77 N umber of Alum ni: 276 Total Amount of Gifts: $ 13.435 .00 Philip Raaen Mark Rubenstein Joan Southworth James Strommen Jud ith Knudso n Stromm en Linda Carlson Wescott Gifts up to $ 119 Nancy Bergstro m Allen Debra C hase An derson Eric Au ne Wi lliam Babcock Scott Bouman Ow aine Bruns Pamela Carlso n Cheryl Palmer Dam i Cynt hia Anderso n D uty Wayne Eklund Susan Polkinghorne Evarts Mary Fitzhar ris James Haley Marlene Ell Jorgensen Susan Lagcson Lundh olm Do uglas Merrill Lori H asslinger Merrill Patricia Sausen Myers G regory Nelsen Randall N elson Ruth Und erdahl-Peirce j oy John son Ritte nh ouse Paul Ritte nh ouse John Sandn ess Marna Schield John Schraan Jerome Spettman Mark Sterling Timo thy Strand Bernie Swenson Sharon Svendsen Wanvig Christine Webber Lou Ann Dietz WeAen Marjorie Ellis Welde Virginia Bond e Zarth $ 1,000 -2,499 Kendra Bonderud Allison Everett Kenneth Svendsen $50 0-999 T homas Bramwell Jenni fer Abeln Kahlow Bev Ranum Meyer Dennis Meyer $24 0-499 Th omas H endri ckson Michael Sparby Gerald Wood Louise Dahl Wood $ 120-239 Bradley Anderson Mary Powell Ashley Debra Bjurquist Aun e Joan Brustad Thomas Burnside Peter Hanson Bonnie Lamon Moren Jonathan Moren Cynthia Peterson Connie Lamon Priesz WJ liam Ruckel Patricia Rydeen~Barnes Mark Severson Suzan Moe Stegemoeller Steph en Th ompson David Wi lhelm Gifts up to $ 119 Dirk Abraham Kris ti Swanson Ames Bradley And erson David Backman Kirsten Sateren Bergherr Jody Yaroch Bordwell Ma rk C hristoffersen Mark Depaolis Donna Woodwick Didriksen Jeffrey Freier C hristo ph er Geason Sand ra G lass-Sirany Bruce Hendrickson Gary Hu ghes Score Kemper Linda King Ca rol Fevold Koepke Jul ie Anderson LaRose Brad Larson Darla Burbach Lindquist Caro l Romn ess Loncar Keith Lund ell Tama lyn Anderson Lundqui st Th omas Lundqui st C laud ia Johnso n Mills Robert Morrow Carol Krassin Nissen Paula Winchester Palermo Participation: 22% 16 Bruce Peterson Donadee Melby Peterson Terry Reznicek Scott Rysdahl Janee YacsaasSchubert Kevin Shea Robert Storeygard LoraThompson Sturm Richard Swenson Janis Thoreson Amy Jo Th orpe-Swenson Janice Unstad Joan Bredenbe Van Wirt Deborah Lease Wagman Megan Webster Tim othy Wolter CLASS OF '7 9 Numb er of Alumni : 290 Total Amount of G ifts: $ 15,848. 00 Participation: 23% $ 1,000-2,499 Kevin Bonderud Paul Daniels Sally Hough Dani els L. Craig Estrem Th eresa Serbus Estrem Christoph er Haug Mark Moksncs Pamela Hanson Moksnes Julia Davis Styrlund Philip Styrlund Jeffrey Swenson $5 00-999 Laurie Carlson Terry Jellison $24 0-499 Laurie Nelson Orlow Jay Phinn ey $ 120-239 Annette Johnson Anderson John Aun e Rebecca Lundeen Aune David Eicrheim Scott Hanus C hr istel H am vick Meyer Adelaide Peterson Parbst Debra Mercier Peters Grant Rykken Mark Tonsager Jane Ol son Vukelich Scott Weber G ifts up 10$ 119 Eric Anderson Linda And erson Patrick Ashwood Mark Aun e Rebecca Lundeen Berkas David Boots Th omas Bordwell Steven Brandes Pamela Ca ntley Mary Krassin Con way Mary Brandt Croft Ca mille Dehlin C raig Ellestad Cynth ia Erickson Kathleen Danielson Gabrielsen Julie Edson Geason Annette riem Geiselman Catherine lngman Golv Kim Ranaka Gyuricsko Marion Hinz Vernon Holmes McIntyre igne llstrup Joni Jensen Ayrlahn Johnson Holly Grotcn Krekula Karen Rust Kulenkamp Thomas Kulenkamp usan Lenan Mark Lewis Philip Madsen Perry Malcolm Marguerite McDonough Susan Ohncsorge hawn Pagliarini Jacqueline Roesler Peterson Deborah Larson Schuln Barbara Stoffel hdley Patterson ruen Jody Anderson Sundlee Dana Patch T homas KathyYakal Margaret Youngquist CLASS OF '80 Number of Alumni: 292 Total Amount of Gifts: $ I 8,473.00 Parcicipation: 20% $ I 0,000 or more Laurie Fyksen-Beise $ I ,000-2 ,499 Phillip Nelson Gary Tangwall Ann Holmberg Wilson S500-999 Marianne Lundberg Kulka Martin L1rson $240-499 Anita Hill Hansen JeffreyJames Maryl Gardin Jordahl ynrhia Ellman Kneisl Jacqueline Brookshire Teisberg $ 120-239 Charles Burmeister Daniel Carlson Robert Roy Janee Sorensen Rubenstein Lisa Rusinko Paul annerud Diann Uzelac Gifts up 10 SI 19 Brett Banerson Thomas Berkas Gayle Lammi Boyer Patricia Boyle BradBrewster Jon Burnison \Xlilliam Carlson Sharon hrisrensen Holly Roelo fs Dodds Kiistofer Fenlason Claudia Walters Forsberg Dann Forsberg Brian Gauger Gail Wagner Gordon Timothy Gordon Paul Harcmark Jeanne Haugen Dawn Hendricks Mary Gustafson Hotchkiss Peter Jackson Richard Jackson Lorena Jueneman Sandra Ketcham Paul Kilgore Robert LaFleur JoAnne Moeller-Andersen StacyJohnson Monson Kristen Olsrud Roald areren Peggy Schneewind Schroeder Valorie Lcbus Sidlo Cheryl Michelsen Slenen John Sorenson Mark rrandemo Gayle Anderson Teskey Kory Teskey John Wagenaar Chris Walker K. Phoebe Worthington Robyn Arnold Zollner Gayle Taylor tiller tcven Stiller Karla Morken T hompson Jeffery andgren Katherine Aune \'<lade Gifts up 10 SI 19 Paul Amos Susan Hanson Asmus RichardBennett Lorraine Bergquist David Berryman Linda Olson Brandt Ju]ie hristenson Brenny Terrence Brown Roxanne Rauschnot Buchanan Elizabeth arlson Scott Daniels Mary Deering Wendy Fiscus Dybdal Judy Munk England eal Halvorson Jean Hanson Kay Kennedy Henjum Rand Henjum Penelope Larson Hinderaker Mark Hultgren Peggy Eggen Hyytinen Elizabeth Bly Iverson RurikJohnson Diane Peterson Kachel Heidi Smith Labyad Karen Flom Lee Jon Lillejord Kay Malchow Malchow Kimberley Olson Miklya 1imochy ohr Lynda Bonsell 011 John Pearson John Sackrison Shelley Swanson Sateren Sheryl Anderson Shark David Sortland Ronald Tungseth Katherine Drechsel Vichich David \Vilson Dale Womeldorf Steve Zard1 $2,500-4 ,999 Dean undquist Gifts up co $ 119 hris Anderson Christopher Ascher Janis Blomgren Aune Arlin Becker Mcryem Mcstoura Berge rcgory Boone John Brett Julie Gilyard Breer Brian Budenski Richard Buller Michael Burkhard, Andrew Ellena Laura Fairbanks Peter Frochlke Louise Becken Gallagher John Hoffiander Walt Johnson Cynthia Landowski Jones Erik Kamen Laura Kasdorf David Leonidas Charles McCan Dana Holmes Mel ncyre Dean Moren con Musselman Janine Mattison clson Julie Holm Odi l LoriJohnson Rosenkvist Susan Dahlgren ackrison Susan Horvat chiller Kirsten Schwappach hristine Halvorson Sheldon Stephanie Torgerson Sipprell Kari Anna Bcckmen Sorensen Penny Becker Sullivan Linda Roop Svendsen John Twiron Kathleen Knost Van Ness Maureen \'(lebscer Kathy Yelle $ 1,000-2,499 Leeann Rock Steven Rosvold Naomi Christensen Sraruch CLASS OF '82 umber of Alumni: 356 Total Amount of Gifrs: $ I 2, I 50.00 Participation: 15% CLASSOF '83 Number of Alumni: 327 Total Amount of Gifts: $4,533.3 I $500-999 Pamela Hen.an Crowell Steven Grinde $5,000-9,999 Kari Ann Eklund Logan $500-999 Karina Karlen Joan Moline Christopher Nelson CLASS OF '8 1 Number of Alumni: 284 Total Amount of Gifts: $35,744.04 Participation: 23% $ I 0,000 or more Tracy Elftmann $5,000-9 ,999 Robert Wick $ I ,000-2,499 Brian Anderson Elizabeth Barn $240-499 Barbara Burke Benshoof Galen Bruer Kimberly Markie John Scrommen $500-999 John Evans $240-499 Susan Cash Lori Moline $ 120-239 Brian Arvold Camilla Knudsen Carlson Sharon Oglesby Christian Barbara ilben Kristofer Hon on Kristine Johnson Fred Larson Lyndon Nelson Elisabeth Lundeen Sandgren David Soli $ 120-239 Leslie Boyum Michael Cady Sharon PautzCarey Jeff Christenson Kristine \'<l est Denton Randall Peterson 17 Participation:12% $240-499 Melinda Causton Lee Allison Larges O'Day \Villiam ,vanson $ 120-239 Mary Thureson Belden Paul Elliott Mark Hassensrab Scott Henderson Jean Lucas Horton David Meslow Maren Lecy Ogdie Jerry Quam (Gifts received June I , 200 1 10 May 3 I , 2002) Gifts up to $1 19 Timothy Asgrimson Mary Yurick Bennett Jean Nadeau Boerner Brenc Eberc Mary Stord ahl Floyd Meredith Gardin Debra Hannu Jan e Helmk e Lynn Helmk e Janice Haselhorst Hostagcr C harles Houts Marya Manso n Hultgren Miriam Gisselquist Jensen Terry Johnson Susan Hackbarth Lundq uist David Ostrowski Janet Griffith Sand ford Kariann Dahl en Sann y Michael Schwartz. Jam es Sierakowski Nora Andersen illcrud Michael Swanson Daniel Th ompson Jeanette Hovey Thompson Rebecca O stendorfTun gseth Merilee Sander Womeld orf Michael Pickett Julie Schuett e Amy Chang Shih Kari Everson Strong Michael Stron g Michael Weidner Daniel Westrum Jay Zieman n CLASS OF '84 Numb er of Alumn i: 28 I Total Amount of G ifts: $ 16,643.84 Pani cipation: 12% $500-999 No rman Okerstrom $ I 0,000 or more Roger G riffith $2,500-4,999 Paul Mu eller $500-999 Kyle Anderson Kim Asleson Okersrrom S240-499 Cunis Eischens Rhonda Ricsberg Tj aden $ 120-239 Cynthi a Eicher John Enn en Susan Richm ond John son Carmela Brown Kranz Perry Madsen Patrick Sir Gifts up to $ 119 Martha Hanson Bacon Dave Covan Jim Finch Laurie O fs1edal Frattallone Kristin Swendscid Gomez Katharine Kuchera Gruber Karen Jensen Kent Karnick Lisa Rykken Kasder Patt i Lloyd John Miklya Gai l Morland Anth ony Nelson Laurel And erson Onhm eyer Patricia Peluf Brenda Hansen Peterson CLASS OF '86 Number of Alumni : 284 Total Amount of Gifts: $6,225.00 Participacion: 13% $2,500-4,999 Wi lliam Anderson $ I ,000-2,499 Jona than Gusdal CLASS OF '85 Nu mber of Alumni : 304 Tota l Amount of Gifts: $25,54 1.35 Participation: 13% $240-499 John Wahlberg $ I 0,000 or more Jean Taylor $ 120-239 Lisa Pestka Anderson Todd Anderson Dian a W ilkie Buffie Janice Ca rlson Ann Erkkila Dud ero Manha Gisselquist Michael Goebel Susan Hindl ey Goebel $5,000-9,999 Cheri H ofstad Kamp $2,500-4,999 Nancy Mackey Mueller $ 1,000-2 ,499 Marie Eicrheim Lee H awks Lisa Svac H awks Gifts up to $ 119 Susan Smith Ambourn Duane Birnbaum Kenneth Boehm Virginia Carlson Anne Conzemius Richard Danielson Peter Dietz David Drake N icholas Gangestad Linda Gfrerer Mich ael H eil Todd Hubb ard KristenTraun Knoepke KarinSabo Mamor Kristin Settergren McGinness Thomas Miller Ann Selberg Robin son Lance Rusco David Shaskey Tammi Kleinert Trelstad Joan ne Whiterabbit John Yazbeck Mark Zaruba Lois Vaagenes Zio lkowski $240-499 Steven Lee Linda O tt Michael Tjaden $ 120-239 Sherry Sein Akridge BrianAmmann Dawn Gerber Ammann Jane Blameuser Rollin Erickson Dwighc H eaney Michael Pirner Gifts up to $ 119 Katherine Spoo lman Ahlrich Peter Auran Bernie Brunello Michael Burden Dale Christ op herson Joy Deni se Burkhart Dean Quin n Karpan Carrie Kosek Knott Ca rol Knutson Theresa Kentopp Nelson Cath leen Smith Pagels C harles Rath Tame ra Osell Rath Gregory Sapp Serena Sprenger Steffenhagen Kay Strat ing Noel Swanson Ann G ullikson Tanko Thomas Terpening Denise RolloffTewes Kaye Schouweiler T hibault Paul Thomp son Scott Thomp son Sue Thompson CLASS OF '87 Number of Alumni : 396 Total Amount of Gift s: $3,860.00 Participation: 8% $500-999 Alice Dahl Roth $240-499 Michael Schneider Lisa John son Wah lberg $ 120-239 Angela Schilling Aitken Brian Brakke Vicki Ellingrod Keith G liva C hrist oph er H olman Drew Privette Steven Severtson Paul Terrio Tracey Morris Terrio 18 Todd Weis KariHuseby Wessman Greg Wilson Gifts up to $ 119 Daniel Aune Amy Hyland Barett Ch ristine Wacker Bjork Robert Bjorklund Mary John son Boehm Caro l C hase Lisa Brakke Geislinge r Jean Guenther Christian Hahn Julie Ol son H endricks Andrew Moen Jani ce Olson Debra Om an Paul Rensted Emalee H ayden Vicker Mark Wheel er Don ald William s CLASS OF '88 Numbe r of Alumni : 3 I 9 Total Amount of Gifts: $5, I 55.00 Participation: 12% $ I ,000-2,499 Chris Pieri Arnold Jannes Arnold $240-499 Clay Ellingson PatriciaLong $ 120-239 Susan H akala G liva Patrick Lilja Brent Lofgren Susan Warnes Quam Richard Smith Eric Solberg Sandra Ludtk e Wass Heidi Norman Wise Gifts up to $ 119 Douglas Baretz Paul Blomquist Kelly Peterson Duncan Jean Eilertson Margaret Nutter Guelker Cheryl CarstensenGunderson C hris Hallin Wendy Sherman Heil PerriKammerlander Hire Carl Holm Louise Brown Immen Kenji John son Dawn Hoime Kalb Chris LcBourgeois Julie Lindesmith Jodi Ugland Loosbro ck Deborah Maloney Susan Carlson Marcinkowski Mark Morken Lisa SchwartingMorrone Jennifer Snater Olson Beth O stergaard Rebecca Arvold Pfabe Debra Lindem an Slack Merry Jo Myhre Stroot Kari rrun CLASS OF '89 Number of Alumni: 349 Toral Amount of Gifts: $4,09 1.88 P3rcicipacion: I0% $ 1,000-2,499 Todd Sceenson $240-499 hcryl olomonso n C rocken Marcia Medley Annette Hanson Patel Donald Wichmann $ 120-239 Kari A.rfscrom Carolyn Ross Isaak Brian Larson Melissa Olson MahcndraTiwari Gifts up co $ 119 Steve Acuna Stephen Ainswonh Merrilee Miller Brown Keich Dahlen Kristin Eggerling Elaine Laswell Foell Linda Graziano Sheila Janson Gutmann Amy Johnson Hanson hrisanne Reberrus Holm Lauren Johnson hristie herman Kraabel Gloria Picha Kuebelbeck Devaney Looser Leah Parker Maves John Mayer Linda Ruekerc Verjean Buss chindeldecker Carol Skoglund Suess Ttmo,hy Suess Steven Th o m Aaron \'(/arw ick Gail Moran \Vawn.)1niak Terfussa Yadessa CLASS OF '90 Number of Alumni: 338 Tora! Amount of Gifts: $7, 190.00 Participation: 11o/o $2,500-4,999 David Chad S 1,000-2,499 Kurr \'(lchrm ann Jeffrey Sulzbach Dan Terrio Michael Nutter Kevin ime Cachy Svendsen Springhorn Dean Wahlin Gifts up co SI 19 Carol Mason Baker Emily Blados Lisa McEachron Caswell Teresa Hengy Christianson Kimberly Ryding Dahlen Amy Marquard, Elmer Patricia Ringwdski Erickson Rebecca Fahlin Greg Hanson Robert Harris Lisa Elwood Hiedeman Ora Hokes Deidre Dien Jacobsen Sally Hedman Lawless andra Swanson Mathisen Julie Edstrom Olson Claudcrtc Parris Jane VanOverbeke Peterson Party lshaug Pieper Pece Riniel Bradley chafer CLASS OF ·92 umber of Alumni: 485 Tora! Amounc of Gifts: $4,32 0.00 Participation: 9% $500-999 Peter Hespen $240-499 $ 120-239 Joshua Greenwald Emily Birch Klooz Bonnie l..arson-Terrio Jennifer Peterson Lynn Huotari Pinonicmi Julie abo SI 20-239 Misti Allen Binsfeld Chris1opher Bush Tanya Qaasim English Joseph Hoialmen Gregory Lambach Ilene Ferris Olson Chad Shilson Peter Steen Marilee Poe Tangen A. Nina Bishop Tutde Terri Burno r Heather Johnston Molly Fochcman Schnagl Brian Swedeen Julie WesccorcTrafc $ 120-239 Debra Groez.ingcr Linda Klas James Lensing David Ogren Gregory Page Barbara Peterson Jennifer Piper Janice Not ermann chulz. Debra Sronc Schumaker Michael cofferahn CLASS OF '9 1 Number of Alumni: 4 10 Tora! Amount of Gifts: $6,855.0 0 Participation: 8% Gifrs up co $ 119 David Baker Laura Breckheimer Madelyn Browne uz.anne Lhocka Chinnock Elizabech rabrrce Kachy Lindberg Evavold Jonathan Ferrell Amy Raedckc Frischmon Donald Gish Janett Hamm Marilyn Keich Jacobson Bonnie Lerberg Carla Lindell ~aria rranon Mayer Debra Sceffenson Meier Jeffrey Meslow Suz..1 nne Miller Mary Molzahn Erick Norby Kristen Hauschild Norby Karla Bernier O'Brien Ti na Kubes Peterson Elizabeth Guyoc Purcell arole Moran Renner Carole Senty Janis Toramelli Alayne Thoreson Janel Schmid, Wahlin Michelle \'(/escrum $ I ,000-2,499 Colleen Kay Watson $500-999 Shirley Severson Darbi Worley $240-499 Jorgen Ellingson Patricia Peterson Gregory Schnagl $ 120-239 Renee Clark Judith Councilman Paul Klaiber Kenc Kleppe Rebecca Johnson Koelln Clayton McNeff Kevin Ronneberg Helen Durgin Royer Heather Laarsch Saby Kristin Dragserh \Viersma Gifts up co SI 19 Patricia Awker CLASS OF '93 Number of AJumni: 482 Tora! Amounr of Gifts: $4,295.0 0 Participation: 7% And rew Ca rlson $500-999 Alex Gontalei Bruce Holcomb Heidi \: 1sner caloch ,lliam Vanderwall ~ L,ura Bower Cunliffe Susan Dunleavy Janie Duerrc Hall Joelle AudecceHilfers Krisren Hirsch David Johnson Brenda Lunde-Gilsrud Todd Machlin arol Jacobson McKellips Kristin Miller Gregory Nelson $ I ,000-2,499 Andrew Fried $240-499 Jason Koch Eli1.,bech Pushing 19 Gifts up co SI 19 Rita Billington Gary Bucher Juanita utler Mark Deming Laurie Palmer Drolson Janice Erickson Bruce Frederick Darren Garren Michael Haukaas Melissa Danko Machlin Tracy Mena Kimberly Meslow Cassandra Moering Patricia Norby Terry Okonek Lynley Richards Devon Ross Doris Rubenscein John ander Sherrie Knauss Seidensricker Ka.ri orrum CLASS OF '94 Number of Alumni: 45 I l ocal Amounc of Gifts: $4,187.3 1 P::ucicipacion: 7% $500 -999 Susan Horning Arnn Jackie Kniefel Lind Lisa Schroeder elson $2 0-499 Kure lark Sara Rhines Masters David Narr Nancy Lindquist Toedt S 120-239 Jennifer Fcine Hellie Denise ideen McNeff Mary ox Taylor Gifts up co S I 19 Ben Brucciani Julie Deir, Clarke Christine Clay Richard racrafc Julie Wyman Foley Amy Gehring Kathleen Grundhoefer Lori Langager Higgins Joan Johnson Karen Grobe Johnson Deborah Emery Knutson T homas Lalim (Gifts received June I , 200 1 10 May 31, 2002) Patricia Norum Maguire Mary Melberg Amy Noran Julie Severson Norman Jonathan Rose Sandra Rydeen Lois Schmi tz Deanna Srurlaugson Vicky Thomp son Sandra Voss Wollschlager CLASS OF '95 Number of Alumni : 487 Tora! Amount of G ifts: $3,050.00 Participation: 6% $500-999 Jonathan Arnn Susan Esrenson Johnson $240 -499 C indy Weyhrauch $120 -239 Diane Clark DuBois Dale Parvi Karin Ludwigsen Rochester Kent Tangen Gifts up co $ 119 Jane Anderson Alan Brandley Grant Chrisrianson Carole Lemcl Clymer Amy Torgclson Forsberg Elizabeth Matile Henness« Nancy Holmbl ad Julie Radke Hull Gale Hurt ado Jensen Greg Johnson Rachel John son Katherine Kioehn Deborah Knudson-Seliski Sarah Evans Kuehl Luke Malloy James Osberg James Rustad Kristen Ryan Susanne Shu ler Melody Royce oderberg Caro l Van Hulle CLASS OF '96 Numb er of Alumni : 464 Total Amount of Gifts: $ 1,80 5.00 Participation: 5% $500-999 Lee Swanwoud r Hartmann $ 120-239 Polly Anderson ScorrAnderson Robert Fitzsimons Jr. Gord on Flanders Anne Lalla Gifts up to $ 119 Karla Hyser Betz Michele Braley Heather McGmigan Brandley Connie Arndt Clausen Nils Dybvig Jason Hanson Steven Johnson Craig Johnson Catherine Kurvers Cathy Koepp Maki Terrisa Meek Miller Kay Larson Mitchell C herish Rapp Pham Karla Singer Rebecca Johnson Sogard James Sout h Shelley Suppan Weiss $240-499 Co nrad Meyer Th omas Ruflaner $120-239 Delight DeMulling Dustin Froyum Mark Goen Calvin Hanson MarchewRochesrer Susan Con man Spreiter Gifts up to $ 119 Emily Elicerio Braun Yiraco C hichaco Eloisa Lee Echavez Joan Williams Game Sandy Butcher Gebauer Henry Gercen Kaydee Kirk Joh n Pena Andrea Pumplun Heather Gunderson Rose Ted Schuln Bob Schuln Jane Danielson Stone Susanne Weiss CLASS OF '97 Number of Alumni: 447 Tota l Amount of Gifts: $4,800.00 Participation: 6% $ I ,000-2,499 Susan Gutk necht Tara Cesareni McLeod CLASS OF '99 Numb er of Alumni: 4 I 5 Total Amount of Gifts: $3 , I 70.00 Parcicipation: 4% $240-499 Teresa Cook Dawn Haglund Robert Nelson Mary Lauer Waln Susan Wygant $ I ,000-2,499 Deborah Hun erer Devean J. George $ 120-239 Mona Domaas Linda O liva $500-999 Pamela PreimesbcrgerBaker Gifts up co $ 119 Amy Anderson Michelle Breen Kathleen \'(,'jlder Burns Kennet h Hagen Katherine Hole Rita Hu ber-Ge rmsche.id $24 0-499 Lisa Askegaard Th eurer $ 120-239 Marissa Hurccrer Daniel Munson Jennifer Amundson Palmer Mike Jerde LaurelOlson KJawitce r Gifts up to $ 119 Brem Fesrer Natasha Hamann Wanda Olson Jasch Lisa Nos Craig Peroutka Renee Fournier Rodewald Steven Sathre Sarah Ginkel Spilman Jennifer Tome Todd Tour and Joseph Wi nter Harry Lockrem Ario Miller Rebekah Orm sby Shirley And reason Saccoman Elaine Scharpen David Setterberg Susan Thomp son Amy DeMars Wilson CLASS OF '98 Numb er of Alumni : 4 14 Total Amount of Gifts: $2,555 .00 Participation: 6% CLASS OF '00 Number of Alumni: 443 Total Amount of Gifts: $3, I 85.00 Participation : 5% $1,000 -2,499 Terry Marquardt $500-999 Carolyn Hardel $240-499 Joshua Cagle $ 120-239 Kent Dahlen Christine Lanoue Landherr Sherilyn Storms Murphy Andrew Zigan Gifts up co $ 119 Sara Allen Adam Danielson James Erickson Cynthia Graner Patricia Heinz.mann Karisa Isenberg David Kelly LorriKenny Sr.ephanie Lein Th eodore Page Catherine Rosik Shea Susan Newcomb Thompson Dianne Trdan Mary Vorhes Samuel Walseth CLASS OF '01 Numb er of Alumni : 468 Tora! Amount of Gifts: $1,400.00 Parricipation: 6% $24 0-499 Jimm y Kline $120-239 Lori Keith Michael Kirk John Parrikus Gifts up to $ 119 Nancy Peterson Anderson VirginiaGroneberg Backman April Bancroft Tami Brown Angela Bryant Rita Gacke C lark Craig Ode gard Jennifer Eckman Douglas Grauer Timothy Harner Andrew Hansen Andrew Howard Susan DeYoung King C harlene Leone Eric Long Carrie McCarville Sheri Miller SherrieKlassen Pre.score Paula Fleischauer Schroeder Gordon Thomas Kathy Kisro Wilson Linda Young $ I ,000 -2,499 C hristop her McLeod Every cffon has been made to ensure th at all names arc included an d sp elled correctly. 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Keck Foundation Walser Aucomocive Group Inc Wd ls Fargo Found ation West Group Westwood Lutheran C hurch Westwood Sports Whitney Foundation Wilcox Family Foundation John and Renata Winsor Fund of the Minn eapolis Foundation World Citizen, Inc. THE AUGSBURG COLLEGE BOARD OF REGENTS, 2001-200 2 ANNUAL ALUMNI BOARD, 2001 -2002 Rev. Gary E. Benson '70 Susan H ornin g Arn tz '94 Ms. Jackie Cherryhomes '76 Jeff Elavsky '68 Ms. Tracy Lynn Elfcmann '8 1 Paul Fieldhammer '65 M r. M ichael 0 . Freeman Andy Fried '93 Mr . Mich ael R. Good '7 1 Tom Hanson '66 Mr . H . Theodor e Grindal '7 6 Christop her Haug '79 Mr. Jam es E. Haglund Lisa Svac H awks '85 M s. Beverly Thompson H arlen Kirsten Hirsch '9 1 Dr. Ruth E. Jo hnson '74 Karina Karlen '83 Mr. Dean C. Kopp erud Rob Lafleur '80 Mr. David J. Larson Jackie Kniefel Lind '69, '94 MAL Ms. Gloria C. Lewis Terry Marquardt '98 WEC Rev. Jose Antonio M achad o Paul Mikelson '70 Dr. Jennif er H . Martin Andy Mo rrison '73 Ms. Juli e R. Nelson '83 Paul Mue ller '84 Mr. Ronald G. Nel son '68 Liz Pushing '93 Rev. G lenn W. Nyckle moe, ex officio Meri Pygman '93 Mr. Ronald J. Peltier Beth Torsten son '66 Mr. G len E. Person '47 Bill Vanderwall '93 WEC M r. Wayne G. Pop ham M s. Jean M . Taylor '85 Dr. P. Dawn Taylor '78 1960 Dale Hank a 1961 Patricia Swanson Kreuziger Leola Dyrud Furman 1962 Mari lyn 0. Gronner Jenelle J. C unnin g 1963 Sara Halvorson Strom 1964 Robert Nordin 1965 Darryl Ca rter 1967 John Clawson 1968 lone Agrimson H anson 1970 Terry Nygaard 1973 Merja Wileniu s Fox 1974 Marlene C han Hui 1976 Larry Morgan 1979 Mark Aune 1980 Rob Lafleur 1981 Janis Blomg ren Aune 1982 Lori Moline 1983 Susan Kapp ers Ryan 1984 Jeff Quinnell 1985 Norm Okersrrom C hu ck Rath M r. G len J. Skovho lt Mr. Philip Sryrlund '79 REPORT I 986 Deb Balzer CLASS AGENTS, 200 1-2002 Barb Nielson McGlynn 1987 Cher yl Wit soe Dudley Ms. Kathryn H . Tunheim 1939- 194 1 Richard Jacobson 1944 C hester Hoversten 1988 Sandra Kay Smirl1 Rev. Haro ld Usgaard , ex officio 1945 Joyce Op seth Schwartz 1990 Trygve Nystuen Ms . Joan L. Volz '68 Vera T horson Benzel 1946 John Steen 1947 Agnes Valvik Larson 1948 Jero y Ca rlson Arnie Skaar 1949 Cal Larson 1950 Shirley Dahl en 195 1 Dan Pearson 1952 LeVon Paulson Dinrer Sharon Mackenthun I 99 I Kirsten Hirsch 1992 Heather John ston 1993 Misti Allen Binsfeld H eidi Wisn er Staloch 1994 An1y Noran 1995 Lisa Ca rlson Sackreiter An1y Torgelson For berg 1996 Jayne Rudolph Heather Birch 1953 Ruth Aaskov 1954 Herb C hilstrom 1956 Carolyn Lower Bliss 1997 An1y Bowar 1957 Stan Baker 1999 Jackie Fuhr 2000 Sam Walseth 1958 Byron Golie 1959 Carl Cas person Jen Ringeisen 1998 Calvin Hanson WEC Terry Marquardt 2 0 0 1 - 2 0 0 2 A-UGSBURG C O L L E G E Offi ce of lnscicucio nal Advance ment Augsbur g Co llege, C B 142 22 11 Riverside Avenu e Minn eapolis, MN 55454 Non-profit O rg. U.S. Postage PAID Mpls. , MN Permit No. 2031 LACKFEET CHEYENNE OTTAWA FOX SANTEE ALGONQUIN CHOCTAW Indian program Angie O'Keefe and Anne O'Keefe, earned came from the the long-dis tance commute award when efforts of comedian Angie commut ed from Morton in western Louie Anderson , Minnesota to earn her degree from the who performed Weekend College program. two benefit "Our alumni have been active, but I concerts in the would like to gel mor e of them involved . early 1990s-on e We need more networking ; we need an al Augsburg , the alumni scholarship fund ; and we need an OLhe r at Northrup alumni advisory board ," Peterson said. Auditor ium-t o "With that kind of supp ort alongside our raise mon ey for a curr ent students , we cou ld do more scholarship in the outr each Lo the native communiti es, name of his particularly to reserva tions that are near brother Kent. to us." Th e program Peterson also envisions a nur sing Mercedes Weishalla (center, holding her daughter, Heyden), a has had abou t 150 out reach program , similar Lo the one Weekend College business management and American Indian gradu ates and a Augsburg current ly runs al Centra l Studies major, meets with her Scholastic Connections mentor Noya Woodrich '92, '94 MSW (right), executive director of the Division similar num be r Lutheran Chur ch in Minneapolis , which of Indian Work in Minneapolis. who have take n could be sel up al the Indian Communi ty courses . Many Center LOserve the urban Indian gradua tes have continued on to earn popu lation . And , of course, there are the adva nced degrees. Several stud ents never-ending needs for scholarship s of all have return ed to Augsburg for a kinds . Master of Social Work degree after "I think we need scho larship s LOhelp first comp leting Augsbu rg's graduate student s, Lo help provide for bachelor 's degree program in socia l living expenses so more stud ents cou ld work. One such stud ent is Noya live on campu s, and LOgrow our Woodrich , who also serves as a end owed scholarship fund (curr ently at mentor for Augsburg 's newly-crea ted abo ut $600,000) up Lo al leasl $ 1 Scholastic Conn ections program. And, million ." a recent grad, Ben Burgess, is at the Peterson also wou ld love Losee the University of Californi a-Davis workin g LOwarda Ph.D. in Ojibwe language. When he compl etes that program , he'll be the first in the nation to hold suc h a degree . 'T he Life Story of a Dakota Man ," which Th e Augsburg program also chron icles the life of a 20th- centu ry urb an has been home LOfamily Indi an. He is assisted this year by conn ections, including Burgess instru ctors Robert Danforth , Dale WesLOn , and his sister Meredi th Gauld en ; and Soph ia Jacobso n . sisters Caro le (Moran) Renn er "I think scholarsh ip mon ey has been a and Gail (Moran) Warzyniak ; key to the success of stud ents here," mother an d daughter Yvonne Peterson said . "Bonni e [Wallace] was Leith and Nicole Fun aro; and the aggressive in findin g such do llars and Bruce and Ertl familes who had helped create some big endow ed bro ther, mother, and daughter scholarship fund s. A Jo yce Found ation Richard Bruce , Shirl ey Ertl , and grant help ed hir e my position , and al one Michelle Ertl-all gradu ate in point we had two peop le working with up 1992. The Genia broth ers, Tony Dennis Jones, Univ. of Minnesota Ojibwe language to 65 stud ent s each year. Now we' re in the Jr. and Jim , went on to success ful and culture instructor , and Rosalie Cla rk, regional 30-35 range , which is abou t as many as social worke r for the Bureau of Indian Aff a irs caree rs in law and med icine, one person can handl e." Midwest office and former Augsburg social wo rk respec tively; and one other professor , shared comments during the Forum on Anot her majo r boost for the American mother-daughter combin ation , American Indian Issues in November. Winter 2002-03 A-UGSBURGNOW 15 POT A WATOMI CHEROKEE program play host to more conferences and seminars such as the American Indian Religious Freedom conference that attracted such lumin aries as Ben Nighth orse Camp bell, Daniel Inou ye, and Paul Wellstone; and another exploring the use of American Indian mascots in the media. "We've serve d a won der ful purpo se wiLh our program and helped a lot of students take a ste p forward , both for themselves and for other nati ve people ," Peterson said . "Now I hope we can take DELAWARE OGLALA BUILDING THESTRONG FOUNDATION by Dan Jorge nse n 16 A-UGSBURGNOW HO-CHUNK another step and be of even greater service to even more people and communities . There 's so much Lo be done ; and so much we can do if we can find a way to expand our program. " Visit the American Indi an Student Services Program at <WWW.augsburg.edu/aissp> and conta ct Cindy Pete rson at 6 12-330- 1144 or <petersoc@augsbur g.edu >. • BONNIE WALLACE: Bonnie Wallace has long been known as Lhe first director of Augsburg's successful and long-runnin g American Indian Stud ent Services Program , but she says Lhat "technically" it's not true. "Believe il or not, I was not the first director," she noted . "I did serve on Lhe task force chaired by then-d ean of the College (and soon-to-be president ) Charles Anderson, formed by President Oscar Anderson to eiqilore Lhe possibilities of creating an Indian presence on campus ." That two-year stud y recommend ed the establishment of the program, which was funded by a three-year grant from the Honeywell Found ation. Wallace was serving as a talent search counselor in the Minnesota Chipp ewa Tribe's TRIO program al the Lime, and agreed to continu e helping the College by serving on Lhesearch commiu ee for a director. "We hired a native person with a strong con nection to the National Indian Lutheran Board ," she said . "Once he was hired I Lhought my work was don e, but a week later, Charles Anderson (now president) contacted me to tell me the person worked one day and changed his mind. I half-hean edly said 'is it that dreadful over Lhere?' I appr eciated the fact that he was seeking my advice, though , and suggested several opLions. WINNEBAGO Bonnie Wallace (left), now scholarship director at the Fond du Lac Reservation in Cloquet, Minn., was director of Augsburg's American Indian program for 18 years. She was succeeded by Cindy Peterson (right), who has been with the program since 1981. Finally, he said, 'What I really want is for you to come and work for me!' I about fell over and respectfully declined ." Wallace said the basis for her surpri se and initial rejection was Lhatshe and Anderson had buued heads on many issues during the task force discussions , rarely agreeing on anything. However, after several months of continu ing the conversation, she accepted the offer in 1978 . "The first month I was here I actually found two Indian students on campu s and was Lhrilled ," she said. "But Lhat was shortlived since both were in the process of withdrawing from school." However, Wallace soon developed a thriving , ever-expanding program . During her 18-year directorship , the program was recognized as having the highest retention and graduat ion rate (85 percent) for Indian support programs in the five-state region. Among the more than 100 graduates durin g those years was her own daughter, Melissa, who eventua lly returned for a second Augsbu rg degree as well. "Cindy Peterson's coming on board as my assistant was a huge factor in that success. It also afforded me the time to recruit and , again, our numbers increased ." During those formative years and yet today, Wallace attributes the success of the program to a host of factors: "Commi tment of the College to the Indian comm unity; generous scholarship donors ; coopera tion of other student sup port services; in- and outstate tribal suppon ; qualified American Indian faculty; and 'individua lized attention' given to dedicated, bright stude nts combined with having expectations of them," she said. 'We never enabled our students; rather, we taught them how the College system worked , what role each office played in their academic and personal lives." Wallace also cited the strong suppon of peop le like Dr. Mildred Mueller and Pat Parker, and the effons of Herald Johnson , assistant to the vice president for enrollment and market services. "His willingness, understanding , sup port , patience, and genuin e respect for our work will always be someth ing special to me," she said . And , ultimately, despite their early differences, she points LoCharles Anderson's supp on. "lltl was critical to our success, and in due time he and I simply had to agree to disagree on some issues. He is probably the only college president who supp on ed the fact that Indian people do not conside r themselves a 'minority.' He und erstood our status as 'political entities' and did not include our program under the guise of 'minority programs .' I will always be grateful for that autonomy that continu es yet today." Winter 2002-03 From the Alumni Board president's desk ... s one year ends and anoth er begins, we often find ourselves thinking of family and friends. Cards are exchanged with details of our families; holiday pani es renew old friendships. We discuss the good old days Once a year, I get together with a group of lifelong friends from Augsburg . The group consists of students who lived in the Delta and Omega hou ses in the '70s. After more than 30 years , we still laug h at the ant ics of our fellow stud ents during our fom1ative years. Great fun is had by all! As we move into the new year, the Augsburg Alumni Board wou ld like you to A rememb er Augsburg in your hean and prayers. We want to keep in touch , so please let us know where you are and what you are doing . If the new year will bring a new locat ion , please e-mail us at <alumni @augsbu rg.edu>, or go online al <.vww.augsburg.edu/a lumni/ updat e.html> to change your addr ess. We'd love to hear what you are up to, and we'll keep you in formed of the amazing changes al Augsburg and the up coming events spon sored by the Events Commiuee of the Alumni Board. Please send us your e-mail address if you'd like LO be inclu ded in a monthl y e-mail from the alumni office with upd ates and events for the next mon th . We'd love LO see you al an upcoming Auggie Hour gathering , which are held at various restaur ants around the Twin Cities (see the calend ar on page 23). Each event combin es a faculty member or alum who presents a shon talk on an interesting topic . These are informa l, fun discussions, and you might learn somethin g new, too! 0,11/epromise there " ~II not be a test after the discussion .) The Alumni Board and our new alum ni/parent relations team on campu s invite your ideas and feedback regarding alumni activities, so please let us know what we can do for you. I am proud to be a member of the Augsb urg family, and I hope the new year bring s many blessings to each of you and your families. Andrew Morriso n '73 President , Alumni Board Augsburg alumni win Minnesota and national legislative seats by Lynn Mena n Nove mb er, Augsburg alumni Martin Olav Sabo '59 and Rod Skoe '77 wo n seats in the U.S. House of Repr esent atives and th e Minn eso ta Senat e. Sabo, a Democra t, kept his sea t in the U.S. House of Rep resent atives (Fifth District ) with 67 percent of th e vote; he has held th e seat since 1979. As ranking min or ity membe r of the Transportation Appropriation s Subcom mittee, his commitm enl Lo easing congestion in th e Twin Cities can be seen in work securin g $60 million for lightrail tran sit and $7 milli on for the No rth star commut er line. Oth er issues high on Saba 's list of pri or ities are th ose th at imp act childr enparti cularly ea rly ch ildh ood learning . He also sees affordable hou sing , health care, an d recent co rporat e co rruption scand als as "big issues we have Lo so rt through ." In addition , Sabo is co mmiued LO protecting citizens' right s in th e fight aga inst terrori sm . I Winter 2002-03 Saba's daughter , Augsburg alumn a Juli e Sabo '88 , ran for lieutenant gove rnor with Minn esota gub ern ato rial candid ate Roger Moe (DFL)-ultim ately losing in a close race LO Republi can Tim Pawlenty. Juli e he ld the incumb ent DFL seat in the Minn eso ta Senate (Distri ct 62) , but she did not run for reelect ion due Lo her campaign with Moe . Fellow alum Rod Skoe, also a Democrat, won a seat in the Minn eso ta Senate (District 2). He is a two- term Minne sota House member (Distri ct 28 ), and stepped up LO th e Minne so ta Senate with th is elect ion. As a state representative , Skoe 's committ ee assignm ent s included work educ ation polic y, K-12 finance , agricultur e poli cy, and environm ent al policy. He remain s committed to th ese Rod Skoe '77 won a seat in the Minnesota Senate in November . on Martin Olav Sabo ' 59 was re-elected to a 13th term in the U.S. House of Representatives . issues as he moves to th e Minne so ta Sena te, and states that his priori ty issues are tied to improving Minnesota 's communities. Skoe is a former Clearwa ter County commissioner , Clearbrook/Gonvick Schoo l Board dire cto r, and an Agassiz Ambassador for Clea rwater County. A-UG BURG NOW 17 HOMECOMING_ Many Gifts ONE SPIRIT Little Evalin's youthful enthusiasm brought smiles to all (daughter of Lori Moline '82). Andrea Ladda and the Augsburg Spirit Squad kept fans at the Homecoming game cheering , despite the Auggies' 4114 loss to Gustavus. Members of the Class of 1942 gathered for a reunion breakfast . Pictured (L to R), Row 1 (seated) : Magdeline Stolee, Eunice (Knudson) Iverson , Helen (Thostens) Jones, Ebba (Johnson) Brooks . Row 2: Mur iel (Quanbeck) Turrittin, Lannie (Olson) Seal, Verlinda (Olson) Huus, Mary Ann (Eye) Helleckson . Row 3: Waldemar Boening , Elwood Lundeen , Merton Strommen , Phil Helland, Chester Brooks, Vic Miller . 