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Title: Augsburg Now Winter 2002-03
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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. If you notice an erro r, please call Kim Olm sted at 1-800 -273- 061 7 . 20 ANNUAL GIVING Faculty& Staff $ I0,000 or mo re Philip Fandrei \Villiam Frame Norman Holen $5,000-$9,999 Philip Qu anbeck, Sr. '50 $2,500-$4 ,999 David Anderson Jeroy Ca rlson '48 Thomas Morgan $ 1,000-$2,499 Richard Adamson Sally Daniel s '7 9 Paul Grauer Sonja Hagande r Daniel Jorgensen Christo pher Kimball Susan Klascus Merilee Klemp '75 Donna Mclean Barbara Nagle Maril)'" harpe Patrick hcehy BeverlySrranon Grace Sulerud ' 58 Geo rge verdru p '46 Jeffrey Swenson '7 9 Richard Th oni Berry Wade Donald Warren David Wold $500-$999 Heidi Breen Ronald Palosaari Bruce, Reichenbach David Sclnvain Joie and Franki e hackclford $240-$49 9 Leif Anderson Kristin Anderson C harles Lee C larke Teresa ook '97 Lawrence Copes Larry C rockm David Dahl '75 Marilyn Florian '7 6 Ann Ga rvey Bradley Holr '63 \Xlilliam Jasperson John Knighr Barbara Korm an Rosemary Link LauriLudeman Carlos Mariani Craig Maus Esther McLaughlin Art Meadowcroft Co n rad Meyer '98 John Mirchell Norma Noo nan Sandr a O lmsted '69 Vicki O lson Dale Pederson ynthia Peterson Jay Phinn ey '7 9 Jill Pohrilla Larry Ragland Thom as Ruffuner '98 Cha rles heaffer Donald Sceinmerz Rebecca Tame Nan cy Toed , '94 James Ca rey Lyle Griner Arlin Gybc rg Richard Hardel Garry Hesser Mary Jacobson Do nald Wichmann '89 J Amb rose Wo lf Joseph Young Jennifer Kahlow '78 Lillian Maunu Jane Nelson Bersey No rgard Norman Okersrrom '85 $ 120-239 Brian Ammann '85 Margaret Anderson Jo hn Benso n '55 Antho ny Bibus Bethany Bierman Janelle Busse rt John and Peggy erriro Laura C ichockc Jacqueline deVries Jay Dobberstein Rebekah Dup onr Mark Engebrcrson Ca rol Forbes Cymhia Greenwood Joan Griffin David Hadd en Calvin Hanson '98 Paul Helgerson Jennifer Hellic '9 Srella Hofrennin g Irene Jensen Herald John son '68 Martha Johnson Co lleen junn ila Robena Kagin Benjamin Kem Kristen Kraft Joan Kuni Theresa Marrin Michael Navarre Lois Nielsen-Johns Jack O sberg '62 Patricia Park Joyce Pfuff '65 Drew Privette '87 Ph ilip Q uanbeck II John Reed Michael chock Kathy Schwalbe Paul Terrio '87 Mark T ranvi k Joseph Und erhill-Ca dy Sharon Wade \Villiam \Xlinenbreer Mary True Gifts up t0 $ 119 Sam Barber W'illiam Bierden Vernon Bloom LauraBoisen 21 Lois Bosch Michael Burden '85 Willi am Ca pm an Beth Carlson Janna Caywoo d Ryan Dehncl Diann e Decloff Suzanne Doree Elo isa Echavez '98 Doran Edwards Mary Ewerr-K nodcl l V Fesenmaier Kathryn Flarer Laurie Franallonc '84 Srephen Ga brielsen '63 Diane Glorvigen Douglas Green Brenda Hemmingsen ancy Holmblad '95 Ella Howell Adrienne Kaufmann Sreven Lafave Anne Lynch Raymond Makecver Karen Mateer David Mely Eliawira dosi Gordon clson Catherine Nicholl Michael O lson Julie Ol son '90 Noel Perir Diane Pike Deborah Redm on d James Roback '63 Devon Ross '93 Mart and Kathryn Rumpza Michael Schwarn '83 Ron Scorr '62 Mark S1rand emo '80 KathrynSwanson James Trclsrad-Porter David \'Vashingron Darrell Wiese '60 ANNUAL GIVING Parents & Friends S I0 ,000 or more Barbara and Zane Birky Jack and Joyce Boss Joel and Mary Ann Elfunann \Vdliam Ellingrod Ann e and Willi am Frame Barbara and Skip Gage Bobby and Barbara G riffin Norman and Evangdine Hagfors Jam es and Kathy Haglund Mark and Shirley H anson Beverly and Roe Haclen Donald Henn ings Kenneth Homm e Esrare Sand ra and Richard Jacobson Eric R. John son Bruce and Maren Kleven Dean and Susan Kopperud Diane and Phillip I.arson Geral d and Ann e Meim ell H elen E. O lson Esrate Edith B. No rberg Estate John and No rma Paulson Addison and Cynthi a S. Piper David L. Piper H arry C. Piper James and Eva Seed G len and Ann a Skovholr Johan Sverdrup+ M ichael and Deborah Szyman czyk Kathryn and John Tunh eim $5 ,000-9 ,999 Ilene G. Holen Pearl Husby G lenda and Di ck Hu sto n James John son and Maxine Issacs David and Cary l I.arson $2,5 00 -4,999 Ca therine and C harles And erson Doro thy Bailey Ruth and Floyd Case Pamela H. Oesnick Muriel Kappler Janet Karvonen Stanley and Edith Kan Jennifer and Richard Marcin Alan and Janee Montgomery Lorraine Morgan Roger Pulkrabek $ 1,00 0-2 ,499 Jay and Ann Boekhoff Richard and Jane Borchers John L. C hanon Avis Ellingrod Th omas J . Hoo ley Elizabeth Horton Mary P. H oven John and Mary Huff Helen Johnson Jerry and Bonita John son Rose-Marie Johnson Cod y and Eugene Kirkham Karen and John A. Larsen Robert and Polly McCrea S. Mo lder Robert K. and Taylor Moor Gary C. Muellerleile Jeanne Narum Doris Nordin Barbara B. N ymark Linn ea and James O lesen John and Pauici a A. Parker Karin M. Peterson Wayne and Joan Popham Frances Roller Marianne and Robert Sander Muriel H . Smith Arne Sovik Gary Tangwell BeeryTvcice Andrea Venco Marth a and Steven Ward Gun nar and Mary Wick (non-alumni) Melvin and MargarccEvans J. Gamez W illiam and Ann George Richard I. Gisselquist Brenda Graba u Robert E. Gra nrud Geo rge and Frances Gro ber W illiam Halverstadt Richard M. Heins G .S. and Virginia Helgesen Judith and Peter Henderso n Earl Hi ghtower, Jr. Louis and Katherine H ill Roni and Douglas Hooper Dale Hovland Courtney Jenkins Barbara Jorenby Mar issa Klaers B.S. Leland, Jr. David Lobbcn Nor man and Hd en Lorennsen Christine Manhews Vernon C. Maunu Michael and Debra McGray Richard and Florine McKay Jeanette and John Mitchell Jam es G . Mo ndo Marvin Nystrom Dougl as and Peggy Peters Ronald and Jean Peterson Vicki Peterson G loria J . Pozzini Wi lliam H . Reichwald Rebecca Ruckel Peter and Marnie Ruliffson Georg e an d Arlene Simones Mr. and Mrs . John G . Turn er Robert and Karen Veninga F. Orval M . Westby Sara W illcutt John R. Winsor $5 00 -999 Marlys G. Barry Rolf and Carolyn Bjelland Nan cy and Richard Borstad Judith A. Christens en Mary Browne Dewey James W. Emison Mit ch and Dawn Felchle Michael and Terry Freeman Carolyn and Richard H ardel Ken Harrvigson Gail Holmes Geo rge and Ella Hunt er Rodn ey and Corrin e Jerkc Larry and Mary Lee Kenn eth and Rhod a Mahl er Wayne and Jenn y Lynn McGee John F. Mcweth y and Laurie Duncan Mcwethy Edward C. Neshei m Fane and Coric Opp erman Judith Shank John and Martha Singleton Leland and Louise Sund er Donna Swanson Edith G . Tollefson Wh eelock Whirn ey John and Barbara Zimm erman $ 120-239 Craig Alexander Daniel and Alice Anderson Elmo and No rma Anderson Linda K. Anderson Lowell C. And erson Mary Arneson and Dale Hamm erschmidt David A. Austin Ca therine and Glen Bengson H . Lowell Bolstad Jennifer Butler Margaret Cai n and Jeffrey Louden Winston Cavert and Carol Wine T.M. Crosby, Jr. Ge rald and Vicki Degner Benjamin Dille and Sharo n Umber Abel Dockter Kathy and 0. Charles Ehlers David and Nancy Erickson Steven and Kimber ly Erickson Alice Evans $240-499 B.J . Anderson Christina Boe Linda 0 . Boyer Daniel E. Brink Teresa and D avid Demin g Dick Duerre Richard Duesenb erg Hildred L. Dungan Richard and Jani ce Ellingson 22 Oarald and Mary Evers Ruth Evers Ruth Flesner Bruce and Kathleen Glover Frances and Geo rge G rober John P. 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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 spokesperson/co-host/model for ShopNBC and QVC. 1 993 Brent Anderson married Marilyn Barry in April. Brent is a manager in the small business division at Qwest Communications in St. Paul, and Marill,n is a senior financial 1 995 996 g il Ryan Carlson, Minneapolis, participated in Seagate's eco- challenge, an adventure race consisting of mountain biking, sea kayaking, hiking and orienteering, and rappelling, in Brisbane, Australia. Individuals from Seagate sites around the world are nominated to participate in the six-hour race. He is a manufacturing manager for Seagate, and can be contacted via e-mail at <rcarlson@seagate.com>. Scott Magelssen, Rock Island, Ill., received his Ph.D. in theatre history and theory from the University of Minnesota in spring 2002. He is assistant 4ucsnunc now 21 Class Notes m Jane Jeong Trenka '95: A journey in words orJudyPerree An accomplished rnusician and soon-to-be published book author, JaneJeong Tienka says she has been very "lucþr" Tienka graduated magna cum laude in I995 with degrees in music perlormance and English. Her first "real job" came about by a suggestion from Jill Dawe, Augsburg assistant professor of music, that she volunteer at The Schubert Club. Dawe's suggestion led to a job at which she stayed for five years. While at The Schubert Club, Tienka directed a music program, Musicapolis, which reduced the cost of music lessons for children who couldn't otherwise afford them. She now teaches private piano lessons out of her home. A quirk of fate and a trip to a plumbing store eventually led to the publication of her first book, due out this fall. What do plumbing and writing have to do with each other? Well, the plumbing store was across from The Loft Literary Center, and since she was already street. in the neighborhood, she decided to make a professor o[ theatre arts at Augustana College in Rock Island. FT IJ ffi ffi ffi Thanks to a "quirk of fate" that led to Jane Jeong Trenka'95 receiving The Loft Creative Nonf iction Mentorship Award, she is celebrating the publication of her first book, The Language of Blood: A Memoir (Borealis Books), due out this fall. trip across the "I loved writing while I was at Augsburg, but had no idea I was a writer," Tienka said. After winning the award, she discovered she could indeed write. Since then she has aÌso been awarded aJerome Tiavel and Study Grant, a Biacklock Nature Sanctuary Fellowship, a Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship, a fellowship from SASE: The Write Place, and an Honorable Mention for the Water-Stone 2002 Brenda Ueland Prose Prize. Tienka said she feels kind of "guilty" that it has come so easy "Some people slave at their writing for years before they publish, but I had luck. I'm glad people are interested in what I have to sa)¿" The Language of Blood: A Memoir will be available this fall from Borealis Books. It is a personal comingof-age story of her search for identit¡ which takes her on a journey from Minnesota to Korea and back. Included in her book are some of her experiences at Augsburg. Tienka said Augsburg gave her the feeling of freedom to do whatever she wanted. It gave her a good liberal education base, which has allowed her to pursue music as well as a literary career, and even beyond that, if she chooses. "Without that scholarship, I never would have been able to attend Augsburg." But what she liked was the urban setting. She said she was so excited when she tasted her first Korean food-growing up in a small, northern Minnesota town, ethnic restaurants were few and far between. She came to Augsburg on a President's Scholarship. "I liked the slice of urban life where there is a diversity of people. In this setting I was able to find out who I really was." While at Augsburg, Trenka said she made "terrific friends," and the faculty were so giving. She got a sense that she could try whatever she wanted. 'John lMitchell, associate professor of Englishl was fantastic. He would hang out with students at this little coffee place and talk to us. It was a blessed time." She said it rerninded her of "hang-out places" you always hear about back in the'60s. "It was like a little bubble in time at Augsburg." What's next for Trenka? She is working on writing a series of children's books on home repair with a cowriter who is a builder. Her books will focus not only on home repairs, but diversity "It's rare to see interracial families depicted in children's books," Tienka said with a twlnkling in her eye, "but you'll see them in mine." 22 /,lUCSnUnC ruOW ù ã, L o U Laura Marie (Krepela) Stoneburg, Farmington, Minn., received her master's degree in education from St. Mary's University. She is teaching all-day kindergarten for Minneapolis Public Schools. 1997 While there, she picked up information about The Loft Creative Nonfiction Mentorship Award and decided to send in a manuscript. Tienka was one of five chosen for this award, which lent her the opportunity to work with authors Louise Rafkin and Aram Saroyan, both out of California. ludy Petree is media relations mdndger. o o Melissa (Wieland) Bergstrom, Brookll-n Center, Minn., was featured ín rhe Champlin Dayton Pr¿ss as choral director of Anoka- Ramsey Community College. She, also directs music at Holy Nativity Lutheran Church in New Hope, and works as a personal assistant for local composer Steve Paulus, and is co-artistic director of The Sacred Voice, a chamber choir in the Twin Cities. r 998 Brian Olmsted married Heather Manley in May. Brian is pursuing his doctorate in materials science at the University of Minnesota, and Heather is a production manager ar cable Phoro systems. The couple resides in Richfield, Minn. 1 999 Leah Holloway married Kevin Rudeen in May. Leah is a marketing analyst with Liberty Check Printers; Kevin is an operations analyst with Wells Fargo Home Mortgage. The couple resides in Vadnais Heights, Minn. Wendy N. (Hoekstra) Vogelgesang, Litchfield, Minn., received her Master of Arts in education from St. Mary's University inJanuary. She is a second grade teacher for Litchfield Public Schools. 2001 Todd Boerbooffi , Chattanooga, Summer 2003 ) Tenn., married Kristine Smith in February. He recently accepted a position as product manager with Playcore, Inc., in Chattanooga. Todd can be contacted via e-mail at <todd_boerboom@hotmail.com>. Dawn Millard, Iowa Cir¡ lowa, married Brent Cobb in December. Dawn works for Iowa Health Physicians in Monticello, Iowa, and Brent works at World Class Industries Inc., in Trojan Women. Adam Sprech€r married Shaundra Fossen in May. Adam works for Thrivent Financial for Lutherans; Shaundra is attending college obtaining her floral design designation. The couple resides in Corono, Calif. Christina Thérèse MarkwoodRod, Wayzata, Minn., is pursuing her master's degree in public history. Hiawatha, Iowa. Births/Adoptions 2002 Susan (Young)'88 and Thomas Campbell, Maplewood, Minn.-a son, Eric Thomas, in April. He joins brotherJack, 5. Susan is a kindergarten teacher for District Ryan Krautkremer married Amy Holthus in March. Ryan is sales representative for Verizon Information Services; Amy a third grade at Eastview Elementary School in Lakeville, teaches wife, Sheila, Pl1'rnouth, Minn.-a son, Matthew Scott, in March. He joins sister Lauren, 5. Scott works in sales at MSI Insurance, and can be contacted via e-mail at <scotthumphre)@stribmail. developer for Select Comfort. Nick Gruidl '96 and his wife, Megan, Brooklyn Park, Minn.-a son, Anthony com>. Denise (Bohnsack) '92 and David Helke, Jordan, Minn.-a daughter, Sarah Rose, in December. She joins brothers Matthew, 4, and Noah, 2. Presley, inJuly 2002. Nick is a tax manager at Grant Thornton, LLP, in Minneapolis. Tina (Kubes) '92 and Lance Kristin Kay Hillukka '98, Big Peterson, Willmar, Dawn Lorna (Givans)'89 and Patrick Lander, Marina Del Rey, Erin Stuhtfaut, Inver Grove Heights, Minn., recently Calif.-twin boys, Blake and Blane, in Minn.-a ¿:. ". daughter. 'Y ' Ari Rose, in February. She joins brother Blake, 3. Tina is a physical education teacher for New London-Spicer Schools. Rich Blumer'95 and his wife, Heather, Maple Grove, Minn.-a son, Carson James, in March. Rich is a software Scott Humphrey'90 and his 622. Minn. performed at Lakeshore Players and in Lex-Ham Community Theatre's production of The ',' at Frege Salon, and can be contacted via e-mail at <dawngivans@aol.com>. . Lake, Minn.-a daughter, Meikiina Dorothy DanDan, adopted from Hangzhou, China, in May 2002. Kristin is an accountant for Cargill, Inc. January. Dawn is a hair colorist lnM emorrem I Ann (Kveen) Sveom'36, Minneapolis, died in February; she was 87. She was preceded in death by her husband, the Rev Freeman O. Sveom'34. She is survived by her daughter, Karen (Sveom) Andrews'69; her son, the Rev. $tephen Sveom'76; and five grandchildren. Lloyd E. Raymond'38, Burnsville, Minn., died in March; he was 88. He was a retired teacher and coach, and also coowned and operated aJohn Deere dealership for 25 years. He is survived by his wife, Evelyn; son, Lloyd E. "Butch" '63; daughter, Marcia (Raymond) Berkowitz'73; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. served in San Bruno, Calif. Kenneth G. Robbins '50, Coon The Rev. Harold l. Nelson'43, Edina, Minn., died in April; he Rapids, Minn., died in November of A.L.S.; hewas74. A veteran o[ the Korean War, he taught for 32 years, and also owned an auto glass business in San Diego, Calif., for 22 years. He is survived by his wife, Beverly; three children; and one grandson. was 92. He worked as a farm hand until he was 25, and later served Trinit¡ Lesje, Turtle Mountain, and Bethesda Lutheran churches in Souris, N.Dak., and Tiinity Lutheran Church in Ottawa, I11. He served as a mission developer for both St. Mark Lutheran Church in Lindenhurst, Ill., and Peace Lutheran Church in Morris, IlÌ. Post retirement work included visitation and interim ministry. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Helen; four children; ll grandchildren, and four greatgrandchildren. The Rev. KarlW. Berg'40, Norman H. Hermstad'47, Tacoma, Wash., died in December; he was 86. A retired minister, he was a missionary inJapan, a chaplain at the VA Medical Center in American l-ake, Wash., and also Novato, Calif., died in February He was a retired teacher, and is survived by his wife, Anne, and Summer 2003 tvvo sons, Steven and Bruce. The Rev. Milford C. Parkhurst '54, Tiempealeau, Wis., died in February; he was 70. He was a retired pastor, serving congregations in North Dakota and Wisconsin. He worked tirelessly in writing the constitution for the new l-a Crosse area slmod of the ELCA and served as s1'nod dean as well as in other capacities. He is survived by his wife, Donna; four children; and four grandchildren. Lynn E. Erickson '55, Walhalla, N.Dak., died in Februar/; he was 69. He was an attomey in langdon, N.Dak.; an assistant attomey general for North Dakota; chiefjudge of the tribal court for Sunding Rock Sioux Nation in Fort Yates, N.Dak.; a supervisory contract specialist and contracting officer for the Department of Delense at the Grand Forks, N.Dak., Air Force Base; and a North Dakota state attomey for Cavalier County He is survived by his wife, Delma; three daughters; and four gandchildren. The Rev. Frank Schmeling'90, Buffalo, Minn, died inJanuary from complicatiors following a car accident; he was 43. He was a welder and mechanic until 1985, when he was seriously injured in an industrial accident. Shortly thereafter, he began his college education, and was ordained in February 1999. He served parishes in South Haven, Kingston, and Cokato until health problems prevented him from his pastoral duties in 2001. He is survived by his wife, LuAnn. 4ucs¡unc ruow 23 I A o O ¡- I I o I 'Behind every new person you meet, there is a S(êa Of facest ollow ing is the C ommencement ceremony sp eech presented by Christin R. Crabtree , Weehend College Class of 2003 representatíve. F The first Weekend College course I attended at Augsburg was in 1988. I had ridden in a car for four hours from Brookings, South Dakota, and I was thrilled to be at college. I was 7 years old. My mother is a graduate of Augsburg Weekend College, where she obtained her elementary teaching license. I am honored to follow in my mother's footsteps, as a graduate with a degree in history and a secondary education teaching license. Augsburg has been a force of change and growth for our family My mother has a job working in a charter school that she loves. My sister was able to begin college here at age 17, leaving herjunior year ol high school to become a freshman at Augsburg majoring in social work. There have been countless times that my 3-yearold son, Jacob, has attended psychology classes here, with my fiancé, Adam. He has met every history professor in the departmentl A wise woman I know told me once, "Behind every new person you meet, there is a sea of faces." This truth is one I carry with me daily I may never even know the people whose lives I affect through my actions. Because of this truth, I must carry with me into life the ideals of love and tolerance for all people. I must be honest, possess integrity, and above all maintain spiritual health. ln living up to my ideals, my time on earth will result in positive relations with those who surround me. When Don Warren founded the StepUP program, I am sure he knew his actions would help hundreds of youth and their families. However, the ripple effect of the founding of StepUP reaches far beyond these students and their families; StepUP serves as a catalyst for change across the country through the fine example being set for other colleges. The 24 ,4UCSBURC ruOW by chrisrin R. crabrree'03 example of Augsburg sets a precedent of success and service for universities around the nation-through its Weekend College, the CLASS program, and through StepUP As graduates of Augsburg, we all have the opportunity to have a ripple effect upon the world we occup)¿ We have been given the gift of finding a vocation, a chance to work in a field where we find meaning, and where we can use gifts given to us by God. We can Christin R. Crabtree ,03, seated with her fiancé, Adam McWethy'03, and her son, Jacob, is surrounded by her family, who gathered at Augsburg for Commencement positively affect our .o-*,,,'iti., through ffi:1,ï"i":,'ffiiï"ifliiìil! i.îi:"ff;'ï'"31n'311n" simple acts of smiling at our ceremony May 4. neighbors, voting at every experience, and I had lost faith in myself election, and advocating for ouI future and in God. generations, our children. At Augsburg, my professors helped I want to take this opportunity to me to reach beyond what I ever thought I thank the Augsburg community for the could achieve. Because of the existence of effect you have had upon my life. My Weekend College, I was able to work full experiences at this institution have time to support my son while maintaining inspired me, and changed me. To see my enrollment in college. faculty and staff believe in students and You have brightened my future and the one-to-one interaction that occurs is that of my son. My faith in God, and in amazing. \üy'atching young, recovering, the inherent goodness of humanity, has chemically dependent students enter developed here. My dreams for the future college and graduate with honors is a gift. seem real now; there was a time it Witnessing McNair Scholars achieving goals beyond what they thought seemed I may never graduate from high school, and I stand here today, speaking possible is an honor to observe. To see a blind man attend class with his seeing-eye at my college commencement. My goal for the future is to advocate for those dog, never losing his positive attitude or with no voice, and to always give back to his dream, is a memory that will stay with the world around me, be that through me forever. As for me, I have been given teaching, public service, or some othel the gift of a drive to succeed above all avenue. Through faith anything is obstacles. Know that these effects upon possible, and the people we touch along me inspire me to be a positive force in the the way are the largest gifts of all. You world around me. may never know the sea of faces existing When I first came to Augsburg, I had behind the lives you touch. Thank you, little study skills, nor did I have the faith Augsburg, for the effect you have had in that I could succeed. As a youth, I had my life, upon the people I love, and the been though turbulence and trials that sea of faces beyond each of them. have eveï to not should children the Summer 2003 ) tl O ¡¡ ll O I I o AUGGIE TRADITIONS September 3o-October 5, 2003 Tuesday, September christensen n a m 30 symposium -Locarion rBA Men's soccer vs. university or Thomas 7:30 p.m.-Edor Nelson Field st. 1 Luncheon Town 6¡ Counrry Club, St. Paul l0 a.m.- Craft Sale 1 I :40 a.m.-Annual Business Meeting Noon-LuncheonÆrogram Augsburg Ethnic Programs Celebration :4 5 p. [iíJ;i;"tääil Friday, October 3 Augsburg Associates Annual Fall :30-6 Fame Banquet ZÍ.ÎJ;k"-:'.'f,J"- Wednesday, October 5 Athletic Hallof m.-Christensen Center Scholastic Connections Social & Dinner 7-B 30 p.m.-Christensen Center : Volleyballvs. St. Olaf College 7:30 p.m.-Melby Gymnasium Class of 1943 Reunion Breakfast Picnic in the Park 11 a.m.-l p.m.-Murphy Park 9 a.m.-Christensen Center of 1993 Tailgating Party & Reunion a.m.-l p.m.-Class of 1993 tent, Class Class of 1953 Registration & Continental 11 Breakfast 9 a.m.-Foss Center across Murphy Park between Urness 6¡ Homecoming Chapel & Community Time I 0:20 a.m.-Hoversten Chapel Augsburg Women's Story Archive Noon-3 p.m.-Christensen Center of 1953 Luncheon I I:30 a.m.-Chirstensen Center Football Game vs. Carleton College Book Signing/Authors from the Class of Class of 1993 Post-Game Party Upstairs at Grandma's after the game Class 1953 Christensen I p.m.-Edor Nelson Field 2 p.m.-Christensen Center Thursday, Octob er 2 2 p.m.-Gather in Christensen Center English Dept. Alumni/ae Wine & Cheese Reading & Reunion 4-5:30 p.m.-Lindell Library, Room 301 Seventh Annual M. Anita Gay Hawthorne Jazz & Poetry Bash Trash & Treasure/Augsburg Alumni Soccer Game Underground 4:30 p.m.-Edor Nelson Field Campus Tour 5-7 p.m.-Foss Center lnternational Student Alumni Gathering '4:30-6 p.m.-Christensen Center wÆrofessor Emeritus Philip Thompson 3 p.m.-Location TBA Variety/Talent Show:'Auggie ldol' 7 p.m.-Foss Center Homecoming Social, Dinner, & Reunion 4:30-5:30 p.m., Social Hour-Christensen Center 5 :30 p.m., Dinner-Christensen Center 7:30 p.m., Reunion parties-Locations TBA Saturday, October 4 Science Alumni Gathering 9-1 I :30 a.m.-Location TBA Social Work Alumni Network (SWAN) Event 10 a.m.-noon-Christensen Center Registration & Refreshments l0 a.m.-4 p.m.-Christensen Center Campus Tour 11 a.m.-Gather Ìn Christensen Cenrer Women's Soccer Game vs. St. Catherine's 7:30 p.m.-Edor Nelson Fj.eld Sunday, October 5 Worship Service I I a.m.-Hoversten Chapel Heritage Society Recognition Brunch I I a.m., Worship Service-Hoversten Chapel Noon, Brunch-Christensen Center This is a preliminary calendar and is subject to change; please wøtch for your full Homecoming eyent brochure-ilue in mailboxes later this summer. 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Search Result: A PUBLICATION Fall 2003 FOR AUGSBURG COLLEGE ALUMNI & FRIENDS Vol. 66, No. 1,4 ,,\ . 111 The Sciences at Augsburg octors, research psychologists , space physicists, mathematicians, teachers, and a Nobel laureateAugsbu rg enjo ys a long tradition of excellence in the sciences. I ...
Show more A PUBLICATION Fall 2003 FOR AUGSBURG COLLEGE ALUMNI & FRIENDS Vol. 66, No. 1,4 ,,\ . 111 The Sciences at Augsburg octors, research psychologists , space physicists, mathematicians, teachers, and a Nobel laureateAugsbu rg enjo ys a long tradition of excellence in the sciences. I am delighted to welcome you to this specia l issue of Augsburg Now focusing on our program s in the natu ral and behaviora l sciences and mathematics. Based in the liberal arts and sciences, an Augsburg education equips our diverse stud ent body to meet the needs of the highly techno logical 21st century. All of our stud ents gain skills that help them und erstand contemporary issues, evaluate evidence, and make informed decisions. The new Augsburg Core Curri culum encourages interdisciplinary teachin g and coursewo rk. It also gu ides students to become thoughtful, effective leaders, mindful of their gifts and talents, in whatever field they enter. Augsburg science maj ors, the focus of this issue, receive a solid found ation for advanced work. Ou r science programs provid e many hands-o n experiences such as research with facult y, internships, and service- learnin g. For example, our qu arter-centur y partn ership with NASA has prov ided D We welcome your letters! Please write to: Editor Augsburg Now 22 11 Riverside Ave., CB 145 Minneapo lis, MN 5545 4 E-mail: now@augsburg.edu Fax: 612-330- 1780 Phone: 6 12-330- l! Sl Lellers for publication must be signed and include you r name , class year, and daytime telepho ne numb er. Th ey may be edi ted for length , clarity, and style. Read the full text or len ers at Now Online, <www.augsburg.edu/n ow>. research opportuniti es for stud ents far beyond what is available at many other small private colleges. Our communit y partnership s provide internships and other off-campu s learnin g expe riences. We eagerly anticipate the up comin g campaign for a new science facility. For 50 years, our Science Hall has served stud ents well, producin g remarkabl e achievements in its laboratories and classrooms. Our new center for the natur al and behaviora l sciences and mathematics will offer a state-of-the-art environm ent for teachin g and research , as well as a welcoming place for the communit y. In these pages, I invite you to meet our engaged facul ty, read about stud ents succeedin g beyond their expectations, and catch up with some of your fellow classmates and friends who have chosen many different paths in the sciences. ~ -plChristopher W. Kimball Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs and Dean of the College Letters to the editor Mystery Auggi e runn er from 1960 s photo come s forth Seeing the picture of Kofi Ann an on the track with two other runn ers [see Summ er 2003, Class Notes] concerns me. Without knowing, I may have been in the presence of one of the greatest minds of our time. How often does that happen? I started my freshman year in 1960 and participated and lettered in track and field. I held the school record for the high hurdl es for a while and ran some sprint races and pole vaulted as well. Wh en my wife saw the mystery picture she immediately said "The person in this picture looks ju st like you." I got out the magnifying glass, and sure enough it looked like me. I had bony legs and always had a pained look on my face durin g a race. Furth ermore, I hardly ever placed first- as the picture shows. - Gary Ellis '65 Miigw etch from Bonnie Wallace II write] with great humilit y and appr eciation for the wond erful celebration held Jun e 16 [see Summ er 2003, Around the Quad] for th e 25-year anniv ersary of th e American Indi an Stud ent Services Program . I want the Augsbur g and local American Indi an co mmuniti es to kn ow that the success of the pro gram depended on literally hundr eds of peopl e . ... I hold [Augsbur g President Emeritu s] Charles And erson in high regard for his genuin e belief in our work .... He supp orted the progra m's aut onomy, and that is evident today. Twenty-five years-th at's longevity! .. . I am so very pleased to be a part of th e history of this exce llent progra m. Miigwetch (th ank you , in the Ojib we language) to the Creator and all of you that made this poss ible. - Bonni e Wallace , Scholarship Director, Fo nd du Lac Reservation; and found er and former dir ector of Augsbur g's AISSP. Augsburg Now is publi shed qu arterly b y Augsbur g Co llege , 22 11 Rive rsid e Ave., Minn eapoli s, Minn eso ta 55454. AUGSBUR G NOW A PUBLICATION FOR AUGSBURG COLLEGE ALUMNI & Fall 2003 FRIENDS Vol. 66, No . 1 Editor Betsey No rga rd Features Assistant Editor Lynn Mena Graphic Designer Kath y Rumpz a Class Notes Coordinator Sara Kamhol z Photographer Steph en Geffre President 9 The Sciences at Augsburg In this special issu e abou t th e sciences at Augsbur g, stud ents, faculty, and alumni share Willi am V. Fram e th eir stori es of researc h in Antar ctica, Director of Alumni and Parent Relations chemistry in cosm etics, teach ing high school AmyS utlOn Director of Public Relations and Communication Dan Jor gense n O pini o ns expr esse d in Augsburg Now do no l n ecessa rily renecL o fficial Co llege policy. ISSN 1058-1545 Pos tm aste r: Send co rr es pon de nce , nam e changes , and addr ess corr ection s 10: Augsburg Now, om ce of Publi c Relations and Communication , 22 11 Riversid e Ave., Minn eapo lis, MN 55454. E-mail: now@au gsbur g .edu Teleph on e: 6 12- 33 0 - 118 1 Fax : 6 I 2-3 30-1 780 Augsburg Co llege , as <iffirmed in its mission , does not disc,im inat e on the basis of race, color, creed , religio n, nati ona l or etlmic origin , age, gender. sexual mie ntalion , marita l status , stat us with regard to public assistance , or disability in its ed ucation policies, admissions polici es, scholarsl iip a nd loan pr ogmm s, athletic and/or school ad m inist ered programs , excep t in tho se insta nces wliere religion is a bona fide occupationa l qualification . Augsburg College is co mmitt ed to pr-oviding reasonab le accommodations ro its emp loyees and its stud ents . biology, creatin g virtual reality, findin g su ccess in grad schoo l, and mu ch mor e. An overview story pull s together th e myriad activiti es in biolog y, chemistry, ph ysics , math emati cs , psycholo gy, and comput er science. Departments 2 Around the Quad 5 Sports 6 Homecoming awards 37 39 Alumni news inside back cover Calendar Class not es www.augsburg.edu 50 percent recycled paper (10 percent post-consumer waste) On the cover : First-year s tud en ts Sa.-ah Pesola (lef t) and Sara Ray mond (right) get so m e hands-on experience in chemisoy lab. Photo by Stephen Geffr e. Top rankings in college guides A ugsb urg has been named among the nation's best colleges in thr ee catego ries and ranked in th e top tier among Midwestern unive rsities. U.S. News & World Repon listed Augsburg (the only Minnesota school) among 20 of the nation 's best institutions for service learnin g. TIie Princeton Review includ es the Co llege in the 150 "Best for the Midw est," prai sing an outstandin g faculty, sma ll class sizes , and friendl y environm ent. Kaplan Publishing 's The Unbiased Guide to the 328 Most Interesting Colleges, 2004 includes Augs bur g and names it as one of the top five sc hoo ls that may be und errat ed , as judged by a nationa l survey of guidanc e counselor s. For the third year, Augsbur g is one of the best 201 in Great Collegesfor the Real World, selec ted for best demonstrating both the education and the opportunities to prepare stude nts for the real wo rld . Augsburg has been named one of 12 "foundi ng institut ions " nat iona lly to participate in a project joint ly sponsored by the Policy Center on the First Year of College and the Counci l of Indepe ndent Colleges (C IC) to develop a model of exce llence for the first college year. Pete r Agre wins Nobel Prize eter Agre, a 1970 graduate and Distinguished Alumnu s of Augsb ur g, was one of Lwo win ners of the 2003 Nobel Prize in che mistry. He is a professor and researcher at the John s Hopkin s University Schoo l of Medicine in Baltimore . His discovery of "aquapori n-1," a "cha nn el" that lets water pass in and out of cells represented a major breakthrough that has led to greater understanding of many inherited and acquired water balance disorders , such as kidney disease . After gradua ting from Augsburg , Agre received his medical degree from John s Hopkin s University School of Med icine and is now professor of biologica l chem istry there. Agre's father , the late Court land Agre, was chem istry professor at Augsburg from 1959-76. Three of Agre's siblin gs also auended Augsburg: Mark Agre '8 1, Annetta (Agre) Anderson '69, and James Agre '72 , who curre ntly serves on Augsburg 's Science Advisory Board . "The Chemis tr y Department is elate d at this news ," said chemistry professor Arlin Gyberg . "Those of us who had Peter P 2 ,4 uGSBURG NOW as a stud ent are not su rpri sed he has reached this level. It's no shock that he won the Nobel Prize in chem istry." Agre shares the chemistry prize with America n Roderick MacKinnon . Center for Teaching and Learning 2003-04 Convocation Series he fourth an nual Convocation Series presents a challenge to consider all work as voca tion-id ent ifying one's gifts and abilities, and using them in benefit to the communit y T The presentaLions include: Oct. 14. 2003 Sharon Da loz Parks , W hidbey Institute "Big Qu estions , Worthy Dreams " Nov. 12, 2003 Lee Hard y, Ca lvin Co llege "The Ch ristian 's Calling in th e Academy " Jan. 19,2004 2004 Martin Luther King, Jr. Convoca tion Vanne Owe ns Hayes , Minneapolis Departme nt of Civ il Rights "Responding to the Ca ll" Feb. 18, 2004 Kathy Buck ley, co med ian "No Labe l, No Lim its " Feb. 26-27, 2004 2004 Batalden Symposium in Applied Ethics Paul B. Batalde n , M.D. and David C. Leach , M.D. "Transfor min g th e Profess ion of Health Ca re" A S79,000 grant from the Bush Foundation to the Center for Teaching and Learning will involve more than 100 faculty in studying student outcomes and assessment in the new Augsburg Core Curriculum. Pictured are (L to R) Frankie Shackelford, associate dean for teaching and learning enhancement ; Diane Pike, director of the Center for Teaching and Learning; and Terry Martin, administrative assistant. Not pictured is Carol Forbes, director of sponsored programs . Spring 2004 2004 Sverdrup Visiting Scientist Lecture To be annou nced For informatio n , call 612-330-1180 or visit <www.augsburg .edu/ co nvo> . Follow Auggie Athletics NEWS • STATS• ALWAYS UPDATED Visit the Augsburg College Athletcis Web site, www .augsburg .edu/athlet ics Fall 2003 $1 million-an Fund first! he $1 million goal for Augsburg 's annual fund was reached for the first time in Co llege history durin g 2002-03. This 25 percent increase in giving over th e previous year was achi eved by a total of 1,928 donors. Often referred to as "the lifeblood of th e Co llege ," Augsbur g's ann ual fund supp orts the financial aid com mitm ent that allows the College to remain affordable for a wide variety of academically-qualified stu den ts. Last year, more th an 80 percent of Augsburg stud ents received $25 million in financial aid , includin g $9 million in Augsburg sc holarship s and tuition gran ts. Sixty percent of The Augsburg Fund total was contribut ed by the 185 memb ers of th e Maroon & Silver Society, th e College's leade rship-l evel dono rs. T Augsburg Congratulations, faculty! These donors pledge to support the financial aid commitm ent with annu al cash gifts of $ 1,000 to $25 ,000 for a minimum of four years . Much of the growth in The Augsburg Fund has occurred in the last six years , during the tenur e of President William Frame . When he ar rived at Augsburg , the annua l fund level was at 178 ,000. His push to increase th e level and comm itm ent lo annu al fund giving has resulted in its more than five-fold growt h. Augsb urg regent Tracy Elfunann '8 1, chair of th e Develop ment Commin ee, and Donn a McLean , dire ctor of The Augsb urg Fund , provided leaders hip for the fund 's success . Planning for Augsburg 's nexl capital campaign includes continu ed aggressive growt h of The Augsburg Fund . Promotion to professor Martha Johnson , speech , communicati on , and theatre arts Stuart Stoller , bu siness administrati on Tenure granted and promotion to associate professor Lois Bosch , social work Nora Braun , business admini stra tion Rona ld Fedie , chemistry Merilee Klemp , music James Vela-McConn ell , sociology J. Ambrose Wolf , ph ysics Tenure granted Karen Sutherland , co mput er science Welcome, new Auggies! Sport ing maroon Augsburg T-shirts, 22 Augsburg Seminar groups-the orien ta t ion seminar for freshmen-contributed over 1,400 hours of commun ity service on t he first day of school at 18 sites, mostly in the neighborhood . At Danebo Residence, students visited with senior residents , painted , and cleaned . Fall 2003 Jeann ette Clark, fr om Hop kins, Minn ., is one of t he 348 fre shm en in t he class of 2007. She moved int o Urn ess Hall on Aug . 31, getting some help fr om her parents in unpacking the boxes . A- UGSBURG NOW 3 Around the Quad Transforming our students, ourselves, our world "Do you believe you will be transformed by your college experience?" ore th an 94 percent of curr ent and prosp ective stud ents-da y, weekend , and grad-an swe red, "Yes." Now th e qu estion is , "what th ey will do wit h this transformative expe rien ce ." Th ese qu estions were part o f an exte nsive resea rch effort Augsb urg cond ucted rece ntl y in preparation for th e laun ch of a new brand ima ge, tag line, and marketin g camp aign for th e College. Th e resu lts o f this far-reac hin g effort are now being see n and heard all ove r campu s and throughout th e Twin Cities, wit h the Septe mb er laun ch of th e camp aign . Throug h billb oa rds and bus stop post ers, news pap er ads and radio spot s, a n ew Web site and man y oth er engaging vehicl es, Augsburg College is emb arkin g on this ex tend ed ca mp aign wit h a three-fold goa l: to captur e and pres ent th e uniqu e esse nce of its edu ca tional experience ; to raise awa reness and positive supp ort among key co nstitu ent s; and to dri ve the mission of Augsb urg College forward in an excit ing and dynamic new way. Both th e traditiona l day stud ent and th e wo rking adult are being Be yourself at Augsburg. And leave completely__ changed. chall enged to "Be yo urse lf at Augs bur g, and leave co mpl etely changed ." Th e theme of "Transform ing Ed ucat ion" deliv ers three int errelate d messages: trans forming stud ent s' uniqu e talents and int erests into ca lled lives of service ; tran sforming the edu cational exper ience itself to effec t st ud ent growt h and chang e; and , ultimat ely, transforming our community and wo rld through positive change . Inco ming and "vetera n " stud ents , faculty members , staff, alumni , donors , and co mmunity members-all are integral parts of this eve r-transforming ex perience ca lled Augsburg Co llege . Stay tun ed . More to co me. M 4 A-UGSBURGNOW Fall 2003 Sports Eight receive Athletic Hall of Fame honors by Don Stoner ugsbu rg Co llege honored eight form er ath letes duri ng Homeco min g wee kend , indu cted int o the Augsbur g Athl etic Hall of Fame at th e annu al banqu et on Oc l. 2. Th e Augsbur g Ath letic Hall of Fame was es tab lished in 1973 to recog nize ma le athletes who made spec ial co ntributi ons lo th e Co llege's athl etic hisw ry. In 1989, female athl etes we re first indu cted inlO the hall. Rec ipients are chose n each yea r on th e basis of performan ce in Augsbur g at hletics, se rvice lo th e sc hoo l, civic and profess ional ac hievement s , and leadership . A Honor ed as indu ctees int o th e Augsbur g Ath letic Hall of Fame are: Bob Adams '83 (wrestling) T he on ly Augsbur g wres tler to earn mu ltip le All-America n honors in a single seaso n, Adams wo n th e CAA Division Ill indi vidu al champi ons hip al 134 pou nds in 1983 and place d seco nd al the we ight class in th e NAlA champi onship meet, the only yea r Augsbur g co mp eted in both orga niza tions' national tourn aments . Adams won MIAC titl es in 1982 and 1983 and was Augsbu rg's Seni or Honor Athl ete in 1983. Michele Boyer '89 (softball, basketball) Boyer earn ed All-American honors in Fall 2003 1988 as a so ftball outfi elder, ea rnin g AllMIAC honors thr ee yea rs in a row. Her .495 bauin g ave rage in 1988 is th e best single-seaso n perform ance in sc hoo l history. In basketba ll, Boyer was one of only five players in sc hoo l history LO sco re more than 1,00 0 po in ts in her ca ree r, finishin g with 1,0 19 poin ts, and ea rn ed All-MIAC honors in 1986-87 and 1987-88. She was Augsburg's Senior Honor Athl ete in 1989. Kevin Gordon '82 (hockey) An NAIA All-America n in 1982 , Go rd on was a member of Auggie tea ms that wo n th e national champi onship in both 198 1 and 1982 , as we ll as thr ee straight MIAC championship s. He earn ed All-M IAC honors in both 1980 and 1982 , lead ing th e tea m in sco rin g both years . Gordon 's 30 goa l in 1979-8 0 are th e seco nd- mos t in a single seaso n ; he finished his caree r with 108 poin ts (57 goa ls , 51 ass ists ). Ray Hamilton '75 (basketball) An honora ble-mention All-American in 1975 , Hamilton playe d two seaso ns o f bas ketball al Augsbu rg, ea rnin g AIIMIAC and NAIA All-Distri ct honors both seaso ns and MIAC Mos t Valuable Player honors in 1974-75 , as the Auggies wo n th e MIAC champi onship and advanced LO th e NAIA distri ct champions hip game. He led th e Auggies in sco ring both of his seaso ns and in reboundin g his enior ca mp aign. Melanie Herrera '88 (track and field , volleyball) Herrera ea rn ed All-America n honors seve n Limes in trac k and field , dominating th e throwing eve n ls. She qu alified for national mee ts in the shot put all four yea rs in ollldoo r com pelilion and her final thr ee seaso n in indoor co mp elili on , win ning CAA Divi ion Ill national champ ionship s in 1987 out doo rs , and in 1988 in bo th indoo r and outd oo r co mp etiti on , where her reco rd -se ttin g effort st ill stands . She also played th ree sea a ns of volleyba ll al Augsbur g and was Aug burg's Senior Honor Ath lete in 1988 . Robert Lafleur '80 (soccer) A two- lime All-M IAC election (1 97879) and AIA All-Distri ct selection , LaFleur was a member of Auggie team s that wenl 43-15-10 in his care er, neve r finis hing low er than third in MIAC play. He was team capt ain his se nior seaso n. Jim Peterson '78 (hockey, baseball) In men's hocke y, Peter son was a memb er o f Augs bur g's first national champio nsh ip team , the 1978 AIA titl e team , and was a memb er o f Augsbur g's MIAC base ball champi on hip tea m in 1975. He earn ed All-MIAC honors twi ce in both ho ckey and base ball, was a member of th e IA All-Tourn ament Team in hocke y in 1978 , and ea rn ed Augsburg Senior Honor Athl ete honors in 1978 . David Trost '81 (track and field, basketball) Augsbu rg's firs t men's tra ck and field national meel qualifier, he finished thir d in the high j um p al th e AIA outd oo r na tiona l meel with a 2.14-meter (7-fee lO) effort , a school reco rd that still stands . He won the MIAC titl e in the high j um p in 1981. Don Stoner is sports inf onnation coordinato,: ,4uGSB RG NOW 5 Two named as 2003 Distinguished Alumni ni jo i~ 162 oth ers as Distin gu ished Alumni of Augsb u rg College. Recipien ts are recog niz ed for T s1wogmalum f1cant achievement m their voca u ons and ou tstandm g con tributi ons to chur ch and commun ity, by Lynn Mena th rough years of prepara tion , experience, dedication , exempl ary character, and se rvice. Hans G. Dumpys '56 Bishop Hans G. Dump ys gradu ated from Augsbur g in 1956 with a B.A. in histo ry. ln 1960 , he earn ed a B.D. from th e Luth eran Schoo l of Theo logy in Chicago , and was ordained by Hope Luth era n Chur ch in Detroit. He received a master's degree in th eology from Harvard Divinity Schoo l in 1965 , and purs ued doc toral stu d ies at Prin ceto n Theological Semin ary and Tuebin gen University in Germ any. He also studied at th e Advanced Institu te for Pastora l Studi es in Michigan , and th e Tan tur Ecu menical Inst itut e in J eru salem . Born in ibra i, Lithuania in 1933 , Dump ys has lived in th e U.S. since 1949. He was instrum ent al in th e renewal and reviva l o f th e Luth eran chu rch in Lithu ania after th e count ry regain ed ind epend ence from the Soviet Unio n. This includ ed training pas tors and teachers for the chur ch and contributin g as one of th e fou nders of th e University of Klaipeda's th eological sc hool in Lithu ania in 1992 . Du mp ys retired from parish mini stry in ove mb er, but continu es to serve as bishop of th e Lithu anian Evangelical Luth era n Chur ch in Diaspora, located in Chicago , for which he also serve d as chair of the syno d coun cil. In additi on , he has served pastora tes in Michigan , Massac hu setts , Canada, Iowa , and most rece ntl y at Lithu ani an Evangelical Lutheran Home Church in Chicago , Ill. In Febru ary, Dum pys was honored by th e Knights o f Lithu ania "in recog n itio n o f and grateful app reciation for ecum enical, spiritu al, cu ltu ral, and hum anit arian lifetime achievements in th e worldwi de Lith ua nian co mmunit y." In 1998, he was invited to th e Whit e House for the signin g of th e "Charter o f Partn ers hip" with th e Baltic republi cs. He has pr esent ed speec hes, se rm ons, in vocations, and greetin gs both nationally and in tern ationally, and has initiat ed , organiz ed , and presided ove r synod asse mbli es with delega tions from Ge rman y, Ca nada, and th e U.S. In honor of his wo rk for th e Luth eran chur ch in Lithuania and in th e ex ile Lithu anian communi ty, he was invited by Lithu ania's mini ster of cultur e to be an official represe nt at ive of North America's Lithu anian co mmunit y at th e ethni c world music festival in 1994 . Dump ys taught in Augsbur g's religion departm ent in 19651966. W hile pur suin g his gradu ate studi es, he was an assistant at Harva rd University's Memorial Church , and se rved as pastorin-residence and also assistan t to th e dean of inst ru ction at Prin ce ton Th eological Semin ary. He met his wife, Donn a , while at Augsbu rg. They live in Oak Park, Ill., and have two childr en , Jon and Chri sta. 6 A UGSBURG NOW Ertwin Jones-Hermerding '69 ErtJ ones-Hermerding graduated from Augsburg in 1969 with a B.S. in liberal arts speech, theatre, and physical edu cation , with a head coaching endors ement . He received an M.S. in curri culum and instru ction with an English emph asis from Mankat o State University in 1975. Jones-Hermerding retired this year after an exceptional 34-year teaching and coaching career for the Robbinsdale Independent School District. He was the first to teach improvisational theatre at the juni or high level. From 1969-1988 , he taught speech and theatre at Plymouth Junior High School, and directed 96 productions. The Children's Th eatre Foundati on of America recognized the Robbinsdale school district's theatre programs with an award for excellence in 1995;Jon es-Hermerding was specifically celebrated for creating "an extraordin ary middle school dram a progr am." Sin ce 1988 , J ones-Herm erdin g has taught speech , th eatre, litera tur e, oral int erpr etation , and acting at Coo per Senior High School. He also served as th eatre arts chair and audi tori um manage r. He dir ected over 50 produ ctions at Coo per, and his Introdu ction to Th eatre class was on e of only two in Minn eso ta where a childr en's th eatre perform ance proje ct is compl eted as part of th e curri culum , givin g stud ent s who can't particip ate in after-schoo l th eatre th e chance to exp erience th e thrill of crea ting and performin g in a sho w. In additi on to his strong juni or and senior high theatre programs, Jon es-Hermerding has also been a successful football coach. He coached at Plymouth Juni or High for 10 seasons and at Cooper Senior High for over 20 seasons (includin g 10 as head coach). He was honored as Lake Conference Coach of the Year in 1984 for his exceptional program. He inspired players to be role models for each other, and they work ed on team uni ty projects by organizing programs on chemi cal abuse, weight trainin g, and other relevant topics. He also institut ed a program that requir ed his players to check in with their teachers on a weekly basis regarding their academic performance and attitud e in the classroom . Jones-Herm erding has worked in summ er th eatre projects for th e Orono, Hopkins , and Robbinsd ale school districts, and as a staff member for Augsburg's summ er theatre institut e. He is an instru ctor and curri culum writ er for th e University of St. Th omas Cont inuin g Edu cation progra m, and has facilitated worksh ops for colleagues and serve d on many curri culum developm ent committ ees. He and his wife, Pat, have two childr en, Mee-lynn and Harper. Fall 2003 First Decade and Spirit of Augsburg award recipients named for 2003 bylynnMena A ugsbur g is please d to ann oun ce the 200 3 reci pients of the First Decade and Spirit of Augsbur g awards . Th e Firs t Decad e Award is presented to Augsbur g gra du ates of th e past 10 years who have made signifi cant progress in th eir prof ess iona l achievements and co ntributi ons to th e communit y, and in so doing exemp lify the miss ion of th e Co llege: to prepar e futur e leaders in se rvice to th e world. Graduates from th e day, weeke nd , and gra du ate programs are eligible. The Spirit o f Augsbur g Award honors alumni and friend s of the Co llege who have given exceptiona l se rvice that co ntribut es substanti ally to th e well being of Augsbur g by furth erin g its purposes and programs. RECIPIENT OF THE 2003 FIRST DECADE AWARD Tammera Ericson '93 Tamm era Ericson has successfully combin ed her interests in political science , urban stu dies, public service, and the legal profession-all while raising thr ee children. After serving as chair of the Columbi a Heights Charter Commission and as a member of its Planning and Zoning Comm ission, Ericson was appointed in 2002 to a task force charged with developin g city design guide lines. In addition , she helped start a nonprofit organization , Rising to New Heights, dedicated to improving the image of Columbia Heights . In 2002 , Ericson was elected to the Columbia Heights City Counci l, and was also appoint ed to concurr ent terms on the city's Econo mic Developme nt Auth ority and Housing Redevelopment Authority. RECIPIENTS OF THE 2003 In Jun e, she gradua ted summa cum laude from William Mitchell College of law, where she received the Stud ent Award of Melit , the Burton Award for Excellence in Legal Writin g, and the CALI Award for Excellence in Drafting and Negotiating Business Agreements. She volunt eers for the Minn esota Ju stice Found ation, giving presentations on legal topics to wom en living in a transitional housing cent er in St. Paul. In addition , she volunt eers for the Chrysalis Center for Wom en in Minn eapolis as part of the Pro Bono Attorn ey Safety Project. Throu gh this program , she works to help low-income victims of dom estic abus e obtain orders for protection. She is curr ently serving as a judici al clerk for the Minnesota Supr eme Court for one year before returnin g to the law finn Winthrop & Weinstein . SPIRIT OF AUGSBURG AWARD John Benson '55 Professor Emeri tus John Benson served more than 35 years as an ac tive memb er of Augsb ur g's religion department. After joining th e facult y in 1963 , he was promo ted to associate prof essor and gra nt ed tenur e in 1969 , th en promoted to full prof esso r in 1986. Benson also taught in th e phil osop hy depart ment and helped deve lop Augsb ur g's hum aniti es major in th e 1970s . In additi on , he taught a course entitl ed Deve lop ing a Mu lti-Cu ltural Perspect ive for th e Master of Arts in Leadership program , and tea med up wi th ph ysics prof essor Mark Engebretson to teac h a cou rse th at int egra ted sc ience with religion and sp iritu ality. Their co llabora tion led to two awards from the pr estigious J ohn Templeton Foundation 's annu al sc ience and religion co ur se pro gra m co mp etiti on. Throughout his years at Augsburg , Benson se rved on co mmitt ees too numerous to list. Beyond his co mmitt ee wo rk , he was at th e forefront of a numb er o f thin gs , mos t notably the introduction of co mput er techn ology to th e campu s in th e early 1980s. An avid go lfer, he also coac hed go lf at Augsburg for sev era l years . Benson and his ,vife, Doroth y, co ntinu e to be ac tive memb ers of th e Augsb ur g commu nit )'. Fall 2003 Sigvald Hjelmel and , the seco nd of four generati ons of Hjelmeland s to attend Augsbur g, return ed to Augsbur g in 1952 as th e Co llege's firs t dir ec tor of deve lopm ent. He headed the new ly establi shed Deve lopm ent Office and emb ark ed up on Augsbur g's first capital ca mp aign to raise fund s for the "Libra r)' Drive ." Th e camp aign excee ded its goal, and b)' 1955 , th e Co llege brok e ground on th e Sverdrup -Oftedal Libra ry. Th e success of th e camp aign led to Augsbur g's su ccess ful appli cation of acc reditation b)' th e North Centr al Association . Hjelmeland's man y contributi ons and proj ects begun durin g his )'ears al Augsburg includ ed Science Hall; Chri stense n Ce nt er; Urn ess Hall ; Foss , Lobec k, Miles Cent er for Wor ship , Drama, and Communi cati on ; and th e Tim es Buildin g (th e first co mm ercia l building donat ed to Augsbur g). In th e late 1980s , Hj elmeland es tablished the Rev. John Hjelmeland End owed Scholarship Fund in honor of his fathe r, an alumnu s of Augsbur g Academ)', Seminar )', and College. Even after his retir ement in 1982 , Hj elmeland volunt ee red his vas t ex perience as a developm ent co nsult ant from 1982 to l9 86. frU GSBURG NOW 7 Homecoming 2003 The Hoversten family honored with the Distinguished Service Award he Distinguished Service Award, inaugurat ed in its currenl form al Hom ecomi_ng 2001 with ~ e Strom~en _family, and last yea_r T award ed to the Quanbeck family, recognizes families who have made substanual and contmumg comnbuuons lo Augsburg-111 the by l ynnMena form of stud ents and gradu ates, ideas , reputation , and resources . . . Thi s year, we celebra te the Hoversten family, and th eir gene rations-long conn ecuon with Augsburg . The Hoversten story In 1806 , a youn g Norweg ian teacher namedj ohann es ja cobso n mar ried Anna Hoversten. She was a woman of prop erty on the rocky island of Renn esoy, up the coas t from Stavanger. So he took her surn ame , which came from an ou tcro ppin g of stone- "hoved sten" or headsto ne-on the farm she owned. J ohann es and Ann a had nin e childr en. It is the descendents of thr eeJacob , Knud , and Gun vor-who recognized that edu cation offered many more op portun ities in th e U.S. than in orway, and who u ltimatel y formed the Augsbur g conn ection. The Hoverstens and Augsburg Elias Hovers ten , son of Knud and Elen Hoversten, was a stern and practical man who farmed the land near Marshall, Minn ., in the first half of the 1900s. Wh en Elias' oldest son , Knut , grew imo a young adult , Elias feared that his so n's bad hip would prevent him from becoming a successfu l farmer. So in 1926 , he sent Knut to the city to get an Augsbu rg education . After Knut grad uated in 1930 , more than 40 members of the extend ed Hovers ten family also attended , includ ing the family's most recent Augsbur g alumn a, Kari Lucin '03 , da ughter of Kim (Hoversten) Lucin '76 and the Rev. Martin Lucin '74 , grandd aughter of Kermit Hoversten '50 , and grea t-gra ndd aughter of Elias Hoversten . Augsburg's motto, "Educatio n for Service," is also one of the Hoversten's strongest tradi tions , and the family has dedicated their labors to the ideal of service . Knut , the first Augsburg gradu ate, is now a retired chemistry teacher. Several other Hoverstens also became teachersand many entered the fields of medicine, 8 A-UGSBURG NOW law, ministry, busin ess, and agriculture. The Hoverstens recall Augsburg as a unifyi ng, centr al presence in their lives. M. Annett e (Hoverste n) Hanson '68 , daught er of Knut's broth er, the Rev. Chester E. Hoversten '44 , heard many stories abou t Augsburg durin g her childh ood . "Wh enever my dad and his friends or other family About 200 Hoversten family members gathered in Hoverst en members would get Chapel in 1989 for the dedication of the chapel_they funded . At left are: (standing) Allen Hoversten '64, L. Berniece Johnson , together, they would Knut Hoversten '30; (kneeling) Garfield Hoversten '50 and always talk about Clarence Hoversten '41 . At right are : (back row) Brian Augsburg ," Annelle said in Livingston, Kyle Hoversten , Rev. Joel Njus, Augsbu rg Pastor an article for the fall 2000 Dave Wold ; (front row) Rev. Thomas Hoversten ' 56, Rev. Chester J. Hoversten '60, Rev. Chester E. Hove rsten '44, and issue of the Augsbu rg Now. Augsburg President Charles Anderson . "And if you want ed to get married , you went to Augsburg," she continu ed the Augsburg campus . In recent years, the with a chu ckle. "I met my hu sband , family had hon ored the College with gifts Robert [Hanson '68] here. I think that and pledges of over $1 million as major while I was a stude nt , I didn 't auac h much support for the cons tru ction of the meanin g to the fact that so man y other College's Foss, Lobeck , Miles Center for family members had attended . But Worship , Drama and Communication and subsequently, it has become mu ch more to establish the Hoversten Endowment . important to me. What a rich, precious On April 22, 1989, Augsburg officially environm ent. " dedicated the chape l in Foss Cente r as the In Octo ber of 1985 , the Hoverstens Hoversten Chape l. Two months later, two gathered at the College for a reunion. It newly endowed Hoversten scholarships was during this time that they began were announced , the Hoversten Peace discussing a monum ent- a chapel at Scholarship and the Jacob and Ella Augsburg that would reflect their family Hoversten Scholarship. values and traditi ons. A gift of a chapel "During my days on campus I was not only expressed their gratit ude but also enriched in man y ways," said Lorna demons trat ed their comm itment to Hoversten '62 . "I received not only a edu cation , faith , and the college that so strong scientific education , but also a many family memb ers had au end ed. deeper knowledge of my religious ethnic Four years later, about 200 heritag e. I contribut e jo yfully to this Hoverstens and their relatives from all institu tion to enable present and futu re over the U .5. return ed for a special day on students to have similar experiences ." Fall 2003 AUGSBURG NOW Fall 2003 The sciencesat AugsburgCollegeoffer a rich educational environmentthat preparesstudentsto enter a variety of fields in science, medicine, research, industry, public service, and education. Rigorouscourseworkwithin a liberal arts curriculum, combined with internshipsand outstanding opportunitiesfor researchwith faculty give students the solid foundation they need to meet the highly technical demandsof our global society. This combinationof high quality teaching, the enormous resourcesof the city, and an expectation that each personcan make a difference in the world affords a powerfuleducation at Augsburg. design by Kathy Rumpza • photos by Stephen Geffre • art by Sam Gro ss theSCIENCES atAUGSBUR Educating professional scientists,effectiveleaders,and informed citizens by Cynthia Hill " Progress made in harnessing fusion as energy source." "World water crisis worsening. " " Brain research reveals clues to dyslexia ." "Meat suppliers asked to cut antibiotic use. " "CDC reports first cases of monkey pox." " U.S. sues over ban on genetically modified foods ." veryday headlin es like these fields and inform ed citizens with th e und ersco re the pervasive knowledge and crit ical thinkin g skills to influence of science in our lives . evaluate the imp act of scientific develop ments E While the st ud y of science has long been co nsidered part of a well-ro und ed libera l arts edu cation at Augsbur g, it has and weigh their mora l, ethi cal, and soc ial impli cations," she said . Augsbur g has a stro ng track record on grown more imp ortant than ever in a world increasingly shape d by scientifi c and techn ological developm ents. "Science matters come up in th e pu blic deba te continu ally, as we confront issues such as enviro nm ent al qu ality, adva nces in medicine, and the complexity of hum an be havior," says Nancy Steblay, professo r of psychology and facu lty liaiso n to Augsbur g's Science Advisory Board. "As a socie ty, we need both capable professionals in scientifi c and related Luci Sagehorn'03 combinedminors in biology and chemistrywith a studio art major. Fall 2003 ETER AGRE '70 eter Agre's decision to major in chemistry may have been a family matter. His father, Courtland Agre was a distinguished chemist in research at DuPont and 3M as well as a college professo r. He was one of the "founding fathers" of Augsburg's chemistry department and taught in it for 17 years. Afte r Peter Agre graduated from Augsburg, he went on to earn a medical degree at Johns Hopkins UniversitySchool of Medicine. His interest in biomedical resea rch led him to a medical residency at Case Weste rn Universityand a clinical fellowshipat Universityof North CarolinaChapel Hill. He returned to Johns Hopkins for a research fellowship in the cell biology department and has been a faculty member in the School of Medicine since 1984. Agre sea rched for answers as to how water moved from the cells within our tissues . He also wondered why some tissues, such as the linings of our lungs, were so much more permeable than others . In 1988 Agre discovered "channels " that allow passage of water in and out of ce lls. This major breakthrough resulted in many related studies in biochemistry, physiology, and genetics. From them , researchers have gained much greater understanding of inherited and acquired water balance disorders , such as kidney disease. P Biology and chemistry major KeneeshiaWilliams '03 spent a summerresearchingnutrient import and export in Augsburg'scoral reef aquariumwith biology professorBill Capman (above) and chemistry professorArlin Gyberg(not pictured). both fron ts, especia lly th e remarkab le many a elementary or seconda ry teac hers. numb er o f scient ists place d in ind ustry, Augsb urg's strong int ern shi p co nn ect io ns pub lic servi ce , edu cation , and socia l lead o th ers to pro fess ional o ppo rtuniti es servi ce organiza tio ns. Among th em a re in ind ustry and th e no npro fit wo rld. K- 12 teac hers, ph ysicia ns, and ot her Augsburg science gradua tes ca n be foun d hea lth care and ment al hea lth at Medt ronic , SciMed, Genera l Electr ic, prof essionals. Guid ant , and many oth er bo th large and In chemistry, for exa mpl e, half of all gradu atin g maj ors ove r th e pas t 25 years small co rp ora tio ns. At 3M in St. Paul in parti cu lar, Augsbur g maint ai ns a large have go n e o n to eith er earn Ph .D.s o r prese nce beca use of its longtime beco m e doc to rs , d en tists , or ph ar macists . partn ers h ip with th e corpora tio n for In th e sam e Lime fra me, m ore th an ha lf o f trainin g