18 '4UGSBURG NOW Brad Motl and Dega Ali were crowned 2002 Homecoming King and Queen. Junior Jazz Burch showed her Auggie pride at the Homecoming game. Winter 2002-03 Several alumni and friends were honored w ith awa rds at the Homecoming Dinne r. Pictured (L to R) Row 1: Richard J. Seime '70, Distinguished Alumnus Award ; John Magnuson , on behalf of the StepUP Advisory Board, Spirit of Augsburg Award; t he Rev. Dr. Philip Quanbeck Sr. 'SO, on behalf of the Quanbeck family , Distinguished Service Award ; President Frame. Row 2: The Rev. Dr. Orval Moren '57, Spirit of Augsburg Award ; LaJune Thom as Lange '75 , Distinguished Alumna Award ; James S. Hamre ' S3, Dist inguished Alumnus Award; Barry Vornbrock '96 MAL, First Decade Award . Not pictured is Ko Ly '97, First Decade Award . Margaret Dornf eld '06 colored t he day with cheer . The Rev. Oliver Johnson ' SO (left ) and Irving Ringdahl ' 52 (right) chatted at t he Homecoming Picnic. ~ Buffie Blesi ('90 BA, ' 97 MAL) reconnected with fellow alums and faculty at the Master of Arts in Leadership reunion and 15th anniversary celebration . Winter 2002-03 The Augg ies' Jordan Hastin gs '06 shields the ball fr om Gustavus . Bessie Cunningham Hughes '71, 1992 Distinguished Alumna, enjoyed conversation at Augsburg's ethnic programs celebration in Christensen Center. ,4uGSBURG NOW 19 HOMECOMING_ GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY CLASS OF 1952 (L to R) Row 1 (seated) : Morris Johnson, Leroy Nyhus, Charlotte (Kleven) Rimmereid, Yvonne (Bagley) Olson , Orville Olson, Celia (Hanson) Burk, Lewann (Awes) Sotnak , Lola (Nelson) Nebel, Orlette (Hjelle) Waller, Millie Nelson. Row 2: David Christensen , Roger Nelson, Martha (Bozony) Peterson, M. Joyce (Tallman) Hanson, Beverly (Gryth) Villwock, Leona (Eng) Rokke, Dorothy (Skonnord) Petersen, Jean (Swanson) Markland, John Leak, David Rokke, Gordon Thorpe . Row 3 : Millard Knudson , Jim Armstrong , Ben L. Larson, Ruth Schmidt , Harriet (Haller) Brown , Marlo Petersen, Eugene Anderson , Donavon Roberts, Karl Puterbaugh , Arnold Paulson, Irving Ringdahl . Row 4 : Robert Thompson , Luther Larson, Elmer Hanson, Leonard Dalberg , Donovan Jacobson, Jim Faul, Donna (Wang) Leak, Richard Howells , Joanne (Varner) Peterson, Harvey Peterson , Glen Gilbertson, LeRoy Anenson. Many Gifts ONE SPIRIT Photos by Stan Waldhauser,except wherenoLed CLASS OF 1962 (L to R) Row 1 (seated) : Kay (Hanenburg) Madson , Eunice (Kyllo) Roberts, Jack Osberg, Lois Larson, Ann (Ring) Odegaard, Elaine (Pedersen) Gunderson, Betze (Paulson) Solomonson, Marjorie (Engevik) Espe. Row 2 : Jennelle (Johnson) Cunning, Marilyn (Olson) Gronner, Karen (Kuszler) Roeber, MaryAnn (Sorensen) Urban, Rose Marie (Nordin) Anderson , Betty Lou (Johnson) Oppegard , Barbara (Anderson) Stamp , Mercia (Anderson) Fredrick, Philip Bauman, Olivia (Gordon) Lorents, Harlin Haack. Row 3: Phillip Mattison , John Sorenson, Kenneth Erickson, J. David Lystig, Milo Oppegard, Loiell Dyrud, Kermit Paulson, Paul Gunderson, Paul Grover . 20 A- UGSBURGNOW Winter 2002-03 CLASS OF 1977 (L to R) Row 1 (seated): Sue (Hengy) Johnson, Mary (Quanbeck) Barber, Daniel Larson, Lori (Eklund) Quello, Bernie Swenson, John Sandness, John Ronning, Scott Fridley. Row 2: Deborah Roberge, Mary (Nollet) Newell, David Wattman, Paul Rittenhouse, Deb (Daehn) Zellmer, Lori (Otto) Hansen, Wendy Bjorklund . Row 3 : Karen Lokkesmoe, Jim Nieling, Mark Sanstead, Nathan Carlsen, Kevin Peterson, Andrew Westberg, Daniel Eitrheim . CLASS OF 1992 (below, L to R) Row 1: Matthew Mirmak, Matthew Maunu, Mark Mata, Teresa White , Amy (Raedeke) Frischmon. Row 2: Erick Norby, Amy Kildal, Lisa (Barber) Zahn, David Palmer, Molly Schnagl, Laura Gaylord, Elise Defor, Stacy (Shiltz) Abraham, Heather Johnston . Row 3: Tim Machacek. Recip ients of Augsburg 's DISTINGUISHED SERVICEAWARD QUANBECK FAMILY (bottom left, L to R) Row 1 (seated on floor): Abby, Mauren, Rebecca, Amy, Kate, Zach, Cindy (Quanbeck) Goke, Tommy, Lilli (Quanbeck) Leslie, Shon Schetnan. Row 2 : Dora (Frojen) Quanbec k, Philip Quanbeck II, Ruth Johnson, Rona (Quanbeck) Emerson, Helen (Nichols) Quanbeck , B. Randolph Quanbeck, Wallace Lindsay, Carol (Ysteboe) Lindsay, Vicki (Quanbeck) Schetnan, Ruth (Ysteboe) Engelstad, JuliAnn (Quanbeck) Erdmann, Tom Erdmann . Row 3: Phil Quanbeck Sr., John Turrittin, Andrea Quanbeck , Deborah (Sheldon) Quanbeck, Dorothy (Quanb eck) Johnson, Muriel (Quanbeck) Turrittin , Lauren Johnson, Mabel Quanbeck , Carol (Kelley) Quanbeck , Mary (Quanbeck) Kvanbeck, Dagmar (Dahl) Quanbeck, Mary C. Quanbeck, Sonja Quanbeck , Rae Quanbeck , Lavon (Emerson) Henry, Beth Marie Quanbeck , Nadine (Quanbeck) Anderson. Row 4 : Daniel Johnson , Thomas Quanbeck , Marvin B. Johnson, James Dahlberg , Marian L. (Quanbeck) Dahlbe rg, Ardelle (Skovholt) Quanbeck , Sara Ose, Lillian Ose, Grace (Gisselquist) Johnson, Gordon Quanbe ck, Hal Quanbeck . Row 5: Loren Barber, Mary (Quanbeck) Barber, Norman Quanbeck , Kent Quanbeck , David Quanbeck , Thomas Lien, Charles Turrittin , Oliver E. Johnson , Stanley Quanbeck, Katherine (Miller) Quanbeck , Elizabeth (Turrittin) Lien, Nadine Emerson . Winter 2002-03 ,4uGSBURG NOW 21 Harold Ahlborn , Edina, Minn., received the Distinguished Service Award from the Braemar Golf Association Board for his work \\~th the junior golf league. He and his wife, Lois (Black) '47 , are both retired . Gary Rust and his wife, Alice {Gjesdahl) '53 , live in Burnsville, Minn. They proudl y report that both their son and daughter gradua ted from Augsburg , and their grandso n is a freshm an. Gary owns Sunbur st Sales, and can be reached via email at <gary@sunburstsales.com>. 1954 1957 Mark L. Johnson is a retired realtor , he lives in Minneapolis "~th his ,vife, Thelma . He reports that he is looki ng forward to his 50th class reunion in 2004. He can be reached via e-mail at <mjohn@mr.net>. Paul A. Hamre , Rose,~lle, Minn., is a retired history teacher for Rose,~lle Public Schools, but still teaches in an evening high school program for adu lts. 1947 a Richard J. Johnson, Red Wing , Minn. , is a retired colone l in the U.S. Marine Corp. He served two years m Vietnam an d was awarded a Purple Heart. Yvonne (Oudal) Rhodes, Orchard Park, N.Y., is a knitting instructor and designer. She has written 34 books on knitting styles and techmques , and teaches machin e knitting nationwide and at Buffalo State Universit)'- Her specialty is Norwegian sweater making , and in 1991 , she was made a Kentucky Colonel for her contributions to this field. A CALL FOR Marshall D. Johnson, Minneapolis, wrote The Purpose of the Biblical Genealogies. Originally published by Cambridge University Press, it was reprinted in paperback in Jul y by Wipf & Stock Publishers. Gloria (Grant) Knoblauch is enjO)~ng retirement : she embarked on an Amtrak trip in October to the western United States and Canada. She and her husband , Arthur , live in Lake Elmo, Minn. 1959 The Rev. Tom Moen retired in August after 40 years of ministry. He and his wife, Ruth (Carlsen) '60, reside in Ham Lake, Minn. 1961 Carolyn S. Johnson, Golden Valley, Minn ., retired from the University of Minnesota in September. George Larson, Moorhead, Minn ., received the Ole and Lucy Flaat Distinguished Teachin g Award from Conco rdia CollegeMoorhead , where he has taught English for 40 years. 1963 Darold Rupp, Mankato , Minn ., recently assum ed leadership of the Truman High School band program , teachin g instrumental music to stude nts in grades 5-10. He performs ,vith the University of Minnesota-Manka to Symphonic Band, and is active with Sing Music Coru m and the Direct Messiah Lutheran Choir. OMEGA Lloyd "Butch" Raymond , Marshall, Mmn., was named interim vice president of advancement at South west State University. He has served as associate vice president for the past three years, and will continu e his duti es as athletic director . He and his ,vife, Linnea, have thr ee childr en. 1964 The Rev. Marvin Repinski and his wife, Becky, recently moved to Austin , Minn., where he was hired by the Fellowship United Methodist Chur ch. He has served several congregations in Minnesota , as well as a oneyear appo intm ent as a research fellow at Yale Universit)'- 1965 Dale M. Stone , Maple Grove, Minn., is part owner and sales associate for Organic Growth Enhancement. Robert Tyson, Murphysboro, 111 ., 1s self-employed in the marketing field an d 1s active in the local music scene. He belongs to the Robins Quartet, an HOUSE ROOMMATE REUNION RECOMMENDATIONS The Augsburg College Alumni Association Awards and Recognition Comm ittee seeks your assistance in identifying memb ers of the Augsburg community to be conside red for recognition for the following awards: Distinguished Alumni Award First Decade Award Spirit of Augsburg Award To make a nommation on line or to view the description/ criteria for each award , go to <wwwaugsburg .edu/alumni/n omform> . To recieve a nomination packet , contact: Office of Alumni/Parent Relations Phone: 6 12-330- 1 l 78 or 1-80 0-260-6590 E-mail: alumni @augsbur g.edu The deadline for nominations for 2003 is March 14, 2003. 22 A-UGSBURGNOW Last June 28, these former Omega House roommates reunited at the home of Cindy (Steen) Jindra '64 at Lake Ely in Eveleth , Minn. Pictured (front, center) : Sylvia (Steinbeck) Torstenson ' 66, elementary education teacher, Hayfield, Minn. L to R, back row : Cindy (Steen) Jindra '64, retired school administrator, St. Louis County Schools; Lila Lee (Hauberg) Salls '66 , retired , elementary education , Honolulu, Hawaii ; Mary Lynn (Larson) Leff ' 66, high school counselor , Buffalo, Minn.; Eileen (Kahlberg) Van Wie ' 66, education professor, Southwest State University , Marshall, Minn.; Kathy (Popp) Boggess '66, high school counselor, Bloomington, Ind . Winter 2002-03 a cappella singing group that performs jazz , barb ershop , and gospel mu sic. He also performs under the name "Uncle Bob " as a singer/guitarist in bars , festivals, and coffeeshops , singing jazz , blues, folk, and bluegrass. 1966 Barbara Brown , Madison , Wis ., 1s a teacher in the lac qui Parle Valley School District. She is also involved with the Montevideo Area Communit y Band , the lac qui Parle Stud y Club , and is th e organist for Monte video UCC Church. She is a past recipient of the ,hnne sota Elementary Science Teache r of the Year award , and has two daug hters, Erm and Rebecca . Jeanne (Wanner) Morreim , Cloq uet , Minn ., earn ed her Master of Arts in Education in May. Her husband , the Rev. Dennis Morreim '65 , sen •es Our Sa-~or's Lutheran Church. 1968 Lois (Hallcock) and Bruce Johnson '68 live in Plymouth , Minn . Lois is a high schoo l guidan ce co un selor, and Bruce is the athletic dir ector for Robbin sdale-Armstron g Schools. Clair Severson retired after 33 years of teachin g middl e schoo l math m Ellsworth , Wis. He resides with his wife , Audrey (Neiderhauser) '68 . Diane Tiedeman , Richfield , Minn ., rettred from Bloomington Public Scho ols, where she taught grades 2, 3, and 4 for 3-l years. 1969 The Rev. Curtis Zieske, Alben Lea, Minn. , was recentl y installed as Trinit)' Lutheran Chu rch's senior pastor. He and h,s wife , Sonya (Hagen) '70 , an elementary school teacher, have two childr en , Sarah Krueger and Aaron . 1970 Janet (Call) and David Ulvin Winter 2002-03 '70 live in Edin a, Minn . Janel ret ired in Jun e after 3 l year s of teaching mu sic for Minneapolis Pub Iic Schools . 1971 Michael Milbrath , Santa Rosa, Calif., was nominated for the Teacher of the Year award by the Santa Rosa Chamber of Comm erce this past summer. He was nomm ated for this award in l 996 and was also nominated by the California League of High Schools for their Teacher of the Year award in 1999 . He sen •es as depanment chair of fine and performing ans at Piner High School. He and his wife, Ulla, have a daughter , Rowyn. 1972 George Dahlman , Coon Rapids, Minn ., was named research man ager and chief drill instru cto r at U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffra)'. Formerly chief food-indu stry analyst, he was a Wall Street Journ al All Star Analyst in five of the 20 years he covered the agribusiness and food industri es. The Rev. Dr. Henry F. French, Coo n Rapids, Minn ., was app ointed pastor of Lake of the Isles Chur ch in Minneapolis. He and his wife, Roberta , have four chi ldren. 1973 Linda Jean (Hansen) and Granton Larson '73, Columbia Heights, Minn ., became grandp arents in Octob er. 1974 Bryon Gustafson , Plymouth , Minn ., attend ed his second Wint er Olympi cs in Salt Lake City last Febr uary, ha-~ng also attend ed the Lilleham mer game s in 199-!. He is a bu yer/p lanne r wnh Cipn co, Inc. 1976 Steven Richard Charles was promoted to colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserves. His last ass ignm ent , while on active dut y, was as an F- l 17 stealth fighter instructor pilot. He 1s also a pilot for Delta Airhn es. He can be reached via e-m ail at <srcharl es@mind sprin g.com>. AUGGIE HOURS Patricia G. Mattos , ~hnn eapolis. was elected chapter chair of the MN/D akota Chapter of the American Immi gration law yers Association . Durin g her term , she will also sen •e on the Board of Govern ors of the national association . She has practiced immi grauon law since 198 2 and is involved in advocacy efforts relating to homeland securit y and other issues imp acted b)• Septemb er 11. Auggie Hours are held the second Tuesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. Marji Miller was promoted to memb er hip retent ion manager for the YlvlCA of metropo litan Minneapolis and greater Saint Paul. She resides with her hu sband , Bill Porteous, 111 Minneapolis. She can be reached via e-mail at <mickey@ usinteme t. April 8 MAGlANO'S Southdal e Mall, Edina Fae,!ttator/ topic : Prof. John Mitchell, poetry corn> . The Rev. Steve Sveom , Staples , Mmn ., was recently honored with a surpn se party comm emoratin g his 10-)•ear anni versa ry as pastor at Fatth Lutheran Church . He was Join ed in the celebration by his mother, Ann (Kveen) Sveom '36 ; his wife, Ant oine tt e (Laux) '77 ; and their two childr en , Nao mi and Dame!. 19 77 Jerald Halvo rsen, Ebetsu , Hokka idu , Japan , is an associa te professo r al Sappor o Intern ational University. He and his wife, Mich1yo, have two sons: ~lark , 17, and Michael, 1-1. He has enJoyed living in Japan for the past 22 Febru ary 11 WILDFIRE Eden Prairie Center Mall Topic: Athleucs at Augsburg March 11 THE NEWSROOM Downt own Minn eapohs Fac,htator: Lisa Zeller '8 l , '89 ~JAL May 13 FREIGHTHOUSE Sullwater Fac1l1tator/top1c: Angie Ahlgren '98, theatre For more information , please call the alumni office at 612- 330-117 8 or e-mail <alumn1@augsbur g.edu > >•ears and wo uld love to have visitor s from Augsb urg. Jera ld can be reached via e-ma il at <Jerryhal@home.ema 1l.ne.Jp> . M ark Sanstead . Bloomington , Minn ., is a senior chm cian at Hazelden and lives with hts wife, Julie. Patri ck J. Zumbusch, Tucson , Ariz .. sen •ed as CEO to a comp any that was recently sold to CLASS AGENTS & REUNION COMMITTEE MEMBERS Class age nts are needed for the following years: 19• 2, 19-!3, 19-!7, 1949 , 1955 , 1966 , 1968 . 1969, 1972 , 1975 1978 , 1979 , 198 1,1986, 19 9 , 1996, 2001 If )'OU are interested in becomin g a class agent , please contact the alumni office at 6 12-33 0- 1178 , or ftll out a form onhn e at <www.augsbu rg.edu/ alumn,/ ca/ca_unr ep.htmb Reun ion Comm ittee members are needed for Homeco min g 2003 . If )'OU gradua ted in 1953 , 1963 , l 978 , or 1993 and would hkc LO help plan )'Our reuni on, please contact the alumni office at 6 12-330-1 178 , or e-mai l <alumm @au gsb urg.edu > ..4-UGSBURGNOW 23 Class Notes ALUMNI Nila Neumiller PROFILE '84: 'Small beginnings' lead to big successes by Dan Jorgensen Nila Neumiller '84 says she has never chosen the straight and narrow path when deciding on a roadm ap for her life. "I like lO start things , and I always seem to have several things going at once," the effervescent Neumiller said with a smile . And carry th em thr ough to success, she might have added . A "non-traditional " student at Augsburg , Neumiller's biggest success has been the creation of Reaching Arms International (RA!), a multi-faceted Jud eo-Chri stian ministry to orphan childr en . Since 1993, she's built RA! from a single desk, single phone-lin e operation into a worldwide organization . From its current headquart ers in New Hope, Minn.-where she has nine staff members---Neumiller places orph ans from Russia (where her program first started), Armenia, Poland , Romania, and the Ukraine. She has opened two full-time orphanages in the Ukraine and Ken)'a (employing more than 40 staff members combined ), and has eight international representatives. And , she and her hu sband , Bill, who is the RAI business manager, recently visited China , where they will open a third orphanage this year. Nila Neumiller '84 (center) receives the key t o the city from the mayor of the city near which her orphanage in Kenya is located. Also pictured is Winnie Owiti (left), a Kenyan woman who helped Neumiller found the orphanage. Neumiller was in a comfortable leadership role in art education ,vith the Inver Grove Heights School District in 1992 when she went on an ecumeni cal trip to Russia that changed both the dir ection and focus of her life. "I had ju st been promoted to an edu cation coordin ator for th e entir e district," she recalled . "I was training 70 teachers and some 2,000 children every month , plus overseeing several site groups . I went lO Russia with an ecum enical team and when I came back lO the art coordinator career I realized that God had a call on my life lO rescue orph ans." It was , she said , a personal crisis, because she had always been an educator and always wanted to be one. Sudd enly, she didn 't kn ow what to do , so she simply resigned her position , and wok four month s off to pray and figure out what was next. "I left teaching on October 28 and started praying ," she said . "I said , 'God , you 're showing me what I can't do; show me what I can'." Wh at she did was start RAI. Simultaneously, she enrolled at Ant ioch Christian Training Center , eventuall y becoming an ordained pastor in 1997 . "Both were small beginn ings," she said , "but , my expe rience at Inver Grove Heights taught me not lO take on too much at once . That taught me, as the Bible says, not lO despise small beginnings." Her trip to Russia had convinced her that she needed to help Russian orph ans . so she spent the first year in her new bu siness learning more about Russian language , cultu re, history, and th e societal factors that lead to children being orph aned . Her first success with RA! came in placing three Russian sisters in 1995 . Since th en , RAI has placed mor e than 400 childr en from four nation s (300 from Russia alone , making it Minnesota's largest placement organ ization for Russian orph ans). She opened her first Cradle of Child rens' Hope orph anage in the Ukraine in April 2000 , in Novskili, a subu rb of Kiev. Her second orph anage was opened in eastern Kenya in Sep tember 200 I. Neumiller, who has thr ee adu lt sons, an adopted son and daughter , and thr ee grand childre n , has new plans for her organization . "I would like to open a house for unwed mot hers ," she said. "I really believe we're going to do that in the near future." Meanwhile, though , she'll be concentratin g on openin g the orpha nage in China , in the seaport city of Zhuh ai (near Hong Kong). All of her orp hanages are operated to provide the childr en with both a loving environment and training in the classic arts. "I believe th e an s embra ce a dynamic healing potential," Neumill er stated . "Through singing, playing instrum ents, dancing, making dr awings, sculptin g, and painting, I believe the inn er soul and spirit of a wound ed child ,viii mend and blossom ." Dan Jorgensen is direcwr of the Office of Public Relations and Communication. 24 ,4UGSBURG NOW Neumiller, pictured with Sergei, a young boy who had two operations to repair a cleft palate at Neumiller's Ukrainian orphanage. Ukrainian doctors volunteered their services for Sergei's surgeries . Winter 2002-03 1978 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP HOCKEY TEAM REUNION Members of Augsburg's 1978 NAIA championship hockey team gathered on Nov . 22 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the College's first-ever national championship team . Pictured , L to R: Dave Eckstein '78, Doug Nelson '76 (trainer), Bruce Hendrickson '78, Chuck Mccan '81, Brian Gauger '80, Jim Peterson '78, Dick Bain '80, Gary Hughes '78 , Tom Kulenkamp '79 , Stan Blom '78, Bob Morrow '78 (student manager), Jeff Jarnes '80, Vern McIntyre '79 . a large Finnish organization . He is now pondering nonpr ofit work or start ing his own compa ny. 1978 Signe L. Nestingen , St. Paul, is a psychologist in private practice and \\Oilpresent "Being a Clinician" Jun e 6, 2003 , at the First Friday Forum Series (cosponsored by the Minnesota Psychological Association and Metropolitan State University). David Wi lhelm , River Falls, Wis., has been a family practice doctor in River Falls and Spri ng Valley since 1987 . 1981 1982 Douglas Adams . Fayettevi lle, Ark ., was grant ed tenur e and promoted to the rank of associate professor of sociology at the University of Arkansas. 1984 Kyle Anderson , Mahtom edi , Minn. , is sec reta ry/treasu rer for Assured Protection , Inc. He had an exci ting day at the end of June when he caug ht a 45-3/4 inch musky. 1988 Kiel T. Christianson , East Lansing, ~lich., is a senior writer for T.-avclGolfand World Golf, and his pieces are often featured onhn e at <www.michigangolf.com> . He recently wrote JO reviews and articles on his ,osit to Scotland for <www.worldgolf.com> and <W\vw.scotland golf.com> . Dave Stevens, Bnstol, Conn ., recently won his third Emmy Award for his work on ESPN's NFL Countdown. He was also featur ed in April in a reuni on show of That's Incredible for htS man y accomp lishm ents as a legless athlete. He played football at Augsbur g and tried out for the MN Twins, among oth er sports achievements . Brent Lofgren , Ann Arbor, Mich., is a physical scientist at the Great Lakes Emoronm ental Research Laboratory in Ann Arbor. He was recently qu oted in an article entitled "Are We Losing the Great Lakes?" print ed in the March/April 2002 edition of Midwest Living magazine. 1990 Traci Layne Gates , San Fran cisco, married Paul Sumn er in August. Traci Layne is a client relations specialist for an Intern et company ; Pau l is a prin cipal software engin eer for Moore lacofano Goldsman . Inc. , and races comp etitively at the elite level in cycling. Alexander J. Gonzalez . New Brighton , Minn ., is a partner at Office Systems Network , an office furnitur e dcaler shtp . 1991 Kristen Hirsch, St. Paul , recentl y started a new job as a senior communi cation s specialist for Park Nicollet Health Services in St. Louis Park , ~!inn . Katie (Pederson} Knutson, St. Paul , 1s director of marketing and communi cations at VEE Corporation, where she develops marketing strategies for domestic and internauonal tours and oversees the marketmg. creative sen oces, and publicity departments. She pre,oously did publirny work for the Ordway Music Center and for Jujam cyn Producuons. William F. Kaschak. Blaine, Minn ., was named a partner of KPMG LLP,an accou ntin g and tax firm that he Joined in 199 1 He is a CPA and sen •es as a member of the AICPA and the Minnesota Society of CPAs. Kevin Sime, ~linn eapo lts, was prom oted to empl oyee communi cations team leader with Target Financial Services. 1992 Erick Norby , Elk River. Minn ., was named head footb all coach and assistant princip al at Robbin sdale Coo per High Schoo l. He and his " ofe, Kristen (Hauschild} '92 have two childr en : Marissa, 6 , and Reese , 2. Shersten Johnson, St. Paul. recently joined the mu sic department faculty at the University of St. Thom as. She can be reached ,oa e-mail at <Srjohn son2@ suh omas.edu>. Alumni Cruise to Ireland and Norway July 30-A ugust 11, 2003 Kurts Strelnieks was named ,ace president of commercial lendin g ";th M&:I Bank in Minneapolis. He has 17 years of banking experience and is active in the Twin Cities business commun ity as a board member of the Turnaround Management Association. the Association for Corpora te Growth , and Tree Trust. This 12-night cruise costs 2,175 each for an inside room ; $2,500 each for an outside room wu h \\ond ows ; or $3 ,500 each for a suite with a private balcony. These pn ces are based on doub le occup anC)( A $-150 de posit per person by Februa ry 15 will guara ntee the room of your choice. Royal Caribb ean has a special round- trip airfare from Minn eapolis to Lond on for $600 . Winter 2002-03 ALUMNI CRUISE Augsbur g alumni , staff, and friend s are invited to cru ise on the beautiful Royal Caribb ean Gra nd eu r of the Seas cruise ship . Fly into Lond on and cru ise to : LeHavre, France (Paris); Plymouth , England ; Cork , Ireland , Dub ltn , Ireland ; Greenock , Scotland (Glascow); the fjords of Norway; Bergen , Non vay; Geiran ger, Non vay; Hclles)•lt, No rway ; Flam , Non vay; Amsterdam , Holland ; and return to London . Space is limited-m ake your reservation today! For more mformaLion, contact Dick "Porkchops" Thompson, A-Club president , at 95 2-404- 2668 . A significant portion of the comm1ssionable fees is dedicated to Augsburg College. A-UGSBURGNOW 25 Class Notes Matthew M aunu , St. Cloud , Minn., married Kathleen Newman in November. Matt works at the Central Care Clinic and Kathleen works for Anesthesia Associates. Sharol Tyra, Hanover, Minn ., recently authored an article called "How to Improve Your Job Satisfaction in Your Nursing Career," which was published in the Minnesota Nursing Accentand in Nort h Dakota's The Prai1ie Rose. She is president of Life Illumin ation and is a personal/career coach and inspira tional speaker. She can be reached ,~a e-ma il at <coach@lifeillumination .com>. Karin Zimme rli, Springfield , Minn ., joined the staITof St. John Lutheran Home in Springfield last )•ear, as therapeu tic recreation director . She was previously therapeutic recreatio n directo r at Rose,~lle Good Samaritan Center for six years. works at Waldorf College in Forest City, Iowa. 1993 Sharon Biezuns, Prior Lake, Minn. , was named Teacher of the Year at Oak Ridge Elementary in Eagan and honored by th e Eagan Rotary at a luncheon in May. She teaches English as a Second Language to student s in kindergarten throu gh fifth grade and has been employed by Ind epend ent Schoo l District 196 since 1995 . She has four children : John , Leah, Joe, and Josh . Kristin Jespersen, Mankato , Minn ., is a physical therapis t at Pediatric Therapy Services, lnc ., and also coaches girls' tennis. Carrie Kennedy , St. Paul , comple ted her M.F.A.in writing from Hamline University in May. Phyllis Williams-Thompson and her husband , Chad Thompson '92 , recently moved to Massachusett s for job relocation . She works for the March of Dimes. 1994 Ryan Kragerud married Andrea Warren in Jun e. Ryan works for the Longmont (Colo.) City Planning Departm ent ; Andrea Kari E. (Schroeder) Prescott, Minneapolis , recently comp leted her residency in Michigan and is a doctor at the Medical Arts Foot Clinic. She lives with her husband , Scott, and their son , Simon , 2. She can be reached ,~a e-mail at <keprescott@yahoo.com>. 1995 Susan (Ande rson) Boettger , Circle Pines, Minn., received her Master of Ans in Education from Hamline University in May. She is a teacher at Mississippi Elementary School in Coon Rapids, Minn. Julie Caligiur i, White Bear Lake, Minn ., is pursuing a master's in special educa tion at th e University of St. Thoma s and is a teaching assistant at White Bear Lake Public Schools. She can be reached ,~a e-mail at <jewel.jac@attbi.com>. Matthew Gooding , Goodyear , Ariz., is a special education teacher in the Litchfield Elementary School District , where he has been emplo yed since 2000 . He is "enjo~ng the weather and the challenges of teaching in a AUGGIE WEDDINGS self-contained special education classroo m." 1997 Paul Cicmil, Minneapolis , is an affiliate relations coordinator for the Minnesota News Network Radio Network, Inc. He is also a part-Lime studio coordinator and sports producer/on-site engineer for WCCO/KCCO radio . He can be reached via e-mail at <pcicmil@minnradio.com>. Corey Clements and his wife, Kristie (Wawryk) '98 , live in Whitti er, Calif. He is a doctor, practicing in Huntington Beach , and she teaches third grade in Long Beach. Zach Curtis, Minneapolis, was listed as one of the "top 10 actors under 30 in the Twin Cities" in a recent Pioneer Press article. He will direct Parallel Lives in February- for more information , go online to <www.juniorbirdman.com/50ftp/>. Sarah Gilbert , Milwaukee, Wis., is pursuing a master 's in education from Concord ia University, Wisconsin . She spent over three years as a television news producer prior to her return to school. Colleen Marie Hoffman , Minneapolis , married James Onstad m 2001. She is a senior social work er at Hennepin County Medical Center. She can be reached via e-mail at <colleen. onstad@co .hennepin .mn .us>. Last September 8, Susan Spector and Chr istiaan Simm on s w ere m ar ried at Lake Nagawicka in Hart land , W is. The newlyweds are both 2000 grads, a nd spent t heir first year after college livi ng and w ork ing in New York City. Susan tea ches fift h gr ade at Glenda Woolley School in Las Vegas ; Chri st iaan is a producer at NBC's Las Vegas st udio . The couple resides in Henderson , Nev. 26 A-UGSBURGNOW Last Augus t, Dan Werner '95 married Shayne Hamann in Perham , Minn. Their wedding reunited several forme r Auggie football players , as well as head coach Jack Osberg . Dan works in product services for Thrivent Financial for Lutherans in Minneapolis ; Shayne is an attorney at Sieben , Grose, Von Holtum & Carey. The couple lives in St. Paul. Susan (Scott) Lundquist, Fairfax, Va., and her husband recently returned from their Peace Corps assignment in Honduras. She is now at the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C., where she works on policy/data issues related to toxics release. Terry Neneman was promoted in August to postmaster in the U.S. Postal Service office of Lanesboro , Minn. He can be reached via e-mail at <neneman@baldwin-te lecom.net>. Winter 2002-03 ALUMNI GATHERINGS M ark your calenda rs! Rochester , Minn .: Feb 26 , 5:30 p.m., Manion Hotel Arizo na: March 5-9 , events/locations TBA Seattle: March 16, 2 p.m., Augsburg Chamber Orchestra concert/alumni reception , Seattle An Museum Portland/Vancouver : March 18, Augsburg Chamber Orchestra concert/alumni reception , time/locations TBA Colorado : March 15, alumni skiing at Winter Park ; March 17, Augsburg Choir concert/alu mni reception , Bethany Lutheran Church in Englewood Los Angeles/San Diego: May 5-1 0, Augsburg Concen Band concert/alumn i reception , time/locations TBA For more inrormalion , call 6 12-330-1178 . Jane Stone , Red Win g, Minn ., teaches soc ial studi es and language an s at Zumbrot aMazepp a Middl e School. Her hu sband, Bob, works ror the U.S. Army Corp s or Engine ers, and the coup le has two children . 1998 Angie Ahlgren , Minneapolis, is pur suin g a masters in English at the University or Minnesota, where she is a teachin g assistant. Patrick Berger , Minn etonka , Minn ., marri ed Catherin e Stamp s in Jun e. Th ey are bo th sixth-grade teachers at Eisenhower Elementar y in Hopk ins, Minn . Matt Milless , Schenectad y, N.Y., was promot ed to director or slUdent activities at Union College in Schenectady in 200 1; he was previously assistant dir ecto r of stud ent activities. Winter 2002-03 1999 Holly (Howell) Pedersen , Pine City, Minn ., is a special educat ion teacher at Hinckley/Finlayso n High School. She is also pur suin g a master 's in special education . 2000 Kimberly Dilauro , Plymouth , Minn ., is an an teacher for grades 4-6 at St. Franci s ISD #15 . Janice Mcinerney , Hayward , Wis. , left in October with the Peace Corps as an English teacher train er in the Ukrai ne. 2001 John Anderson , Bloomi ngton, Minn., married Kimberly Wuenz in August. John works at SimonDelivers.com in Eagan, and Kimberly works at Best Buy headq uarters. Jerome Fields moved to Leeds, England , in September in order Lo utilize his degree in internationa l bu siness from Augsburg . He works in intern ational business and IT consulting in Syntegra Corporations grad uate program. Jody Freiberg married Nate Froeschle in September. She is an enrollm ent specialist in the pension di,asion of Minnesota ure in St. Paul; Nate is a sales representative for Wireless Retail. Stephanie Quick, Chicago, is pursuing a Master or Di,on ity at Lutheran School orTh eology. She was recently cont racted by Augsburg Fortress to write vacation Bible school curriculum for 2003 , which will be used natiom, ade in Lutheran congregations. Michael Reed, Milaca, Minn ., is the new Milaca High School band director. He plans to continu e the marching band and hopes to expand the jazz program while introducing more mu sic techn ology into the program . Kimberly Riesgraf, Plymouth , Minn ., is an urgent care clinic ph ysician assistant. Kari Burke Romarheim and her hu sband , Vidar, reside in Bergen, Norway, where she works ,~th youth and family minisll)' and is pursuing a masters of philosop hy in religious education. 2002 Matthew D. Armstrong , Roscoe, Ill., is director or marketing at Forest Hills Country Club . Larry Lyden, Woodbury , Minn ., married Jena Bitner in Septemb er. He works at j. B. Collins Associates in Edina ; Jena is director or Kindercare in Woodbu ry. Amy Carlson, Minneapolis , is a new member of the Dale Warland Singers for their 2002-2003 season . Jackie Heyda , New Prague , Minn ., is stude nt teaching and is excited to move forward in the field or educa tion . She can be reached ,oa e-mail at <jackieheyda@augsburg .edu >. Joel Wolf , Maple Grove, Minn ., wo rks for Maple Grove Senio r High as a paraprofe ssional/specia l ed ucation teacher. Thomas W . Henke '86 and his ,~fe , Heidi, Princeton , Minn.-a son, Maxwell Thomas, in August. He joins siblings Blake, 15, and Gabby, 5. Lisa (Seekamp) '88 and Matthew Boerner, Bloomington , Minn.- a son , Corey James, in July. He joins sister Emma Kate, 2. Leah Marie (Parker) '89 and Jon Maves, Amherst, Wis.a daughter, Makena Ann , in Augu st. She join s sister Karlee, 4 . Lisa Lynn (McEat hron) '90 and Robe rt Caswell, Broo klyn Park, Mmn .- a son , Clayton Alexander , in Septemb er. Lisa is a senior bu siness analyst at FCS Comm ercial Finance Group . Sue (Richmond) '84 and Peter Johnson , Minneapo lis- a daughter , Marjorie Elizabeth , in April. She joins older broth ers Austin , 7, and Evan , 3. Sue is a registered nur se at Shriner s Hospita l for Children and can be reached ,oa e-mail at <Scout,~dow sue@aol.com> . Dina (VanAert) '95 and Sean Kortuem '01 , St. Cloud , Minn .