of scie nti sts . Simil arly, hos pit als, all physics maj ors have ent ered gra du ate co un seling age ncies, and environm ent al sc hoo l. A simil ar propo rtio n o f b iology and health nonp ro fits empl oy grad uates gradu a tes go o n to p rofess io na l and from Augsbur g's sc ience depa rt ments . gradu a te pro grams, includin g medi ca l Thi s reco rd o f ac hi eve ment grows out schoo l. In psyc ho logy, about half o f all of Augs bur g's uni q uely enr ichi ng gradu ates pur sue advanced stud y in areas edu ca tiona l environm ent -r igorous ranging from be haviora l gen etics to science co ur sework wi th in a libe ral arts co un selin g psyc ho logy as we ll a law, curr iculum , ou tstand in g opport u nities for medi cin e, and th eo logy. s tud ent -fac ul ty researc h and int ern sh ips , O ther scie nce majo rs begin th eir caree rs imm ediately after gra du ation , Fall 2003 and stro ng facult y mem ori ng and p rogra m su ppo rt . ,4 GSB RG NOW 11 "Our science condu cted indep endent and team research in progra ms set high the College's solid-state ph ysics lab as well as expectatio ns of what our summ er resea rch at both Stanford University stud ents can achieve," and th e University of California-Berkeley. said Mark Engebretson, ph ysics departm ent chair. HARDWORK, "Whil e Augsbur g is only BIG REWARDS moderately selective comp ared to so me other libera l arts colleges, it's what we do with and expect o f our stud ents andScholarship Fair, Weekend College n cassidy and biology major Jean Johnson ledthe possibility of producing low sugar the dietaryand diabetic consumer market. that is different. " One indi cator of qu ality is the fact that in the past seve n years, five Augsbur g science majors have been awarded Goldwater Scholarships , a pre mier national und ergradu ate science awa rd for stud ents in science and mathematics. Only 30 0 stud ents across th e count ry are selected each year. Augsb urg's mos t recent Goldwater Scholar is senior ph ysics maj or Victo r Acosta . He has Stud ents attain these high levels of scholarship because Augsbur g's program s are demandin g, said William Capman, chair of Augsburg 's bio logy departm ent. "Science at Augsburg is hard work, but it pays off," he said. "Our stud ents develop the strong found ation needed to succeed in gradu ate school and in science professions." Augsburg's biology program is design ed to develop both breadth and depth of knowledge in the field . "Our program is broadly based so that stud ents have more opportuniti es than they would with a more specialized degree," he said. "Stud ents gradu ate well-prepared for many different paths." Whil e each program requir es coursewo rk Mathematics professor RebekahDuponthelps studentsfind researchprojects and internshipsthat give them experience, combinedwith a solid foundationof theoretical and applied mathematics,for a variety of careers or advancedstudies. Fall 2003 end eavo r. Cur riculum tec hn o logy, it is diffi cult for th em to enh ance ments includ e co nve y a se ns e o f scie ntifi c exp lora tion rece ntl y-developed courses beca use stud ents are usu ally ex p ec ted to in polym ers, medicin al dupli ca te k now n res ult s ," sa id ch emi stry , mat eria ls scie n ce , Enge br etson of ph ys ics. beh aviora l m edi cin e , and developm e nt al int o new territo ry in every disc iplin e, ps yc hopath o log y. In work in g alongs ide Augs bur g facu lty o n add iti o n , pra c tici ng ind epend ent resea rch proj ec ts and w ithin sc ienti sts come to ca mpu s cours ewo rk . as adjun ct facu lty a nd gues t In the TeachingScholars Program,fundedby NationalScience Foundation,Augsburg science majorstaught middle-school children at the Cedar-RiversideSchool, involvingthem in "bottle biology"hands-onprojects like this, studyinggroundwater and its effects on habitats when percolatingthroughsoil. in oth er scien ce disci plin es , ma ny stud en ts pur su e a seco nd maj o r or a minor , of ten co mbinin g bi ology and ch emi stry o r a scie nce d iscip lin e wi th math em atics . Math emati cs is a popular ch oice beca use it is "th e language of scie nce, " sa id ma th ema tics p rofesso r Rebeka h At Augsburg , st ud ents are digg ing Bes t kn ow n is Augsbur g's work in speakers , he lpin g Augsburg space ph ys ics over th e pas t qu a rt er stay o n top o f sc ien ce's ce ntu ry, fund ed w ith gra nts from the rapidl y chang in g Na tio nal Science Foundation d eve lop men ts a nd NASA. Und er th e dir ec tio n of Engebretson But per haps no thin g is and fellow ph ysics prof essor Ken Eri ckson, mo re relevant and inOu enti a l students in deve lopi ng tomorrow 's num e rou s spa ce ph ys ics proj ec ts , both scie nti sts , do cto rs , ed uca to rs, a nd h ea lth have bee n ac tively in vo lved in on- a nd o ff-ca mpu s , and m any have a nd behaviora l specia lists than Augsburg 's co mmitm ent to un de rgra duat e resea rch , o ffer ing o pportuniti es unmat c hed in mos t o th er sma ll co lleges. Dupont. "It's co mpl em ent ary to so many o th er disci plin es ." For exa mp le, J ennif er Pa lm er '99 QUESTIONING, EXPLORING co mbin ed a ma th maj or wi th a ch emi stry minor. She wen t o n to ea rn a mas ter's Scie nce edu ca tion ad visory d egree in biostatisti cs at th e Un ive rsity of pane ls have lo ng str essed Minn eso ta and is n ow a bios ta tistician a t th e va lue of und ergrad uate Boston Scientifi c Co rporati on in th e resea rch ex perien ces, Twin C iti es . es pecia lly th e op po rtunit y With changing scie ntifi c tr end s and wor kpl ace requir ement s, th e pro gra ms n ot o nly str ess mas tery of th e to look for n ew, as o pp osed to ex pec ted , res ults . "Alth oug h stand ard fund a ment a ls but a lso ac qu ai nt st ud ent s laborator y co u rses co nvey with em erg in g fields of sci e ntifi c kn ow ledge abo ut curr en t Fall 2003 NSF funds provide 30 Augsburgscholarships each year for computer science and mathematics majors (CSEMS) in both the day and weekendprograms. Pictured here are: Firstrow (Lto R): Alex Krantz, Brian Bue, Sarah Sletten (Middle row): HeatherGreene, Kirsten Halvorson, Scott Kuhl (Back row}: Brian Ashbaugh, Paul Sanft. /T UGSBURG NOW 13 Chemistry major Jennif er Hagenspent her summerassisting ProfessorRon Fedie on NSF-funded research studying copolymers at the University of Minnesota. presented resul ts at nationa l scie nce conferences and in academic publi cation s (see story on p. 30). Similarl y, chemistry student J ennifer Hagen devoted her summ er to assisting che mistry professor Ron Fedie on a project to furth er necessary for this work. Engeb retso n said gradu ates rep eated ly tell him th ese kind s of experiences were a key factor in their decision to pursue adva nced degrees and science caree rs. "Their resea rch back gro und gave them an know ledge of block copolym ers condu cted at important sense of direction both during the Univers ity of Minnesota, as part of the th eir studies and durin g their later careers," NSF-fund ed Research Site for Edu cato rs in he said . According to the National Science Board's Science and Engineering Indicators 1998 report, only one-quarter of Americans understand the nature of scientific inquiry well enough to make informed judgments about scientific results reported in the media. Chemistry (RSEC) program. This grant provides While man y stud en ts assist in resea rch funding for faculty and students from smaller, outsid e of th e classro om, research primarily four-year colleges to collabora te and experiences are also emb edded int o the engage in cuttin g-edge research at research curri culum . For exa mpl e, in biology, severa l uni versities equipp ed with sophistica ted cours es within the major includ e what instrumentation and chemistry resources Capman calls "non-trivi al" original research Fall 2003 as maj or comp onents of th e labora tory work . Every biology maj or comp letes at progra ms. In psychology, a research proj ect is least two or thr ee such research proj ects requir ed of every maj or, and many before grad uating. stud ents go on to do furth er work wit h a "Through these long-term proj ects , students experience science the way a faculty member. "We stress research in our program scienti st does, " Capm an said. "They have because our stude nts need to become to figure out the hypo thesis, design and critical think ers. We want them to cond uct the experim ents , and int erpret question why claims are made, and to and present the research, wh ich often recognize both the strengths and means dealing with the ambiguities of limitations of research findin gs," said results." Bridget Robinso n-Riegler, chair of Worki ng in small group s, stud ents review the work of previous class projects Augsbur g's psychology departm ent. Research experience at Augsbur g to figu re out the nex t logical qu estion for often leads to int ensive off-campu s stud y. opportuni ties and int ernship s. "Throu gh these stud ent proj ects , we're Last summ er, for exa mple, j uni or actually bui ldin g our own body of ph ysics maj or Ryan Nevin went to Penn scien tific literatur e on popu lation Slate University for a research genetics, prot ozoa n eco logy, )'easl grow th , expe rience, while juni or Greg McKusky and other topics," Capm an said. He and soph omore Nigel Milbridge loo k add ed that this level of stud ent research part in proj ects with Augsburg physics goes far beyond many und ergradu ate professor Amb rose Wolf at the University Psychology professorGraceDyrud(center)and psychology studentsMatt Plitzkow(left) and Emily Beltz (right)exploredpossiblereasonsfor persistent gamblingby lookingat gamblingbehaviorwhen players receiveddifferentkindsof resultsin the slot machines. Fall 2003 ecause science affects nearly every aspect of modern life, Augsburg courses for non-science majors are aimed at building scientific literacy- the knowledge and understanding of scientific conce pts and processes required for personal decision-making , participation in civic and cu ltural affairs, and economi c productivity . B William Capman , chair of Augsburg 's biology department said , "We want nonmajors to become familiar with the scien ce issues facing our society. The object is to get them to the point where they can make sense out of a newspaper article about genetic engineering, health issues, human behavior, or the environment , for example. " The College's general education requir ement s include two science courses for non-scie nce majors. Offering s include courses specifical ly designed for the nonscience major, such as the elective Chemistry for Changing Times. Non-majors also participate in Augsburg 's Science Education for New Civic Engagement and Responsibility program (SENCER), funded by the National Science Foundation. Through SENCER, biology and chemistry stud ents have engaged in hand s-on projects, such as analyzing water and invertebrate samp les from area streams and providing the information to a Hennepin Conservation District water-quality database. In turn , students are inform ed as to how the data is used by legislative, neighborhood, and environmental group s. Joan Kunz, chemistry professor and c hair of the Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, has provided leadership for the SENCER program . She is ent husiastic about how thi s project brings together two critical element s in Augsburg 's mission-high quality science educa tion and an ethic of service to society. "Community environmental needs are served at the same time that science literacy is fostered in our student citizens," she said. hUGSB URG NOW 15 University of Minnesota 's Cedar Creek Natu ral Hiswry Area. After gradu atio n, he was hired as a research field manager in the program , and plans to cont inu e to grad uate school for an advanced degree in ecology. Augsburg science students have also participated in research at the Mayo Clinic, Argonn e atio nal Laboratory, ationa l Institut e of Health Summ er Research Program , and the University of Minnesota Sup ercomput er Institut e, to name just a few. Besides enri ching stud ent learnin g, Augsburg faculty-student research also contribut es lO the wider comm uni ty by advancin g scientific und erstandin g, ftercomplellqhisfreshma n year, RyanShea'06 found a research project working with Professor Ambrow Wolfin thesolidstatephysics lab. contribu ting to new appli cation s, and , in so me cases , in formin g public polic y. In psychology, Steblay's resea rch on false identifi cation in police line-ups , for exampl e, has contribut ed to th e U.S. Departme nt of Ju stice's new pro cedura l guide lin es for law enforcemen t regarding eyewi tn ess evidence . An exami nat io n of poverty patt ern s and th e census in th e Cedar Riverside neighborhood by Dupont and math ematics stud ents helped a non-p rofit organization frame its advocacy efforts . On yet anoth er level, resea rch serves as a "batt ery-c harger" for facult y, accordi ng to Engebretso n . "Researc h can be very exc itin g. It also remind s us that we as faculty are still Biology maj or JaredTrost '00 was offered a position at the University of Minnesota's Cedar Creek Natural History Centerfollowing his research internship there in ecology. learn ers and helps us maint ain humilit y in th e face of th e uni verse. We don 't have all the answe rs." of Minnesota's Materials Research Science and Engineering Cent er. Sometimes an off-campus expe rience leads A CULTURE 0 F C A R N G to a job . Go ldwate r Scholar Jared Trost '00, for example , pursu ed his interest in eco logy Stroll through Science Hall and you'll usually th roug h a se nior year research internship at th e find groups of stud ents hanging ou t in the Fall 2003 departm ent al office uit es. A strong se nse of co mmunit y is enjoyed by sc ience facult y and stud ents . "Beca use we teach our ow n labs , j oy," she said . Many Augsbur g scie nce gra du ates ON THE probably wou ld not have co nsidered 0 R I Z ON majo ring in sc ience or pursuin g scie nce have small classes , and advise our ow n careers with out thi s level of facult y majo rs , we spend a lot of tim e with our involvement and Augsb urg's support stud ent s and co me to kn ow th em well," progra ms. Science facult y wo rk clos ely said Capm an . with stud ents in Augsbur g's Cent er for ugsburg is extending its pledge to A prepare the scientists, health ca re and mental health professionals of the Robin so n-Riegler's psyc hology Learnin g and Adap tive Services (CLASS) futur e through collaborations with stud ents call her by her first name. "I and Access Cr nt er (for stu dents with like th at. Augsbur g is a place wh ere I ph ysical o r learnin g disab ilities) and the commu nity partners such as Fairview can get to know stud ents well enough to StepUP pro gram (for stud ents in Health Services, United Hospitals, and help guid e th em th rough thi s very recove ry from alco hol and dru g Hazelden. These alliances allow expanded tumu ltu ous tim e in th eir lives. " depend ency) . ed ucational oppo rtunities for studen ts as they prepare for careers as clinical "The undergraduate years are the last opportunity for rigorous academic study of math, science, and engineering by many of the future leaders of our society-who will have to make momentous decisions that involve science and technology. " -The National Research Council laboratory scien tists, nurses, and chemica l dependency counselo rs. Among the emerging initiatives are a new clinical laboratory science maJor to prepare health professionals in laboratory A ment oring relationship with Augsbur g has also supp orted medicine, in partner ship with Fairview stud ent s often leads to what chemistry's stud ent s from un de rrep rese nt ed group s Sandra Olm sted calls "head- to-h ead , in pur suin g gradu ate studi es after Health Services; an art iculated agreement soul-sea rchin g academic advi sing." co llege with a Ronald E. McNa ir Post- that allows more seamless connection Baccalaurea te Achievement grant. between Augsburg's and Hazelden's "Sometim es a s tud ent picks a career path based on admirin g so meo ne, not "lnclu sivity in our progra m is key to necessa rily on his or her ow n calling," Augsbur g's missio n ," said Du po nt. "By she said . givin g th em th e too ls and ex periences to educational programs; and the Augsburg Academy, a charter schoo l focused on Reca lling a s tud ent who had always build th eir co nfid ence and co mpetence, health careers, in partnership with want ed to be a doc tor, Olmsted said th at stud ents w ho might have bee n writt en Fairview Health Services, Luther Seminary, whil e workin g at a part-Lime jo b at a off can encl up succee din g." and othe r organizations. hospit al near campu s , th e yo un g man discovered he didn 't like being aro un d ick peo ple. As his adviser, Olm ted Robin so n-Riegler chara cterizes Augsbur g's app roac h to scie nce edu cation as "a laun ching pad for youn g helped h im ex plo re oth er paths. He peop le. You learn th eir dr eams , you see eventu ally went on to Yale University w hat th ey're good at, and and beca me a medical resea rcher. "We th em on ." try to help stud ent s discove r th eir Cy111h ia Hill wriles fr eque111 /y a/JouI Augsburg College and is a parlller <II Rw11111 el, Dubs and Hill. uniqu e talents and what brin gs th em Fall 2003 )' OU cheer • A- UG 8 RG NOW 17 MENTORING andNETWORKING BY PROFESSORS PAYS DIVIDENDS FOR STUDENTS by Dan Jorgensen ugsburg College Th e University of math ematics and Minn eso ta also serves science as a key summer student.s---in addit ion research site for Wolf to winnin g such and his students who prestigious awards as have worked at th e the Goldwater Material s Research Scholarship (five in the Science and past seven years)Engin eering Center often find themselves (MRSEC) for th e past in line for major four summe rs. There , su mm er research projects bring toge ther oppo rtuniti es and research ers from acceptance into some chemistry , ph ysics, of the nati on's leadin g material s scie nce, and grad uat e program s, engineerin g. In thanks in no small part addition to his physics to th e research work students Wolf has also (L to R) ProfessorsRonFedie, chemistry; J. AmbroseWoll, physics; and NicholasCoult, an d outside consultin g worked with students efforts of th eir professors. mathematics, offer their studentsadvancedresearchand internshipsopportunitiesbecauseof researching polymers , their own research, networking, and collaborationwith universities, researchinstitutions,and Faculty like icholas the same field as Fedie . industry across the country. Coult in math emati cs, "Polymers are at the Ron Fedi e in chemistry, heart of my work ," Fed ie labo rato ry as well as in places like Target and J. Ambro se Wolf in physics , brin g stated . "Because there are probabl y 200 or Co rporation , where th ey'll have th e both "real-wo rld " expe riences dir ectly to more local companies involv ed directly chan ce to use th eir math ematics skills . th eir classroom instru ction and pro vide with polym er use, the indu strial Fedie , who came to Augsburg in the facult y-stud ent resea rch parLnerships that applications are almost limitle ss. As a mid -1990s after earning his Ph.D . in help prepare th eir stud ents for graduat e chemist, you have higher th an a 70 ph ysical/polym er chemistry from th e sc hoo l, indu stry int ernship s, and job perc ent cha nce of working ,vith polymer Unive rsity of Minn eso ta, said many chemistry, so I'm pleased that we've op portuniti es . chemistry stud ents find resea rch or created a number of ties between Coult , who earn ed his Ph .D. in internship opportuniti es in places like app lied mathematics at th e Universi ty of Augsburg and th e industry . Through the 3M , Aveda, Aspen Resea rch , Hon eywe ll, RSEC collaboration we are able to give Co lorado , came to Augsbur g thr ee years Genera l Mills, and Medtronic . He has also our undergraduat es opportunities that ago after serving as a postdoc tor al been ab le to work in a team setting with only graduate students might get at other researc h asso ciate at the Institut e for one of his students at th e U of M's institutions. " Mathema tics and its App lications at th e Research Site for Educator s in Chemistry A course developed by Fedie , Th e University of Minn eso ta. With h is U o f M (RSEC), where Augsburg has a grant to Properti es of Polymers , has been th e only con nection s, he is assis ting in develop ing help und ergraduat e stud ents work und er regular undergr aduate course offered on oppo rtunities for stud ents to take th e sup ervision of Ph .D. advisers. this topic in the Associated Colleges of int ernship s at its St. Anthony Falls A 18 A-UGSBURG NOW Fall 2003 Lhe Twin Cities (ACTC ) consort ium. Polym er are long chain molecule that are eith er natural , such as D A, proteins , and cellul ose , or syntheLic. Synth etic polym er rang e from poly(e th ylene terep hthal ate) PETE, used to mak e sof t drink bottl es an d polyester fibers, to poly(s tyrene) PS, used for insulation and co ffee cups , to poly (ethylene ), the flexib le type used in plastic sheetin g and trash bags. It also can be blended for use in every thin g from car Lires to fabrics LO artificial turf. "Polymer ," Fedi e said , "are th e synthetic age of materials that we're in toda y. In many way , th e 1960s movie The Graduate s till has it correct- th e futur e is plastic s." Polym er study also carries over to ph ysics and th e thin films application s researc h that Wolf is doi ng. "Polym ers allow for flex ibilit y and co uld be used to make tran istors , the building blocks of co mput er chips . Thes e cou ld th en be sprayed onto any surface and logical elements created . Speci fically, th ey co uld be sprayed on non -r igid surfaces like clothing , si nce th ey are very thin and lightweight. If every thin g in a store , for example , had th ese sprayed-on pol ymer inform ation piec es, all items in a shoppi ng cart co uld be sca nn ed at th e sa me tim e without being taken from th e cart. It creat es grea t research possibiliti es for our stud ents ." Wolf's primar y research has centered on Magnetic RAM (MRAM) , a co mpl ex proc ess used for s torage densit y on th e read-h eads of co mput er hard drives. "MRAM will revolutionize comp uter memory and storage as we know it," he said . "Part of this research also is done in my Augsburg lab. We are working on basic equipm ent at this point , but the resea rch shou ld reac h 'publishable ' leve l during th e nex t academic year." Becau se of th e ex tensive researc h work Augsbur g stud ents have done not on ly at th e Univer ity of Minn eso ta, but in places like Wisco nsin , Corne ll, tanford, and Univers ity of CaliforniaBerkeley, th e Chemi Lry and Physics Departm ents are coo perating on crea tin g a bachelor 's degree in materials science for stud ent int erested in that area and Fall 2003 currently doing doubl e majo rs in phy ics and chemi try. Throu gh ACTC classes , th e new majo r also will serve Universi ty of t. Th omas engin eer ing majo rs. "Our new genera l edu cation curriculum pro vid es for th e co urse arrange ment for such a maj or," Wolf said . "And loca l industri es are int eres ted in this typ e of major. Its graduates will be very empl oyable, boLh loca lly and nat ionally; and it mirror s th e resea rch side in our coursework. " Wolf, who created Augsb urg's so lid Late ph ysics co ncentr ation , did postd octoral resea rch at Basel, Switzerland, and th e Nava l Re earch Laboratory in Washington , D.C., after earning his Ph .D. from the University of Ka in and th e Research Cent er in J0li ch , Germany. Th e new co ncent ration brin gs all of the ph ysics resea rch supp ort-s uch as co mput er program s and eq uipm entdir ectly in to th e classroo m. At th e same tim e, it provides elective co urses for stud ents majo rin g in chemistr y and math ematics . Cou lt's research also has brought new equipm ent LO Augsburg , primaril )' in th e form of co mput ers . The equipm ent is pur chased throu gh gra nt s from a Texasbased seismic-exp lora tion co mp any and i used to support his resea rch in co mputati onal method s in ap plied math emati cs. Augsburg tud ent resea rchers mak e heavy use of th e equipment both during th e summer and throughout the schoo l year. "I am working on severa l so ftware packages that use advanc ed math ematics to impro ve th e proces sing and analy is of data used in exp lora tion for oi l and gas ," Co ult sa id . "A math ema tical per pective allows us to have a precise und erstandin g of why a process do es or do e not work , and how it can be impro ved . My plan is LO ge t our tud ent dir ectly involv ed in this kind of work ." Coult has summer stud ents wo rkin g with National Scienc e Foundation-funded research . His stud ents build oftwar e th at will be appli cable to co mput ationa l research-solving prob lems by using th e comput er. Like his co lleagues in chemistr y and physics , ou lt ha helped start new classes, including Math 355 , um erical Mathematics and Comput ation , which lie at th e intersection of math emati cs and comp ut er science-his primary field of researc h. "This is an elective for both math ematics and computer science, and stud ents from th at clas arc well prepared Lo do co mput atio nal work in th e field ," he aid. "It is of int eres t LO stu de nts in th e sciences , too, especia lly thos e int erested in doing computational modeling. Genomics , where sc ienti ts will be sortin g th rough snippets of DNA, and bio-infomatic , wh ich deal s with pro cess ing and gathering in the biological scien es, are go ing to be growing fields where thi l rpe of training will be ideal. " • A- G BURG NOW 19 by 11111, Nor11rd handra Erdman came to Augsbur g with two years of co llege classes alread y on her tra nscr ipt , but had no particular major or caree r goal in mind . Now, one year after gra du ating, she has compl eted a master's degree and has begun a Ph.D. progra m al Yale University in sta tistics. "I never thought I'd be where I am toda y," Erdman reflected. and , as she loo ks ahead a cou ple of years, lhe statistic sh e's aimi ng for is lo beco me th e first African-A merican to compl ete Yale's doc toral progra m in statistics. Erdman came to Augsbur g after spendin g her ju nior and senior years of high schoo l at the University of Minn esota full lime taking general co urses. She chose Augsbu rg because of its small size and fou nd a co mfortable fit. She decided upo n a math maj or because the subj ect really challenged her, and becau se o f its exac tn ess and "how thin gs fall imo place." The fact that it's a science that can be carrie d out enti rely in one's mind , without too ls or lab experim ents, imrigu ed her. W hal made the real d ifference in Erdm an's experience at Augsbur g, howeve r, was selection as a McNa ir Scholar. Thi s federally-funded prog ram seeks to increase the number of gradu ate degrees earned by stu de nts from und erreprese nted segme nts of soc iety. Th e 18 stud ents who have been serv ed each year by the progra m, eith er lowincome first generation co llege stud ents, stud en ts of color, or other individu als und erreprese med in doc tora l progra ms, have been involved in research and oth er scholarly ac tivities lo p repare th em for doc toral studi es. Erdm an comp leted two research proj ects while she was an un de rgradu ate. For a summ er research proj ect in appli ed mat h, she used U.S. census co un ts to model the shifting residenti al palterns in the last four decades among blacks and C 20 ,4 UGSBURG NOW whit es in North Minn eap olis. She presen ted thi s research as an ora l presemation on campu s and as a session at the McNa ir Scholars conference at the University of Puerto Rico. Her seco nd resea rch proj ect was in pur e math , where she studi ed cominu ed fractions and tried to pro ve a series of openend ed qu estions. This resea rch was presented at a colloquium for mathematics, co mput er science, and ph ysics stud ents on campu s. As she began thinkin g about her voca tional choices , howeve r, it was a semester with math ematics prof esso r Ken Kamin sky that set th e course. "My favorite class was ChandraErdman'02 celebratedher Augsburg graduat ion probability and statistics," Erdm an with DixieShafer(left), McNairScholarsprogramdirector, said- she enjo yed the fun in and her mother , PaulaErdman(right).Erdmanis currentlya doctoralcandidatein statisticsat Yale University . probability and th e usefuln ess of statistics. Thi s int erest, combin ed with a requir ed teachin g experience in thought about gradu ate schoo l. As a first generation college stud ent , she grew up calculu s, which she really enjoyed , helped shape her goa l to teach at the with out role models to help her pur sue co llege level. edu cation or leach her th e process of learnin g. In fall 2002 Erdm an began a master's In the McNair program, she learned prog ram al Colum bia University. "I was how to co ndu ct and present research, terrified when I first go t th ere, thinking that everyo ne else was smarter than I what gradu ate schoo l is all about , and was," she said. "But after I started gettin g how to wril e appli cations and prepare for th e gra d schoo l exa ms. But, most A's, I felt I really did belong ." She imp ortant , she received lots of supp ort compl eted th e master's degree in a year. and encou ragement to gain the In seekin g doc tora l programs, confidence to succeed. "McNa ir help ed Erdm an loo ked not only at the schoo l's me to never feel alone," Erdman pro gra ms, but she also called its gra duat e reflected . stud en ts and talked with th em about She stays in contact with mathematics their ex periences . Yale's small size again professo rs Kamins ky and Rebekah see med like a goo d fit to pro vide the Dup ont , also McNa ir's resea rch director, comfort she so ught. Whil e im erviewin g as well as with Dixie Shafer, McNair there, she also conn ected wit h a facult y prog ram director. member who shared her int erest in Fo r so meo ne who admitt ed to not und ercoum ed popul ations and had a even kn owing what the Ivy League was , proj ect idea in mind for adju stin g the Erdman has already left her mark on on e count s. of its schoo ls and is ready lo tackle Erdm an admit s that before j oinin g the anoth er. • McNa ir Scholars progra m, she had not Fall 2003 LEARNING THEHUMANSIDEOF SCIENCE by Paul S. Mueller '84, MD hen sick people consult a physician Lo determin e the cause and treatment of their illness, they may also seek answers to existe ntial questions that science cann ot answe r (e.g., "Wh y me?"). Many patients rely on their spirint al beliefs and spirintal care providers to answ er these qu estions . Many patients , howeve r, also engage their ph ysician in existential discuss ions. As a physician who frequ ently conveys bad news to patients, my liberal arts edu cation at Augsbur g, mu ch more than my medical edu cation, has prepared me to participat e in these discussions . Unlike most of the hard sciences (e.g., ph ysics), medical science is inexact. At best, it is difficult to cond uc t research of organ systems (e.g., the heart and blood vessels) in iso latio n. Th e human body is a highly complex organism. Its organ systems are intertwi ned and exist in harm ony with each other. Furth ermore , medical science often involves ani mal research , the results of whi ch are extrapolated to hum ans . Whil e medical science is inexac t, clinical medicine is even more so . It is imp ossible for ph ysicians to appl y all of the techniqu es of the laboratory LO the patient's beds ide. In add ition, a patient is mu ch more than a biological organism. A patient has an emotional life, a sp iritu al life, and past experiences, all of which give meaning and purp ose LO life events, includin g illness. Furth ermore , like organ systems , patients do not exist in isolation. Rather, patients have relationship s with loved ones and communi ties. In fact, evidence is growi ng that psychological factors, spiritu ality, and interperso nal relationship s are importa nt determ inants W Fall 2003 of health , and seasoned phy icians recognize their imp ortance. Providing holis tic care by addressing the psychosoc ial, spiritual, and relational needs of patients leads to beuer health outcomes includin g recovery from illness. In 1984 , I gradu ated from Augsburg College with a B.A. in chemistry. I also completed the pre-med ical education requirements for medica l school. While in medical school and interna l medicine residency, I always felt my Augsburg science education was sufficient. While I certainly learn ed many facts at Augsbu rg, I also deve lope d a love of discovery th rough the scient ific method. I learned how to seek new knowledge by asking quest ions , developi ng hypo theses, and conducting expe riments--sk ills that I app ly LO my practice and research wday. Yet it was the Augsbur g libera l arts edu catio n that allowed me to thrive in clinica l medicine. Discussing a diagnosi s (e.g., cancer ) \vith a patient requires not only up- to-da te un ders tanding of the disease and its treatment , but also how such a diagnosis can impac t a perso n and his or her relations hips. Religion , philosop hy, ethics, art , and the other compo nents of a liberal arts education inforn1 me in ways that the ph ysical sciences do not. Not surpris ingly, it is from these areas, especially religion and philosoph y, that many patients draw meaning, pu rpose , and wisdom as they face and cope \vith illnesses. Like\vise, a liberal arts educatio n prepares physicians to empath ize and dialogue with patients as they face iIIness. Whil e the science major learns how to become a proficient scientist, the Augsburg liberal arts education informs the science major of other truths such as religious , phil osophi cal, and ethica l tru ths. Indeed , blind pur suit of cientific knowledge an d acceptance of scien tific materialism (i.e., the belief that everyt hing, including the hum an being, can be under wod as simply Paul S. Mueller'84, MD mauer ) can have devastatin g conseque nces. For examp le, the Nuremberg trials of Nazi physicians taught us that medical cience \vithoul conscience is un acceptable. A liberal arts edu cation inforn1s the Augsburg science major of what questions are worth answering and what it means LO be a scientist in the context of wday's world and its greatest needs . An Augsburg liberal arts edu cation also encourages scien ce majors LO seek and pursu e their vocation , or calling, rather than simply a job. Like patients , man y stud ents ask existential questions related LO vocation (e.g., "What is my purp ose in life?"). Science canno t answer these qu estions. On the other hand , a rich liberal arts educational experience can assist the stud ent in answering these questions . Some of my best memor ies of Augsburg are of long discussions \vith my professors related LO the meanin g and purpose of life. Indeed , I spe nt countl ess hou rs in these discussion s ,vith my mentor and adviser , Professor John Hoium of the Chem i try Departm ent. He taught me not on ly the principl es of organic chemistry, but al o helped me reconcile my faith with my know ledge of the physical uni verse. He role mode led vocation and what it meant be a conscientious scientist. These discussions inform ed me and helped hape my vocation , or calling-and continu e LO inforn1 Augsburg stud ents wda)( • Pau l 5. Muelle1; M.D., M.P.H., F.A. .P., is a con ulta11tat the Mayo Clinic Rochester a11dis president of che Augsburg College Alumni Association Board of Directors. ,4 GSBURGNOW 21 I BIOLOGY FORTHECLASSROOM by Betsey Norgard TEACHING THOSE WHO WIL[ IEACH eachers are often asked to recall past teachers in their lives who made differences along the edu cational journey.Jon Iverson '00 and Pete Ockuly '95 were biology majors at Augsburg. Both now teach science in public schools , and both readily talk about the differences biology professor Dale Pederson '70 , their adviser at Augsburg, made in their vocational decis ions . Iverso n teaches seventh- and eighthgrad e science at Anderson Open School in Minn eapolis, and Ockuly teaches biology at Champlin Park High School. Both believe that Augsbur g prepared them well to step into a classroom. Iverson and Ockuly are grad uates of a departme nt that prepares students for varying career paths-graduate or professional studies , secondary education, and industry and research positions. In all cases, it means equipping them with a solid foundatio n in biology Pederso n exp lains how difficult it has become LO under stand the leadin g edges of science without such a broad foundation . When he talks LO prosp ective seco nda ry schoo l teachers, he tells them how important it will be for them to "help [their] stud ents develop a useful und erstanding of th e fund amental aspects of biology, e.g. the cellular natur e of life, the cent ral dogma of information storage and expression , the correlations between cell divisions and pan erns of inh eritan ce, the unit y and diversity of life and evolution-above all, evolution. Whil e there are many hot topics in curr ent biology," he says, "most of them cannot be usefully addressed without such found ational knowledge and insight. " T 22 t4 UGSBURG NOW In addition to courses in biology, most biology majors also take six semes ters of chemistry and physics, and two semesters of mathematics . Iverso n says he felt this prepar ed him for a variety of science activities and teaching-more than many new teachers he knows who concentr ated in one major or focused on research. Ockuly feels his core science background is bett er than some of his colleagues. His perception is that his college training allowed him Loquick ly work at a level like that of his colleagues who had more extensive teachin g experience. Th e Biology Department's rigorous training begins with freshm an courses that includ e research projects throu gh which stud ents learn to und erstand science as process, how science knowledg e is acquired , and the limitations of sciencewhat types of qu estions it can and cannot ask. For futur e teachers , Pederson says, this will provid e grounding needed for them LO help their students , for example, if they become involved in science fair projects. "Teachin g science as process is not likely to be effective un less the teacher is experienced in research ," he says. "You can't learn how to do science by reading a book . ILtakes experience and mentorin g-a lot of mentoring." Th e departm ent also encourages students LO develop a sense of lifelong learnin g. "Th ere is no way that they can learn everything they need to know [at Augsburgl, but they'll know how to learn and teach th emselves," says Pederson. And , he hopes they take with them an enthu siasm and excitement for science. "You can't work in biology without BiologyprofessorDale Pederson'70 adviseshis studentsenteringteaching careershow important it will be for them to help their studentslearn the foundationand processof science to understand the growingcomplexities of life. developing a passion for it and a craving for the insights that continually reveal life to be both more complex and elegant than imagined ," he says. For his future teachers, Pederson says the depart ment also makes specific suggestions for courses to take. If, for instance, th e student hasn't had a plant biology course , Pederson recomm ends one, believing that plant biology should be part of th e high school curriculum . When speaki ng abou t their advising expe rience with Pederson, however, both Iverson and Ocku ly speak about it more from an intellectual than scientific persp ective. Both recall frequent Fall 2003 discussion s with Pederson about teaching, education , and edu cational systems . Iverson came to college already knowing he wanted to teach. He tells of recently cleaning out old paper s and finding a report from second grade in which he listed teaching as his choice for wha t he wanted to be when he grew up. He recalls Pederson as a "very, very, very tough teacher." "ln my first year I didn 't do very well in science ," Iverson says, "and I was thinking that I really shouldn 't do this . ln my second year 1 had [Pederson]. and he pushed me like no other instructor at Augsburg had. I think it was at that time I really started to develop intellectually. You could see it, not only in my grades , but in how mu ch I remembered after courses and in my attitud e toward other classes. "He taught me intellectually the effort it took and the patience it took to do science really well," Iverson says. Ock uly didn 't decide on teaching until late in his sop homore year. He can't pinpoint the actual decision , but can recall listening to teachers and thinki ng about how he wou ld explain the subj ect differently, or use different examp les. Ot her factors supp orted his decision to teach. He enjoyed coach ing yout h wrestling, and his wife, Kristi Ocku ly '95 , was in eleme ntary edu cation. Ockuly recalls thoughtfu l, and sometimes provoking, discussions he had with Pederson. "I remember specific conversat ions about Jon Iverson'00, a middle-school science teacher, can now appreciate the education system . It the "push" he receivedfrom his biology professors at Augsburgthat interested me to thin k and challenged him-and helps him seek the best from his students. talk about it, and perhaps helped push me into th ousands of doll ars because of the years education ," Ockuly says. "Dale was the or decades of research , design , and trials first person I ever had deep discussions that mad e it possible. wit h; he helped me realize that I wanted Pederson stresses that advisers at to teach. " Augsburg spend a great deal of time with In educating the ir own stud ents now; their students - in lectur es, in labs, in both Iverson and Ockuly want to impress one-on-o ne research, and in advising. how important science edu cation is for Students become comfortab le talking with everyone, not just for the stud ents who their advisers, mak ing it easier to discuss want to become scientists. how to select app ropr iate courses , "I believe the goal of science education experiences, and activit ies for tho se should be educating [students[ enoug h to stud ents . be able to vote on important science For stud ents go ing into classroom issues, to be able to deal with household teachin g, the departm ent can arran ge prob lems that they might have, or pra ctical teaching experie nces. Iverson prob lems at their businesses ," Iverson worked as a lab assistant , helpin g teach a says. "If their city decides to bui ld a stom1 biology class for non-majors . "The sewer, they should be able to hear opportuni ty to deal with tud ents who argum ents on both sides and really didn 't want to be th ere and didn 't then decide whether it's a have a good grasp on a lot of science " good thing or not." was a lot like th e middl e school science Ocku ly tries to help his classroom whe re he now teaches, he says. stud ents und erstand the At Augsburg, 10-15 students each year complexity of probl ems, in maj or in biology, chemi try, ph ysics, or additio n to the advantages , math wit h seco ndary teachin g in mindthat result from the explosion areas of current teacher shortages. Th ey of science and techn ology. have advisers in bot h their major He gives medical care as a discipline and in edu cation- something prim e example. What once not often the case in teacher training were friendl y hom etown progra ms. doctors' offices have given Advisers from th e two depa rtm ents way to techni cally-advanced depend on one anoth er, says Pederson , clinics. He tries to help his and co llaborate on planning scie nce Ideas from many of the discussions on educational systemsand stud ents und erstand how, for requir ements. "Th e bottom line," he science standardsthat Pete 0ckuly '95 fondly rememberswith Dale example, a small tub e for a says, "is th at both want the student to Pederson, his biology adviser, have found their way into 0ckuly's heart procedur e may cost succeed ." • biology classroom at ChamplinPark High School. Fall 2003 A-UGSBURGNOW 23 I ONTHEROAD TO by Betsey Norgard andr a Olmsted '69 , associate professor of chemistry, often wonders what her former classmates and stude nts are doing in the field and what she can learn from them. Sherry Jennings-King , director of corporat e, foundation , and governm ent relations , has wondered, in her new job , how she could gain ent ree to major area corporat ions to build institutiona l relation ships with the College. She happens to have a degree in chemical engine ering. So, they teamed up . Olmsted identified Augsburg chemistry alumni worki ng at area corporatio ns, and the duo visited them for lun ch and conversa tion. Olmsted and Jennings-King 's agendas were differentOlmsted was anxious to hear what th e alum s could tell her about new and chang ing ski lls in the workp lace and , from their perspectives , what emerging trends might impact Augsburg's chemistry curriculum . Jennings-King was hoping to build bridges that wou ld help bring internships , partnerships , and finan cial support to Augsbu rg. In meeting th e alumni , Olmste d says it opened her eyes to new and emerg ing opport uniti es for her students , especia lly in the combin ation of chemistry with ot her disciplines . One grad they visited combined chem istry with computer scie nce. He writ es softwa re that run s hosp ital instruments and allows th em to communicate across distances , enab ling doctors in remo te loca tions to access medical data and follow pat ient prog ress. He says his kn owledge of how chemistry works in the bod y mak es him a bett er software engineer because he can und ers tand the data in more depth . One person they visited is Dean Malotky '71, vice president and prin cipal at Barr Engineering. In his 25 years th ere he has been in on the ground level to develop assessment SherryJennings-King(right), ~irector of corporate, and remediation meth ods for waste foundation, and governmentrelations, and Sandra Olmsted disposal sites . Serving as an expert '69 (left), chemistry professoi, haveteamedup to connect witn ess in cou rt , he helps resolve with and learnfromchemisryalumni in the metro area. S 24 A-UGSBURGNOW legal battles fought over the extent of liability and share of cleanup costs that compa nies are assessed. He tells of a big case in New J ersey where thr ee maj or comp anies had to divide up the total cost of cleanup . Malotky 's job was to look at five or six different chemi cal manufa cturin g facilities to evaluate their products and by-products , as well as the raw materials that went into each facility, to determine th e extent to which they contribut ed to cont amin ation. Earlier in his tenur e at Barr, Malotky help ed wr ite th e specifications for analysis of samples at the companies where they were outsourced, in order to ensur e accuracy. After Augsburg, Malotky says he felt well prepared to pursue doctoral studi es at th e Un ivers ity of Wisconsin-Madison. Since joining Barr Engineering , he has helped the company grow from 40 employees to over 350 and win severa l awards as a good place to work. Shann on Hess , associate chemist at Aveda, gradu ated in 2000 and told Olmsted and J enning s-King, "I've loved my j ob since th e day I started two-and-ahalf years ago." Her work at Aveda, a cosmetics compa ny whose vision is "connecting beauty, environm ent , and well-being ," is challenging because of th e strict guidelines for using on ly naturallyderived materials. She explain s that instead of using synt hetic raw materials , Aveda chemists mu st try to replicate the benefits and perform ance with natur ally derived and organ ic raw materials. Hess' work is to acquire new organic essentia l oils for fragran ce formul as. She is in daily communi cation with supp liers, who may be comp anies in England , South Africa, Australia , or lavender farmers in France . Aveda also buys natural products from indigenous Fall 2003 Shannon Hess '00 uses her chemistry to create personal care products from naturally -derived and organic raw materia ls. Aveda and its co mmitm ent to environm ent al issues. She says that awareness of we llness is so methin g she wo rks with every da y, "thinkin g about what you put on your skin and in your body." While her plans may includ e graduat e schoo l some day, her work at Aveda is giving her the experience she want s to advance her car eer in th e persona l care industr y. J onath an DeVries '68 is a techni cal manage r at th e Medallion Laborato ries division of Gene ral Mills. For almos t 26 years he has been in th e forefro nt of und ers tandin g, develop ing anal ytical method s , and buildi ng sta nd ards for certain nutriti onal and food safety guid elines. His work has cent ered on th e infor mation co nsum ers read on the nutrition al labels o f foods th ey eat, with ex tra emphas is on th e term "dietary fiber." Prior to th e 1980s , "cru de fiber" was th e basic nutriti on label, but thi s excluded a significant portion of health y dietary fibers in the foods. DeVries was instrum ental in sta nd ardizing th e definiti on of dietary fiber Dean Malotky 's work takes him into courtrooms to present expert and in standardi zing and validatin g technic al information toward resolut ion of legal issues around meth ods of extrac tion and analysis for environmental contamination and cle an-up. genera tin g nutriti ona l labe ls , wo rkin g throu gh th e Associa tion of Officia l Analytical Chemists (now AOAC lNTER NATIONA L) , gro ups aro und th e wo rld , trying to which established internationa l guid elines for th eir und erstand and inco rpora te use of th eir raw mate rials as they are used in th eir usage. De Vries cred its professor emeritu s J ohn Hoium for cu ltur es. emph asizing a solid scie ntifi c found at ion and process At Augsbur g, a p lant biology co ur se for co ntinu al learnin g, ra th er than the spec ific body of with recent ly-retired Prof. Est her chem istry learn ed . DeVries wo uld advise stud ent s not McLaughlin spark ed Hess' int erest in Fall 2003 A-UGSBURGNOW 25 Olmst ed and Jennings -King plan to LO worry too mu ch about computer and other continue their visits with area chemistry techn ology that will change , but to "mast er the alumni. Jennings -King has already told learnin g pro cess an d the basics of the subj ect area, and Olmsted that it's tim e LO hit the road to loo k at all the data at their disposal before dr awing co nclu sions ." again. • From these thr ee chemistry alumni and others, the feedb ack Olmsted heard already has brou ght chan ges to the way chemistry majors are taught. First , a new sec tion o f a speec h course that focuses on how to present techni cal infor mation and research , including makin g presentation s to various audi ences , is being develop ed. Second , the fourJonathanOeVries ' work at GeneralMills over 25 years has involveddevelopinganalytical semes ter chemistry methodsand standardsfor nutritional and food safetyguidelines, especially concerning semin ar for juniors and dietary fiber. seniors has been revamped to be of greater value to what stud ents can expect after they leave Augsburg . Stud en ts will also get more hands-on expe rience in using instrum ents . Olmsted says stud ents need to feel comfortabl e about the kinds of instrum ents they may encount er in the wor kpla ce-no t only how LO use th em, but also how to int erpret th e data . "This will prepa re th em to be functioning chemists as well as fun ctionin g grad stud ents ," she says. Olmsted also heard alumni speak abo ut the imp ortance of understanding the patent process , especia lly important for stud ents pur suin g studies in publi c researc h instituti ons where protec tion of resea rch is para mount. Jenning s- King has see n ben efits as well. When she submits propo sals and comp anies ask how engaged Augsburg alumni at th eir co mp any are, J enning s- King can report co nfidentl y on their meetings . Th e College has estab lished new internships with these co mp anies and SherryJennings-Kingand SandraOlmsted'69 review sketchesfor the received in-kind donati on of new science building, which has beena topic of discussionin their eq uipm ent as well. visits to metro-areachemistry alumni. 26 .4UGSBU RG NOW by Lynn Mena ehind Lhe door of a small laboratory in the lower level of Sverdrup Hall, Augsburg senior Scott Kuhl is manipulatin g reality. Kuhl, an undergraduate research assistam, is part of the Departmem of Comput er Science's Localization Project, analyzing the cues Lhat people use to locate Lhemselves when the y ent er comput er-created virtua l environm ents. Kuhl has participated in the Nationa l cience Foundation-funded project since Lhesum mer of 2001. "Generally speak ing, we're trying to answer qu estions abo ut how people perceive thin gs," says Kuh l, a comput er science and mathematics doubl e major. "Similar research ha been done in outdoo r environments. We are dupli cating that work in a virtu al environment. We're imerested in seeing the difference between doing the experiments in a virtual environm ent versus a real environm ent. " The proj ect consists of two sets of experime nts , the first involving selflocalizatio n and the second dealing with rotational recalibration. The subjects in all of the experiments view the virtual environm ent by using a head-moum ed display. They can move freely, able to turn around or look up and down in the virtua l environment. Kuhl wrote computer programs to rend er the virtua l environm ents for bot h sets of experim ents . Karen Suth erland , Augsburg associa te professor of compu ter science , based the overall vision of the project and the set of localization experiments on her previous work in both robot and real-world localization . Experi ments in selflocalizatio n have been condu cted in the real world for many years. More recemly, researche rs have begun exp loring virtua l space and asking the question: "Do we use the same techniqu es to locate ourse lves in B Fall 2003 Scott Kuhl's head-mounted "glasses" give a manipulatedview of reality, as he uses a virtual environmentto study how people locate themselvesin a given space. virtua l space as we do in real space? " Th e project's set of rotationa l recalibration experim ents was developed by Kuhl, and is inspired by a research proj ect he participated in at the University of Utah the su mmer of 2002. "They had a tread mill-like system \vilh screens, where you walk straight ahead while the virtual wo rld is displayed on th e screens ," ays Kuhl. "As part of their research, they changed how fa t the virtual world moved as you walked . The world would , for exampl e, move twice as fast as it should have." This experie nce prompted Kuhl to pond er what wou ld happe n if instead of changing Lhe rate that the world moves as you walk straig ht , you changed the rate at which it moves as you rotate. "I'm interested in learnin g about the process of adjus tmem and how we might adj ust differemly in virtua l environments Lhan we do in real-world environments ," says Kuhl. In Kuhl's expe riments , participants put on the head-moumed display and are shown a comput er-generated wall with a post er on it. After viewing the poster , participants close their eyes and are instru cted to turn around in place so that Lhey are facing in the same direction as the y were origina lly Then , th y are told to look at a series of posters by follow ing a set of instru ctions. After these instru ctions, participants view another po ter, close their eyes, and turn around in a complete circle so they are facing the poster again . "I've parti cularly enjoyed the techni cal a pects of this research- although the psychological aspects are a bit of a challenge," says Kuhl. "It's really neat to relate what I've learned in my math ematics classes to what I'm doin g ,vith comp uter graphi cs." When the experiments are complete , the results will be compi led and analyzed statistically, comparing results of the previous real world and robot experiments with these. Th e rotational recalibration exl)eriments ,viii also erve as Kuhl's departm emal hon ors project. After he gradua tes Lhis sprin g, he plans to pursue grad uat e studi es in co mput er science. In addition to Lhi work, the co mput er science departm ent will be performin g experiments usin g a data glove in the virtual environm em , and is also using the lab to develop a comput er graph ics cour e that incorporat es virtua l reality topics . "I can see lots of opp ortuniti e in th e future to use our lab-n ot just for virtu al reality, but also for robotics-as we ll as a combination of th e two," says utherland . • ,4uGSBURG NOW 27 dam McWeLhy graduated with distincti on and with deparm1ental honors in psychology last spring. Four years earlier, he had learned about Augsbu rg's StepUP program and decided to app ly- a decision Lhat wou ld change his life. "I knew nothing about Lhe school and wasn't even Lutheran ," McWethy said. "But I knew I had a great oppo rtuni ty in this one-of-a-kind program ." McWeLhy was on e of approximatel y 40 stu dents in Lhe growing StepUP program, which provides a support ive environm ent to allow stud ents in recovery from add iction achieve academic success. McWeLhy's appreciaLion of StepUP's mission has now broughL him into leadership positions on StepUP's advisory board and , since graduation , on a StepUP alumni board . McWeLhy became a psychology major in his sophom ore year. "I came here because of StepUP, but it was the Psychology Department Lhat allowed me to find my niche and to excel." He curr ent ly works as a chilcVfamily advocate at Wayside Hou se- where he also completed his psychology internship . Th is program provides safe hou sing for women in recovery from chemical dependency. McWeLhy spends his time working with teams who are Lrying to accomplish what is best for the children of Lhe residents . He says he is "on the front line of a war to save kids' lives." McWethy has also worked on a numb er of research projects , most recently with Professor Nancy Steblay. For the past two years, McWethy and Steblay have collaborated on a project in psychology and law that includes Steblay's research colleagues at Lhe University of Texas-El Paso. Together, the team has collected and analyzed a massive amo un t of laboratory data addr essing three interrelated variables in the ju ry decision-making process: inadmissible evidence, judicial instruction to disregard this eviden ce, and type and timin g of such instrucLion. A pap er, which A 28 A-UGSBURG NOW At Augsburg, AdamMcWethy'03 discoveredhis passion for research in psychologythat helped him shape his goals in working with children. McWethy co-auth ored , was presented in Jul y at the International Interdisciplinary Psychology and law conference in Edinburgh , Scotland . McWethy's honors Lhesis was a section of this research and specifically investigated the impact of charging instru ctions that follow a trial. McWeLhy's internship and his research experiences are part of an education that allowed him "oppo rtuniti es to go above and beyond the classroom. " 'T hat is what I love about Augsburg," he said. "There is always room to do your own thi ng, and you truly get out of the school what you put into it." According to Steblay, what McWethy "put into" the academic endeavor was laud able. "Adam's skills of analysis and syn lhesis are remarkab le," she said. "His talents are well-suited to Lhis domain of research- an inquiry Lhat merges psychology and law. He has a particu larly sharp eye for the policy implications of the data. Adam is a valued collabora tor; the products of our work have been mu ch richer for his contributi ons ." The research experience dramatically influenced McWeLhy's futur e plans . "While my jobs have shaped my interest- helping children - it is my research experience that has altered how I believe I can be most effective in solving kids' problems. I began to truly comprehend the power of research to alter the way in which society views prob lems. It is only through research Lhat the way we heal can become more effective," said McWethy. He plans to apply to graduate programs in psychology and law. "Augsburg gave me a focus and a passion that have allowed me to exceed all my expectations for myself. No long er do I mak e excus es ... Inst ead , I now do what I need to do becaus e I love it and because I see the good thaLcan result from my work. " • Judy Petree is media relations manager. Professor Nancy Steblay contributed to this story. PROFESSOR NANCY STEBLAY : Involving students in reSl,IJ;Pft Professor Nancy Steb lay believes the goal of the psychology department is to facilitate students' movement from learning about the disciplin e to becoming active contributors to the discipline. Each psychology major must comp lete at least one major laboratory research project under the guidance of a faculty member , plus at least one com muni ty-based interns hip . Steblay's ongoing research projects have established her as an expert in areas of psychology and law and have given her student s challenging original research oppo rtunit ies The research Steblay and her student s have carried out on police lineups has contribut ed to recent U.S. Department of Justice police procedural guidelines for the gathering of eyewitness evidence. Her projects focus on proper lineup structure and format, assessing far''1rs of social influence and witness memory in the identification process. Recent cases in which convictions have been overturned by forensic Fall 2003 SEAN TRuMANA PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE Psycho logy professo r Sean Truman is beginnin g his secon d year teac hin g in th e department. Augsburg Now edi tor Betsey Norgar d talked with him about stu dents and teaching. Whydid Augsburg interest youas a placeto teach? I'm int eres ted in und ergrad uate excellence, and I'm int erested in gro undin g edu catio n in the libera l arts NancySteblay , professor of psychology DNA tests have revealed a crucial finding: Mistaken eyewitness identifications have been the primary evidence used to convict innocen t people. Thus, this research has critical implications for soc iety. A secon d line of resea rch bega n with a 1999 article, co-authored by Augsburg stude nts, regard ing the effect of pretrial publicity on jury verdicts. The research team found that pretrial publicity produce d juror expectations of defendant culpability before the trial and ultimately produced higher conviction rates. Traditionaljudicial safegua rds did not reduce the pub licity's impact. Since then, additional teams of Augsburg students have advanced our understanding of comp lex nuances of memory that underlie pretrial publicity effects. -Betsey Norgard Fall 2003 tradition .... I also th ought that th e caliber of my colleagues in th e Psycholo gy Departm ent was remarka ble. The people in the departm ent were clearly committ ed to teac hin g, and to prod ucing research and wo rkin g in th e communi ty on things that were im po rtant. I found that compe lling. Whatdo youseek for your students? I want to be unapolo get ically demandin g of st ud ents. I want them to be int ellectuall y sop histicated , rigorou s, consi dered people who have th e capacit y to dea l with int ellectua l ambig uit y and who can manag e in a worl d th at is frequ entl y contradi ctory. The world is co mpli cated, and what we do here is help peop le to dev elop a capacity for compl ex thinkin g that serves th em throu ghout th eir lives. The way we do th at in th e psycholog y department is th ro ugh scie nce-based und ersta nding of peop le's experiencewhether it's peop le's emot ional exper ience, cog nitiv e pro cess, socia l behavior, or what have yo u. These are all different slices of how we , as psycholog ists , think about human expe rienc e. There's nothing magical abo ut one parti cular pers pective; it's th e disciplin e we bring to th e perspective th at I think is really useful. You don 't know who's in your class. You have no idea. l'm hop ing I hav e a futur e senator in my class. Wh en she sits on a Senate sub-commiu ee, she 'll think , "How do we evaluate thi s iss ue? W hat is th e justifi cation for spending a half billion dollars on th is program? Whe re is th e eviden ce th at this approac h wi ll be effective?" We hope that our stud ents are discip lined and rigorou s thi nkers when th ey leave the College. Some of the most comp elling mom ents l've had here are when stud ents begin to Psychology professor Sean Truman see th emselves as intell ectu ally sop hist icated. Early on in college students rarely appreciate their own capac ity for exce llence; they don 't see the horizon that 's possib le for them. Th ey can exce l in ways that the y don 't yet appreciate. It is really fun to see students change ove r four years in ways that are simply astounding. How will a newsciencebuilding makea difference in your department? The first thing a new science buildin g does is provid e ph ysical evidence of an institutional commiu11ent to th e sciences. When we app ly for grants , a new building will mak e it possible to su pp ort larger and mor e substantia l proj ects. Il puts us in a mu ch more co mp elling position to say, "We have intell ectu al cap ital here , we have th e capacity for hard work here, we have th e institutional and organiza tional capacity , and we hav e th e capaci ty to contr ibut e in a serio us way through our laboratory resea rch." In th e encl, havi ng th ese reso urces wi ll mean that our stud ent s get more opportuniti es to do meaningf ul work with faculty. We have to recog niz e and be honest abou t th e fact that we've don e great work. This work has tak en pla ce wi th out many resources. While people have done an incr ed ible amount with what they have, we also should be clear that the limit ed resourc es redu ce our capaci