- a daughter, Adin Shea , in Septemb er. She j oins sister Aubr ey, 2. Sean recently earn ed his teachin g license in early childh ood edu cation and Dina is a coach for the St. Cloud Figure Skatin g Club . They can be reached via e-m ail at <konu ems@att.n et>. Joy (Burkhart) '85 and Ton y Dean, Minn etonka, Minn .-a daughter, Lauren Marie , in Augu st 2001. Joy is a database admini strato r and programm er analyst for the State of Minnesotas Board or Public Defense. Joe Lavin '97 and his wife, Heidi , Richfield , Minn .- a daughter, Anna Vivian , in April. She join s sister Olivia. 4 , and broth er Timothy, 2. Joe is a special edu cation teacher ror Minn eapolis Publi c Schools. Leslie (Gilbertson) '86 and Reid Bonshire '85 , Eagan , Minn.adop ted a daught er, Olivia , from Bogota, Colombia , last Februar y. Reid is a sixth grade math , science, and an teacher at Black Hawk Middle School. He can be reached ,aa e-mail at <reid.bonshir e@ districtl 96 .org>. Kenndy (Bade) '00 and Kirk Lrnos, Sauk Rapid s, Minn .- a son , Owen . Births/Adoptions Ann (Holmberg) '80 and John Wilson , Bronx , N.Y.- a son , John, in July. Karen Hinrichs '00 and her hu sband , ~like , Minneapolis-a son , Joshua, in June 200 1. Karen is a social wo rker for Evcrcare. t4 UGSBURG NOW 27 A. Elisabeth (Thompson) Sidney '36 , Alexandria , Minn., died in August; she was 87 . She was a retired high school teacher, and over the years as a pastor 's wife, she served on the chur ch council , ca11commin ees, and as church organist. She lived in several areas throughout North Dakota and Minnesota. She enjoye d readin g, mu sic, and crafts. She is su rvived by six childr en : Philip '63 , Da,rjd '64 , the Rev. Mark '72, Peter, Sharon Herchenroeder, and Jean Wihn an '69 ; 15 grand childr en; and five great-grand sons. She is preceded in death by her hu sband , the Rev. Oliver Sidn ey. Salome (Eidnes) Cannelin '38 , Flossmoor, 111 ., died in August. She was a reli red teacher. The Rev. Carl Overvold '40 , Portland , Ore ., died in October; he was 86 . He was a retired ELCA pastor , and sen •ed in the Navy during WW II. He is survived by thr ee sons , Peter, the Rev. Paul, and the Rev. Jon ; daught er, Mary Ronningen ; and nin e gran dchildr en . John 0 . Saugen '40 , Spokane , Wash ., died in August; he was 83 . He was a master sergeant in the Air Force, where he was a meteorologist. He is survived by his wife, Lena ; four sons, Mark, Steve, Da,rjd, and Robert; and daugh ter, Linda Klassen . Anne L. (Berg) Oie '59 , Roseau , Minn ., died in 2002 . She was a retired family-living teacher; she was preceded in death by her husband , James. Lon Q. Johnson '70 , New Hope, Minn , died in Janu ary 2002 after a nin e-year ban le with colon cancer ; he was 53 . Lon's courage and positive approac h lo living with cancer were an inspiration to his family and friends . He is survived his wife, Nancy; childr en , Pamela Wood '90, Rebecca Sogard '96 , Nicho las, and Sarah Hanson ; and grand childre n , Dylan, Dalton , and Hann ah . Mary S. DiGravina '05 , died unexpected ly in November of unknown causes ; she was 20 . She graduated from St. Louis Park High Schoo l in 2000 and was a sop homore at Augsbur g. She is sunrjved by her parents , Frank and Julie ; sister, Emily; specia l friend , Jona th an Delong ; and many other friend s and family. Albert T. Kvamme , Pelican Rapids, Minn ., died in Jul y; he was 88 . He worked al Augsburg as a mechanic for many years. He also worked for 25 years as a mechanic for Francis Peterson in Detroit Lakes and Moorhead , Minn., until his retirement . He loved anything mechanical, but also loved gardening , fishing, antiqu es, and auctions. He is suMved by his son and daugh terin-law, Phil and Valerie, and five grandsons; he was preceded in death by his wife, Florence , in 2000 . Eliawira "Eli" Ndosi, Golde n Va11ey, Minn., died in October ; he was 65. He was a long-time adjunc t faculty member at Augsburg . He is suMved by his ,vife, Barbara; daughters , Mankwe and Rebeka; son , Nate; and many others. Teacher Tom Tomeo Ohno '53 dies by Nolan Zavoral, Minneapolis Star Tribune staff writer (reprinted by permission of the Star Tribune) om Tomeo Ohno , a driving force in the Twin Cities area's Jap aneseAmerican communit y, wouldn 't let peopl e forget the World War ll relocation camps where the U.S. government Tom Tomeo Ohno '53 confined American s of Japanese descen t. Ohn o, 74 , of Bloomington , who died !Oct. 14, 2002] of a heart attack at Fairview Southd ale Hospital in Edina, spe nt two years, from 1942 to '44 , in a camp in Washin gton state . Ohno , the sixth oldes t of 11 childr en , and his family were among 120 ,000 Jap anese-Americans sent to camp s. Although he made friend s and enjoye d playing baseba ll in th e camp , h~ neve r forgot the sorrow of his parents , T 28 AUGSBURG NOW forced to leave th eir lives in Seattle, where he was born. "He focused his life on educa ting others ," said Chery l Hirata- Dul as, president of th e Minnesota chapter of the Japanese-Ame rican Citizens League . "He wanted to make sure that it wo uldn 't happen to any other group ." Ohn o settled m the Twin Cities area in 1944 and left only for service in th e Army and the Army reserves in the late 1940s and early '50s . He serve d proudl y, his son and daughter said , because th e relocation camp had not turn ed his against his countr y. "He took a positive ou tlook ," his son , Rob , said . O hn o , who gradua ted with a teachin g degree from Augsburg in 1953 and received a master 's in school admini strati on from the University of St. Thomas in 1971 , spen t his life in edu cation and coac hin g. He taught math for 26 years at Minneapolis Roosevelt, until 1983 , when he retired form the Minneapolis publi c schoo l system , and he taught math part time for five years at Cretin-Derham Hall High School in St. Paul. Ohno's Roosevelt baseball teams wo n thr ee City Conferenc e titles. He also coac hed girls' softball and socce r at the school. ln additi on , he coached a variety of sports and served as an umpir e in Bloomington and Edina. Although Rob played for his father 's baseball teams, Ohno 's daught er, Pam Ohno Dagoberg, received her share of attention. "I was in band in high school , and later I rode horses ," she said . "Dad didn 't do those things , but he never missed one band concert, and he came to all my horse shows ." Besides Rob, of Vedra Beach, Fla., and Pam , of Plymouth , Ohn o is survived by his wife, Reiko; two brother s; eight sisters ; and four grandsons . Winter 2002 -03 Music April 8 For more inf ormalion on any of these events (unless otherwise noted), call 612-330-1265 Augsburg Jazz Ensemble Concert February 16 Gospel Praise Concert 9 , 10 , & 11 a.m .; noon-M ount Olivet Lutheran Church , Minn eapolis February 21 The Habbestad Ensemble 8 p.m.- Sateren Audit orium February 23 7 p .m.- Hoversten Chape l Theatre For information, call 612-330-1180 For more infom,ation on any of these events (unless othenvise noted), call 612-330-1257 February 5-May 7 Janu ary 31- February 9 Blood Wedding by Federi co Garcia Lorca; dire cto r, Manh a Joh nson Performan ces: Jan . 3 1, Feb. 1, 6, 7, 8 at 7 p .111 .; Feb. 2 and 9 at 2 p.111 . Tjo rnh om-Nelson Th eater Riverside Singers Concert 9:30 a.m.-Arlin gto n Hills Luthera n Chur ch , St. Paul April 4-13 March 8 &. 9 by Anton Chekho v; dir ector , Darcey Engen Performan ces: April 4, 5, 10, 11, 12 at 7 p .m.; April 6 and 13 at 2 p .m. Tjornhom- Nelson Th eate r The Cherry Orchard Gospel Praise Concert March 8 al 5 p .m.; March 9 al 8 :30 a.m . and 10:45 a.m .-G race Luth eran Chur ch , Tomahawk, Wis. March 9 Forgalle1y information, call 612-330-152-! February 21-March 19 4 p .m.- Holy Nativity Luth eran Chur ch , New Hope, Minn . Anita Ophoven : Drawings The Gage Family Art Galle1y, Lindell Library Op ening reception: Feb. 21, 6-9 p.m. February 21 - March 19 Augsburg Choir Concert 7 p.m.-S l. Philip the Deacon Lutheran Church , Plymo uth , Minn . "a simpl ifie d ve rsion ... " a site specific installati on by robert k. t om March 14-19 Augsburg Chamber Orchestra Tour Christensen Cemer An Gallery Seaul e & Ponl and March 14-23 Augsburg Choir Midwest Tour March 25 Concerto Ar ia Concert 7 p.m.- Hovers ten Chapel March 28-May 4 All-Student Juried Art Exhibit ion Th e Gage Fam ily Art Gallery, Lind ell Library; Opening reception : tvlarch 28 , 5-7 p .m .; awards , 5:30 p.m. March 28-May 4 April 6 Senior Art Show Augsbu rg Concert Band Concert Ch ristensen Center An Gallery Op ening reception: IVlarch 28 , 5-7 p.m. 3 p.111 .-C em ral Lutheran Chu rch Minneapolis (6 p .m.) Maste r of Arts in Leadership Series on Transformational Leadership • Feb. 5-D ave Ogren , "Transfom, ational Leade rship and the Facilitation of Connict " • March 4- Suzann e Koepplinger , ''Transformin g Society's View of Domestic Violence" • April 9-Kat hi Tunh eim, "How lo Lead Authent ically and Facilitate Work/Life Balance" • May 7- tvlAL stud ems, "Leade rship Paper Colloquium " Chri stensen Cemer For informati on , call 6 12-330- 1786 February 8 Exhibits Augsburg Choir Concert March 13 Seminars, Lectures, and Films Connect ions: A Women's Leadership Event "Linking Vocation, Financial Security, and Life Balance " (variou s speakers) 8 a.m.-1 2:30 p.m.-Thriv em Financial Corpo rate Offices, Minneapolis For registrati on , call 612-330-1468 February 10 "Jews and Christians in Dialog ue" Augsburg Convoca tion Series-Tru th , Reconciliation , and Forgiveness • Victoria Barnell, writer/scholar on Protestam church es during the Holocaust • Barry D. Cytron , associa te professor of theology and Jay Phillip s Professor in Jewish Stud ies, Cemer for JewishChris tian Learn ing, St. John's University/University of St. Th omas 10 a.m .- Convocation , Hove rsten Chape l March 13-14 2003 Batalden Seminar in Applied Ethics: Truth , Reconciliati on, an d Forgiveness Th e Rev. Cu rtiss Pau l DeYoung, aut hor and associa te professor of reconciliation studi es , Bethel College, l. Paul. March 13- 7 p .111 ., Public lectur e March 14-10 a.111 ., onvocation ; panel discussion , 11 a.m. Hovers ten Chapel Send us your news and photos! Full name Classyear or last year atte nded Maide n name Street address Please tell us about the news in your life , your new job , move , marriage , and births . Don't forget LO send photos! For news of a death , written noti ce is required , e.g. an obituary, funeral notice, or program from a memoria l service. 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Show more å l* ."i i:d ä{ rr ¡l /- Exploring arts at A ;:: îilli:iäi" * Augsburg From the editor W JH;'ä* from them we find means to express emotion. Whatever is said about fine arts, the stories and profiles in this issue offer yor,r a gllmpse of their role and importance at Augsburg. Students who study and particÌpate in music, theatre, and art have the many and marvelous resources oI a rich, artistic urban environment at their doorstep. Augsburg students study with professional actors and musicians, visit world-class museums, and enjoy internships with professional arts organizations. Students who are not majoring in the arts are welcomed and encouraged to explore their talents and express creativity in many ways. The arts truly educate for a lifetime. Students involved in a theatre production carry the experience of that play with them for the rest of their lÌves, much in the same way that students who play in orchestra during college feel more connected to a symphony orchestra when attending concerts. The vocabulary of the arts enriches our lives in innumerable ways great and small, giving us appreciation and understanding for new language, image, and sound. Ours is not a cloistered faculty, and everyone who teaches here in fine arts is also out in the community engaged in professional performance or exhibition. This enables them to provide the kind of mentoring that helps students develop their talents and makes the real-world connections they need, while encouraging and supporting their "ii"i development. As the nature of an Augsburg education becomes r¡ore interdisciplinary. students experience arts integrated into many of their courses and actÌvities. And, our new multin-redia computer lab will be a place for students to stretch their imagination, to explore the latest technology across the arts, and I to equip themselves to meet new marketplace demands. Studying the arts is also integral to "Exploring Our Gifts," Augsburg's program funded by the Lilly Endowment to encourage exploration of vocation. A new course, "Art, Religion, and Vocation" will help students understand and appreciate the qualities of creativì.t¡ sensitì.vity, and awareness that arts can help develop and that will aid them in searching for an understanding of elcome to this first ¡heme issue of the Arrgsburg Now. From titnc to time, we will present an in-depth view of a partÌcular area of Augsbr-rrg College and its education. In this issue, you'11 explore the line arts at Augsburg, as we open up to you the world of muslc, art, and theatre at the College. Since we believe that Alrgsburg's story cannot be told better than through the stories o[ its students, facr-rlty, and alumni, we introduce you to a number of these talented people in this issue. We begin, however, with an overview of Augsburg's fine arts program and its curriculum. Enjoy-we hope it may move you to pick up your own paintbrush or musical instrument for a time, or simply to appreciate the arts around you by seeing and listening just a little bit differently WW Betsey Norgard Edltor PS. As always, we'd love to hear from you about your thoughts on AugsburgNow. vocation. So, I invite you to take your AugsburgNow io a comfortable spot, ttlrn on some music, and enjoy reading about arts at Augsburg, while perhaps reminiscing about your own moments on stage, in the choir, or at an easel. We welcome your letters! Please write to: Editor AugsburgNow 2211 Rive¡side Ave., CB 145 Minneapolis, MN 55454 E-mail: now@augsburg.edu Fax:612-330-1780 Phone: 612-330-1181 Christopher W Kimball Vice President for Academic and Learning Services and Dean o[ the College Letters for publication must be signed and include your name, class year, and daytime telephone number. They may be edited for length, clarity, and style. Augsburg Now is published quarterly by Augsburg College, 22ll Riverside Ave., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55,15,1. AucsBrJRG Now Fall 2002 Vol. 65, No. Editor Betsey Norgard Assistant Editor Features Lynn Mena Graphic Designer Kathy Rumpza Class Notes Coordinator Jessica Brown Contributing Photographer 7 Stephen Geffre President William V Frame Director of Alumni and Pârent Relations Amy Sutton Director of Public Relations and Communication Dan Jorgensen Opinions expressed in Augsburg Now do not necessarily reflect ISSN 1058-1545 E-mail: now@augsburg.edu Telephone: 612-330-l l8l Fax: 612-330-1780 Augsburg College, as ffirmed in its míssion, does not ìliscriminate on the basis of race, color, creeil, religion, national or ethnic origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, m^rital status, status vrith regard to public dssistance, or disability in its eilucation p olicies, admissions p olicie s, scholarship and loan programs, athletic anill or school adminis ter eil pr o gr ams, except in those ínstances where religion is ø bona Jide occupational qualiJication. Augsburg C olle ge is committed to providing reasonable accommo ìlations to its employees and íts students. 16 nrrc faculty 20 ettr 22 ntrtalumni 24 xugtburg music on the road {E students 26 c"g.Gallery: official College policy Postmaster: Send correspondence, name changes, and address corrections to: Augsburg N ow, Office of Public Relations and Communication, 22I I Riverside Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55454. Fine arts at Augsburg Reaching beyond the campus Departments 2 Around the Quad 5 Sports 6 Alumni awards and honors 28 29 Auggie Thoughts 31 Class notes inside back cover Calendar Alumni news www.augsburg.edu 50 percent recycled paper (10 percent post-cônsumer waste) On the cover: Erin Carlson'03 and Carson Lee '04 are caught in a moment on st(tge as the baker's wiJe and Cinderella\ prince in thc s¡tring theatre production, lnto the Woods. Photoby Stephen Get'fre. I ¡o/ O I ^ Musictech College collaborates w¡th Augsburg O a O o ê t. Paul-based Musrctech College ol Ðvus¡. and Recording Arrs and Augsburg have announced a new collaborative arrangement enabling Musictech students enrolled in its music performance programs to transfer their two years of Musictech credits directly to Augsburg and cornplete a four-year bachelor's program in music. "Many music students, and theÌr parents, have wanted to complete a fouryear bachelor's degree at our two-year school-yet most traditional academic settings don't provide the real-world contemporary music education and stateof-the-art studios that Musictech provÌdes," notes Doug Smith, co-founder and vice presÌdent/education director of Musictech College. "Musictech and Augsburg's arrangement is the best of both worlds," explains Smith. "For example, a Musictech studenl can no]M specialize in music performance for two years here in St. Paul, and then transfer to Augsburg to complete the final two years of a fouryear degree in music education and become a high school band leader." "Our new relatÌonship with Musictech College is a boon for Augsburg's students," adds Robert Stacke, Augsburg music department chair and s. Augsburg Dean Chris Kimball (left) and Musictech co-founder and vice presidenUeducation director Doug Smith (second from left) together toured the music labs and observed a class at Musictech College, where a new agreement allows their students to transfer credits to Augsburg. director of bands. "Augsburg offers Musictech students its excellence in music education, music therap¡ and performance, while Musictech provldes its remarkable faculty of working musicians and its expertise in such areas as music business, in-studio recording engineering and production, and improvisation." Augsburg and Musictech have also established a scholarship fund for students who enroll at Musictech Coliege with the lntention of transferring to Augsburg. Musictech College, which opened its $3.6 million school in St. Paul last January, has more than 250 students learning guitar, bass, keyboards, voice, percussion, brass, and woodwinds; motion imaging; as well as recording technology, music production, and the music business. Augsburg has more than 350 students who take music classes or perform in musical ensembles. 2OO2-03 CONVOCATION SERI ES: Truth, Reconciliatioh, and Forgiveness The third annual Convocalion Series, I titled "Truth, ReconciliaLion, and Forgiveness" explores Lhe emergi ng Oct. 8, 2002 Julia Butterfly H111, environmental activist, "C)ne Makes the Dlfference" dialogue that focuses on telling the truth about the past, reconciling prevrous enemies, and granting forgiveness. Nov.11,2002 Mark Swanson and Amin Kader, "Islam The six presentations are: Sept.23-24,2OOz 2002 Christensen Symposium-Richard T. Hughes, "How Christian Faith Can Sustain the Life of the Mind" 2 ,+ucsBURG Now and Chrlstianity: ReligÌous Resources for Living with Differences" Jan. 20, 2003 Martin Luther King, Jr. ConvocationPrlnce Cedza Dlamini (Nelson Mandela's grandson), "From Victim to Victor: The Tiuth and Reconciliation Model of Forgiveness" Feb. 10,2003 Victoria Barnett and Barry D. Cytron, 'Jews and Christians in Dialogue" March 6-7, 2003 2003 Batalden Seminar in Applied Ethics-Lewis B. Smedes, "From Alienation to Reconciliation" For information, call 612-330-1t80 or visit <wwwaugsburg.edu>. Fall 2OO2 l- Gaining a summer edge on experience f or a number of Augsburg students, I there was a little less fun in the sun, but some great opportunities this summer in research projects or internships. Here is a sampling of students who were literally around the world engaged in learning . Brad Math and physics rece¡ve Motl-University of Wisconsin Engineering Physics Department Seven other physics students, including four freshmen, carried out research at Augsburg with funding from NASA and NSE experiences. Six junior and senior physics students Other students found opportunitìes in participated in research projects across the their majors: country, funded by federal agencies . John Tieben, biology-teaching assistant including NASA, National Science Foundation, and the Department of in neurobiology in the Summer Research Energy: program at the Universlty of . il,iïr*ï Victor Acosta-Stanford Linear Accelerator Laboratory at Stanford . University . Kirsten Anderson-University of Minnesota's Materials Research Science and Engineering Center with Augsburg professor J. Ambrose Wolf . Alexa Halford- Jet Propulsion Labor afory, Pasadena, Calif . . . Alex Krantz, philosophy-study of Søren Kierkegaard in Norway first award in new NSF program Æ:$tr'ï#,iä:::,::äl:ilì:å,, projects between mathematics and the geosciences made its first award to Augsburg. Math professor Nicholas Coult, principal investigator, and physics professor Mark Engebretson, co-principal investigator, received $214,690 to develop mathematical models of electromagnetic waves in Earth's space environment. The three-year project begins in January 2003 and will support research efforts for Coult and Engebretson, as well as part-time research work for two undergrad uate research assisl-anLs. Erin Carlson, theatre and Englishinternship at Jay Binder Casting Agency in New York . Scott Kuhl, computer science-virtual reality research at University of Utah . Courtney Jenkins-MÌchigan State University's Electrical Engineering Department. Jared Mack- Cornell University's Center for Materials Research Five Augsburg students in business and economics traveled to Germany for inLernships with German companies as part of Augsburg's lnternational Partners program. Ten students spent two weeks in Bergen, Norway for the Youth and Family Institute's course, Church and Culture in Context. a o s" A Fulbright Group ftavel grant enabled 12 Augsburg faculty from a var¡ety of academic disciplines to spend five weeks on a study tour in Namibia, meeting with government, religious, and tribal leaderc; educatorc; and health workerc. ln Windhoek, they visited the home of Augsburg alumnus Tommi.Riva Numbala '91 and his family-his wife, Vicki, and three children (above). Fall 2O02 ,4ucsnunc ruow 3 Around the Quad Nf.rlãWnrtfJ:If Chris Kimball named Thrivent Fellow for senior leaders A-Club golf tournament named for Clair Strommen '46 Academic dean Christopher Kimball was named one of the first 12 Thrivent Fellows in a new program sponsored by the Council of College and University Presìdents, the ELCA, and the Lutheran Brotherhood Foundation for senior leaders in leadership positions in ELCA colleges and universities. Congratulations faculty! Tenure granted and promotion to associate professor: . . . Laura Boisen, sociai work Charles Sheaffer, computer science Mark Tranvik, religion Promotion to associate professor: . . . David Apolloni, philosophy William Capman, biology Philip Quanbeck tl, religion Robert Strommen '74 and his son, Bjorn, played in June in A-€lub's annual fundraising Promotion to professor: . . Steven LaFave, business administration Glenda Dewberry Roone¡ social work golf tournament that was renamed in honor of Stommen's fathen Clai¿ who died of cancer in July 2001, Clair Strommen '46 was a basketball and baseball athlete and Athletic Hall of Fame membet a former Augsburg regent, a Distinguished Alumnus, and an active member of A-CIub, the College's men's athletic alumni support organization, Alexa Halford wins national award for paper ê ffi enior nhvsics maior Ðu,-rd vr.Ñui, Scholar Alexa Halford was awarded an Outstanding Student Paper Award for her poster presentation at the 2002 spring meeting of the American Geophysical Union's Space Physics and Aeronomy SectÌon. Both graduate and Join with current coach Mike Schwartz, the Saugestad family, former teammates, and friends to celebrate Augsburgt first national championship team-the f 978 ment hockey Auggies. undergraduate students compete for these awards. Her winning paper presentation Ìs titled Physics major Alexa Halford's poster presentation at the McNair Scholars Poster Session centered on research she "Latitudinal and carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. during the summer. seasonal variations of quasi-periodic and periodic-ELF-VLF emissions," and was coauthored by Halford, lProfessor] Mark Engebretson, and [Augsburg physics staffl 4 .4UGSBURG NoW Jennifer Posch; with Andy Smith, Britlsh Antarctic Survey; and Umran lnan, Stanford University Saturday, Nov.23,2O02 5 p.m. social hour 5:30 pm. dinner 7 p.m. Hockey game vs. Concordia-Moorhead at the Augsburg lce Arena. For information, call Mike Schwartz, 612-330-1 t 63. Fall 2002 l- Ten to earn Athletic Hall of Fame honors by Don Stoner Steenson to receive service award Aåi'füiHå:iilï,:"f.i'llï; Athletic Hall of Fame banquet. Longtime athletÌc department secretary lrene Steenson will receive the school's Distinguished Service in Athletics award. The Augsburg Athletic Hall of Fame was established to recognize male athletes in 1.973; in 1989, female athletes were first inducted. Recipients are chosen on the basis of performance in Augsburg athletics, service to the school, cMc and professional achievements, and leadership. Steenson came to Augsburg in 1963 and worked as secretary in the Public Relations and the Alumni and Parent Relations offices before joining the athletic department in the early 1980s. She officially retired in 1982, but has worked part time since then. She is also secretary for the A-Club. Honored in this year's class of inductees into the Augsburg Athletic Hall of Fame are: Brian Arvold '80 (wrestling) Terry Brown '82 (ment hockey, men's golf) (gymnastics, track and field, Brown was a key member of hockey teams that won NAIA national championships in 19Bl and 1982, and was the most valuable player of the l9Bl national tournament. In golf, he was a t\Mo-time captain and won the MIAC individual championship in 1982. Priesz earned Honor Athlete honors in 1978 and was on Augsburg's first teams Brian Gauger'80 (men's hockey) Lisa (Svac) Hawks'85 cross country) in in the mid-7Os. She participated in state championship meets in gymnastics, track and field, and cross cross country countÐI Gauger was a member of Augsburg's first national championship hockey team in 1978 and was team captain his junior and senior years. Wayne Graves'73 (football) (volleyball. softball) Hawks was a member of Auggie softball squads that won Minnesota AiAW state titles in 1982 and 1983, and MIAC championships in 1982, 1983, and 1984 One of the top running backs in school history, Graves holds the school record for career carries and is second all-time in rushing yardage. Rod Jonas'77 (men's basketball) A member of Auggie teams that won MIAC championships in 1975, L976, and 1977, Jonas was Augsburg's Honor Athlete his senior year. Scott Whirley'82 (wrestling) One of the top lightweight wrestlers in school history, he was a national finalist twice. He has been an assistant head coach for the Auggies for l9 seasons, including all eight NCAA Division III national championship teams. Merlin White'56 (football, men's basketball) White developed a reputation Connie (Lamon) Priesz '78 Arvold was a wrestling team captain his senior year, served as an assistant coach from 1981-85, and was wrestling head coach from 1984-86, winning an MIAC as a rare "i¡en¡¡¿¡"-¿ player who played all 60 minutes of a game. He was also a member of the men's basketball teams for several years. championship. For more information on Augsburg's Athletic Hall of Fame inductees, visit Linda (Berg) Henke'82 (women's basketball) <www. augsburg. edu/athletics>. Henke was the first Auggie women's basketball player to break the 1,000-point barrier and still holds the single-season school mark of 272 rebounds. Don Stoner is sports inJormation coordinator. Fall 2002 .,,lucssunc Now 5 o It ¡- o It o I I Three named as 2OO2 Distinguished Alumn¡ by Lynn Mena hree alumni join 159 others as Distinguished Alumni of Augsburg College. Recipients are recognized for significant achievement in their vocations and outstanding contributions to church and community, through years of preparation, experience, dedication, exemplary character, and service. f I James S. Hamre'53 o a James S. Hamre, s. Ph.D., graduated from Augsburg i.n à L o U 1953 with a B.A. in histor;r He The Honorable LaJune Thomas Lange graduated from Augsburg in 1975 with a B.A. earned a master's in psychology degree in church history from the University of Chicago, and a doctorate in religion in American history from the University of lowa. FromL967:94, he served as a professor of history, rellgion, and philosophy at Waldorf College in Forest City, Iowa, where he continues to teach religion courses part time as a professor emeritus. He has also taught at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, and has been visiting lecturer at Luther Seminary, Augsburg College, and at Volda a Dlstriktshogskule in Norway In addition to teaching, he also served as pastor at several churches from 1960'64.In 1998, he published From Immigrant Parish to Inner City Ministry: Iinity Luther an Congregation, 1 868 - 1 99 8, a book about the history of the Tiinity Lutheran Congregation. His list of other published works is extensive, and lncludes several articles and a book about Augsburg's former president, Georg Sverdrup. Hamre is a member of Bread for the World and his local Sons of Norway chapter; he is also involved with his local chapter of Aid for Asia for Lutherans. He has received several honors and awards, including Waldorf College's Regents Outstanding Faculty Award and the Holmen Faculty Achievement Award. His scholarly contributions have been recognized by the Concordia Hj.storical lnstitute. 6 ,4UGSBURG NoW Richard J. Seime'70 Lalune Thomas Lange '75 went on to earn her Juris She Doctor degree from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1978. She also did post-graduate \Mork at Harvard Law School, the NationalJudicial College, and the Minnesota Institute of Criminal Justice. Lange is a state trial judge serving on the Fourth Judicial District Court in Hennepin Coungz She is also a clinical professor at William Mitchell College of Law, where she teaches international human rights and civil rights. She was the first African American woman appointed to the bench in Minnesota history as well as the first African American to serve on the Minnesota State Bar Association's Board of Governors. Lange served Augsburg as a regent during President Charles Anderson's term, and addressed graduates as a Commencement speaker in 1991. Judge Lange is a lecturer nationally and internationally in the area of women's rights, African American issues, government corruption, comparative legal systems, and judiclal independence. She is a founding member of the Minnesota Minority Lawyers Assoclation and served as Minnesota clvil rights commissioner from 1979-'84. She was appointed to the Minnesota Supreme Court Racial Bias Täsk Force and the governor's Blue Ribbon Task Force on Drugs. Lange's concern about the problems in developing nations led her to establish the International Leadership Institute in 1994, which provides resources in partnership wìth people in developing countries. RichardJ. Seime, ñ Ò U Ph.D., graduated from Augsburg in 1970 with a B.A. in psychology He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Seime's professional life has been devoted to the mental health field. During his 25year tenure at the West Virgrnia Universì.ty School of Medicine, Seime divided his time between evaluating and treating patients; doing research; teaching graduate and medical students, supervising students, interns, and post-doctoral fellows; and serving as chief psychologist and on the department executive commill,ee. While at \W\4J, Seime also served on the West Virginia Psychological Association's executive committee and served a one-yeat ten:n as president of \\ /PA. He was appointed by the governor to the West Virgrnia Board of Examiners of Psychologists, where he served as secretary He is a respected senior accreditation site visitor for the American Psychological Association, and was elected to the presidency of the Association of Medical School Psychologists. Seime has distinguished himself with the professional credentials that define the top clinical scholars and training directors in the field. Seime left West Virginia University ì.n 1999 to join the Mayo Clinic's Department of Psychiatry and Psycholog;r, where he is a consultant and co-head of the Section of integrated Evaluation and Tieatment. In addition, he is an associate professor of psychologr at the Mayo Medical Schooi. Seime is a member of the advisory board for planning the new science building at Augsburg. Fall 2002 First Decade and Spirit of Augsburg award recipients named for 2OO2 bylynnMena ff ugsburg is pleased to announce rhe 2002 recipients of the First Decade and Spirit of Augsburg awards. The First Decade Award is filpt.r.nt.d to Augsburg graduates of the past l0 years who have made significant progress ln their professional achievements and contributions to the communit¡ and in so doing exemplify the mission of the College: to prepare future leaders in service to the world Graduates from the day, weekend, and graduate programs are eligible. The Spirit of Augsburg Award honors alumni and friends of the College who have given exceptional service that contributes substantially to the well being of Augsburg by furthering its purposes and programs. ffi 'IIII'I Ko Ly'97 o o à o (J Ù {.'ll ¡I illll!'ll ¡I Ð Barry Vornbrock'96 MAL Ko Ly is a business system consultant at Wells Fargo Bank, where she co-founded and co-chairs Asian Connection, a team member resource group that provides a forum for members to share experiences, information, and support with other Asian American employees and the Asian American communiqr Members take s. II ¡ìfl I leadership roles and develop educational and career opportunities for its membership and for the community. Ly received recognition from the executive management team for her involvement with the group and for the impact it has had on the growth of the company and the community ln addition, Ly is active in her church, captained the United Way Campaign 2001 at Wells Fargo, and mentors St. Paul Asian youth. Barry Vombrock manages IS Ambulatory Patient Care Systems at HealthPartners, Inc., in Minneapolis. His varied professional background includes engineering, computer science, and retail sales. An active volunteer, he serues his community as an election judge and site coordinator. This past year, he donated his time and materials and taught a class that raised money for the United Way Campaign. He contributes to the HealthPartners community through work with their diversity committee and grass roots political group. Since 1998, Vornbrock has opened his home to homeless gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender youth through the Minneapolis Youth Diversion Program's GLBT Host Home Program. He joined the Augsburg Alumni Board in 2002 and chairs the ConnectÌons Committee. tiI{aIùIilñIfI.IIliI-úIúItIIil¡I.ItrLlIcft:lllilctlllltllilrl Orval Moren'57 o o The StepUP Advisory Board The Rev Dr. Orval Moren was a pastor in the Lutheran church for 3l years prior to his retirement in 1991 He served on the national board of directors of the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society for 12 years, serving as president of the board for two terms, and also as its treasurer. He is a member of the Minnesota Christian Wrlter's Guild, and has written devotions îor Christ in Our Home, as well as several published articles. He is currently writing a book of children's gospel stories. Many of Moren's family members have attended Augsburg, including his son, Jonathan '78, and the family's latest graduate, his granddaughter, Adrienne Tietz'01. Fall 2002 o a The StepUP Advisory Board is made up of alumni and friends of the College and has provided r^ exceptional service to the students of the StepUP Program. The program is one of only three of its kind in the country for young people ln recovery from alcohoi and drug addictions. In 1997, Hazelden, a worldwide ieader in addressÌng chemical dependency lssues, estimated that up to B0 percent of the students in the StepUP Program could be expected to relapse into drug or alcohol use. In fact, quite the opposite has been the case-more than B0 percent of the students who entered the program maintained their sobriety, and the mean grade point average has consistently been at or above 3.0. The StepUP Advisory Board has been key to this success. Most of the members are either in recovery themselves, aÍe a paÍen'- of a student in the StepUP Program, or care about someone in recovery The board raises money to support the program, provides advice and support for the program director, and provides personal support to students as they work on their recovery ,4ucs¡unc now ', Homecoming 2OO2 The Quanbeck family honored with the Distinguished Service Award o,LynnMena Tï:i;il,'å",1',î'.ii::,^il#;,,^,, year's Homecoming with the Strommen o person in the history of the school, having received the Distinguished Tëacher Award (given by graduating Ò s. þ seniors) an unprecedented five times. After he graduated from Augsburg in 1950, he returned in 1957 as campus pastor and instructor at both the Seminary and the College. Starting in 1963, he taught full time, and chaired the religion department, rhe Division of Muriel (Quanbeck) Philosophy and Religion, and the lhe nev' nr''37warren Turrittin'42 Quanbeck Division of Humanlties. He rerired and was named professor emerÌtus ecumenlcal leader. He was a member of the of religion in 1993, and began teaching part governing committee of the World Council time ln Weekend College. Quanbeck's of Churches and had been a delegatefather graduated from Augsburg (in f9f4), observer from the Lutheran World as did all six of his siblings. a Federation to the Second Vatican Council's His Dr. Martin uncle, o 1963,1964, and 1965 sessions in Rome. s, Augsburg served 32 Quanbeck'29, Ê, Slnce 1965, as a clergyman of the American years as registrar, director of r^ Lutheran Church, he had participated in the teacher placement, education official Lutheran-Roman Catholic professor, chair of the education conversation in the U.S. He was also a department, and dean of the theology professor at Luther Theological College (1942-'46 and 1950-'65). Seminary and contributed to the OxJord He died in September 1992. AnnotatedBible.He died in November 1979 Phiiip Quanbeck Sr.'s son, of cancer; he was 62. Philip Quanbeck II, did not attend Several members of the Quanbeck Augsburg, but he has serued on the family have received prior honors from College's religion faculty since 1987. The Rev. Dr. Philip Quanbeck Sr. '50 becâme a Augsburg. Five family members have The Rev Dr. Warren Quanbeck Distinguished Alumnus in 1996. Pictured with him received the Distinguished Alumni Award: graduated from Augsburg (Froien) ín 1937 on that day are his wife, Dora '49, and , the Rev. Dr. Warren Quanbeck'37 (1965), their children (t to R), JuliAnn (Quanbeck) Erdmann and became internationally known '82, Thomas, Mary (Quanbeck) Barber'77, and Dr. Martin Quanbeck'29 (1969), the Rev as a Lutheran theologian and Philip ll. Caleb Quanbeck'24 (1975), Dr. Stanley Quanbeck'59 (1987), and the Rev Dr. famÌly, recognizes familles who have made substantÌa1 and continuing contributions to Augsburg-in the form of students and graduates, ideas, reputation, and resources. This year, we celebrate the Quanbeck family, and thelr generationsJong connection with Augsburg. Since the 1800s, as many as B0 members of the extended Quanbeck family have attended Augsburg Academy, Seminary and College. In addition, three Quanbecks have served the College as faculty members. The Rev. Dr. Philip Quanbeck Sr. has been called the most decorated facultv a o Philip Quanbeck'50 (1996). In addition, Muriel (Quanbeck) Turrittin' 42 was inducted into the Augsburg Athletic Hall of s, à so Q Fame A few years ago, the Quanbeck family gathered on the Augsburg campus for a reunion, 8 ,+UGSBURG NoW in 1995. As a whole, the Quanbeck family is remarkably service-oriented, fully illustrating Augsburg's mission of "education for service." Numerous family members have gone on to become pastors, teachers, librarians, misslonaries, business owners, volunteers, and more. Augsburg honors the entire Quanbeck lamily lor its long and contrnuing senrce to the College. Fall 2002 ,4ucsgunc Now Fall2OO2 At Augsburg, arts abound, and not jr-rst irr the art studio, rrusic hall, or on stage. Str-rclents participate in arts to beconre perfornrers, artists, actors, teachers...or ior the enjoynrent of singing, playing in a jazz band, or creating a watercolor on paper. The arts are creative ancl sustaining-integral to growtl-r as huntan beings-ancl at whatever level stuclents are involved, they carry the experience with them through their lives. þ'åru å{ ,,:'kKë''ffi= ;*å ik& '$, ;þå ä { iå{ by Betsey Norgard FII\EARTS aTAUGSBURG n Commencement and symphonies of the Twin Cities are thrust into a situation where's it's Weekend, the chapel was available nearly a short rrip from campus, swim or sink." These students then filled with proud families, Augsburg extends its classrooms beyond become role models for other faculty, staff, and fellow students. The its campus to allow students to learn by students, he says. conductor of the Concert Band, seeing, by doing, and by working a with Perhaps the most engaging of striking figure in black and white formal, stepped onto the podium and professionals. raised a baton to begin the next piece. music education and performance. We powerful blend of gospel and jazz can show people rea11y what it takes to vocals supported by a jazzbigband director, however-it was graduating make it in the real sound. Stacke founded the group in senior Brendan Anderson, directing books, it's out of experience," says Robert 1991, several Augsburg alumni the premiere of "I Believe," Stacke'71, chair of Augsburg's musÌc mentored 1B student instrumentalists, department. while Anthony Brewer and the Brewer It wasn't the Augsburg's studenL perlorming groups "We can train past the traditional College's band a composition for band and choir that world-it's not out of Augsburg music students have found he wrote and that he calls the is Gospel Praise, who deliver a Family Choir coached a half dozen culmination of his four years of numerous ways to get tastes of real-world student vocalists. Since then, Gospei composition study at Augsburg music. Students have played at Camp Praise has brought crowds to their feet College. Snoopy in the Mall of America, sung with at three national Lutheran Youth the Minnesota Opera, played in rock Gatherings and performed across the therapy major and trombonist Sara bands at local restaurants, entertalned at country, occasionally including Brewer Seekins took the podium to conduct professional sports games, performed on as guest artist. the band in "Carnival in Venice." campus for small events and gallery Just before [hat, graduating music openings, and collaborated with Students at Augsburg are challenged, stretched in their r.rdeographers to provide music scores. This experience, says Stacke, "teaches creativity, and encouraged [o express themselves in ways that perhaps even them, for instance, how to communicate they didn't expect. Seekins speaks of her experience, "Augsburg gave me as a the chance to grow in an area where I chance Lo achieve. The experience to lry other challenges in the future." .F o s ra CLASSROOMS Ii\ THE, CITY Much of this exploration Ìs done outside the classroom. With worldclass art museums, theaters, cholrs, fo ,4ucssr-rRc t{ow and within walking distance of the new Guthrie Theater site gives them access to performances, internships, and connections with theatre Music therapy major Sara Seekins '02 (lower left) played trombone in the Concert Band, but also found ways to grow musically through jazz ensembles and playing in student performing groups in the community. never before would have had the made me feel competent and prepared director what they want before they For theatre students, being in the heart of the West Bank theatre district professionals. Several of the area's sma11 CHAMPIONII\C II\DIVIDT]ALITY theaters have become home to theatre graduates seeking stage experience. The proximity and connections Augsburg's small size allows faculty to also bring arts professionals to mentor their students throughout their campus-for workshops with studies, encouraging them in whatever students, performances, exhibitions, directions their talents and interests and teaching. During this academic take them. "l think we really champion year, lor exampie, the theatre individuality here," notes Stacke. "We o a want to develop people's potential to the fullesr. If it's individualÌstic, that's s' r^ better, because it brings crealivil-y to us. It can be diverse talents-opera, classical piano, lazz d rumming, trumpet playing. They are all given an Theatre major and aspiring director Hope Moy'02 gained experience in designing and painting sets on an internship at Theatre de la feune Lune in Minneapolis. opportunity to grow here." Martha Johnson, chair of the speech, communications, and theatre arts department, agrees. "We watch our students and we mentor them all the Theatre major Crystal Harles (left) and Weekend College students Mary O'Neil (center) and Michelle Hollie (right) participated in a reading of Princess and the Peacocks, a play by Professor fulie Bolton, that was part of the Studio Series. history classes. Students visit these places and others, like the Como Conservatory, way through," she says. "They get a for viewing and making art. Artists from that they are notjust actors, but they the community speak with classes about their work while their shows are in the Gage Gallery Since openin g series of sessions will host a with technical 1997 , the Gage exhibitions in both national and international directors, actors, educators, contexts, that fÌlmmakers, dramaturgs, and voice- have included over artists from professional theaters other area college and agencies in the Twin Cities to galleries, the explain and illustrate their crafts to University of students. AIso near campus are the Minnesota, Minnesota Crafts Minneapolls Institute of Arts and the Council, Walker Art Center, as well as the American- lively gailery districts in downtown Swedish Institute, and northeast Minneapolis, and and commercial architectural gems studied in art city galleries. have to know how to do basic design; they have to know how to work backstage and they have to be in a crew." in Gallery has participated in major citl'wide department's Artist Series hoiistic view of theatre. Our goals are With the theatre department's strong commitment to produce the ;lw lMÁ l.j;;:3w]w t involvement of faculty in their own prolessional fielcls. "We all take pride 1n the fâct that we're not just here at the College , br-rt we re all involved ìn communitywe're playing 1n Broadway shor.vs, r,ve're playing in the Minnesota Opera, at the Basillca, in pick-r-rp orchestras, and recording sessions," says Stacke. It's not unusuai for students to perform alongside their professors. Stacke tells that harprst Emily Gerard '03 was chosen as harplst at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis, giving her the chance to play alongside Stacke, a percussionist there. Last summer, Johnson and Darcey Engen 'BB, also a theatre faculty H member, co-wrote and perforrned Senior music performance major and Hognander Scholar Emily Gerard studies harp with Kathy Kienzle, principal harpist with the Minnesota Orchestra. a play, FloatrngMothers, at the Play'wrights' Center. They were delighted, and felt quite honored, highest quality theaire productions possible, theatre students get valuabie experience in the three main siage productions each year, which are PIìOIIESSORS AS ARTISTS directed by theatre facult;z Thirty to The strength of Augsburg's connections 1n forty students have roles in each the communlty is largely due to the production-acting on as assistant stage, serving directors or designers, and working in set design, lighting, costuming, and front house tasks. ln addition, four or five studio productions each year involve 10 to 20 students who prepare and present scenes from classes or individual theatre projects. Five current Augsburg music faculty members began their careers at Augsburg as students and returned to their alma mater to teach. (L to R): Merilee Klemp ttGabett Gabrielsen '75, Stephen '63, Peter Hendrickson '76, and Robert Stacke '71 . Not pictured: Trudi Anderson '77. 12 4UCSSURCNOW when a number of their students came for the premiere and could share firstperformance jitters with their professors. Johnson sums up her department's philosophy: "We're proacLive in keeping ourselves involved in the Staff photo the world in all its not just for a specific career. The art complexity and diversit;z department's foundation course Engagement in the arLs. teaches students the basic vocabulary through studies or of design and form that serves them participation, helps iree in students from everyda¡ finite heips them become visually lÌterate. experience and encourages The arts teach students to their creativity, awareness, appreciate, and understand in new openness, and sensitivity. ways. ArL department chair On Drama Day, theatre professor Darcey Engen 'BB introduced high school students to the student cast of A Midsummer Night's Dream (on stage), who talked about their roles and the production. careers, families, and home, and Beginning this fa1l, a1l see, Augsburg Kristin Anderson describes students are required to spend one the studio art major as an semester "open" major, flexible enough Experience"-study abroad, internship, research with faculty, or to educate students for life, in an "Augsburg Míhe Habennann communit¡ in getting our students out in the community, and in getting the community onto our campus." Also central to the line arls mission is outreach to high schools. On Drama Day, the theatre department hosts 100 high school students and their teachers, some of whom are Augsburg alumni, for a day on campus. Students attend workshops offered by Augsburg faculty, theatre students, and visiting area fheaÍe professionals; and they attend a theatre performance on campus. The art department's Tara Augsburg's painting classes are taken by studio art majors, on both day and weekend class schedules, and other students who creative expression in their lives. Christopherson is a graphic designer as well as a teacher, and brings her professional expertise, exhibit experÍence, and community service-learning. While arts and ñ literature enable students to connections to the classroom. experience other worlds vicariously, E a study tor-rr rhat explores the "sights and sounds of Europe" or an ARTS FOR A internship at a casting agency allows students to step into that world for a LII.'ETIil/fIi short time. Augsburg's broad liberal arts curriculum is designed to help students learn about and understand Fall 2O02 ¡' T Theatre major Angela Hardy '02 (left) and Professor Darcey Engen 'BB (right) experienced Shakespeare's world at the Clobe Theatre as part of a travel course on live theatre. 4ucs¡unc ruow 13 ü collaborations offer students nnnsual P opportunities. É' o, ñ Established 25 years ago, Ar-rgsburg's mr-rsic therapy program remaìns the only onc at a privale college in Mìnnesota. With expanding critical health care needs, especially among older adults, Augsburg's program gives students the background and training, includlng a six-month internship, to become active participants in emergìng developments for the role of music therapy care. Augsburg alumni are 1n health in the lorefront in contributing research and new prîctrce to a lield that is becoming an integral part of mainstream health care. Music therapy major fenna Hammel teaches children who visit Augsburg's classes to make music on various instruments. An initiative that promotes arts collaboration is a multimedia lab cluster for music, theatre, and the As throughout the Augsburg curriculum, fine arts courses are designed to be interdisciplinary. Johnson describes the theatre arts program as a place where the liberal THE I]SI]AI, exploration across disciplines. Already, latest digital technology io support graphics art courses have attracted Characteristic to Augsburg's fine arts computer sclence majors, who can arts meet-where a play may involve curriculum are collrses thar combine solid apply their sensibilities and knowledge looking at history, literature, classroom learning with hands-on from computer courses to explore practice. A number of courses and digital art and imaging for new media. psychology, philosophy, religion, or music. "When we direct a p1ay, we oftentimes pull in people from those disciplines to help us unclerstand it," she says. "When we did lbsen's ADoll's House , fProfessor of Norwegian] Frankie Shackelford helped explain the language and culture to us." Dean Chris Kimball and Doug Smith, vice president of Musictech College, confer about the new agreement that makes Musictech's extensive technology available to Augsburg students and enables Musictech students to transfer to Augsburg. 14 arts-a lab equipped with the COI IRSTS BTYONII) visual ,4UCSBURC NOW il 7) D ru JJI D Augsburg's theatre tl 6¡ r h department offers a number of courses that set ñ A Eltñtrttil¡Fl Students in the broadcast production course get behindthe-camera experience in Augsburg's television studio. it apart from other campus ministly students hrghhght the event. For the College, it's a powerful showcase for ministry of music in small liberal arts mission to community. For str-rdents, colleges. A teaching it's a great opportunity for leadership partnership between rn planning a huge event involvÌng music and theatre many sectors of the Augsburg faculty has built community And for the alumni, enthusÌasm and interest donors, frÌends of the College, and in music-theatre. the community, it's a time to Students can partlcipate celebrate the season through the arts in a semester-long course at Augsburg. I and prepare scenes for Two new initiatives in the music department respond lo emerging perlormance in the Studio Series. Other seldom-olfered theatre worl<pìace needs. A new minor in courses found at Augsburg include music business, created in p1a1,'wrighting, Asian and Asian- colleboration wiLh Lhe business American theatre, and-especially administratlon department, is aimed appealing for adult weekend at music students who r.vish some a dance-theatre licensure program for knowledge ol business practices. well as at as majors in other areas who wish to pursue careers in the music industÐ¿ MAIOR AND M¡NOR AREAS OF STUDY students- teachers seeking state licensure to teach in publlc schools. A film minor, seldom offered in Art department Studio art major and minor* Art history major and minor Architecture minor Certificate in art* Certificate in art: graphic design* sma1l colleges, has been extremely Further exploration of cutting popular since its inception several years Music department Music major (8.4.) major and minor edge music technology can be ago. lnterdisciplinary in nature. it is pursued in collaboration wÌth grounded in theatre and builds on the Musictech College in St. synergy and historical links betr.veen Music education (8.M.) major Music performance (8.M.) major Music therapy (8.S.) major Augsburg students can use their technology ancl equipment for the theatre and film. Students study acting, Music business minor recordrng and electronic music lvell as courses in 16mm film, broadcast production, documentary video, and contemporary issues in film. Pau1. industry, while Musictech stuclents can [ransfer to Augsburg to complete a liberal arts degree. lncreasing the professional directing, set design and lighting, Perhaps nowhere, however, as a1'e the fine arts expressed as beautifully or Theatre arts department Theatre arts major and minor Dance and theatre (teacher licensure major) Theatre history and criticism minor Dramaturgy minor Film minor optlons lor art students also extensively as Augsburg's annual Advent influenced the creation of an Vespers program. Four services of *Can be completed through Weekend architecture minor in the art majestic music, worship, and liturgy Col clepartment. Students who have the context of cornmunlty can take held during the first week in December are the College's hoiiday gift to the community and draw more than 10,000 advantage of Augsburg's liberal arts people each year. Several choirs, locus and bc in a strong position to special orchestra, hturgical readers, and apply for a graduate-level professlonal a colorful processronal designed by appreciation and interest for design in lege-Weekend students may choose other majors in the day program, take as many courses as possible in Weekencl College, and finish the major as a day program student. a For information about Augsburg College and its fine arts program, visit <www.augsburg.edu>; or cal 61 2-330-1001 or'l -800-788-5678; or I degree in architecture. e-mai I <admissions@augsburg.edu>. Fall 2O02 4ucsnunc rrrow 15 PASSION Tära Christopherson approaches art as a lile sport. Like a good coach, she helps her students, rnanlr 6f whom are not art majors, overcome fears they bring to class, find abilities they may not know they have, and achieve something that will sen'e them and give them pleasure. Christopherson's watercolor painting class ls a case in point. She begrns by asking students when they last took an art course. For some, it was elementary school. With small class sizes, Christopherson is able to demonstrate techniques and then work individually with each student to see if they can do it, understand it, and apply it. But it's still up to them. "The truth Ìs, no matter what leve1 you're at, you still have to show up and paint. And the extent to which you're willing to suspend disbelief and pick up a brush and brave the empty page determines what happens more than I do," she says. What students take with them is a discovery of how pleasurable it is to mix colors, which can help them make choices in theÌr personal lives, from clothing to house colors. I FOR WORD AND IMACE u L Art professor Tara Christopherson demonstrates techniques for making paper and book forms Christopherson finds it exciting to see students realize that "there is room lor dlscovery in what art can do for you and how you can make art that is separate from our consumer culture." Christopherson's Fiber and Form class illustrates the interdisciplinary nature of Augsburgs education. Students learn to make paper by hand, to make a book form, and then to write the text and create the imagery for it. "Word and image are inseparable to me," says Christopherson. "They integrate two parts of the brain that the education system tries to keep separate ... I began working in book form because I have a passion for both word and image, and I teach from that passion." Students work in collaboration on their book forms, and Christopherson says that if she's dolng her work right, by the end of the semester sheb just waLching. Sometimes students are amazed at what Tara Christopherson's watercolorr "Rayon du Soleil," appeared on the back cover of the fune/fuly issue of The Gardener magazine 16 ,4ucs¡unc ruow by Betsey Norgard happens. One student told Christopherson that this was the first time she felt she was making art with her whole person because she could integrate both her art and wdting skills. Two years ago, Christopherson joined with French professor Pary Pezechkian to lead an Interim travel course to France. Students studied six French master painters in their own milieus and created cultural collages of words and art ìn the form of artist books. The course came about because Chrisopherson audìted a French course for her own personal improvement and began brainstorming with Pezechkian. (See story in Augsburg Now, Spring 2001.) "The way we're interconnected for interdisciplinary opportunities is a real strength," says Christopherson. "The interdisciplinary connection is an adventure for students." This past January Christopherson retumed to France with eight students to study watercolor techniques. In her own professional life, Christopherson is transforming herself from a longtime graphic artist to a visual artist workng in watercolors, and finds that her skills serve her well. "I have to use the same marketing skills to establish myself as a fine arts presence and to get my work to reach the right audience, and price it, and write press releases," she says. And, when her bright watercolor of summer flowers appears on the back cover of a gardening magazine, she knows it's worhng. Fall 2002 f S PUTTI N' O N TH E ob Stacke '7I , chair of the music department, says that some professors get an endowed chair after tÌme at an insiitution. But he got a bench-a park bench, as a matter of fact. Just outside Music Hall stands a bench inscribed, "Dedicated to Dr. Robert Stacke, Graduating Class of 2002." "It's my crowning accomplishment," Stacke said with a smile. "It meant so much to me that my students would do something like that. They're always talking about meeting me in my'outdoor' office because I like to sit outside and talk to people. So, they created my very own 'meeting' bench for me." Stacke's life has come full circle since he first became aware of Augsburg and made a decision to attend when he was only an eighth grader. That year he played percussion in the Twin Cities Youth B Symphony. "Our guest performer was Augsburg professor Jim Johnson, who was the piano teacher at the College. He performed "Rhapsody in Blue," and I was so impressed with him and his playing that I decided then and there that I wanted to go to Augsburg." o a Z q During his Augsburg student years, Stacke started on one o[ two paths he has since followed in the music world-music performance. In addition to playing in jazz and blues ensembles in local clubs, he served as an "extra" for the Minnesota Orchestra's percussion section and played in the Skeets (Langley) Trio, a job that paid his way through school. "Skeets was a world-class accordionist. I did percussion, and Stan Freese, now musical director at Disneyland in California, was on tuba," Stacke recalled. "We were in demand all the time, performed for two presidents, and everyr;vhere from conventions to circuses to demolition derbies. It was a fantastic experience." His jazz playing led to his joining with fellow students to form Augsburg's jazz program-one in which students wrote and arranged most of their own music. It's a skill he shares today with members of the current Augsburg Jazz Band, a much sought-after ensemble in many of the same places Stacke himself played 35 years ago. (Venezueia) Symphony, Stacke embarked on the other path in his life. In 1990, he jumped at the chance to return to his alma mater to become the band director while finishing his Ph.D. "When I got here I found a concert band with just 1B members," he said. "Needless to sa¡ my first priority became rebuilding the band. Music professor Bob Stacke sits on his "meeting benchr" a gift from the 2002 graduating music seniors. (L to R): Solveig Grafstrom, Brendan Anderson, Sara Seekins, Matt"FÍ1t2" Bergin and Adam Holzschuh. Fall 2002 s by Dan forgensen After several years in teachingjobs and orchestra positions including piaying with the Maracaibo s. s u Today the Augsburg Concert Band is ranked among the nation's top undergraduate wind ensembles and has toured to both coasts and Ireland, where it earned rave reviews. Almost simultaneously, he created another top performance group-Gospel Praise. This 3O-member instrumental and vocal ensemble began in 1991 as a Robert Stacke '71, music department chair, has played in ensembles and orchestras from Venezuela to lreland. hybrid featuring Augsburg alumni music professionals in the leading roles. They have performed across the nation, been featured at three national Lutheran Youth Gatherings, and sung for the King of Norway. Stacke also continues to lind playing opportunities for his students and ìs now creating a jazzband for facult¡ alumni, and the community. "I hope I'r'e played a role in making music fun for my students," Stacke says o[ hìs career. "Even if they never go on to perform beyond college, I hope they will leave here with a great understanding and appreciation lor music that lasts them the rest of their lives." Dan lorgensen is director of public relations. ,4ucseunc Now 17 COSTT]MII\G CHARACTERS I N CHARACTER -T-\ H by fudy petree ven Ín junior high school sLudy hall in Zumbrota, Minn., Augsburg I-Jcostume designer Sandy Schulte found herself drawing clothes for a comic strip character. Now, not only does she design and sew clothes for Augsburg theatre productions, but for Chanhassen Dinner Theatre as well. Schulte has been part-time costume designer at Augsburg for l7 years and fuil-time designer at Chanhassen for 30 years. However, Schulte didn't start out wanting to be a costume designer. She attended the University of Minnesota to become a geneticist. But after being asked to be in a play her freshman year, the theatre bug bit her and "it never went away." While in school she worked at Northwestern Costume in Minneapolis as an assistant to the designer to help pay her way through college. Schulte has her 8.4., 8.S., and M.FA. degrees from the University of Minnesota. At first she wanted to direct, and has also done some acting, playing mostly children's parts because of her small stature. But after playing the role of Helen Keller when she was 27 years old, she thought she needed to do something different and took a job in summer stock theatre as a costume designer. Occasionally she got to act, which felt like a vacation, she said. After that came a call from Chanhassen Dinner Theatre asking if she Augsburg costume designer Sandra Schulte brings 30 years of theatre experience to Augsburg's students, as she helps them design their own costumes. involvement with the theatre department doesn't stop there. She lectures in the technical design, directing, and acting classes, and she participates with the director and set designer in seminars held the week after a show opens. These seminars are designed to show the students how to accomplish the director's vision of a particular show through costume and set design. Schulte also works with theatre students in small work-study groups sewing costumes, including their own- "l can tell a student what's poss¡ble and not possible and what it's Iike in the real world of theatre, even though somet¡mes it's not what they want to hear." would be interested in working as a costume designer. At that time the Chanhassen theatre was just "bare bones." Now, she adds, they have four huge costume rooms. Because there is no costume design class at Augsburg, Schulte works just part time, designing and sewing costumes for all of its productions. However, her 18 4ucsnunc ruow something she hopes gives them a feeling of accomplishment and pride. They also use the opportunity to talk about different aspects of costuming for a production and how costumes can help develop a character. With her professional experience, Schulte believes she brings to her students a look at theatre from a practical aspect, rather than an academic perspective. "I can tell a student what's possible and not possible and what it's like in the real world of theatre, even though sometimes it's not what they want to hear." She said she enjoys working at Augsburg because she can design costumes for classic productions, which she doesn't do at Chanhassen. Plus she can use more subtleties in her designs to further help develop a theme. Students from Augsburg have also been able to work with Schulte at Chanhassen. "It's quite a coup for the College," she notes, that so many of Augsburg's theatre students are working in some aspect of theatre somewhere. She attributes this success to Augsburg's emphasis on studying the entire process of theatrical production. "The teachers and directors are so steeped in their craft and literature that the students get a well-rounded education in theatre." Right now Schulte is busy designing costumes for Camelot, which opens in October at Chanhassen, and she will soon begin work on costumes for Augsburg's fall production, Macbeth. Judy Petree is media relations manager. Fall 2O02 LEARN INC OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM T-\ H I ven though art professor emeritus Philip Thompson rerired lwo years /ugo, there is always something to do. He says that artists never get bored, and he has stayed connected to Augsburg by teaching calligraphy and glass knapping classes through the College of the Third Age. But sitting in an ivory tower is not how Thompson spent his 41 years at Augsburg, either. Whether unearthing the wealth of treasures from the past on campus, or reaching beyond the borders of the College with his students, he showed them that there is more to a coilege education than sitting behind a desk. "Departments have an obligation to partake in the larger affairs, rather than isolate themselves," Thompson says. "There ls a time for that, but one must learn how to balance the two." Thompson, born in Bismarck, N.D., received his B.A. from Concordia CollegeMoorhead and his M.EA. in studio art from the University of lowa. He came to Augsburg in 1959. At that time there was no art department, and only a few art classes were offered through the home economics department. Thompson was instrumental in the formation of the art by fudy Petree department, and the mid '60s saw the hiring of the art faculty at which time art was added as a major. Being at Augsburg College, in the heart of the Twin Cities, has been an important part of Thompson's work, both on and off campus. "This is a tremendous haven for teaching art, and being anchored in a community with lots of interaction is healthy. lt's important to stretch across neighborhood borders. " In the late 1960s, Thompson and his students "stretched" all the way to northern Minnesota, north of Grand Rapids, where they found a challenging art project. The Russian Orthodox Church o[ St. Peter and St. Paul in Bramble, Minn., with its onion dome, was completed in 1918 and fell into disuse during the 1940s. In 1967, led by a clergl.rnan from Grand Rapids, an effort was made to restore the church. Thompson was asked to paint 35 icons, which would complete the church's icon screen. Thompson enlisted several dozen of his students, who researched the style, technique, and content of icon painting before embarking on the project. With their painting, the project was completed in spring 1971. Closer to home, his strong interest in urban archaeology led to his conducting digs on the Augsburg campus, once primarily a residential area. They collected a variety of artifacts, inciuding bottles, porcelain dolls, marbles, and even an old civil war period projectile. He also conducted digs at homestead sites in Carver and Pine Counties. Thompson said that interest in this sparked some of his students to pursue archaeology either as a career or a serious hobby Thompson's own contributions to the campus and off campus are numerous. A recent addition is the For 40 years, professor emeritus Philip Thompson's hands-on teaching took students out of the classroom to urban archeological digs and Orthodox icon restoration. stained glass cross located in the corridor outside the chapel. Thompson used glass from Tiinity Lutheran Church, saved when the church was torn down to make way for the freeway. Outside Augsburg, Thompson's work is in collections or on display at the Sioux Cìty Art Center, in Sioux City, Iowa; the Pillsbury Research and Development Center; the Minnesota Museum of Art in St. Paul; the University of St. Thomas; Moorhead City Hall; Rourke Museum in Moorhead, and the Plains Museum in Fargo. He has also restored rotunda paintings at the Cass County Courthouse in Fargo and sanctuary murals at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Mankato. Judy Petree is media relcltions manager. StalJ photo Fall 20O2 4ucsnunc ruow 19 PT]MPII\G T]P THE CRO\MD AT LYNX CAMES by Don Stoner ¡l everal Augsburg student musicians \or. gaining valuable experience ancì \*-lentertaining thousands oI people in the process by serving as the "house band" for the Mlnnesota L1.nx Women's Natlonal Basketball Association (WNBA) franchise. The Auggie band-Ben Duane, Michael Groves, Brendan Anderson, Ryan Parsons, and Bob Seekins-played for most of the Lynx's home games at Target Center durìng ¡he team's summer season. The Lynx added a live band this season to help fire up the crowd and serve as a complement to the recorded music used durlng breaks and time-outs, said Robert Stacke, music department chair and director of the band. "I've worked with a lot of pro sports teams in this area, and the Ly'nx called me to say they needed a band," Stacke said. "They thought it would be terrific to use students, and it's really been successful. lt's good pay and a wonderful experience." The band plays during pre-game warm-ups, halftime, and several times during the game. The musrcians are in constant contact with the Lynx's gameoperations personnel, who coordinate promot ions, audience-participation events, and the team's cheerleaders and mascot. "You learn a lot about performing at (t to R) Student musicians Ben Duane, Mike Groves, and Brendan Anderson form the horn section that pumps up the crowd during the home games of the women's pro-basketball Minnesota Lynx. an arena, how to interact with an audience, and how to maneuver with headphones on with the game-operations people. They might say, 'We need 20 seconds of music right now,' and we have to be ready to do it," Stacke said. The students write their own arrangements of popular songs and classic Dixieland music. "We give them a song list, and they'll say that they need 15 minutes of music; so, we adapt it to what they need," he said. "They may want up- tempo music, or music for the cheerleaders, or something else. It's fun to coordinate, but it's a An up-tempo beat is added by the guitar and drums of Bob Seekins, Ryan Parsons, and Professor Robert Stacke (on headphones). 