ty to do work that wi ll be meanin gful, larger in scope , and more comp elling and productive for our students. • A-UGSBURGNOW 29 LAB ight scientists are gathered round a conference table for a regular week ly meeting. As they begin reportin g their research to the group , the talk is of variations in ULF and VLF waves, compi lation of PE and QP/PE data, progress on papers to be presented at professional conferences, etc. This would not sound unu sual unt il it's realized that the meeting is taking place on a small, private college campu s, and five of the eight part icipants have only ju st completed their first or second year in college. Each summ er, as part of the funding Augsburg receives from the National Science Found ation, NASA, and others, physics professor and departm ent chair Mark Engebretso n selects promi sing physics and pre-engineering stud ents for research proj ects in the physics labs. Engebretso n says that the depart ment tries to provide all physics maj ors with research opportu nities- the experience helps physics and pre-engineering students with graduate school admi ssions and helps them compete for national fellowships. Geoff Shelburn e, who is beginn ing his j un ior year, began workin g last year with Augsburg physics senior Alexa Halford '03 on a paper titled "Latitudinal and Seasonal Variations of Quasi-Periodic and Periodic ELF-VLF Emissions." The paper, a statistical study of extremelylow-frequency (ELF) and very-lowfrequency (VLF) waves using data from severa l stations in Antarctica, includ ing the South Pole, won Halford a top student award last year when she presented it at the spring meeting of the American Geophysical Unio n. This was one of two such awards Lo Augsburg E 30 ft UGSBURGNOW Sophomore physics studentsSteveQuick(left), Erik Lundberg (centerfront), and Matt Argall(right)watched as junior Jon-Erik Hokenson (centerback) demonstrate s howto run and plotdatafromgroundstationsand orbitingsatellitesoverAntarctica . students in the last th ree years, who comp eted against mostly graduate stud ents, some of whom were presentin g their Ph.D. work . Shelburn e's work has focused on identifying, tabu lating, and plottin g occurrences of various types of these waves as a function of the time of day for an entire year at four different stations in Antarctica- a time-consumin g and tedious jo b. Engebretson points out at the meeting, however, that Shelburn e has made a valuable con tributi on with his meticulous work , because of surp rising variations that can be observed only when stud ying th e data in the detail he plotted. Shelburn e is workin g with Engebretson to comp lete the paper and ready it for publi cation next year. The final author list will includ e Halford, Engebretso n, assistant scientislj ennifer Posch '94 , as well as researchers at the British Antarctic Survey and at Stanford University. Engebretson points out that all the department 's fund ed research is do ne in collaboration with physicists at other schools and instituti ons, part of the educational process for the students. Shelburn e has put in his time learnin g the detailed, routin e task of collecting data. Next summ er, he hopes to gain additi onal research experience at another school or research laboratory- somethin g that Engebretson encourages most of his stud ents to pur sue. Jon-Erik Hokenson, who ju st completed his sophomore year, is teachin g thr ee first-year research stud ents in the space physics lab how to run and plot the routin e data-th e same kind of work he did last year as a freshm an. Part of their work involves comparing the data recorded daily by an orbiting satellite with dat a recorded at the same time at the ground stations to see if the same events are observed. It requir es using a comput er program to translate num erical data int o spectrograms, or colored char ts, that show wave activity. Hokenson is a physics and math major, and also has a comput er science min or. The comput er progra m familiarity comes in handy when stud ents must wr ite their own programs in order to run the data they want. Comput er science and physics stud ents have been Fall 2003 collaborating over the past coup le of years on new progra ms in the physics labs . Back in the meeting, first-year research student Erik Lundb erg reports to the group on the difficulti es he faced wit h such a compu ter progra m while trying to run the data requ ested by a researcher at anot her inst ituti on. Wh en the printer refused to spit ou t any data beyond 1999, Lundberg wro te a new progr am to eliminate the prob lem . Engebretson asked him to inst all it on all the lab comput ers. Lund berg recogn izes that science is a lot of rout ine. "Sometim es you run the numb ers several tim es and it doesn't work; but one time it works ... and it's exciting." Heather Greene '04 reports to the meeting that her paper is completed and will be presented at a McNair Scholars conference the following week. The paper and the National Science Found ation . The McNair program seeks to prepare stud ents for doctora l studi es and to increase the numb er of gradu ate stud en ts from und errepresented sec tors. Through the summ er experience, Greene says, "I am starting to learn the process of research and what I need to network wit h others." To prepare for her conference presentation , Greene was able to bu ild confidence wit h presentations to her two ph ysics pro fessors, Engebretson and Professor Ken Erickso n '62 , as well as to the McNair Scholars staff and stud ents . Augsburg's physics department has a long history of both involving stud ents in ongoing, original research and of collabora ting with other scientists literally aro un d the world . Hokenson said that he had j ust sent thr ee CDs of data to a researcher in England who had requested it. Some of Shelburne 's data came from Stan ford University Senior HeatherGreene's research on geomagnetic activity was and the Brit ish Antarctic Survey. presentedboth on campusand at a McNair Scholars Recent physics grad uate Jesse conferenceat PennState University. Woodroffe is still comparing data from four European satellites, studi es the activity recorded by satellites obtained from a researcher in Germany durin g a geomagn etic storm to help wit h da ta from Augsbu rg's own und erstand its effect on communi cations instru ments . systems as well as hum an health . After gradu ating from Augsburg, Greene's summ er research was fund ed Erickso n return ed in 1970 , to teach space by both the McNair Scholars program Fall 2003 --- , ProfessorMark Engebretsonreviews data in research carried out by graduati ng senior Jesse Woodrolle , who 1sheadedto a teaching assistantship and fellowship at the University of Minnesota. physics at both the University of Minnesota and Augsbur g. Following the example of his faculty mentor at the university, he began involving stud ents in in teresting proj ects and research. When Engebretson came to Augsburg in 1976, he began to seek grant funds to cover the stud ent activit ies. Today, after more than 30 years, and with the additi on of Professor Ambrose Wolf's research in solid state physics, there are few small, private colleges that provide the depth of undergrad uate research in physics found at Augsburg. The meeting continu es with an ann oun cement that Olga Kozyreva, a visiting ph ysicist from the Institut e of the Physics of the Earth in Moscow, would arrive the following week for a month 's stay. Her visit, along with regular semester-long visits by Russian physicist Slava Pilipenk o, continu es collabora tive research and teachin g with Engebretso n , fund ed by a recently-renewed Nationa l Science Found ation grant. In addi tion to the 10 students working at Augsburg durin g the sum mer, other stud ents are at un iversities around the count ry. For the physics majors attendin g the meeting, getting experience that helps them gain an edge in their field and getting paid for it is ideal. And , as Hokenson pu ts it, "you couldn't ask for a better employer than Professor Engebretson. " • /t- UGSBURG NOW 31 by Judy Petree or 10 weeks over the summer, severa l of Augsburg 's physics labs on the lower level of Science Hall became a staging area for a large-sca le model of the Mars surface, with robot exp lorers and a simulated model of the space shuttle. It's part of the Girls in Engineering , Mathematics, and Science (GEMS) program , providin g middle and high school girls and college undergraduates an opportunity to exp lore math ematics , scie nce, and applied technology. Because boys as young as fourth grade begin LO show greater interest and highe r achievement in math and science than girls, GEMS address es an acute need to create programs that encourage girls to exp lore, experiment , and collaborate in these fields. Jeanin e Gregoire , assista nt professor of edu cation and science coordin ator at Augsburg, and co-coordinator of the program , is con cern ed with gender equit y in science edu cation . "Research in F gender-based programs and our own experiences with the GEMS program throughout the past six years have shown how important it is for girls to have access to challenging , comp lex, and fun science, math, and technology proj ects set in a supp ortive environm ent. " Gregoire , in conjunction with the Augsburg NASA Space Grant Program , has worked closely with Brad Blue, Minneapolis Public Schoo ls science/math teacher , and parents and teachers from 13 Minneapolis schools to develop , implement , and evaluate this program. The GEMS progr am includes three age groups: FOURTH-EIGHTH GRADE COMPONENT The year-ro und GEMS program presents you ng wom en with comp lex problemsolving proje cts and opportu nities to present in public . Annu ally, the girls bui ld and program robots to compete in a robotics competition. One of th e GEMS teams was featured on the premiere episode of Dragonfl y TV Students also Middle-schoolgirls in the GEMSprogramcarve from Styrofoama scale modelof the surface of Mars createdfrom NASAtopographicalmaps. 32 A-UGSBURGNOW particip ate in an intensive, 10-week summ er program at Augsburg. During the summ er of 2003, 78 middl e-school girls from Minn eapoli s public schools met twice a week at Augsburg and learned how LO "terraform " the surface of Mars. Th ey researched question s they had about Mars, and built and progra mm ed robots to maneuver on the scale mod el surface they create d. Other GEMS proj ects investigate the Science of Speed, where they design, build , test, and race CO2 cars in the Annual Day at th e Races at Augsburg. GEMS gro ups regularl y present the results of their projects at the Science Museum of Minnesota , LEGOL.and at the Mall of America, the Minn esota State Fair, the Minn eapolis School Board, th e Eye to the Futur e Career Conference for Young Women, and to engin eers and technicians at Medtronic . These venu es provide stude nts wit h opportu nities to consolidate their und erstandin g of what th ey are learnin g, become more comfort able communi cating th eir findin gs to othe rs, apply sk ills th ey have learned in their proj ect, and receive feedback from participants . Gregoire said that they have already seen many of th ese st ud ents do well on Layersof Styrofoamwere piled and then smoothedout to look like the actual surface of Mars' mountains. Fall 2003 Two girls check to see if the robot they built and programmedto maneuver on the Mars surface is working properly. th e advanced placement tests for nin thgrade science, and th ey tend to take more math and science cour ses in high school. "The GEMS program has also given man y girls a strong network of friend s who encoura ge schoo l att endance, value and support each oth er's academic achievement , and wh o demonstrate leadership in oth er areas of sc hoo l. Th e GEMS program gives each girl a different way to see herse lf in the world. " The program is free to gir ls in the Minn eapolis Public Schools who app ly and qualify. NINTH-12THGRADE MENTORING PROGRAM Girls who have participa ted in th e GEMS fourt h-eighth grad e pro gram are eligible to app ly for the su mm er leadership program . Success ful compl etion of th e summ er program allows new ment ors to participat e in a year-long position as a GEMS ment or. The GEMS ment or program bu ilds up on th e mat u rity, leader shi p developm en t, int erests, and academ ic needs of the GEMS ment ors involved in th e program. Incomin g ment ors, th e girls in grades 8-12 , are involved in a beta level leadership trainin g to develop int erp erso nal communi cation and group bui ld ing skills. Th ey then have th e opp ortu nity to lead larger GEMS enri chm ent progra ms. "We have een many of th ese youn g Fall 2003 On break time, GEMSgirls relaxed outside with jump ropes and games. women develop tremend ous leadership capacity wor kin g with th e middl e schoo l stud en ts as a 'coach' and in one case the progra m coo rd inator of a GEMS program ," said Gregoi re. Thi s past summ er 15 GEMS mento rs participa ted in th e GEMS leadership trainin g progra m . In 200 1, a high sc hool mentor was chose n as "Mentor of th e Year" from among all adu lt ment or/coac hes in Minn esota for the first Lego-Logo comp etitio n . "Midd le school GEMS loo k up to th e high choo l GEMS for direction , supp ort , and friendsh ip," Grego ire sa id. "I love to see the strong bond established between th e high sc hoo l ment ors and the middle school GEMS dur ing th e summ er prog ram." UNDERGRADUATES AS TEACHERS Augsbur g smd ents have also benefited from this progra m. Und ergrad uate wo men in sc ience, math ematics, engineer ing, and element ary or seco ndary edu cat ion are recruit ed to serve a teachers for th e summ er GEMS middl e-schoo l progra m and as cofaci litator durin g th e regular schoo l year. GEM mento rs and th e un de rgradua te stud ent s wo rk as a team to plan and teach uni ts to GEMS middl e schoo l stud ents. "Such opportuni ties give Augsbur g stud ents valuable teachin g experience and bui ld th eir own confidence and know ledge of math ematics, scie nce, and techn ology," Gregoire said. She added th at as a result of th e program , severa l elementary majors have refocused their co ncentr ation in scie nce and several oth er math majors are now in secondary licensure programs . Gregoire said that Augsburg , as a college of th e city, has gained tremendous ly as a community partner with Minn eapo lis Pub lic Schoo ls. "With th e challenge in urban edu cation, th e College could be either pan of th e prob lem, or we can be pan of the so luti on by leveraging our resour ces, knowledge , and experiences to create viab le solut ions. The GEMS program is bu t one program where the College and th e NASA Space Grant have take n an active role in working with urban schoo l d istricts on specia l programs and projects. GEMS has been a tremend ous program for the linneapolis Publi c Schoo ls and Augsburg College." Fundin g for th e GEMS program s co mes from th e Medtro nic STAR grants , Minn eapolis Public Schoo ls, and the NASA Space Gra nt. The GEMS program was prese nt ed at th e American Association for Advancement o f Science (AAAS) conference in an Franci co in Feb ruary 2001. In Augu t it was featur ed on W CCO-TV • Judy Petree is media relations manager: A-UGSBURGNOW 33 s part of the continued commitment to maintain and enhanc e Augsburg's traditio n of excellence m the sciences, the Science Building Plannin g Committ ee comp leted a feasibility report that addresses the needs of curr ent Augsburg stud ents and offers a unified vision toward interactive and interdisciplinary learning in the sciences. In 2001 , a Science Advisory Board (SAB) of 13 experts in the fields of biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, and psychology was created to gain inp ut , guidance , and support. Propo sed by academic dean Chris Kimball and scienc e facility shepherd Nancy Steblay, the SAB is sponsored by the Board of Regents and led by Augsburg alumn a Ruth E. Johnson '74, MD, chair of the regents' Academic and Student Affairs Committ ee (ASAC). The objectives of the Science Advisory Board were out lined: (1) raise the pro file of science edu cation at Augsburg; (2) increase enro llment in science programs ; (3) improve educatio nal opportunities and outcomes for Augsbu rg stu dents; and (4) assist in the design and fundr aising efforts for the new science hall. SAB members represent the corporat e sector ; medical, dental, men tal health and laboratory health care professions ; Augsburg science faculty eme riti; and a science-oriented charitable trust. Eight of the thirt een SAB member s are Augsbur g science alumni. In its two years, the SAB has met quart erly as a full board and has consulted with President Fra me, Board of Regents chair Kathy Tunh eim, ASAC regents, and chairs of all the departm ents includ ed in the new science hall. SAB memb ers tour ed current science facilities and have had several virtual tours of the proposed new facility led by project designers Holabird and Root, who also led an on-site tour of A 34 A-UGSBURG NOW the science bu ilding they designed at University of St. Thomas . In fall 2002 a special Homecoming science alumni gathering , sponsored by SAB and the ASAC, brought together nearly 200 alumni , students , and faculty to meet with science faculty emeriti Ted Hanwick (physics),John Hoium (chemistry) , Ralph Sulerud (biology), and Bev Durk ee (mathemati cs), and to hear a talk by SAB member Pau l Mueller '84 on the interface of science and faith. The Science Advisory Board also focuses on fundraising efforts for the new science hall, and has met with Sue Klaseus, vice president for institutional advancement , and the developm ent staff. Neil Thorpe , executive director of the M.j. Murdock Charitable Trust, SAB member, and former Augsburg biology professor, presented a Foundation Perspective Report and recommended how Augsbur g might approac h foundations for funding . The SAB also plays a crucial role in providing opp ort uniti es for science-related educati on and careers for curr ent stud ents. SAB member Rick Pannin g, president of labora tory services at Fairview, spearheaded developm ent of an Augsburg partnership with Fairview, beginnin g this fall, for stude nt s to pursue a n ew major in clini cal laborato ry scie nc es. In thi s joint p rogra m , stud ent s can co mp lete thr ee yea rs at Augsbur g and one yea r of practi ca l laboratory exper ien ce at Fairv iew, to ea rn a B.A. degree and certifi ca tion as a clini cal labor atory scienti st. In add ition , se nior psychology majors met in Roch ester wit h SAB memb er Rick Seime, a Mayo Clini c psyc holog ist, to tour Mayo 's psychoge netics rese arch labs and discuss psych o logy-related health careers. In August SAB member and Honeywell Ruth E. Johnson '74, MD, chair of the regents' Academicand StudentAffairsCommittee (ASAC ) executive J oel Houlton brought a dozen members of HEART (Hon eywell Employee and Retiree Team) to the Augsburg campus for a tour and a "roll up the sleeves" session with faculty and staff on advancing the missi on of science edu cation. "It is in the role of helping to raise the funds to make the science hall a reality that the Science Advisory Board is most needed now," says SAB chair Ruth E. Johnson . "Th e most challenging aspect of the science hall project now is securin g financial commitm ents against the backdrop of an econo mic downturn ," she says. "I have confidence that the Science Advisory Board will continu e its outstandin g leadership in this end eavor, and I believe that science alumni and friends of Augsburg College will do what is so chara cteris tic of them: to give generously so that curr ent and futur e stud ents can also experi ence an outstanding educati on in the best traditi on of Augsburg College." Fall 2003 •\iX'.;· .->~·•. 1-\:Jj1t' SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD .,1~•.~ -· James Agre '72 , MD Min istry Medical Group Eagle River, Wis. Loren Barber, ;. l... • • • "t; • ~- ·--- ~ _:.... r •,.; .. ; ,.~--. .. PhD 3M Gary Carlson '95 3M Fred Faxvog , PhD Honeywell, Inc. Steven Grinde '81, DDS Maple Grove Dental Center Joel L. Houlton Honeywell, Inc. David Knutson '69 Park Nicollet Medi cal Center Paul S. Mueller ' 84, MD Mayo Clini c • Rochester , Minn. Joel T. Nelson '85, PhD Universi ty of Wisconsin- Madison Rick Panning Fairview Health Services Richard Seime ' 70 , PhD Mayo Clini c • Rochester, Mi nn. Distingui shed Alumnu s 200 2 ugsbur g's new scie nce facility will pro vide 58 ,000 net-ass ignable square feet (NASF) of teac hi ng laborat ories , resea rch space, classroo ms, offices , and supp ort . Th e new bui ldin g will includ e 45,000 NASF and house th e Depart ments of Biology, Chemistr y, and Psyc hology as well as add itional lab and class room space for physics. The ex is tin g Science Hall will und ergo ex tensive renova tion , and will house the A Ralph Sulerud , PhD Professor Emeritu s of Biology Augsburg College Neil 0 . Thorpe '60 , PhD M.J. Murdock Charitabl e Trust Vancouver, Wash. Distingu ished Alumnu s 2001 AUGSBURG BOARD OFREGENTS LIAISONS Departm ent s of Phys ics and Mat hemat ics, as we ll as add 13 ,000 NASF for other campu s needs. T he addition of the new science bu ildin g crea tes a new quadrang le, jo inin g Ande rso n and New Halls to the aca dem ic plan. It also opens up th e ex istin g area aro un d th e curr ent Scie nce Hall, returnin g grea ter prom inence and s tatur e to Old Main in th e main qu adrang le area . Ruth E. Johnson ' 74 , MD Mayo Clin ic • Rochester, Minn. Distingui shed Alumn a 1996 Beverly Thompson Hatlen, MSN Minnesota Li fe College RN, EXOFFICIO - AUGSBURG COLLEGE Christopher W. Kimball , PhD Vice President for Academic and Stu dent Affa irs and Dean of the Coll ege Joan Kunz , PhD Associate Professor of Chemistry Chair, Division of Natural Sciences and Mathemati cs Nancy Steblay , PhD Professor of Psychology Assistant to the Dean for Spec ial Projects Fall 2003 A-UGSBURGNOW 35 "\ - ..\·,·..,·..__ • ,_.., ' -..T ·,_ --••• ··• A ·.. ugsburg's biology department is home to two thri ving and colorful coral reef ecosystems. Difficult to maintain in captivity, the coral reef habitats provide stud ents opportunit ies for laboratory stud y of marine life organism s usually accessible only in the natur al environm ent. The 600-gallon multi -tank system has a sp ecial filter system that sustains the more than 100 species of marin e organisms- corals, live sponges, fish, shrimp , and many oth ers. The aqu arium provid es a numb er of biology stud ents with research topics, as well as an opportuni ty for outr each to the communi ty. Capman has train ed teachers as well as volunt eered in scho ols to help set up small systems for science classes. He has also publi shed an article and been featured in professional meetings of reefkeepers. A Biology professorBill Capmanhelps biology major Jean Johnsonin a study of coral colony developmentunder different water flow conditions. 36 ,4uGSBURGNOW Fall 2003 From the Alumni Board president's desk ... Tw o decades ago, I I enter ed my senior year at Augsbur g. I rememb er the fall of 1983 as a transform ing tim e for me. 1 vividly recall the brilliant colors of that autumn , the crisp yet sunn y weather, the Quad covered with fallen leaves, my classes, my friends , and especially my housemates (not to mention the camaraderie and the socia l gatherings that living in one of the houses afforded). Indeed , it was durin g this period that many of my closest friendsh.ips were made and when I met my wife (Na ncy Mackey Mueller '85). I give thanks and praise for Augsburg, as it has touched and enriched my life every day for more than 20 years! For the last severa l years, I have served on the board of directors of the Augsburg Alumni Association. Th e changes that have occurr ed over the past 20 years at Augsburg are trul y asto nishin g. New curri cula challenge stud ents in relevant and practical ways. Th e stud ent body has grown dramatically. A myriad of programs and classes are offered to nontraditi onal stud ents. In additi on , the campu s itself has also changed dramatically: the houses are gone, and in their place new buildin gs have been erected . Desp ite these changes, however, Augsbur g has retained its charac ter as an academically rigoro us college that encourages stud ents to pur sue their vocation in a world with num erous and daunt ing needs. The Augsbu rg Alum ni Association exists to represent you and to serve the College. Our motto is "Buildin g Conn ections. " All Augsbu rg alumni are members of the associa tion. Members are encouraged to supp ort Augsburg wit h their time, talents, and financial gifts. The Alumni Board consists of more than 20 alumni who serve one or two three-year terms. We work closely with the Augsbu rg's Office of Alumn VParent Relatio ns, and we meet regularly at the College. ln add ition, severa l Alumni Board com mittees meet regular ly. These com mittees include the Events Committee , which sponso rs activities such as the State Fair boot h and the "Auggie Hour " gatherings; the Connections Committee , which assists wit h th e Class Agent Progra m and establishes conn ections between current st ud ents, alumni , faculty, staff, and others; the Communications Committee , whic h coordinates alum ni award program s, provides input for the Augsburg Now and alumni Web pages, and develo ps new ways of stayi ng in touch with alumn i. WHAT CAN YOU DO? • Contact us . We want to hear from • • • you ! Let us kn ow what you are doi ng and how you wou ld like to be involved wit h th e College and fellow alumn i. We can be reach ed through the Office of AlumnVParent Relations by ph one at 6 12-330-1178 or 1-800-260-6590, by e-mai l at <alum ni@augsburg .edu >, or in writing (Ca mpus Box 146, 2211 Riverside Ave., Minn eapolis , MN 55454). Attend Augsburg events . The College offers many enriching and entertaini ng activities that are available to alumni . These activities include mu sic and dra ma produ ctions, athletic events, holiday events, Homecom ing, alumni gatheri ngs, conferences , and more. Visit the campus . Look up former professors and mentors , shop at the bookstore , and see the dram atic changes tha t have occurred over the last severa l decad es. Keep Augsburg and its stu dents , facul ty, and staff in you r prayers. Paul S. Mue ller, M.D. '84 President , Alumni Board Six alumni appointed to Alumni Board he Augsbur g Alumni Board of Directors app ointed six new memb ers and elected Paul S. Mueller '84 as president and Bill Vand erwall '93 WEC as president-elect. To view photos of the new memb ers, vis it the Alumn VParent Relations Web site at <www.augsbur g.edu/ alumn i>. Th e new memb ers are as follows: T Dan W . Anderson '65 Anderson gradua ted from Augsbur g with a B.A. in math . He is president of Swenson And erson Financial Group . Fall 2003 Lew Beccone '98 MAL Lew Beccone gradu ated from Augsbu rg with a Master of Arts in Leadership . He is an ind epend ent software consultant . Jacqueline (Brookshire) Teisberg '80 Teisberg gradu ated from Augsbu rg with a B.S. in nu rsing. She is a homemake r and serve d on Augsburg's alumni awards selectio n committee. The Rev. Karsten Nelson '83 Nelson grad uated from Augsburg with a B.A. in commun ication. He serves as bylynnMena pastor of Redeemer Luth era n Church in W hite Bear Lake, Minn . Tom A. Peterson '70 Peterson graduated from Augsburg with a B.A. in socio logy. He is chief investment officer at the Good Samaritan Society. LuAnn Watson '88, '02 MAL Watso n graduated from Augsburg ,vith a B.S. in nursing and a Master of Arts in Leadership. She is a pan-tim e member of Augsburg's nursing faculty. t4UGSBURG NOW 37 Alumni News 2003-04 Augsburg Alumni Events Calendar Gatherings and events for Augsburg alumni and friends are being plann ed in the areas listed below throug hout 2003 -2004 . Events may be added/changed as the year progresses. Please make sure your cont act information is up-to-date with th e alum ni office and then watch your mailbox for invitations with complete details! Hope to see you soo n! October 1- 4 ............ Homeco min g 2003 : Auggie Traditi ons 18 ...... .......Augsburg Centenni al Singers 20th Anni versary Celebration, First Luth eran Chur ch, Columbia Heights, Minn ., 7 p.m. 2004 Alumni Tour he Augsburg Alumni Association invites you to T ....,,!-.:~~~. -.~;:;. :•:·J enjoy the fellowship , comfort , and , •. ·,.•l')• . .-.11 ~'~ -, - . - . learnin g opportuniti es of travelin g with a group of alumni and friends to Germ any and Eastern Europ e in early fall 2004. A tour to Germany, the Czech Republi c, Slovakia, and Hun gary is being plann ed to featur e a stud y of Martin Luth er's life and ministry in Witt enberg, Germany, as well as visits to Berlin , Pragu e, Bratislava, and Budapest. Pre-tour edu cation and inform ation sessions are also being planned . To receive upd ates about this exciting travel experience as details become available, please e-mail the alumni office at <alumni @augsbur g.edu> or call 6 12-330-1178 to have your name added to the mailing list. Start plannin g now to j oin us for this amazing trip! ' '-. ._ - ' t • 23 ............. StepUP Celebra tion, 5-10 p.m. November date TBD .... Chicago, Ill., alumni gatherin g date TBD ....Boston , Mass ., alumn i gathering date TBD .... New York area alum ni gathering date TBD .... Rochester, Minn., alumni gathering December 5- 6 ............Advent Vespers, Cent ral Luth eran Chur ch, Minn eapolis, 5 p.m. and 8 p.m . date TBD ....Washin gton, D.C. , alumni gatherin g date TBD ....Norwa y alumni gatherings January 24 ........ ...... Clint on , Minn. , alumni gatherin g (featurin g Augsbur g's Gospe l Praise) 25 ........ ......Alexandria , Minn., alu mn i gathering (featu ring Augsburg's Gosp el Praise) 30 .......... .... Theatre alumni reception on campu s prior to th e winter pro du ction of An Ideal Husband February date TBD .... Du luth , Minn ., alumni gath ering date TBD ....Arizona alumni gat herin gs March 13 ..... .........Bonita Springs, Fla. , alumn i gather ing (featur ing the Augsbu rg Choir ) 14 .......... ....Venice, Fla., alumni gath ering (featurin g the Augsburg Choir) 16 .............. Fairmont , Minn. , alumni gathering (featurin g Augsburg's Chamber Orc hestra) 38 AUGSBURG NOW Auggie Hours 2003-04 Auggie Hours are held th e second Tuesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. Please j oin us! October ............Keegan's , N.E. Minn eapolis November ........Bella Fin o, Maple Grove December ........PF Chang's , Edin a (Southd ale) January ............Rudolph 's, Plymouth February ..........Pazzalun a, St. Paul March ..............Koyi, Downtown Minn eapolis April.. ................Redstone, Eden Prairie May ..................Toby's on th e Lake, Oakdale June ..................Solera, Minn eapolis July ....................Dock Cafe, Stillwater August ..............Bar Abilene, Upto wn Minn eapolis 2004 Lutheran Free Church Reunion reuni on celebrating Augsbur g's Luth eran Free Chur ch (LFC) heritage is planned for Jun e 2004 . A new fellowship , Sons and Daught ers of '97 (the Luth eran Free Chur ch was established in 1897) , is being organized by the Rev. Neal Snider for those who have at any time been a member of an LFC congregation. If you are interested in learnin g more about Sons and Daughters of '97, please contact Snider at 253-583-8293. If you would like to be involved in the upcomin g reun ion preparations, which are being coordinated by a committ ee led by Gracia Grind al '65, please contact the alumni office at <alumni @augsburg.edu > or 612-330-1178 so we can keep you updated as plans progress ! A Fall 2003 1940 Ma rgaret (Chrislock) Gilseth , St. Charles, Minn., was named to the Winona County Hall of Fame. Prior to her retirement in 1976, Margaret taught English at St. Charles High School. She also served on the Board of American Field Sen~ce Foreign Students; was a member of Friends of the Library, reading to childr en weekly for over 10 years; and taught Nonvegian through community edu cation . From 1959-1963 , she and her husband , Walter Gilseth , taug ht at a teacher trainin g college on ML Kilimanjaro in Tanzania . After retiring , she wrote four books . Rev. Dale Striker , Faribau lt, Minn , mourn ed the passing of his wife of 58 years, Amelia (Engelstad ), in Decem ber; she named poet laureate of Taluca Lake Village, Calif. He continues to write poems for his chu rch men's group and has received several awards for his acrylic landscape paintings. 1959 Rev. Robert Mor itz , Hadley, Minn ., retired in Jun e after 40 years of min istry. His call to serve often reached beyond the chur ch wall and into the communit y, where he sen •ed as chair and/or member of several boards and organizations , includ ing Murra y County Development Achievement Center , WonderWorld Preschoo l, SW Minnesota Regional Developm ent Committ ee, Battered Women 's Workshop , and more. He was an end orsed candidate for the MN Senate, and was awarded the Murray County ARC Distinguished Citizens' Award. He and his wife, Carol, have three childr en. 1960 Don Holmquist , Braham , Minn ., was inducted into Braham's Hall of Fame in May. Prior to forming the HolmquistGrundyson Insurance Agenc)' in 1986 (which evolved int o Cent ral Insurance Agenc)') , he worked at Olso n Insura nce Agency and was ,~ce president of Braham Bank. He is involved in numerous communit y activiti es, including two terms on the Dist rict 314 Braham School Board and in nearly all phases of churc h activity at Braham Evangelical Luth eran Chur ch. 1961 Sheldon Johnson, Lake Sup erior , Minn ., was hired as interim superintendent for the Lake Superior schoo l distr ict. He retired in 1997 after 39 years in edu cat ion , including 24 years as superintendent of schools in Monticello , Minn . After his retirement , he was hired by the Monti cello schoo l distri ct as its cons tru ction proje ct supervisor for the new Mont icello high school, compl eted in 1999. He then served as int erim superintendent in the Crosb )'lronton School District from 2000-2001. 1963 Brenda (Henri ckson) Capek and her husband , Richard, retired last September and moved from Illinois to Punta Gorda , Fla. She was a socia l work er for nearly 40 years. The coupl e enjoys trave ling and has visited all the contin ents . 1965 Anit a (Christ opherson) Gransee, Belle Plaine , Minn ., retired in May. She spent the last 16 years of her 38-year teachin g AUGSBURG WEDDING was 81. Amelia worked as a nurse in several communilies where Dale was an ELCA minister . An active church membe r, she taught Sunday School and confirmati on, led th e childr en's choir, sang in th e church choir, and participated in the ladies' aid and several pr ayer groups . She was a dedi cated wife, mother , grandmother , and greatgrandmother . Bohdan and Erika Vadis w ere marrie d in February. an d t hough bot h Gustavus alumni were wed at t heir alma mater, t he guest list conta ined a large number of Augsburg alumni . The groom' s mother is Anita (Berg) Vadis '66, and his fat her is t he Rev. James Vadis '64, w ho presided over the ceremony . 1947 Warren Anderson, Huntington Beach, Calif., taught for Long Beach Public Schools for 29 years until his retirement in 1981. During that time, he was awarded the "School Men Medal" at the American Freedoms Foundation in Valley Forge, Pa., hon or ing his 12 years of work prom oting American ideals in the public schools. He also wrote the script, songs, and music for the school's annua l spring pageant, and was Fall 2003 Pictured (left to right): Christina (Vadis) Jones '95, Anita (Berg ) Vadis '66, Mardelle (Johnson) Pearso n '66, Timothy Vadis '94, Lona (Berg) Froyum '69, Darryl Carte r '65, Carmen (Neseth) Berg '66, Rev. James Vadis '64, Kim Vapp ie '98, Dustin Froyum '98; (kneeling): David Berg '66. AUGSBURG NOW 39 Class Notes career as a mu sic teacher al Belle Plaine Elementary Schoo l. Her hu sband , Earl, also retired from his posLas principal of Belle Plaine Elementary , and th e coupl e plans LOspend retirement traveling and volunt eerin g. Th eir two daughters , Corinn e and Miche lle, also work in ed ucation . The Rev. John Luoma recentl y celebra ted 25 years in ordained ministry and was elected to a seco nd term on th e Trinit y Sem inary Board of Trustees in Co lumbu s, Ohio . He and his wi fe, Gracia (Nydahl) '66 , reside in Stow, Ohio . 1968 Janet (Letnes) Martin , Hastin gs, Minn ., recent ly spoke at the Wom en's Spring Luncheo n at Cambridge Luth eran Chur ch . She is th e aut hor of 14 books , including Growing up Lutheran, whi ch received th e Minnesota Book Award in Humor in 1998 . 1969 John-Mark Stensvaag , Iowa City, Iowa , received his second Collegiate Teachin g Award from the University of Iowa, and has been named the Cha rlotte and Frederi ck Hubb ell Professor of Environmental and Natural Resources Law at the University of Iowa Co llege of Law. 1970 Terry Nygaard , Arden Hills, Minn. , was promot ed to principal at Ernst & Young in Minn eapolis . 1971 Steven E. Larson, Riverside, Calif., received th e Outstanding Cont ributi on to Medicine Award for 2002 from th e Riverside County Medical Association . The award hon ors his many years o f serv ice to medicin e and the contributions he has mad e to the advancement of HIV medicin e. He treated his first AIDS patient in 1983 and has been active ly involved in th e treatment of HIV pati ents ever sin ce. He is th e chief exec utiv e officer and chairman of the Riverside Medica l Clinic, and also serves as a clinica l professor of biomedica l sc ience at th e Universit y of CaliforniaRiverside . In add ition , he directs the AIDS Clinic at the Riverside Ronald J. Graham '61: Class assignment opens door to 40-year career by Jessica Brown Ronald Graham could never have guessed that an und ergraduate research paper would lead to a career that has spanned more than 40 years. But a fateful class assignm ent did ju st that. As pan of an Int rodu ction to Business cour se al Augsbur g in the late 1950s, Graham and his classmates were instru cted LOwrite a pap er based on a chapter in their textbook , and in "one of those linle things that becomes a very big, life-defining thing ." Graham was assigned the chapter dealing with eth ics. He contacted the local Better Business Bureau , an organization whose prim ary focus is business self-regulation and advocacy for cusLOmersatisfaction, and schedul ed an interview with Cecil Shirk , then-president of the Minneapo lis bran ch. Graham was intrigu ed by what he learned from Shirk about the BBB. He discovered that Minn eapolis was th e birthp lace of the organization , and he admired the idea of busin esses organizing themselves around the core principa l of engaging in honest advertisi ng and custome r educatio n. At th e end of the interview, Graham's interest was piqu ed and he indi cated his willingness LOdo volunt eer work for the organization. Short ly thereafter, he became a "shopp er" for the BBB, visiting local businesses and reporting on his exp eriences. A year after beginnin g his volunt eer role, Graham received a call from the BBBnotifying him of an ope nin g for departme nt manager . Sudd enly, he was faced with a difficult decision: stay in school, or strike ou t on a possible career path. Having spent time in the Air Force prior LOenro lling at Augsburg, he was reluctant to halt his edu cation on ce again . But upon hearing that these positions were hard to come by- app roximate ly one opening every seven years- he decided LOgrab the opport uni ty in front of him . Although his time at Augsbu rg was cut short, Graham says that the College had an impact on his Christian values, pointin g him in the righ t direction . "Augsburg helped me to renew and refine my Christian faith , which in tum help ed to shape and mold my business career," says Graham. He soo n realized that his work at the BBBserved as his calling, and he contin ued working for the organization for more than 40 years. Eventually, Graham was promot ed to general man ager of the Minneapolis bran ch. After the Minneapolis and St. Paul branches merged in 1978, he became president of the BBBfor the state of Minnesota. Th ough semi-retired, Graham still operates the BBBUniversity, an on line Web site designed to train BBBpersonn el in basic opera tional and investigative skills. He enjoys the freedom that the Internet gives him to work as a cons ultant from home. In addit ion LOhis continu ed involvement ,vith the BBB, Graham serves on the board for the Minnesota News Coun cil, the media's instrument of selfregulation, and on the Minnesota Consu late for Economic Education . "We need LOtrain teachers on economic edu cation before they can train their own stud ents," he says. Graham and his wife reside in Arizona for part of the year, but return LOMinnesota for the summ ers. Jessica Brown is a communication specialist in the Office of Public Relations and Communication. 40 '4UGSBURG NOW Fall 2003 Cou nt y Medical Center in Moreno Valley, and is an active member of the Inland AIDS Project Board o f Dir ectors , the HIV Medical Assoc iat ion , and th e American A soc iat ion of HIV Med icine . He has lectured numerou s tim es in Chin a and has published severa l articl es. He can be reac h ed ,~a e-mail at <Steven. larso n@rmcps .co m >. David Siedlar, Co n cord, Mass ., comp leted a 22-week course spo nsored by th e New England Regio n of th e United Synagogue of Co nservative Jud aism . The Jewish Discovery Institut e wa s an in-d epth examina tion of J ew ish belief, hi s tory, pra yer, and ritua l, as we ll as in s tru ction in basic Hebr ew. Nancy (Strommen) Stensvaag , Iowa Ci ty, Iowa , retir ed from her volunt eer position as execu tive dir ector o f th e Iowa Valley Habitat for Hum anity affiliate. Durin g her eight years of leaders hip , th e affiliate built 25 hom es in the greater Iowa City co mmunit y and fund ed man y addi tiona l homes in third-, o rld co umries through its tith es to Hab itat for Humanit y Int ern ation al. 1972 George Dahlman , Coon Rapids , Minn ., was the focus o f an articl e in th e Enterprise Dispatch . He is th e resea rch manage r for US Ban co rp Pip er Jaffray 's Equity Capi tal Mark ets Departm ent , and is we ll known in th e financi al wor ld . He has bee n named a Wall Street j ourn a l All-Star five tim es , and is frequeml y int erview ed and refer enced in the Scar Tribun e and on WCCO radio , as well as on CNN, CN BC , Wall Street Wee/1, and more . 1974 Raymond E. Dahlof , Buffalo , Minn ., is a produ ction s up en •i or at Maximum Gr aphic s . Fall 2003 1975 Rev. Rufus Campbell , St. Paul , is district s up erint end ent of th e Southwest Dis tri ct o f th e Minn eso ta Uni ted Meth od ist Chur ch . He was pr evio usly pas tor of Camp ho r Memor ial United Methodist Chur ch in St. Paul , wh ere he se rved fro m 1990 -2003 . He and his wife , Caro lyn, have thr ee childr en and seven grand childr en . 1976 Rev. Mary (Ronning) Gilthvedt , Grygla , Minn ., and her hu sband , th e Rev. Gary Gilth ved t , step ped in to fill pas toral duti es at Gryg la Luth eran Pari sh (G ra ce and Our Savior 's) in Jun e. Mary is se rvin g as prim ary int erim pasto r and Gary as assis tant int erim pastor . Rev. David Halaa s, River Falls , Wis ., accep ted a call to serve as pastor o f Augus tana Lutheran Chur ch in Cumb erla nd , Wis . He recen tly se rved on th e development panel for "New Hymns and ew Songs ," one in a series o f vo lum es in the ELCA's "Renewi ng Worship " series . 1978 Dan Taffe , Glend ale, Ariz. , is p lease d to hav e twin daug ht ers enroll ed as so ph om o res at Augsbu rg. Steve Wehrenberg , St. Paul , was promoted to execu tive vice president and director of s trategic p lannin g and int egra tion at Ca mpb ell Mithun. operation s, and advocac)' and publi c education campaigns for clients ranging from Fortune I 00 corpora tio n and large trade and profes s iona l assoc iatio ns to leadin g think tanks and gove rnm ent age ncies . He has crea ted and m anaged success ful coa liti ons, and lobb ied on Capi to l Hill and in stat e houses . His wri tin g on behalf of clients has been p ubli shed in most major newspa pers , including The Washington Post , The ew Yori, Times, and th e Los Angeles Times. Throughout the 1980 s , Bond erud served as press secretary for U.S. Rep. Mart in Sabo 'S9 and wo rk ed o n pr esidential and co ngre s ional campa igns . 1980 Jeffrey K. James, Bloo min gton , Minn ., received the A sociate of the Year award from Fortune Financial for his client service and for his produ ction durin g the year endin g J une 30. Jam es is a certifi ed financial planner at Fortune Financial ; this is th e 15th time he has earn ed this top award . Mar ianne (Lundberg) Kulka, Bloomi ngto n , Minn ., is corporate vice pr es ident at Rada Adv ertis ing , and recentl )' won four award s with th e agen cy for creat ive advertising exc ellence at the EMA (Emp loym ent Manag ement Associa tio n) An nu al Conf erence in Las Vegas. 1979 Kevin Bonderud , Washington D.C. , was prom o ted to exec uti ve v ice pr es id ent o f Widmeyer Co mmuni ca tio ns . A 20-year ve tera n o f publi c policy co mmuni ca tions , Cap ito l Hill , a nd political campaigns , Bonderud directs the firm 's public affa irs pra ctice group . He has d eve loped and execu ted maj or co mmuni ca tio n str ategies , natio n al m ed ia M ary Beamish, and David L. Chri stense n , both o f Du luth , were married Feb . 9 , 2002 , in Duluth . She is a cop y editor a l th e Duluth 'ews Tribw,c. 1982 her comp an)', Cro s ingBord er , were the focu of an articl e in th e Southsid e Prid e. Cross in gBord cr is a travel comp an)' specializin g in journ ey of faith and pilgri m age. Samuel Twerefo ur, Fon Co llin , Co lo., was app oim ed vice pr esid ent o f engin ee rin g and corporat e o fficer al Advanced En erg)' lndu tri es . 1983 John Oelfke , ew Hope, tinn ., was nam ed athl etic d irec tor at Robbin sdale Coo per High Schoo l. He se rved as int erim athleti c dir ec to r for th e pas t yea r and pr eviously coac hed footb all, bas eball , and gir ls' hocke)'. He wa s hir ed by th e dis tri ct in 1986 as a phy sica l edu cati on and h ea lth teach er, and has been invo lved in impr ovin g th e ph ysica l edu ca tion cur ric ul um for di s tri ct s tud en ts . His wi fe, Diana (Boe) '82, teac hes kind erga rten in th e Robb insdale sc hoo l di tri ct. Both rece ived m as ter's deg rees fro m St. Mary's Uni ve r il)' in May. Th e)• have thr ee childr en : Eric, 16 , Allie, 13 , and Abb y, 10. 1985 Jose Becquer, Plymouth , Minn ., is se ni or m an age r for treasur) ' manage m ent sa les and co mm ercia l bu in ess developm ent at \ Veils Fargo . He bega n his ca ree r wi th o n vest in 1995 as vice pr esid ent and dir ec tor o f treas ur y management sys tems . He has also work ed at Lotu s Deve lopm ent Co rp ora tion as a regio nal sa les manage r an d at IBM a a sa le m anager to th e financial se rvices indu str)'. 1986 Jo hn W . Sandin III co mp leted his Ph .D. at New Mex ico Lale Uni ve rs ity with a read ing specializa tion . 1-te continu es LO teach at Taco ma Co m m unit )' Co llege in Taco m a, Wash ., and lives n ea r Taco ma with his wi fe and thr ee daught ers . Lori M ol ine, Minn ea polis , and A-UGSBURGNOW 41 Class Notes racing, called Signs of Winning (Whipp oorwill Press). He teaches alternative edu cation al Nort h Branch ISO and has 20 sled dogs. 1987 Jenni Lilledahl, Minneapolis, will present a seminar, "The Power or Yes," as part or the eighth annua l Women Venture Conference at the Minneapolis Convent ion Center Oct. 31. She is co-owner and executive director or the Brave New Workshop Theatre in Minneapolis. 1989 Stephen Hind le accepted a position as regional manager for New Horizons, an IT training compan y. He recently moved Scott D. Mill er, Hinckle y, Minn ., published his first book , a young adu lt novel abo ut a dear girl and her passion for dogsled AUGSBURG CENTENNIAL from Taiwan to Singapor e with his wire, Wu Chun-Yann, and two daught ers, Claudia, 7, and Madeleine , 4. He has also lived in Korea and Chin a. 1991 Rev. Andrew Carlson is the new pastor at Zion Lutheran Chur ch or Finland in nonhern Minnesota. Prior to his recent ordin ation , Andrew painted houses to support his love or travel. He has visited 30 countries in Europ e, the Midd le SINGERS The Augsburg Centenni al Singers consist or 40 men from various walks or lire drawn together by their love or singing . Th e group was formed in 1993 to commemorate the 100th an niversary or the first gospel qua rtet to travel to Norway from Augsburg . The group has traveled to Norway twice, mos t recently in 2001. Al Reesnes '58 serves as music director, and Pau l Christensen '59 as assistant director/accompanist. Upcom ing performances by the Augsburg Centennial Singers : Saturday, October 18 Sunda y, October 19 Satur day, November 1 7 p.m . 7 p.m . 5 p.m . 20th ann iversary celebration or the Augsbu rg Cent enni al Singers. First Luth eran Church 1555 40th Av. E Columbi a Heights , Minn. Grace Luth eran Chur ch 1730 Old Hudson Rd, St. Paul Oak Grove Presbyterian Chur ch 2120 W. Old Shakopee Rd. Bloomi ngton , Minn. Sunda y, Octo ber 19 11 a.m . (Part or the wors hip service) Fort Snelling Chapel, Minneapolis Saturday, October 25 7 p.m . First Luth eran Church Hinckley, Minn . Sunda y, October 26 7:30 p.m . Communit y or the Cross Lutheran Churc h 10701 Bloomington Ferry Rd. Bloomington , Minn . Sunday, November 2 4p.m. House or Prayer Lutheran Church 7625 Chicago Ave. 5. Richfield, Minn . East, North Africa, South Asia, and Latin America. Tina (McGregor) Jackson, St. Paul , was reatur ed in the Mi1111esota Spokesman-Recorder arter being appointed by the University or Minn esota as coo rdinator or the Minne sota Women 's Center. She is th e first Arrican-American woman to hold the position since its inception 43 years ago. Ja ckso n is well known in socia l service and academic circles for her vitality and commitm ent to youth development and mentor ship , and is one or only 20 University or Minnesota faculty, sta ff, and administrator s chosen to parti cipate its President 's Emerging Leaders program . Joel Staehling , Worthington , Minn ., is president or Community First National Bank. He previousl y served as vice president or commercial loans at Vermillion State Bank in Vermillion, $.Oak. , He and his wire, Erica, have two children: Hannah , 5, and Benjamin , 2. 1992 Jennifer (Piper) Kempenich , St. Paul, received her master 's degree in counseling and psychological services from St. Mary's University in January. She works at Courage Center in Golden Valley, and marri ed Gerald Kempenich in June. 1993 Doris Rubenstein , Minneapolis , was named one or "25 Women Changemake rs in the Twin Cities" by The Business Journal. She was selected for her proressional achievements , leadership qualiti es, and her ability to influ ence positive change ,vithin her company and her industr y. She was pronied in a special section or the Jul y 25 issue or The Business Journal, and was honored at a luncheon in Jul y. 42 AUGSBURG NOW Fall 2003 1995 2000 Rick Sansted was app oint ed assistant prin cipal for South View Middle Schoo l in Edin a. Dan ielle Scheff , Go lden Valley, Minn ., ma rri ed Co rey Drevlow last Sept emb er. During their honeymoo n , th e coupl e ran togeth er in the Dublin Marath on in Ireland . Danielle i a staff acco unt ant at Ryan , Hodg ins & Associa tes. 1996 Xanara Amand marri ed Marc Stevenso n in Jul y. Jox Metcalf, Monti ce llo , Minn ., marri ed Kristi Hanso n in August. Both are teac hers at St. Michae lAlben ville High Schoo l. David Schreiber , Big Lake, Minn ., marri ed Jane Millerb ernd in August. David is a learnin g disabilil )' tut or at LOA, Inc.; Jane is a special edu cation teac her for the Osseo Scho ol Distri ct. 1997 Kevin Crerand , Mesa , Ariz ., is operati ons manager for a large mortgage comp any in Phoenix . Travis Stettler , Forest Lake , Minn ., join ed th e Miller Law Office in Wyomin g, Minn ., prim arily handlin g th e firm's comm ercial litigation , personal inj ur y, and crimin al defense porti ons of th e pra ctice. Prior to Miller Law Office , he work ed at law firms in Chanh asse n and Duluth . 1998 Jennifer Durst marri ed Kirk Affeldt in Jun e. J ennif er works at New Ulm Medi cal Cent er ; Kirk works for Cann on Falls Publi c Schoo ls. 1999 Natasha Hamann , Shoreview, Minn ., gra du ated from th e Universit)• of Minn eso ta Medi cal Schoo l in Ma)'. She started her family prac tice residency at St. John 's Hos pit al in Maplewood . She is marri ed to Jos h Schae fgen . Aaron D. Smit h, Tucso n , Ariz. , gradu ated from th e Univ ersity of Minn eso ta Medi cal Schoo l in May. He start ed his general surgery residency at th e University of Arizo na . He is marri ed to Jill (Pin tens) '99. Fall 2003 Ma tt hew Romsdahl , Mankato , Minn ., marri ed Brin a Urevig in Jun e. Manh ew wo rks at Kenda ll Doo r a nd Hardwa re; Brin a wo rks at Habil itative ervices Inc. 2001 Carrie Lind , Cham plin , Minn ., marr ied Christopher Cabe in April. Car rie is a sup erviso r a t Edin a Kids Club , and can be reached via e-mail at <chri sand ca rr ie03@ao l.com>. Carrie Mcc arvi lle , Hopki ns, Minn ., own s Mac's Liquor in Hopki n Emily Shelt on, Minn eapo lis, married William Grau in May. Emily is a middle school ma th teacher for Cedar -Riverside Charter School in Min neapo lis; William is as oc iate cent er dir ec tor for Sylvan Learn ing Cent er in Burn svi lle and is dep loyed oversees on active dut y with th e U.S. Arm y. kind ergarten teacher for linn eapolis Publi chools. 2003 Linda Kay Stuart '99 and Maur icio Co rdova , Minneapo li -a so n , Luca Santiago , in Apr il. He j oins sister Ananda . 2. Th e coup le rece ntl y rewrn ed to th e U.S. after Lind a comple ted her master's in int ernational relations at the Universi t)' o f Chil e in Santi ago, Chil e. Jill Boike , Ham Lake, Minn ., is a family therap ist al ystrom's & Assoc iates in ew Brigh ton . Catheri ne Colsrud was nam ed assistant general manager at Grand Casino Hinckley. Births/Adoptions Jean Taylor '85 and Roger Griff ith '84, Eagan , Minn .a daughter, Abby Jean, in Jun e. She joins big sister, Emm a. Laura (Krepela) '96 and Dan Stonebur g, Farmin gton , Melis sa Mo rfo rd, Shakopee, Min n ., married Spe ncer Ande rso n in May. Melissa is a trave l adm ini Lrator for Carlson Marke tin g Group; Spenc er is a comp uter consu ltant at Wiz mo , Inc. Mi nn.- a son , Jake Daniel , in Ju ne. Laura is a Rick W illbanks marri ed J ennif er Spyc halla in Jun e. AUGSBURG Mike Darring t on , Red Wing, Minn ., is a new financia l associa te with th e south ern Minn eso ta regional office of Thr ivent Financial for Lu th erans. He previously worked al th e State Cap ito l in l. Pau l. Angela Sat re marr ied Troy Dej ong in Jul y. Angela wo rks at Minn ewaska Luth era n Home in Starbu ck , Minn .; Troy wo rks at Garb's Sales of Kensingto n . co m >. Brenda Ely '99 and her husba nd Tim , Blaine , Minn .-a on , Nicholas Alexander , in Ju ne. He JOins sister Elizabeth , 2. Brenda is an element ary teac her for Fores t Lake Area Schoo ls. LICENSE PLATE • 2002 Pat Campanero was rece ntl y th e spotlight perso n in th e "Sunday Peop le" featu re of the bu sines section of th e Srar Tribu11 e. She is genera l manage r of bu sin ess and whole ale markets for Sprint in Minn eton ka. She was previously sales dir ector at Avaya Inc. M elanie (Anderson) '97 and Brian Burm eister, Owa tonn a, Minn .- a so n , Nolan Dale , in Oc tober. Mela nie i pra Lice manager at Mont go mery Dent al Care; she can be reached via email at <melanieb93@hotm ail. EXPLORE h A-iJGsBDRG CO LLL O l: a. AUGSBURG COLLEGEe Display your Auggie pride by ordering an Augsburg lice nse plate for your car! You may order Augsburg license plates th roug h th e Department of Motor Vehicles. Considered a sp ecia lty collegiate plate , these plates may be displayed on any passe nge r class vehicle . A minimum contribution of S25 is collecte d at t he time of the initial application and at each registration renewal. This contribution is deposited to the scholarship accou nt of the participating baccalaureate degree-granting colleg e, un iversity, or post -secondary institution . Applicants must also pay an initial S10 plate fee and a S7 filing fee. You do not ne ed to be a n a lum to order these plates - proud parents can order th e m too ! For further information, visit the DMV online at <www .dp s.state . mn .us/dvs /MotorVehicle /specialplates .htm >. A- GSB RG NOW 43 In Memoriam Harold Olson '33, Cannon Falls, Minn ., died in April; he was 93. He work ed for the State of Minnesota in social services al various agencies for nearly 38 years until his retirement in 1975. He also served with the U.S. Navy from 1943-1946. He is survived by his wife, Gladys; two daughters; five gran dchildren ; and two great-grand childr en. He was preceded in death by five broth ers and two grandchildren. Viola (Holland) Nydahl '36, Decorah, Iowa, died in May; she was 84. She worked for Dayton's for over 18 years and was active in various Lutheran church es where her husband served as pastor. She is survived by two daught ers and five grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband , the Rev. Harold Nydahl '36 . Winifr ed (Helland ) Formo '37, Roseville, Minn ., died in April; she was 86. She was a retired nur se, and anended Augsburg Academy before enro lling in Augsburg College. Her father, Andreas Helland, was an Augsburg professor. She is survived by her husband , Jerome '37, and two childr en, Philip and Katherine '79. She was preceded in death by a son, David. Walte r Keller '39, Tacoma, Wash. , died in May; he was 91. He was retired from Weyerhaeuse r Co. He is surviv ed by two childr en, Kathryn an d Richard. He was pr eceded in deat h by his wife, Hilder. The Rev. A lfr ed H. Sevig '39, Spicer, Minn ., died in June ; he was 86 . He served parish es in Canada, Minn eso ta, and Sou th Dako ta. Following h is retirement as a full- time pastor , he serve d as chaplain part time al Rice Memoria l Hospi tal in Willmar, Minn ., for 10 years . He also wo rk ed as a visitation pastor at Calvary Luth eran Chur ch for five years and continu ed to be an active volunt eer visitor until his deat h. He was survive d by four childr en and seve n grand childr en. He was preceded 44 AUGSBURG NOW in deathcby his wife, Olive, and two sons in infancy. The Rev. John W. Steen '46, Maple Grove, Minn ., died in Jun e; he was 81. He served as pastor of First Lutheran Church of Crystal for 22 years. Following his ordination in 1949, he served a four-point parish north of Williston , N.Dak. , until 1953. From 1953-1956, he was a fulltime chaplain in the U.S. Air Force. He continu ed his military service in the Reserves for an additional 17 years. He is survived by his wife, Esther Victoria; five childr en; 14 grandchildre n ; and one great-grandson . Erik Tromborg '48 , Bloomington , Minn ., died in May; he was 77. A retired Honeywell engineer, he and had a life-long love of trains, and served on the board of the St Croix Railroad Club. He is survived by his wife, Evelyn; two children ; and five grandchildren . Bonnie Mae (Everts) Yasgar '48, Little Falls, Minn., died in May; she was 77. She was a retired English and physical education teacher. She is survived by her husband , Donald; two daught ers; four grandchildren ; and her three dogs and five hors es. Berti! "Bert" Sandberg 'SO, Mendota Heights, Minn ., died in April; he was 77. He was a building contractor , an outstanding lifetime athlete , and a decora ted WWll veteran. His behind-th e-scenes work earned him man y admir ers and an award from former St Paul Mayor George Latimer for ridding St. Paul streets of Dutch Elm disease. He was drafted after graduating from Augsburg to play football for the Philadelphia Eagles, but he waived the opportunit y and instead join ed his father's business , St Paul-based N.H. Sandberg Erection Co., which he eventu ally took over and e,q,anded . He was a member of the Augsburg Board of Regents from 1968-1980 , and was indu cted into Augsburg's Alhletic Hall of Fame in 1979. He is survived by his wife, Carol (Ziniel) '73, and three children. William H. Riley '52, Golden Valley, Minn ., died in June ; he was 77. He worked at the Montgomery Wards home office in Chicago as iLSnationa l merchandise manager of iLScatalog division. He later served as advisor to the founder of the Lands End Co. He was a WWll Navy veteran. He is survived by his wife of 16 years, Carol, and two stepchildren. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Marlys. The Rev. Dr. A ndrew Hsaio ' 56, Hong Kong , China , died in May of a heart attack; he was 77. He was president emeritus of Lutheran Theological Seminary in Hong Kong, where he was its first Chinese president. He was named an Augsburg Distinguished Alumnus in 1970. He is surviv ed by his wife, Anna , and three children. Warren Persons '66, Tracy, Calif., died in June ; he was 59. He was a successful software engineer , and was instrumental in developing software at Honeywell for the Air Force's first-ever computerized flight simulator . He also worked at MTS Systems Corporation , Bentley Scientific Corporation , Pacific Bell, and most recently at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory He also taught math ematics at Augsburg . He is survived by his wife, Connie; four children; and three grandchildren. Carole (Moran) Renner '92 WEC, New Brighton, Minn ., died in May; she was 44 . She had worked for Wells Fargo since high school , starting with a clerical position and most recently as check reconciliation manager . In her long career at Wells Fargo, she earned many awards for her hard work and accomplishments. Known as an adventurer , she loved to travel and enjoyed fishing, boating , and camping. She is survived by her husband , Ronald , and stepson , Christopher. Robert B. Miller '04 , Virginia Beach, Ya., died in August after a car accident in Golden Valley, Minn. ; he was 28. He was a senior at Augsburg, studying psychology and English, and a member of the wrest ling Learn. ln 2001 , he won the MlAC championships at 133 pounds , and earned All-American honor s at the NCAA Division Ill national championship s. He was a 1993 graduate of Kempsville High School in Virginia Beach, where he was a state champion wrestler. He is survived by his parents, Nho Tran Miller and Ernest Miller, and two siblings , Kimberly and James . James "JC" Carey, Minneapo lis, died in September of heart failure; he was 54. A 30-year employee of Augsburg , he was mosl recently director of ath letic facilities. He was a muc h-loved member of the Augsburg community , and his unique and kind spirit will be missed deeply. He is survived by his wife, Sharon (Pautz) '82; two children , Tim and Joy ; two sisters , Patjensen and Deb Yolkart; and his father-in-law, Richard Pautz '3 7, who co-founded Augsburg 's A-Club. Robin "Rob" A. Curtis, St Louis Park, Minn ., died in April; he was 56. He served for many years in Augsburg 's facilities management , and was a beloved member of the campus community . He is survived by his wife, Sadie, who works with Augsburg 's Access Center, and a son , Zach '97. The Rev. Maynard L. Nelson , Phoenix , Ariz., died in May; he was 72. He was a former member of the Augsburg Board of Regents, and also served on the boards of Lutheran Deaconess Hospita l, Fairview Riverside Hospital , and Golden Valley Luth eran College. He was senior pastor of Calvary Lutheran Church of Golden Valle)• for 22 years until his retirement in 1996, after serving congregations in North Dakota and Washington. He is survived by his wife, Nancy ; five children; and 14 grandchildren. Fall 2003 Calendar Music Oct. 3 1-Nov. 9 for more i11fo1111ation on any of t/1ese events (unless othen vise noted), call 612-330-1265 The Pirates of Penzance or The Slave of Duty Oct. 18 Gospel Praise Concert 7 p.m.-O ak Grove Luth eran Church Richfie ld , Minn . Directed b)' Karen Coe Miller; mu sic dir ection by Sonja Th omp son Perfo rmances: Oct. 3 1, Nov. 1, 6, 7, and 8 at 7 p.m .; Nov. 2 and 9 at 2 p.m . Tjornhom- Nelso n Th eater, Foss Cent er Nov. 22-23 Oct. 19 Gospel Praise Concert 10:30 a.m .-Peac e Luth era n Chur ch Inver Grov e Heights, Minn. 0. Nicholas Raths Faculty Guitar Recital 3 p.m .- Sateren Auditorium Nov. 2 The Masterworks Chorale Concert 7 p.m .-Immanue l Lut hera n Chur ch Eden Prairi e, Minn. Exhibits Oct. 30 For galle,y infor malion , call 612-330-1524 International Business Forum : Competing Glob a lly a nd Act ing Loca lly Discuss ion o f global i sue pertainin g to trade , int ernational awa reness , and resea rch . Guest speaker : Dr. Richard Bohr 4-6 p.m.- Chri ste nse n ent er For inform ation , call 6 l 2-330- 119 1 Sept. 15-Nov. 2 "Recent Works by C.B. Sherlock: Exploring the Box" 11 a.m.-Trinity Lut hera n Chur ch Hovers ten Chapel "Five Metro Paper Artists : Marjor ie Alexander , Amanda Degener , Mary Har k, Erica Spitzer Rasmussen, Jeff Rat hermel " Nov. 15 Ope ning reception : Oct. 10, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Th e Gage Family Art Gallery, Lindell Librar y 7 p.m.-Hoversten Chapel Nov. 7-Dec. 18 Nov. 16 Augsburg Concert Band Concert 3 p.m .- Centra l Luth eran Chu rch Minneapolis Nov. 18 Augsburg Chamber Orchestra Concert 7 p.m .- Sateren Auditorium Dec. 5-6 24th Annual Advent Vespers 5 and 8 p.m. serv ice eac h night Central Lutheran Chur ch , Minn eapoli "Dan Noyes: Recent Wo rk in Stone and Metal " Annu al StepUP Prog ram Celebration Ope ning reception : Nov. 14, 6:30-8 :30 p.m. Christensen Center An Galler)' 5- 10 p.m.-Foss ent er For in formation , call 6 12-330- 1173 Seminars, Lectures, and Films 7th Annual M . An ita Gay Haw th orne Jazz and Poet ry Bash "Big Questions , Worthy Dreams" Studi o , Foss Cent er Dr. Lee Hard y, professo r of phi loso ph y, alvin College 10 a.m.-Co nvocation, Hovers ten hapcl Pan of the 2003-04 Augsburg Convocation Series: lak ing the Most of Your Gifts "M arcia Soderman-Olson : Drawings , Paintings, and M ixed Media" Oct. 14 7 p.m .-Film "The Christ ian's Calling in t he Academy" Other Events For tic/1et i11formatio11 , call 612-330- 1257 Festival of Student-Directed 10-Minute Plays Nov. 12 Opening reception: ov. 14, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Th e Gage Family Art Gallery Theatre Oct. 16 Oct. 20 Colombia : Women and W ar Directed by Sarah arga ng (s tud ent senior proj ect) Per forman ces: ov. 22 and 23 at 7 p.m. Tjornh om- elso n Th eater Gospel Praise Concert Augsburg Jazz Ensemble Concert Kathy Kelley Present ati on A Nobel Peace Prize- nomin ated activi t return s from Iraq . 9:45-11 :15 a. m.- Chri stense n ent er For information , call 6 12-33 0-13 12 Luth era n Wo rld Relief- pon ored di cussion by thr ee olombi an wo men speakin g about wo men's issues , war, and peace . 4-6 p .m .- Christen en enter For inform ation , call 612-330-1385 On the Verge Opening reception: Oct. 10, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Christensen Center Art Gallery Nov. 9 Oct. 16 Sharon Daloz Parks, as ociate directo r and facult y member, Whidb e)' Institut e 11 a.m.- onvocat ion , Hoversten Chape l Fo r in formation , call 62-330- 1180 Oct. 23 Nov. 6 6:30- 10 p.m.-Sat eren Auditorium For information , call 612-330 -1022 Dec. 5 Annual Velkomm e n Jul Celebration 10:15 a. m.- Chape l ervice , Hove r ten hapel 11 a.m.-2 p.m.-Sca ndi anavian treats and gifts , Chri s tensen ent er Send us your news and photos! 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Title: Augsburg Now Spring 2011: Research In Focus
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Show more AUGSBURG NOW SPRING 2011 VOL. 73, NO. 2 inside research Augsburg Now The Magazine of Augsburg College 25Calculus Years of Life-Changing Workshop Good coffee, good cause International photo contest Sundquist Scholars Travel Vocation in interfaith context Chris Stedman ’08 page 20 the lens Serving Auggie athletics Under in focus Editor notes from President Pribbenow a Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheep-like passivity, and sets us at noting and contriving. Not that it always effects this result; but conflict is a ‘sine qua non’ of reflection and ingenuity. As I listened to these aspiring Auggies consider what Dewey intended, I was convinced that this quote gets at the heart of an Augsburg education. Creative Director Kathy Rumpza ’05 MAL rumpza@augsburg.edu Creative Associate-Editorial Wendi Wheeler ’06 wheelerw@augsburg.edu Conflict and learning s I write this column, there are reports from far and near of conflicts in the world that reflect fundamental questions about our values and aspirations. We have witnessed clashes on the Augsburg campus between different lifestyles and value systems. We have experienced shootings in our neighborhood and lived in the aftermath of violence in our community. We have seen mass gatherings in neighboring states reflecting deep divisions in visions of a good society and a good life. And we have felt the rising tide of freedom and democracy in nations around the world and the seismic shifts underway in political and social systems. The challenge we must face as a teaching and learning community is what we will do in the face of this conflict. Will we withdraw and wait to see what happens? Or will we find in the various conflicts the “stuff” of a liberal arts education and the inspiration to put our education to work in engaging the conflicts and seeking to make a difference in the world? I think it is fair to assume that the Augsburg community chooses the latter challenge. Recently, prospective Augsburg scholarship students were asked to reflect on a provocative quote from the great American educator and philosopher, John Dewey, who once wrote: Betsey Norgard norgard@augsburg.edu Creative Associate-Design Jen Nagorski ’08 nagorski@augsburg.edu Our students learn to observe and remember. Our students engage and learn from the messiness and complexity and conflict of the world through experiences on campus, in our urban neighborhood, and around the world. Our students—indeed our entire community—are shocked out of passivity to be informed, thoughtful, and courageous actors in the world. This issue of Augsburg Now offers ample evidence of Dewey’s argument for the links between conflict and learning. Chris Stedman’s journey through interfaith dialogues—a growing aspect of an Augsburg education—illustrates how our students face otherness and difference in considering their own callings in the world. The work of our MBA students helping neighborhood youth start a small business reflects the ways in which Augsburg’s location in the city shapes an education that does not flinch from the realities of urban life. And the good reports on student research projects offer important evidence of how an Augsburg education—across the disciplines—challenges our students to fight complacency, to push the edges of learning, and not to settle for what is expected. I am proud to report that in our classrooms and residence halls, on campus and out in the community, and indeed all around the world, Auggies are pursuing what John Dewey called us to be— informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders. We are learning from our experiences of the complexities and messiness and conflicts of the world—and then we are getting to work in our own ways, with our distinctive gifts and callings. Photographer Stephen Geffre geffre@augsburg.edu Webmaster/Now Online Bryan Barnes barnesb@augsburg.edu Sports Information Director Don Stoner stoner@augsburg.edu Assistant Vice President of Marketing and Communication Rebecca John rjohn@augsburg.edu Director of Alumni and Constituent Relations Kim Stone stonek@augsburg.edu www.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 Send address corrections to: Advancement Services CB 142 Augsburg College 2211 Riverside Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55454 langemo@augsburg.edu E-mail: now@augsburg.edu Telephone: 612-330-1181 Fax: 612-330-1780 PAUL C. PRIBBENOW, PRESIDENT spring 2011 Features 15 12 19 contents 10 26 On the cover Justin Ingebretson ’12 is an incredibly bright and talented young scientist whose story could get anyone excited about water fleas. He is one of six students featured in “Under the lens: Student research at Augsburg.” All photos by Stephen Geffre unless otherwise indicated. augsburg now 10 Talking about faith and values 12 Good coffee. Good cause. 15 Calculus—and so much more 19 Under the lens: Student research at Augsburg 26 BY WENDI WHEELER ’06 Chris Stedman learned how to focus on values and foster dialogue between faith communities and the nonreligious. BY WENDI WHEELER ’06 Augsburg MBA students complete a management consulting project and get much more than a grade. BY BETSEY NORGARD A workshop for introductory calculus also builds community and pushes students to engage in research and scholarship opportunities. BY WENDI WHEELER ’06 Student research is more than Bunsen burners and petri dishes. 2010 International Programs Photo Contest Departments inside front cover 2 7 8 9 29 32 36 Notes from President Pribbenow Around the Quad Auggies in sports My Auggie experience Auggie voices Alumni news Class notes It takes an Auggie around the quad Augsburg hosts international symposium on music therapy Augsburg College will host the Ninth International Society for Music in Medicine Symposium, June 8-12. The conference will provide an interdisciplinary and international forum for exchange of achievements in the field, state-of-the-art research, and applications of music in medicine, music therapy, and counseling. Scientific research as well as creative and innovative concepts will be discussed, and visits to local hospitals and clinical sites are planned. Medical doctors, nurses, healthcare practitioners, and music therapists from 11 countries—Australia, Austria, Canada, Finland, Germany, India, Italy, Norway, South Africa, United Kingdom, and the U.S.—will present their research on the use of music in medicine. Find more information and register for the symposium at www.augsburg.edu/musictherapy/ismm_home.html. NewsNotes Kemper Foundation selects Augsburg for scholarship Augsburg was selected as one of the Kemper Foundation’s Scholar Institutions, one of 16 institutions that best prepare students for organizational leadership. Each year, a first-year student is selected for a three-year scholarship and paid summer internship program funded by the Kemper Foundation in Chicago. Commencement 2011—speakers and honorary degrees May 7 Commencement—for day students and physician assistant graduate students Speaker: Kjell Magne Bondevik, former prime minister of Norway, founder and president of the Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters —Kjell Magne Bondevik and Ishmael Noko, Zimbabwean theologian and former general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation June 26 Commencement—Weekend College, Rochester, and graduate programs in business, education, leadership, nursing, and social work Speaker: Krista Tippett, writer and host of American Public Media’s Being Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters—Krista Tippett and Kwok Siu Tong, former executive vice president, United International College, China Nobel Peace Prize Forum relocates to Twin Cities The annual celebration of the Nobel Peace Prize Forum will evolve into a new format beginning in spring 2012. The forum will be held each year in the Twin Cities, organized by Augsburg in close partnership with the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. It will continue with the support of the other four Norwegian Lutheran colleges, with strong ties to area organizations that share a commitment to educating for peace, and with opportunities for deeper engagement between the United States and Norway. Three Auggies receive athletic awards Bruce Johnson ’68 Healing Wisdom of Africa Malidoma Patrice Somé, an elder of the West African Dagara tribe in his native Burkina Faso, spoke twice during the Counseling and Health Promotion Convocation in February. In the strife and stress of the modern, materialistic world, Somé offered insights on healing and reconciliation in bringing together “the visible worlds of nature and community” with the “invisible forces of the ancestors and Spirit.” 2 Augsburg Now Mike Good ’71 Jeff Swenson ’79 Men’s hockey assistant coach Bruce Johnson ’68 will be honored for his lifetime contributions to the growth of amateur hockey. In April, he will receive the American Hockey Coaches Association’s John “Snooks” Kelley Founders Award. Augsburg Board of Regents chair Mike Good ’71 and athletic director Jeff Swenson ’79 both will be honored in April by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, Minnesota Chapter. Good, who is CEO of Southeby’s International Realty, will receive the chapter’s Outstanding American award, given to wrestlers who have used the disciplines of the sport to launch notable careers. Swenson will receive the Lifetime Service award for his long career as a national champion student athlete, distinguished 25-year coach, and athletic director. Nicaragua In January, several regents, senior administrators, faculty, and staff traveled to Augsburg’s Center for Global Education study center in Managua, Nicaragua. Several Augsburg regents spoke about their experience at the Board of Regents meeting that followed. Here are excerpts from regents Jodi Harpstead and Rev. Norman Wahl. A potter demonstrates his craft in Masaya, a region in Nicaragua known for its handicrafts. Strong women, incredible stories “In Nicaragua, we met the woman who heads the feminist movement in the country, and she gave me a t-shirt that says, “Todos los derechos para todas las mujeres” (All the rights for all the women). We met so many amazing women, like the women at the spinning facility, and we heard so many incredible stories of strong, beautiful, courageous women working to turn around their families and their country. Women in Nicaragua are getting microloans. Women are running businesses. Women make up most of the student body of the college we visited. We heard about young women who had worked for Father Cardenal teaching literacy. The Contras began to kill them one at a time, hoping that the others would run away and return home. But they refused to go home, and they continued to work until the Contras gave up when they realized their violence wasn’t getting anywhere. We also met the woman who is the rector of UCA (Universidad Centroamericana), a large, private, Jesuit university. She is the only woman in the world who leads a Jesuit university. And, of course, Nicaragua has already had a woman as president of the country; they’re ahead of us in that respect. We learned just how many women there are across Nicaragua who are working to develop their country—in different places, in different roles, and in different levels of work—and it was incredibly inspiring to see how much they are willing to risk for freedom.” Neighbor to so many people “I did not know I was a neighbor to so many people in Nicaragua, including the great people that Augsburg has working there. I can’t say enough for the Center for Global Education, and while I’ve always been supportive of Augsburg, I will be a much more vocal advocate of that kind of global travel and the great things it can do. I did not know that I was a neighbor to a bunch of potters who live in Masaya, a place that we visited one day. As we came in, everybody was busy—the matriarch who ran the pottery place, which was a tworoom hut with an outdoor place for a kiln and a throwing wheel—everybody was busy. They were busy mixing the clay, they were throwing clay, they were painting, they were etching, they were polishing. Everybody was so busy. We went through the whole process. And then at the end we had an opportunity to buy some of the very fine wares that this little family company put together. And as I looked up from where we were making our exchanges with the people, the whole family was gathered in the doorway to look to see how their products were being bought and enjoyed by those people from the United States. And I thought, wow, this is really selling merchandise at its very best—from the people who make it to the people who will enjoy it. They really are our neighbors, and I did not know that until this trip.” JODI HARPSTEAD, BOARD OF REGENTS REV. NORMAN W. WAHL ’76, BOARD OF REGENTS Learning about war and peace in El Salvador In January, students traveled with Religion Professor Bev Stratton to El Salvador to study REL 480: Vocation and the Christian Faith. We met with several speakers and visited different places, such as churches, a university, and a rural community, in hopes of learning more about their culture, history, and people. We primarily learned about their civil war (19791992) and about the roles faith and identity play in the midst of social injustice, oppression, and conflict. … We visited a church where Archbishop Oscar Romero was assassinated in 1980. … He became increasingly involved with the people and underwent a personal transformation, becoming a leader and a voice for the people. He once said, “If they kill me I will arise in the Salvadoran people.” … We also heard from speakers who experienced the civil war. We visited Suchitoto and took boats to an area where a massacre had taken place. A man who had endured the massacre spoke to us about his experiences as a child during the war, losing his family at age 9 in the massacre; he recalled memories with startling clarity. Outside of hearing intense personal stories, we also visited places of national interest, such as the U.S. Embassy and the National Assembly building. … Senior Adam Jacobsen commented on how remarkable it was that the people were so open to us, as Americans, in spite of [the U.S. money and support for the Salvadoran government during the civil war]. “They really understood that our government’s decisions at the time were not our own.” These experiences serve as testimony to what all of us hopefully learned from this trip: people are people, and no matter creed, religion, or race, we are all united by a common thread of humanity. KATELYN DANELSKI ’14 Read Danelski’s full story and see photos from her study in El Salvador at www.augsburg.edu/now. Spring 2011 3 Every spring, as long as February snowstorms don’t threaten, Augsburg College welcomes the best and brightest prospective Auggies to participate in Scholarship Weekend. In addition to an opportunity to meet with their future classmates and professors, students interview or audition for the President’s Scholarships and for Fine Arts Scholarships. On Friday evening, students are treated to The Big Show—a spectacle unlike any other experience they will have as Auggies. It’s a chance for them to relax and for the College to showcase its less serious side. The evening features performances by Bob Groven, director of Augsburg’s Honors program; history and medieval studies professor Phil Adamo; and President Pribbenow himself. This special event is for the eyes of Scholarship Weekend guests only—few current students, faculty, or staff are treated to the performance. The rumor is that Bob Groven is surprisingly funny and that Phil Adamo puts on a fantastic show. 4 Augsburg Now THE Scholarship Weekend 2011 BIG SHOW Reviews for the show keep coming in… Augsburg Honors program director Bob Groven poses as Conan O’Brien in a postcard mailing to Scholarship Weekend attendees—a prelude to what the audience would experience at the event. “I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO SEE CONAN AND THAT’S JUST NOT TRUE.” “BOB GROVEN DELIVERS ONE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE PERFORMANCES OF THE YEAR. I SHOULD KNOW. I AM BOB GROVEN.” —Bob Groven, Honors program director I Know I Can Yo Se Que Puedo WENDI WHEELER ’06 Admissions counselors Peter Schattauer (left) and Justin Nash (right) and junior Sam Waskosky (center) read to third-graders at Seward Montessori School. Courtesy photo Auggies help third-graders get ready for college It may seem that third grade is a bit too early to begin thinking about going to college. But Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak doesn’t think so. Auggie Eagle doesn’t think so. And neither did the 2,700 Minneapolis third graders who participated in the “I Know I Can” College Awareness Day. On Thursday, Feb. 10, Augsburg elementary education majors joined staff from Augsburg’s Office of Admissions at Seward Montessori School. With Auggie Eagle also in attendance, they read to 60 students from the book, I Know I Can, written and illustrated by Wendy R. Rouillard. The book helps students begin thinking about how they can take steps, even in elementary school, to prepare themselves for college. By working on improving their skills and studying hard, the book suggests they can do anything they want when they grow up. Sam Waskosky, a junior education major and a Bonner Leader, read to one of the groups. Waskosky has been volunteering at Seward Montessori for several years. After she finished reading, she answered questions about Augsburg including what dorm life is like and whether or not college is “hard.” Auggies Devyn Pittorf and Alexis Stadstad also read to different groups. Brenda Hemmingsen, the Augsburg admissions visit coordinator, reminded students that part of getting into college involves getting good grades and having good attendance. She asked students to identify the subjects they would focus on, such as reading, math, and languages. The event, part of The Minneapolis Promise initiative designed to eliminate barriers to post-secondary education for Minneapolis youth, is a partnership of the Augsburg College Sabo Center for Citizenship and Learning, the Office of the Mayor (Minneapolis), RBC Wealth Management, Minneapolis Public Schools, the University of Minnesota, and the Minnesota College Access Network. Rod Gonzalez ’04 (right) and Mayor R.T. Rybak greeted children in the Windom Spanish Dual Immersion School on College Awareness Day. Rod Gonzalez, a native of Mexico, knows first hand the challenges of learning another language and succeeding well enough in school to get into college. He joined Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak on “I Know I Can” College Awareness Day as they read to third-graders in both English and Spanish at the Windom Spanish Dual Immersion School. The 20 to 30 children in the class were about half native Spanish-speakers and half Spanish learners. Gonzalez spoke Spanish with them, telling them about how he had decided he wanted to study business and make decisions about college. Asking the children what they wanted to do when they grew up elicited a variety of responses. “There were some who wanted to be firefighters and police, and there was one girl who wanted to be a paleontologist,” Gonzalez says. “Obviously they had been thinking about what they wanted to do in the future.” After Rybak read I Know I Can to the class, he and Gonzalez introduced themselves to each of the children. “We reminded them that in order to go to college, they had to start early, study hard, and do their homework,” Gonzalez says. Gonzalez graduated from Augsburg in 2004 with a finance major and French minor, and he studied in Paris. With help from the Center for Service, Work, and Learning, he interviewed with RBC Wealth Management and began a 12-month rotational program internship, which helped him discover his interests within the company and match his skills to jobs. For the past seven years he has worked at RBC as a fixed income strategist. In January, Gonzalez was honored with the 2010 Irv Weiser Diversity Award, which recognizes and rewards an individual in the company who exhibits RBC’s commitment to diversity. He recently moved to Chicago to continue his work with RBC Wealth Management and to begin an MBA program at the University of Chicago. BETSEY NORGARD Spring 2011 5 ‘A Tale of Two Cities’—a Report on Civic Health Minneapolis-St. Paul enjoys the highest civic health of any metropolitan area in the country, according to a report released by Augsburg’s Center for Democracy and Citizenship (CDC). People in the Twin Cities are the most engaged in their communities—they are more likely to volunteer, to participate in community activities, to vote, and to engage with their neighbors. This healthy civic behavior correlates with greater economic well-being and individual health and happiness. The report, “A Tale of Two Cities,” is a joint project of the National Council on Citizenship (NCOC), the Florida Joint Center for Citizenship, and the CDC. It compares Minneapolis-St. Paul with Miami, which is shown to be the country’s least civically engaged city. While the two metro areas differ in many factors, the report indicates that these differences—including demographic measures of education and income—do not explain the disparities in their civic engagement. The report identifies several areas that contribute to the higher levels of Twin Cities’ civic engagement: more school–community collaboration and civic learning, stronger family and social networks, higher trust and diversity in government, and higher voting rates. In a commentary for the St. Paul Pioneer Press and a blog posting for the American Democracy Project, CDC director Harry Boyte draws parallels to the Civil Rights movement, recalling when the Southern Christian Leadership Conference was formed to spread a “culture of civic empowerment” and promote nonviolence and a desire to change. Just as “the Montgomery Way” helped spread democratic © All rights reserved by The Bob Graham Center Harry Boyte, director of Augsburg’s Center for Democracy and Citizenship and senior fellow at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, participated in a project that compared levels of civic engagement in the Twin Cities and Miami. change in the South, Boyte believes in a Minnesota Way, which “teaches the skills of collaborative work across differences, connects institutions to the life of the communities, and generates a spirit of optimism that people can share their future together.” He points out that the “civic treasures” in Minnesota—including educational institutions like Augsburg that work across differences to foster a culture of civic empowerment—are critical factors in preparing students to discover how they can become agents of change to spread democratic hope and reform. Read more about “A Tale of Two Cities” and download a PDF of the report at www.ncoc.net/ttcrelease. Read Harry Boyte’s blog post at American Democracy Project at http://adpaascu.wordpress.com. BETSEY NORGARD Scholars at the Capitol On Monday, Feb. 28, 37 students and their faculty advisers from 14 colleges presented posters describing their research in various disciplines at the Minnesota State Capitol. From biology to psychology, engineering to English, this event showcased the breadth and quality of undergraduate research happening at Minnesota’s private colleges. Augsburg representatives were: Jessica Pfaffendorf and Professor James Vela-McConnell Facebook: Making the World More Connected? 6 Michael Wilson and Professor Eric Buffalohead The Impact of Intertribal Transmission on the Design Aesthetic of the Grass Dance Augsburg Now When President Paul Pribbenow came to Augsburg in 2006, he discovered a gap between the two sides of the small campus. “There was this natural divide… Melby and Kennedy [athletic facilities] on one side of campus, and, even though we’re a small campus, it seemed like the divide was both geographical and it was also symbolic in some ways—there wasn’t a connection between the two sides,” he says. His goal was to bridge the philosophical gap and to fully incorporate Augsburg’s intercollegiate athletic program into the broader campus community. In the pursuit, Augsburg has become an emerging leader in both the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. Since 2007, Pribbenow has served as chairelect and chair of the MIAC Presidents Council, leading a move to redefine the institutional leadership within the conference. He has also worked to increase its influence within NCAA Division III, the largest of NCAA’s three divisions. “We … think that the presidents need to be involved in the strategy and priorities of the conference, making sure that our student-athletes are having the kinds of experiences we want them to have. That’s the best of the Division III ideal.” Augsburg’s influence will not end with Pribbenow’s term. Augsburg’s faculty athletic representative (FAR) to MIAC, Tracy Bibelnieks, associate professor of mathematics, will begin a two-year term as chair of the FAR group this August. Athletic director Jeff Swenson also serves as chair-elect of MIAC’s athletic directors and will assume a two-year role as committee chair in 2013. A faculty athletic representative is a liaison between the faculty and athletics and an advocate for student-athlete affairs, while also serving as part of the conference’s chain of legislation. Bibelnieks will also serve on the conference’s Executive Committee. “The Division III philosophy of giving students an opportunity to excel in both the academic and athletic aspects of their experience here requires that we be able to have an understanding across the campus of what that balance looks like for students. Certainly, faculty play a significant role,” Bibelnieks says. “There has to be a check and balance in how you keep those wants and needs in balance with each other, both in the academic realm and the athletic realm.” DON STONER serving Auggie athletics President Pribbenow finishes his term as chair of the MIAC Presidents Council as Professor Tracy Bibelnieks begins her term as chair of the faculty athletic representatives. Jeff Swenson (not pictured) is chairelect of MIAC’s athletic directors. Spring 2011 7 my Auggie experience Like father, like daughter—Katie and Karsten Nelson For Katie Nelson ’14, the Augsburg experience is just beginning. But for her dad, Rev. Karsten Nelson ’83, it is simply continuing. When it came time for Katie to consider college, of course her father suggested Augsburg. In fact, he had been grooming her to be an Auggie since she was a child. “We were planting the seed when she was three years old,” Karsten says, “by throwing Augsburg sweatshirts on her.” But Katie was reluctant to enroll at her dad’s alma mater. On the day she came to campus for a visit, it was a dreary fall day. “I was thinking, ‘You know, dad, this is clearly your school. How in the world would I ever make it mine?’” Karsten says he remembers that first visit. “I was excited to give her a ride back home and find out what she thought. When she said she didn’t think it could be her school, it was one of those disheartening times where you say, ‘Oh no.’” After visiting several other area schools, Katie decided on Augsburg in part because of the location and the strong sense of community, but also because of its disability programs and attention to access for disabled students. “I love that Augsburg has tunnels,” Katie says. She knew she wanted a small campus with a close-knit community, a diverse campus with many opportunities, and an open and friendly place. “And Augsburg was definitely it.” In her first year of college, Katie has certainly made Augsburg hers—making new friends, getting involved as a tutor for neighborhood Somali residents, and even hosting weekly Disney movie-watching parties in her dorm room. Karsten Nelson was a student at Augsburg in the early 1980s, studying communication. He went on to graduate school at Luther Seminary and currently serves as pastor at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in St. Paul. He has also served on Augsburg’s alumni board. “There are a number of changes,” he says, noting that the buildings, the diversity of the student body, and the academic atmosphere are different than when he was in school. He also likes to tell Katie that the kitchen of the house where he used to live is in the same spot as the front doors of Oren Gateway Center. At the same time, Karsten says, a lot of things have stayed the same. “It has continued to be a place that has a great grounding of faith for people to explore and to wonder and to be challenged,” he says. Today Karsten is enjoying returning to Augsburg and seeing it through his daughter’s eyes. “It’s really fun to see Katie in her own setting with friends and connections.” He says that after one semester, Augsburg has exceeded his expectations in providing a sense of community, intellectual stimulation, and a foundation in faith for his 8 Augsburg Now daughter, “as well as her own growth and independence,” he adds. “Augsburg has drawn out more from Katie than we saw for her.” Katie receives services from Augsburg’s ACCESS Center, a unique program that provides services and support to students with documented physical disabilities. Her dad is grateful for the people who have provided assistance to her and allowed her to find independence. Katie says that not only the ACCESS staff but also her personal care attendants, her classmates, and people from the community are supporting her. “I can do almost anything on my own, and I have a lot more freedom to decide my own fate.” Both Katie and Karsten think of Augsburg as their home away from home. “It has been for me,” Karsten says, “and I think it is becoming that again.” WENDI WHEELER’06 auggie voices Vocation in an interfaith context I think about Augsburg’s mission statement and general education student learning outcomes—a lot. It makes sense. They shape and direct my work in and out of the classroom. At the same time, that very work, my colleagues, and my students inform my understanding of these statements and sustain my commitment to the realities and possibilities they create. At the center of my thought most recently is Augsburg’s call to intentional diversity coupled with our college-wide commitment to the theological exploration of vocation. All things considered, it was no surprise to me when I walked into my fall sections of REL 200 Christian Vocation and the Search for Meaning II and encountered a wide array of religious traditions and commitments among my students: Buddhist, Muslim, Christian (Catholic, ELCA-Lutheran, LCMSLutheran, United Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, and six or so other denominations), and students who identified as agnostic and atheistic. Some of them grew up in a tradition, others did not. And, at least six of my 55 students named the Shamanistic tradition as their own. In this rich and exciting pluralistic context, what am I called to do? How do I both express the depth and history and promise of the Christian, particularly Lutheran, understanding of vocation while affirming the presence and possibilities proffered by each student’s tradition? In the end, I invite students to conversation the only way I can—openly and honestly. I speak from my own particular context and perspective, and I invite them to do the same. I insert the voice of Dietrich Bonhoeffer—who describes vocation as responsible action in response to God—into the conversation, and they insert the voices of Dorothy Day and the Dalai Lama, for example. In the title of my course I add parentheses around the word “Christian” and, together, my students and I add the words “and justice”: REL 200 (Christian) Vocation and the Search for Meaning and Justice. In this rich and exciting pluralistic context, this is what I am called to do. LORI BRANDT HALE is associate professor of religion and director of general education. The above is adapted from devotional thoughts she presented at Augsburg‘s Leadership Council. Spring 2011 9 faith & values Talking about faith and values BY WENDI WHEELER ’06 While Chris Stedman ’08 was studying religion at Augsburg, he avoided engaging in any conversations about the subject of his beliefs, God, or religion. So how did a student who wouldn’t talk about religion manage to graduate, go on to get a master’s degree in religion, and become a prominent and respected voice in interfaith dialogue? He stopped talking about religion and started talking about values. “I came to Augsburg after a number of years of struggling with religious identity and sexual orientation,” says Stedman, “but I felt like ministry was what I was called to do.” After his first semester, Stedman declared himself an atheist, but he kept quiet about it and continued pursuing a major in religion. In fact, he says he developed a negative stance on religion and God. “I didn’t really want to engage with it on the real world level.” Stedman worked with Augsburg’s Campus Kitchen program serving meals at the Brian Coyle Center once a week during his first year of college and eventually became a member of the leadership team. The Coyle Center serves many of the Muslim residents in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood. Even in this environment he was hesitant to engage in dialogue with anyone about faith or values. “One day I stayed a little late and had a conversation with a woman, and out of the blue she told me that sometimes she gets 10 Augsburg Now really nervous about going out in public because of her hijab [head scarf].” Normally, Stedman recalls, he would have ended the conversation, but he surprisingly found himself saying he could relate with the woman’s feelings because he felt nervous about going out in public with his boyfriend. “She asked what gives me strength and told me she got hers from Allah,” Stedman says. Later he realized the woman was inviting him into a conversation about values and about how they both lived in the world where people judged them, but he was unwilling at that time to talk more with her. It wasn’t until after graduation that Stedman began to open up about his values and beliefs. He was working in a group home for adults with developmental disabilities and had a particularly good relationship with one gentleman who often asked Stedman to read to him. One day, he recalls, the man asked Stedman to read from a Lutheran book of prayers. “My initial instinct was to say no,” Stedman says, but he read with the man. “I expected to feel either very irritated or to have a longing to return to something that was once so important to me, but I felt neither.” Instead, Stedman experienced relief and gratitude because he had shared in an important part of another person’s life. “We really lose out when we are afraid of those who have dif- CHRIS STEDMAN ’08 ferent beliefs from ours because it prevents us from engaging and developing meaningful relationships.” This experience served as the beginning of Stedman’s conversion from a silent religion major to a vocal member of the interfaith movement. Today he identifies as a secular humanist, reflecting a philosophy based on reason and compassion that does not include belief in a god. He writes often about seeking respect for religion among the community of nonbelievers, about identifying common values between believers and nonbelievers. Stedman went on to obtain a master’s degree in religion from the Meadville Lombard Theological School at the University of Chicago. In the summer following his first year of graduate school, he began an internship with the Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC), a program founded by Eboo Patel. IFYC works with young leaders, primarily college students, helping to promote religious pluralism through service to the community. Stedman is currently the Interfaith and Community Service Fellow for the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard University. He works with Greg Epstein, the humanist chaplain, and author of Good Without God. Their work focuses on helping students initiate and organize interfaith service projects and creating positive com- munities for the nonreligious. In addition, Stedman is managing director of State of Formation at the Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue. He is also founder of the blog NonProphet Status, a columnist for the Huffington Post, and the youngest contributor to the Washington Post’s On Faith blog. Currently, he is writing a book for Beacon Press. His speaking engagements focus on fostering positive and productive dialogues between faith communities and the nonreligious. In the few years he has been doing interfaith work, Stedman says he has learned the value of working and talking with those whose beliefs may be different but whose values are similar to his own. His message to young people, particularly those who are dissatisfied with religion or who identify as nonbelievers, is to get involved. “There is value in organizing around common values and a lot to be gained from working with and learning from religious communities,” Stedman says. He encourages young people not to simply wipe their hands of involvement with religious people but to find communities where their needs can be met. “I look back on my time at Augsburg and realize I was doing interfaith work, but I left the discussion out of it. Now I am so excited to reclaim that missed opportunity.” Spring 2011 11 good coffee. good cause. Wouldn’t it be great if you could complete a project for your graduate school class, earn a passing grade, and help someone else in the process? That is what happened for a group of Augsburg MBA students. Their management consulting capstone—an online marketing research project—has the potential to help one incredible organization and at least 1,500 young people in Minneapolis. When it came time for Lynn Harris, Darren Chaloner, and Kelly Ambourn to choose an organization to work with for their MBA project, they wanted to move beyond the obvious choices. Harris says they wanted to help a local social enterprise, so she did a bit of research and found CityKid Java. CityKid Java is a local for-profit coffee company located off Lake Street in Minneapolis’ Phillips and Central neighborhoods. Every dollar of their profit is returned to the community, specifically to their non-profit partner, the Urban Ventures Leadership Foundation’s youth programs. Urban Ventures’ youth programs provide mentoring, athletic teams, camps, leadership experience, and after-school programs for at-risk inner city youth. In 2010, CityKid Java gave $80,000 to Urban Ventures. The team worked closely with MarkPeter Lundquist, CityKid’s founder and vice president of Urban Ventures; Jenifer 12 Augsburg Now BY WENDI WHEELER ’06 CityKid Java founder Mark-Peter Lundquist is passionate about coffee and kids. Augsburg MBA students completed an assignment and got much more than a grade out of it. They got some great coffee and the good feeling that comes from giving back. Hagness, general manager of CityKid; and board member Joyce Hansen. They asked what CityKid needed, outlined the deliverables, and went to work. Hagness says the team provided marketing research and recommended tools and resources that CityKid could begin using immediately. “When they came to us, we really gave them a blank slate in terms of the website. We thought we knew some things about our market and our customers, but they really gave us some great tools and resources,” Hagness says. Ultimately the team developed a Web 2.0 marketing plan including a social media strategy for increasing traffic and sales and building awareness on the CityKid website. Harris says she was excited to see how their ideas could help the organization. CityKid took the team’s information, moved ahead with their recommendations, and even dedicated an employee as their “chief listening officer” to focus on social media. Harris says CityKid also invited the team back to share feedback and the action plan they created based on the team’s work. “We didn’t see this as just a project,” Harris says. “We really took this to heart.” (Photo above) CityKid Java’s Lindquist and general manager Jenifer Hagness (on right) talk with MBA students Darren Chaloner and Lynn Harris (on left) at the skatebard ramp at CityKid’s rec center. Spring 2011 13 coffee. good cause. good Throughout the six-month project, Lundquist and Hagness treated the MBA group as a part of their team. “They were very open to questions and made our job a thousand times easier,” says Chaloner. The students were invited to sit in on board meetings and tour Urban Ventures’ facilities. Harris says she even joined Lundquist and Hagness at a local roasters “cupping” experience. This project, however, had a much greater return on investment for the students. In addition to gaining consulting experience and practical application of marketing research principles, the team had an opportunity to give back to their community. They bought the coffee, of course, but they also shared the story of CityKid Java with their classmates, family, and friends. “You can’t work with CityKid Java and not tell the story,” Chaloner says. So that is what Harris and Chaloner have continued to do even after their project was complete—tell the story of CityKid Java. It’s one of good coffee for a good cause and the opportunity to get a good grade while working with great people. world setting value The courses in the Augsburg MBA program are designed to prepare students with content knowledge and theoretical application. The MBA consulting project puts this into practice in a real-world setting. To be successful in the management consulting project, students have to crystallize their knowledge into the real demands and needs of an existing for-profit, notfor-profit, or community service organization—they must use their education to be of service to an organization. This is where their learning becomes real, and of real value, in the world. Students have worked with a broad spectrum of companies from Fortune 100 companies to much smaller organizations such as local theaters and charter schools to individual entrepreneurs starting a company. About half of the recent projects have been with local nonprofits that serve the local communitites within Minneapolis and St. Paul. 14 Augsburg Now Lynn Harris and Darren Chaloner with Kelly Ambourn (not pictured) continue to share the CityKid Java story—and drink their great coffee! calculus and so much more BY BETSEY NORGARD A dozen or so first-year students in groups of threes and fours are talking, scribbling, erasing, and rewriting equations on the board. The professor watches and offers hints as needed. Two student leaders wander around, pausing to respond to questions or give a word of praise. Sometimes students work at tables, but rarely do they listen to a lecture. Welcome to Calculus Workshop, a twice-weekly elective workshop for students enrolled in Calculus I and II. Professor Rebekah Dupont is the Augsburg coordinator of the North Star STEM Alliance, a program that seeks to increase the number of minority students who complete degrees in STEM—science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. She developed Calculus Workshop as a strategy to help these students succeed in collegelevel mathematics courses. Spring 2011 15 The workshop particularly targets the needs of underrepresented minorities, firstgeneration college students, and women in majors that require calculus, but any student taking Calculus I or II who is interested in working collaboratively and setting high performance standards is welcomed. The first workshop began as a pilot in fall and spring last year, starting with 12 students. At the end of spring semester, the results were impressive. The mostly-minority students in the workshop achieved a 0.6 higher grade point average (GPA) than the Calculus I and II students not in the workshop, despite having entered college with an overall lower average ACT score and GPA. So, now in its second year, Calculus Workshop is an official department offering. Just why is it so successful? To begin with, Dupont grounds it in the research and best practices developed for STEM students participating in workshops linked to academic courses. She designed the workshop for students to preview the material to be presented in their calculus class, reinforce it, and synthesize it by working together to solve problems. The intent of the workshop is not remedial, but to promote high levels of academic excellence, which also promotes retention. Its major objective is to build community and collaboration among stu- Professor Rebekah Dupont coaches the students in Calculus Workshop. The North Star STEM Alliance is … A program funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), through the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP). • The Minnesota North Star STEM Alliance is a partnership of 16 higher education institutions plus the Science Museum of Minnesota and the Minnesota High Tech Association. • Its goal is to double the number of minority students receiving bachelor’s degrees in STEM in a five-year period. • Its objectives are to provide support, tutoring, supplemental instruction; engage students through faculty mentorship and research; explore career directions; and build community among students. 16 Augsburg Now dents, who, in this case, are mostly in their first year. Not your classroom calculus Jazmine Darden took the pilot Calculus Workshop last year and credits it in large part for the grade she received in Calculus I. One factor for her was that the workshop is hands-on, not class lectures. “Workshop teaches in a different manner … There are many days that we, the students, are up at the chalkboard solving problems,” says Darden. “Or other times we are given worksheets and work in small groups … Workshop is a very team-oriented and group-oriented environment.” Darden also finds the workshop a comfortable environment. “Workshop is very diverse,” she continues. “It’s nice to walk into Workshop and see other students just like me. It gives us all an extra push to strive for success.” Mathematics + opportunities In addition to building community, the workshop has emerged as an effective means for Dupont to connect first-year students with leadership, academic, and research opportunities. In some cases, these are opportunities such as study abroad and Fulbright awards that wouldn’t be familiar to students whose parents have not attended college. “We have so many programs to support and help students, but they have to get connected to them,” Dupont says. “They have to hear about these opportunities and then start thinking about them.” Several of last year’s students have become McNair Scholars, which provides them summer research and ongoing support to apply to graduate school. Some have joined the North Star STEM program and work closely with Dupont. It was in this workshop where sophomore Fred Vedasto heard about the Minneapolis schools’ summer Guys In Science and Engineering (GISE) program, which brings middle-school boys to Augsburg for hands-on science exploration, with Augsburg students hired as mentors. “It was all about the kids for me,” Vedasto says. He loved feeling like a “big brother” while helping teach them science— it meant letting them have some fun and fool around, but also making sure they got the work done. Workshop big brothers and sisters Two student mentors assist Dupont in the workshop. These students also offer help beyond calculus. One of last year’s mentors, Research— jumping right in Gaby Hamerlinck, was a senior biology and math major. She says that she and junior Tom Lopez, another mentor, helped students prepare for exams, learn how to approach their professors, and answer questions about college life. “There were a few student-athletes in the group who did not think that a math major and collegiate sports could work in their schedule,” Hamerlinck says. “But being a multi-sport athlete as well, I was able to help them with time management, which allowed them to succeed on and off the field.” This year’s student mentors are Darden and Trevor Rodriguez Sotelo, both sophomores and workshop students from last year. They are closer in age to the workshop students and believe this makes a difference in connecting with their mentees around campus, sometimes eating and studying together. “Workshop has allowed me to build relationships with many first-year students in and out of the classroom,” says Darden. “I don’t like to be called a tutor to these students because I have built a relationship that is so much more.” “As a student leader, it’s important to be a positive role model in the classroom,” says Rodriguez Sotelo. “… but my biggest challenge has been how to be a positive role model of life. … I hope that if I can teach them a thing or two about schoolwork and also about everyday life, they will have a more enjoyable experience throughout their college career.” Students in the workshop are expected to set high goals for themselves. While first-year students do not usually begin research in their first year, Dupont seeks funding and encourages them to connect with faculty about research opportunities. Sometimes it takes a little push from Dupont—which is how Vedasto got into his physics research project last spring. “She was asking,” he says, “but it wasn’t a question.” With NASA funding, physics professor David Murr, junior Chris Woehle, and Vedasto developed a payload of instruments to measure light that was launched in a rocket 40 miles high as part of a nine-college project. Vedasto determined the rocket’s navigation using math calculations. He plans to continue research with Murr again this summer. Vedasto says the research helped him figure out his interests. “I always thought I wanted to be an electrical engineer, and my research confirmed this,” he says. “It was fun, interesting, and helped me get a feel for what I wanted to do.” Last spring, Dupont also helped Hamerlinck and first-year student Kayla Johnson secure funding for research with mathematics professor John Zobitz, who had taught calculus to both of them. They studied the spread of the flu through a contained population of Augsburg day students. With the project, Hamerlinck and Johnson had to face the challenges of learning how to present their research at poster sessions, which they did at three events in late spring. “It was a great experience, and I wish I had been able to do it sooner in my career at Augsburg,” Hamerlinck says. “But FRED VEDASTO ’13 [About getting involved in research] “Professor Dupont was asking us, but it wasn’t a question.” Spring 2011 17 KAYLA JOHNSON ’13 “I’m so glad I filled out that application for Workshop … Isn’t it crazy how one choice can make such a huge impact on someone’s life?” I’m so proud of Kayla for getting it done her freshman year!” Working together with Hamerlinck was great for Johnson. “Gaby pushed me, helping me with study skills, with balancing my time, and mainly showing me that I could do it.” This combination of faculty, upper-level student, and first-year student research is a nontraditional model, but proving especially important to increase the participation of underrepresented groups in mathematics, Zobitz says. “Gaby gave Kayla some helpful advice about courses and navigating a four-year degree that I (as her adviser) could not.” What does Zobitz see the students gain from the research experience? “The first-year students see a direct connection between their coursework and research topics,” he says. “For Kayla, I tried to give specific readings commensurate with her skills, typically tied to her calculus textbook.” “The upper-level students have an opportunity for reinforcement of previouslylearned skills by having to communicate with younger students,” continues Zobitz. “More importantly, this is an opportunity for mentorship and collaboration. … It was important to foster a sense of community 18 Augsburg Now that this is a shared, collaborative endeavor, rather than each person pursuing their own individual research.” Especially exciting for Dupont last summer was to secure research spots for all six of the North Star STEM workshop students by the end of their first year. An incredibly valuable experience Students have high regard for Calculus Workshop, even those who may have signed on reluctantly because of the extra time involved. One student, with a heavy work schedule in addition to classes, found out how valuable the workshop could be when his Calculus I grade improved from a failing first test to a score in the 90s on a subsequent one. Dupont enjoys watching the growth of the students. “At the beginning, going to the board was so hard for them,” she says. “They’re so smart and have ideas in their head, but they fear they’re wrong. For them, it’s about gaining the confidence to be on their feet and get to the point where they want to know how to fix what they do wrong and take that understanding to the next level.” Hamerlinck, who is now working toward a PhD in evolutionary biology on a scholarship at the University of Iowa, agrees: “The best part for me was watching the students grow more confident in themselves and their academic skills.” For Kirubel Gezehegn, a current student in the workshop who graduated from British schools in Zimbabwe, the transition to American college life was difficult. “The workshop prepared me for learning about American education, seeing that processes here are different, and it helped my understanding.” He welcomes the challenges—“I don’t want to breeze through and think about what I could have done with the time.” It’s clear, however, among all students, that a key to much of the workshop success has been the leadership of Dupont, whom Vedasto refers to as “the godmother of our class.” Darden says, “I am so thankful for all the opportunities I have been given in the last couple of years due to North Star STEM, Rebekah Dupont, and my upper-class mentors.” She says that there’s nothing she would rather do than “give back and try my best to give these opportunities to other students.” In an e-mail to Dupont, Johnson writes, “Without your help and my experience in Workshop, I would have missed out on so many opportunities.” She continues, “I’m so glad I said ‘why not?’ and filled out that application for Workshop. … Isn’t it crazy how one choice can make such a huge impact on someone’s life?” Student research at Augsburg It’s not uncommon to associate “research” with a scientific laboratory, microscopes, and tiny glass slides smeared with cells. But research at Augsburg is more than Bunsen burners and petri dishes. Every year students in the natural and social sciences, the humanities, and the arts conduct intensive 10-week summer projects as well as ongoing projects throughout the year. Last summer alone, students wrote music and screenplays, tested the water quality in Rice Creek, studied aggression in Girl Scouts, produced wearable art, and tried to find a body mass index for dogs—among other things. Student research is funded from a variety of sources: grants provided by the Office of Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity (URGO), the McNair Scholars program, a NASA Space Physics grant, the Northstar STEM Alliance, and Augsburg donors. The funds not only allow students to focus on their projects for 40 hours a week in the summer but also provide opportunities for them to travel to national conferences to present their work. Here we highlight the work of six outstanding Augsburg undergraduates—students whom we may see winning awards or publishing scholarly journal articles in the future. To meet some of these student researchers and many others, attend Zyzzogeton, Augsburg’s annual celebration of academic and artistic student achievement. The spring 2011 Zyzzogeton student research poster session will be held Wednesday, April 13 from 3-5 p.m. in the Oren Gateway Center atrium. BY WENDI WHEELER ’06 To watch videos of four other students who spent last summer researching algae, biodiesel, dogs, and songwriting, go to www.augsburg.edu/now justin ingebretson The Effect of Dopaminergic Neurotoxins on Daphnia magna Swimming Behavior Faculty adviser, Matt Beckman Justin Ingebretson spent a good deal of his summer shooting video of swimming water fleas. Actually, he was filming perturbed water fleas, also known as Daphnia magna. The purpose was to understand the role that certain neurotoxins have in motor behavior, with applications for humans suffering from disorders like Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis. Ingebretson presented his research at the national conference of the Annual Society for Neuroscience, where he says he was able to hold his head high next to students from multimillion-dollar research institutions. A member of the recovery community who at one time did not see college in his future, this promising scientist says, “I feel honored that the faculty and this college entrusted me to represent them.” 20 Augsburg Now becky shaheen Art Song: Poetry into Music Faculty adviser, Sonja Thompson You wouldn’t think a recipe or a letter to Miss Manners would make for a good song, but Becky Shaheen ’11 knows otherwise. A talented musician and composer in her own right, Shaheen researched the relationship between text and music using the art song, a classical form that incorporates piano and voice. She analyzed the work of different composers and wrote seven songs, one for each of seven composer-poet teams. Shaheen’s project emphasizes that research is not only for students in the sciences. “This project was created exclusively by me and really fed my passions,” she says. In addition to funding her summer research, the URGO program also provided funds for Shaheen to travel to the Vancouver International Song Institute where she workshopped her pieces with singers and composers. Spring 2011 21 tom lopez Construction of a Magnetic Needle Viscometer for Use in Research and Undergraduate Education Faculty adviser, Benjamin Stottrup Three years ago Tom Lopez, then a first-year mathematics and physics major, went to Google’s scholar database and typed the words “magnetic lipids.” No, these aren’t typical search terms for the average student, but Lopez isn’t the average student. A former construction foreman, Lopez entered Augsburg at the age of 27. He became interested in research after completing a project for his general physics course and meeting professor Ben Stottrup. Since that first summer, Lopez has had his research fully funded through the McNair program, a NASA Space Physics grant, the Computational Science Training for Undergraduates in the Mathematical Sciences (CSUMS), and the North Star STEM Alliance. He’s applied to graduate school and hopes one day to return to the classroom as a professor. “I want to be able to mentor students and introduce them to opportunities like the ones I have had at Augsburg,” he says. 22 Augsburg Now lucreshia grant Hair Is, Hair Ain’t: Black Women and the Meaning of Their Hair Faculty adviser, Jessica Nathanson When Lucreshia Grant shaved her head a couple of years ago, her friends started calling her “Mikey” and asking if she was going through some kind of phase. Then when she began growing dreadlocks, they asked if she was still going to be able to get a job after college. All this caused Grant to ask, “What does my hair mean?” Augsburg’s McNair research program allowed her to ask this same question of several black women. She learned that hair shapes women’s identities as well as their vocabularies, and she explored how black women’s attempts to change their hair were both an assimilation of a white standard of beauty as well as an exploration of the versatility of black hair. A sociology and psychology major with a minor in women’s studies, Grant hopes she can continue this research one day in graduate school. Spring 2011 23 walker krepps Quantitative EEG as a Bio-Marker for Addiction Risk Faculty adviser, Henry Yoon Sometimes research is boring. Even research that results in a new discovery can start out with some mundane tasks. But every once in a while, a student is able to be involved in research that has the potential to break new ground in its field. Such is the case with Walker Krepps and his work with psychology professor Henry Yoon. They have connected with a University of Minnesota team to examine brain waves that may predict the tendency toward addictive behavior in children of alcoholic and addict parents. What makes this so exciting for Krepps is the opportunity to conduct tests on a “perfect sample,” namely students in Augsburg’s StepUP® residential recovery community. 