20 ,4ucssunc f{ow liitle nerve-u'racking. " Several ol the students in the Lynx's banci also play for another popular Augsburg-based band, the "Camp Cruisers" house band at the Mall of America's Camp Snooplz Like this band, the Lynx band is able to interact with fans and the team, which is a positive for the musicians. lt's also a positive for Augsburg, which is mentioned often during the game in introducing and acknowledging the musicians, Stacke said. "It's fun to work with the fans, the support staff, and all the athletes. They're nice folks and really appreciative of the band," Stacke said. "lt's good basketball and the athletes are so nice. The way they interact with the young crowd is great to see. P1us, the lans often ask for autographs of the band, which is fun." ln addition to working wlth the LJ'nx, Stacke said that the band would eventually like to work other pro sports events in the Twin Cities, including the Target Center's other occupant, the NBAb Minnesota Timberwolves. Don Stoner is sports inJormation cootdinator. Fall 2002 i\EW YORK, I\.Y. sUMMER oN 'THE oTHER srDE' by Erin Carlson '03 months in New York City at Binder Casting, one o[ I L the most influential Broadway casting offices, swept me into an entirely new world and understanding between what professional theatre is and what many actors think it is. ftT\wo-and-a-half Did my two-and-a-half-month internship there shatter my fluffy dream of becoming a paid and respected actress? No. But it definitely put perspective into important theatrical office, but I began to realize the work I was doing and observing was beyond any world I had ever been a part of. My father made a great analogy for my experience-it was comparable to going to the major leagues straight out of high school baseball. I had always strived to do an internship somewhere far away the summer before my senior year, but I never realized it would be this huge. t'11 you desperately want to make a career out of the art you love, you must be prepared to do it alone and have enough confidence to be rejected more than accepted." Carlson '03, English and theatre major -Erin with no connection or relationship to the casting director is only going to get thrown into the trash. Without great credits or Lraining lrom a prestigious school, it will be difficult to obtain professional exposure. It's reality. It's also most definitely possible to be successful in New York and make it into a dazzlíng Broadway show, but it demands sacrifice and a complete surrender to your career. Would I want to establish a longterm life and career in New York? Most likely not. However, I have vowed that I would not survive more than a year without making a substantially long visit. I suppose it is the greatest city in the world. my career goals of three months ago and the reality I now understand and have accepted. Professional theatre is a demanding career full of personal sacrifices. If you desperately \Mant to make a career out of the art you love, you must be prepared to do it alone and have enough confidence to be rejected more than accepted. Although sounding clmical, these realizations have forced me to recognize what I must do to survive as a professional actress. lt has also fed my constant inspiration to act. Binder Casting threw me over to The Other Side-the dark, mysterious world of theatre business that most actors never .see nor understand. Being surrounded by only one casting director, four associates, and one part-time intern in an intimate, open office space submersed me into the inner workings of a Broadway casting director. Within my first few weeks I was answering phone calls from prominent playwrights such as Neil Simon and Wendy Wasserstein and actors Jenna Elfman and Peter Gallagher. During my last week I sat in on a final callback for the replacement of Little Sally in Broadway's Urinetown! The Musical and watched Saturday Night Live's Rachel Dratch sing "Welcome to the Jungle" as part of her audition. I knew I was working in Fall 2002 an My daily responsibilities with phone answering, mail, e-mails, and faxing were mundane. However, I experienced how one casting director and his four Erin Carlson is a senior majoringín theatre arts andEnglish. She recently playedthe role of the baher\ wife in the spnng production, associates balance numerous projects and Into the Woods. somehow beautifully cast huge Broadway productions. I observed the relationships between casting directors, playwrights, agents, producers, directors, and entire creative teams. It's amazing and shocking how enormous a task it just to cast the show, let alone is bring to the stage. As stated earlier, the knowledge gained from my internship and the New York City theatre world put perspective and reality into my dreams. I learned that sending an unsolicited headshot Erin Carlson spent the summer learning the realities of the theatre business as an intern at a major Broadway casting agency in New York. Here, near Times Square, she is pictured with her two brothers, Colin (left), a writer and editor in New York, and Evan, visiting in the Big Apple. ,4ucsnunc ruow 21 MAKINC MUSIC avid Cherwien'79 and Mark Sedio '76 have traveled many of the same roads since their graduation from Augsburg three years apart. Both have become prominent church musicians and organists and both have written and published widely and continue to share the "h).rnnfest circuit," each playrng ar 20-30 h)'mnfests per year. Sedio is director of music at Central Lutheran Church and Cherwien is cantor, or director of music, at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, both in Minneapolis. Cherwien succeeded Sedio at Mt. Olive, and each taught [or ayear at. Gustavus Adolphus College. At Augsburg, they sang in the choir under Leland Sateren and they consider themselves "spiritual, professional children," as Sedio put it, of Stephen "Gabe" Gabrielsen '63, with whom they studied organ. Sedio played piano as a child, and was captivated by the sound of the organ, especially "the small, soft sound." But it was psychology, not music, that brought him to Augsburg. He joined the choir, however, and came under the wing of the music department, who told him that he just couldn't do anything else but music. It was while doing graduate work in choral music at the University of Iowa that Sedio discovered his vocation. "I realízed that doing music in the context of worship \Mas my great love," he says. He completed two years at Luther Seminary pursuing a calling in ministry of word and sacrament. At Central Lutheran, he sees a different kind of ministry weaving together music and spirituality. "When you are actually able to fit music into the life of a congregation, not maybe just in worship, but in the whole life, and to help people see that knitted-together fabric and to facilitate it-that's the greatest joy you could have," says Sedio. He delights when he sees kids captivated with his organ demonstrations who want to come back for more. 22 ,4UCSBUnC n¡OW TO STIR THE SOUL by Betsey Norgard David Cherwien began playing organ while his family lived briefly in France. He never played a h).'rnn until his sophomore year afAugsburg, when he took ajob at a local church. Even though he was a music education major, church music became his passion as he sang in the Augsburg Choir, played organ, and was inspired by organists such as Paul Manz. Cherwien's publishing career, which includes most major music publishers, was launched when a music publisher attended an Augsburg recital and heard Cherwien play h1.rnn improvisations he wrote for an independent study course with Gabrielsen. His original collection of hymn improvisations contains 15 volumes. Gabrielsen comments, "Dave's organ compositions are played in all 50 states and several foreign countries, I would guess." ln addition to his position at Mt. Olive Church, Cherwien recently became director of the National Lutheran Choir. And, last November, he played for the installation of the Rev. Mark Hanson '68 as the third presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Both Sedio and Cherwien attribute the Augsburg Choir and Sateren's gift for guiding students toward the "soul" of the music as significant. "He never talked about 'soul,'but he told stories and passed on the tradition," explains Sedio. Gabrielsen recalls the "glory years" of the 1970s, when Sedio and Cherwien were among his 16-20 organ students. With lìmited organ practice available on campus, Augsburg organ students of that time gained opportunities to play on wonderful organs around the metro area, better than any college could afford. He says that today, even with an increase in great organs available, there is an enormous decrease in organ students. Lack of parental pressure to make children practice, the instant gratification of playing ready-made music on keyboards, and the infiltration of contemporary music in Church musicians and organists Mark Sedio '76 (leÍt) and David Cherwien '79 (right) both studied with music professor and Coflege organist Stephen "C,abe" Gabrielsen '63 and found their ministries of music in publishing, congregational music, and as organists. churches all contribute to this decline. Despite pressures to bring more pop music into worship, Sedio sees the old tradition continue. "Some of the kids I had in Choristers at Mt. Olive are graduating from college and they're excellent musicians. They know what it's all aboutit's a whole." Fall 2002 ,-¿ 6 THE ) S TO SUCCESS FOR CARRET WILLIAMS parh, a film by writer-director Garret Williams'89, received what some might describe as catalytic acclaim among those in the film industry when it debuted as a short in 1996 at the Sundance Film Festival. The fi1m, originally 40-minutes long, was made whiie Williams was enrolled in graduate school at the American Film Institute and was funded by two sizable grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Bush Foundation. It expiores race relations in America through the story of Nina and Byron, a young African American couple whose car breaks down on a road trip from Chicago to L.A. The pair finds help from a mechanic, considered suspicious and possibly racist by Byron, and the tension between the two empts into a confrontation. The movie ìllustrates how easily racial suspicion can turn violent. Sparh garnered wide acclaim, including at the New Directors/New Films series at the Museum ol Modern Art; the USA Film Festival in Dallas, where lt won the grand prize; and the Urbanworid on to graduate school at the American Film lnstitute. S Festival, where Williams received an award for best dìrector. Spurred on by success, Williams wrote a script to expand the film to feature length and embarked .on what he calls the "entrepreneurial adventure" of getting a film in production. He met producers Ìnterested in the project, gained selection of the film lor conversÌon to lull length at the Sundance Film Labs, and received underwriting from the Blockbuster-McKnlght Film Fund. Despite hìs thought that "films, like any arf", are never finished-you just abandon them," Williams has not exactly abandoned Sparh, but still travels to various screenings, such as the recent Image Nation Film Festival in New York. A self-described jock in high school, Williams says he really didn't become interested in art untìl college. He admits, Fall 2002 by Wendy Elofson Last year, Williams received a Bush Artist Fellowship, given annually to l5 artists to allow them chances to explore new directions, continue work already in progress, or accomplish work not financially feasible otherwise. With this, he is traveling for research on several projects, one of which involves the Addicts Rehabilitation Center in Harlem. Williams hopes to shoot a film in Minnesota in the near future. He is cuûently re-writing a screenplay titled "Hyenas," a contemporary drama about a group of friends involved in an inner-city drug culture, which had originally been worked through the Sundance Screenwriters Lab. About his future plans, Williams says, "l want to make a lot of movies, help establish a foundation, and keep busy." Garret Williams '89, who majored in studio arts and communication, graduated from American Film lnstitute and is now researching several film projects with help of a Bush Artists Fellowship. however, to somewhat o[ a genetic predisposition toward art-his mother is a poet and college professor and his father ìs Wendy Elofson t'ormerly worhed in the Olt'ice of Institutional Advancement at Augsburg. a painter. Williams entered college more ry interested Ìn advertising, but found photography more to his liking. At Augsburg, he gained experience as Courtesy liûto ii'ri:iiFlìiiiËirk!ì!iliiir:r¡1 t a student photography edltor, lvhich increased his interest in the visual arts and led him to major in studio arts/communication. Alter graduating, Williams worked as a photographer and started fìlm school at the now-defunct Film in the Cities. After producing several shoris there, he went / t" i. I ti ¡r;ï'" Nicole Ari Parker and Terrence Howard appear in Spark, Garret Williams'film that explores issues of racial tension and suspicion. ,4ucssunc Now 2g .. AUCSBURC MUSIC ON THE ROAD by Cathy Anderson f-T-lo many o[ us, traveling with 60 peopie, I instruments, robes, equipment, and enormous I. amounts of luggage carefully crammed onto a bus may not sound like the best way to spend our vacâtÌon. However, for students who are members of music ensembles, tours are eagerly anticipated each year and form some of their favorite memories of college. Muslc tours are an important pari of Augsburg's outreach. Performances by these ensembles increase Augsburg's recognition and knowledge of its mission. They also help alumni, friends, and families spread across the nation stay connected with the music department and the College. Students take on important roles as Augsburg ambassadors. "Students are remarkable at communicating with audiences and alums on tour," says Robert Stacke'71, director of bands and music department chair. "People enjoy interacting with students and learning how both music education and Augsburg College have impacted their lives." Tours give students a unlque platform to travel and perform around the globe while gaining valuable professional training with a performing arts organization. In the past few years alone, Augsburg ensembles have traveled throughout the Midwest, Arízona, New Mexico, Florida, the Republic of lreland and Northern lreland, Finland, Estonia, and St. Petersburg, Russia. However, touring music ensembles have long been an important tradition at Augsburg College, dating back *# 4ucssunc Now to 1888, when a quartet of students traveled as part of a temperance organization. Quartets began to visit Lutheran Free Church congregations during summer vacations and often served as the first contact many rural families had with Augsburg. In the 1950s, both choir and band tours began to visit civic locales more frequently than churches and toured outside of the Midwest. In the summer of 1960, director Mayo Savold and the Augsburg College Concert Band embarked on a 45-day tour to I The1972 Augsburg Choir, led by Leland Sateren'38, toured Minnesota, lowa, and Nebraska. a Flutist Bonnie Martinson '59 celebrated her birthday in 1958 with the Augsburg Band on tour through southwestern Minnesota. ln April 1999, the Augsburg Orchestra and Riverside Singers performed in Red Wing and Rochester, Minn.; and LaCrosse, Wis. Fall 2O02 important in life. I have taken my high school orchestras on tours overseas because of that tour. I feel it is important for students to see other countries and customs that are different from their own." Some memorable personal connections are also made and renewed through the tours. ln 1998, the Augsburg Choir traveled to Norway and performed in a number of small churches. The pastor of one church told choÌr director Peter Hendrickson '76 that he remembered 25 years earlier when the choir also The Augsburg Choir sang in the famed "Rock Church" in Helsinki, performed in his church. Finland, as part of their 2002 tour to Finland, Estonia, and Russia. Hendrickson told the pastor that he also remembered that night, because he was help celebrate the new state of Alaska. This a student singing in that Augsburg Choir. remarkable journey encompassed nine states Hendrickson also recalls another choir reunion of and Canadian provinces and more than 30 sorts from the following year, when he led Masterworks performances, including two concerts under Chorale, the choir including students, alumni, and the renowned baton of Robert Shaw. community members, That tour reunited to German)¿ Alum Lara (Dyrud) Maclean, a L990 the four lenors, including Hendrickson, who had sung violin performance grad, recalls an Augsburg together as students in Augsburg Choir. Choir tour that traveled to several eastern The Augsburg touring tradition continues in the European countries and Germany just months 2002-03 academic year with the Augsburg Chamber after the Berlin Wall had come down. Orchestra traveling to the Seattle/Tacoma, Wash. region "It was amazíng to be there and meet numerous and ensembles on the road throughout the people our age. It was so eye-opening Lo see entire Midwest. Tour itineraries and performances how involved they were politically lt made me schedules can be found online at feel like we take too much for granted as <www. augsburg. edu/music/tours>. Americans. To lnquire about an ensemble visiting your "In Poland, the choir had the opportunity community, contact fine arts coordinator Cathy to stay with host families. "We stayed with...a Anderson af" 6L2-330-1279 or college teacher and an engineer who made $45 a month to live on and feed their two children and mother-inJaw. They \Mere so kind and <andersc@augsburg. edu>. giving... [and] really exemplified what is Cathy Anderson is fíne arts coordinator. I The Concert Band, all dressed up ready to play, toured with With palm trees swaying, the Concert Band the choir in Arizona and New Mexico in spring 2000. played on a Florida beach in March 2002. Fall 2OO2 4ucssunc fìtow 2s The GACE GALLERY REACHINC BEYOND THE CAMPUS "11 alleries are not just for those of us passionate about the arts," says Cathy Peters '93, galleries and exhibits I utih. Gage Family Aricaliery opened in \I.oordir.,uto, -usual commÌtment to the community to provide opportunities for up and coming artists," says Peters. One such example is that of artist Barbara Lea, whose "New Works" were exhibited this past February Gage Gallery acted as a launching pad for Lea's career, resulting in her art being picked up by Circa Fine Arts 1997 in conjunction with the Lindell Famlly Library, Gage Gal1ery has become a place that not only provides hands-on access to art and artists alike but a place where the Augsburg community can explore art. "We get to share another part of the world with Gallery in Minneapolis. Over five years, the Gage Gallery has enjoyed people-by bringing shows to campus that people would rarely see," says Peters. opportunities to build The location and accessibility of Gage Gallery in the llbrary it possible for the Augsburg community to take of the gailery and its artists as learning tools. By inviting advantage lecture in classes and by requiring student attendance at artists to receptions, faculty members ì.ncorporate the exhlbits lnto opening In their curricula. doing so, students learn how art can be into integrated their major field of study; they converse about the make connections with the artists. artwork, and "The student's learning ranges from the practicality of how to make a living to the use of various colors in a piece of art," says Peters. "It is this interaction between student and artist that is the most stimulating." Peters' commitment extends beyond that of the College. "I also have a local, national, and have made Gallery exhibits vary widely in media and R) from creative artist's books on handmade papers (Tara Christopherson), to study of the worldwide art of tattooing, to wearable art as expression- (L to fashion (Erika Spitzer Rasmussen), and to evocative oils on canvas (Barbara Lea). 26 ,AUCS¡UnC ruOW by Cherie Christ international collaborations with prestigious arts organizations, including the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the Smithsonian Institution. ïlhTToo a. u¡tüEililutrm Fall 2002 ,-- 21ST CENTURY TILES: FROM EARTH TO FIRE Augsburg College's Cage Family Art Callery and the Catherine C. Murphy Callery at the College of St. Catherine are co-hosting a national Cage Gallery, located in Lindell library, focuses on the work of Minnesota artists-providing both a place for them to exhibit and opportunities for them to particiPate in classes. juried tile exhibition, "21st Century Tiles: From Earth to Fire," from Sept. 13 to Oct. 20. This exhibition in the trvo galleries includes more than 100 contemporary works by The falt art exhibit entitled "21st Century Tiles: From Earth to Fire," is one example of such a collaboration. In conjunction with the Tile Heritage Foundation's 1Oth q.'rnposium "Tiles in the Twin Cities: The Quintessence of Handicraft," the Gage Family Art Gallery and the Catherine G. Murphy Gallery at the College of St. Catherine wili host a national juried tile exhibition. The gallery's growing presence in the art world has led to some pleasant surprises and connections for Peters. While she was in Stockholm, Sweden last summer to research Viking Age textiles, she visited the Statens Historiska Museum, where the textiles are now conserved. On the desk of rhe curator was the March-Apri1 2001 issue of Hahmagazine, featuring three articles and an exhibition notice for "Textiles from the Silk Road," which ran in the Gage Gallery from March to May last year. Peters marveled at lhe oppofiunity to share her exhibit and information about the gallery with this European colleague. The ga11ery was again featured in Hali magazine for the exhibit "Kilims: Weaving as a Tiadition." The L997 opening a exhibition in the Gage Gallery a s. featured paintings, prints, and 6 sculpture donated to the College ra approximately 50 artists. Sponsored by the Minnesota Crafts Council, the exhibition was juried by William Hunt, American artist, critic, author, educator, and editor oÍ Ceramics Monthly from 1972-1994. "From Earth to Fire" is presented in conjunction with the Tile Heritage Foundation's 1Oth symposium, "Tiles in the Twin Cities: The Quintessence of Handicraft," held in September. Presenters of the symposium include the American Swedish lnstitute, the Handmade Tile Association, the Minnesota Historical Society, the Northern Clay Center, the Minneapolis lnstitute of Arts, and theTile Heritage Foundation. by Captain Gerald L. Johnson, son of 1915 Augsburg alumnus Rev Harold "Butch" Johnson. Johnson's gifts of artwork to the College will also be featured this faÌl as rhe première exhibit in the new gallery space in Christensen Center, a gallery wall on the main floor of the college center. Gage Gallery received funding from Barbara and Skip Gage and their families. For information on the Gage Family Gallery and exhibits, caII 6L2-330-I524 or visit <www. augsburg. edu/ galleries>. Ch erie Chnst is a specialistfor Jine c ommunications arts. Fall 2002 Augsburg alumnus Noburu Sawai /66 returned to Augsburg and lectured in Gage Gallery as one of the artists Í:;ï'""$ l *; ffi'fj}jïT j;ï:,i instructor Toshi yoshida. 4ucs¡unc ruow 27 REMEMBERII{G ESTHER OLSOI{: JOYFUL STRUCCLE AND A ',|OIE DE VIVRE' ,,GaryK.otson'65 o ù Esther J. Olson, professor of drama at Augsburg from 1960 to 1977. "Occasionally a splash of color comes into our lives, awakening us to delight and goodness. That splash may be the flight of a brightly colored bird; it may be a piece of music; it may be a play done so well you are drawn in and captivated. The awakening is better when it comes through a person. Esther Olson was a splash of color in the lives of many of us." That's the way I began my eulogT for her funeral in T984. In the 1960s it was my privilege to have acted and to have done technical theater work under the direction of two talented and strong professors, Ailene Cole and Esther O1son. For them I am grateful and because of them I am a better person. Esther's intense personality was reflected in the plays she chose to di.rect. She was drawn to play'wrights like Henrik Ibsen, August Strindberg, and Anton Chekhov-not exactly writers of comedy or musicals. I confess that I yearned for Esther to direct more comedles; yet the social, theological, and personal themes of the plays she chose were so universal they 2A ,4UCS¡UnC n¡OW could speak to contemporary audlences. Though she was intense, acting under Esther's direction was to experience r.vhat play'wright Henrik Ibsen called 'Joie de vivre," the joy of life. For Esther it was a joy born out of engaging the struggles ol lile with faith in God. Part of her joylul struggle was a passÌon for excellence. Like a great orchestra conductor she put together the various characters and scenes of a play in order to bring it alive for the audience. It is a theater cliché, but there were no small roles in her prodr-rctions. She worked actors who had bú parts as hard as those who had major given up." She used this method on many actors. Esther could draw more lalenl out of a person than he or she thought they roles. She wanted each scene and each character [o contribute to the whole effect. Many times she would say, "Run that scene again, lt's not dght! If you do it rlght, it'1Ìmake me cry (or laugh)!" i remember standing wrth a friend backstage late one night, wanting to go home, hoping she wouldn't say "Run it againl", but she did. Sometimes she would ask actors to come to her home on a Sunday afternoon to polish a scene. We young actors would complain. We would be angry But when the plays were produced before an audience and we did a good job, we were proud and glad. We returned to act under her direction. Yes, Esther had a passion for excellence, but she also had compassion for her students. She stood with us in the sense that she wanted us to grow and be the best we could be. She encouraged us to take responsible risks, to be bold in using our talents. On occasion during a rehearsal she would stop everything and yell to an actor, "Give me some emotion! Give me something even if it's wrong! Then I'lt have something to work with!" More than once she would push me ourselves. Then she Ìn rehearsal until I became ^ngry. "Good, now use that good, would say, say, Later she would scene." energy in this "Don't worry if I push you or am angry at you. it means I see potential. Only worry if I don't say anything to yolt; it means I've had to give. When rehearsal was over, she would often say, "Come over to my hor"tse for eggs and toast." Many of us did. There we saw the other side ol Esthcr's compassion: tenderness, sensitivity, a willingness to listen to our hurts, our fears, our hopes and dreams. We laughed and cried together. We learned to be bold ìn trustirig God and loving people beginning with Esther was indeed a splash of wonderful color in the lives of many of us. The Rev. Gary K. Olson'65 is minister at Laheview Luther an Church in Maplew ood, Minn. Funding for the Tjornhom-Nelson Theater sign was paid for by the Esther f . Olson Memorial Fund. Fall 2002 tl I )^ l ¡a From the Alumni Board president's desk.., ffi il Accordingly, I highly recommend that when an Auggre Conversatlon is held in your area, you spend a few hours reacquainting yourself with other alumni-and gain some useful and interesting information at the same time. A:Jìï*: educational opportunities did not end when we graduated from Augsburg. Last month, I had the @ m pleasure of attending an Auggie Conversation located on the garden patio of a local restaurant on a warrn summer evening. Mr. Zack' Curtis '97 enlightened us with interesting stories conceming what it is like to be a professional actor in the T¡¡in Cities. I learned more behind-thescenes information about the Minnesota theatre community in one hour than I could ever have imagined. The Augsburg Alumni Board is dedicated to connecting alumni with their fellow alums and to their program in a manner that is of mutual benefit to both. Vocation Mentoring Têams Augsburg is the fortunate recipient of the Liþ Endowment Grant entitled "Exploring Our Gifts; Reconnecting Faith, Life, and Vocation." Part of the grant involves creating a program that will bring alumni back to the campus for a mentoring program that includes students, facult¡ staff, and alumni. At the mentoring meetings and retreat, the group participants will discuss what fosters spiritual growth and maturation while reflecting upon vocation. It is anticipated that the mentors' commitment will involve an evening training session; five or six evening gatherings consisting of large group presentations for alumni mentors, students, faculty, and staff; small-group breakout sessions; potential follow-up with students at their place of work; and a final evaluation celebration. Students will be interested to know how you chose the work you do, how Augsburg prepared you and influenced you in your work, how you face the challenges in balancing your work and family life, and what gives your life meaning and purpose. Ifyou are interested in participating or learning more about this program, please contact Pastor Sonja Hagander at 612-330-1735 or via e-mail at <hagander @ augsburg. edu>. Andrew Morrison '73 President, Alumni Board Three alumni appointed to Alumni Board designed to provide opportunities for youth in the South Minneapolis community to participate in traveling league sports. Boone was inducted into the Augsburg Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001. The Augsburg Alumni Board o[ I Directors appointed three new members and elected Andy Morrison '73 as president and Paul Mueller'84 as president-elect. The new members are as follows: Jennifer Tome'99 Greg Boone'81 Greg Boone graduated from Augsburg with a B.A. in business administration and concentration in finance. He works for Northwest Airlines as a business unit manager. He has been a volunteer youth basketball coach in South Minneapolis for seven years. He is also director, treasurer, and member of the South Side Athletic Association, a non-profit organization Fall 2002 Å a m il z Jennifer Tome graduated from Augsburg in with B.A. in communications and Barry Vornbrock ,96 MAL Barry Vombrock graduated from Augsburg in 1996 with an M.A. in leadership. He manages IS a business. Tome is a wine representative to local restaurants with Paustis Wine Company in Plymouth. She serves on the Children's Home Society Winemaker's Dinner Planning Committee, and is a member of the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce and Grapevine Wine Club. bylynnMena Ambulatory Patient Care Systems at HealthPartners, Inc., in Minneapolis. His varied professional background includes engineering, computer science, and retail sales. His volunteer work includes service as an election judge and site coordinator, as well as involvement with the United Way campaign and the Minneapolis Youth Diversion Program's gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender host home program. This year, Augsburg honored him with a First Decade Award (see page 7). ,4ucsnuncruow 29 Alumni News New director and associate director join Alumni/Parent Relations bylynn Mena o o ñ (_) E k Amy Sutton, director of Alumni/Parent director of Alumni/ Relations Parent Relations Heidi Breen, associate and maintain relationships with all of our alumni, students, and parents, and to work with them side-by-side to ensure that Augsburg is always an exceptional place to come home to. We hope to provide additional support to our international and Weekend College students and alumni as well." In her first recruiting assignment at Augsburg, Sutton hired Heidi Breen as associate director of AlumniÆarent rlhe Oflice ol AlumniÆarent Relations I *ilì ,tur, the 2002-'03 academic year Relations. Breen, who joined the staff Sept. 3, had been associate director of admissions at Augsburg. Over the last 16 with years, she handled all aspects of recruiting director and associate director. Amy Sutton joined the staff as director in August. She was previously vice a new president of Friendship Ventures in Annandale, Minn., a nonprofit organization serving children and adults with developmental disabilities. She has also served both South Dakota State University and Augustana College in positions ranging lrom admissions counselor, assistant director of admissions, development officer, interim director of annual programs and alumni relations, and director of scholarship administration and development. Sutton served as dean of counselors for South Dakota Girls State in a voluntary capacity for 16 years and received the South Dakota Girls State service award for her efforts. She has also been recognized as one of the top 20 people under the age of 40 for contributions to the Brookings, S.Dak., community through work, public service, and volunteer efforts. Sutton graduated with a B.S. in commercial economics from South Dakota Srate University in 1991 and acquired her Master of Science in lndustrial Management in 2000 from South Dakota State Universiqz "I look forward to becoming a member of the Augsburg community," says Sutton. "It is already obvious to me that there are exceptional people here. "Our continued priority in AlumniÆarent Relations will be to build 30 4ucs¡unc now transfer and international students plus students from North Dakota and Colorado. Breen has served on the European Council of International School Boards since 1993 and has led two groups to Central and South America for recruiting purposes. She has a B.A. in elementary education from Concordia CollegeMoorhead, but you'd find it hard to believe she is not an Auggie! "I have loved my years working in admissions meeting great students and their families," says Breen. "The relationships that I've built with students, families, and counselors while recruiting are amazrng. I am very excited to begin my position as associate director of AlumniÆarent Relations. lt will be wonderful meeting up with some of my earlier recruits! The alumni oflice is here for you, so please let us know how we can . help you get connected to Augsburg-and for those akeady connected and volunteering, thank you!" ffi Auggie Conversations are held the second Tuesday of each month. October 8, 5:30 p.m. Benihana, St. Louis Park Facilitator/topic: Kari (Eklund) Logan'82, media relations November 12, 5:30 p.m. Fhimas, Downtown St. Paul (Lawson bullding) FacÌlitator/topic: Merilee Klemp'75, rnr,rsic Ãrrr\tnTfe[fl:TllTñIcßr President and Mrs. Wl11iam V Frame wrll visit alumni, parents, and friends of the College in the Seattle, Wash., and Vancouver/ Portland, Ore., areas from October 26-November'3,2002. January 14, 5:30 p.m. St. Petersburg, Robbinsdale Facilltator: Prof. Norma Noonan February 11,5:30 p.m. Wildfire, Eden Prairie (in the mall) Mark your calendars for the following gatherings: Topic: Athletlcs at Augsburg Saturda¡ October 26 March 11,5:30 p.m. Host: Neal '60 and Kay Thorpe Contact: Steve Rosvold'Bl 360-576-9692 Frida¡ November The Newsroom, Downtown Minneapolis Facilitator: Lisa Ze11er'Bl, 'Bq MAL April 8, 5:30 p.m. I Magrano's, Edina (in Southdale Mall) Facilitator/topic: Prof. John Mitchell, poetry Seattle gathering Locatìon and time TBD Il you wor-rld like December 10, 5:30 p.m. Roadhouse, Burnsville Facilitator: Jeroy Carlson '48 infotrnatÌon on above gatherings, 01 you rvoulcl like to scheclule an appointment to meet wrth n-rore t-he President Frame, please contact Norn-r Okerstrom'85 at 612-330-1616 or e-mai1 <okerstro@augsbr-rrg. edr-r>. May 13, 5:30 p.m. Freighthouse, Stillwater Facilitator: Prof. MarthaJohnson and Rick Shiomi, theatre For more informatron, please call 612-330I l78 or e-mail <alumnl@ar-rgsburg.eclr"r>. Fall 2O02 ,-- School Business Official of rhe 1950 Year by the Minnesota Esther Johnson, Marshall, Minn., was honored at the Pride in the Tiger Foundation Hall of Honor banquet for her contributions to area schools and community. A, longtime Marshall High School teacher, she has spent 212 years in education, including teaching English to new immigrants and teaching English abroad. 