24 Augsburg Now kathleen watson The Dramaturgical Process in Context: Sketches of Eastern European Jews at the Turn of the Century Faculty adviser, Sarah Myers Theatre-goers have undoubtedly seen the listing of a “dramaturg” in the playbill at their local playhouse and wondered what it meant. Kathleen Watson wondered, too, and spent the first few days of her research project trying to figure out how to explain it. In the case of her project, Watson worked with theatre professor Sarah Myers to provide the historical and creative research for Myers’ play based on her family history. Watson immersed herself in Jewish culture and history, learning about Jews who entered the U.S. through Galveston, Tex., reading letters and looking at photos found in Myers’ grandmother’s attic, and even becoming a fan of klezmer music. “I learned some naughty words in Yiddish, too,” she says. Watson plans to attend graduate school for dramaturgy. “It gets under my skin. I could do it all day, every day.” And now she can explain what it is as well. Spring 2011 25 International Programs Photo Contest 3 explore experience 26 challenge discover Augsburg Now Photojournalism 1 First place “Comfort Women Protest” Tracy Olsen South Korea 2 Second place “Love and Heineken” Nora Dahlberg France 3 Third place “La Cueca” Erika Osterbur Chile Also winner of the People’s Choice Award 1 2 Landscape/Cityscape 1 First place “Seoul from Namsan Tower” Tracy Olsen South Korea 2 Second place “Nueva Esperanza” Katherine Walker El Salvador 3 Third place “Daybreak” Kate Woolever Thailand 2 3 1 Spring 2011 27 Portrait 1 First place “Bird Man” Nora Dahlberg France 3 Third place “A Blessing” Jeffrey Xiong Thailand 2 Second place “Gazing toward Change” Chelsie Duckworth Mexico 1 2009-10 Study Abroad by the Numbers 274 Augsburg students studied abroad 66% female and 34% male 14 Augsburg faculty-led programs 47% Studied in Latin America and the Caribbean 9% 2 Studied in Asia 31% Studied in Europe 11% Increase in students studying abroad from 2008-09 to 2009-10 28 Augsburg Now 3 auggie alumni news From the Alumni Board president … Dear fellow alumni, ransition takes many forms, and occurs at many points throughout our lives. Important to living with transition is our continued growth—growth through education, growth through volunteer work, or growth through professional development—and education is one of the many ways to spark that growth in our lives. Consider how you can embrace transition through learning—especially in a rich learning environment like the one at Augsburg College. Learning and enlightenment open doors of opportunity that you can only imagine—your first job, a promotion, or reflection on a satisfying career. Each has rewards that will benefit both you and the people with whom you interact. Continuing your education can provide a keen awareness in an ever-changing world, and can enable you to engage the world in a meaningful way, as well as adapt to new experiences and change more readily. Transition is a normal part of life! Why not consider the richness of opportunities to embrace transition by becoming an active alumnus/a, or by re-engaging with Augsburg? T JOHN STADLER ’07 MAL PRESIDENT OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION P.S. The Alumni Board is looking for a few new leaders! To receive more information about becoming a member of this dynamic group, contact the Office of Alumni and Constituent Relations at alumni@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1085. Alumni Board 2010-11 Front row (left to right): John Stadler ’07 MAL, Chris Hallin ’88, Maggie Tatton ’01, Misti Allen Binsfeld ’93; Back row (left to right): Jennifer M. Carlson ’91; Chad Darr ’04; Sharon Mercill ’09; Nancy Nordlund ’91, ’07 MAL; Holly Ebnet Knutson ’03, ’07 MBA; Sarah Grans ’01; Daniel Hickle ’95; Chris Ascher ’81; Michael Loney ’03 Save the Date! Homecoming 2011 October 17–23, 2011 Reunion Classes 50th reunion—1961 40th reunion—1971 25th reunion—1986 10th reunion—2001 If you would like to help make your reunion a success, contact the Office of Alumni and Constituent Relations at 612-330-1085 or alumni@augsburg.edu. Go to www.augsburg.edu/homecoming for updates and reunion information. Spring 2011 29 auggie alumni news Young Alumni Council Estate sales group: Outreach + service = tangible outcomes A little history: The Augsburg College Associates began to conduct estate sales in 1996— 15 years ago. However, the idea of raising funds to help with College projects began with the founding of the Augsburg College Associates in 1984-85. The first very large and challenging project was funding a new pipe organ for Hoversten Chapel in the new Foss Center. The Associates held one gigantic “Trash and Treasures” sale in Melby Hall. It was a huge success and continued to be held each fall until the old music hall was razed and the Associates’ storage space was no longer available. Eager to find a new source of funds, the group began conducting estate sales in 1996. Coordination, leadership, and expertise over the years have been provided by scores of loyal, energetic volunteers. The Augsburg Associates have conducted a total of 62 sales through 2010, earning approximately $136,000, which has helped fund campus renovations, support for new buildings, and the establishment of several scholarships. The Augsburg Associates is a people-powered organization in need of constant refueling. The group is as strong as its numbers. Imagine the possibilities if they could increase the number of Associates and friends who would participate in this outreach and income-producing program. Contact Kate Anderson at 651-645-3262 or andersoc@visi.com if you are willing to be added to the list of estate sales associates. There is another way you can help that does not involve a commitment of time—help pass the word to your friends and neighbors about the Augsburg Associates’ estate sale services. Potential clients should contact the Office of Alumni and Constituent Relations at 612-330-1085. The Young Alumni Council is busy planning great events for Summer 2011. Join the Augsburg College Young Alumni group on Facebook and check the alumni calendar for a full schedule. Front row (left to right): Cory Allen ’07, John MacCormick ’10, Lauren Back ’08, Teresa Barnhill ’08, Robert Wagner ’02, Ali Fitzpatrick ’11; Back row (left to right): Mark Matzek ’05, Maria Helgerson ’07, Jennifer Oliver ’07, Nick Slack ’02, Cody Tresselt-Warren ’09, David Lange ’08, Nick Swanson ’09, Megan Benrud ’10, Charles Sletten ’09, Beth Franklin ’09, Missy Motl ’06, Julia Mensing ’00, ’07 MBA Enjoy recordings of Augsburg’s music 2010 Advent Vespers service—music, liturgy, and hymns A two-disc set is $25. To order, go to www.augsburg.edu/vespers. Augsburg Choir Legacy Recordings, 1949–1979 Three boxed sets, each with five CDs, plus a monograph about the life and career of Leland B. Sateren with each order: • From Opseth to Sateren (1949–1962) • Sateren Intermezzo (1964–1972) • Sateren Finale (1972–1979) Cost: $49 per box (5 CDs); $135 for all three sets (15 CDs), plus shipping and handling. To order, go to www.augsburg.edu/music/saterenCD.html or call the Augsburg College Bookstore at 612-359-6491. Watch for these— coming later this spring! The Augsburg Choir, “Stay with Us” Augsburg Jazz, Volume II My Song in 1 1 1 17 The 31st An nual Augsburg 30 Augsburg Now the Night College Adven t Vespers Alumni artists— call for submissions auggies VOLUNTEER Augsburg Alumni Juried Show 2011 The Augsburg art galleries are pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for alumni to show their artwork in a juried exhibition featured in both the Gage Family Art Gallery and Christensen Center Art Gallery opening in early August. Each artist may submit up to three images. The submission deadline is June 24; notifications of acceptance will be sent out July 12. For more information about the Augsburg Alumni Juried Show, go to www.augsburg.edu/galleries or e-mail gallery@augsburg.edu. Feed My Starving Children In mid-January, 75 Augsburg volunteers of all ages gathered in Coon Rapids to work together with other volunteers to package meals for hungry children around the world. During the session, more than 22,000 meals were packaged, which would be made available through the Feed My Starving Children program. Thank you to all who participated in this effort, once again demonstrating the difference alumni continue to make living out the values gained as Augsburg students, giving back and helping others. Called to Lead: An invitation If you wonder where you are going in your professional and personal life and feel you could be doing something more significant, you are invited to explore “Called to Lead,” a four-week intensive experience for Augsburg alumni and friends of the College. Explore the challenges of leadership, the nature of servant leadership, the centered life, seeing things whole, and development of your strategic game plan. Facilitators include Professors Tom Morgan, Jack Fortin, and Norma Noonan. The workshop is co-sponsored by the Augsburg Center for Faith and Learning and the Center for Leadership Studies. Spend four spring mornings before work—April 26 and May 3, 10, and 17 from 7:30 to 9 a.m.—and emerge energized and renewed for new challenges in your life. For more information and an application, contact Norma Noonan at noonan@augsburg.edu. The total cost is $200, which includes books, weekly breakfasts, and all sessions. Registration closes April 11. Above left: Jennifer Oliver ’07 and Carolyn Mollner ’07 Left: Amy Forsberg ’95 and her children, Aubrey and Olin. A journey to the Holy Land with Professor Philip A. Quanbeck II Encounter the geography, places, and people of the Holy Land. Visit Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Caesarea, Capernaum, Sea of Galilee, Dead Sea, and much more on a journey departing in early January 2012. Woven into the itinerary are opportunities to share in dialogue with local community leaders. Return home with a broader and deeper understanding of a land that is holy for the world’s three monotheistic religions. The cost for this comprehensive program includes airfare from the Twin Cities and a carefully planned and paced schedule of activities The Mount of Beatitudes is topped by a Catholic chapel built by the Franciscan Sisters. and site visits—along with select accommodations, most meals, special educational programming, and a licensed guide throughout. To receive further information as details are finalized, contact Alumni Relations at alumni@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1085. Spring 2011 31 alumni class notes Frank Ario was featured on 50KARE-11 TV in Minneapolis in December, recalling his experience fighting in a tank batallion in Europe during the Battle of the Bulge in 1944. He taught economics and philosophy at Washburn High School for 30 years, and in retirement he has volunteered at the Veterans Hospital in Minneapolis. He and Georgette (Lanes) ’50 have been married for more than 60 years. to share their building, including a Mennonite congregation and a First Nations worship center. Douglas Emerson was honored 66on January 15 as the Man of the Year by the San Benito County (Calif.) Chamber of Commerce. Since 2005 he has served as city councilman and in 2008 became mayor of Hollister, Calif. Nancy Brown-Koeller, received Margaret “Grit” Youngquist was in Marketing Awards given to the North American marketing organization at Kimberly-Clark Corp. She led a team that received the award for a workshop to educate about the challenges senior citizens face when shopping or using products or services. It was featured in the Wall Street Journal business section in September 2009. Hubbard Maternal and Child Health Leadership Award from the Minnesota Department of Health that recognizes leadership and achievements in promoting good health for mothers, children, and youth. She is the adolescent health and healthy youth development coordinator for the Ramsey County Public Health Department. Richard Pearson was elected in November to the board of directors of North American State Bank of Willmar, Belgrade, and Elrose. He is now retired, after a 34-year career in senior financial positions in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. 84ate vice president of develop- 74one of the seven 2010 Legacy 79awarded the 21st annual Betty Susan Nelson, Moline, Ill., re- Dr. Leland Fairbanks, Tempe, Ariz., in his retirement from the Indian Health Service and U.S. Public Health Service, is actively advocating a ban on smoking in tribal casinos. In 1983 he succeeded in passing a smoking ban at the Indian Health Service center in Phoenix, the first in the country at a health institution. 53 Lute Olson gave a speech in September in Minot, N.D., at a joint meeting of Minot service clubs as he was inducted into the Scandinavian-American Hall of Fame. 56 Rev. Ron Nelson, Winnipeg, 62Manitoba, is pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, which opened its doors 11 years ago to serve the community, inviting a variety of ministries 67tired from Davenport (Iowa) Schools in June, where she was an elementary special education teacher. She coached Iowa’s 2010 Special Olympics National Games Tennis Team, July 17–24, in Lincoln, Neb., where the team played with professional tennis player Andy Roddick. Don Lenzen will retire on June 30 after 13 years as elementary school principal in the Pequot Lakes School District. He has been in education for 42 years. 69 Jerry Johnson, Bellingham, 70Wash., teaches mathematics at Western Washington University and was awarded the Peter J. Elich Excellence in Teaching Award. He was lauded for “drawing upon realworld experiences to illustrate math concepts and reach students with a variety of learning styles.” Catherine (Mork) 48Kordahl, Mora, Minn., shared this photo from 1946, standing with her friends in front of Old Main. Lars Walker is librarian and bookstore manager for the schools of the Association of Free Lutheran Congregations in Plymouth, Minn. He is the author of several published fantasy novels, the latest of which is West Oversea, a Norse saga of mystery, adventure, and faith. Anne (Mollison) Klus is presi- 76dent and CEO of Trinity Uni- forms that will begin supplying uniforms for 51,000 healthcare providers around the country. She also is a music teacher and choir director at St. Paul Academy and Summit School. Ruth (Dahlof) Vedvik is a principal at Hardwick-Day, Inc., and has written The Financial Aid Handbook, with co-author and former Augsburg director of admissions Carol Stack. The book will be released in April by Career Press and is already online at Amazon and elsewhere. Bonnie (Lamon) Moren is an 78adapted physical education teacher/lead for Bloomington Schools. She recently received the Allen Burton Developmental Adapted Physical Education Award for outstanding efforts and contributions given to students with disabilities in the area of developmental adapted physical education by a teacher of elementary, secondary, or higher education. She has been teaching for 31 years. 32 Augsburg Now Carmela (Brown) Kranz, associ- ment of the Minnesota Medical Foundation in Minneapolis, received the 2010 Distinguished Service Award from District V of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), its top volunteer recognition for her 20 years of service. Tim Andrew was included on 88the second annual list of Top Lawyers 2010, as chosen by their peers, in Duluth-Superior Magazine. His firm, Andrew & Bransky PA, represents labor unions and employee benefit plans in Northeastern Minnesota. Karen Reed, Program III direc- 90tor at Coalinga State Hospital in Coalinga, Calif., and other music therapists celebrated 60 years of music therapy in the “Rock out the past … Roll into the future.” Earlier, in October, her staff honored her with an engraved silver journal on Bosses Day. Lisa Dietz received a 2010 Proj- 91ect Grant for Emerging Artists with Disabilities through VSA Minnesota. She is a fiber artist who has had a number of exhibitions and won prizes at the Minnesota State Fair for several years. Katie Knutson received a 2009-10 Upper Midwest Regional Emmy for part of WCCO’s promotion and marketing team in the one-time event sports category. Since June she has worked as sales and marketing director at Chanhassen Dinner Theatre. Anthony Patton has a new novel published, Treaty Violation, exploring murder and conspiracy in the spy world. Holly (Kolander) McCune, a 96former Minnesota Vikings Mary Lou (Mortensen) Nelson was awarded the 2010 Honorary Award, given by the Vincent L. Hawkinson Foundation for Peace and Justice, recognizing her many years of leadership with the United Nations Association. 45 Michelle (Wincell) and Bill 91Nielsen, Mendota Heights, Minn., welcomed baby Josephine May on October 9. She joins big sister Lena Kay, 3 1/2. Jennifer (Crego) and Chad Carls, Oak Grove, Minn., welcomed the birth cheerleader and 1998 Pro Bowl cheerleader, was recently interviewed for the “Where are they now?” magazine article about former NFL cheerleaders and players. She currently lives in Scottsdale, Ariz., with her husband and twin daughters and teaches Spanish part time. She and her daughters are also featured on pool product packages and boxes for Leslie’s Swimming Pool Supplies stores nationwide. Jackie (Heyda) and Joshua Ey- Mary Elizabeth (Brooks) and 98Jon Wroge, Norwood Young America, Minn., welcomed their beautiful and cherished gift, Aubry Ann, in April 2010. She joins big sisters Hannah and Kylie and big brother Cole. Leah (Spafford) and Taher 00of their fifth son, Isaac Victor, on March 24, 2010, who joins big broth- 02berg welcomed the birth of 02Omar, Brooklyn Center, Minn., ers Tommy, 8; Andrew, 7; Brock, 5; and Nick, 3. Chad teaches physics and chemistry in Anoka Hennepin District 11, and Jennifer is currently home with the boys. their daughter, Lydia Louise, on January 11. welcomed their son, Khalil Nur, home from Ethiopia. Jeff Ronneberg, in his second year as superintendent of the Spring Lake Park school district, was elected in the fall to the board of Learning Forward, a 13,000-member organization based in Oxford, Ohio. Trang Thanh Nguyen and her husband, Osman, welcomed their son, Noah, on Sept. 2, 2009, two weeks overdue. Trang and Osman met while she was pursuing her master’s degree in intercultural relations at Lesley University, and they were married five years later. Currently, Trang is a senior assistant director for multicultural recruitment at Wheaton College (Mass.), and Osman works as a bank examiner for the U.S. Treasury Department. They plan to return to Minnesota this year to be closer to family. 03estate for five years and re- Linda (Moffat) Sauber was ap- 94pointed director of client portfo- Judy Workman is a physician 98assistant at the Prior Lake Park Nicollet Clinic. Aaron Gabriel received a 2010 99Ivey Award in Minneapolis for his musical score for Madame Majesta’s Miracle Medicine Show. lio management services at Advantus Capital Management in St. Paul. Kjirsten Hoversten married Chris Probst on August 28. Nick Gruidl is a managing director in McGladrey’s Corporate Tax and Transactions practice and was a presenter on tax issues in a webinar for the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., in October. Cheri Johnson has won the Second Year Winter Fellowship at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Mass., for 2010–11. She has also been hired as a fiction reader at the literary magazine Our Stories. Her novel excerpt “In San Jacinto” was published in the fall/winter 2009–10 issue of Cerise Press. 96 Tara (Cesaretti) and Chris 97McLeod ’00 welcomed a baby girl, Cora, on December 7. Trena Bolden Fields wrote and 00performed a one-woman show, Daring to Think, Move, and Speak, at Dreamland Arts in January. It is a series of monologues and spirituals featuring African American women of the Civil Rights Movement. Chad Moore has been in real cently joined Weichert RealtorsTower Properties in Brainerd. Kristen Opalinski is living and working in Johannesburg, South Africa, as a communications specialist with the Lutheran Communion in Southern Africa (LUCSA). Sarah Suter was named to the 2010 “Legal Elite” attorneys in Nevada, as chosen by their peers. She practices at the firm of Ryan Mercaldo & Worthington in Las Vegas in a variety of practice areas throughout California, Nevada, and Arizona. Dara Fernandez, an attorney 04with Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker LLC, was named the Ala- Spring 2011 33 alumni class notes bama deputy representative for the Hispanic National Bar Association. She works in international law. Nikki Lemire and Kent Bodurtha ’08 were married in Hoversten Chapel on October 30. Khoi Tuan Nguyen lives in Irvine, Calif., and is a computer engineer. He is also pursuing music as a singer and a songwriter within the Vietnamese American community in Southern California. and Lindsay (Bonner) 08were married on August 28 in 02Matthew Pavelka are excited to anBrainerd, Minn. Kelly works at Med- Jason Stock joined his father’s roofing company, which has grown and diversified throughout the economic recession, becoming national leaders in sustainability solutions. They installed green roofs on major projects such as Target Center and Minneapolis City Hall. 09leader on a Thrivent Builds Laura Wade married Joe Machacek on October 9 in Lakeville, Minn. They are employed by Mystic Lake Casino and live in Burnsville, Minn. Ryan Davies and Michelle 05Arnhold were married in Grand Rapids, Minn., on June 19. Michelle works at University of WisconsinSuperior. Ryan is employed by Nortrax. They live in Duluth. Mike Matson is currently serv- 06ing a one-year internship at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Killeen, Tex., a church with many military families. He attended Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago, and the Chaplain School and Center in Fort Jackson, S.C. Following ordination, he aims to deploy as a military chaplain with an active Navy or Marine unit. Taylor Kroger and Tara Velde ’07 were married in Detroit Lakes, Minn., on August 14. Taylor works for Cappella University in Minneapolis, and Tara is a middle school math teacher in the Minneapolis School District. They live in Minneapolis. Graham Waite started a new business, Man Essentials, an online order service for men’s socks, Tshirts, and underwear. Rachel Forsberg and Tony 07Wernsing were married on June 12. 34 Augsburg Now Kameron Markworth and Lind- 05say (Plocher) ’06 were mar- Kelly (Torfin) and Phillip Ukes tox Scientific and Phillip works at Thomson Reuters. They live in Farmington, Minn. Gena Gilbertson was a co-team trip to Lautoka, Fiji's second-largest city, from October 31 to November 13 to build a two-bedroom home for Pastor Emosi Delana and his family. nounce the birth of their son, Leo Mack, born on January 7. Matthew graduated from the University of Texas Medical School at Galveston in May 2010 and is currently an emergency medicine resident at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. ried on July 10 in Stillwater, Minn. They currently live in Philadelphia where Lindsay is pursuing a master’s degree in music therapy through a teaching assistantship at Temple University. Kameron is a creative managing partner for a web publication, DrinkPhilly.com, while also seeking a performance and teaching career in music. Three Auggies were bridesmaids: Miya Kunin ’04, Megan (Feider) Druckrey ’06, and Kristi Billings ’06. Travis Lang joined Cornerstone Bank in Bismarck, N.D., as a mortgage loan consultant. Jennifer Ortloff began a new position in October as finance director for the City of Granite Falls, Minn. Previously, she was deputy city clerk in Brownton, Minn. Matt Carlson is head coach of 10the junior varsity soccer team and assistant varsity and goalkeeper coach at Stillwater High School, as well as goalkeeper coach at the University of St. Thomas. Trisha (Chevalier) and Jason 07Garvin were married on Au- gust 21. They live in Sauk Centre, Minn. Dan Kerrigan married Amber Knutson on August 21. Matthew Tonsager and Melissa 09Moberg ’10 were married by her father, Rev. Steve Moberg in Hoversten Chapel on August 14. Auggies included Dave Afdahl ’10, vocalist/pianist; Kendra Christiansen ’10, photographer; Seth Lienard ’11, videographer; Mikey Cunningham ’09, DJ; and Kristi Castelic ’10, personal attendant. Wedding party Auggies were Brian Gullick ’09, best man; Mackenzie Shiell ’10 and Kathryn Amberg ’10, bridesmaids; Rev. James Shiell ’54, Melissa’s grandfather and a reader. Graduate Programs Will Ruffin ’09 MAE, was awarded the Rochester “ABC 6 News Excellent Educator” recognition and was featured on ABC 6 News at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 26, and on the Good Morning show the next day. He was also recognized with the fifth-grade students, teachers, and his wife at his school. Buffie Blesi ’90, ’97 MAL, was interviewed by Shoreview Press in November about her business and background. After a career in financial services, she started her own company in 2009, KnowledgeSphere, a franchise business for AdviCoach, business coaching and advising services. Kevin Chou ’07 MBA and Jennifer (Tome) ’99 were married July 30 at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in St. Paul. Kevin is an independent Oracle Retail guru and Jennifer recently started a wine brokerage. They love to travel the world and currently call Savage home with their children and two Boxers. Send us your news and photos Please tell us about the news in your life, your new job, move, marriage, and births. Don’t forget to send photos! (Digital photos must be at least 300 dpi or a 1MB file.) For news of a death, printed notice is required, e.g. an obituary, funeral notice, or program from a memorial service. Send your news items, photos, or change of address by mail to: Augsburg Now Class Notes, Augsburg College, CB 146, 2211 Riverside Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55454, or e-mail alumni@augsburg.edu. You can also submit news at www.augsburg.edu/alumni. ____________________________________________________________ Full name ____________________________________________________________ Maiden name ____________________________________________________________ Class year or last year attended ____________________________________________________________ Street address In Memoriam Hannah (Mehus) Stensvaag ’38, Minneapolis, age 94, on November 14. Adrian C. Tinderholt ’38, Fergus Falls, Minn., age 94, on November 27. Theodore M. Nelson ’41, Two Harbors, Minn., age 90, on July 30. Rev. Bennett Randolph Quanbeck ’45, Monticello, Minn., age 94, on November 13. Beverly (Tollefson) Uhlenberg ’60, Distinguished Alumna 1994, Grand Forks, N.D., age 72, on December 4. ____________________________________________________________ City, State, Zip code Mary Lee (Felrath) Ebeling Pichner ’62, of Owatonna, Minn., age 70, on January 10. ____________________________________________________________ Home telephone Grace Johnson ’63, Sandstone, Minn., age 71, on October 23. Is this a new address? q Yes q No ____________________________________________________________ E-mail Okay to publish your e-mail address? q Yes q No Phyllis (Fredrickson) Stuckmayer ’64, Northfield, Minn., age 65, on January 11. ____________________________________________________________ Employer Rev. Loren Nelson ’67, Mahtowa, Minn., age 65, on October 21. ____________________________________________________________ Position IvaDell (Kleven) Rice ’48, Edina, Minn., age 80, on November 12. Glenda Potter ’76, Eagan, Minn., age 56, on January 3. ____________________________________________________________ Work telephone Lyla (Larson) Jystad ’49, Rochester, Minn., age 83, on August 12. Terri Monroe ’80, Pequot Lakes, Minn., age 59, on November 27. Is spouse also a graduate of Augsburg College? q Yes q No Thelma (Landsverk) Peacock LeBeau ’48, Eagle Butte, S.D., age 82, on October 3. Richard H. Aune ’50, St. Peter, Minn., age 82, on September 7. Rev. Benjamin Larson ’52, Ely, Minn., age 81, on November 13. Sigrunn Kvamme ’53, St. Paul, Minn., age 90, on September 28. Esther (Olesen) Freund ’54, Fremont, Neb., age 82, on November 9. Richard A. Mahre ’55, Richfield, Minn., age 77, on December 22. James A. Bye ’59, Redwood Falls, Minn., age 73, on December 12, 2009. Mary J. (Holmberg) Severson ’90, St. Anthony, Minn., age 65, on November 18. Susan (Doughty) Moes ’92, St. Paul, Minn., age 60, on November 11. Celeste O’Brien Haugen, former music faculty, Ft. Myers, Fla., on December 22. Howard E. Olson, former senior development officer and regent emeritus, St. Paul, Minn., age 89, on November 18. If yes, class year ________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Spouse’s name ____________________________________________________________ Maiden name Your news: ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ q I know a student who is interested in attending Augsburg. Spring 2011 35 it takes an Auggie A gift for the future Dean Sundquist ’81 has witnessed a few changes to Augsburg’s campus since his days as an undergraduate business major. He describes how, in the campus center during the spring of his senior year, he learned about the assassination attempt on President Reagan by watching a black-and-white television that, he quips, “probably used a coat hanger for an antenna.” Now, noting the facility renovations and technological revolutions of the past 30 years, he remarks simply, “It’s changed a lot.” Sundquist knows about progress. As chairman and CEO of Mate Precision Tooling, which specializes in metal products and laser technologies, he has not only survived the economic downturn, but also guided his company through product expansion and international growth. With offices in Minnesota, Sweden, Germany, China, and Malaysia, and more than 500 employees, Sundquist’s business is a worldwide leader in its market. To many Auggies, however, business success is not Sundquist’s biggest claim to fame. He is the founder of the Sundquist Scholars, a summer research opportunity for students in the sciences. Since 2006, the Sundquist Scholars program has provided funds and resources for five students per year to conduct summer research, either of their own design or in conjunction with a professor’s project. Sundquist claims that his interest in funding the research scholars stems from the opportunity to target his gift to a specific program. “It was more exciting than donating generally to the College,” he explains—adding quickly, “although that’s important too.” While Sundquist believes that the scholars program offers a wonderful educational experience for science students, he is also excited about the potential for their work beyond Augsburg. “Scientific improvements will propel the economy,” he explains. “Science is the way of the future for the health and living conditions of everyone in the world.” The Sundquist Scholars have certainly risen to the challenge. Among the first of these students was Brian Krohn ’08, who researched a groundbreaking method for developing bio-diesel. Krohn, Augsburg’s first Rhodes Scholar, earned a master of science degree in environmental change and management at Oxford University, and is currently pursuing a master of science in the history of science, medicine, and technology. Caryn Quist ’09, another scholar, researched orchid growth and development, was a Goldwater Scholar nominee, and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University. Besides providing a solid base for postgraduate study, the Sundquist Scholars program provides students the unique opportu- 36 Augsburg Now nity to perform high-level research in close partnership with a faculty mentor. Two of the most recent Sundquist Scholars, Trevor Rodriguez Sotelo and Gottlieb Uahengo, both current sophomores in the physics department, began their research on lipid biophysics the summer after their first year at Augsburg. Sundquist, who has met many of the Sundquist Scholars over the years, commends the students for their ambition and hard work. “They’re setting themselves up to go to grad school and to get jobs in research,” he says. “I’m awfully impressed. I really admire these students.” Sundquist has recently agreed not only to continue funding the program, but also to double its size. His donation will sponsor 50 more young scholars over the next five years. In addition, he has pledged to support the new Center for Science, Business, and Religion. He sees this project as an illustration of Augsburg’s distinctive interdisciplinary perspective. “These departments don’t seem like they would fit together,” he says, “but Augsburg showed me that they do.” Sundquist is humble about his contributions to Augsburg’s students. “If it works for them,” he says, “that’s my main criterion.” KAYLA SKARBAKKA ’09 is a writer living in Minneapolis. an augsburg legacy Michael Darling “After everything Augsburg did for me, it’s a bit of a no-brainer to give something back. That’s why I’ve named Augsburg College in my will. And even better, I’m able to say ‘thank you’ to Professor Emeritus Duane Johnson by designating part of my gift to an endowed scholarship fund in his name.” 1-800-273-0617 www.augsburg.edu/giving 2211 Riverside Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55454 Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Twin Cities, MN Permit No. 2031 Celebrating in rural Nicaragua While traveling down a rutted road in rural Nicaragua, members of Augsburg’s Board of Regents came upon a massive crowd cheering and celebrating in the middle of the road. Wonder turned to shock as the crowd turned and began running at full speed toward their bus. In the midst of the crowd was a depressed-looking bull being pushed along. The people were celebrating the Feast of St. Sebastian, which this year contained not a running of a bull, but more of a dragging. To view photos of Augsburg’s Board of Regents trip to Nicaragua, go to www.flickr.com/photos/augsburgcollege
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Show more AUGSBURG NOW SPRING 2012 VOL. 74, NO. 2 inside called Augsburg Now Magazine of Augsburg College 25The Years of Life-Changing Auggie Pastors Nobel Peace Prize Forum Travel International photo contest Writers’ challenge of place Roger Griffith ’84 pagePersonality 20 to inspire peace notes from President Pribbenow Assistant Vice President of Marketing and Communication Rebecca John rjohn@augsburg.edu Creative Associate-Editorial Wendi Wheeler ’06 wheelerw@augsburg.edu Creative Director Kathy Rumpza ’05 MAL rumpza@augsburg.edu Innovation and excellence Senior Creative Associate-Design A s I write this, there is much conversation around the country about President Obama’s challenge to colleges and universities to stem tuition increases and make higher education more accessible. It is an important challenge and one we take seriously at Augsburg. In many ways, Augsburg’s longstanding commitment to access and excellence prepares us well to address the challenge. We have developed a strategic model for using College-funded financial aid to make college accessible for a diverse student body. We are involved in ongoing efforts to link academic planning, enrollment outlooks, and a sustainable financial model. We focus our attention as a campus community on ensuring that students are at the center of our lives and that their success is our primary objective. All of these efforts are mission-based and challenge us to be open to innovative ways to ensure that Augsburg’s excellence is sustained into the future. In fact, Augsburg 2019, our strategic map, names innovation and excellence as one of our three key pathways to our future. (The others are student success and telling Augsburg’s story in word and deed.) You will read in this issue of Augsburg Now about several innovative projects, including the Nobel Peace Prize Forum (see page 9), the American Commonwealth Partnership (see page 2), and the opening of the new Gage Center for Student Success (see page 3 and back cover). All of this said, however, we still must ask ourselves a fundamental question about higher education and about Augsburg in particular. That question is this: Is it worth it? Why would any of us—parents and students who pay tuition, alumni and friends who make gifts—invest the time and energy and money that college demands? It is a question I think a good bit about, though I certainly will admit my bias as a lifelong educator. In engaging in the important public conversations about the role of higher education for our economy and democracy, there is great value in re- visiting the reasons why the sort of education Augsburg offers is worth it—for our students, graduates, and the world. I find essayist and poet (and farmer) Wendell Berry’s words in his prose-poem “Damage” particularly instructive when he writes: “No expert knows everything about every place, not even everything about any place. If one’s knowledge of one’s whereabouts is insufficient, if one’s judgment is unsound, then expert advice is of little use.” Education, in other words, is not about taking someone else’s word for it. It is about finding our own way into an understanding of our world and our whereabouts so that we might use our education to make our whereabouts safer and healthier, and more fair and just. This is how we think about education here at Augsburg. Students come here not to be filled up with someone else’s knowledge but to find and ask their own questions, to test their own hypotheses, to create their own art and music, and to engage our neighborhood and world as they learn and serve. They come here to learn about themselves, to learn with each other and with our remarkable faculty, and to learn about the world they inhabit with all its diversity and complexity. And then in a few short years, we send them out from here to use their education in service and leadership in the world. We count on them to take the questions they have asked here and knowledge they have gained about their whereabouts, and then we watch with great pride and expectation how their Augsburg education makes the world a better place for all of us. Accountability for our plans and budgets? Indeed. Innovation and excellence in support of our students? You can count on it. But in the end, we must be passionate advocates for the value—the worth—of the sort of education Augsburg offers and the difference it makes for our students and the world. I thank all of you for your support and passion. Please share our amazing story! PAUL C. PRIBBENOW, PRESIDENT Jen Nagorski ’08 nagorski@augsburg.edu Photographer Stephen Geffre geffre@augsburg.edu Director of News and Media Services Stephanie Weiss weisss@augsburg.edu Production Manager/Now Online Mark Chamberlain chamberm@augsburg.edu Sports Information Director Don Stoner stoner@augsburg.edu Director of Alumni and Constituent Relations Kim Stone stonek@augsburg.edu www.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 Send address corrections to: Advancement Services CB 142 Augsburg College 2211 Riverside Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55454 langemo@augsburg.edu E-mail: now@augsburg.edu spring 2012 augsburg now Features 9 13 24 28 Nobel Peace Prize Forum COMPILED BY REBECCA JOHN WE ARE CALLED. auggie pastors. BY WENDI WHEELER ’06 . 14 Bob Bagley ’58 16 David Lillejord ’86 18 Jeni Falkman Grangaard ’02 20 Peter Morlock ’90 22 Stephanie Quick-Espinoza ’01 9 contents 13 26 On the cover At the 24th annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum, Augsburg’s President Paul C. Pribbenow was joined by F. W. de Klerk, former South African president and 1993 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and Peter Agre ’70, 2003 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and director of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute. All photos by Stephen Geffre unless otherwise indicated. 24 26 28 International photo contest Auggie writers’ challenge COMPILED BY WENDI WHEELER ’06 The personality of place—student break room BY STEPHEN GEFFRE Departments inside front cover 2 5 6 30 31 36 40 Notes from President Pribbenow Around the Quad My Auggie experience Auggie voices Auggies in the front office Alumni news Class notes It takes an Auggie quad around the SportsExtravaganza American Commonwealth Partnership Augsburg was named coordinator of the nationwide American Commonwealth Partnership (ACP), launched in January by the White House Office of Public Engagement, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Association of American Colleges and Universities. The ACP is rooted in the recognition that education should be— must be—delivered for the common good rather than be allowed to become an individual benefit only for those who can afford it. As coordinator, Augsburg will work to deepen connections and relationships and create policies, initiatives, and practices in public engagement efforts across higher education. Read more on page 6 of this edition of Augsburg Now. Auggies majoring in physical education had the chance in November to work with more than 225 grade school kids from 27 schools during the Sports Extravaganza. All the youth who attended have developmental and/or physical needs and participated in nine different activities designed with their needs in mind. The program is a chance for future teachers to get hands-on practice working with students. Academic ACCREDITATION education Youth Day Native American More than 250 Native American youth from grades 6 through 12 were on campus January 13 for Native American Youth Day. As part of their visit, the students from eight metro-area school districts had the chance to hear Olympian Billy Mills talk about living a drug-free, alcohol-free life. Mills, who was born and raised on the Pine Ridge (Lakota) Reservation in South Dakota, also spoke about “Unity through Diversity” in an evening presentation open to the public. 2 Augsburg Now The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) Review Board granted Augsburg’s Education Department programs continued national accreditation until 2017. Accredited programs include initial licensure programs in elementary, secondary, and special education at the undergraduate and graduate level. NCATE also granted a two-year accreditation to advanced licensure programs. In addition, the department’s teaching and service to the community received the highest possible rating by the NCATE Review Board. nursing The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) Board of Commissioners granted accreditation to the College’s post-master’s Doctor of Nursing Practice Program for a term of five years, the maximum time frame granted for accreditation of new programs. Clair and Gladys Strommen EXECUTIVE LEADER SPEAKER SERIES The 2011-12 Clair and Gladys Strommen Executive Leader Speaker Series kicked off in November with Steve Wehrenberg ’78, CEO of Campbell Mithun advertising agency. In February, the series welcomed Keith Wyche, a leading African-American executive and CEO of Cub Foods. The next event in the series, March 29, features Jim Owens, president and CEO of HB Fuller. All Strommen Executive Leader Speaker events are free and open to the public. C E L E BRAT I N G 3 0 Y E AR S GAGE CENTER CELEBRATION The Center for Global Education celebrates its 30-year anniversary of offering cross-cultural learning experiences that foster critical analysis of local and global conditions. During December, CGE hosted its first trip to Cuba since 2005. The program provided participants an opportunity to learn about politics, health care, food security, workers’ rights, and more. Beginning in the fall of 2012, Augsburg will conduct semester-long programs in Cuba with courses in history, political science, sociology, and Spanish language. The program will be coordinated by CGE in conjunction with the Martin Luther King Jr. Center, an organization based in Havana and dedicated to community development and national and international politics. Augsburg is one of only a handful of colleges to offer such a unique learning opportunity. Representatives of the Gage and Groves Family foundations joined Augsburg College staff and faculty in February for the grand opening of the Gage Center for Student Success and the Groves Center of Technology, located at the heart of campus on the second level of the Lindell Library. Celebration of Philanthropy Modeling Constructive Debate: The Celebration of Philanthropy, the second annual celebration of supporters and friends of the College, is June 7. The event is open to current annual donors who have made gifts of $1,000 or more in fiscal 2012, Sven Oftedal Society members, donors who have made cumulative gifts of $25,000 or more, and donors who have given to the College for 15 or more consecutive years. Invitations to the event will be mailed this spring. Augsburg’s annual Sabo Symposium modeled constructive debate in addressing some of the contentious issues surrounding K-12 integration funding in Minnesota. The panel included Peter Swanson and Scott Thomas, co-chairs of the Minnesota Integration Revenue Replacement Advisory Task Force, who discussed their experiences on the task force to illustrate how people with differing perspectives can lead and model civil discourse in order to work together productively. Sabo Public Policy Symposium To learn more about the Symposium, go to www.augsburg.edu/now. Spring 2012 3 quad around the MANY VOICES BOLD VISIONS New academic programs The Augsburg College Board of Regents has approved two new graduate-level programs—the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing and the Master of Music Therapy—which will launch in the fall of 2013. The Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing offers tracks in fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and screenwriting. Playwriting will be added in 2014. The MFA will be offered through a low-residency, hybrid model that includes online and face-to-face learning. The Master of Music Therapy will address changes to the minimum professional requirements for music therapists as set by the Music Therapy National Board. The program, offered via a combination of online and face-to-face learning formats, focuses on music and medicine, which is projected to be a growth field in nursing homes and hospice care. Also, the Augsburg College faculty approved an ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher licensure program, an area of demand in K-12 education today. The program is currently pending final approval from the State of Minnesota and will be offered at the undergraduate and graduate levels of the College’s teacher education programs. Where Condor Meets Eagle NATIVE AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL Frederic Luskin, director of the Stanford University Forgiveness Project, spoke February 11 at the Center for Counseling and Health Promotion Convocation about the process of letting go of hurt, helplessness, and anger, while increasing confidence, hope, and happiness. At this year’s Batalden Symposium in Applied Ethics, members of the Augsburg community explored the effects of youth on political change in Egypt through first-hand accounts from members of the EYouth (Engaging and Empowering Egyptian Youth) project, who described their experiences as part of the protests and their observations about the process of youth-led political change in Egypt. Kenna-Camara Cotton, director of Voice of Culture Drum and Dance, a Minneapolis-based Black dance company, performs an African dance at the January Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation. Photo by Mark Chamberlain Augsburg Now The Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation, held January 16, featured T. Mychael Rambo, local actor, vocalist, and educator. The convocation featured other local performers using poetry, song, dance, and imagery to explore the topic, “Now is the Time: Giving Voice to the Dream.” A full schedule of the 2011-12 Augsburg College Convocation series is available at www.augsburg.edu/convo. Augsburg’s Native American Film Series partnered with Phillips Indian Educators and the Parkway Theater to present a three-night film festival in March celebrating indigenous film, collaborations across national boundaries, and visual storytelling. The festival featured films by Bolivian and North American artists, many of whom attended the screenings and participated in audience discussions about their films. The festival title, Where Condor Meets Eagle, reflects the prophecy that when the condor (Bolivia) meets the eagle (North America), the Indigenous continent will be healed. 4 Convocation Series 2011-12 my Auggie experience Beating the Odds After completing her PhD from Yale in 2009, Chandra Erdman ’02 was in high demand. She was recruited for tenure track teaching positions at several universities, and the global banking firm Goldman Sachs also came calling with an attractive offer. But Erdman’s dream job was to work for the U.S. Census Bureau. Today, she is one of the 39 percent of Washington, D.C., residents who work for the government. She is a mathematical statistician in the Center for Statistical Research and Methodology, a group that makes up less than one percent of U.S. Census Bureau employees. She also happens to be the only African American ever to obtain a PhD in statistics from Yale University. There was a time, however, when Erdman did not care about graduating from high school, much less obtaining a college degree. But with the encouragement and support from those who recognized her potential, she has not only succeeded as a scholar, she has also landed her dream job. In the 10th grade, Erdman was truant 59 days; if she had missed 60 days, she would have been expelled. While speaking to mathematics students at Augsburg in January, Erdman said she had an “attitude” in high school. Despite her truancy and her bad attitude, she maintained a 4.27 grade point average (out of 4.33). At the end of her 10th grade year, she met a man who directed a program that helped inner city youth focus on their education. “I didn’t think college was an option for me,” Erdman said. Neither of her parents had graduated from high school, and in the low-income housing community where she grew up, she knew no one who had gone to college. Erdman enrolled in the Post-Secondary Enrollment Options program (PSEO) at the University of Minnesota. After two years, she transferred to Augsburg to complete her undergraduate degree in mathematics. “My only aunt who had been to college went to Augsburg,” she said, “and this just felt like the right place for me.” Erdman continued to excel at Augsburg as a McNair Scholar, a federally-funded program that assists first-generation and low-income students with preparation for graduate school. She also conducted faculty-led research, served as a supplemental instructor for Calculus I and II, and tutored in mathematics. Through McNair, and with the guidance of several staff and faculty members, Erdman realized that a graduate degree could be in her future. “They helped me along each step of the way, getting me prepared and helping me do what I needed to become a strong applicant to grad school,” she said. Erdman applied to and was accepted by three graduate programs in statistics. She chose Columbia, where she received a full fellowship. In the summer before graduate school and again following that year, Erdman participated in Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE), a program aimed at helping women prepare for graduate study in mathematics. She completed her master’s program in one year and then went on to Yale to pursue a PhD. When she finished her PhD program, Erdman applied to the Census Bureau and heard nothing from them for three months. Then she learned that the director of the statistical research division was speaking at a conference in Washington, D.C. She bought a train ticket and went to meet him. “At the end of his presentation, I walked up to him, handed him my C.V., and said, ‘I want to work for you.’” They talked, and he later invited her for an interview. Today Erdman works in the Center for Statistical Research and Methodology at the U.S. Census Bureau. “I wanted to work at Census because I wanted to look at good data, but I got put into the missing data methods group that only looks at bad data,” she said. Still, she loves her work and speaks enthusiastically about the projects in which she has been involved. Now that she is finished with school and settled into her career, Erdman hopes to find a way to mentor other young women through the EDGE program. WENDI WHEELER ’06 Spring 2012 5 auggie voices Higher Education as a Public Good In January, Augsburg joined the White House Office of Public Engagement, the Association of American Colleges and Universities, the U.S. Department of Education, other education organizations, philanthropies, and businesses in launching the American Commonwealth Partnership (ACP) to begin a year of activity exploring how colleges and universities can reclaim their civic identity. At the heart of this initiative is the recognition that higher education should be—and must be—delivered for the common good rather than be allowed to become an AT THE CREST OF A WAVE For many years, Augsburg, with its mission of educating students to be “informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders,” has resisted forces turning higher education into a private benefit rather than a public good. When the public opinion group Public Agenda recently sounded people’s views on the role of higher education, they found little awareness that colleges and universities can contribute to the health of neighborhoods, or that they educate students to be problem solvers with skills of working across differences. But describing these roles in focus groups also generated animated discussion and created hope. Many remarked that few places any longer teach such skills. There was the sense that the country is dangerously polarized and losing control over our collective future. On January 10 at the White House, many higher education groups launched a major new coalition, the American Commonwealth Partnership, to respond to the civic crisis. It has support from the Department of Education, which released a new “Road Map and Call to Action,” emphasizing citizenship education. Augsburg is the inaugural host institution for ACP, which seeks to mobilize colleges and universities in developing “civic identity, not simply civic activities.” By engaging in this exciting project, Augsburg is at the crest of a new wave of reengagement of higher education with communities and the world. DEMOCRACY AND CITIZENSHIP HARRY C. BOYTE is the director of the Center for Democracy and Citizenship at Augsburg College and serves as national coordinator of the American Commonwealth Partnership. 6 Augsburg Now individual benefit only for those who can afford it. As part of the dialogue about the role of higher education in building civic identity, we asked Augsburg faculty from various academic departments to provide their perspectives on how higher education serves the public good. Their responses are published here. For additional information on higher education as a public good, go to www.augsburg.edu/now. CITIZEN NURSES: A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE ON HEALTH In our society today, people have become so medicalized that we often forget that health is not about the absence of disease but a place of belonging. At Augsburg College, the Department of Nursing has focused on returning to what nursing was originally intended to be about—relationships—by opening two drop-in community health centers. One of these centers provides care to people living on the streets of Minneapolis. This center has been in existence for almost 20 years, and the nurses there engage with 120 people each week. We listen, provide basic necessities, and take the time to make sure people feel they are supported and are part of a community. Our other drop-in center, the Health Commons at Dar Ul-Quba, is a new project focused on immigrant health in the CedarRiverside neighborhood of Minneapolis. Our efforts at Dar Ul-Quba have been about trying to help people not only to understand our healthcare system but also to realize how they can practice health and healing as they did in their country of origin. The center also helps people come together to create the change they want to see in their neighborhood. To us, being citizen nurses means that we are working to strengthen our communities in ways that avoid the expert model. We see people as collaborators and co-creators. Through their experiences at the drop-in centers, Augsburg nursing students are changing their worldviews in ways that benefit our society. Our hope is to continue to do just that. NURSING KATIE CLARK is an instructor in Augsburg’s nursing department and serves as coordinator of the Augsburg Nursing Center. “ In exchange for services rendered to the neighborhood organization, Augsburg students are privileged to observe and learn about citizenship, democracy, and being a ‘steward of place.’ ” AUGSBURG: AGENT AND ARCHITECT OF DEMOCRACY AND STEWARD OF PLACE The work of Joel Torstenson, Bernhard Christensen, Myles Stenshoel, Vern Bloom, and Robert Clyde reveals the history of Augsburg’s role as agent and architect of democracy and steward of place and provides the context for our current activities. As I reflect and write about their work, I marvel at their insight, commitment, and capacity as agents and stewards of place, well before it was in vogue or even acceptable. I probably would not have remained in higher education were it not for Augsburg’s valuing such a commitment for faculty and welcoming me to be a part of this vision and endeavor. For 30 years, students in my Human Community and Modern Metropolis course have engaged in a service-learning experience in collaboration with the official neighborhood organizations surrounding Augsburg: CedarRiverside, Seward, Phillips, and Powderhorn. In exchange for services rendered to the neighborhood organization, Augsburg students are privileged to observe and learn about citizenship, democracy, and being a “steward of place.” In addition to seeing and feeling the value of grassroots efforts to take responsibility for a neighborhood and influence the wider political context, students have learned firsthand about community organizing, community development, and public service. Many students, as alumni, have expanded their sense of vocation, both as citizens and professionals, through these engagements with the commonwealth and as stewards of place. SOCIOLOGY GARRY HESSER is a professor of metro/urban studies and sociology at Augsburg College. To read Hesser’s complete submission, go to www.augsburg.edu/now. FROM COMPLEXITY TO COMPASSION In his book My First Summer in the Sierra, John Muir offered a sentiment which, more than 100 years later, represents as good a justification for higher education in contemporary society as one is likely to find in any college catalogue: “When we try to pick out anything by itself,” he says, speaking of the profoundly ecological nature of the world, “we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.” To be sure, college campuses—meaning the empirical kind with living, breathing students, with staff, teachers, textbooks, trees, quads, and stadiums—sit squarely at the various junctures of this tangled-up creation, seeking from these vantage points to understand through intensive study the pressing issues, the timeless questions, and the persistent, ineluctable mysteries that unite our places in time and space with those of countless others. College is literally where and when we hope to experience the joy that comes with accessing the eternal through the particular. It is where we come to study, in our specific yet overlapping disciplines, the problems of the world so as to appreciate the complexity of all things—because it is, without question, an informed appreciation for complexity that inspires reflection and breeds compassion. ENGLISH COLIN IRVINE is an associate professor of English at Augsburg College and serves as the summer 2012 research coordinator for the College’s Office of Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity (URGO). “ College is ... where we come to study, in our specific yet overlapping disciplines, the problems of the world so as to appreciate the complexity of all things. ” Spring 2012 7 ARTS-BASED CIVIC DIALOGUE Arts programs in higher education are all the more vibrant when a wealth of voices and bodies come together to create and discuss work. Community-engaged performance is progressive pedagogy; it’s theater by, for, of, and about the people—and it can be an integral part of a civic-minded college culture. Last winter, the student ensemble of The Living Newspaper Project: Everyone Has Something used collective research, writing, workshops, and performance to generate discussion about a taboo topic: the stigma attached to mental illness. They engaged with audiences through post-show talkbacks and panels, academic conferences, letters in the Augsburg Echo, and outreach to local community organizations. Next fall, students will be invited to tackle a Town Hall Nation project by creating short performances around campus that gen- THEATER ARTS erate civic dialogue on campus about students’ financial needs and crises. Town Hall Nation is a national engagement initiative inviting arts organizations, colleges and universities, and other community groups to create 30-minute events that demonstrate, present, or embody an ideal town hall meeting. Students of any major may audition for or volunteer to participate in the Town Hall Nation project, as with any other Theater Department production. SARAH MYERS is an assistant professor in Augsburg’s Theater Arts Department. “ Community-engaged performance is progressive pedagogy; it’s theater by, for, of, and about the people— and it can be an integral part of a civic-minded college culture. ” 8 Augsburg Now “ In transforming individuals, we transform our communities and our world. DEVELOPING INDIVIDUAL AGENCY TO TRANSFORM OUR WORLD ” Higher education is often viewed as separate from the public arena, something accessible to a few and beneficial to only the individual. However, higher education greatly impacts the public good, and that impact is the true mission of higher education. In transforming individuals, we transform our communities and our world. In this era of globalization, individualism seems to serve little purpose. Preparing children to live in a global society is essential and should begin in the K-12 years. Higher education then is a continuation of that learning and a time to step out into the world. With this in mind, while higher education does serve the individual, the larger goal is the influence each individual will have on the greater public good. The impact of higher education is increasingly more visible and far reaching. More frequently, civic engagement has become part of higher education curriculum. The need for students to see and experience a more seamless connection to their acquisition and application of knowledge is essential. Knowledge is not only something centered in higher education institutions; it is also something constructed and exercised within the community. Knowledge then becomes transformative not only to the individual but to the broader community, society, and world. This is increasingly being seen through civic engagement projects such as Public Achievement, service learning, and travel abroad experiences where students and faculty “develop agency” through active rather than passive means that, in turn, inform theory and future practice. EDUCATION SUSAN O’CONNOR is an associate professor of education at Augsburg College. “I can really say that [the Nobel Peace Prize Forum] has changed my perspective of the world around us!” “Couldn’t have asked for a more thoughtprovoking and inspiring three days.” These are just two of the sentiments shared via social media by participants of the 24th annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum, held March 1 to 3. The Nobel Peace Prize Forum exists to inspire peacemaking by celebrating the work of Nobel Peace Prize laureates. Founded as a unique partnership between the Norwegian Nobel Institute and five Norwegian private colleges—Augsburg, Augustana (Sioux Falls), Concordia (Moorhead), Luther, and St. Olaf—the Forum this year moved to its new, permanent location in the Twin Cities. It is organized by Augsburg college in partnership with the Humphrey School of Public Affairs and with ongoing sponsorship from the original college partners. With “The Price of Peace” as its theme, the 2012 Forum introduced a new format with topical tracks—Business Day, Arts and Music Day, Education Day, and Global Studies Day—to engage participants in exploring the relationship of stability and peace to business, to arts and music, to education, and to international policy. A number of tracks and events were sold out, including Business Day, the Education Festival, and Global Studies Day. In fact, as coverage by major Twin Cities media grew on the second day of the Forum, more than 200 additional tickets were sold for the closing day of the event. In addition to the tremendous attendance, the Forum fostered dialogue around the world through livestreaming. Students from Assumption University of Bangkok, American College of Norway, the Copenhagen Business School, Nagasaki University, and Nelson Mandela University of South Africa watched keynote addresses live, submitted questions, and engaged in dialogue about peace. For additional photos, video links, and social media quotes about the Forum, go to www.augsburg.edu/now NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FORUM WE INSPIRE PEACEMAKING Spring 2012 9 THE 2012 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FORUM 10 Augsburg Now THE 2012 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FORUM Spring 2012 11 “The prizes of peace, in fact, come to us in very little stages…but in order to claim them, we must be willing to pay the price…We have to be willing to recognize and celebrate the humanity of those whom we view as enemy…We must start from the place of believing that those who are opposed to us…are human beings with a story of their own to tell. We must start from an awareness that our side is not necessarily all good. The price of peace is the price of our pride…the certainty that we are right…the comfort that we are on God’s side…As we go out into our lives, be prepared to pay the price for peace—the price of uncertainty, the price of humility, the price of recognizing our connectedness as human beings.” —Naomi Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize Forum “Call to Action” address, March 3, 2012 Augsburg College thanks the sponsors of the 24th annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum, whose financial support and subject matter expertise helped make the 2012 Forum a success. We also owe thanks to the many volunteers, faculty, and staff from all of the participating colleges and universities. We are grateful for the perspectives shared by speakers, the participation of our student and community attendees, and the dedicated work of the volunteers who ensured this rich and vibrant event ran smoothly from beginning to end. Now that the 2012 Forum has concluded, we invite you to stay connected to the work of the Nobel Peace Prize Forum by signing up for e-mail updates at www.peaceprizeforum.org, and by following us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/nobelforum) and Twitter (@NPPF). Finally, be sure to mark your calendars for March 7-9, 2013. We look forward to seeing you next year! BUSINESS DAY SPONSORS MAJOR EVENT SPONSORS SPONSORS 3M A Million Copies Initiative Borton Volvo Jeanne M. Voigt Foundation Minnesota Public Radio Nordic Home Interiors GLOBAL STUDIES DAY SPONSOR Oslo Center For Peace and Human Rights Foundation Winds of Peace Foundation Special thanks to our 2013 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FORUM LEAD SPONSOR 12 Augsburg Now THE 25TH ANNUAL NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FORUM March 7-9, 2013 Augsburg College and the University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs WE ARE CALLED. auggie pastors. BY WENDI WHEELER ’06 Last year, Bob Bagley ’58 submitted an idea for a story about his teacher, mentor, and friend, Mario Colacci. His submission sparked an idea. We decided to interview different generations of Augsburg pastors who have served in a variety of settings. We wanted to know who inspired them. We wanted to share their experiences and highlight the similarities and differences in their ministries. We wanted to know what they want our readers to know about their lives as servants. The following interviews are with pastors Bob Bagley ’58, David Lillejord ’86, Jeni Falkman Grangaard ’02, Peter Morlock ’90, and Stephanie Quick-Espinoza ’01. To read Bob Bagley’s story about Mario Colacci, go to www.augsburg.edu/now. Spring 2012 13 14 Augsburg Now ’58 BOB BAGLEY Retired. First call in Papau New Guinea; served most recently part-time at Christ Lutheran in Lake Elmo, Minn. As a pastor, what did you learn that you didn’t expect to learn? Here’s the biggie: Bishop Rogness’ dad, Alvin Rogness…when I came to a rural parish after being in New Guinea, he said, “Bob, you use this small parish to better yourself for future ministry.” So here’s what I did. I made advanced standing in clinical pastoral education. I was endorsed for specialized ministry, which most pastors don’t make, specializing in chaplaincy work in hospitals. After my fourth parish, I went to Hazelden and did a four-year chaplaincy program. Then I was endorsed for veterans’ hospital ministry. I was a chaplain for a year at the big VA Hospital in Minneapolis. What is an issue that you never imagined yourself dealing with as a pastor? The first parish after Papua New Guinea was easy because it was a bunch of loving, Norwegian farmers. It was a good place to get re-acclimated to the American way of doing things after five years overseas. What are some of the most interesting or prominent changes you’ve seen in the church in your career or since you went to seminary? There’s a lot more support in empowering the pastors to do what they’re most gifted to do. You can’t do everything; you can’t be good at everything. I think a middle-sized parish should have a changeover of pastors every six years because in six years you’ve kind of done everything and it’s time to move on. The concept of the old Lutheran Free Church and many of the old ELC churches was that they were tired of the pastor doing everything and deciding everything, and they hardly needed a church council. The reaction to that was “We’re going to tell the pastor what to do.” Now it’s changed so that the pastors are empowered to do whatever they’re most gifted in. What are your own spiritual practices? Where/to whom do you turn for guidance and encouragement? I work with 60 global students at Luther Seminary who come from all over the world. I also did ministry with people with alcohol and drug issues. At Gethsemane Lutheran in Maplewood and where I am now, I established Stephen ministry, an outreach. I do more training to help others minister to people in great need. Is there a particular passage of scripture that frames your call to ministry? It would be where Jesus said to the whole church, “I send you.” The motto that I follow is: Go out and share the love of Jesus, and only if necessary, say something. Naomi (my wife) says too often I end up telling people I’m a pastor. She says, “You don’t have to say anything. Just be you.” What is one thing you wish non-clergy knew about your life/identity/call as a pastor? I’ve never been satisfied to stop growing in pastoral care and I’m available when people want to talk. The gift I learned from a Catholic priest in my chaplaincy training is this: He asked me what I consider to be my primary gift. I said, “I don’t know.” He said, “When you’re talking with someone, there’s just an automatic pipeline between your eyes and their eyes, and that removes all reluctance to talk.” I can get people to share stuff with me that normally would take four or five visits, but they know I care about them by just looking them in the eye. What is one of your most memorable services? At the VA Hospital, I touched the lives of people there who, if I hadn’t had special training, I wouldn’t have been able to help. One guy owned a million-dollar auto dealership, and he wouldn’t sign his will and he was dying. It was on a Saturday that I wasn’t even supposed to work. The people were waiting for me at the door saying I needed to come up and talk to their dad. I sat down with him and his son and had Holy Communion as a Lutheran priest (he was Catholic). When we were done, I said, “Your family is so upset. It’s unbearable for them that the doctor says you’re dying, and you haven’t signed your will.” He kept saying, “Nope. I got a few loose ends to tie up at the dealership.” In the end, I got him to sign his will by promising I would help him tie up the loose ends. A cheer went forth to the Lord above. The next day he was playing cards with his friends in the hospital, and three days later he died. What do you think you would be if you were not a pastor? I probably would have followed in my older brother Emil’s footsteps and have done some aspect of social work. When you meet God, what do you hope God says to you? Well, I would be meeting Jesus, not God, and he would say, “Well, welcome thou good and faithful servant.” Spring 2012 15 ’86 DAVID LILLEJORD Senior Pastor, Mount Calvary Lutheran in Eagan, Minn., until March 2012; now Senior Pastor, St. Andrew in Eden Prairie, Minn. 16 Augsburg Now As a pastor, what did you learn that you didn’t expect to learn? I mostly learn about myself—what I do well, what I can improve upon. As a little kid who grew up in a parsonage, I knew people inside and out and was able to see in them the really good and the really bad or indifferent. I knew the goodness and the wonderful nature of the church and the underbelly, so what I’ve learned in 20 years is mostly about myself. What is an issue that you never imagined yourself dealing with as a pastor? I think the issue is the number of people who simply are not attending church, even people that years ago would have naturally been inclined to find a new home, start a family, baptize their kids, go to Sunday school, and become involved in the life of the church. There’s a whole subset of people who simply have not engaged for myriad reasons. What are some of the most interesting or prominent changes you’ve seen in the church in your career or since you went to seminary? I think an awful lot of changes have happened in seminary training. When I attended 20 years ago, it was simply, “We need to teach you how to teach people the historical context and facts about the Bible.” I think now it is so much more, “What does this mean for our life?” I do think the younger people who do go to church want a direct connection between what scripture says and how it will connect with their lives. That means we have to make our message contemporary and even futuristic. What are your own spiritual practices? Where/to whom do you turn for guidance and encouragement? What is one thing you wish non-clergy knew about your life/identity/call as a pastor? I’m part of a team ministry, and I’m able to hear really good sermons delivered by my colleague. It’s hard to listen when you’re talking, so I’m fed in and through my colleague who preaches the gospel well. For guidance and encouragement, I’m so inspired by the members of the congregation. I’m always greatly fortified by the faith that parishioners have. I go in as a kind of spiritual lifeguard, and they end up humbling me. They encourage me because they live out their faith. It’s like a good teacher who is fed by the students. My biggest supporters are my wife and children. They are my lifeline—other than Jesus, of course. The importance of balancing all those three and the holistic nature of that continuum. Being a pastor today is different, thankfully, than when my dad was younger, which was you basically served the church, often at the expense of spending time with family. I have a wife (Joy) and three children: two in hockey and one in soccer who also rides horses. Also it’s important for members to know that the vast majority of pastors are trying as hard as they can. It’s just a very difficult and challenging job. Is there a particular passage of scripture that frames your call to ministry? I would say more of a theme or concept, one I learned from one of my many mentors. It is that God is in relationship with you through Jesus. It’s a declaration; it’s not a theory or something that needs to be validated. It’s just “God is,” and you explore how that’s true. You notice it, you name it, and you claim it. We had a healing service a number of years ago for a woman who was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. We had never been asked to have a healing service before. So we constructed a service with the laying on of hands. Not that long after the healing service she went to the doctor and they did tests, and the cancer was gone. When we heard about the lack of cancer, even we were amazed. Who at Augsburg inspired or guided you, and how? What do you think you would be if you were not a pastor? The religion professors at Augsburg were helpful to my life of faith because they were “good” and solid Lutherans. I have heard stories of Lutheran colleges that tell students: “What you were taught in Sunday school and Confirmation was wrong.” Thankfully, the professors at Augsburg helped us look deeper into scripture through a Lutheran lens. After this long I can’t imagine what it would be; however, psychology also makes me tick. What is one of your most memorable services? When you meet God, what do you hope God says to you? It would probably be, “Your mom’s over here.” She died much too young, and I would love to see her again. Spring 2012 17 As a pastor, what did you learn that you didn’t expect to learn? It’s a huge learning experience … things from how to learn about sump pumps, budgeting, working with office managers, how to be tactful and graceful, how to balance a really chaotic life and come at it with some sensibility and some sense of peace—all of these are a big part of my learning experience. What is an issue that you never imagined yourself dealing with as a pastor? One is dealing with a local sugar producer. A lot of our people harvest beets, and we have a lot who work in the plant. Their union has been locked out since August. There are some people who aren’t union who are working 12-hour shifts now and can’t see their families. I also have people who are on the board there. So I don’t make any comments on the issue. It’s really messy, and there’s no one side to stand on. What are your own spiritual practices? Where/to whom do you turn for guidance and support? Spiritual practice for me means finding time for silence. Colin (husband) and I went to Taizé in France and got into the rhythm of simple prayer, silence, and meditation. I turn to colleagues and good friends who are in similar positions for guidance. There are some good seasoned pastors who have made themselves available to have conversations with, and certainly our bishop’s staff at the synod has a lot of experience. Who at Augsburg inspired or guided you, and how? Augsburg was a place that really rooted my faith in the world and really shaped the person I am today. Having not grown up in church, I was so young in faith when I came 18 Augsburg Now to Augsburg. The Religion Department faculty took time to respond to my questions, especially Janelle Bussert, Bev Stratton, Mark Tranvik, Lynn Lorenzen, Brad Holt, Phil Quanbeck, and Lori Brandt Hale. Pastor Dave Wold and Pastor Sonja Hagander were my first pastors, and they invited me into the language and liturgy of being Lutheran. The Center for Global Education taught me to see that faith isn’t just a personal relationship with God but a deep engagement with the world, especially in places of suffering; they helped me to see that God is with those who suffer. Augsburg prepared me to be a pastor before I began discerning the call to ordained ministry. Is there a particular passage of scripture that frames your call to ministry? There have been a lot of different verses that I’ve clung to at different times. Galatians 2:19-21. 19 For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ; 20 and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 21 I do not nullify the grace of God; for if justification comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing. What is one thing you wish non-clergy knew about your life/identity/call as a pastor? I just want people to know I’m easy to talk to, and I’m not trying to get anything from them. I’m not here to tell people they are behaving badly. I’d rather just talk about the gospel. I want people to know we don’t fit into a mold, and pastors aren’t the guardians of the gospel. No one can claim ownership on the gospel. What is one of your most memorable services? I did a prayer service and funeral for a 54year-old man who had served on the board of a local company. There were over 1,000 people, and we had to have the funeral at a bigger church in town. There’s something strangely beautiful about a funeral. There’s no pretending. It’s an inevitable part of life. Sometimes it’s a celebration, but this one was special. Before I entered the church, I closed my eyes and was praying, and there was a beautiful light streaming in through the stained glass windows. It was a really meaningful service. I’m still reflecting on it and getting comments on it. Working with the family has been strangely affirming and grounding. When you meet God, what do you hope God says to you? What I hope I’d hear God say is, “I kinda like that Josh Ritter song, too.” The song is Thin Blue Flame, and it includes lyrics like: “Only a full house gonna have a prayer,” and “You need faith for the same reasons that it’s so hard to find,” and “And all wrongs forgotten and all vengeance made right. The suffering verbs put to sleep in the night.” What do you think you would be if you were not a pastor? If I knew, I would go be that. I don’t know! Sometimes I think I’d like to be a chef. I like the idea of making meals and baking bread and spending time with people. Part of me wants to design websites. The thing about being a pastor that is so appealing, other than the vocational call that brings you there, is that you have permission to be a generalist. You get to do a lot of different things. ’02 JENI FALKMAN GRANGAARD Pastor, Glyndon Lutheran Church, Glyndon, Minn. Spring 2012 19 As a pastor, what did you learn that you didn’t expect to learn? All kinds of stuff! One of the things that they can’t really teach you in seminary is how to get into a community and to become part of that community. You can’t really teach how to enter into the daily life and get a sense of the pulse of the community. What is an issue that you never imagined yourself dealing with as a pastor? One of the things I’ve found myself dealing with that I hadn’t thought of while I was in seminary is helping people with their dayto-day problems. There’s such a variety of things that may come up. One day you’re talking with someone about their medications, which I know nothing about, or you’re talking with someone about daily living and how it is to do that. What are some of the most interesting or prominent changes you’ve seen in the church in your career or since you went to seminary? One of the trends I’ve seen over the years is a wider inclusiveness, if you will, in an issue that’s near and dear to my heart. I’ve seen a concerted effort by the church to make their buildings and their worship services and facilities more accessible and more friendly to folks with disabilities. All the things that bring people in and into contact with the gospel are good stuff. What are your own spiritual practices? Where/to whom do you turn for guidance and encouragement? One of the challenges of being a pastor, especially in a setting like this, is where I go to feed myself, to “the well.” I have a men’s Bible study that I’m part of at 20 Augsburg Now church, and they have become the group where I go to get fed. I also meet regularly with my chaplain colleagues in the area, and we worship and pray together. Who at Augsburg inspired or guided you, and how? Without doubt major influences during my time at Augsburg would include the following people: Pastor Dave Wold, Don Gustafson, “Gabe” (Prof. Stephen Gabrielsen), Tom Rossin, and my fellow choir members (1986-1990). One of the things that I truly appreciate about Augsburg, even today, is the willingness to engage the idea of vocation and make intentional questions about the connection between faith and life. Throughout my time at Augsburg and even beyond that, these people were/are instrumental in my walk of life and faith. In broad strokes they helped to provide the arena in which my self-understanding and my sense of call were shaped and honed. Daily contact with these folks helped me to see vocation in action and also gave me the space and the courage to face and voice my questions. They were, and still are, willing to engage with me and push me in conversation and prayer. Is there a particular passage of scripture that frames your call to ministry? people who work only on Sundays. In this setting, people aren’t entirely sure what to do with you. One thing I wish folks would think of is the importance of spiritual stuff, the spiritual nature, and how that needs to be supported and fed. What is one of your most memorable services? We did a service on our Alzheimer’s unit to break up the winter blahs. We did a renewal of vows ceremony for one of the residents and her husband. They’d been married for 56 years. We had a big wedding party, and what was really neat is that on that unit, it’s kind of a crapshoot as to whether or not the resident will remember who their family members are. For that particular moment in that service, the wife, Alyce, walked out of the kitchen and she saw her husband, and her face lit up, and she came up to him and chucked him in the chin and said, “Let’s do this again, sweetie.” It was awesome. It turned out to be a meaningful experience for Alyce and her husband and their family because they’d never had a wedding. Their families didn’t like each other, so they eloped. And they both passed away within three months of that ceremony. The walk to Emmaus story resonates really highly with me, particularly in the work I do now. A lot of what I’m called to do is walk alongside people at the end of life. I also like Psalm 121. What do you think you would be if you were not a pastor? What is one thing you wish non-clergy knew about your life/identity/call as a pastor? “Hi, welcome home.” That’s the short answer. I think the perception is that pastors are A kindergarten teacher. When you meet God, what do you hope God says to you? ’90 AND GUIDO PETER MORLOCK Director of Spiritual Care, Cerenity Senior Care, St. Paul. Spring 2012 21 Senior Pastor, New Hope Lutheran Church/ Iglesia Luterana Nueva Esperanza in North Aurora, Ill. ’01 STEPHANIE QUICK-ESPINOZA 22 Augsburg Now Photo by Sally Ryan As a pastor, what did you learn that you didn’t expect to learn? How to get rid of chickens roosting in the sacristy! What is an issue that you never imagined yourself dealing with as a pastor? Racism. We often feel that our U.S. society is advanced and racism no longer exists, but we are ignorant to and/or ignore how it permeates our lives, culture, and even our church. It is difficult for me to see how racism has affected the lives of the people I have been in ministry with—from Inupiaq in Alaska, to Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica, to Mexicans and other Latinos in the Chicago area. What are some of the most interesting or prominent changes you’ve seen in the church in your career or since you went to seminary? A decrease in the intentionality of becoming an inclusive, multi-cultural church. I would like to see more support of ethnic ministries within our church. For example, there are no longer classes held in Spanish at the seminaries for Spanish-speaking student pastors. What are your own spiritual practices? Where/to whom do you turn for guidance and encouragement? I attend the Spanish worship service on Saturdays at the congregation my husband serves, San Andres Lutheran Church. The mostly Mexican congregation has a great love for the Virgin of Guadalupe (Mary). As a person firmly grounded in Lutheran tradition and faith, I have incorporated the Virgin into my spirituality and turn to her for guidance and encouragement. My Lutheran and Christian faith says that I only need to pray directly to God. I don’t need intercessors, though I find it comforting to ask the Virgin, as mother of our Lord Jesus and mother of all of us, to pray with me. Who at Augsburg inspired or guided you, and how? The whole religion department really inspired me, both academically and in my faith. Their classes were interesting and unique. The quality of the classes helped prepare me, even more than seminary, for ordained ministry. PQ2 (or Phil Quanbeck II), Janelle Bussert, and Lynne Lorenzen especially guided me by always being willing to lend an open ear to listen to my questions about my courses, future seminary plans, and just life in general. They are pastors who were my pastors and helped me become a pastor. Is there a particular passage of scripture that frames your call to ministry? I remember [Professor] Dick Hardel retelling the call of Isaiah to my Youth and Family Ministry class at Augsburg. After Isaiah said, “Here I am, Lord, send me!” I knew I was called to ministry and I also said, “Here I am, Lord, send me!” What is one thing you wish non-clergy knew about your life/identity/call as a pastor? A pastor is on call 24/7, which is really hard on your family life. It is even harder because my husband is a pastor, too. We have people wanting to talk to us starting at 7 a.m. and sometimes we even get calls at 3 a.m. What is one of your most memorable services? When I was a missionary in Costa Rica, one of the congregations I served was only youth and children. Holy Communion was always a powerful experience, as I watched sometimes 80 children come forward to the Lord’s table with their arms outstretched and their hands held out in front of them to receive the sacrament. During a worship service, I noticed that one small boy came through the communion line twice. It was only after the service, I realized it was because he came from an impoverished family and was hungry. After that, I gave every child a whole tortilla, rather then a small piece of bread or a host, during communion. What do you think you would be if you were not a pastor? A religion professor at Augsburg or a firstgrade teacher. When you meet God, what do you hope God says to you? Well done, good and faithful servant. Share your stories… We know these are just a few of the dedicated, inspiring Auggie pastors serving around the world. If you’d like to tell us who you are and what you’re doing, choose your favorite question from those we asked our pastors, and send an answer and a photo to now@augsburg.edu. Or, post it on your personal blog, on Facebook or Twitter, and send us a link. We’d love to hear from you! Spring 2012 23 INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS 24 Photo Contest A A “Tabacchi” Amanda Rowan ’13 Siena, Italy Landscapes/cityscapes, First place B “The Elder” Susie Mechtel ’13 Maasai Mara, Kenya Portraits, First place C “Afternoon Nap” Jasmine Zand ’12 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Portraits, Second place D E B “Autumn Fjord” Reed Johnson ’12 Flam, Norway Landscapes/cityscapes, Third place “Que Viva Cuba!” Danielle Goodwin ’12 Havana, Cuba Photojournalism, First place F “Iglesia El Rosario” Jakob Anderson ’12 San Salvador, El Salvador Photojournalism, Second place G “Chichicastenango, Guatemala” Danielle Goodwin ’12 Chichicastenango, Guatemala Portraits, Third place Augsburg Now H I C “Recess Stroll” Caleb Wagner ’12 Havana, Cuba Photojournalism, Third place “Shepherd’s Field” Jasmine Zand ’12 Beit Sahour, Palestine Landscapes/cityscapes, Second place To view more student photos, go to www.augsburg.edu/now. D F E H G I Spring 2012 25 AUGGIE WRITERS’ CHALLENGE ith the 2013 launch of the new Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (see Around the Quad, page 4, and www.augsburg.edu/mfa), Augsburg will welcome even more aspiring writers to the College. To celebrate Augsburg’s tradition of creative writing excellence, we asked Augsburg English Department faculty to help us recruit Auggie alumni writers for a creative writing assignment. The assignment was to write a 250-word piece—of any genre—based on the photo below. We told the writers nothing about the photo—not when or where it was taken or by whom. Following are the stories they crafted. Read their stories first, then see the photographer’s story, below. W Write on! The Cat Kayla Skarbakka ’09, writing consultant, Walden University THE PHOTOGRAPHER’S STORY While studying in Augsburg’s Weekend College program, Philip Pelto ’10 made this self-portrait for a class. He wrote: The photo was taken at my condo in downtown Minneapolis. It’s looking east out over the Depot and the Guthrie Theater, and Augsburg is not too far off in the distance to the right. It’s a self-portrait, and I was experimenting with the lighting. I was trying to get a cool silhouette with the outside in focus. What I wound up getting is this really cool photo that reminds me of where I came from and where I am now. The photo conjures up feelings of success. I’m in my condo, surveying my city, taking it all in. There’s a sense that I’ve made it. Alan found the cat in Mom’s bed, under the sour-smelling comforter. It was a weasely thing, patchy, crusty-eyed. “Did you know about this?” he asked the girls. Erin was folding a sweatshirt, one of the syrupy ones, printed with wildflowers and the words Someone special calls me Grandma. She looked up and gasped. “Where did it come from?” she asked. Helen, who’d been sorting jewelry, glanced up and wrinkled her nose. “The question is, where is it going.” She’d always had an armored sensibility. “You know,” she added, “the boys are allergic.” Alan sat down by the cat. It flicked its tail, which was hooked and jointed like a broken finger. “Um,” said Erin, which was how she started most arguments. “I can’t really bring it on the plane.” “Well,” said Helen, “I certainly won’t take it home.” Alan offered no excuse, and they didn’t him ask for one. They rarely did. They’d had few tussles that day. Alan gave the girls credit for that. A debate about the sofa, one watery altercation regarding Dad’s old Dutch clock, but for the most part, they’d worked efficiently, tallying, dividing, and claiming. Alan claimed little. A bar stool, because one of his had broken. A crucifix, because Helen made him. But otherwise he’d chosen odd jobs, clearing the fridge and garage shelves, and stayed out of the way. It was a tactic he’d learned early on from Dad… To read more of Kayla Skarbakka’s story go to www.augsburg.edu/now 26 Augsburg Now Late Morning Window View Jeremy Anderson ’07, client relations manager, Furnituredealer.net First thing, stop at Charlie’s on the corner for a sweet chai on the go. Catch the rail and scroll the morning news. Work will start soon enough, bustling tables, shit shooting with the regs. Don’t let Old Rick ride you too much because tonight it’s microbrews along St. Anthony Main. Usual sites, different taste (order something the menu describes as dark and complex). Let ’em flow down and just talk and listen and talk back. Try and top ’em. Tell ’em, Tell ’em what you learned, what you read, who you ran into, that thing you Googled the other day and what popped up. Remember when? Remember when? Remember when? And all that shit. It’s good to let it blur. The best is when it blurs into something unclear. My head is warm. My arms, heavy and strong. There’s a pulse in these veins, an exciting calm to the night until eventually I’ll gaze back out this way with an arm snug around my Laura (maybe, hopefully) and a glass of pinot in my other hand as street lamps torch the dark dark sky. Profile Pic Orion Wisness ’03, technical consultant, Kroll Ontrack Here is a man who wants to keep you guessing. He looks away from you but commands your attention by looming large in the patio doors. He chooses a strong stance, a confident pose, all while hiding in the light of day right in front of you. But he appears more hat rack than human. An armless X meant to distract you from the finer points, the tiny details, which expose his personality. You suppose he is doing one of three things in decreasing order of profundity: practicing Zen Croquet, contemplating the evening’s dinner (the size of the grill suggests he consumes a fair share of red meat), or standing fully clothed in the sunlight in order to tan only his face. He has cats and creases in his pants. He’s tidy for sure, but he’s forgotten Mr. Whiskers’ ball near the door jamb. He prefers a shirt with a collar but won’t spring for a rug to wipe his feet when stepping from the balcony. A grocery bag near the grill contains the shadow of a Chihuahua, which makes you wonder why a man so tall would have so tiny a dog? You could puzzle yourself with questions all day, but what you want to do is tap him on the shoulder. The opposite shoulder from where you’re standing. Make him guess where you are, who you are, and what you’re doing. The Apocalypse, as Seen from Unit 24E Jaye Lawrence ’05 WEC, director of web communications, Carleton College Franklin liked order. Neatness. Discipline. He’d been a drill sergeant once, and it showed. You could take the man out of the Army but never the Army out of the man. Military experience was an asset. It kept him alive, and his ragtag band of survivors too. But that need for order? That was a problem. That just might be the thing that finally drove him mad. Franklin no longer lived in an orderly world. “You should be asleep,” chided a voice behind him, thready with age. “Weren’t you supposed to wake me for CQ duty at oh-three hundred?” Esther. Franklin didn’t turn or relax his stance, but the corners of his stern mouth twitched. He didn’t smile much, never had, and he sure as hell didn’t have occasion to anymore—but 83-year-old Esther Rosenberg from 23C, bona fide blue-haired lady, former bane of the condo board of directors, spouting military jargon? That tickled his funny bone. With a slow soft tread of orthopedic shoes, Esther crossed the room to stand beside him. Franklin inspected her with a sidelong glance, granting a curt nod of approval to the pistol accessorizing her polyester pantsuit. Esther always kept his rules. Many who’d been younger, faster, and fitter had not. “Why didn’t you wake me?” “I like seeing the sun come up again.” “Ah.” A sigh, light as a whisper. “Yes, I do too.” Esther patted his arm. She used her left hand, keeping the right free for the pistol. Franklin smiled. Witness Andrea Sanow ’09, administrative assistant, Augsburg College Office of Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity They catch sight of each other’s shoes underneath a bathroom stall, and when they are washing their hands, they are too embarrassed to look each other in the eye. Then, they are strangers the next semester when they take Calculus together. They laugh about being two of the four girls in the room and they bond over the fact that they aren’t going to major in mathematics. And when Emily doesn’t come to class, Rachel worries. Em, where r u? My grandma died, take notes for me. And Rachel goes to the funeral. And they take classes together. And they live together and share clothes and try to learn to cook while they recount the jokes of every day. Then, Rachel travels abroad and one night, from somewhere in South Africa where she has gotten drunk for Em’s 21st birthday, she writes: Here’s what I see on my walk home: a tree that grows at a 90degree angle out of the sidewalk, a woman sitting with a baby, a spraypainted stencil of a tiny red man, a few kids who ask me to say something with my accent, and a man, who every day sees me walk back to my apartment and the triangle from foot to crotch to foot reminds me that somewhere we remember geometry or whatever and you are passing me a note and we’re meeting after class and you’re pissed—I’ve borrowed your favorite pair of shoes. Spring 2012 27 1 3 6 4 C 5 E B D A 7 personality of place STUDENT BREAK ROOM BY STEPHEN GEFFRE 28 Augsburg Now A TEXT MESSAGE GOES OUT AT MIDNIGHT ON JANUARY 1. “HAPPY NEW YEAR! And we are working tomorrow. See you at 6:30 a.m.” The next morning, groggy students stroll into the facilities building, a small gray box behind the ice arena. They make their way through a maze of tools, vehicles, and junk into the far back corner, where they fall onto a plethora of salvaged couches and chairs. Then they fall back to sleep and wait for their boss, Bruce. 1 KOELE—A family tradition since 2006, the Koele brothers (Jason and Kyle) have worked on the grounds crew. The years in green are when only Jason worked, the years in white are when they worked together, and the year in blue is when Kyle was the lone Koele brother. 2 THE MANNEQUIN—She was found in a residence hall trash chute. Over the years, some of the more interesting items from the trash are added to her ensemble. Her accessories have come exclusively from the residence halls. 3 WEST HALL SIGN—The students gather unused and outof-date signs to use as decoration. Almost all of these are from the sign cache in the Luther Hall underground parking lot. 4 THE KUBB TROPHY—Kubb is an ancient Viking game that uses wooden sticks to knock over wooden blocks. The grounds crew and other facilities staff play Kubb in Murphy Square on their summer lunch breaks. Stats are kept throughout the seasons, and the top players are awarded the Kubb trophy (which never leaves the break room). 5 THE HEAD—Found in a residence hall trash chute, the head is used to torment student “B,” Brittany Hecker. It is placed by her when she is sleeping, put in her backpack, or just thrown at her to freak her out. 6 I-94 FLAG—The flags in the Urness/Mortensen hall parking lot along the I-94 corridor are replaced yearly, and the old, tattered flags are distributed among the student crew. Some have even found their way to students’ rooms. 7 THE FURNITURE—All of the furniture has been scavenged from residence hall move-out day in the spring semester. There are enough couches and chairs in the break room so that everyone gets their own, but the Lazyboy recliner is the softest and most coveted chair. It is, therefore, reserved for the grounds crew student supervisor’s hindquarters. 2 F This is a typical start to the new year for a group of Augsburg students who are lucky enough to work for Bruce Rowe, the College’s groundskeeper. With Bruce and assistant groundskeeper Arlen Madigan, these students make sure the grass is clipped, the flowers are pruned, the snow is shoveled, and the campus is maintained year round. One perk of their job is access to the grounds crew student break room— a mixture of reclaimed and repurposed items. According to Kyle Koele, the current student supervisor, the room holds a kind of history and acts as an unofficial museum of Augsburg College. STUDENTS IN PHOTO A—Kyle Koele B—Brittany Hecker C—Mary Hildestad D—Benjamin Grant E—Jacob Haehnel F—Meghan Novak Spring 2012 29 auggies in the front office Supporting the home team Roger Griffith ’84 Last season, he didn’t make any three-point shots, pull down any rebounds, or have any assists on the court. But Roger Griffith ’84, executive vice president of the Minnesota Lynx, did have a great season—in part because the Lynx brought home their first championship title, and in part because of the team’s dedicated fans. Griffith came to the Timberwolves franchise in 1994 as a finance officer. When the Lynx, Minnesota’s Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) team, came to the state in 1999, Griffith took on the role of executive vice president. In that role, he is responsible for making decisions about the head coach and working with the coaching staff on player and personnel relations. He also maintains the team roster and oversees scouting and drafting functions as well as the signing of free agents. Basically, he said, his work supports the coaches so that they can focus on coaching. And that is how he contributed to the Lynx’ winning 2011 season. In October, the team completed its season, beating the Atlanta Dream in a three-game sweep of the WNBA championship series. It was the team’s first championship and first appearance in the playoffs since 2004. “The championship game was very nerve-wracking,” Griffith said. The team was behind at half-time, but Griffith said they weren’t worried. “We had always been a good second-half team, and we knew we had the skills and talent to pull ahead.” They did, but nearly lost their lead in the final minutes of the game. “It was stressful,” Griffith said, “but it was also fun and exciting to see the large number of fans who traveled to Atlanta to support the team.” Griffith said the Lynx fans are one of the best parts of his job. “Last year, through the whole season, it was great to be able to sit in the stands and look away from the game to see how much the experience meant to the people,” he said. “Our fans have been extremely loyal and supportive, and they got their payoff when we took the championship title.” WENDI WHEELER ’06 30 Augsburg Now alumni news FROM THE ALUMNI BOARD PRESIDENT Dear Auggies, n the time since my fall letter, I hope you enjoyed the holiday season with your family and friends, and I hope the new year has begun well for you. With help from our fellow alumni, we have been making a difference in our communities and engaging with our student body. In November, we focused on giving back to the community at our Alumni Board meeting. Partnering with Brian Noy, coordinator of Augsburg’s Campus Kitchen program, we participated in a peanut butter and jelly sandwich-making project and produced 250 sandwiches that were taken to a local homeless shelter. It was a fantastic project and the most fun I can remember ever having at a board meeting! In December, when thousands of Augsburg alumni and friends gathered at Advent Vespers, many brought basic hygiene supplies and warm clothing to donate to the Augsburg Central Health Commons (ACHC), housed at Central Lutheran Church. Alumni who attended the Auggie Night at the Races last summer did the same, helping the center to provide for community members in need. Auggies will have another opportunity to give back on June 5 by participating in a Feed My Starving Children event. Please see details on how to register in the information listed on page 33. I am pleased to announce that alumni engagement is at an all- i s e i augGEg T INVOLVED time high! Alumni event attendance is up by 25 percent compared to last year. We are thrilled to see this progress. It is due in part to your feedback that we have seen such great results. Knowing what events are meaningful and fun for you drives our program development. Thank you for your consistent feedback and participation. In February, the Alumni Board hosted the annual Student and Alumni Networking event. This event consistently attracts alumni who are passionate about being a resource to current students, while providing them the opportunity to reconnect with fellow alumni. If you or someone you know would like to help connect or get connected to alumni or students, please consider attending this event in the future. Another tool to reconnect you with Augsburg and fellow alumni is the Maroon Pages. This online tool helps recognize and promote alumni businesses on the web. It can be used as a marketing tool for the self-employed as well as a resource for students to reach alumni for job hunting or networking. Lastly, I want to lift up the Eye-Opener Breakfasts that are held quarterly at the Town and Country Club in St. Paul and the Strommen Executive Speaker Series, which takes place on campus on a regular basis. These events give alumni opportunities for personal and professional development by hearing from successful leaders within our community. Come to be inspired, to network with peers, and to reconnect with your alma mater. Go to www.augsburg.edu/alumni to learn about all the excellent resources available to Auggie alumni. ROBERT WAGNER II ’02 ALUMNI BOARD PRESIDENT The Augsburg Alumni Association is looking for volunteers to serve on the Alumni Board. All alumni are welcome and encouraged to apply. The Alumni Board is a governing body of the Alumni Association. Together with the Office of Alumni and Constituent Relations, it provides resources and opportunities to engage alumni with the College and each other through consistent communication, inclusive programming, and intentional relationship-building. To apply or get more information, go to www.augsburg.edu/alumni/getinvolved. Spring 2012 31 alumni news What a Legacy! As an Augsburg graduate and as the director of parent and family relations at Augsburg, I was delighted to be a part of the first annual Legacy Family Reception, held at the Augsburg House on January 16. I attended with my two Auggie daughters (Kristin ’09 and Maren ’13) and their dad, Paul Daniels ’79. We had such a lovely evening connecting with other legacy families! Currently, 112 students enrolled in Augsburg’s traditional undergraduate program are part of a legacy family. In other words, each is a child and/or grandchild of an Augsburg graduate. At the reception, Wendy Delesha ’10 MAL said, “I am proud to be an Auggie and to have both of my children be Auggies, too. We will have graduates three years in a row: 2010, 2011, and 2012.” Another Augsburg grad who attended the reception was Howie Smith ’80. He said, “I loved my years at Augsburg and am so, so happy to have my son and daughter here now.” If you would like to encourage a member of your family to become an Auggie, please contact the Office of Admissions at www.augsburg.edu/ admissions and the staff will be happy to connect with your family member. SALLY DANIELS HERRON ’79 L to R: Kristin Daniels ’09, Maren Daniels ’13, Paul Daniels ’79, and Sally Daniels Herron ’79 L to R: Erica Wilson ’12, Cliff Wilson ’11, and Wendy Delesha ’10 MAL SAVE THE DATE FOR homecoming New events along with traditional favorites make this one of the best times to come back to campus. Reconnect with fellow alumni and favorite faculty, and experience the Augsburg of 2012. Watch www.augsburg.edu/homecoming for future information. If you would like to help make your reunion a success, contact the Office of Alumni and Constituent Relations at 612-330-1085 or alumni@augsburg.edu. 32 Augsburg Now SEPTEMBER 24-29, 2012 Reunion Classes 50th Reunion—1962 25th Reunion—1987 40th Reunion—1972 10th Reunion—2002 30th Reunion—1982 Auggie IN RESIDENCE Last fall, Augsburg implemented a new volunteer program, Auggies in Residence—yet another great opportunity for alumni to visit campus to reconnect with the College and its students. Through this speaker series, alumni are invited by faculty to speak at a fall or spring class and then engage in a question-and-answer period with students. Of the 70-plus alumni who have volunteered to serve as an Auggie in Residence, those who have experienced this unique program have been gratified and happy with the opportunity to speak in the classroom and interact with future Auggies. If you think an Auggie in Residence experience is something you would enjoy and you want to share your time and talent, contact Pat Grans at gransp@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1329. Courtesy photo Feed My Starving Children JOIN US ON JUNE 5 Join the Alumni Board at Feed My Starving Children to help pack millions of meals for hungry children in 70 countries. Alumni and friends may volunteer on June 5, 6-7:30 p.m. or 8-9:30 p.m. Register to volunteer with the Augsburg College Alumni group at www.fmsc.org (click “join existing group”). Registration code for 6 p.m. is 205100 and for 8 p.m. is 205101. Last year 75 Auggies gathered together to pack 22,000 meals for hungry children around the world through the Feed My Starving Children program. We are hoping for even greater participation and impact during the upcoming June event. Pictured above [L to R] are Maria (Mitchell) Helgerson ’07, Jennifer Oliver ’07, Brandon Elegert, Stephanie Gnojek, Carolyn Mollner ’07, and Erik Helgerson ’07. Meet Sara Schlipp-Riedel ’06 The Augsburg College Alumni Association welcomes Sara Schlipp-Riedel as the new associate director of alumni and constituent relations. She comes to the department with nearly six years of event and project management experience and is thrilled by the opportunity to engage fellow Auggies. “My primary focus will be to connect with and engage our young alumni and recent graduates,” said SchlippRiedel. “We want to build awareness among current students that their connection with Augsburg doesn’t end once they have received their diploma, and our hope is that there will be a lifelong relationship. I want to develop programming across the board that will cultivate community, instill pride, and emphasize tradition.” Schlipp-Riedel lives in South Minneapolis with her husband, Aaron Riedel ’07, and their one-year-old son, Aidan. She can be reached at 612-330-1178 or schlipp@augsburg.edu. SAVE THE DATE auggie night AT THE RACES August 3, 5-7 p.m. Canterbury Park 1100 Canterbury Road, Shakopee, Minn. Free admission, picnic buffet, and reserved seating provided. Go to www.augsburg.edu/ alumnievents to register. Spring 2012 33 alumni news AUGSBURG YOUNG ALUMNI HOLIDAY PARTY 2011 YOUNG ALUMNI summer series To register for Young Alumni events or to see the full calendar of events at Augsburg, go to www.augsburg.edu/alumni. May 31, 5:30-7:30 p.m. 1900 Marshall St. NE, Minneapolis Live music, one complimentary beverage, and appetizers provided. Courtesy photo PSYCHO SUZI’S MOTOR LOUNGE June 21, 6-9 p.m. Since it launched in 2009, the Young Alumni Summer Series has been an incredible success, engaging young alumni and recent graduates through unique programming. In 2011, the Young Alumni Council expanded the program to include a winter event by hosting the first Young Alumni Holiday Party in December at La Meridien Chambers Hotel in downtown Minneapolis. The event was a huge success and will be added to future programming. YOGA BOAT CRUISE Afton Hudson Cruise Lines 500 1st St., Hudson, Wisc. $15 includes one-hour yoga session, boat cruise, appetizers, and one complimentary beverage. SPACE IS LIMITED. July 18, 5-7 p.m. MINNESOTA TWINS GAME Hubert’s and Target Field $30 includes ticket to game with seating in the Pavilion, appetizers, and two complimentary beverages at Hubert’s. 5-7 p.m. Pre-game at Hubert’s, 600 1st Ave. N., Minneapolis 7:10 p.m. Twins vs. Orioles August 3, 5-7 p.m. Canterbury Park 1100 Canterbury Rd., Shakopee, Minn. Free admission, picnic buffet, and reserved seating provided. September 28, 6-8 p.m. HOMECOMING 2012: YOUNG ALUMNI RECEPTION Republic 221 Cedar Ave. S., Minneapolis Two complimentary beverages and appetizers provided. Join the AUGSBURG COLLEGE YOUNG ALUMNI FACEBOOK GROUP to get the full scoop! 34 Augsburg Now Courtesy photo AUGGIE NIGHT AT THE RACES L to R: Rebecca Lewis ’07, Aili Brom-Palkowski ’07, Felicia Faison ’09, and Shannon Olson ’07 save the date December 7, 8:30-11:30 p.m. YOUNG ALUMNI HOLIDAY—UGLY SWEATER PARTY Location TBD To register, go to www.augsburg.edu/alumnievents. past meets present A Journey to the Holy Land: EXPLORING THE PAST, THE PRESENT, AND THE PEOPLE Courtesy photo When the travelers heard about the work of the Parent Circle For 10 days in January, a group of 28 Auggies explored the Holy Family Forum (comprised of bereaved Israeli and Palestinian famiLand with Philip Quanbeck II, associate professor of religion, and lies who have lost family members in the conflict, and who support Ruth Johnson ’74, former Augsburg College Regent. peace, reconciliation, and tolerance), Turner was particularly imWhen the group arrived, Larry Turner ’69 was surprised at the pressed by the gentleman who spoke of losing his son in the last contrast in terrain—not only was it more rugged than expected, but parts looked like fertile farmland, especially around Galilee. In addi- week of military service. This Israeli father was soon drawn into the tion to the warm Palestinian welcome, he was struck by many of the historical sites, several of which Herod the Great had built—Masada, the palace in Jerusalem, and Caesarea (where Herod insisted on building a harbor, even though his architects advised against it). From a religious point of view, Turner said it was very moving to visit the Mount of Beatitudes, the Sea of Galilee, the Mount of Olives, Capernaum, Primacy of Peter, Gethsemane, and the Via Dolorosa—the very places Jesus walked some 2,000 years ago. For Turner, images of the region’s past were soon overlaid with realities of the Holy Land of today, especially on a tour bus when the guide pointed to a nearby village in Lebanon and then a fence bordering Syria. He noticed yellow signs reading “Danger, Mines” on a fence along the side of the road. Though Turner didn’t feel endangered during the trip, he Front Row [L to R]: Sandy Prince, Sally Daniels Herron ’79, Charlie Green, Barb Green, Ruth Johnson ’74, Sharon Carlson ’72, Terri Rummans, Mary Kinney ’04, Donna McLean; Middle Row [L to R]: Yousef Eideh (our guide), Larry Turner ’69, Sue Turner, found the most distressing aspect to be the Jennie Wilson, Phil Quanbeck II, Nancy Sampair, Susan Carlson, Liz Weninger ’92, Judy Coppersmith ’66, Lee Furman ’61; wall between Jerusalem and Bethlehem. Back Row [L to R]: Barbara Bruce, Sharon Mortrud ’64, Scott Anderson ’96, Judy Reeve ’95, Jeff Gotfredson ’82, Kirk Gill, When Palestinian Lutheran pastor Rev. Paul Kilgore ’80, Becky Kilgore, Jim Weninger ’92, Heidi Hunter Mitri Raheb spoke to the group about his ministry in Bethlehem, he described three areas of focus: culture, forum, where he met a Palestinian who had also lost someone. As a education, and health. Culturally, the ministry helps Palestinians result, his thoughts about the conflict evolved from quite hawkish to deal with identity issues and obtain meaningful work, and it promore conciliatory. In pairs, members of the forum (one Israeli, one vides a place for concerts, art, and theater. Educating the youth is Palestinian) make regular visits to schools in an effort to help another priority since 55 percent of the population is under the younger people think more seriously about the human aspects as age of 18. Dar al-Kalima College, Bethlehem’s new Lutheran colthey consider military expectations. lege (the first in the Middle East), will certainly aid in those efforts Turner and his wife, Sue, have traveled a fair amount since he reas well, providing studies in art, music, communication, and mantired after 38 years with Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, but agement. The ministry also offers opportunities in women’s sports, this trip was special, he said. It felt like a real pilgrimage for him. eldercare, and preventive health, helping people learn how to take CHERYL CROCKETT ’89 better care of themselves. Spring 2012 35 alumni class notes Norm Larsen and Jerome “JD” 34Detviler ’74 were inducted into the Saint Paul Park (Minnesota) High School Athletic Hall of Fame in November. Larsen was the head football coach at Park for 10 years and served as Park’s athletic director until his retirement in 1977. Detviler was a soccer, Nordic skiing, and track and field coach at Park. Herb Chilstrom, former presiding bishop of the ELCA, released his autobiography, A Journey of Grace: The Formation of a Leader and a Church (Lutheran University 54 Press). The book is a reflective account of his family roots, childhood, education, and pastoral and teaching career. It tells of his life as bishop, his role in the formation of the ELCA, and his ministry as the first presiding bishop. In June, Richard “Dick” Thorud 56was inducted into the Min- nesota Inventors Hall of Fame. The award was based largely on the 80 patents he was awarded as a principal research engineer with the Toro Company. Corrine (Froelich) Frank 73became a grandmother for the first time in December, when grandson Weston Leslie Frank was born. Steven Resnicek was ap- 74pointed interim director of the Bemidji State University concert choir for the spring 2012 semester. Resnicek is an adjunct faculty member in the music department at Bemidji State. David Larson and Kate Sholon- 77ski released their book, Wide auggieSNAPSHOTS Awake: Three Minutes a Day to an Inspired Life! in Novem- 36 ber. This volume is filled with personal stories of challenge, triumph, empowerment, and motivation. Linda (Slater) Thoni was se- 88lected by the Art Educators of Minnesota (AEM) as the Elementary Art Educator of the Year for the State of Minnesota. She has been employed by the Byron School District for 12 years. AEM annually recognizes teachers who have made significant contributions to AEM, the state of Minnesota, and their school or organization. Award recipients have demonstrated dedication, achievement, and professionalism in the art education field. Members of the class of ’81 met in October in Cable, Wisc., for 81their annual Augsburg reunion. Pictured [L to R]: Mary Beamish, a copy editor at the Duluth News Tribune who is rehabbing a 1920s house in Duluth; Susan (Dahlgren) Sackrison, a history teacher at Lakeville High School; Maureen Webster, a grandma, an Army mom, and a Title I teacher at Sunnyside Elementary in Mounds View; Laura Kasdorf, a master gardener who coordinates the Community Garden in Chippewa Falls, Wisc.; Mary Lou (Schlosser) Suss of Louisiana, who misses being able to grow rhubarb; Janna (Wallin) Haug, who just returned from four years with the ELCA Global Mission in Slovakia. Karla (Morken) Thompson graduated from 81the College of St. Scholastica with a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree in August. She has worked at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. for 30 years and is a staff physical therapist specializing in women’s health and vestibular rehabilitation. Heidi Anderson gave birth to Jim Lindell and Karri (Birkholz) 04Lindell ’03 were married on July 16, at Central Lutheran Church in Minneapolis. Auggies in the wedding party were Kim Birkholz ’05, Britni (Morgan) Robertson ’05, Jeremy Robertson ’05, Travis Kalis, Tom Delisle ’04, Jeff Willihnganz ’04, Kyle Howard ’04, Jillian (Janicki) Howard ’04, Nick Collins ’04, Stefanie (Lindell) Lender ’98, Bruce Lender ’98, Jason Luhrs ’96, and Melissa (Luhrs) Gooder ’93. Karri is a brokerage product manager at Ameriprise Financial, and Jim is a corporate account manager at Choice Communications. They live in Maple Grove, Minn. Janine (Borchardt) Kellogg 93Soren Russell in May 2011. 04and her partner, Jennifer Heidi has worked for GE Lighting in Cleveland, Ohio, since 1999. Kellogg, welcomed baby boy Sawyer Jay on August 8. Becky (Welle) Winters and Paul 05Winters ’07 welcomed Maximilian Robert on August 17. Marette (Hoffman) 09Hahn married Justin Hahn on August 26, in Mendota Heights, Minn. Other Auggies involved included Leah Jarvi ’09 (bridesmaid), Shonna Fulford ’09 (personal attendant), Amber Stransky ’07 (personal attendant), and Kendra (Christiansen) Oxendale ’10 (photographer). Mateo Martin Irby was born on September 7, to Joanne K. Reeck-Irby and Cornelius M. Irby. Joanne is the director of campus activities and orientation at Augsburg. The Political History and Landmarks 91 In a January special election, Marathon Road in January. The film features Augsburg cross country/track and field head coach Dennis Barker, a trainer for Team USA distance athletes. The film was produced through Sanft’s company, Ideatap Studios. of South Africa and Namibia: AUGUST 2013 Courtesy photo Tom Kerr was named Administrator of the Year by the Iowa Reading Association. Kerr has served as the principal of BoydenHull Elementary School in Boyden, Iowa, for six years. Jennifer (Richter) and Dylan 92Susan Allen was elected to the 07Soberg ’06 welcomed baby After nearly eight years, Heather Johnston left the City of Minneapolis to become the CFO and director of administrative services for the City of Burnsville, Minn. In that capacity, she oversees finance, communications, community relations, city clerk, and information technology operations. In addition, she was recently appointed to the executive board of the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) of the United States and Canada. boy Alexander David on October 10. Emily Crook, a 2007 graduate and a current student in the Master of Arts in Education program, married David Hamm ’08 on October 8, 2010, in Duluth, Minn. Many other Auggies were in attendance to celebrate with the couple and their families. Angela (Barron) and Charles 08Brewer welcomed Emma Rose on November 17. In November, Dave Lange began a career at Ameriprise Financial in life insurance sales. George Hemmingsen and his Jesus (Alex) Hernandez Herrera was promoted to senior director, principal gifts, in the Northwestern University (Illinois) Office of Alumni Relations and Development in September. 95 Heather Savage has been writ- 01ing (under HK Savage) and editing and opened her own publishing company, Staccato Publishing. Staccato’s purpose is to help authors who want to publish their work but aren’t sure how to navigate the twists and turns on the road to publishing. 09brother Grant Hemmingsen, both 2009 graduates, are assistant basketball coaches at Kentucky Wesleyan College. George is in his second year with KWC and his first year as top assistant coach, and Grant is in his first year as assistant coach. Katie Wornson was named to the Volunteers of America-Minnesota board of directors in December. Volunteers of America is a nonprofit human service organization headquartered in Edina, Minn. Julia Sewell and her colleague Jennifer (Langman) and husband Kevin Reese welcomed Elsie Marie on November 8. 02 Tony Geckler completed a 05Master of Social Work degree from St. Catherine University/University of St. Thomas in August. In November, he passed his licensed graduate social worker examination. Augsburg cross country/track and field alumni Paul Sanft ’05, Dan Vogel ’05, Riley Conway ’05, and Tori Bahr ’09 released their documentary 10and partner, Don Patterson, are touring the United States spreading messages of youth voice and action, leadership, and educational reform through their 2011-2012 SWAG (Sharing Wisdom Amongst our Generation) tour concluding in April. Sandra (Albrecht) Sutton married Michael Sutton on August 27, 2010. The couple resides in Baldwin, Wisc., where Sandra works as a sponsor services analyst with Wells Fargo. Namib Desert Join Augsburg alumni and friends on this 12-day tour to learn about Namibia and South Africa’s shared political past and to see the popular tourist attractions and landmarks this history has created. Learn firsthand about this region’s struggle against apartheid while visiting the acclaimed Apartheid Museum, Cape Point where the Dutch conquerors landed and built a lighthouse, and Robben Island where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned. Tour the former black and colored townships in Windhoek and Johannesburg and hear from a cross-section of Southern African society. Discover how the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia, with a total membership of more than 700,000, mainly in Northern Namibia, played a significant role in opposition to apartheid and was part of the Namibian independence struggle. The Namibia portion of the trip will also include a visit to the Etosha Game Reserve and the Namib Desert, the site of the world’s highest sand dunes. This trip is offered by the Alumni Association in partnership with the Center for Global Education (CGE) at Augsburg College. For 30 years, CGE has provided cross-cultural educational opportunities that foster critical analysis of local and global conditions so that personal and systemic change takes place, leading to a more just and sustainable world. To request more details about the trip, call 612-330-1085 or email alumni@augsburg.edu. namibia and south africa Minnesota House of Representatives to represent District 61B. Allen is the first Native American woman to serve in the Minnesota House. Spring 2012 37 A phone call. An e-mail. A diploma. When Jennifer Ivers ’13 e-mailed Larry Couture ’79 as part of her work with Augsburg’s IGNITE program, she couldn’t have imagined the chain of events that would transpire—or that she would end up with an internship as a result. Through IGNITE (Involving Graduates Now in Thoughtful Engagement), current Augsburg students connect with alumni to help them find ways to engage with the College. But when Ivers contacted Couture, she was surprised by his e-mail response. “He sent a short essay explaining why he wasn’t really excited about meeting with me,” she said. It turns out that Couture thought he graduated from Augsburg in 1979 but found out in 2006, when he tried to apply for admission to a graduate program, that his transcript was incomplete. Couture had been one religion course short of completing his graduation requirements in the spring of 1979 and had returned to Augsburg that summer to complete the final class. That course was never posted, but Couture didn’t suspect anything because he’d moved to a new apartment and thought perhaps his diploma had just been lost in the mail. After receiving Couture’s e-mail, Ivers told him that she would like to help him. She said she would forward his e-mail to her boss, who could bring his issue to the attention of the Dean, and together they would try to resolve the situation. “He said that after this long he didn’t think it really mattered, but if I could help, he thought that would be great,” Ivers said. And help she did. On February 1, more than 30 years after he thought he graduated, On February 1, more than 30 years after completing his graduation requirements, Larry Couture ‘79—pictured here with Jennifer Ivers ’13, a summer intern at Couture’s company—received his Augsburg College diploma. nt llege Commenceme 1979 Augsburg Co Larry Couture received his Augsburg College diploma and became a member of the class of 1979. Couture was so impressed with Ivers’ tenacity, as well as her speaking and writing skills, that he asked her to work as a summer intern for his company ECOSmarte, a Richfield, Minn.-based manufacturer of nonsalt, non-chemical water technology for ’79 LARRY COUTURE swimming pools and spas. The relationship has also led to an internship for a second Augsburg student. “This has been one of the more fulfilling aspects of my position,” Ivers said. “The IGNITE program aims to re-involve alumni on campus, and what’s a better way to involve someone than finally getting them their diploma?” WENDI WHEELER ’06 38 Augsburg Now Send us your news and photos Please tell us about the news in your life, your new job, move, marriage, and births. Don’t forget to send photos! (Digital photos must be at least 300 dpi or a 1MB file.) For news of a death, printed notice is required, e.g., an obituary, funeral notice, or program from a memorial service. Send your news items, photos, or change of address by mail to: Augsburg Now Class Notes, Augsburg College, CB 146, 2211 Riverside Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55454, or e-mail alumni@augsburg.edu. You can also submit news at www.augsburg.edu/alumni. ____________________________________________________________ Full name ____________________________________________________________ Maiden name ____________________________________________________________ Class year or last year attended In Memoriam ____________________________________________________________ Street address Edward L. Evenson ’41, age 93, on September 28 ____________________________________________________________ City, State, ZIP code Verlinda L. (Olson) Huus ’42, age 91, on September 19 Carol A. (Hibbard) Kirtley ’42, age 88, on October 22 Vivian A. (Larson) Loren ’43, age 89, on September 23 Is this a new address? q Yes q No ____________________________________________________________ Home telephone H. Daniel Frojen ’45, age 87, on September 18 J. Bernhard Bretheim ’48 on August 2 ____________________________________________________________ E-mail Ruth O. (Holm) Sawyer ’48, age 83, on January 18 Okay to publish your e-mail address? q Yes q No Evelyn (Green) Harris ’49 on June 29 John H. Wetzler ’49, age 88, on January 22, 2011 Raymond J. Bodin ’50, age 93, on October 27 ____________________________________________________________ Employer ____________________________________________________________ Position Jean (Kuklish) Knudsen ’50, age 83, on July 12 Robert G. “Bob” Smith ’51, age 89, on October 24 ____________________________________________________________ Work telephone Edwin O. Silrum ’53, age 90, on September 12 Is spouse also a graduate of Augsburg College? q Yes q No Elizabeth G. (Hagen) Carlson ’56, age 76, on November 26 If yes, class year ________________________________________________ Roger Lecander ’56, age 77, on July 17 ____________________________________________________________ Spouse’s name John T. Thompson ’56, age 76, on February 28, 2011 Loren G. Berkness ’60, age 82, on February 21, 2011 Bernard A. “Bernie” Onsager ’65, age 82, on September 28 ____________________________________________________________ Maiden name Beverly Jean (Mattson) Conboy ’73, age 59, on September 10 Your news: ____________________________________________________________ Nancy (Kerber) Anderson ’74, age 59, on November 18 ____________________________________________________________ Janice L. Phinney ’74, age 58, on July 30 ____________________________________________________________ Jody (Anderson) Sundlee ’79, age 56, on December 6 ____________________________________________________________ Patrick D. Hurley ’84, age 49, on March 3, 2011 George C. Ogbonna ’88, age 55, on December 26 ____________________________________________________________ q I know a student who is interested in attending Augsburg. Henry G. Parsons ’04 MSW, age 59, on January 26, 2011 Spring 2012 39 it takes an Auggie During fall 2011, 26 student callers dialed 37,925 times, spoke with 3,178 constituents (parents, friends, and alumni), and raised almost 700 gifts totaling $66,574. Meet our Augsburg Fund callers ANYA CLEAVER Major: Political science, minors in German and communication studies Hometown: Technically, Buxton, England Activities and interests: Queer and Straight in Unity (QSU), Echo newspaper, Augsburg Atheist and Secular Humanist group Interesting fact about me: I moved to Minnesota at age 12 from a town outside of Manchester, England, because England is drab and rainy. KALEB WILLIAMS Favorite things about Augsburg and the city: I’m a film buff, and I love the independent movie theaters. I also like the riverfront and Harriet Island in St. Paul. Major: Public relations and advertising Hometown: Lakeville, Minn. Activities and interests: Football Interesting fact about me: I always say I’m like an old black man; I have an old soul. I think I would have fit in well in the 60s or 70s. Favorite things about Augsburg and the city: It’s such a diverse place, and everyone seems to get along well. Every day I feel like I meet someone new. Favorite Augsburg experience: The football game last season against St. Thomas. It was a home game, and the stands were packed. At the time, we were the top two teams in the MIAC, so it was pretty exciting. 40 Augsburg Now My favorite Augsburg experience: I was a summer orientation leader and got to connect with many students from different backgrounds. It helped me learn about being more inclusive, and I made a lot of friends. KATHERINE WALKER Major: International relations, minor in peace and global studies and religion Hometown: Brainerd, Minn. Activities and interests: Study Japanese, volunteer tutor, editor for the Honors Review Interesting fact about me: I plan to go to Vietnam this summer to teach English at the British Embassy. Favorite things about Augsburg and the city: I love Augsburg’s emphasis on community service. I think that if I had gone to another college, it wouldn’t have given me such an introduction to the community. I feel like I live in this neighborhood; I don’t just go to school here. Favorite Augsburg experience: I went to El Salvador to take a class over winter break two years ago with assistant religion professor Matt Maruggi. We studied liberation theology, and we got to interact with local people, community activists, and religious leaders. We stayed in a small self-sufficient community in the middle of the jungle, and there were baby pigs running around. AN LEGACY Dr. Gerald Mindrum “I shall always remember the personal influence of many Augsburg professors on my life and career, and also appreciate the continued support of Augsburg to communities—both at the neighborhood and the global scale. I hope my charitable gift annuity will foster a similar experience for future students.” 1-800-273-0617 www.augsburg.edu/giving 2211 Riverside Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55454 The Gage Center for Student Success and Groves Technology Center The Gage Center for Student Success and Groves Technology Center have quickly become a hub of student activity. This photo, created by merging 10 different photographs together, is a still life time-lapse image showing how this common space is constantly being used by all members of the community. Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Twin Cities, MN Permit No. 2031