1952 Harvey Peterson, Edina, Minn., was featured in the June issue of Truch Parts and Sewice. CATCO, the company he joined in l95l and for which he currently serves as chairman of the board, was named as one of five finalists for 2002 Distributor of the Year. In the article he is described as "one of the best teachers anyone could have" by both the company's president and vice president/general manager. Under his leadership, the company has expanded to 13 locations. 1 953 Phyllis (Vik) Swanson, Association of School Business Officers. He has been business manager at West Central Area Schools in Barrett, Minn., since t996. 1964 Avis (Hoel) Dyrud, Newfolden, Minn., was named Faculty of the Year by Northland Community and Tèchnical College in Thief River Falls, Minn., where she has taught for 19 years. She and her husband, Philip '64, have five children and ll grandchildren. The Rev. Gary L. Langness, St. Paul, retired in May after 29 years as Augustana Lutheran Church's senior pastor. "[He] is one of the most outstanding pastors in the [ELCAI," said the Rev. Mark S. Hanson'68, ELCA presiding bishop. The Rev. Langness plans to pursue missionary work in lanzania and also looks forward to spending more leisure time with his wife, Carol (Welch)'65: his two children, Jennifer and Tony '93; and his twin grandsons. Northfield, Minn., celebrated the marriage of her youngest son, Daniel, to Cortney l-arson last year. She recently retired after editing St. Peter's Lutheran Church's 1967 Marilyn McKnight, Edina, Minn., is running as a DFL candidate for state legislature. She and her husband, Stephen Erickson '68, own a mediation firm in Minneapolis. 1 of the No¡theastern Minnesota Synod of the ELCA. Before his election as bishop, he was senior pastor of First Lutheran Church in Duluth. 1973 Randolph 968 Just was named senior director and chief auditor of Dorothy Anderson and her husband, Roy Hankins, recently relocated from Mason City, Ill., to accept positions as child psychiatrists with Woodland Centers in Willmar, Minn. She was previously employed at the Wilder Child Guidance Clinic in St. Paul, the Mendota Mental Health Center in Madison, and in private practice for IB was Schwan's Sales Enterprises, Inc., a frozen foods manufacturer and marketer based in Marshall, Minn. Before joining Schwan's, he served as senior manager at KPMG, LLP, in Los Angeles. 1974 years. Kathryn (Sanoden) Pearson, David Loftness, Shakopee, Cambridge, Minn., recently published her first book, Temp erTamer s (Attainment Company), a guide for instructors to help students with behavioral problems. She works for both the Braham Area School District and the Princeton and Elk River clinics of Fairview Counseling Centers. Minn., retired after sewing as director of court services for Carver and Scott Counties for 34 years. 1 969 The Rev. Peter Strommen, Duluth, Minn., was re-elected for a second six-year term as bishop ffi Augsburg alumni and friends joined President and Mrs. William V. Frame and Prof. Frankie Shackelford on a 12-day journey to Norway. THIS PAST SUMMER, newsletter for23years. Sadl¡ her husband, Bob, died in 1996. f 955 Shirley G. (Lundborg) and Harold Reistad '56, reside in Circle Pines, Minn. Shirley is a registered nurse at Northwestern Hospital. 1 963 Carolyn E. Johnson, Ph.l. Placentia, Calif., was recently cited as "a great. teacher, wonderful friend, and role model" in the communications department alumni newspaper at Cali[ornia State University-Fullerton, where she is an associate professor. Jon Nygaard, Fergus Falls, Minn.. was named Minnesota Fall 2002 Pictured at left on the steps of ffollhaugen, the home of composer Edvard Grieg, are: (top row L to R) President Frame, Malcolm Watson, Laura Cichocke, Esther Watson, Dorothy (Floistad) Benson '56, Sonya Quam, tour guide, and Anne Frame; (center row, L to R) Prof. Shackelford and Larry T[¡rner'69; (bottom row, L to R) Farolyn (Johnson) Gehring '56, Bonnie Lerberg '92, and Judy Ramler. Pictured at right on board the Nordlys Ship are (t to R) Prof. Shackelford, Mary McDougall, and Susan Albrecht. .4ucssuRc Now 3l Class Notes 1975 Dan R. Bruss, Pella, Iowa, was named the ninth president of Bethany Lutheran College, beginning inJanuary. Bruss began his academic career at Bethany in 1975, where he taught until 19Bl He has taught at Central ColÌege in Pella since 1990. He and his wife, Kathrym, have two children. The Rev. David Grant and his wife, Deb (Thomson)'76, president-elect of the Minnesota Osteopathic Medical Society He is family physician with MinnHealth in Woodbury Minn., and remains a active in the America Osteopathic Association. He also holds professorial appointments at the University of Minnesota Medical School and Des Moines University Martha "Marty" (Wagner) Nitzberg, Springfield, Va., continues to work for the honors, as well as the Associate of the Year honor by his parent [irm, North Star Resource Group. He and his wife, Jacqui, have three daughters: Kristin, Justine, and Erika. 1 981 Walt Johnson, Minneapolis, was elected president of PLUM (Professional Librarians Union of Minneapolis). He is a relerence relocated to West Union, Iowa, where Dave is senior pastor at Zion Lutheran Church. He retum in 2000 from a two-year tour overseâs. She has two daughters, Meredith and Robbie. previously served Indherred Lutheran Church and Immanuel Lutheran Church in Starbuck, 1979 Mary Lingen, Backus, Minn., exhibited t9 of her paintings at M'inn. 1976 Leah Abdella, Inver Grove Herghs, Minrì., is co-local office Karla J. (Wiese) Miller, Brookþ the Johnson Heritage Post in Park, Minn., is director of choral music at North Hennepin Community College. April. Since 1988, she has had 1 980 direcLor of the Cancer PreventÍon Coalition, an educationaì and informative non-profit organization whose goal is to reduce cancer rates through outreach, public education, advocacy, and public policy initiatives. 1977 Bruce B. Cunningham, Maplewood, Minn., was elected Jeffrey K. 13 solo shows and has been involved in 43 group exhibits in 20 states. Her work is described as "surrealistic and colorful." 1984 Bloomington, Ann Gabrielson works with Minn., achieved U.S. Foreigrr Service. She recently left her two-year post in Havana, three top for his efforts in 200Ì as a cerrified financial planner with Fortune Financial. These included the Circle of ExcelÌence and Court of Table Cuba, for a new position in Adana, Turkey. Prior to being hired by the govemment, she graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School, worked as a law clerk, and ran a private practice in Montevideo, Minn. Distinguished Alumni Award is founder and executive director of Reaching Arms International, an inte¡national adoption agency and ministry outreach organization with programs for adoption in Russia and Ukraine. ln April 2000, she opened the First Decade Award first privately-run orphanage in the Ukraine called Cradle of lollowing awa¡ds: Spirit of Augsburg Award 990 Terri (Withers) Williams and her husband, Ray, reside in Plyrnouth, Minn. She is a full-time homemaker, raising their two daughters, and teaches private vocal lessons in the Minneapolis area. Ray is a financial advisor with American Express. Corey L. Davison, Chicago, Ill., married Kelly Lin Sullivan. Corey works for the Concord Coalition as midwest director in Chicago and as director of legislative affairs in Washington, D.C. Kelly is a flight attendant for a major alrline. .lim Douglas, Apple Valle¡ the The Rev. Nila (Garner) Neumiller, Minnetonka, Minn., The Augsburg Coilege Alumni Association Awards and Recognition Committee seeks your assistance in identifying members of the Augsburg community to be considered for recognition for the & 1991 Jarnes, production goals on his law practice, Rice, Michels Johnson LLf; in Minneapolis. 1 librarian in the technology/science/ government documents department of the downtown Minneapolis Public Library. Department. of Defense after her in the Minnesota Senate. The Ìawyer and former lobbyist has opted not to run for reelection so he can spend more time with his family and focus Children's Hope. The organization Minn., started a new company providing marketing and creative services called Nighthawk Marketing. He and his wife, Andrea, have two sons, Jimmy, 5, and Tyler, 2. Kristof Nordin, Lilongwe, Malawi, Africa, is a technical coordinator for the Peace Corps' Malawi training programs. His wife, Stacia, coordinates the Peace Corps' Malawi Crisis Corps Program. They have been living and working in Africa for more than five years. Eric H. Peterson, Minneapolis, a marketing director for Dairy Queen, was recently recognized as the creator of the Express Lunch promotion, which has run in approximately 1,250 of DQ restaurants nationwide. To make a nominatlon online or to view the description/criteria for each award, go to <www. au gsburg. edu/alumni,/nomform>. is planning to extend its efforts into Africa. Last September, she was honored as one of three To recieve a nomination packet, contact: Office of AlumniÆarent Relations recipients for the 2000 Women of Achievement by lrin West Chamber of Commerce. Carolyn Pool, Minneapolis, an actor and comedian, recently appeared in the 1929 comedy June Moon by Ring Lardner and George Kaufman, at the Park f986 Square Theatre in St. Paul. She is married to Matt Sciple. Phone: 612-330-l i78 or l-800-260-6590 E-ma11: alumni@augsburg.edu The deadline for nominations for 2003 is March 14,2003 Dave Johnson, Bloomington, Mirm., will retire from his seat (DFL) 32,4UCSSURCNOW Fall 20O2 m 'Titletown's' Eayrs an NFL innovator uv Don sroner A conversation with Mike Ea¡'rs is like attending a doctorate-1eve1 c1ass. The subject is footba11. Listening to him discuss the intricacies of his favorúe sport, you understand how football has become the passion of his life for more than 30 years, a ^s coach and now as a National Football League innovator. Eayrs, a 1972 Augsburg graduate, is regarded as one of the NFIS innovators 1n merging technicai and statistical analysis with advancements in video technology For 16 years, the West Concord, Minn., native created a unique video and technical analysis program for the team he grew up admiring, the Minnesota Vikings. But in 200I, Eayrs left the Vikings to join one of the team's biggest rivals, the Green Bay Packers. He became the Packers' first director of research and development. Mike Eayrs'72 "The timing seemed right," said Eay'rs of his move to Green Bay Wis. "I was contacted by the Packers to see if I was interested in a job. Had they called a year or two sooner, I would have probably said no, because I wasn't really interested then. But there were some things happening with the franchise Ìn Minnesota . . . (and) there was just enough uncertainty that all of a sudden, 1 thought to myself that if the right team would call, I probably would listen." Other teams were callingbecause Ea¡rs is considered one of the leaders in an NFL revoiution of sophisticated analysis. It all started in the early l980s, when Ea1'rs was a footbalì assistant coach and instructor at Minnesota State University-Mankato-where the Vikings hold their annual summer training camp. "Every year, I taught a statistics class in the HPER (health, physical education, and recreation) department. Statistics was a painful thing to teach, and I was trying to find a way to make the class more fun, s¡ill worthwhile, and more exciting," Ea¡rs said. "We applied statistical analysis to sports statistics. We wrole to the NFL and got the Elias Sports Bureau to send us the year-end reports for three or four years. We started to do 'trending' on professional football. I started to send the repoils to the Vikings, findings that we found on the NFL. They were very interested in it, and I was extremely happy to do it for them." Eventually, those "State of the NFL" reports led to a full-time job wrth the Vikings, where he created sophisticated research repoils on statistical, team, and player lrends. He became one of the first NFL analysts to incorporate the use of computer databases, along with video analysls. anaþis from the o1d style of l6-millimerer film to videotape and, now, drgital video that can be merged with computer databases. Instead of looking through hours and hours of game films for specific plays or trends, Eayrs and his staff can instantly find specific plays and players, via computer video, for coaches to analyze and present in team meetings. Eayrs has seen the evolution of video In 2001, Eayrs made the jump to the Vikings'division rival, Green Bay, where he took his skills-often referred to created position wlth the Packers, the only publicþ-owned team in the NFL. as the'Viking p6d¿1"-¡6 a newly- Of course, moving from the Vikings to the Packers could have presented a problem for Eayrs and his family-including his son, Brian, who is entering his senior season as a quarterback at Augsburg, and who had spent tìme as a ballboy at the Vikings' training camp as a child. "Brian was the one who encouraged me to go to Green Bay, more than anyone else in our fami1y," Eayrs said. "The move to Green Bay isnt just about me, it involved all five members of our family ... Brian was a very loyal Viking fan a1l the way through, and he had a lot of great memories and relationships with that team. I asked hÌm what he thought, and he said, 'Dad, it's a chance to go o a s. õ L U to 'Titletown,'you'd be a fool not to take it. The winnlngest franchise in the NFL, you'd have to be a fool not to go there.' I thought, 'Well, he's on board'." Eayrs' family has a strong association with Augsburg. He received hls bachelor's degree in social studies and physical educatlon at Augsburg, and his wife, Mary Jo, currently a human resouÍces director at a Twin Cities compan¡ rs graduate of Augsburg Weekend College. a He said he enjoyed the urban setting and diversity at Augsburg, along wrth the opportunities for research and real-world experience. He played football at Augsburg, though he said that he "wasn't even a good player-I wâsn't even an averuge player on the JV team." While at Augsburg, he was able to work as a youth supeffisor and coach for the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, and learned a lot from frequent vÍsits he made to watch the Umverstty of Minnesota football team. He eventually eamed his masterb degree at Wisconsin-l¿ Crosse and doctorate at the University of Oregon. He coached and taught at four different colleges in the Midwest before jumping to the NFL. Dott Stoner is sports inJormation coordinator. Fall 2002 Mike Eayrs '72 is regarded as one of the NF[s innovators in merging technical and statistical analysis with advancements in video technology. .4ucs¡uncNow 33 Class Notes 1992 !i () s All the world's their stage q by Lynn Mena John Clifton, Cambridge, Minn., married Ernily Carr in July He received his Master ol Arts in Educatron frorn St. Mary's last year. When Darcey Engen and her husbancl, Luvetne Scifelt, were theatre majors ar Augsburg in the 19BOs, the theatre arts cleparttnenl macle its hotne in a space knor.m as Stage lL Although Engen and Seifert clìcl nol attend Ar-rgsbr.rrg ar the same time, they share a similal fòndness lor the olcl theater'. "lr rvas oliginally the rnr.tsic building, and belore tl-rat, a chtuch," says Engen. "BnL when I rvas a stltdent, lt r,vas oul own little space , and we Lool< care of rt. We rea11y learnecl how to create something out of nothù-rg-how lo tnake a costunle, how to bni1cl a sct, how to c1o lighting, how Lo work with Lhe lìre marshal, hor.v to be a janìtor-we learned cvcr-ything"' says Engen. husband, Luverne Seifert '83, have found personal and profess¡onal success There rvas also another theater on camptls, the Little Theater. "Bul I primarily remember Stage Il," says Seifert. "ll was great because yor't cor-l1d do so rnany things with the space-I can remember being there until five or six in the morning, working through the night. There were no restrictions, since graduating from you could really create r'vith yor-rr imagination." Darcey Engen '88 and her Augsburg's theatre a¡ts pro9ram, Both Engen and Seilert credit Augsburg urth helpug lo shape them into the performers rhey are today "I calne out very well-rounded; it wasn't just abour performing, it r,vas about thts group of peop1e," says Engen. "We were a community and a collaboration, " nu. purh.d each other and rve supported one another-we created art. It tvas incredtbly beneficial Engen's perfonnance experience ir-r Minneapolis lncludes work wrth Theatre de 1a ancl Dudley Rig¡¡s' Brave Nerv Workshop. Thìs past sumrnel she co-wrote -Je¡ne iur-re, ReJ Uye Collaborarion, Augsburg theatre professor Martha Johnson, a two-person procluction with rc ancl perlormecl tn FloatingMothe Since gracluating in 1988, that deals wlth the funny and poignant moÌrrents of being a mother. After receiving her M.FA. in actlng from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, rvhere she specialized in voice ancl rnovement traimng for the stage, Engen was a thealre professor al the University of Kentucky-Lexington, and later a professor at the Uníversity o[ Northern Iowa New York Seifert, who teaches theatre pan time at the University of Mlnlresota-Tw1n CÌties, spent time 1n both up the ancl Califorr-ria after gracluaring lrom Augsburg ln 1983. He first headed to New York, where he soaked Tì'ade Worlc1 of the bottom at the a store Alexander's, at a salesperson worled as and classes, took culture, "The ttlb in Center. "l llved in an old hotel that was cheaper even than the YMCA-it was awful," he chuckles. But ever)'where cockroaches were and there rvater, the shared bathroom was always fillecl with brown, murþ anyr,vhere." never been I had jusr and college, out of it r,vas a gteat experience; I was When he returnecl to Mrnneapolis, he started a theatre company r.vrth a grotlp of [e11ow Augsburg alumni called Franl< Crry Stock Thearer., whÌch operared for several years. He later performed wllh the Red Eye Collaboration, Thåafe, Chilclren's Theatre Co-p^rry, and Theatre c1e la Jeune Lune, lvl-rere he r'vas an arlislic associale for 10 str-rdy clouning in years. Earlier this year, he receivecl a McKnlght Theatre Fellowship, rvith whìch he plans to work. Switzerland and to develop ârtistic together' Althor-rgh Engen ancl Seifert clidn'r meer as students, Angsbr-rrg still played a role it-r bringing then'r at a festival perform lo hired them rvho Parker, Gary faculty, thearre Augsburg's of member a Àet thÃugh They performance he árganized called Summer Srar, an offsÀoot of rhe Renaissance Festival, in Shakopee, Minn. The lwo sons, their with Minneapohs in Northeast live eventually led to marriage tn 1992. Today, Engen and Seiferr Severin, 5, ancl Simon, 4. 993 J. Ernst, St. Paul, married Holly Lee Henderson Ìast December at St. Mark's EpiscoPal Cathedral in Minneapolis. Jin Sun, Chengdu. China. is a trombone teacher, director of the concert band, and dean ol the Sichuan Music Conservator),. He rvas a visiting scholar to Augsbur¡i lrom 1992-'93, and expresses his gratitude to the CoÌlege and its faculty for making it a "wonderful and beneficial" experience. 1 996 Ryan Carlson, Minneapolis, recently earned a B.S. in cornputer science from Augsburg Weekend College in addition to his B.A. in chemistry from Augsburg and an M.S. in chemistry from the UnÍr'ersity ol Minnesota. He is an operations manager at sea8ate. 1997 Kevin Crerand, Peoria, Ariz., is a mortgage broker in Phoenix. He says "the weather is awesome and my golf game is tops." Zach Curtis, MinneapolÍs, is artistic director of Fifty Foot Penguin Theater, which rvas named Best Independent Theater in the Twin Clties 2002 by CitY Pages. The company just completed their fifth season, and next season will be their largest yet. r 998 is an olficer in the Air Force stationed in ltaly. Matt Butler 1997, Engen returned to Ar.rgsburg's theatre arts clepartment-this time as faculty Engen is an assistant is nor'v professor, teachurg several conrses ancl directing one production each year. The theatre cleparlmenl locarecl in Foss Center, r,vith lornhorn-Nelson Theater setving as the main stage. U.S. now The benefit of Augsburg's cLrrÌ'ent rhearer space is that the hlgh artistic qr,rality of the perlortnances is "I design costume and sottnd, paired wirh a polirhed iechnical presentation, inclucling professional lighting, calnplìs Augsburg "There the on prodr.tctions ate Engen. are now a shorvcase for the Coliege," says il-rir-ri. rhat are rruly of professronal cluality-and beyond. It has really been a rvonderful transition." stewardship and parish mrnistr): from Lutheran Theological Seminar¡ in May. He was also awarded a two-month summer ln *. A 1 Matthew 4ucs¡uRc tr¡ow Justin Walkef received a Master o[ Divinity degree, with honors in Fall 2002 - course of study ât the Goethe Institute in Dresden, Germany. 1 River, Minn. Dan Lillquist, Papesville, Minn., received his Master of 999 Amy Covington moved to Fairview Northland Clinic in Elk San Diego, Calif., in April; she works for Academic Press and also writes for several local newspapers. Karen Schachtschneider, Sarasota, Fla., was promoted to senior marketing specialist at SPEEDCOM Wireless Corporation. Shana Wilkinson, Bloomingron, Minn., married Lance Jensen in March. Shana is a teacher at Forest HiÌls Elementary School and is pursuing a graduate degree at the University of St. Thomas; Lance works at Coca Cola, Inc. Physician Assistant Studies degree with a specialization in family medicine from the University of Nebraska Physician Assistant Program. He has worked for the Paynesville Area Health Care System since 2000. Becky teaches elementary special education in Wesley, Iowa; Dean is a sales representative for Syngenta Seeds and he farms with his father. 2001 Erica Bryan joined the stafl of Kinship as an Anoka county coordinator. Kris Froyum married Kristina Weinzierl inJuly. Kris is a project manager at Braun Intertec; Kristina is a senior development engineer at Honeylveìl International. computer programmer/analyst for Wells Fargo in Minneapolis; Nathan is a physician assistant at Fall 2002 and Steve Nelson, ! Minn.-a III Minn.-a Brittany Kay, in daughter, February. She joins older brother, Mitchell. Jennifer (Koehntopp) '93 and Dan Wenzel '93, Lino Lakes, Minn.-a son, Dylan Michael, inJune 2000. Kathleen Blilie '00 and her husband, Eric, Blaine, Shakopee, F Neu, Rogers, son, son, Alijah Ehret, in January. He joins older sister Arianna, 4. Kristin is a music education and band teacher for Minneapolis Public Schools. Minn.-a Andrew Thomas, in May. Kathleen is a contracts specialist at Fairview Hospital. Tahirih (Robinson)'00 and David Jensen '00, Woodhaven, Mich.-a daughter, Morgan Theone, in March. Tahirih is an Rozenia Fuller recently Amy, Edina, Minn.-a the Henry Ford Health System. is a fifth-grade teacher [o¡ Minneapolis Public Schools and is also pursuing graduate studies in special education. Sheri lronside married Nathan Budde '00 in April. SherÍ is a Kristin Joy (Schwerin)'88 Wendy (Hanson)'92 and Mark relocated to New Jersey after being accepted into Princeton University's Master of Divinity Program. She was previously academic advisor with Augsburg's approximately $21 million contract to remain with the NBAIs Los Angeles l-akers in July, staying with the team on which he has earned three straight NBA championship rings. He visited with five other teams during the two weeks that teams could court from Luther Seminary. Before entering the seminary she served as director of continuing education and co-coordinator of strategic planning ât Augsburg. John is director of business development for Exel, an intemational logistics provider, based in the U.K. admissions coordinator at the University of Minnesota. ob/gm resident and David is an intemal medicine resident with TRIO/Student Support Services. Dennice (Sorko-Ram) Gooley, Fridle¡ Minn., received a Master of Arts in Old Têstament degree Mary McKinney, Texas-a son, Jacob Thomas, in April. He joins older brother Zachary,6. Clara Emilie, in May. Cindy is an Mark Keating '91 and his wife, Devean George, Los Angeles, agreed to a four-year, free agents-Minnesota, John Ennen '84 and his wife, Becky Soller, Algona, Iowa, married Dean Bormann inJune. 2000 ,Washington, Chicago, New Jersey, and Utah-and between 12-15 teams had contacted him, but he chose to remain in Los Angeles. Births/Adoptions Fhonda (Davis) Hicks, St. Paul, John Rotter married Marisa Schleis in July. John is a financial at HealthPartners in Bloomington, Minn.; Marisa is a graphic artist at USP Lumber Connectors and a dance instructo¡ at Center Stage Dance in anaþt Montgomery Minn. 2002 Rebecca L. Running, Edina, Minn., received a Master of Arts in Leadership for Mission degree from Luther Seminary in May Marissa Skowronek married Michael Partridge in August. Marissa is a marketing communications specialist for the Minneapolis Consortium of Community Developers; Michael is a programmer/analyst for eBenX, Inc. son, Owen Wade, in February Mark is an âccount executive for EMC; Amy is a décor specialist for SUPERVALU Design Services Group. Lucinda "Cindy" (Wiehle)'92 Jennifer (Crego)'01 and Chad Carls'00, St. Michael, Minn.-a son, Thomas Allon, inJanuary Jennifer is a math teacher for the Osseo School District. and JeffJohnson, Champlin, Minn.-a '.1À: daughter, Will Schroeder '95 and his business partner T.J. Paskach, have become hot sensations with their Nitro Ice Cream company, While chemical engineering Ph.D, students at lowa State University, they invented a way to flash freeze ice cream with liquid nitrogen, creating a creamier-than-most product in seconds. The ice cream got thumbs up from fans and food experts at the Minnesota State Fair this year. Visit <wwwnitroicecream.com>, árre$l.tRc¡tow 35 m Palmer N. Henrickson '37, Oakdale, Minn., died in April; he was 90. Prior to retiring in 1978, he worked for the Standard Conveyer Company in St. Paul. He also taught junior high in Fort Ransom, N.Dak., and worked for the Government Agriculture Program in Lisbon, N.Dak. He was a veleran o[ WWtl, serving in Hawaii and the Philippines. Upon retirement, he and his wife traveled extensively around the U.S.; they took their dream trip to Norwa¡ where at 80, Palmer was able to climb a mountain. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Nora; three sons; five grandchildren; and a greatgranddaughter. He is preceded in death by his son, Pete¡ Tim. Joe O. Reitan '42,Fargo, N.Dak., died in May; he was 83. He worked as a clerk for the U.S. Postal Service in Minneapolis, and later worked as a salesman for Westem Products in Fargo until his retirement in 1994. He is suwived by his wife, Harriet, two sons, a daughter, and nine grandchildren. Selvin "Sam" E. Sampson'44, Grand Rapids, Minn., died in May; he was 80. He sewed many m Catalog Operations, retiring in l9B9 as general manager. He is survived by his wife, ShirÌey (Odencrans)'5 I ; daughters, Susan, C1'nthia, and Karen; and grandson, Jonathan. Roger E. Glans'52, Coon Rapids, Minn., died inJune; he was 76. He was a retired teacher from Coon Rapids High School. He is survived by his wife, Carol; sons, Christopher and Eric; daughter, Mary; and grandchildren, Erika, Lydia, Carsten, and Connery. Douglas Berg '56, Eurick, Wis., died inJune; he was 70. He taught in the Gale-EurickTiempealeau School District for 20 years, retiring due to illness. He is survived by his wife, Christa; son, Steve; daughter, Monika; and granddaughter, Jordan. Shirley (Lundborg) Reistad '58, Circle Pines, Minn., died in June; she was 65. She was a nurse at Abbott Northwestern Hospital. She is survived by her husband, Harold '56; sons, Jim and Steven; and grandsons, Joshua, Nicholas, and Matthew. until his retirement in 1980. In 1987, he was elected Grand Rapids Township supervisor and served six years. A WWII veteran, he served in the 82nd Airbome taught high school in Cokato, Minn., from 1958-'60. He is survived by his wife, Darlene. He is preceded in death by twin sons, Infantry in Sicil¡ ltal¡ and in southern France. He was awarded the Purple Heart for his wounds and also was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry during the Rome Campaign. He is preceded in death by his wife, Billie Jean. He is survived by three sons, Bruce, Ra¡ and Donald; seven grandchildren; and six greatgrandchildren. Glen and Gary Donald R. Erickson '50, New Brighton, Minn., died in March; he was 74. He was a 43-year employee o[ Sears Roebuck 36 ,4UCSSURC itOW Martha Batalden, Lebanon, N.H., died inJuly. She was a nationâl leader of Lutheran church women and among intemational missionaries. Martha and the entire Batalden famiÌy have touched the lives of many within the Augsburg communit¡ in part through their establishment of the Batalden Ethics Endowment Fund. Her inspiration and life will forever touch the Augsburg community. She is survived by her husband, Abner'35; her two sons, Paul'63 (LaVonne Olson'63), and Stephen '67 (Sandra); grandchildren; and many others. The Rev. Curtis C. Peter, Isanti, Minn., died in June following a valiant battle with cancer; he was 64. His life served as a testament to human strength, courage, and deep compassion. He served l0 years as church relations director at Augsburg, ìeaving in 1997; he returned to parish ministry at St. Phillips Lutheran Church in Fridley, and Ìater accepted a perrnanent call at Faith Lutheran Church in Isanti, Minn. He concluded 32 years of formal ministry when he preached at Faith Lutheran's Con[irmation service on May 4. "Curt was a faithful, gentle person in our midst," said Augsburg Pastor Dave Wold. "Perhaps the best description of Curt is that he was a sweet guy, and always looked for the good in every person." He is survived by his wife of 4I years, LaVerne; fou¡ children, Eric, Rachel, Aaron, and Seth; a grandson, Adam; and many others. The Rev. Waldo Pierson'62, Mesa, Ariz., died in May; he was 75. Over the years, he served congregations in Minnesota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. He years as a teaching principal in Effie, Minn., and at Squaw Lake, and finally taught social studies at the Grand Rapids Middle School software technical consuitant at SAP America, Inc. In memoriam, his family established the Loren Manuel Schottenstein Scholarship Fund to heìp deserving students and to honor Loren, by paying tribute to his hard work and to the receptive and encouraging academic environment at Augsburg that helped Loren to succeed despite his learning differences. He is survived by his mother, Rosalyn Kirkel; father, Morris Schottenstein; and sister, Liann Walborsky. Loren Manuel Schottenstein '92, Minneapolis, died unexpectedly inJanuary 2000; he was 30. As a student at Augsburg, he became chair of the College Republicans, treasurer of the Marketing Association, and was a student assistant in the audiovisual department. He was also the site manager of the lntemational Special Olyrnpics and a member of the Minnesota Nationaì Guard. Prior to his death, he worked as â computer Fall 2OO2 ) ¡a tt o It Music Nov. 25 Sept. 26-OcL. 25 For more inJormation on any of these eyents (unless othenuise noted), call 612-330-1265 Chamber Music Recital 8 p.m.-Sateren Auditorium "G¡fts to Augsburg College: Selections from the Captain Gerald L. Johnson Sepr. 27 September 1 1 Commemorative Concert p.m.-Hoversten Chapel B Collection" Dec. 6-7 New art gallery, Christensen Center Advent Vespers Nov B-Dec. Dec. Oct. 13 Gospel Praise Concert 9 a.m.-St. John's Lutheran Church Howard Lake, Minn. Oct.22 Augsburg Riverside Singers and Men's Chorus Concert 7:30 p.m.-Hoversten Chapel Ocr. 27 O. Nicholas Raths Faculty Guitar Recital 3 p.m.-Sateren AudÍtorium Nov. 3 The Masterworks Chorale Concert 4 p.m.-Wayzata CommunÌty Church Wayzata, Minn. Nov. 10 Gospel Praise Concert 9 a.m.-Emmanuel Lutheran Church Almelund, Minn. 6-5 and 8 p.m. Dec.7-5 and I p.m. Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis For information, call 612-330-1265 Augsburg Jazz Ensemble Concert 4 p.m.-Hoversten Chapel Nov. 18 Augsburg Chamber Orchestra Concert 7 30 p.m.-Sateren Auditorium Dec. 13-11 For tlcket information, call 612-330-1I59 Seminars, Lectures, and Films or l-800-299-8889 F or 15th Annual Benefit Concert and Silent Auction, Center for Global Education 7 p.m.-Hoversten Chapel Theatre For tichet information, call 612-330-1257 l\ov. 1-10 Macbeth by WÌlliam Shakespeare; director, Julie Bolton Performances: Nov l, 2,7 , 8, 9 at 7 p.m.; Nov. 3 and l0 at 2 p.m. Tjornhom-Nelson Theater, Foss Center Augsburg Concert Band Concert 3 p.m.-Central Lutheran Church Minneapolis information, call Oct. Nov l0-l : l0 p.m.-ljornhom-Nelson Julie Bolton, director; Michael Burden, setlighting designer, Sandra Schulte, costume designer Nov. 6 Drama Day for high school students For informaiion, call Darcey Engen, 612-330-r549 -11 B0 B "One Makes the Difference" Julia Butterfly Hill, writer, poet, activist 7:30 p.m.-Convocation, Hoversten Artistic Conceptsr Macbeth : -330 2002 Christensen Symposium "How Christian Faith Can Sustain the Life of the Mind" Richard T. Hughes, Pepperdine University For information, call 612-330-1 180 Chapel 12 612 Sept. 23-24 Nov. 4 : Nov. 24 "Out of the Woods," by Alis Olsen Opening reception: Nov 8, 6-9p.m. The Gage Family Art Gallery, Llndell Library Theater, Foss Center Nov. 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Title: Augsburg Now Summer 2003