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Show more AUGSBURG NOW SUMMER 2011 VOL. 73, NO. 3 inside auggies Augsburg Now The Magazine of Augsburg College 25Awesome Years of Life-Changing internships Commencement 2011 Ali Rapp ’11 Gage Center for Student Success Travel International Auggies Ask an Auggie expert page 20 Achievement in the classroom Nick Ward ’11 go global notes from President Pribbenow Assistant Vice President of Marketing and Communication Rebecca John rjohn@augsburg.edu Creative Associate-Editorial Wendi Wheeler ’06 wheelerw@augsburg.edu Creative Director Kathy Rumpza ’05 MAL rumpza@augsburg.edu Education off the main road Creative Associate-Design a s I write these words for the summer issue of the Augsburg Now—which includes stories illustrating Augsburg’s vision of educating global citizens—I am in Oslo, Norway, attending an international conference on the links between higher education and democracy, and also spending time with Augsburg students studying peace and conflict mediation at the University of Oslo. I am struck by how relevant Augsburg’s longstanding commitment to what I call an “education off the main road” is to preparing our students for life in the 21st century. A simple story illustrates my point. In a trip last fall to Augsburg’s Center for Global Education (CGE) campus in Windhoek, Namibia, I remember looking out at the sparkling lights as I was hosted at a dinner in an ultra-modern restaurant high above the city. All was well, it seemed, as I waited for my dinner companions to arrive. But the view from our perch above the city, nestled in an obviously affluent subdivision of the burgeoning city, belied my experiences earlier in the day. I had witnessed the remnants of an apartheid system. Formerly separate cemeteries for whites, colored, and blacks. Housing that was clearly demarcated by tribal class. Primary and secondary schools stratified by social class. A sprawling tin village—the so-called “informal settlements”—in which tens of thousands of Namibians lived in squalor, unable to find work after they arrived in the city and were left to their own devices to survive. Health clinics with waiting rooms full of women seeking both prenatal care and HIV tests. Non-governmental organizations struggling to serve the needs of indigenous people whose rights were neglected. The stark contrasts of the day were mindbending. My dinner companions arrived—a labor activist and a teacher working to improve education for indigenous people—and as I described our day in Windhoek, one of them commented that he was grateful I had witnessed these contrasts because too many outsiders come to Namibia and travel only “the main road,” from which all seems well. I had left that main road and experienced the real Namibia. My experience that day was a snapshot of what our CGE students encounter each semester in Namibia as they participate in intense experiences that open their eyes to the life-transforming dynamics of life in this developing country. Through extended homestays in both urban and rural areas, internships with organizations doing important social and educational work, classes that feature speakers who have firsthand experience of the tensions in Namibia’s life, and opportunities for significant interaction with Namibian people and culture, our students experience life off the main road in this remarkable country, just 22 years after it declared independence. And when these students return home to the U.S., we know they carry with them knowledge and experiences of this place and its good people that will shape the decisions they make about their own lives and what they might be called to do in the world. Some may return to Africa, perhaps as medical workers or teachers. But most will not, and, for them, we trust and know that their experiences off the main road in Namibia will help them understand their own privilege in an increasingly complex world—privilege that must be named and then put to responsible use in the search for equity and justice, both in their personal lives and in the systems they inhabit. Off the main road in Namibia, off the main road wherever Augsburg offers its distinctive education for global citizenship. I’m only beginning to understand how critical our work as a college is in transforming the lives of students and contributing to a different vision of our common future as global citizens. Jen Nagorski ’08 nagorski@augsburg.edu Photographer Stephen Geffre geffre@augsburg.edu Director of News and Media Services Stephanie Weiss weisss@augsburg.edu Webmaster/Now Online Bryan Barnes barnesb@augsburg.edu Sports Information Director Don Stoner stoner@augsburg.edu Director of Alumni and Constituent Relations Kim Stone stonek@augsburg.edu www.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 Send address corrections to: Advancement Services CB 142 Augsburg College 2211 Riverside Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55454 langemo@augsburg.edu E-mail: now@augsburg.edu PAUL C. PRIBBENOW, PRESIDENT summer 2011 Features 11 6 “Problem” students become problem solvers BY WENDI WHEELER ’06 14 21 Auggies are everywhere BY STEPHANIE WEISS . 16 Gloria Xinico Morales ’12 A girl of the world 17 Max Bregenzer ’12 Living life to the Max 17 Erica Lippitt ’12 Family teamwork creates a world of possibility 18 Jiahua (Holly) Huang ’12 Holly is a regular Minnesotan 8 14 18 Dat Nguyen ’11 contents Unlocking possibilities and potential at Augsburg 26 19 Faiza Abbas Mahamud ’11 A life that defies definition 20 Ibrahim Al-Hajiby ’14 Life in the United States: Different, but not weird 21 26 Real experience in the working world BY WENDI WHEELER ’06 Commencement 2011 BY WENDI WHEELER ’06 Departments On the cover International Auggies Gloria Xinico Morales, Alom Martínez, Zebokhon Tursunova, and Gottlieb Uahengo have fun at a Minneapolis landmark, Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen’s Spoonbridge and Cherry. All photos by Stephen Geffre unless otherwise indicated. augsburg now inside front cover 2 6 8 9 10 28 32 Notes from President Pribbenow Around the Quad My Auggie experience Auggies on the track It takes an Auggie Auggie voices Alumni news Class notes quad around the NEWSNOTES National fellowship and scholarship awards Fulbright Awards, 2011-12 • Katie Edelen ’11, majoring in chemistry, biology, and environmental studies, received a Fulbright Research Grant to Norway. She will study and carry out research at the Peace Research Institute of Oslo. (See story page 10.) Urban Debate League success at nationals Two teams from the Minnesota Urban Debate League (UDL), part of Augsburg’s Sabo Center for Citizenship and Learning, were among the top 10 teams in the country at the National Urban Debate League (NAUDL) tournament in New York in April. A student debater from each of the two teams—Washburn and South high schools—placed seventh and eighth respectively in individual speaker competition. Newberry Library Fellowship to Michael Lansing Michael Lansing, assistant professor of history, received the Lloyd Lewis Fellowship in American History for 2011–12. The fellowship will support the ongoing work of his book-length research project on the Nonpartisan League. Norma Noonan honored for long-term direction of the MAL program Norma Noonan was honored this spring after stepping down as director of the Master of Arts in Leadership (MAL) program. Throughout her 18 years of directing and teaching in the program, Noonan has been both a leader and a shaper of leaders. Since the mid-’90s, Noonan has had an exceptionally steady hand in leading the ongoing development of the MAL program and the Leadership Center. Students have appreciated her accessibility, encouragement, and clarity. Although she is leaving the director position, Noonan will continue to teach at Augsburg and support the College’s commitment to leadership. 2 Augsburg Now • Jennifer Oliver, a graduate student in education and former financial aid counselor in the Enrollment Center, received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Germany. Goldwater Scholarship—Math major Austin Wagner ’12 received Honorable Mention for a Barry S. Goldwater Scholarship. Newman Civic Fellows—Claire Bergren ’12 was honored by Campus Compact for her community work around racial justice and social issues linked to poverty. Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship—Katie Edelen will pursue graduate study in environmental management in 2012–13. Udall Scholarship—Kathy DeKrey ’12, an environmental studies and political science pre-law double major, has been awarded a Udall Scholarship for 2011–12. Top green power purchaser Augsburg College has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as the 2010-11 top green power purchaser in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC). Augsburg College purchased more than 13 million kilowatt-hours of green power, representing 100 percent of the school’s annual electricity usage on the Minneapolis campus. This is the equivalent to avoiding the carbon dioxide emissions from the electricity use of more than 1,000 average U.S. homes or nearly 2,000 cars annually. EXCELLENCE in research In April 2011, Jeremy Anthony, a senior Presidential Award for mathematics major, represented Augsburg College in the Council on Undergraduate Research Posters on Community Service the Hill event. This event, held each year in Washington, D.C., showcased Metropolitan Regional Arts Council Awards Augsburg College earned two $10,000 grants from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council for programs recognized for providing “high-quality, age-appropriate arts education.” Medieval Minnesota: This one-week boarding camp for students ages 14 to17 reimagines life during the Middle Ages. Students study medieval history, the Crusades, castle design, and the history of labyrinths. They also learn to build a medieval costume, juggle, dance, fence, and entertain. The camp, in its fifth year, attracts students from across the United States and Canada. For more information, go to www.augsburg.edu/medievalminnesota. Centro Youth Workshop: This summer photography workshop provides 10 youths from metropolitan Latino/Chicano communities the opportunity to develop technical and artistic photography skills. The program, which is in its second year, is a partnership between the College and Centro, a Minneapolis-based social service nonprofit. Learn more at http://overexposuremedia.org/. the research of 75 undergraduate stu- Courtesy photo Augsburg is one of six higher education institutions in the nation to receive the 2010 Presidential Award for Community Service from the Corporation for National and Community Service. This is the highest award given that recognizes institutions for their commitment to and achievement in community service, and Augsburg is the only Minnesota school to receive this honor. In three previous years, the College has been named to the President’s Honor Roll with the additional designation of “With Distinction.” During the 2009-10 school year, Auggies contributed nearly 200,000 hours of community service to programs, including course-based servicelearning, Bonner Leaders, Campus Kitchen, community gardens, GEMS/GISE/STEM summer programs, Urban Scrubs Camp, and more. More than 1,700 students and 200 faculty and staff participated in service-learning last year. dents from colleges and universities across the country. L to R: Isanti mayor George Wimmer, Senator Al Franken, and Clayton McNeff ’91, vice president of research at SarTec Corporation. SENATOR FRANKEN visits Ever Cat Fuels On April 21, U.S. Senator Al Franken visited Ever Cat Fuels in Isanti, Minn., which can produce three million gallons of biodiesel each year using the Mcgyan Process. In 2008, the discovery of the Mcgyan Process began with student research by Brian Krohn ’08, along with chemistry professor Arlin Gyberg. The process received its first patent in March 2011. Augsburg receives second grant for Travelers EDGE Augsburg received a second gift from Travelers Insurance for their Empowering Dreams for Graduation and Employment (EDGE) program. This program focuses on college recruitment and retention of low-income and first-generation students. In Minnesota, the focus is specifically on students graduating from the St. Paul Public School district. The $100,000 grant will be used for Augsburg’s Travelers Pathways program for financial literacy training, which is open to all students. Current Augsburg juniors and seniors who graduated from a St. Paul public high school may be eligible to apply for a $5,000 annual scholarship, which brings with it opportunities for job shadowing, internships, and mentoring. Summer 2011 3 In Memoriam: Jessica Nathanson Jessica Nathanson, assistant professor and director of the women’s studies program and the Women’s Resource Center at Augsburg College, died April 5 of breast cancer. Nathanson’s passion for and knowledge of social justice and gender issues was instrumental in shaping the women’s studies community at Augsburg. Nathanson earned a BA from Wesleyan University and an MA and PhD from the State University of New York at Buffalo. She co-edited the book Mother Knows Best: Talking Back to the “Experts” and enjoyed a wide following as a blogger on feminist issues. The following is an excerpt of an original spoken word piece read by Lucreshia Grant ’11 at the multifaith service in Hoversten Chapel to remember and celebrate Nathanson’s life. An excerpt from There are so much things to say By Lucreshia Grant ’11 For Jessica Nathanson There are so much things to say right now There are so much things to say There are so much things to say right now There are so much things to say … Friends, let me tell you If we had the time to recall every moment where in which this woman made me feel like I could levitate, I swear it’d take all day… This is a piece about praise today because, if there was bad between us I just can’t remember it I never knew I could float with pride this way. I came in here rusty and naïve, too big for my own britches You saw a light in me and followed it My writing then, was sloppy, holey and dishonest There are times when writing for an audience is just plain perjury And every time I lifted my pen from this paper in disbelief Turned my palms up in discouragement You calmly, proclaimed that “That must be the oppression talking.” That day I thought my heart would beat right through my ribcage I never imagined that someone might get it Get me, get this I love you, for the tears you allowed me to cry, often and The beauty you believed me to write And I can’t help believing that we were meant to be in a space like SVERDRUP 207 warm and complicated in the differences between us 4 Augsburg Now age, race, class, time, distance there is love in that and we confronted it daily learning that oppression sometimes smells like privilege and power doesn’t always have to be dominance you are my best memory about this place and I know we’re not done Cuz you African dance through my dreams Reminding me of the freedom I already keep, on my tongue You’re in my windpipe Part of the cadence and confidence in my voice You’re the social justice in my strut I won’t lower my head in fear again Eyes forward ready to stand completely still with another You gave me grace, honored me with respect Not just a Black woman on a stage to you…clap me a round of “thanks and that was beautifuls” But she knew the truth. Knew I was a Queen, believed my words and told me. There are so much things to say I have so much to say, but I can say nothing fully at all. Thanks for all the books and Reminding me that I can do this Thanks for believing in feminism enough to teach it. Thanks for loving us as much as you did Thanks for loving me It’s not over, we’re not done You’ll see Because This place became a home for me because you were in it It is better because you graced it Because you believed it I am better Jessica, thank you! CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR RETIRING TENURED FACULTY Retiring faculty were honored at the Faculty Recognition Luncheon on May 5. Nora Braun, Business Administration Nora Braun has been described as a role model for successfully balancing the demands of professional and personal responsibilities with incredible patience, integrity, and humor during her 14 years at Augsburg. A few of her contributions include participating in the College’s accreditation program, chairing a keystone collaborative, helping to design the business keystone course, and being involved in the initial design process for the Augsburg Master of Business Administration program. Braun enjoys writing and is the author of a children’s book that explores the life of the middle child. Francine Chakolis, Social Work Bruce Reichenbach, Philosophy Francine Chakolis graduated from Augsburg in 1978. Since 1983, her dedication to her colleagues and students has taken many forms. Always a proud Auggie, Chakolis was a formidable leader and the first director of the Master of Social Work program in the 1990s. Her colleague Tony Bibus used these words to describe Chakolis, “…spouse, mother, family, and COMMUNITY, with capital letters. She is also a teacher, activist, fighter, administrator, leader, and social worker.” Bruce Reichenbach began his teaching career at Augsburg 43 years ago. Students have always been at the top of his priorities, and they received the very best of Reichenbach’s passion and deep commitment to learning. He organized and led the writing team for the Lilly Grant and then served on its advisory board. As a logical outgrowth of the Lilly Grant to explore vocation, he worked on the development of an extended orientation for first-year and second-year faculty. Reichenbach is a prolific scholar, having written a dozen books and many articles, and is regarded for his expertise in helping faculty understand how to teach critical thinking. Dan Hanson, Communication Studies A 1986 graduate of the Weekend College program, Dan Hanson began taking classes when he was a vice president at Land O’Lakes. A dedicated colleague and teacher for 23 years, Hanson developed several courses, including the communication studies keystone course and a course for the Master of Arts in Leadership program. He is the author of several books, including A Place to Shine and Room for J: A Family Struggles with Schizophrenia. Hanson has devoted his energy and years of experience and expertise to the development of his students in both undergraduate and graduate program classes. Lynne Lorenzen, Religion At a reception honoring Lynne Lorenzen’s 22-year career at Augsburg, Professor Bev Stratton referred to Lorenzen as a trailblazer. A tireless advocate for gender rights on campus and in broader communities, Lorenzens’s collaboration on the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s (ELCA) first sexuality task force 20 years ago laid the groundwork for the decision to recognize lesbian and gay clergy in committed, same-gender relationships. She played an important role in the design and development of the Augsburg/Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities (ACTC) women’s studies program. An active member and leader in the Lutheran church, Lorenzen’s classes at Augsburg also reflected her interests and focus on theology, church studies, and feminism. Charley Sheaffer, Computer Science Charley Sheaffer has been involved in several curricular development efforts in his department since he joined the College in 1997. He helped revise the computer science major to include the programming languages and compilers sequence. He was a co-creator of a three-credit cognitive science course, which was instrumental in increasing confidence among many students about their ability to handle college-level work. His colleague Larry Crockett said, “If the measure of a person is finally the ability to retain a gracious sense of humor in the face of all that life can present, then Charley is a remarkable person indeed.” Nan Skelton, Center for Democracy and Citizenship As co-director of the Center for Democracy and Citizenship (CDC) at Augsburg College, Nan Skelton led the center’s external public work in civic education, reclaiming neighborhoods, and the democratic renewal of education. She is a co-founder of the Jane Addams School for Democracy; and she has been an architect of the Neighborhood Learning Community and, more recently, Learning in Cities (also called Sprockets), pioneering new approaches to learning and education. Prior to joining the CDC in 1994, Skelton served as assistant commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Education and provided leadership with the National Governors Association. Summer 2011 5 my Auggie experience Floating on the social media bubble If you’re a friend of Ali Rapp ’11 and weren’t a frequent visitor to the communication and film studies office where she worked on campus, you maybe “saw” her on Facebook and Twitter. And if you didn’t attend a class or go to a local restaurant with her, you may have kept up with the goings-on of Ali Rapp’s life—and maybe still do—through her blog, “No, I am a Cat.” Rapp was the social media intern for Augsburg’s admissions office since 2007. In this position, she maintained her own blog and managed other student bloggers on Homemade, the College’s unobstructed window on student life. 6 Augsburg Now The student bloggers kept prospective and current students entertained and up-to-date with real-life posts about classes, favorite professors, internships, experiences abroad, papers and projects, social events, and general commentary on life as an Auggie. Homemade follows a national trend among college admissions offices to engage and recruit students using social media. A May 2009 article from The Chronicle of Higher Education cites data from the Center for Marketing Research at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. It shows that in fall 2008, 61 percent of admissions offices were using social-networking sites and 41 percent had blogs, up from 29 percent and 33 percent, respectively, in 2007. Rapp thinks Homemade is an easy way to give new students a view of Augsburg that they might not get through visits with admissions staff. “Incoming students aren’t dumb,” she said. “They know that things go on that no one talks about. I think they appreciate our honesty.” Staying afloat in the social media bubble is more than writing and editing posts and reminding bloggers to blog. It’s also about using other social media tools such as Facebook and the microblog tool Twitter to raise awareness of the blogs. Throughout her internship, Rapp became more adept at promoting Homemade using unique accounts on those social media sites. Rapp said the key to staying on top of social media is to remember that it is always changing. “For me it’s a matter of realizing I can’t stop learning. If I stay off of Twitter and Facebook for too long, I will lose some of it.” To be sure, social media is growing in importance not only for recruiting new students but also for keeping current students, alumni, donors, faculty and staff, and the community engaged in the life of the College. Many campus departments including the Enrollment Center, Campus Kitchen, the bookstore, and the dining service rely on social media to keep students informed. Auggie Eagle is on Facebook, too. In the fall, Rapp will begin graduate studies at the University of Minnesota in communication studies with a focus on critical media studies. She hopes to continue research started as an undergraduate on computer-mediated communication and to explore the role of social media in the communication studies field. And just in case you’re wondering, “No, I am a Cat” has no meaning. At least none that Rapp can remember. She doesn’t have a cat at her Minneapolis home. She does, however, have a dog named Per. If you were following her social life through social media, you may have read about him on her blog, too. WENDI WHEELER ’06 Keeping up with social media @Augsburg College Throughout Augsburg College, many departments and programs are finding that one of the best ways to stay in touch with prospective and current students, alumni, and the community is through social media. BLOGS YOU MIGHT LIKE: Homemade—www.augsburg.edu/homemade President Pribbenow’s blog—follow at www.augsburg.edu/president FACEBOOK PAGES YOU SHOULD “LIKE:” Augsburg College—the official page of the College (2,879 followers) Augsburg College Alumni Association—all the alumni news you need, and a great way to connect with your Auggie friends (336 followers) Augsburg College Homemade—you guessed it (285 followers) Auggie Eagle—be Auggie’s friend (1,251 followers) FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @AugsburgCollege (1,088 followers) @paulpribbenow (258 followers) @auggieshomemade (107 followers) Number of followers listed are as of July 2011. auggies on the track More than an all-around guy At Augsburg, Nick Ward ’11 worked hard to be an all-around student-athlete—one who was as dedicated to his studies as he was to setting records on the track. In his last year of college, he put in extra time to add one more accomplishment to his list: All-American athlete. A physics and mathematics major originally from Milwaukee, Wis., Ward says he had no intention of participating in college track and wanted instead to focus on academics. Then a couple of his first-year friends talked him into joining the track team. Augsburg track and field coach, Dennis Barker, says Ward was a very coachable athlete and a good listener. “He always tried to absorb and understand the concepts behind what I asked him to do,” Barker said. “I think that’s partly the way he thinks as a physics student.” Barker was impressed with Ward’s commitment. “I don’t know anyone who studies as much as he studies,” Barker said. He speculates that track offered a chance for Ward to let loose after spending long hours in the lab and the library. “I think track and field maybe comes more naturally to Nick than physics, but that never stopped him from excelling,” Barker said. Being a member of the Auggie track team turned out to be a good choice for Ward. One of the top men’s sprinters in school history, he earned his first trip to national competition this spring when he competed in the men’s 55-meter dash at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) indoor championships in Columbus, Ohio. Ward’s qualifying time of 10.73 seconds in the men’s 100-meter dash was the 17th-fastest among the 22 entrants in the event. Last season, Ward won the conference titles in the men’s 55-meter dash and men’s long jump at the MIAC indoor championships, while finishing second in the men’s 100meter dash and winning a conference title as part of the 400-meter relay at the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) outdoor championships. In his first-ever appearance at the NCAA championships in May, Ward clocked a time of 11.07 seconds to record a 20th-place finish in the event. As one of the top sprinters in Augsburg school history, Ward will end his career having earned seven MIAC titles, 12 All-MIAC honors, and eight All-MIAC honorable-mention honors, to go along with eight school records. Off the track, Ward completed his studies with a 3.2 grade point average and conducted summer research in physics as a McNair Scholar and also through the North Star STEM Alliance program. He credits his academic success to faculty and staff who encouraged him, namely his physics adviser Ben Stottrup, Tina Tavera from the McNair Scholars program, and Rebekah Dupont who advises North Star STEM students at Augsburg. “They pushed me throughout my whole college career, making me apply for internships and for research opportunities off campus. I guess they motivated me to keep going,” he said. Ward applied to three graduate school programs and was accepted into the master’s program in electrical engineering at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro. “Nick has such a great attitude and is always so excited about the opportunities he has,” Barker said. “I think he feels very fortunate to be at Augsburg, studying in a stellar physics department and being on the track team. I think he’s enjoying life here.” After four outstanding seasons and a successful academic career, Ward’s goal for the end of the season was to be named an AllAmerican in the 100- and 200-meter dashes and in the long jump. Unfortunately his name was not on the NCAA Division III list, but that doesn’t change the fact that Nick Ward is an impressive student and athlete. For Ward, a somewhat shy young man, talking about his accomplishments is one thing that does not come easily. “I guess I’m just trying to be an all-around guy,” he said. WENDI WHEELER ’06 AND DON STONER 8 Augsburg Now it takes an Courtesy photo Auggie Visionary leadership in support of student success In 1984, Skip and Barbara Gage’s oldest son, Geoff, made an unexpected choice. Though he had been determined to attend school in California, the high school senior decided after a tour of the Augsburg campus that he preferred to become an Auggie. At parent orientation the following fall, Skip and Barbara joined the campus community for the first time. “We couldn’t have been more pleased with the nurturing and caring environment provided at Augsburg,” Skip said. While they remained proud Auggie parents (all four of their children attended classes at Augsburg, and two graduated from the College), it didn’t take long for Skip and Barbara to take a more active role in the community. Just two years later, Augsburg President Charles Anderson asked Barbara to join the board of regents, where she served for 12 years, including four years as chair of the board. During the early years of Barbara’s service, she and Skip approached President Anderson to discuss ways to expand student support. “We’ve had distinct experience with learning differences in our family,” Skip said, but at that time, little research had been done on learning differences at the college level. In fact, according to the Gages, Augsburg and the University of Colorado, Boulder, were Barbara and Skip Gage Skip and Barbara have supported other campus projects through the years, including the Scandinavian Center, Lindell Library, Anderson Plaza, and the Gage Family Art Gallery. And, with their newest gift, the Gages once again reveal their enthusiasm for student support and innovative programming. The Gage Family Foundation and the Carlson Foundation last spring announced that they will collectively contribute $900,000 toward the creation of the Gage Center for Student Success—a centralized place where all “We were so thankful that we had found a school that actually had ways to help students can go to enhance their learning and students with learning differences,” Barbara said. “We were excited to help achieve their academic goals. Construction for make the program larger and able to meet the needs of more students.” the center started this summer in Lindell Library. The center will be on the link level, the only two colleges they found that provided support services to creating space at the heart of the campus for the CLASS program as students with different learning abilities. well as numerous other academic success programs. Passionate about this cause, Skip and Barbara commissioned a Barbara noted the importance of having the learning center $30,000 study on programming to support learning differences. near the College’s technological resources and at a centralized loBased on this study’s findings, the Gages, together with the cation. Carlson Family Foundation, committed half a million dollars and “The center will be a part of the students’ daily lives,” she raised another half a million to institute a new program at said. “[The students who use the center] will become advocates of Augsburg, which evolved into the Center for Learning and Adaptive learning.” Student Services (CLASS). This program provides services to help The Gages believe that Augsburg’s leadership in student sucall students—regardless of learning style, preference, or need— cess is due in part to its mission for service. reach their full potential at Augsburg. “Augsburg has been wonderful in being inclusive in working “We were so thankful that we had found a school that actually with students of different needs,” Barbara said. “I’m so proud to had ways to help students with learning differences,” Barbara said. be a part of it.” “We were excited to help make the program larger and able to meet the needs of more students.” KAYLA SKARBAKKA ’09 Summer 2011 9 auggie voices Treating the system instead of the symptoms Katie Edelen ’11 wanted to be a doctor from the time she was five years old. She watched surgery on the Discovery Channel before naptime and begged her parents to let her be present at the birth of her two younger siblings. It wasn’t until she was in college and working with doctors in India that Edelen realized she did not actually want to be a doctor. Soon after she arrived at Augsburg, Edelen began looking for an opportunity to volunteer abroad to gain medical experience helping people in war-torn countries. She had been interested in Doctors Without Borders, so she contacted native health non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to find volunteer opportunities. In her junior year, Edelen landed in Chennai, India, where she shadowed doctors in government hospitals and another who brought internal medicine services to refugee camps, slums, and villages. “What really spoke to me were all the people who had been exposed to water-borne, preventable diseases because of unsafe sanitary conditions,” she recalled. Though she had been interested in environmental issues before traveling to India, there she began to see in a new way the consequences of peoples’ actions on the environment. She saw that issues related to health, education, poverty, and social justice were connected to environmental problems. “That is when I started to become interested in treatment of the systematic inequalities as opposed to putting a band-aid on the problem,” she said. This experience led Edelen to pursue other opportunities centered 10 Augsburg Now on water and its role in society. She took a course on environmental and river politics led by Augsburg political science professor Joe Underhill. She traveled to Uganda and worked with villagers on water access and conservation, even starting a “safe water and hygiene club” in the primary school. This summer, she will be in Norway on a Fulbright fellowship researching the correlation between armed conflict and water hazards and scarcity at the Peace Research Institute in Oslo. Following her time in Norway, Edelen will pursue graduate work in environmental studies on a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship. A triple major in chemistry, biology, and environmental studies, Edelen said her education and experiences abroad have solidified her desire to work in the area of policy analysis and research. “I really see my vocational work and my background bridging the different realms of sciences and the humanities together to address problems,” she said. “The nexus between science, policy, and society can be messy and convoluted, but that’s what really excites me about it.” Edelen said her parents instilled in her the importance of taking initiative, encouraging her interest in medicine even before she began grade school. “I’ve always had a desire to make a difference in the world somehow. That’s what really motivates me. I want to use my gifts as a way to help the world.” WENDI WHEELER ’06 To read more about Katie Edelen, go to www.augsburg.edu/now. “PROBLEM” STUDENTS BECOME PROBLEM SOLVERS BY WENDI WHEELER ’06 Visualize young people in our public schools making positive change in their communities. Who comes to mind? Probably not middle school students in the special education classroom—kids with emotional and behavioral disabilities who have difficulty paying attention and communicating with each other or their teachers. Typically, students in special education are labeled as troublemakers. They are marginalized, silenced, and given little choice in their daily school tasks. But a partnership between Augsburg College and Fridley Middle School hopes to change that. By giving students a voice in their education and allowing them to focus their time and energy on an issue they care about, this program has turned “problem” students into public problem solvers. Public Achievement in special education Piloted in the 2010-11 academic year, Augsburg’s program at Fridley Middle School (FMS) is a partnership involving Augsburg’s Center for Democracy and Citizenship (CDC), the Augsburg special education faculty and students in the Master of Arts in Education (MAE) program, and teachers and students from the school. The project began when Susan O’Connor, associate professor of special education at Augsburg, heard Dennis Donovan and Nan Skelton of the CDC speak about the Public Achievement model. This model for youth civic organizing was developed by the CDC’s Harry Boyte. In the classroom, Public Achievement serves as an empowerment tool that allows students to create change in an area that they select and take ownership of as a group. To O’Connor, Public Achievement seemed like a fit for special education classrooms. “It was like the self-advocacy tool we are always encouraging teachers to use with their students,” she said. “The kids with EBD (emotional/behavioral disabilities) are kids that typically don’t have a voice in their school work. They’re told what to do. They’re told how to act.” O’Connor and Donna Patterson from the Augsburg special education faculty learned how to implement Public Achievement in the classroom. They looked for a location to pilot the project and settled on FMS because two of the special educa- tion teachers—Michael Ricci ’07 and Alissa Blood ’07—are graduates of Augsburg’s teacher education program. Finally, they hand-picked five MAE students from the Critical Issues seminar course to work with the middle school students and then began weekly classes at Fridley in the fall term. A new way of teaching and learning The Public Achievement model identifies classroom teachers as coaches and places all responsibility for decision-making and action on the students. The middle school students identified two projects: one concerning alternative energy and another on homelessness. In each project, the students were responsible for designing every aspect. They created timelines, conducted research, contacted experts and members of the community to schedule speaking engagements or field trips, and communicated about their projects with faculty and students in their school. Cheryl McClellan, an Augsburg MAE student, worked with the “Solar Heroes” team on installing solar panels to light the school’s flag and a solar thermal to heat water for domestic uses at the school. “The idea is, the students decide who gets invited to be a part of the project. They find out how to contact people, send them an e-mail or call, and follow up with them,” McClellan said. At the end of the year, Solar Heroes had not been able to finalize the projects but pledged to con- Summer 2011 21 11 tinue working on fundraising initiatives for the solar panels. For many of the students, these were tasks they had never been entrusted to perform. In addition to learning about how it feels to be empowered, McClellan said students also came to understand that community organizing and advocacy is not always easy work. “You get a lot of ‘no’s,’ but they are learning the skills to move forward.” Kayla Krebs is one of the Augsburg MAE students working with “Team Making a Way,” the class focused on homelessness. Her students went to the State Capitol to speak with legislators and also made fleece blankets to donate to Families Moving Forward, a North Minneapolis shelter that provides services for families with children who are experiencing homelessness. Krebs saw her role in the classroom as a facilitator. “I learned how to be flexible and how to let the students’ voices shine.” For students with special needs, she says this is an important part of the learning process because “so many times, people tell them what to do.” Molly McInnis, an Augsburg MAE student, said the program has taught her a new way of teaching. “I have learned how to let the students make the decisions and drive their own project,” she said. “I can’t come in and be a teacher—I need to listen to them and let them lead.” Blood said the program was beneficial to her students because they struggle with taking responsibility. “This program has given them a sense of power and responsibility and taught them that what they think and do matters. They are much more committed and have a sense of pride in what they are doing.” By giving students the power to choose the issues they want to work on and the methods of solving problems, Donovan said the students have developed the capacity to become public problem solvers. That means they work to solve problems affecting the Augsburg-Fridley Public Achievement Team Back Row [L to R]: Dennis Donovan, Stephen Keeler, Cheryl McClennan, Alissa Blood, Steph Bloxham, Heidi Austin, *Barbara West Middle Row [L to R]: Michael Ricci, *Susan O’Connor, *Dee Vodicka, *Elizabeth Ankeny, *Donna Patterson Front Row [L to R]: Molly McInnis, Becki Hamlin, Kayla Krebs *Augsburg College Faculty 12 Augsburg Now “THIS PROGRAM HAS GIVEN THEM A SENSE OF POWER AND RESPONSIBILITY AND TAUGHT THEM THAT WHAT THEY THINK AND DO MATTERS. THEY ARE MUCH MORE COMMITTED AND HAVE A SENSE OF PRIDE IN WHAT THEY ARE DOING.” ALISSA BLOOD ’07 public and are doing it in a public way. The students created displays for cases outside their classroom, logos and posters for their projects, appeared on the FMS Friday radio broadcast, spoke at a luncheon at Augsburg, and held a public presentation at the school. “Kids that are marginalized really rise to the top when they are given power,” he said. “In education, we say it’s not an achievement gap—it’s an empowerment gap,” Donovan said. “We have to ask ourselves how we can empower teachers and students to learn about things that are meaningful to them and have a voice in their education.” Lessons for teachers One of the most important reasons for implementing this Public Achievement project was to drive institutional change, O’Connor said. “We want these students to be seen in a more positive light, not as trouble-makers.” She added that the Fridley students were noticed by their administrators and peers, recognized publicly for their work, and asked to contribute to future discussions. Another goal of the project was to bring lessons learned by the Augsburg students and faculty into the special education curriculum at Augsburg. The faculty are creating a three-year plan to integrate into the special education curriculum and hope to develop a Public Achievement coaching course that can be used in other departments. Donovan is excited to see how this project will affect Augsburg’s special education curriculum and students. “I think Augsburg students are going to be different teachers because of this experience,” he said. A former public school administrator, Donovan is passionate about working with teachers and helping them acquire new skills for the classroom. Helping the Fridley students find their voice and become more visible in their middle school community are outcomes that also had a strong impact on the Augsburg students who will one day lead their own classrooms. Heidi Austin, an Augsburg MAE student who worked with the Solar Heroes group, said that as a future teacher, this program makes her very hopeful. “It is so important to give kids an opportunity to see that they can make a difference,” she said. “I came in thinking there wasn’t going to be much progress with this project, but I’ve been totally blown away with what they’ve done.” Speaking to the Augsburg community at an event in May, McClennan said this project transformed the FMS culture, the students, and also transformed her personally in a way she hadn’t anticipated. “At my core I am a better parent, a better citizen, and a better teacher,” she said. She commented that the students have felt empowered by their accomplishments and the public recognition they received. “I have learned that these kids who are so often silenced have a strong voice.” To read more about the Fridley Middle School Public Achievement project, go to www.augsburg.edu/now. Summer 2011 13 ERICA LIPPITT ’12 Erica, a Weekend College student, studied abroad in Mexico to learn Spanish. a Cuernavaca, Mexico San Lucas Sacatepequez, Guatemala GLORIA XINICO MORALES ’12 ugsburg’s Office of International Programs (OIP) for more than 25 years has provided internationally recognized and award-winning programs to students who seek cross-cultural and hands-on learning abroad. The office also brings international students to campus. “Increasingly, a global perspective is critical to a liberal arts education,” said Orval Gingerich, assistant vice president for International Programs and director of the Center for Global Education. “Intercultural experiences—at home and abroad—are a way to bridge global and local issues.” During the 2009-10 school year, nearly 275 students studied abroad. At the same time, Augsburg’s Minneapolis campus was home to nearly 100 international students from about two dozen countries including Morocco, Nepal, Norway, Tanzania, Togo, and many more. In this edition of Augsburg Now, we present a snapshot of the stories of students with ties to Guatemala, Germany, Mexico, China, Vietnam, Kenya, and Yemen. Some traveled from Augsburg to other parts of the globe. Others came to Augsburg and the Twin Cities from far away home countries. Still others have graduated and are on to the next chapters of their stories. To learn more about OIP and its programs, go to www.augsburg.edu/oip. Gloria, an international student from Guatemala plans to study in Namibia this fall. auggies are ev 14 Augsburg Now MAX BREGENZER ’12 Max has traveled, studied, and lived in four countries, but was born and raised in Germany. Würzburg, Germany IBRAHIM AL-HAJIBY ’14 Guangzhon, China FAIZA ABBAS MAHAMUD ’11 Faiza went back to her home country of Kenya as an exchange student to help African women. Sana’a, Yemen Hue, Vietnam Holly, a student at United International College in China, came to the U.S. to study education at Augsburg. JIAHUA (HOLLY) HUANG ’12 Ibrahim hopes one day to return to his home in Yemen to start a non-governmental organization. Nairobi, Kenya DAT NGUYEN ’11 Windhoek, Namibia Dat, a recent graduate and international student, will be a graduate student at Dartmouth. verywhere BY STEPHANIE WEISS Summer 2011 15 GLORIA XINICO MORALES A girl of the world Gloria Xinico Morales has worked so hard at Augsburg since arriving during 2008 that she twice won outstanding student of the year awards—once during her sophomore year and again her junior year. The hard work that earned Xinico Morales these honors is fundamental to her personality. She doesn’t give up. She doesn’t quit. Xinico Morales was 18 when she first applied for—and was denied—a student visa. She wanted to study at Augsburg College, a school she has known of for her whole life because her father is director of the Center for Global Education in Guatemala. Xinico Morales wasn’t deterred by the denial. Top: A view of the mountains from Gloria Xinico Morales’ hometown of San Lucas Sacatepequez, Guatemala. Bottom: Xinico Morales, left, is the oldest of three children. Here she is shown with her brother, Manuel, and sister, Nickte. Courtesy photos 16 Augsburg Now She waited the three months before she again could apply, and this time was approved. But the whole process pushed her college plans back by a full year. And as if that wasn’t enough, her visa was delivered to the wrong city the day before she was to fly to the United States. She drove to the city to pick up her visa. “After waiting one year and one week, I had two days to get here, unpack, and settle in,” Xinico Morales said. “I’d never been outside of Guatemala before.” But she still didn’t get to start at Augsburg right away. She said that by working with admissions staff, they decided she should study English for three months before starting college. It was a good plan. “Going to Global Language Institute was very helpful,” she said. “When I did start at Augsburg, it seemed the teachers talked really fast. I wasn’t comfortable with English, homework took a lot longer.” She kept plugging away. She joined the Spanish club and quickly was an officer. She joined Allied Latino/a Augsburg Students, and finally the International Student Organization of which she now is president. That’s not even all of it, though, because Xinico Morales said she can’t say ‘no.’ Being a student from another country can be challenging and students sometimes grapple with living life in two cultures. Xinico Morales grew up in Guatemala and was raised Catholic. She looks for answers to questions about varied perspectives in part through self reflection. “My life is like a tree,” Xinico Morales said. “The roots are the morals my parents taught me. When things get messy, that’s where I go. The trunk is my immediate family that is there for me no matter what. Then there are the leaves. The leaves go away and come back as I grow and change.” Lately, people have been asking Xinico Morales what she plans to do with her degree in international relations and minor in political science. She doesn’t know the answer. “Minneapolis is my second home. My life is built here, but Guatemala is where I belong, all my roots are there and my heart is there,” she said. “But I’ve become a different person and don’t fit there.” She hopes that she’ll find the answer in Namibia, in southern Africa, where she’ll study in the fall as an exchange student. “Namibia is a neutral place, a different country, a different continent,” she said. “It will help me make a decision from far away. Or maybe I’m just a girl of the world and I’ll go other places.” MAX BREGENZER Living life to the Max Max Bregenzer has traveled, studied, and lived in four countries—Germany, Spain, Argentina, and the United States—and he might not yet be done. Bregenzer, 22, was born and raised in Germany and now works in his home country for a large grocery wholesaler. The company, called Edeka, also is sending him to school. He studies for three months, then applies what he’s learned for three months. He’ll do that for a total of three years and at the end will have a holistic perspective of the company. It was through this model that Bregenzer came to Augsburg. He researched schools in the U.S. and found that Augsburg offered the classes he wanted, including human resources and project management, problem-solving for business, and international business. He said he also was lured by the arts and outdoor activities. “I learned about theatre and was totally surprised that everyone is biking here in the winter,” he said. This isn’t the first time Bregenzer has studied or lived abroad. He spent a year of high school in Spain. Then he went to Argentina to work with street youths as part of his civil service. Bregenzer is the oldest of three boys, and his family since about 1869 has owned a group of bakeries and cafés within 40 miles of his home city. You can see all the tasty-looking treats his family makes at Maxl Bäck (http://maxlbaeck.de). He hasn’t shut the door on the idea that he might someday work in the family business, but for now he is focused on learning and practicing regional store management. ERICA LIPPITT Family teamwork creates a world of possibility for WEC student Some people buy home study courses to learn Spanish. Some enroll in Spanish classes. And some people, like Erica Lippitt, go all the way to Cuernavaca, Mexico, to live and study. “I definitely achieved what I wanted in only four months,” said Lippitt, a single working mother and Weekend College student. “My son’s family is from Cuba and they say that my Spanish is getting good. We can communicate, and I understand them.” Studying at the Center for Global Education’s Mexico location was possible because Lippitt’s family pulled together. Her parents offered to care for her son, and Lippitt’s brother helped, too. Her father, a Lutheran pastor, even got a night job so the family could afford daycare for Lippitt’s son. “My parents pushed me,” she said. “They showed me this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.” Lippitt originally enrolled at Augsburg during 2001 for business administration. She said she left the school—also her mom’s alma mater—because Erica Lippitt visited the pyramids of Teotihuacan in Mexico City and the Xochicalco pyramids in Cuernavaca, Mexico, with friends she made on her travels. Courtesy photos she wasn’t focused. Lippitt moved to Florida to work and while there, met her son’s father. “I left Florida to escape an abusive relationship,” she said. “My dad is a pastor, and I wasn’t raised to live like that. I had to leave.” When Lippitt returned to Wayzata, she returned to Augsburg where she earned a 4.0 grade point average while working as many as 30 hours a week and raising her son. “It shows I am more focused, more determined. I am here because I want to learn, not because I have to be here.” Studying in Cuernavaca also opened new possibilities and ways of thinking. Erica now knows she wants to work in human resources for an international company. She’d also like to live and work in Mexico for a time so her son can experience living in a Spanish-speaking country. And finding ways to help other women is on her radar screen, too. “I’ve gained so much strength from my experience, that if there is something I can do to help other women, I’d like to,” she said. Summer 2011 17 JIAHUA (HOLLY) HUANG Holly is a regular Minnesotan In the 12 months Jiahua Huang was in the United States, she became a typical Minnesotan. Holly, as she prefers to be known in the U.S., liked the Minnesota State Fair and shopped at the Mall of America. And she got sick of snow. Huang, a student at United International College (UIC) in China, came to the U.S. to study education at Augsburg College. She learned about the college through an Auggie studying abroad at UIC. She wanted to learn about the United States’ culture and improve her English skills, and she was attracted to Augsburg because of its location. “It’s better for me to live in a city,” said Jiahua Huang was originally excited for snow, and her Huang, who comes friends were jealous that she was able to experience from a city of 1.6 milwinter. By April, though, she was ready for springtime. lion people. “Friends who went to [rural private colleges] said they were bored. But, when I got here, I asked where all the people were. I went to the State Fair, and I liked it a lot—all the people.” Huang was raised near Hong Kong. She has two older sisters and an older brother. Many families in China have only one child, but some are able to afford more children. “My parents wanted another boy, but got another girl,” she said. “Many friends would think from my name that I am a boy because my name means ‘handsome’.” Huang struggled with classes at first. “English is so hard,” she said. “I would listen to the professor, and I didn’t know what he was talking about. I would read the textbook, and I didn’t know what I was reading.” She also worked hard to become comfortable with cultural differences in the classroom. “In China, you raise your hand and stand up to participate,” she said. “Here, all the students talk. I wish I were more confident in class—I feel comfortable talking, but it also feels like I am being impolite.” Despite growing tired of the snow, Huang said she would like to return to Minnesota. She wants to go to graduate school at the University of Minnesota and teach Chinese while staying connected with her new friends in Minnesota. 18 Augsburg Now Success in the sciences started for Dat Nguyen when his photographer father lectured him on the solar system. It was 1995 and the two were taking pictures of the total solar Dat Nguyen, right, performs with folksinger Peter Yarrow of Peter, eclipse in Vietnam. Nguyen was Paul, and Mary more interested in how the camera and solar system worked than in the photos. Nguyen, who is Buddhist, said that his success also can be traced to selling candy at his mother’s store, and performing improvisational theater with American students visiting Vietnam in 2004. It was through these experiences that Nguyen learned to break out of his comfort zone. “As a Buddhist, we aren’t real loud or active. You have to break out of your shell and contribute,” Nguyen said. The American students that Nguyen’s family hosted invited him in 2005 to an improvisational theater camp in Colorado. “I didn’t expect to be invited to America when we hosted the students,” he said. “But I’ve found that if you do something voluntarily, without expectation, something automatically will come back.” In Nguyen’s case, that “something” turned out to be lifechanging relationships that resulted from his theater performances in Colorado. He met Peter Yarrow—of Peter, Paul and Mary—and later sang backup with Yarrow when the singer was in Vietnam for a fundraiser. He also connected with a group of families who offered to sponsor his education by providing his tuition, health insurance, and a stipend. In the sciences, Nguyen credits his success to the strong advising, encouragement and opportunities provided by his Augsburg professors, all of whom encouraged him to explore his curiosities and broad-ranging scientific interests. He will continue to feed his unlimited curiosity this fall as a graduate student at Dartmouth, where he has earned a full scholarship. He said he is looking forward to continuing his studies in a setting similar to Augsburg College—one with a smaller department where he can connect and interact with many people. DAT NGUYEN Unlocking possibilities and potential at Augsburg FAIZA ABBAS MAHAMUD A life that defies definition Faiza Abbas Mahamud moved a lot when she was young. First her family moved from war-torn Somalia to Kenya. Then the family moved four times in Kenya, including living at one time in a refugee camp. All the moving meant Mahamud wasn’t able to have one set of friends with whom to spend time, connect, and grow up. But she did have one constant—a dictionary. “As a child, textbooks had to be purchased. We couldn’t buy books, but we always had a dictionary. I feel like this is a tradition in our home,” she said. The moving stopped in 2004 when Mahamud’s family came to Minnesota. “My aunt put her life on hold to help us,” Mahamud said. “Aside from God, if it weren’t for my mom’s youngest sister, it would be hard for us to have a stable life.” Mahamud graduated from Roosevelt High School in 2007, then enrolled at Augsburg College. She went back to Kenya during 2010 as an exchange student to work for a United Nations agency in a variety of roles, including as a premarital counselor. “When I went back to Kenya, I was a totally different person,” she said. “I wasn’t the girl who wanted to get away from this country. Where is home for me? When I was in America, I would say ‘I’m going home.’ When I was in Kenya, I kept calling Minnesota home.” Mahamud, now a U.S. citizen, graduated in spring 2011 with majors in English and women’s studies and with a minor in chemistry. She’s now exploring options for graduate school but isn’t ready to confine herself only to the United States. “I want to be in Africa to help women who don’t have that second helping hand like my aunt,” she said. “I want to be in a position to make a difference in the lives of women and children.” And she still needs to finish reading the dictionary. “I spent so much time reading and using the words I learned,” she said. “But there are so many words I haven’t gotten to.” During her trip to Kenya, Faiza Abbas Mahamud learned beadmaking from the women of Narok who sold their goods at Maasai Mara. Courtesy photos Summer 2011 19 IBRAHIM AL-HAJIBY Life in the United States: Different, but not weird Ibrahim Al-Hajiby’s time in America is a study in contrasts. He first came to the United States during 2007 as a high school exchange student. He crossed the globe from Yemen’s capital city of Sana’a to Cloquet, Minn.—in the dead of winter. “I always seem to come to Minnesota in the winter,” he said. “In Cloquet, I loved McDonald’s double cheeseburgers. I would eat one every day. Even in winter, I’d ride my bike and the wheels would just spin in the snow.” Volunteerism and politics are different, too. “I live in one of the most conservative countries in the Middle East, and we have a tribal culture,” said Al-Hajiby, 20. “In Yemen, our schools are focused on academics— there isn’t the focus on serving the community.” Al-Hajiby volunteered time since first arriving in the U.S. and next year will serve as an officer of the International Student Organization. Al-Hajiby said that a key to his success in America is to embrace wherever he is living, and to be open to new experiences and people. “One of my host moms and I have a slogan: ‘It’s not weird, it’s different’,” Al-Hajiby said. Al-Hajiby said he misses and worries about his parents and sister but is glad that his brother also is in Minnesota Al-Hajiby is shown wearing the traditional clothing worn by men in his home country of Yemen. Courtesy photo 20 Augsburg Now Ibrahim Al-Hajiby said two of his favorite foods in the United States are hot dogs from The Wienery and double cheeseburgers from McDonald’s. this year. His country is in turmoil with protests against the government, and some demonstrations turn deadly. “I know people who have been killed,” he said. “My parents’ last words on the phone are that they are glad my brother and I are here and that we are safe.” Al-Hajiby is an honors student in chemistry and recipient of Augsburg’s International President’s Scholarship. He hopes one day to return to Yemen to start a non-governmental organization. “I really want to go back at one point and make a change,” Al-Hajiby said. “I feel like God has chosen me to pursue such a fine education so I can go back and help.” REAL EXPERIENCE IN THE WORKING WORLD BY WENDI WHEELER ’06 INTERNSHIPS, ONCE A NECESSARY STOP ON THE CAREER PATH OF ASPIRING PHYSICIANS, ARE NOW COMMON FOR MANY COLLEGE STUDENTS. WE TALKED TO FOUR AUGGIE INTERNS ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE LEARNING OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM. INTERNSHIPS PROVIDE VALUABLE OPPORTUNITIES for college students to gain hands-on experience in their fields. In addition to practical training, internships can give students an inside view of a business or industry and help them broaden their professional networks. The internship experience often validates a student’s career choice, but it can also lead them to consider options they hadn’t before. Today an internship is part of many students’ college experience and perhaps a must for those hoping to be hired after college. According to a May 2011 Washington Post article, internships are common for 75 percent of U.S. college students. There are a number of reasons why students should and do take on internships, said Lois Olson, executive director of the Clair and Gladys Strommen Center for Meaningful Work at Augsburg. “Students get excited about what they are learning in the classroom and want to apply it in another setting.” Often, she said, students will tell her that an internship experience helps them better understand lessons from the classroom. “They say, ‘Now I understand why we needed to learn that.’ ” One of the most significant reasons for doing an internship relates to getting a job after college. “A prominent message from employers is that they want practical applied experience related to a student’s major on their résumé,” Olson said. “They want to know they are making a good hiring decision.” In fact, completing at least one internship during college can have great value beyond the learning experience. According to the 2010 Student Survey published by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, 42 percent of graduates with internships who applied for a job received an offer compared with only 30 percent for students who had no internship experience. In addition, students with internships tended to receive higher starting salary offers. As for internships leading to a job offer, Olson said technically a job cannot be promised in an internship situation. “Most students hope it will lead to a job,” she said. Olson added, “The reality is that many organizations will look to their interns to fill open positions should the opportunity arise.” The prominence of internships and the rise of importance in the hiring process means students should start thinking about an internship early. Olson said students who want to do an internship in their junior year should start the process of planning in their sophomore year. “The competition has really changed. It’s not as easy as making a phone call anymore,” she said. Because the process takes longer, Olson encourages students to dedicate as much time and attention to it as they would when applying for a job. Here we profile four students whose unique and challenging internships have given them insight into their chosen career fields and also helped them grow as future leaders. Summer 2011 21 What are you doing? I bring the children of major donors and long-time season ticket holders onto the field for batting practice so they can see what happens and meet the players. I also coordinate a few of the opening pitches. ’11 22 22 What have you learned? I have learned how much goes into the presentation of a professional sporting event. There is so much that you don’t see or hear about that’s behind the scenes to make a baseball game run. DAN BRANDT What is the value of your internship? Major: marketing Internship: Minnesota Twins public affairs office I have had a lot of unique experiences—meeting people, networking, and doing things out of the ordinary that most people don’t get to do. At some point I would like to have a career in this field, but it is very competitive. Augsburg Now Now Augsburg ’11 KRISTI VINKEMEIER Major: chemistry, biology minor Internship: Aveda Corporation/SarTec Corporation What are you doing? My internship is a joint project between Aveda and SarTec Corporation. We are using the Mcgyan reactor technology to synthesize new surfactant precursors from renewable resources. Surfactants are an important class of molecules and integral to the performance of shampoos, conditioners, and soaps. This new surfactant will be produced almost exclusively from renewable resources and is expected to be fully biodegradable. What have you learned? When you work in lab class, your professor says, “This is what you need to do, this is how you do it, and this is what you are going to get.” In industry, you don’t know what you are going to get. You have to keep strict notes. In lab you assume you’ll remember minor details, but in the real world you can’t remember from the first time to the fifth time. In industry, it’s not always clear as day what is going to happen. The learning curve is much greater. I’ve also learned about myself. Before this, I told everyone I didn’t like research. Now I love it. I need change, so research and development and the variety of tasks I’ve been able to do are a lot of fun. Originally I was strongly interested in becoming a physician assistant, but I have started to explore the idea of getting my master’s or PhD in chemistry. What is the value of your internship? I can’t explain how awesome an internship is. The companies are willing to work with a student who is learning. I wish everyone could have this opportunity. You learn so much about working with people in a real chemistry lab. If I went to a big school I don’t think I would have had the same opportunities as I have had here. Augsburg has great affiliations with companies. Here, the chemistry department [faculty] got to know me and know what I am interested in. Summer 2011 23 What are you doing? I have been researching the area around the proposed stops along University Avenue on the Central Corridor Light Rail line. I have looked at the cost of developing high-density housing units in the area. I have also looked at government policies that were changed, such as some zoning policies and parking regulations. I have had to look at the background information of the proposed stops and give their story. ’11 TOM THAO Major: sociology Internship: Local Initiative Support Corporation (LISC) What have you learned? I am getting more into urban planning and learning about the policies involved in implementing a big project into a city. What is the value of your internship? I would like to have a career in urban planning, so it’s been beneficial to go into the field and get to know people. I hope I can build up my résumé these next few years and then get a master’s in urban regional planning. But right now it’s about building the connections. ’11 GEOFFREY GILL Major: youth and family ministry, psychology minor Internship: Seeds of Change at St. Paul Central High School What are you doing? Seeds of Change is an after-school program directed toward African American males. We try to give them the support they need in their education and in their personal lives. Our main goal is to get the families involved in the kids’ lives. A lot of their parents don’t go to conferences and don’t know about their kids’ grades. We are inviting the parents to a family night where they come and get involved in conversations. We are doing a small play to portray their experiences in school and life. It’s a chance for them to literally tell their parents what is going on in their lives. At the end we give the parents an opportunity to talk about what they saw. My goal is to be a support for the students. I first of all want to be a listening ear and hear where they are in life and be with them. They talk about how they moved around all their life and they never had a stable home. A lot of them don’t have fathers in their lives. They talk about how their relationship with their parents isn’t good and how they have seen their parents at their lowest points. They didn’t know how to handle it so they found a way to cope. You see kids who get into drugs because it’s the only way that makes them feel normal. Some of them don’t go home sometimes; they just ride the bus all night. What have you learned? It has helped me immensely. I’ve been put in a leadership position as the artistic coordinator. I’ve learned how to be a leader, how to make decisions, and how to lead a group. It’s different leading a group of people who are going out to do volunteer work or working with kids, but having your own employees and needing to delegate and make sure they stay on top of it is different. It’s been totally new for me. I’ve learned the importance of being consistent and organized and on time. If you’re slacking on something, it starts to show. What is the value of your internship? It has prepared me for the real world. When I walk into a new job situation, I am confident that I will be able to step in right away. I feel comfortable working with young people because through the youth and family ministry major we were taught to focus on what youth really want—not just from a religious perspective but on a human level. When I come into a situation I am able to understand what a person really wants. Summer 2011 25 2011 commencment Commencement by the numbers 3,655 150 faculty lined 7 ½ Street and applauded graduates as they processed tickets redeemed 2 drummers 314 steps Bob Stacke, professor of music, was unable to lead the procession in May due to an injury, so he enlisted the help of Andrew Myers ’10. 718 participating graduates (May and June) 18 FLAGS 8 Augsburg Now 210 5,200 minutes of music, speeches, recognition, and applause from Christensen Center to Si Melby front steps 3 number of volunteers Kwok Siu Tong, founder of United International College in Zhuhai, China The Reverend Kjell Magne Bondevik, former Prime Minister of Norway and founder and president of the Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights The Reverend Ishmael Noko, general secretary (retired) of the Lutheran World Federation 70 Doctor of Nursing Practice graduates representing countries of international students graduating 26 sandwiches served at postcommencement receptions honorary degrees conferred 6 bows 1 bow on Colin Stanhill’s beard, photo featured in the May 8 Pioneer Press. on President Pribbenow’s neck (at each ceremony) dnp The first graduates of Augsburg’s Doctor of Nursing Practice program are prepared to bring new perspectives to the nursing practice. Back Row [L to R]: Kristin McHale '08 MAN; Susan Loushin '03 BSN, '06 MAN; Mary Ann Kinney '04 MAN; Kaija Freborg Sivongsay '08 MAN Front Row [L to R]: Joyce Miller '02 BSN, '05 MAN; Katherine Baumgartner '05 MAN; Jean Gunderson '03 MAN; Deb Schuhmacher '04 MAN At this year’s June commencement, Augsburg College graduated its first cohort of students in the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program. The DNP program, which began in 2009, is the College’s first doctoral program. The DNP curriculum focuses on transcultural nursing in community life, and the program has given students new perspectives on treating people and illness. Katherine Baumgartner ’05 MAN has been a member of the nursing faculty since 2005. For her, the DNP program was a logical fit to expand her journey and practice and to strengthen and deepen her knowledge in transcultural nursing. An ongoing focus of her study and practice has been providing training and skill building for health promoters in indigenous communities in rural Guatemala. Baumgartner said the DNP program reminded her that her own experiences matter and encouraged her to go forward with her work in Guatemala. “I learned that the practical wisdom borne from my own experiences is not to be minimized,” she said. “That’s not a classic outcome but is so important to my work.” Joyce Miller ’02 BSN, ’05 MAN also has taught for the past five years in the Augsburg nursing program. Her career focus has always been on leadership, she said, and she felt the DNP program would add a different dimension of care to her practice. “This program has changed the way I look at the world and pa- 2011 tients and the way I envision health care,” Miller said. “I ask who isn’t being cared for and how we can make sure everyone is being cared for in the same way.” Miller said she has learned to value “metis,” a term that refers to collective wisdom, and to respect its role in the nursing practice. “There is tremendous wisdom that we can learn from indigenous healers,” she said. The nurses learned from the practices of healers in Mexico, Africa, and Native American traditions. “This program has given me the ability to stand back and respect everyone for who they are and what they bring,” Miller said. Jean Gunderson ’03 MAN was one of the first students to graduate from Augsburg’s nursing master’s degree program and is also one of the first doctoral graduates. A public health nurse for the majority of her career, Gunderson says she has dedicated her whole life to creating systems of care that resonate with cultural diversity. “This program has been lifelong learning for me,” Gunderson said. She added that the program has transformed her models of care and helped her recognize diverse ways of knowing. She also said she has been moved to honor and recognize indigenous wisdom and to work in partnership with healers. Both Miller and Gunderson said that being “pioneers” of the DNP program has been rewarding. “We jumped right in with huge faith and helped to co-create the program,” Gunderson said. “We felt like we were partners.” commencment Summer 2011 27 alumni news FROM THE ALUMNI BOARD PRESIDENT Dear fellow alumni, I t is with great honor and a humble acceptance that I will serve as your Augsburg Alumni Board president for the 2011-2012 academic year. Having been a part of the Alumni Board for three years, I am very fortunate to have been selected to lead our alma mater in connecting and engaging alumni. It is my goal to help create fun and efficient programs that will not only get you connected but will keep you engaged! I grew up playing golf, and I absolutely love the game! My favorite times are when I am heading off that first tee with either family or a group of buddies and we are reminiscing or razzing one another about past memories that bring a few laughs. It’s that type of bond that keeps us connected and eager to reunite. When I think of family, Augsburg is a place I keep close to my heart—the friends that I made and the new friends that continue to emerge. Over the past few years, the Young Alumni Council has helped reunite old and new friends with the Young Alumni Summer Series of events, attended by 1,500 alums. We have had a blast putting this program together and have enjoyed watching its success. Following Auggie Eagle on Facebook and Augsburg College on Twitter have been fantastic ways to stay in touch and relay information when groups are getting together. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the 2011 graduating class! I look forward to seeing you at the 2011 Young Alumni Summer Series. We have another engaging and entertaining set of events in store for you, including Canterbury Park on August 5 and a Minnetonka boat cruise on September 15! Register at www.augsburg.edu/alumnievents or 612-330-1085. Auggies are literally all over the world! With more than 25,000 alumni, Auggies can be found from New Zealand to Denmark, the United States to Japan, and Minneapolis to San Diego. We are everywhere doing good things for our communities! The Alumni Board is rolling out a networking program, Augsburg Builds Connections, which will enable alumni professionals to provide information, encouragement, and support to current students and recent graduates. This flexible volunteer program will allow alumni mentors to connect with students via e-mail, phone, or face-to-face meetings and assist them in navigating their career path and achieving their professional goals. Read more about this program on the next page. Now, assisting Auggies is as simple as ABC! With all of this, I can’t help but be excited for the future. I wish you well and look forward to getting connected this year. Sincerely, ROBERT WAGNER II ’02 ALUMNI BOARD PRESIDENT P.S. The Alumni Board would like to welcome our new members: Kathy Amos ’87, Heather Cmiel ’02, Kate Loyd ’05, and Jerry Poland ’92 Alumni Board of Directors 2011-12 Standing (L to R): John Stadler ’07 MAL (past president); Jennifer M. Carlson ’91; Sarah Grans ’01; Chad Darr ’04; Sharon Mercill ’09; Tracy Anderson ’95 (secretary); Julia Mensing ’00, ’07 MBA; Michael Loney ’03 (treasurer); Kate Loyd ’05; Chris Ascher ’81 (president elect); Kathy Amos ’87; Jerry Poland ’92; Dale Hanka ’60; Robert J. Wagner II ’02 (president); Misti Allen Binsfeld ’93; Daniel Hickle ’95 Seated (L to R): Holly Ebnet Knutson ’03, ’07 MBA; Sharon Engelland ’87; Chris Hallin ’88 Not Pictured: Heather Cmiel ’02; Lee Anne Lack ’67; Nancy Nordlund ’91, ’07 MAL; Carolyn Spargo ’80; Maggie Tatton ’01 28 Augsburg Now abc Augsburg Builds Connections CONNECTIONS HELP GRADUATES DISCOVER WHAT’S NEXT After college, many graduates ask, “What am I going to do now?” Since he graduated from Augsburg, Cory Allen ’07 has helped several Auggies answer this question and find ways to share their gifts and talents with the world. “Augsburg is great about helping you understand your vocation, but it’s difficult to go the rest of the way,” he said. “You have to push yourself to discover what is next.” Allen works with students and graduates to help them understand their strengths and their weaknesses, what they do well and where they can improve. He said that knowledge might help in a person’s career but will also be beneficial in other areas of their lives. One recent graduate who has benefitted from Allen’s mentorship is Joe Lichtscheidl ’11. Allen helped Lichtscheidl improve his résumé and also gave him an “in” with a local company. Lichtscheidl said having a mentoring relationship with an alumnus who has gone through the job search is extremely helpful. “I feel that it keeps me from stressing out about getting a job in this tough economy because I have someone who has gone through it to help.” Sama Sandy ’08 reconnected with Allen at a Young Alumni Summer Series event, and the two continued communicating after that e w a Alumni mentoring volunteer opportunities will begin this fall night. Sandy said mentorship is a mutually beneficial relationship because both parties learn from each other. He added, “Mentorships are a fantastic way of networking in every sense because you are able to learn more about a person, potentially provide advice or assistance during times of struggle, and also get to be a part during the times of triumph.” For Allen, mentoring and working with others is simply “organic.” He said, “I think it’s my responsibility to pass on my knowledge and experiences, and it’s incredibly rewarding to see students go from the start of their senior year to a successful career.” SUPPORTING FELLOW AUGGIES IS AS EASY AS ABC The Augsburg Builds Connections (ABC) program is one of the many volunteer opportunities available to Augsburg parents and alumni. Volunteers in the program meet or correspond with students or graduates who are in the process of applying for a job or are interested in a career in their industry. Augsburg alumni and parents who participate in the ABC program have the opportunity to help Augsburg students navigate their career path. To learn more about Augsburg Builds Connections, go to www.augsburg.edu/alumni/abc.html. Auggie alumnae seek to engage women through AWE In late 2009, a group of Auggie women gathered to respond to a challenge: how to effectively engage more women in the life of Augsburg College. They created AWE: Augsburg Women Engaged. In Spring 2010, Augsburg graduates convened to share their insights about meeting this challenge. These alumnae shared two key pieces of advice. First, alumnae desire to re-establish or strengthen meaningful connections with classmates, faculty, current students, and the College community. Second, women desire to make an impact in whatever they do. We invite all alumnae to be part of making strategic connections for the coming years for Auggie women. Participate in whatever way best suits your interests, circumstances, and availability. Contact any of the Advisory Council members or Donna McLean, director of development initiatives, mclean@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1556, to find out how you can be involved. AWE women gathered at Augsburg House on Wednesday, June 1. Pictured [L to R]: Lisa Zeller ’81, ’89 MAL; Donna McLean; Shelby Andress ’56; Buffie Blesi ’90, ’97 MAL; Cassidy Titcomb; Sherilyn Young; Kari Eklund Logan ’82 The AWE Advisory Council members are Shelby Gimse Andress ’56; Buffie Blesi ’90, ’97 MAL; Lisa Svac Hawks ’85; Kari Eklund Logan ’82; Jennifer Hipple ’09; Lori Moline ’82; Roz Nordaune ’77; Heidi Wisner Staloch ’93; and Lisa Zeller ’81, ’89 MAL. We thank them for accepting the challenge to engage more women in the life of Augsburg College. Summer 2011 29 alumni news YOUNG ALUMNI summer series To register for the Young Alumni events or to see the full calendar of events at Augsburg, go to www.augsburg.edu/alumni Friday, August 5, 5-7 p.m. AUGGIE NIGHT AT THE RACES Canterbury Park 1100 Canterbury Road, Shakopee Free admission, picnic buffet, and reserved seating Thursday, September 15, 6-8 p.m. BOAT CRUISE ON LAKE MINNETONKA Join other Young Alumni donors for a sunset boat cruise on Lake Minnetonka with complimentary appetizers and beverages. Not a donor? Don’t miss the boat! Become a donor today at augsburg.edu/giving. Thursday, October 20, 7-8:30 a.m. EYE-OPENER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT BREAKFAST sponsored by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans™ Town & Country Club 300 Mississippi River Blvd. N., Saint Paul $5 includes full breakfast buffet and networking Friday, October 21, 6-8 p.m. HOMECOMING 2011: AUGGIE HOURS Republic (formerly Preston’s) 221 Cedar Ave. S., Minneapolis Two complimentary beverages and appetizers provided 30 Augsburg Now 10% Auggie discount In an effort to attract Augsburg’s finest back to campus to continue their education, the Augsburg Master of Business Administration (MBA) is offering a 10% discount on MBA tuition to graduates of any of Augsburg’s undergraduate programs including Weekend College. The discount applies to students who begin the MBA program in September 2011 and will be applied to each course in the MBA program. Admission requirements and deadlines for the Augsburg MBA can be found at www.augsburg.edu/mba or by calling 612-330-1101. The Augsburg MBA is an accredited MBA that has recently become a formal candidate for global business accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Business Schools & Programs (ACBSP). Consider coming back to Augsburg for a two-year MBA program grounded in the liberal arts with a focus on local, national, and global business issues. Augsburg LIVE! webinar SEPTEMBER 21 Augsburg’s President Paul C. Pribbenow has traveled this year to ten cities and six states to engage the Augsburg community in discussions about the College’s mission, vision, and vocation, and to foster opportunities to advance the College’s key strategic initiatives. Alumni who have had the opportunity to hear from the president have left with a greater sense of pride in their alma mater and excitement for the future of the institution. The Augsburg LIVE! webinar is your chance to hear firsthand from President Pribbenow. Log in at www.augsburg.edu on Wednesday, September 21, at noon CT for a 30-minute conversation with President Pribbenow. See images of the campus master plan and hear stories of student success and excellence. Augsburg alumni experience the EMERALD ISLE Courtesy photo auggie involved in monitoring Japanese nuclear facility After the March earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Augsburg alumna Cynthia Jones ’81 was called upon to monitor nuclear safety of the affected Fukushima Daiichi nuclear site. Jones, a physics graduate and Augsburg College regent, is a senior staff member in the Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and worked as part of NRC’s 24-hour Operations Center team in the aftermath of the earthquake. During mid-May, the NRC transitioned this 24hour monitoring to a Japanese regulatory office. Since that time, Japanese officials have been managing the recovery process for the site. Because of Jones’ early involvement in the response, she now is presenting at scientific conferences. During late June, she chaired a special session at the national Health Physics Society meeting in Florida on the response to the events. For continuing information on NRC activities in response to this event, go to www.nrc.gov/japan/japan-info.html. Early in May, Auggie alumni and friends journeyed through Ireland on an alumni tour led by Phillip Adamo, director of the medieval studies program and history department chair. Highlights from the group’s travels include a Dublin cruise on the river Liffey and sites such as the Rock of Cashel and Holy Cross Abbey. Travelers experienced the majestic landscapes at the Cliffs of Moher and explored the ancient fort of Dun Aengus on the Aran Islands. Traditional Irish music was enjoyed in the village of Dingle and the bustling city of Galway. The travelers are pictured in front of Kylemore Abbey, a working Benedictine abbey in the countryside of the Connemara. Front Row [L to R]: Phil Adamo, Fritz and Linda Morlock, Marya (Christensen) Farrell ’63, Jessica Motschenbacher ’08, Jean Moucha, Sara Naegeli, Sandi Prince ’05, Ted Naegeli, Clodaugh Horner (Irish guide) Back Row [L to R]: Trace Regan, Mary Ellen Kelly, John Greenfield ’66, Mary Jo Greenfield, Bob Farrell, Jennifer Carlson ’91, Sue Tesmer ’74, Nancy and Richard Borstad, Amanda Storm Courtesy photo Journey to the Holy Land With Religion Professor Philip A. Quanbeck II JANUARY 3-14, 2012 Travel with a community of Augsburg alumni and friends under the leadership of religion professor Philip Quanbeck II and Dr. Ruth E. Johnson ’74. Discover the geography, places, and people of the Holy Land. Visit Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Caesarea, Capernaum, the Sea of Galilee, the Dead Sea, and much more. Woven into the itinerary are several opportunities to dialogue with local community leaders who give voice to the complex history and geopolitical issues of the region. Return home with a broader and deeper understanding of a land considered holy by the world’s three monotheistic religions. To register or request more information call 612-330-1525 or e-mail alumni@augsburg.edu Summer 2011 31 alumni class notes 57the 50th anniversary of his or- Rev. Alfred Kaupins celebrated dination on June 11. 72Come Join Their Song (pub- Mark Shepperd's choral piece, lished by Beckenhorst Press) won the 2010 VocalEssence & American Composers Forum Christmas Carol contest. The world premiere performance was given by VocalEssence at their Welcome Christmas concerts in December 2010 and will be rebroadcast in December 2011 on American Public Media. Mark has served as minister of music at Woodbury Lutheran Church in Woodbury, Minn., since 1990. 98master’s degrees at Hamline Beverly Bushyhead earned auggieSNAPSHOTS University in nonprofit management 32 and public administration. Bev hopes to do some research and policy work after her graduation. Ann Jenkins has accepted a position as an intake investigator with Allen County Children's Services in Lima, Ohio. Matt Butler licensed his invention, the ROLLORS® lawn game, to Maranda Enterprises. Matt conceived of the game while he was serving in the Air Force in Afghanistan. The game has sold more than 25,000 copies. Julie Johnson, with Doug Otto ’05 and Drew Druckrey, released The Banks of the Little Auplaine, an experimental roots album that mines historic Upper-Midwestern folk music. Julie Johnson & The No-Accounts trio performed the song collection at a CD release show at the Open Eye Theatre in Minneapolis in April. 99graduated in May 2010 with Kyran (Christianson) Cadmus her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Colorado State University. She finished her Master of Public Health degree in April 2011 through the University of Minnesota. Kyran lives in Fort Collins, Colorado with her husband, Pete. 00 Mauris DeSilva received recognition for a study on controlled delivery of antibiotics to wounds. His team of researchers received first place for their work at a poster competition. Meg (Schmidt) Sawyer married Jim Sawyer on October 9, 2010 in Shoreview, Minn. Meg works for Youth Encounter, a Christian nonprofit youth ministry organization, as the business communications executive. 04ated with an MFA in musical Deanne M. McDonald gradu- theatre from Minnesota State University Mankato. 07years as a bicycle courier in After serving for almost three New York City, Jenessa Stark moved to El Paso, Tex., to study midwifery at Maternidad La Luz midwife school. She was also featured in “Triple Rush,” a Travel Channel series about New York City bicycle messengers that aired this spring. 99Damion Spilman welcomed Sarah (Ginkel) Spilman and Elizabeth (Libby) Frances Spilman on December 6, 2010. She joins big brother Zane, 5. 00Nicki, welcomed son Foster Mac Gordon and his wife, 06Aaron Riedel ’07 wel- Sara Schlipp-Riedel and on March 9. 01welcomed their first child, Liam Carrie (Lind) Cabe and Chris Cabe comed son Aidan Theodore on February 22. Christopher, on March 20. 71-73together at Augsburg and have met Members of the Chi House lived annually since graduation. The group received mittens hand knit by Lennice Keefe. Making them was on her “bucket list.” Pictured [L to R] are Julie (Hagberg) Swaggert ’73, Marilyn (Moxness) Hall ’71, Carol (Pederson) Jorgenson ’72, Mary Lynn (Monson) Oglesbee ’72, Lennice “Sparkie” (Nordaune) Keefe ’72, Jill Steele ’72, and Mary (Boraas) Janotta ’73. Not pictured: Suzanne (Olson) Swanson ’73. Augsburg Now 09ried Tom Henry Fields III Emily (Tischer) Fields mar- 02Whaylen were married September 11, 2010 in Brooke (Stoeckel) Whaylen and Courtney Edina, Minn. Shelly Laugerman ’04 and Erica Champer ’04 were also in the wedding party. Brooke works as a hospitality sales director at an area convention and visitors bureau, and Courtney works in IT security software. on August 28, 2010 in Rochester, Minn. Other Auggies in the wedding party included Killa Martinez-Aleman ’08, Caris Warnock ’09, and Kasi (Clauson) Lange ’08. 08 Emma Stensvaag returned to the states in December 2010 after completing 27 months of service for the U.S. Peace Corps in Mozambique. 10program in clinical psychology at the California School of Leann Vice-Reshel has been accepted into the doctoral Professional Psychology in San Diego, Calif. She will begin the program in September 2011. Graduate Programs Timothy (Tim) Van Rooy ’89 MAL and Rob Wagner ’02 (new alumni board president) were chosen to help build a community with families in need through Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity in El Salvador. They helped build homes with families in need thanks to a multiyear, multimillion dollar partnership between Thrivent Financial for Lutherans™ and Habitat for Humanity International. Patrick Troska ’94 MAL was appointed executive director of the Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation. In addition to providing leadership for the organization’s overall strategy, Patrick will be the lead contact for the foundation’s grantmaking strategies related to housing and transit. Nicolas Thomley ’06 MBA has been named one of the 2011 Minnesotans on the Move by Finance & Commerce. The award honors professionals who are poised to make business history of their own during the coming years. Chris Wolf ’09 MAN recently published “A Head Injury Teaching Module for Pre-Hospital Assessment" in the February 2011 issue of Military Medicine Journal. Susan Nash, Augsburg College associate professor of nursing, was co-author. ENGAGING Homecoming October 16-22 2011 Join Augsburg alumni, parents, students, and friends in a fun-filled week of events and activities. New events have been added to this year’s schedule, including the Student and Alumni Networking Event following the Sabo Symposium on Wednesday, October 19, and the Alumni Art Exhibition on Friday, October 21. Homecoming Convocation will kick off the weekend’s events on Friday, October 21. At convocation, we will recognize the First Decade, Spirit of Augsburg, and Distinguished Alumni Award winners, as well as members of the class of 1961. Don’t miss opportunities for fellowship and reminiscing at the Homecoming Convocation Luncheon that afternoon or later that evening at Republic (formerly Preston’s). Experience the Best of Augsburg on Saturday, October 22, by attending a brief lecture from three of Augsburg’s outstanding faculty members: Garry Hesser (sociology, metro/urban studies), robert tom (studio art), and David Murr ’92 (physics). This year’s Taste of Augsburg pregame picnic on Saturday will include carnival-style booths operated by student, parent, and alumni groups. Following the picnic, cheer on the Auggies at the football game as they take on St Olaf. The Auggie Block Party is back by popular demand! Following the game, gather in the parking lot to the north of Si Melby Hall to enjoy food, entertainment, and camaraderie. The activities don’t end there— after the block party, attend the Hognander Music Scholars Reunion Concert at 6 p.m. in Hoversten Chapel. Homecoming weekend truly has something for everyone. For more information and to see a complete schedule, go to www.augsburg.edu/homecoming. We look forward to seeing you there! go auggies! WITH THE SCIENCES • Beer Brewing 101 with physics professor Ben Stottrup. Saturday, September 17, 2-4 p.m. Great Waters Brewing Co., 427 Saint Peter Street, Saint Paul • Stargazing and Minnesota Starwatch Class with WCCO Radio meteorologist Mike Lynch and astronomy professor Mark Bransford. Saturday, October 1, 7-9:30 p.m. Quarry Hill Nature Center, Savanna Room, 701 Silver Creek Road, Rochester For more information and to RSVP, go to www.augsburg.edu/engage or call 612-330-1085. Summer 2011 33 ’72 ASK AN AUGGIE EXPERT Greg Fitzloff Certified barbecue cook-off judge How did you become certified as a barbecue judge? Since I retired five years ago, I’ve been doing a lot of volunteer work. I met a gentleman who was a caterer but also cooked for a living. He would call me and I would go over when he was testing recipes, and he said I should become a judge. There are a couple of professional societies for barbecue cooks, and they have a certification class and process for judges. I found out more about it and said, “Why not?” If you will, it kind of ended up on my own personal bucket list. Why is a judge so important? As the contests become more popular, the key is to draw in top teams, and they want to be sure the judging is done correctly. In the last several years there have been more people involved, and the prize money has grown significantly in the professional circuit. A winner in a recent contest won $10,000. That’s why the judging is so important. After retiring five years ago from a career in teaching and economic development, Greg Fitzloff started checking items off his bucket list. Now he travels around the country tasting chicken, ribs, beef brisket, and pulled pork as a certified barbecue cook-off judge. We caught up with him at his cabin “up North” to find out more about this delicious-sounding job! What’s the key to a perfect barbecue? Two key words: low and slow. Cook it on low heat, 200 to 225 degrees, and slow. It takes time—anywhere from a couple of hours to 12 to 16 hours depending on the size and cut of meat. What are your favorite summer barbecue side dishes? I think the classics tend to go best. In the South and Southeast you see barbecue beans with a great variety of tastes. Further north and in the Midwest you see potato salad and cole slaw, of course. The other thing we’ve discovered over the years is that after you’ve been tasting barbecue all day, the thing that goes extraordinarily well is ice cream. I don’t know why. That nearest Dairy Queen generally gets a big hit after a contest. What criteria do you use in judging barbecue? It is fairly structured, but you are looking for three things. First is appearance—how the meat actually looks. Does it look like something you want to eat right away? Presentation is so important. The second is tenderness—is it cooked correctly? Each category has a slightly different process, but the questions are: Is it done? Is it cooked all the way through? Does the meat pull off the bone? And the final thing is the taste. Can you taste the meat? Does it taste good? We’re trying to judge to a certain standard, not based on what we like personally. Have you had any judging mishaps? Tasted an especially bad barbecue? Even though these are supposed to be really good cooks, they make mistakes. The most difficult category is beef brisket, and they usually make one of two mistakes. They overcook it to the point where it’s absolutely overdone, and once that happens, there’s nothing you can do about it. Or if they cut it with the grain, that meat is literally the consistency of shoe leather. We are supposed to taste it, but if you can’t get a bite out of it you can’t taste it. That’s always somewhat comical. 34 Augsburg Now Would you like us to feature you in a future issue? E-mail now@augsburg.edu and tell us about your area of expertise! Send us your news and photos Please tell us about the news in your life, your new job, move, marriage, and births. Don’t forget to send photos! (Digital photos must be at least 300 dpi or a 1MB file.) For news of a death, printed notice is required, e.g. an obituary, funeral notice, or program from a memorial service. Send your news items, photos, or change of address by mail to: Augsburg Now Class Notes, Augsburg College, CB 146, 2211 Riverside Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55454, or e-mail alumni@augsburg.edu. You can also submit news at www.augsburg.edu/alumni. ____________________________________________________________ Full name ____________________________________________________________ Maiden name ____________________________________________________________ Class year or last year attended In Memoriam Rev. Hamar Benson ’34, Auburn, Wash., age 100, on November 27. William A. Benson, Jr. ’42, Minnetonka, Minn., age 90, on April 11. ____________________________________________________________ Street address ____________________________________________________________ City, State, ZIP code Is this a new address? q Yes q No Dr. Henry Staub ’43, Minneapolis, age 91, on March 8. Maria E. (Sandness) Berryman ’47, Minneapolis, age 89, on February 26. ____________________________________________________________ Home telephone Melvin Haven ’47, Mesa, Ariz., age 88, on December 8. Gordon D. Ahlquist ’48, Robbinsdale, Minn., age 88, on February 24. Paul D. Arnold ’48, Milaca, Minn., age 85, on April 20. ____________________________________________________________ E-mail Okay to publish your e-mail address? q Yes q No Vincent S. Dahle ’49, Shoreview, Minn., age 83, on April 18. Donald H. Hegg ’49, Minneapolis, age 86, on March 10. Lillian L. Stadelman ’49, Pound, Wis., age 90, on April 27. Jeanette Jacobson Martinson ’49, Decorah, Iowa, age 85, on March 15. Quentin G. Quanbeck ’50, Sioux Falls, S.Dak., age 83, on February 18. Don L. Ortler ’51, Coon Rapids, Minn., age 82, on October 1. Donald R. Oscarson ’52, Northbrook, Ill., age 81, on April 23. Ralph Kirchoff ’53 on January 6, 2010. Edwin T. Johnson ’55, Walton, N.Y., age 91, on May 7. ____________________________________________________________ Employer ____________________________________________________________ Position ____________________________________________________________ Work telephone Is spouse also a graduate of Augsburg College? q Yes q No If yes, class year ________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Spouse’s name Marshall D. Johnson ’57, Lake Havasu City, Ariz., age 75, on January 26. Jerry D. Carlson ’59, New Brighton, Minn., age 75, on December 20. ____________________________________________________________ Maiden name Harold W. Schilling ’59, Annandale, Minn., age 80, on May 8. Viola (Anderson) Aaseng ’69, Eau Claire, Wis., age 86, on August 20, 2010. Ronald A. Berg ’69, Arden Hills, Minn., age 64, on April 20. Your news: ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Thomas P. O’Meara ’71, Minneapolis, age 63, on November 28. ____________________________________________________________ Terrance L. Blue ’72, Minneapolis, age 61, on February 15. Richard W. Kelley ’72, Minneapolis, age 64, on August 25, 2010. Nancy (Krusemark) Kruse ’76, Eden Prairie, Minn., age 56, on November 30. Janice O’Brien ’87, Burnsville, Minn., age 68, on June 21, 2010. ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ q I know a student who is interested in attending Augsburg. Lucas R. Johnson ’07, New Hope, Minn., age 27, on April 3. Summer 2011 35 ’67 gene hugoson Auggie tills a different field to success Gene Hugoson credits his success to a lifetime of farming and a liberal arts education. He said that his grounding in a range of topics—politics, communication, science, geography—allowed him to bridge diverse issues and backgrounds in each of the public service positions he’s held. “The idea of a liberal arts background was perfect for what I’ve done,” Hugoson said. “My knowledge is 15-miles wide and half an inch thick.” Hugoson, who earned a social sciences teaching degree from Augsburg College, recently was appointed a senior fellow for the University of Minnesota’s Global Initiative for Food Systems Leadership. He will collaborate with farmers and farm groups, state and federal government, and businesses to find improved ways to maintain food security. “The idea of a liberal arts background was perfect for what I’ve done,” Hugoson said. “My knowledge is 15-miles wide and half an inch thick.” One project on which he will focus is the development of a plan for the prevention, isolation, control, and economic recovery from foot-and-mouth disease in the domestic livestock herd. This project includes working with a multistate education consortium. “Part of my role is to use past contacts and experiences to tap into relationships at the federal level,” he said. “It will be a challenge and will test my mettle. But we need that broad base of information and understanding at the table.” Prior to his work at the University of Minnesota, Hugoson served as commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA). It’s a post he held for nearly 16 years and through three gubernatorial administrations. And again, he credits his education for this success. “Most of my colleagues in other states were agriculture school grads. Veterinarians,” he said. “Mine was social science and education—in reality, it was perfect. It is key for these kinds of roles.” Hugoson also credits his success to a lifetime of farming. He 36 Augsburg Now farmed while at MDA. He farmed before that, during the five terms he was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. Even in his new post, he still farms 600 acres of corn and soybeans located less than a mile from the East Chain, Minn., farm on which he was raised. “I kept farming out of necessity to keep my day job,” Hugoson said. “The governors said they wanted a real farmer. I think being a farmer turned out to be a huge plus. I have credibility with the farming community. I can stand up and talk about what it’s like to be in the combine all night because of threatening weather or at the elevator selling my beans.” As much as farming has helped Hugoson succeed in his public leadership roles, it also has other rewards. “Farming also is my relaxation,” Hugoson said. “In the tractor or combine, I can see what I accomplish right behind me. That’s not always the case at the office. It’s nice to see corn combined or tilled earth.” STEPHANIE WEISS a an augsburg legacy to sy p h o g k celebratin Harriett Kure hday. her 90th birt Harriett Kurek, a long-time member of Trinity Lutheran Congregation, generously included a gift of $250,000 to Augsburg College in her will. “She was a very giving, caring person to her family and to her community,” said her niece, Joyce Nyland. Senior Pastor Jane BuckleyFarlee said Kurek loved the way Trinity is involved the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood and appreciated how Augsburg shares that commitment with Trinity and welcomes the congregation on its campus. C o u rte Courtesy photo Harriett Kurek an augsburg legacy 1-800-273-0617 www.augsburg.edu/giving 2211 Riverside Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55454 Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Twin Cities, MN Permit No. 2031 2010 Presidential Award for Community Service In the summer, Augsburg’s laboratories and classrooms come alive with the enthusiasm of our neighborhood youth. Aspiring scientists and future healthcare professionals learn through programs like Girls in Engineering, Mathematics, and Science (GEMS) and Guys in Science and Engineering (GISE), as well as the Urban Scrubs camp (pictured here). These are three of the programs for which Augsburg was recognized this year with the 2010 Presidential Award for Community Service. (See story on page 3).
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Title: Augsburg Now Fall 2012: Living Our Calling
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Search Result: AUGSBURG NOW Opening Convocation At this year’s opening convocation, Augsburg College welcomed nearly 400 new first-year students and 160 transfer students to campus. The College also added 437 new students in adult undergraduate and graduate programs in Minneapolis and Rochester, Minn., t...
Show more AUGSBURG NOW Opening Convocation At this year’s opening convocation, Augsburg College welcomed nearly 400 new first-year students and 160 transfer students to campus. The College also added 437 new students in adult undergraduate and graduate programs in Minneapolis and Rochester, Minn., this fall. Higher education in the 21st century 30 years of Weekend and Evening College Stewardship of space MAL celebrates 25 years 40 years of women’s athletics and Title IX Auggie Days 2012 living OUR calling FALL 2012 | VOL. 75, NO. 1 inside 2211 Riverside Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55454 Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Twin Cities, MN Permit No. 2031 notes from President Pribbenow Stewardship of place and people t he Augsburg College mission statement says that Augsburg “educates students to be informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders.” These aspirations for our students require that all of us who are part of the Augsburg community consider how we model in our lives and work the core values embodied in these aspirations. In other words, we need to live what we teach! This issue of Augsburg Now offers several examples of how we are seeking as a college community to live as thoughtful stewards. You’ve read in past issues of this magazine the remarkable progress we have made as an institution in our commitment to environmental stewardship—composting leftover food from the cafeteria, community gardens on campus, new biodiesel production methods, and a commitment to carbon neutrality by 2019. All important work, but stewardship is a rich concept and extends to our care for all of the gifts we have been given as a community. I am particularly struck by how our College has explored ways in which we care for our physical location and facilities. The 2010 Campus Space and Master Plan is not simply a map to future facilities; it is a statement of values around stewardship of the land and buildings we occupy and the need for us to be constantly vigilant about the opportunities to renew, reuse, and extend the life of our spaces and buildings. In addition, the plan points to our commitment to stewarding relationships with our neighbors, building facilities and designing landscapes that welcome our neighbors to campus rather than keep them away. Stewardship is also about people—and as I was reminded again this year at our Homecoming celebrations, Augsburg is all about people. The upcoming celebration of the 40th anniversary of Title IX—the landmark federal legislation that seeks to ensure equity for women and men in intercollegiate athletics—is an example of what it means to be good stewards of our people. For years and years, women students at Augsburg participated in athlet- Vice President of Marketing and Communication Rebecca John rjohn@augsburg.edu Creative Associate-Editorial Wendi Wheeler ’06 wheelerw@augsburg.edu Integrated Communication Specialist Laura Swanson swansonl@augsburg.edu Creative Director Kathy Rumpza ’05 MAL rumpza@augsburg.edu Senior Creative Associate-Design Jen Nagorski ’08 nagorski@augsburg.edu Photographer Stephen Geffre geffre@augsburg.edu Director of News and Media Services Stephanie Weiss weisss@augsburg.edu Production Manager/Now Online ics without the support and recognition enjoyed by their male counterparts. A couple of years ago, we honored those unheralded women Auggies with the athletic letters they never received while on campus. Now, we lift up our enduring commitment to opportunities for all Auggie student-athletes. Our recent news about establishing the first intercollegiate women’s lacrosse program in Minnesota is just one example of how we steward the gifts of people—students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents, and friends who make Augsburg strong! In 1931, the renowned 20th-century theologian Reinhold Niebuhr wrote in The Christian Century an essay with the provocative title, “Is Stewardship Ethical?” His indictment of Christians for the ways in which they had turned stewardship into random programs of fundraising and voluntarism stands as a relevant challenge to all of us. We are called to be thoughtful stewards. Stewardship is a way of life. At Augsburg, we are working hard to live what we teach. Yours in Augsburg, Mark Chamberlain chamberm@augsburg.edu Senior Director of Alumni and Constituent Relations Kim Stone stonek@augsburg.edu 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 Send address corrections to: Advancement Services CB 142 Augsburg College 2211 Riverside Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55454 langemo@augsburg.edu Email: now@augsburg.edu PAUL C. PRIBBENOW, PRESIDENT Members of the Maroon & Silver Society lead by example with monthly gifts of $84 or more, or annual gifts of $1,000 or more to The Augsburg Fund. These unrestricted gifts to The Augsburg Fund allow the College to award more financial aid, employ high-quality faculty and staff, offer a challenging and thought-provoking academic curriculum, and provide support to our students so that they can become the people they are called to be. To learn more about the Maroon & Silver Society, contact the Office of Annual Giving at 612-330-1652 or giving@augsburg.edu. augsburg.edu/giving WE ARE CALLED auggies fall 2012 Features 8 Calling and purpose: Lutheran higher education in the 21st century | BY LAURA SWANSON 11 Stewardship of space | BY REBECCA JOHN 16 Auggie Days 2012 | BY STEPHEN GEFFRE AND WENDI WHEELER ’06 20 Augsburg College annual report 23 Homecoming 2012 26 Weekend and Evening College celebrates 30th anniversary | BY LAURA SWANSON Departments 2 Around the Quad | 6 Augsburg celebrates 40 years of women’s athletics | 15 Auggie voices 19 My Auggie experience | 22 It takes an Auggie | 31 Alumni news | 37 Alumni class notes All photos by Stephen Geffre unless otherwise indicated. quad around the COLLEGE In August, the College announced support of the “Vote No” work of Minnesotans United for All Families to prevent passage MINNESOTANS of a Minnesota Constitutional UNITED FOR amendment that would ALL FAMILIES define marriage. The College is proud to stand with five of Minnesota’s synods of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, nearly 600 businesses and organizations, and 150 ordained church leaders. The College’s decision to support the “Vote No” effort is grounded in the commitment of the College to end discrimination; its academic tradition of critical and humble inquiry and of modeling and fostering civil discourse; and its Lutheran heritage, which requires that we build inclusive communities, learn from the other, and seek social justice. SUPPORTS VOTE NO Courtesy photo WORK OF celebrating success A group of Augsburg College McNair Scholars and staff attended the 20th Annual McNair Scholars Symposium in California in August. Front Row [L to R]: McNair Scholars Program assistant Lara Crombie, Beau Elkington ’13, Alexandra “Alix” Young ’13, Allison Zank ’14, Nou Yang ’13, Shoua Moua ’13, McNair Scholars Program director Tina Maria Tavera, Nikki Stauffer ’13; Back Row [L to R]: Jazmine Darden ’13, Arianna Genis ’13, Roseanna “Rosie” Benser ’13, Jon Barrick ’13, Charlie Olson ’13, Dustin Ritchea ’13, Leah Tillman ’13, and McNair Scholars Program assistant director Brian Greening McNair Scholars Program grant renewed for five years; STUDENTS PRESENT AT NATIONAL CONFERENCE To read a sampling of feedback on the College’s decision, go to augsburg.edu/now. Sociology professor honored by peers DISTINGUISHED CONTRIBUTIONS TO TEACHING AWARD Augsburg College’s McNair Scholars Program recently received a renewal grant for five years. The total award of $1.1 million from the U.S. Department of Education will provide $220,000 per year from 2012 to 2017. The McNair Scholars Program prepares first-generation, low income, and underrepresented students for doctoral studies. This August, 12 Auggies traveled to the University of California, Berkeley for the 20th Annual McNair Scholars Symposium. Many of the students presented findings from their facultyled, on-campus summer research. Students who participate in the McNair Scholars Program spend an average of 400 hours exploring their topics, developing theses, collecting and reviewing data, and preparing formal paper presentations. 2 Augsburg Now Sociology professor Diane Pike was named co-recipient of the Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award at the 2012 meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA). Pike, who received her PhD from Yale Diane Pike University, was honored for her nearly 20 years of commitment as evidenced by her extensive presentations to teaching colleagues via paper sessions, professional workshops, regional meetings, keynote and panel participation, and more. Pike also is editor of TRAILS (Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology), the ASA’s online library of teaching materials. Physics faculty receive awards from National Science Foundation Eboo Patel, president and founder of Interfaith Youth Core, spoke at the Bernhard M. Christensen Symposium. Mark Engebretson, physics professor, was awarded $243,000 to study Earth’s space environment, known as the magnetosphere. The award, Number Mark Engebretson Ben Stottrup 1142045 from the National Science Foundation (NSF), brings to more than $1.8 million the awards earned by Engebretson since mid-2008. In addition to his teaching and research, Engebretson recently presented at a pre-launch meeting for NASA officials and members of the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) science team. His ground-based space research will strengthen the work of the RBSP mission that launched in late August. Ground data gathered by Augsburg instruments in the Arctic will provide a large-scale picture of what is happening in the Earth’s environment to add to the data gathered by the RBSP satellite probes. Associate Professor of Physics Ben Stottrup was awarded more than $157,000 by the NSF for investigation of pattern formation and morphology in two-dimensional, selfassembled model biomembranes. The work will allow Stottrup to continue research on how multicomponent lipid systems spontaneously assemble. The long-term goals of this work are to contribute to the development of new biomaterials and nanotechnology and to prepare undergraduates from diverse backgrounds for careers at the intersection of the physical sciences and biology. The funding is from NSF award Number 1207544. MANY VOICES BOLD VISIONS CONVOCATION SERIES 2012-13 The Convocation series kicked off during September with the Bernhard M. Christensen Symposium. Eboo Patel, president and founder of Interfaith Youth Core, spoke about the holiness of common ground and the value of developing interfaith understanding. During October, the Center for Counseling and Health Promotion Convocation was an opportunity for the Augsburg community to learn from psychiatrist and author, Dr. Henry Emmons, about ways to restore mental and emotional resilience in the face of depression, anxiety, and other stress-related conditions. The Humanities and Fine Arts Convocation in November featured Dan Phillips, a designer and builder of recycled housing. Phillips also is founder of The Phoenix Commotion, a local building initiative that, according to its website, was created to demonstrate that salvaged materials are viable building materials. The Convocation series is a cross-disciplinary speaker series that explores ideas and thoughts around the impact each person can have in a world of 6.9 billion people. To see photos and video from the Convocation series, go to augsburg.edu/now. Dual MBA/MAL program meets needs of senior-level employees The work world is an ever-evolving place, and Augsburg College continually seeks ways to meet the ongoing needs of students who strive to advance their careers. One new example of the College’s approach is its fall 2012 offering of a dual Master of Business Administration/Master of Arts in Leadership program. Students in one program now will be able to add skills and knowledge from the other program and to earn master’s degrees in both areas. The program can be completed in as few as three years. at Fall 2012 3 quad around the accelerates path to MBA 4+1 Traditional undergraduate students will be able to earn a bachelor of arts in business and a Master of Business Administration in just five years beginning in the fall of 2013 through Augsburg’s new “MBA 4 + 1” program. The program, the first of its kind in the Twin Cities, offers an accelerated schedule that is cost efficient because it reduces overall time spent in college. Designed for traditional undergraduates, the program will be friendly to international students, will feature close academic advising relationships, and will include hands-on learning through focused internships. The College is exploring how the program might serve students at other Minnesota colleges that do not offer graduate programs. Correction: In the “Honoring Our Retired Faculty” story on pages 17-18 of the summer 2012 edition of Augsburg Now, information about Norma Noonan’s education was incorrectly cited. A corrected version of Noonan’s information is posted here. Professor of Political Science Norma Noonan served Augsburg for more than 45 years, joining the faculty during 1966. She was instrumental in the development of the Master of Arts in Leadership, the College’s inaugural graduate program, and served as program director for 18 years. She chaired the Political Science Department, served on key faculty committees, and was a mentor to many. In addition, Noonan was founding director of what now is the Center for Teaching and Learning. Noonan received a bachelor of arts in political science from the University of Pennsylvania. She earned a master of arts and PhD in political science from Indiana University. She also holds a certificate in Russian and East European Studies from Indiana University. 4 Augsburg Now Regents elect Harpstead as chair Courtesy photo New program Jodi Harpstead, chief executive officer of Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota, was elected chair of the Augsburg College Board of Regents at its May 2012 meeting and began her term on July 1. As chair of the governing board of Jodi Harpstead the College, Harpstead will play a key leadership role in Augsburg’s planning and fundraising initiatives. She will guide the Board’s oversight of the College’s strategic priorities, including: • Helping define the plan to build a signature academic building, the Center for Science, Business, and Religion; • Ensuring the quality and relevance of the academic offerings; and • Monitoring the development of a long-range enrollment plan for the College. Harpstead has served on the Board of Regents since 2005. In addition, the Augsburg Corporation at its September meeting elected four new members to the Board of Regents. Each member was elected to a fouryear term. Newly elected Regents include: • Jennie Carlson, executive vice president of human resources for U.S. Bancorp; • Pam Moksnes ’79, management consultant; • Curt Sampson, chairman and director of Canterbury Park Holding Corporation; and • Steve Wehrenberg ’78, chief executive officer of Campbell Mithun. Regents elected to second, four-year terms include Mark Eustis, Alexander Gonzalez ’90, and Eric Jolly. Anthony Genia ’85 was elected to a third, four-year term. Thank you to Philip Styrlund ’79, who retired from the Board of Regents after 12 years of service to the College. Upholstery project supports local economy experiential At first glance, the choice to refurbish the chairs in Hoversten Chapel is just good financial management. The move to refresh versus replace the chairs saved the College more than $40,000. But that’s only the surface of the decision. What really went on gets to the heart of what it means to be a good steward. When the College this past summer opted to refurbish the 17-year-old chairs, staff requested a bid from All About Upholstery, a locally owned business. “We had worked with Tonya, the owner, on a smaller project in the old coffee shop, and she was great,” said Matt Rumpza, director of Purchasing and Central Support Services. “By making the decision to reupholster the chairs, we were making an environmentally friendly and cost-sensitive decision.” Tonya DuRoche, who lives in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, worked with her team to refresh 597 chairs. The job included new upholstery, replacing the seat and back cushions, regluing joints, and touch-up varnishing. It was rewarding work, too. “Contributing to the comfort of students who are studying and those who are practicing their spirituality in the chapel is a way to contribute to the future,” DuRoche said. DuRoche, who is committed to her community and other local businesses, sources nearly all of her fabrics from a familyowned company in Minneapolis. Studies show that money Tonya DuRoche, owner, All About Upholstery spent locally stays in a community longer than money spent at companies with headquarters outside of that community, state, or region. In fact, the 2004 Andersonville Study of Retail Economics found that $100 spent in locally owned independent stores returns $68 to the community through taxes, payroll, and other expenditures. Money spent at a national chain only returns $43 to the community. DuRoche also hires and trains local employees. She completes a mix of residential and large-scale commercial work for tribal businesses such as casinos and helps stabilize other local companies by providing suppliers with a fairly steady stream of business. In turn, her suppliers are able to provide a stable income for their employees. This interconnected way of doing business is important to her. “It’s a way to be an entrepreneurial role model, to give back to our community,” said DuRoche, a member of the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska. “I’ve always wanted to be an artist or work in the medical field. This gives me the chance to offer a kind of healing by creating beauty in surroundings.” National Society for Experiential Education AWARD Augsburg College’s commitment to experiential education was recognized for the third time in as many years on October 5 when the National Society for Experiential Education (NSEE) presented President Paul C. Pribbenow with the 2012 William M. Burke Presidential Award for Excellence in Experiential Education. The award, presented by the NSEE and funded by The Washington Center for Academic Internships and Seminars, celebrates the dedication of a sitting college or university president who has made significant contributions to experiential education on campus and in the community. Pribbenow was nominated for the award by Garry Hesser, sociologoy professor and Sabo Professor for Citizenship and Learning; Orval Gingerich, assistant vice president for international programs; and Lois Olson, former director of the Strommen Center for Meaningful Work. The Burke Award, a testament to the fact that hands-on learning is a core part of the College’s curriculum, includes a $2,000 scholarship that will be awarded to a deserving Auggie who is involved in experiential learning. education Fall 2012 5 2012 Augsburg celebrates 40 years of women’s athletics The passage of Title IX, enacted as part of the U.S. Education Amendment of 1972, mandated equal opportunities in education, allowing women to participate on high school and college athletic teams. But the tradition of women’s athletics at Augsburg actually dates back to the earliest days of Auggie athletics in the 1920s. On November 10, Augsburg celebrated 40 years of varsity women’s athletics and the 40th anniversary of the passage of Title IX. Lavonne (Mrs. Pete) Peterson ’50 and Joyce Pfaff ’65 were honored at the celebration with “One of Our Own” plaques for their contributions to Augsburg College and the Athletic Department. In addition, female athletes from each decade were chosen for All-decade Teams. Peterson, an instructor, coach, and women’s physical education director, started the Auggiettes basketball team in 1950 and coached the team for 18 years, leading them to an incredible 154-6 record. Pfaff, an Augsburg coach, instructor, and director of women’s athletics, started several women’s teams after the passage of Title IX and served the College for 43 years. Here we recognize a few of the leaders and milestones in women’s athletics at Augsburg. To read more about these women and others who contributed to the proud tradition of women’s athletics at Augsburg College, go to athletics.augsburg.edu. 1980 1995 1951 Auggiette basketball team 1972-73 1979 Women’s varsity intercollegiate volleyball, gymnastics, and tennis are founded while basketball is restarted. The softball team places second at the MAIAW State Tournament. 1985 1974-75 1970s 1970 The volleyball team places second in the Minnesota Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (MAIAW) state tournament, qualifying to compete in the Region 6 AIAW tournament both years. The Auggies place fourth in the Region 6 tournament in 1974 and fifth in 1975. 1971 Softball is added as a varsity sport. Title IX is passed June 23, 1972. In both the floor exercise and balance beam, gymnast Ann Knutson Brovold ’74 is the first Augsburg female athlete to compete in a post-season event—an Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) Region 6 tournament. 6 Augsburg Now 1979-80 Kathy Korum ’81 is the firs