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Search Result: ¡¡ ¡¡ From the editor A :':1l,l^li:-,'ïï; îffi":: : 3:"' May 4, Augsburg concluded its l3,lth academic year, sending 534 graduates of the Class of 2003 into the world, making room for the incoming Class of 2007. The Commencement photo spread, starting on p. 13, features highlights fro...
Show more ¡¡ ¡¡ From the editor A :':1l,l^li:-,'ïï; îffi":: : 3:"' May 4, Augsburg concluded its l3,lth academic year, sending 534 graduates of the Class of 2003 into the world, making room for the incoming Class of 2007. The Commencement photo spread, starting on p. 13, features highlights from the weekend's festivities, including excerpts from the ceremony's keynote speakers, ABC News correspondent John McWethy and elder care advocate Laurie Duncan- McWethy This year, the College also bid farewell to four retiring members of the faculty and staff: economics professor Satya Gupta, biology professor Esther Mclaughlin, associate professor and librarian Grace Sulerud'58, and support of the College. Comprised of Augsburg alumni, alumni wives, faculty wives, and other friends of the College, the organization was founded in the fall of 1984. Since then, its members have raised over a half million dollars for Augsburg. The feature story on p. B pays tribute to this forward-thinking and enterprising group of women. Be sure to check out the winning entries of Augsburg's third annual international photo contest on p. 6. The contest provides an opportunity for students to share their best images from international and off-campus studies, and offers a glimpse into the different cultures explored by our students. Finally, Auggie Thoughts onp.24 features the Commencement speech presented by Christin R. Crabtree '03, Weekend College representative. Crabtree reminds us that "behind every new person you meet, there is a sea of faces." We may never know all the faces existing behind the lives we touch, but as Crabtree reflects, "we all have the opportunity to have a ripple upon the world we occupy ... we can positively affect our communities through the simple acts of smiling at our neighbors, voting at every election,, and advocating for our future generations, our children." -l Áu¡ *Jw ll* Lynn Mena Assistant Editor facilities assistant Mary Duffee. With a combined 93 years of service, all four leave distinct legacies to Augsburg; read their stories and plans for the future on p. 11. The Augsburg Associ.ates, who number around I00, is a service auxiliary dedicated to fundraising for a o s. S special projects and scholarships in We welcome your letters! Please wdte to: Edito¡ AugsburgNow 2211 Riverside Ave., CB I45 Minneapolis, MN 55454 E-mail: now@augsburg.edu Fax: 612-330-1780 Business administration chair John Cerrito celebrated with four graduating business seniors at the department's reception in April: (L to R) Kristina Truong, Peter Samargia, Suki Sylaphet, and Hugo Quintiliano. Phone:612-330-ll8l Letters for publication must be signed and include your name, class year, and daytime telephone number. They may be edited for length, clarity, and style. CORRECTIONS Karen Ackerman, who completed the Master of Arts in Nursing program this Ma¡ was incorrectly identified as Linda Ackerman in the photo on p. 1l of the spring 2003 AugsburgNow. On the same page, Gary Shinnick, pictured with professor emerita Bev Nilsson, was incorrectly identified as the Rev Bill Miller. Also in tl-re spring 2003 Augsburg Now, Carl Grulke's name was misspelled ln the story on p. 8. i Augsburg Now is published quarterly by: Office of Public Relations and Communication 221 I Riverside Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55454 612-330-r AucsBuRG Now Vol.65, No.4 Summer 2003 lBr now@augsburg.edu Features Editor I Betsey Norgard Assistant Editor Lynn Mena Graphic Designer The Augsburg Associates-providing service behind the front lines Kathy Rumpza by Betsey Norgard Class Notes Coordinator In the nearly 20 years since their founding, Sara KamhoÞ the Augsburg Associates have given to the College over a half million dollars from their fundraising efforts earmarked for special projects and scholarships. Photographer Stephen Geffre President William V Frame D¡rector of Alumni and Parent Relations 11 Amy Sutton Director of Public Relations and Communication Farewell to retiring faculty and staff by Lynn Mena Three retiring faculty members, with a combined 78 years of service to Augsburg, were granted emeritus/emerita status by the Board of Regents in May; in addition, one staff member, with nearly 15 years of service, retired in January. Dan Jorgensen Opinions expressed in Augsburg Now do not necessarily reflect official College policy ISSN r058-r545 6 Send address corrections to: Advancement Services Augsburg College, CB 142 221 I Riverside Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55454 Third Annual International Photo Contest f3 co**encement 2oo3 612-330-ló87 now@augsburg.edu Augsburg College, as affirmed its mission, does not discriminate on the basis oJ race, color, creeil, religion, national or ethnic origin, øge, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, or disability in its education p olicie s, a dmis sions p olicies, s cholar ship ønil lo an pro gr ams, athletic anill or scho ol aâministered pro grdms, except Departments ir in those instances where religion is a bona Jiile occupøtional qualific ation. Au gsbur g C oll e ge is committed to proviiling reasonqble accommo ilations to its employees and its students. www.augsburg.edu 2 Around the Quad 4 Sports 17 18 Alumni News 24 Auggie Thoughts inside back cover Homecoming 2003 Preview Class Notes On the cover: Augsbur g s tu dent s, c ar ry ing Jlags rcprescnltng lhe countrics oJ origin oJ the Class of 2003 graduates,Ied the academic procession to the C omnrcnc 50 percent recycled paper (10 percerLt post-consumer waste) ement C eremony. Pho to by Stephen GelJre'03. I 0 I o ^ Presenting music therapy in China a D ïi:: î.1ïil5i"':",*i:,:n" ""' /a O tt a university faculty and students, as well as a s. Therapy-A Field Whose Time Has Arrived Around the World"-music number of dignitaries, could be felt in the therapy professor Roberta Kagin found that relatively few of the nearly 120 people who crowded into a room set up for just 30 people in Beijing, China, were familiar with the discipline of music therapy. Kagin was one of five music educators invited to present at a conference on music education reform, held at Capitol Normal University in Beijing. She says that Western music in general is sorely lacking in China, and that the Chinese concept of music education is more commonly understood as teaching people about music, not preparing teachers of music. "Students are hungry for anything we can give them," she commented, in reflecting on the great interest in her presentation and in music therapy in conference ambiance. Kagin reported that, "The opening ceremonies were an amazing array of flowers, speeches, and videos." general. The conference audience included à as so U While in Beijing, Kagin visited two other music schools-the premier Central Conservatory ol musìc and the Chinese Professor Roberta Kagin (right). chair of Augsburg's music conservatory, a more therapy program, was greeted with flowers in Beijing, China, where her presentation at a conference on music therapy was traditional program. As eagerly received and overfilled the meeting room, Zhou Shibin part of her own doctoral (center above) is an administrator at Capital Normal University study, Kagin met with who visited Augsburg in the winter o1 1996-97. members of the Huaxia Musical Ensemble, a group of music Kagin's host in Beijing was Zhou students playing traditional Chinese Shibin, an administrator at Capital instruments. A paper she wrote included Normal Universit¡ who visited research and field recordings of the Augsburg in the winter of 1996-97 and instruments. may return in the coming fall. American lndian Student Services Program celebrates 25th ann¡versary Æï}':::äffi ä":3öx'"'åïä:. a yearlong celebration of its 25th anniversary with a gala dinner May 16. Mike Freeman, master of ceremonies and Augsburg regent, welcomed guests, who included faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends of the College and AISSP The evening began with an invocation by the Rev. Marlene Whiterabbit Helgemo of All Nations Indian Church, and an Honor Song by the Lakota Singers, led byJerry Dearly Cindy Peterson, director ofAISSB then presented the history of the program. Following dinner, those who have impacted and helped shape the program were honored with a "give-away." Receiving special recognition were former College presidents Oscar Anderson and 2 ,+UGSBURG NOW a a Charles Anderson; former AISSP director Bonnie Wallace and current director Cindy h Peterson; Joseph Aitken; President William Frame, academic dean Chris Kimball; Herald Johnson, assistant to the vice president of enrollment and market development; Tom Morgan, vice president of enrollment and market development; Ann Garvey, associate dean for student affairs; scholarship donors; and the Tribal Offices Committee. Charles Anderson, president of Augsburg from 1980-97, receives a "give-away" blanket from Bonnie Wallace, the first director of Augsburg's American lndian Student Services Program. Assisting with the give-aways at AISSP's 25th anniversary dinner are Sandi Lallak, a specialist with Augsburg's CLASS program (left), and Sadie Curtis, a specialist with Augsburg's Access Center (right). Summer 2003 I a o Parker Palmer visits Augsburg sS. r^ Flarker l. Palmer. Y m, Courage bestselling author oI to Teach,visited Augsburg lly''ay 17 as part of the College's Exploring Our Gifts program. In the afternoon, faculty, staff, and invited guests gathered for a workshop, where the respected teacher and activist discussed vocation. Using a Mobius strip, Palmer illustrated how one side represents a person's outer life-the roles played, the "stage-self"-and the other side represents the inner life, the Tvvo "backstage self." He then demonstrated how the two are combined, how "soul and role" intersect. In the evening, Palmer addressed the issue of education with a public presentation, "Honor Thy Teacher: Authentic Education Reform in an Era of Smoke and Mirrors." Palmer suggested a need to "support the heart of the teacher, and equip them as human beings to effect change in the troubled system we call education." Parker Palmer, an acclaimed writen teache1 and activist, presented a workshop and lecture May 17 as part of Augsburg's Exploring Our Gifts program students rece¡ve Hognander Award f, iark Abelsen and Maja Lisa are the 2003-04 recipients of the Hognander Award, the College's most prestigious music award. Mark Abelsen, of Duluth, Minn., is a senior piano performance major studying with associate professorJill Dawe. He participates as an accompanist on campus and in the chamber music program, where he enjoys working with singers and string players. In the future, he plans to pursue master's and doctoral degrees in accompanying or orchestral conducting. He was a featured soloist in the 2002-03 Concerto Aria concert. lYlrtl,ruuspen FritzHuspen, of Bismarck, N.Dak., is a Regents Scholar and senior vocal performance major studying with studio artist Susan Druck. She performs in the Augsburg Choir and vocal chamber music program. In April 2002, she won first place in the intermediate voice division of the annual Schubert Club competition. She was also featured as a soloist in both the 2001-02 and2002-03 Concerto Aria concerts. The Orville C. and Gertrude O. Hognander Family Fund was established to recognize exceptional music performance and achievement. The n 7 Maja Lisa ffi Mark Abelsen '04 FritzHuspen '04 scholarship is based on merit, specifically to provide encouragement to outstanding music students. Requirements include a resume, essay, and an audition of two musical selections. NOr{Wran¡t"Y it¡t!ïtt?rñtãrtE a a Augsburg hosts Antarctic research meet¡ng of national scholars s. r4 Physics professor Mark Engebretson (left) hosted a meeting at Augsburg in May of scholars from across the country participating in research in the Antarct¡c region, including Vladimir Papitashvili (center), f rom the National Science Foundation, and John Foster (right), from MlT. Summer 2OO3 President William V. Frame was elected president of the ELCA Council of College Presidents, representing the 28 colleges of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Emeritus/emerita status granted Three retiring faculty members, with a combined 78 years ofservice to Augsburg, were granted emerituVemerita status by the Board of Regents in May: Satya Gupta, professor of economics Esther Mclaughlin, associate professor of biology Grace Sulerud, associate professor and librarian For more information, see the story about retinng faculty and stafJ on p. 11. ,4ucs¡unc ruow 3 2OO2-03 Twclvc I athletic year in review All-Arnclican honors; two national players ol the weel<; l5 national toLrrnament qualifiers in individual sports; l2 All-Region selections, two MIAC Players of the Year; 22 AII-MIAC honors; three AII-MIAC second-team honors; 35 AII-MIAC honorable mention honors, 14 MIAC Players/Athletes of the Week; 50 MIAC Academic All-Conference honors; seven Verizon Academic All-District selections, and l5 sport-specific Scholar All-America selections highlightecl the sports year. Wrestling The Auggie wrestlers saw their threeseason string of national championships ended by Wartburg (Iowa), but the Auggies finished second with six AllAmericans. Freshman Marcus LeVesseur went 44-0 to earn the national title at 157 pounds, Augsburg's 3lst individual national title. Football The Auggies finished the 2002 campaign with a 2-8 overall record ancl l-7 mark in the MIAC. championship meet, a one-position improvernent from last year's finish. Augsburg's volleyball team struggled this season, finishing 3-25 overall and l-10 in the MIAC. Men's soccer Augsburg finished 4-II-2 overall and 1-8-1 in MIAC play "i U Augsburg recorded one of its best finishes in school history in the NCAA Division III Central Regional at the encl of the season, as each of the 14 runners who competed at the regional rneet for Augsburg recorded a personal-best time. Augsburg's rnen placed l3th in the 25-team event, while the women finished 20th. Men's hockey Augsburg reached the conference postseason playoffs for the fifth time in the last six years. Ar,rgsburg finished 17-9-0 overall and 10-6 in MIAC pla¡ placing third. SeniorJaro Cesþ was the top scorer among MIAC players this season, standing 20th nationally among Division III players in points. Chesky was narned MIAC Player of the Year. After a two-season absence, Augsburg returned to the MIAC playoffs with a fifth-place conference standing, finishing the season l2-lI-3 overall, 10-6-2 in the MIAC. Sophomore Lauren Chezick was named MIAC Player of the Year; tl-ris season, she led the nation in total points and was second in points-per-game. Men's basketball Augsburg claimed its best record since 1995, finishingll-5-2 overall and 5-5-1 in the MIAC. Augsburg finished 1l-14 overall, S-12 in MIAC play Women's basketball Men's golf Augsburg finished Adjusting to a relatively young lineup, Augsburg finished fifth in the MIAC meet with a 482 27-hole total, finishing out of the top four in the MIAC meet for the first time since 1993. MIAC play Women's golf 4 ,+UGSBURG NOW 4,; Men's/Women's cross country Women's soccer Augsburg finished eighth at the MIAC ¡*4É-{tr In the MIAC meet, Augsburg's men placed eighth overall, while the Auggie women placed ninth. As a team, Women's hockey Volleyball byDonstoner 4-2I overall,3-20 in Baseball The Auggies showed strong improvement in team play finishing 9-24-2 overaTl and 4-16 in MIAC play Softball shortstop Kristen Lideen earned All American honors this season. Softball Augsburg finished the 2003 seasonT-29 overall and 4-18 in the MIAC. Shortstop Kristen Lideen (junior) led the team in virtually every offensive category, setting the third-best single-season batting average in school history. She set singleseason school records for hits, doubles, and total bases, and became.just the third player in school history to go through a season without a strikeout. Men's/Women's track and field Sprinter Mathew Shannon (junior) became the first Auggie male track and field athlete to ever earn multiple AllAmerican honors in track in one season, and earned MIAC Athlete of the Week honors three times this season. Sprinter Tonnisha Bell (freshman) became just the second Auggie freshman to earn AllAmerican honors in track. For the most complete information on Augsburg Auggie athletics. visit <www. augsbu rg.ed u/at h let ics>. Don Stoner ís s¡rorts inJorntation coordtnator. Summer 2003 T I Five students earn top athletic awards !ive senior student-athletes received I athletic awards for the 2002-03 school year, voted by coaches in Augsburg's men's and women's athletic departments. Four Auggies earned Honor Athlete designation, the highest honor the College gives its senior student-athletes, and one eamed Augsburg Senior Athlete of the Year honors. career putouts are tops in school history. She has served as an year starter at Jay Howard, running back in football, Bramwell earned AII-MIAC business Augsburg StudentAthlete Mentor for two years and is a member of the MIAC Student Athlete Advisory Commiuee. With a 3.0 GPA, she has served as president of the Augsburg College Education Students (ACES) association, and is a two-time recipient of the Joyce Pfaff Academic Award for management-A women's athletics. three-year starter in men's basketball, Howard earned All- 2002-03 Senior Athlete of the Year 2002-03 Honor Athletes T.J. Bramwell, biology-A three- second-team honors in2002. He was a team co-captain in 2002 and received the football team's Auggie Award. With a 3.611 GPA, Bramwell earned Academic AII-MIAC honors and Verizon Academic All-District third-team honors in both his junior and senior seasons. Ricky Crone, marketing-A twotime All American in wrestling, Crone nation at 184 pounds this season, after finishing second coaches have been hired in four sports in recent months. Alumnus Douge Schildgen'90 was hired to lead Augsburg's baseball team. For the previous four seasons, Schildgen served as head coach at North Hennepin Community College, where he compiled a 49-44 record in his four seasons, finishing second in the competitive Minnesota Community College Conference twice and reaching state tournament and regional competition twice. InJanuary Augsburg hired Troy international business-A four- junior and senior seasons. He led the Auggies in scoring, rebounding, blocked time AII-MIAC firstteam recipient in shots, three-point baskets, and field-goal percentage. He was 10th in the MIAC in scoring his senior season, 18th in rebounding, and third in blocked shots. With a 3.593 GPA, Howard earned Academic AII-MIAC honors his junior and senior seasons. men's hockey, Cesky Jennifer Lemke, elementary educationA four-year starter in softball at catcher and first base, Lemke served as team co- 'Augsburg hires five new Goaches I ugsburg College has severa] new Flfu..r in the coaching ranks, as new Jaro Cesky, MIAC honorable mention honors his placed third in the Summer 2003 captain for two seasons. Her 631 nationally the year before. He earned MIAC and Great Lakes Regional championships, and was team co-captain his senior season. He earned the team's Auggie Award and was a part of teams that won the NCAA Division III national title in 2002 and finished second in 2003. With a 3.20 GPA, Crone earned NWCA Scholar All-America honors in 2003 and was a member of an academic national team that finished sixth nationally with a team GPA of 3.335. byDonstoner earned AHCA Division III AllAmerican first-team honors in 2002-03, Augsburg's 27th AllAmerican honor in men's hockey He was named MIAC Player of the Year for 2002-03, scoring 42 points. He was voted team Rookie of the Year his freshman season and team MVP his senior year. In March, Cesky was drafted by the Quad City Mallards, a minor league UHL team. byDonstoner Nygaard and Laura Levi to serve as cocoaches for the women's golf team. Nygaard currently serves as operaLions supervisor of the Eagle Lake Golf Course in the Three Rivers Park District (formerly Hennepin Parks) in Plymouth, Minn. Levi has worked as a golf instructor in the Three Rivers Park for the past two years, and is the golf courses' site coordinator for the LPGA/USGA Girls' Golf Program. In April, Cathy Skinner was hired as the new head coach for the volleyball team. Skinner brings 15 seasons of volleyball coaching experience to Augsburg, including eight years at the NCAA Division I level with Fordham, Princeton, and Drexel universities. ln May, Dave Johnson, who coached the Hudson (Wis.) High School girls' basketball team to six Wisconsin state tournaments and two state titles in the last eight years, rÃ/as hired as the Auggies' new women's basketball head coach. In addition to his coaching duties at Augsburg, Johnson will also direct the school's intramural athletics program and serve as equipment supervisor for the health and physical education department and the women's athletics program. ,4ucssunc Now 5 t' \'('r' I00 I'nir¡(':r \\,¡^c :;Lrl)ltìii1('(l ìn tllc 1lriril lrtrrrrurl ¡rlroto t orrtcl;1 for i ntclnltionlI ¿rrrrl of 1ì.clrr.rprr:; :;t Lrrl icl;. Wi¡rrrcr-¡; r,r,r'r"r' :;r'lcc:1ccl irr tllrt'i' clttc¡pric:;: :;cctric latrrl:;rlr¡ri':;, loclI ¡rco¡tIc irr l.r c r-os¡;-cnItrrlrI :;ctiin¡r,, irncI Au¡,,.1brrlt,, :itt-tcl(ìn1:ì ur u lrosi rjcttinlì. ¡\llr'r,inninu l)llotos wcrc c[isl)la)/ccl itr (.Ìrristcnscn I C.c:ntr:r'. Lnlries \,vcrc juclgccl on t]ìc lollor,r,ing cJ:itcrirì: cross-cullLll'irl contcnt, artistic tìncl Lcchnical cluiìlity, ancl r'cprocl ucibrìr ty Io 'r t' ltll llrt' rr innt'ts, r irit <w w\\r a Lt gsllulg. ccl u/i r tcl'r'r r : tiorul/ pho tocontcst03 >. Local people in a cross-cultural setting. Third place. A "Damara," Jamie Johnson '06. Namibia. Scenic landscapes. Second place. "Namib," Jamie e; &È,,e B Johnson '06. Namibia. Scenic landscapes. First Place. C Stacy Enger'04. Norway. "Little Piece of Norway," Local people in a cross-cultural setting. First place. D "Playing with Pigeons," Naomi Sveom '04. Argentina Augsburg students in a cross-cultural setting. First place. E "Traje tipico y tevas," Katie Nielsen '03. Guatemala. Scenic landscapes. Third place. "Nature's Embrace #2 " F Naomi Sveom '04. Argentina. 6 .+t (;srit lì(; Now Summer 2003 *: q Summer 2003 a ,,4ucsnunc n¡ow 7 PROVIDING SIRVICE BIH ND THE FRONT L NES by Betsey Norgard Behincl the neu' Welcome Desk in Cl.rristensen Center will soon appear a new plaque, thar-rking the Augsburg Associates for their funcling ancl support for the renovatìon of that space. They have also been thanked for similar projects in tl-re Augsburg Roorn, Marshall Roorn, and the Green Room in Foss Center. In the nearly 20 years since their founding, the Augsburg Associates have gi\¡en to the College over a half million clollars frorn their fundraising eflorts earmarked for special projects such as the Christensen Center rerìovation. The Ar.rgsburg CoÌlege Associates, 'uvho number around 100, is a sen'ice auxiliary cleclicatecl to fundraising lor special projects and scholarships in support ol the College. Nearly 20 years ago, in the fall of 1984, Gladys (Boxrud) Strornmen '46, Kate Anderson, and Stella (Kyllo) Rosenquist '64 er.rvisloned an organization of Augsburg alumni, alurnni 1y11,s5, ancl other lriencls of the College-sirnilar to social and service organizations on other c:rm¡luses-ancl compilecl a list of potential members to invite to a luncheon. A nurnber of these women then hostcd thcir own luncheons. iuviting classmates ancl friends with Augsburg connections. Witl-rin a yeâr, the Associates grew to arouncl 60 members. For their initial funclraising events, they sponsored benefit performances at i.l'ives, facultl, o o s. bs' Ø Through its fundraising and membership, the Augsburg Associates have supported the College for nearly 20 years. Board members are: (seated, L to R) Birgit Birkeland '58 (treasurer), Michelle (Karkhoff) Christianson '72 (president). Ruth Aaskov'53 (secretary); (standing, L to R) Lucy Hackbart, Grace (Kemmer) Sulerud'58, llene Holen, Lois (Black) Ahlbom '47,Barbara (Olson) Dettle '59. Dorothy Bailey, Maryon Lee, Mary Wick, Anne Frame, Jo Erickson. Board members not present are Dorothy (Floistad) Benson'56, Doris (Frojen) Bretheim '51,Terry Cook, and Joanne (St¡les) Laird '58 (vice president). 8 ,+UGSBURG NoW Summer 2O03 L q Associates'board by Helga Egertson, who had volunteered on similar sales with Ebenezer Society. A group of 80 or so women, who are experienced in the organization and appraisal of household goods, manage the sale and then take care of anything that didn't sell. From 1996 through 2002, with six or seven sales per year, the sales have netted $72,000 profit The new Welcome Desk in the recently renovated Christensen Center was funded by the Augsburg Assoc¡ates, and is but one of several examples of the Associates' generosity over the past 20 years. area theaters. The first, Tlrc Good Life, was only marginally successful in raising money, says Kate Anderson, a former Associates president and wife of Augsburg president emeritus Charles Anderson. "We were barely organized, and we were trying to do this at the same time." The two following projects, The Rainmaher and Gospel at Colonnus, were more successful. At that time, planning was underway at Augsburg for a new chapel, to be located in the new Foss, Lobeck, Miles Center for Worship and Communication. As the need for a new organ was discussed, Anderson recalls her proposal to the Associates-"Let's see if we can buy it for the College." Over a six-year period, they raised $250,000 to purchase the . Dobson organ in Hoversten Chapel. During the first decade of the association, their major fundraising projects were annual "Trash and Treasure" sales. For months, the group would collect donations of furniture, clothing, and other household articles for a giant sale. While quite successful, the sales were an enormous arnount of work to gather, categorize, and price the goods-and subsequently dispose of unsold items. Space was used in the old church that stood next to Melby Gyrn and in the gyrnnasium itself, meaning that everything had to be moved around to accommodate athletic schedules and other needs for the space. Summer 2003 for the Associates. These sales offer a service as well as After eight or so years, and when the church was torn down, the Associates provide a benefit for the organization. The Associates have received letters and cards of appreciation, mentioning that they are glad the money goes to support a worthy decided to end the era of the Trash and Treasure sales. cause, says Egertson. Managing estate and mo\/ing sales Anderson adds that their services are provided at times that can be very difficult for many people, some of whom already have connections to Augsburg. Each sale requires a team who spend a week or so in the home organizing, pricing, and preparing everything for sale, including washing all china and crystal Since 1996, the Associates have continued to raise funds for the College by selling household items, but now through the administration of estate and moving sales. The idea was first proposed to the a ! Avis Ellingrod (left) and Orlette Tatley (right) are kept busy ringing up and packing purchases at an estate sale in Burnsville in April. È L q Kate Anderson (right) and shopper Ruth Schuenke examined some of the jewelry items included in the Burnsville estate sale. ,4ucssunc fr¡ow 9 and polishing silver. They bring tables ancl sheÌr,ing to the sale Ìocation for clisplay On the Friday and Saturday sale days, approxirnately I0-12 r'olunteers are on hand, sor-netirnes finding a line of 20 people waiting for them at 6:30 a.rn. Customers range frorn professional clealers who follow their schedule of sales to neighbors and curious passers-b;'. Funding other special projects After the organ purchase, the Associates' second major fundraising project was furnishing the Special Collections room in the new Lindell Library The Associates raised $100,000 to create an attractive space with a proper enr¡ironr¡ent to house the special books and collections owned by the College, including the personal library donated by writer and activist Merideì LeSueur. Since then, the Associates have H ru r.w ÆHE LI fl m Graham, and Leola Josefson. renovated the Green Room in Foss Center, the Marshall and Augsburg roorns in Christensen Center, and, most recently, havejust funded creation of the Welcome Desk that greets visitors to the College center. Special lundraising projects are chosen by the Associates in collaboration with the College administration, identifying projects of the greatest need to the College. Festive hosts r7ïrr5 At Velkommen Jul 1999, among the festive hostesses were (L to R) Fern Hanson Gudmestad '41, Elaine f or Velkommen Jul The Augsburg Associates are perhaps rnost visible at the College's annual Velkommen Jul celebration for the community, held usually on the first Friday in December. Dressed in traditional Nordic folk costumes, they host the sumptuous table of Scandinavian Christmas goodies and attract visitors with sales of homernade and irnported Scandinavian gifts ancl holiday clecorations. For a number o[ years, the Associates have carried out the Over a six-year period, the Augsburg Associates raised $250,000 to purchase the Dobson organ in Hoversten Chapel. 10 ,4ucs¡uRc ruow planning ancl preparation for this popular event, as well as the baking ancl donating of many Scandinavian treats-flatbreads, lutunl¿ahe, sandbahelser; hransel¿ahe, and rosettes. Service in education Beyond fundraising, the activities of the Augsburg Associates include an annual educational seminar each spring. Speakers on various topics-some frorn the Augsburg faculty and staff-presenr sessions to which the public is aÌso invited. In addition, the Associates have endowed a scholarship offered to an Augsburg student each year. With a traditionally fernale membership, the Associates would welcome men and, especiall;', young people to their ranks. Not all mernbers need participate in the activities. For many, ¡þs organization provides a way to support the College, and higher levels of membership represent a significant portion of their annual funclraising. For inlormation about estate and moving sales or about the Augsburg Associates, contact 6 1 2-330- I 183 or 6i2-330-1171. I Summer 2003 Farewell to ,i FACULTY AND STAFF by Lynn Mena SATYA GUPTA Satya Gupta, professor of econotnics, began 27 years oï distinguished service to the College in 1976. He was granted tenlrre in 1982, and promoted to full professor in 1987. He obtained B.S. degrees frorn Agra University in Inclia, M.S. degrees from both Agra University ancl Southern Illinois University, ancl his Ph.D. from Southern lÌlinois Universì.ty. Prior to coming to Augsburg, he taught in India, Ethiopia, and Canada. "He was always very interested in his students," says Jeanne Boeh, associate professor and chair of economics. "His early work in peace studies was very l-relpful to the College." In 1981, Gupta and his wife were two of 531 appointees from colleges and universities throughout the United States for six-year terms as Danforth Associates. 'The purpose of the Danforth Associate Program is to recognize and encoLlrâge effective teaching ancl to foster activities that humanize teaching and learning for nlcrnbcrs ol campus cornrnunilies. In 1982, Gupta was awarded a grant lo conclut l a spccial serninat'on rninority education. In reflecting upon eclucatior-r ancl the role of educators, Gupta wrote in 1988, Summer 2O03 "We need education that produces not the physical or intelleciual, not the political or economics man only, but also the moral and spiritual mân-the whole man. We need to impart education that will help deveiop a meaningfui philosophy ol lile." Gupta anticipates having his hands full during retirement, helping to care for his new grandchild. ESTHER G. MCLAUGHLIN Esther Mcl-aughlin, associate professor of biology, began her career at Augsburg in 1989 as assistant professor of biology. She obtained her B.A. and Ph.D. clegrees i.n botany from the University of CaliforniaBerkeley in 1962 and 1968, respectively. Prior to Augsburg, Mclaughlin held adjunct faculty positi.ons teaching plant biology ât Carleton College, St. Olaf College, and the University of Minnesota. "However, much of the time I was a stayat-home nìother, until my younger daughter was a senior in high school," says Mclaughlì.n. Outsicle of teaching, Mclaughlin has co-eclited a two-volume book on ltrngi for Springer-Verlag, ancl is an active melnber of the Minnesota Native Plant Society. When she looks back on her career at Augsburg, Mclaughlin says she is most proucl of having inspirecl "a student or a career involving plants or fungi. She especially appreclates having had colleagues "who care as much as I do-or ms¡ç-¿þ6¡¡ biology and two" to choose teaching biology." She says she will miss her department and her students, but promises to "come back and annoy my clepartment from time to time, just in case they thought they coulcl get entirely away from me." "Esther Mclaughlin is a superb teacher whose enthusiasm, energy, and dedication is a joy to students ancl colleagues alike," says Dale Peclerson, associate professor of biology. "She has rno<leled rnany oI the best l)racl jces it] teaching: clear organization, thorough preparation, honest self-evaluation, and continual improvement. She has served as mentor both for students and colleagues. We have relied heavily on her philosophical perspective, her wellternperecl and good-humored insistence on rationality, and her willingness and ability to argue for those positions that improve the educational quality of our programs and the College ... she will be sorely missecl." In the long term, Mclaughlin looks forwarcl to spencling more time with her two chilclren and grandchildren, traveling wirh her husband (incluciing trips to Asia and South America to collect fungi), ancl ,4ucs¡unc ruow 11 Fa rewell to Retiring plans to volunteer at the Bell Museum of Natural History at the University of Minnesota, where her husbancl is curatclr of fungi. storytelling. "She has often entertainecl the library staff with stories of her travels GRACE K. SULERUD '58 Augsburg, both as a stticlent ancl as a librarian," adcls Susan Certain, accluisitions coordinator. Suierucl particì-tlarly enjoyecl worliing wìth the library stafl to clevelop the library's collections and expancl services. An Augsburg graduate fiom the Class of 1958, Grace (Kernmer) Sulerud returnecl to the College in 1.966 as a circulation librarian. She stayecl for 37 years, retiring as associate professor ancl collectior-r development/reference iibrarian. She also served as acting heacl librarian for one year, interirn co-clirector for another year, and taught children's literature in the education department for 14 years. She obtainecl a B.A. in English frorn Augsburg, ancl two M.A. degrees frorn the University o[ Minnesota (library science in 1968 and English literature in 1970). Her husband, Ralph L. Sulerud, is professor emeritus of biology. "Grace Sulerud played a number of roles as professor and librarian ... but her most important role has been as a model to others," saysJane Ann Nelson, director of Library Services. "She's modeled enthusiasm for learning, her own learning and that of others; eagerness to try new ways to serve stuclents or connect with faculty; and seemingly bounclless energy to work for peace and jr-rstice, to travel, and to serve on caÍìpus committees. Grace's legacy to Augsburg includes a strollg collection of books as well as strong relationships between the library and faculty" Many of Sulerud's colleagues are especially fond of her talent lbr 12 ,4UCSSURC NOW and overseas teaching experiences, ancl lras ¡rlovitlctì lristolical l)clsl)c( livc lr) rnany situations liom her years at "I'll rliss the work ancl daily encoLlrÌters with the people here who have so greatly enriched my life," says Sulerud. "I'rn pleased that I could spend so rnuch of my life at Augsburg, first as a siuclent and, after a few years of teaching here ancl abroad, as a librarian f'or over 30 years. "I expect to continue working on social issues such as affordable housing, spend time with friends and farnily, travel, paint a bedroom, and take more walks." MARY DUFFEE Mary Duffee came to Augsburg 1988 as facilities assistant in to the director of the newly instituted Department of Facilities, created to establish centralized scheduling on campus, as well âs to coordinate both on- and off-campus events. Duffee played an integral role in helping this departrnent, now known as Events ancl Classroom Services, to evolve from a rnanual schecluling process to the more sophisticated schecluling software cllrrently in use. "When I started at Augsburg lin 19991, Mary scheclulecl everything on huge hard copy books and then transferrecl recorcls to a software program," says Craig Maus, clirector of Events ancl Classroom Services. "The olcl software progranl wasn't so great, so tl-re College pr-rrchasecl a new prograrn." In the transition fronr tlre olcl progrâm to the new program, Duffee workecl hard to keep the carnplrs events schedule running smoothly ancl, for a tirle, was forced to scheclule everything three times-hard copy, olcl software, and new solÌware. Maus creclits Duffee with having been an invaluable member of the carnpus community. "She knew the campus, the departments, the phone ¡¡mþs¡5everything. She was a wonderful resource." Few at Augsburg know that it was Duffee who won a contest to name two Christensen Centel meeling loonìs upolì their renovations-the Cedar and Riverside rooms. Prior to Augsbr"rrg, Duffee worked in office adrninistration at the University of Minnesota, Golclen Valley Lutheran College, and Bethel College. "I discovered [early on] that working in an academic environment and Christian college community is my passion," says Duffee. "My position at Ar"rgsburg provided interaction with faculty, staff, students, and the general public. I will especially miss working with students, as I always enjoyed their vitality and energy. "The gift of retirement will provicle me with the opportunity to take more trips, watch more sunsets, take more walks, explore new bike paths, and savor relationships with friends and farnilyespecially the six little ones who call me 'Granchna.' Retirement will also enable me to try new opportr.lnities, such as special interest classes ancl part-tirne ernployment." I Summer 2003 È COMMENCEMENT2OO3 u The 134th year of Augsburg College s' ¡l l i Despite overcast skies and sporadic rain showers, spirits were high at this year's Commencement f estivities. ül () s. ra President William Frame presents Paul Peterson, a metro-urban studies major, with the Marina Christensen Justice Award for his commitment to community issues. REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE CLASS OF PAUL PETERSON RECEIVES MARINA CHRISTENSEN JUSTICE AWARD Paul Peterson, a senior metro-urban studies major, was selected as the 2003 recipient of the Marina Christensen Justice Award. Each year, this award is presented to the graduating senior who best exemplifies Augsburg's motto "Education for Service." The student must have demonstrated a dedication to community involvement as characterized by the personal and professional life of Marina Christensen Justice, who courageously and effectively reached out to disadvantaged people and communities. Peterson, from Minneapolis, has carried out a wide range of activities that led to his being selected for this award. Among them are internships with both the Lyndale Neighborhood Association and the Higher Education Consortium of Urban Affairs' Metro Urban Studies program. He has been an active member of MPIRG (Minnesota Public Interest Research Group) and the Coalition for Student Activism. In addition, he spent this past spring break on the Lilly grant "Community Development and Civil Service Exploration" trip to Washington, D.C. As one of his professors commented, "Paul represents the kinds of commitments to social and community building that Marina lived for." 2OO3 COMMENCEMENT,FUN FACTS, I Jean M. Gunderson, representing graduate students 3000 Attended Commencement Ceremonv I I Sarah R. Haberkorn, representing day school students 542 Served for brunch Christin R. Crabtree, representing Weekend College students 19 Cakes for t"he luncheon 1 Pair of graduating sisters with the same first name and the same major Summer 2003 4ucssunc Now t3 o a b s. O B' r^ Augsburg Chamber Orchestra director Paul Ousley poses with graduating orchestra students after the Commencement Concert. Pictured, L to R: Heidi Peterson, viola, business administration (marketing) major; Jody Montgomery, violin, music therapy major; and Callie Hutchison, violin, music performance Graduating senior and McNair Scholar Charles Barton (right) enjoys a moment with Emiliano Chagil, director of Augsburg's Hispanic/Latino Student Services, before the ceremony' major. CEREMONY KEYNOTE SPEAKERS THANK STEPUP PROGRAM, ADVISE GRADS TO FIND BALANCE BETWEEN WORK AND FAMILY -L () s. I don't have any magic words or easy answers, but what I do know is that each of you will progress in a way that's perfect for you. Clearly, you are embarking on the next stage of your very interesting life-no one else's. ... I wish to thank and bless the students, staff, and administrators of StepUP, starting with Don Warren, the founder of the program, to the current staff and participants. Your unrelenting vision and energy are making a critical difference in people's lives. I thank you from the bottom of our hearts for giving our son [Adam] a safe, supportive, challenging, and demanding place to return to college. Thank you to Augsburg. -L George Kwangware, a management information systems major, celebrates before the ceremony. So you're about to take this amazingjourney called the rest of your life. Whatever you do, make a difference. You don't have to win a Nobel Peace Prize to have an impact. If you help someone else, you will help yourself. It's so simple, it's all right-and, in fact, it's wonderful-to have a passion for your job. But separate your job from your life. l'm one who has had a job that is very demanding, and have been gone a lot, but I have tried to separate those important parts of my lifethe job which takes me from home a huge amount of time, and still pay attention to my kids and my o a $ fi ,ì s. E Steven Grande (center), a history major and McNair Scholar; gathers with his parents after the Baccalaureate service, 14 4UCSSUnC NOW aur i e D un c an -M cWethy The Class of 2003 begins their graduation day in Hoversten Chapel, first at an early morning Eucharist service, then at the Baccalaureate service (pictured above), led by Augsburg campus pastors, Rev. David Wold (left) and Rev. Sonja Hagander (right). wife. ... You cannot imagine how relevant the building blocks and knowledge and experiences you've gained here will be in the rest of your life. ... What you've learned at Augsburg may not be the answers, but you've been given the tools to start asking the right questions, and that is critical. -JohnF. McWetlry Summer 20O3 o o s. COMMENCEMENT 2OO3 Eü' ABC NEWS CORRESPONDENT JOHN MCWETHY AND ELDER CARE ADVOCATE LAURIE DUNCAN-MCWETHY DELIVER KEYNOTE SPEECHES ABC News correspondentJohn F McWethy and his wife, Laurie Duncan-McWethy, were the keynote speakers at the Commencernent Ceremony Sunday, May 4. The 2003 graduating class included their son, Adam (pictured on p. 24 with his fiancée, Christin R. Crabtree). Their other son, Ian, is a student at Fordham University in New York City Marissa Mapes, a communication major, joins fellow grads as they process to the ceremony, o B' q Faculty and staff line up to enter Melby Hall for the Commencement ceremony, SJ b u $ "We greatly admire Augsburg College and its StepUP program, in particular," Laurie commented upon accepting Augsburg's invitation to speak at this year's ceremon)¿ "Not only has the school been an asset to our son and family, but we find the College's role in education unique and filled with an exceptional mission. We are pleased to be part of the graduation exercises and a support to the Augsburg community" Laurie Duncan-WcWethy is the owner and president of an elder care management company called Choices for Aging and its affiliated daily money management company Paperwork Solutionstt for Seniors. She founded the company in l99t when she saw the need for assistance by older adults struggling to remain in their homes or deal with a care crisis. She graduated from DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind., and received her master's degree in health care administration from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. In addition to her health care background, Laurie is a certified public accountant specializing in long-term care counseling and retirement planning. John F McWethy is chief national security and Pentagon correspondent, Washington Bureau, for ABC Nøws. An ABC correspondent since 1979, he reports on military and diplomatic aspects of U.S. foreign policy Widely honored for his work, John received three Emmy Awards for his reporting on Ross Perot, the Persian Gulf Waq and the Soviet military. He has also received the Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia Award and the Overseas Press Club Award. He is also a graduate of DePauw University, and earned his master's degree from Columbia University's Pulitzer School of Journalism. Augsburg's StepUP program, founded tn 1997 by Don Warren, is a nationwide model providing resources and support for students in recovery from drug and alcohol dependenc;z After five years of service to recovering college students, and a career dedicated to student-centered education, Don Warren retired in the spring of 2002, handing his duties to StepUP's currenr director, Patrice Salmeri. s) Ê O s E H u ù u r4 E Patricia Gonzales (left) adds a master's hood to her academ¡c garb, as she receives her Master of Arts in Nursing diploma and degree from Cheryl Leuning, nursing department professor and chait. Summer 2003 John McWethy, ABC News correspondent, and Laurie Duncan-Mcwethy, elder care advocate, deliver keynote speeches at the Commencement ceremony. Their son, Adam McWethy, was among the members of the Class of 2003 listening in the audience. .Aucssunc r{ow 15 r U È s s. lb Desiree Jorgenson (center), a psychology major, Honors Program graduate, and McNair Scholar, shares a laugh with McNair Scholar program director Dixie Shafer (left) and Rebekah Dupont (right), assistant professor of mathematics, at the Commencement reception. A future Auggie grad tries on her mother's mortar board for size. THE AUGSBURG COLLEGE CLASS OF 2OO3 ) 534 Candidates for graduation I 315 Day program graduates I 148 Weekend College graduates I 38 Graduate students (5 Master of Arts in Leadership, è h 26 Master of Social Work, 7 Master of Arts in Nursing) 32 If I 13 a I Rochester Program graduates United Hospital Program graduate Countries of graduates (Bangladesh, Brazll, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, Guatemala, Lebanon, Somalia, Tibet, Uganda, Ukrainia, and Zimbabwe 20-60 Age range of graduates in the Class of 2003 Karen Sutherland, associate professor of computer science, poses with computer science major Hoa Nguyen (right) and his wife (left) at the reception following the Commencement ceremony. h U s ù MASTER OF ARTS IN NURSING-CLAss OF 2OO3 Academic dean Chris Kimball (left) chats with Brad Motl (right), a mathematics and physics double maior, at the Commencement reception. Motl accepted a research assistantship at the University of Wisconsin in the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics. 16 ,4ucssuRc t{ow The Master of Arts in Nursing program celebrated its second class of graduates' Pictured, L to R, seated (faculty): Ruth Enestvedt, assistant professor of nursing; Bev Nilsson, professor emerita of nursing; and Cheryl Leuning, professor and department chair of nursing. Back row, L to R (graduates): Sandra Leinonen, Karen Ackerman, Brenda Becker, Deb Brown-Schumacher, Patricia Gonzales, Jean Gunderson, and Rae Ormsby. Summer 2003 ll I I From the Alumni Board president's desk... ¡/ll lJ n May 4, I had the privilege and hono, to address a new class of graduates at the l34th Commencement ceremony, and welcome them as official alumni of Augsburg College. The fall issue of the AugsburgNow will provide more information on the board's new leadership and members. Several dedicated board members have completed their terms, and we will endeavor to keep them involved in the Augsburg o Thirty years ago, I sat in the same Meþ Hall as a young graduate looking forward to new horizons, but feeling sad that I was leaving so many good friends. These years later, I still get seats in community together with some of my classmates once or twice a year. Being Alumni Board president has brought me back to campus, and now I have a new set of friends from different classes and programs. It has been a great experience to work with the College and the wonderful members of the Augsburg community As my term has ended, Dr. Paul Mueller'84 from the Mayo Clinic is slated to become the next president of the Alumni Board, with Bill Vanderwall'93 Andrew Morrison '73, 2OO2-03 Alumni Board president addressed the Class of 2003 at the Commencement ceremony in May. WEC as president elect. We are fortunate to announce that Lew Beccone'98 MAL; Dan W Anderson '65; Tom A. Peterson'70; Jacqueline (Brookshire) Tèisberg'80; Luann Watson '88,'02 MAL; and the Rev. Karsten Nelson '83 have been nominated to the board. Speaking of keeping involved with Augsburg, please contact the Alumni Board or AlumniÆarent Relations and let us know what interests you as alumni. We want all of you to know about the wealth of new programs at the College and the numerous opportunities for alumni to become involved with Augsburg. A good time will be had by all. Q72,,*-, Andrew Morrison'73 Alumni Board, president Lori Moline '82 rece¡ves women's business award I (ì s ffi:.ïi*' company specializing in religious travel wins a business award. But in April, creating *J Lori Moline'82 journeys of faith and pilgrimage earned Lori Moline'82 and her business partner, Martha Van Gorder, the honor of Emerging Business Owners of the Year by the Minnesota Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners. Their travel company, CrossingBorders, Inc., based in Bloomington, Minn., creates church-related international tours that provide spiritual expression and religious education. Few businesses have faced such a series of challenges as CrossingBorders. First, the viability of one of their key travel Summer 2003 products was eliminated when the conflict erupted inJerusalem in late 2000. "The first destination for many Christian travelers," Moline and Van Gorder note, "is a journey to the Holy l¿nd." Ayear later there was the impact of September 1f , 2001, followed by a weak economy and the weakening U.S. dollar, and now the situation in Iraq. It has required strength and unwavering commitment to the long-term potential of their business mission. Van Gorder states, "We remain committed to helping U.S. cit2ens discover their Christian heritage, other cultures, and often times other faiths through international travel." To meet the challenges, CrossingBorders has expanded travel products, strengthened its overseas people-to-people connections, and focused on working with church leaders who put a high value on intemational travel. "We have witnessed," Moline said, "some church leaders embracing the belief that it is more important than ever to travel beyond our borders to understand our place in the world." With planning up to 18 months in advance, clients are preparing to travel to Greece, Turkey, Italy, England, Scotland, lreland, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary Austria, and China. Tours created by CrossingBorders emphasize a combination of church heritage, cross-cultural, and spiritual experiences. Prior tour highlights include a choir performance in the church of a Slovak village to standing-room only, a pastor given permission to play one of France's greatest church organs with the tour group listening by his side, a church group meeting elderþ members of the Lutheran church in Dresden to hear how the church was bombed in WWII, and members sharing communion at the Christian Catacombs in Rome. ,4ucssunc Now 17 ta 1 939 The Rev. Alfred H. Sevig, Spicer, Minn., retired inJanuary 2002, alter 45 years as pastor in five parishes, and 15 years as part-time hospital chaplain/pulpit-supply. Last July, he had heart bypass surgery and has recovered well. He celebrated the 60th anniversary of his ordination in October. 1947 The Rev. Paul Blikstad, Salem, ¡a o Ore., continues in his l5th year St. Matthew Lutheran Church in as host of TheWillamette Renewal Radio Broadcas¿, a half-hour program sponsored by the evangelical churches of many denominations located in Salem. The broadcast can be heard Sunday nights at 7:30 p.m., Pacific time, at <www.kccs.org>. 1 956 The Rev. Ervin Overlund, Beaverton, Ore., retired in December, and was granted pastor emeritus status by Beaverton. He celebrates 41 years o[ ordained parish ministr¡ including 17 years ofparish ministry in North Dakota, 18 years of institutional chaplaincy in North Dakota and Canada, and six years as a visitation pastor. He and his wife, Sylvia (Moe) '58, can be reached via e-mail at <ekosao@attbi.com>. 1964 o o The Rev. James Parks, Columbia Heights, Minn., is s. à chaplain o[ Crest View Senior Housing nursing home, which provides a continuum of care for a U seniors. 1 Staten Island, N.Y., is the associate director of a museum housing the John A. Noble a Maritime Collection, which includes drawings, paintings, lithographs, and writings capturing the past century's "Age of Sail." The museum is part of Staten Island's Cultural Center. She recently retired from Lucent Technologies, where she was development manager. 1 à' 966 The Rev. Rodger Ericson was I recently featured in the Cambridge, Minn.,Stør newspaper. A lieutenant colonel for the U.S. Air Force, he was assigned to the Brooks City-Base in Antonio, Texas, as chaplain for the 3llth Human San Systems Wing and executive officer of the 3llth Mission Support Group. He has 23 years of military service. Alumni and friends of the College gathered at the Seattle Art Museum in March to attend a performance of the Augsburg Chamber Orchestra, Pictured, L to R: Anne Frame, David Fagerlie '76, and Bonnie (Johnson) '67 and Bryce Nelson. f8 ,4ucssunc Now is a victim advocate with C.O.PE., working to empower victims of domestic abuse/violence. She also has a side business of making creations from gourds and modified pine needle baskets. She can be reached via e-mail at <dav e7 5kay@netscape.net>. f 968 Michael Arndt, Thousand Oaks, Calif., received the Excellence in Theatre Education Award of the Kenney Center/American College Theatre. Festival at the American Theater Festival XXXV held in Logan, Utah, in February He is professor of drama at California Luthe¡an University in Thousand Oaks, and is co-founder and artistic director of the Kingsmen Shakespeare Compan¡ a 965 Julie (Gudmestad) Landicina, Augsburg alumni and friends gathered at the Housh home in Arizona in March. Pictured, L to R: Anne Frame, President William Frame, Ruth (Ringstad)'53 and Marvin Larson, Lowell Ziemann'60, Jean and Allen Housh, and Vickie (Skor) '59 and Howie '53 Pearson. nicknamed the "earthship." Kay 1967 Kay Eileen (Nelsen) Jenness, Lal-uz, N.Mex., and her husband, Dave, are building an underground house in Laluz, professional theatre troupe that brings Shakespearean plays to life each summer in CLU's Kingsmen Park. The troupe also performs at other venues, coordinates apprentice programs, sponsors Theatre in Education programs in local schools, and organizes summer theatre camps for youth. 1969 Kathleen Adix, Plymouth, Minn., was featured in the New Hope-Golden Valley Sun-Post after being awarded the Arts Coordinator of the Year award from the Minnesota Alliance for Arts in Education (MAAE) in April. Kathleen is curriculum coordinator in District 28I, ,/'? where she has worked since 1969. 1972 Robert Engelson, Clinton, Iowa, is starting his eighth year as music department chair, fine arts division chair, and choir director at Mount St. Clare College. He is also president of the Board of Directors of Clinton Symphony Orchestra. His wife, Thea, is music director atZior' Summer 2003 ) r¡rrrcreff=filÏIiE Summer Auggie Hours al fresco! Come for the great patios and stay for the interesting speakers and networking opportunities! The Augsburg Alumni Board invites you to these popular summer alumni gatherings at local outdoor patios the second Tuesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. July 8 Pickled Parrot Apple Valley, Minn. Facilitator: Norm Okerstrom '85 August Evangelical Lutheran Church in Clinton, and is pursuing her doctorate in music literature-voice at the University of lowa. Their son, Matthew, is in sixth grade. 197? Don Swenson, St. Paul, is vice president o[ operations at Bachman's, the largest privatelyheld retail florist in the United States. He gave a presentation entitled "Tèchnology and Problem Solving for Business," for the Augsburg Business Organization (ABO) in April. 1975 Subhashchand Patel was 12 It's Greek to Me Uptown, Minneapolis Facilitators: Jeni Falkman '0I At Patty Park'02 MAL RSVP to AlumniÆarent Relations if you can, or just show up and enjoy a summer evening catching up with old friends and learning something new. featured in the Montevideo American-N ews for practicing dentistry in Clarkfield, Minn., for 26 years. He and his wife, Annette (Hanson)'74,'89 MAL, reside in Clarkfield. 1977 Neil Paulson started Franklin Financial Corp., privately funded a /¡l¡IIñN,IIm¡iJfrr\rl ,REALIZING THE AUGSBURG VISION' an invitation from President Frame Members of the alumni, associates, and parents' advisory boards have been invited tojoin the regents. facult¡ and staff in identifying strategies and initiatives that will clarify the institutional vocation of the College and strengthen its capacity to serve it. President Williarn V Frame welcomes any comments or suggestions lrom aìl alumni; please send them by August 15 via e-mail to <frame@augsburg.edu> or to Augsburg College, CB 13f, 2211 Riverside Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55454. mortgage company that offers sub-prime loans to help customers rebuild their credit. William Reyer, English professor at Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio, is the 2003 recipient of the Jane FrostKalnow Professorship in Humanities, established to foster educational excellence in humanities teaching. Reyer has been a member of the Heidelberg faculty since t9B2 and serves as chair of the English department. 1978 Jonathan Moren, Eden Prairie, Minn., was elected vice president of the Minneapolis District Dental Societ¡ a chapter of the Summer 2O03 ;¡ " la Jackie (Kniefel) Lind '69, '94 MAL and Andy Fried '93 were recognized in April at the end of their terms on the Alumni Board of Directors for their leadership. Other outgoing board members include Paul Fieldhammer'65, Tom Hanson '66, Jeff Elavsky'68, and Christopher Haug '79. Minnesota Dental Association, in April. He also assumed responsibility as president of the United States Ski Association, Central Division, Region One board in May. He practices 1979 Linda Sue Anderson, Minneapolis, and Zach Curtis '97, appeared in the Twin Cities' area premiere of Lanford Wilson's in dentistry for both Boynton Health Service at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and Booh o[ Days at the Theatre Pentagon Dental. Bates. Debra Axness, Charleston, living with her boyfriend, Larry aboard a The Rev. Louise Britts was featured in Norfh N¿ws for S.C., has been sailboat for almost three years. They left Duluth in 2000 and sailed through the Great Lakes to the Erie Canal, down the Hudson River to the Atlantic, over to Chesapeake Bay, and down the East Coast to the Florida Keys. They are currently anchored in Charleston, where Debra is working at the Medical University ol South Carolina as associate director of a computer lab for a research center that does compute-intensive work on the Round. Linda played Martha Hoch and Zach playedJames recently being ordained and installed as pastor of River of Life Lutheran Church in Minneapolis. She was previously the interim pastor at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in afIrrù¡I¡Lrra[lltD 2003-2004 Alumni Board meeting schedule August 19 November 18 February l7 April20 brain imaging research. June Susan Shaninghouse, Minneapolis, is a primary teacher of a multi-age classroom at Meetings are open to the public and all alurnni are invited to attend. Meetings are held in the Minneapolis Room in Christensen Center at 5:30 p.m. For rnore information, visit the alumni Web site at <www.augsburg. edu/alumni>. ParkView Montessori School in North Minneapolis. She is pursuing special education licensing in EBD through coursework at St. Cloud State University and the Minneapolis Public School District. 15 4ucs¡unc ruow t9 Class Notes Boardman, Ore., and has served as the outreach minister and youth minister at several Minneapolis churches. 1 980 accepted the position of worship ministries pastor at Brooklyn Park Evangelical Free Church in fall 2001. He and his wife, Mary (Johnson) '80, reside in Champlin, Minn. The Rev. John E. Carlson 198f 1 Mary Beamish, La Crosse, Wis., married David Christensen in February. Mary is a copy editor at the Duluth News kibune and David is employed by St. Louis Janet Paone and Deb Pearson '83 were featured guess on the 983 Ruth Koscielah Show on KCCO radio in March. Janet was one of the original cast members of County. m o a Erica Benson '94= Path leads from basement to Beverly Hills s. à (J by Dan Jorgensen When Erica Benson '94 started on her career path she literally found herself with nowhere to go but up. That's because her first job was located in a basement. Benson, who now works for Beverly Hills-headquartered Kaleidoscope Films as a producer of movie and TV promotional spots, landed her first media job working out of the basement at the PBS affiliate ì.n Chicago. "I sort of got into my career by accident," she recalled. "I was in the promo department and soon I was on my way One job led to another until I eventually took the plunge and moved out to L.A. I went to a promo house and got experience doing network stuff, including movies. Eventually that Ianded me my job here at Kaleidoscope." work at A communication major, her first experience in the promotion field came through the news side when she landed an internship atKARE-1LN¿ws in Minneapolis. Erica Benson, a 1994 communication grad, successfully transitioned from her first media iob working out of the basement at the PBS affiliate in Chicago, to Beverly Hills-headquartered Kaleidoscope Films, pictured above, as a producer of movie and TV promotional spots. "While I wâs there I met this crazy yovîgproducer named Larry Watzman," Benson said. "He was always going out on shoots and sending me to fetch Bowie and Devo CDs for his spots. He pointed out that the great thing about TV promos is you get to wear many hats-writing, directing, producing, and sometimes editing-versus work in advertising where you are forced to specialize in one area. "I'd also have ro give a nod to MTV in shaping my career. I'm a pretty 'trendy' gal, so the thought of basically doing 'art' in and ever-evolving medium, AND getting paid for it totally rocked." a hip way, in an exciting Benson said she sort of "grew up" at Augsburg, where her father, Tom Benson'56 was the longtime director of Planned Giving, and not only helped raise money for the College's scholarship funds but also for funding many of the newer Augsburg buildings, such as Lindell Library With a tuition break because of her father's employrnent, she decided to try a year or so to see if she would like being a student where her father worked. "I stayed because I liked the small classes and individualized attention I got from my professors," she noted. Her principal Augsburg mentors, she said, were communication professor Deb Redmond, who also served as her advisor, and English professorJohn Mitchell. Benson also has other Augsburg connections, including her uncie John Benson '55, a professor emeritus of religion. Since entering the promo field full time, she's done work for almost all the major TV networks, including a short stint full time at FOX. She cut movie spots for a Star W'ars campaign , Erin Brochoyich and Runaw ay Bride, and has done promos for such TV shows as the CBS blockbuster miniseries Hitla¿r. Other TV shows have included That '70s Show , Dr Phil, Spin City , and 3rd Roch From the Sun, to name just a few. The art of creating these spots is made even more complicated by the fact that they have to "fit" into 30 seconds. Making the transition to the L.A. area from Chicago, she noted, wasn't as hard as she thought it might be, "except everyone is so skinny out here, and I like to earl" She makes her home in Toluca Lake, which is next door to Burbank, home of NBC's The Tonight Show. As for advice to those interested in the field, she says "definitely internships, and make all the contacts you can. Go on informational interviews, write thank you notes, and keep in touch. It's all about who you know "As for actual skills, if you want to edit, learn programs like AVID, Final Cut Pro, and After Effecs, which is a graphics program. More and more producer/editors are expected to make their own graphics these days, and this is especially true in television, which has become a very graphic sensitive medium." And for a final word of advice, she advocates long hours and hard work. "l know it sounds depressing, but be prepared to pay your dues and do grunt jobs for long hours at little pay Then, if you hang in there and prove you are ambitious, it will all pay off." Dan Jorgensen is director of public relations and communication. 20 4ucssuRcr,¡ow Summer 2OO3 ) Minneapolis' longest running theatrical production, Tony n' Tina\ Wedding, and is now a theatre director at a local high school and has done extensive voice-over work. Deb is the manager of the Children's Theatre Company. Anthony Munsterman, Ironton, Minn., was featured in ¡he Aithen Independent Age as feature French horn soloist in The Great River Strings Ensemble concert, "Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue" in March. He is band director for the elementary and senior high bands in Crosby, and has taught music in Minnesota, Montana, and North Dakota for 19 years. Throughout his career, he has directed or participated in numerous choirs, orchestras, and ensembles, both with the French horn and voice. In 1998, he was the assistant principal horn in the College Band Directors National Association Honor Band. He and his wife, a trombonist, have three children. 1 985 Peter Carlson and his wife, Sara (Treanor) '87, Maplewood, Minn., both received their master's degrees in psychology. Sara is licensed in marriage therapy and owns a private practice. The Rev. Tammy Rider, Claremont, Minn., was recently honored for her award-winning sermon addressing the issue of violence against women, "Sleeping Women," at the Walk the Talk recognition banquet, part of the third annual Spiritual Speakout for Violence-Free Families ecumenical competition. 988 Jeffrey Bates, Chicago, is student special services advocate at Prosser Career Academy on Chicago's West side. He is also Summer 20O3 o a AT Ê* a 2 5 programs and projects since 1997. He is former board member of Future Teachers of Chicago and lllinois, and secretary of the Northwest Neighborhood Federation Board of Directors and catalyst for community improvements. Jeffrey is the proud single father of Alyssa Carolynn, 7, and Kyle An Auggie track athlete. pictured on the left, is now noteworthy because of this race from around 1960, won by Macalester student Kofi Annan. now UN Secretary General and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. This photo appeared in the January issue of Smithsonian magazine as part of an article about Annan. Do you know who this Auggie runner is? Please let us know! Jeffrey, 5. Susan Hakes married John Gorski in November. She opened her own real estate company, Hakes Realt¡ in Grand Marais, Minn., inJanuary. She can be contacted via e-mail at <hakes@boreal.org>. Tim A. Todd, El Sobrante, Calif., is group finance manager for BioRad Laboratories in Hercules, Calif. He relocated from Borbach-Le-haut, France, where he worked at Roche Pharmaceutical Co. of Basel, Switzerland. He attended Schiller International University in Heidelburg, German¡ in 1991 to receive his MBA, where he met his wife, Hélène. They have three children: Natalie, 7, Carol1.n, 6, and Christopher, 2. Kiel Christianson received his Ph.D. in linguistics from .1987 1 the head coach for girls'softball, varsity [ootball assistant head coach (offensive coordinator), and assistant coach for girls' varsity basketball. As the service learning coordinator at Prosser, he has developed innovative Michigan State University in December. He and his wife and daughter moved to Amherst, Mass., where he is a postdoctoral researcher in the psychology department at the University of Massachusetts. 1 989 Pamela Dorset Hoye was featured in the Mírrrreapolis Business.lowncl as owner of Calhoun Beach Framing Ât Art Gallery. 1 990 Lara Elhard, Minneapolis, is pursuing her M.E.D. in Family Education at the University of analyst for the Toro Company. Minnesoa-fwin Cities. 1 I 991 Perrine Dailey married Mau Mikesell in August. She is an Colleen Kay Watson, Mendota Heights, Minn., wrote two articles for CollegeRecruiter.com, assistive technology specialist for the PACER Center's Têchnology Center, where she has worked for eight years. Perrine held her first solo art show at a St. Paul café inJanuar¡ which featured her fractals. She has also been featured in several other art shows sponsored by VSA MN (Very Special Arts). The couple resides in St. Paul. entitled "You Will Find What You Are Looking For" and "Don't Let the Beetles Get Under Your Bark." Colleen is CEO and cofounder of Career Professionals Inc., which helps job seekers find entrylevel opportunities in management, marketing, sales, customer service, finance, and administration. Carla Beaurline, Eden Prairie, Minn., is founder and co-host for the new cable television show, Aroundthe Town, covering the seven-county metro area, and airing on MCN regional channel 6 and Time Warner 23. She was director of national sales for a direct response radio agency and has been in advertising sales for eight years. In addition, for the last six years she has served as a parttime spoke